The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-07
MORMON CHIEF
REAL PEEV|SH.
President Joseph F. Smith Says
Knockers Must Quit Talking
About Him.
SAYS HE HAS LIVED
PURE AND HOLY LIFE
Made Pledge With God and Man
Early in Childhood, and Has
Never Broken 1t.

Joseph T, Smith, prophet, seer and
revelator, president of tho Church of
Jesus Christ Of LATTER day Saints, trus.
tee-in-trust, is good and holy man.
There can be no doubt about it-he
says so himself. President Joseph T..
Smith says he never broke pledge in
his lifetime-hs whole life time, and
anybody who says he did is a-well,
he Just is.
President Joseph f. Smith put in
twenty minutes Of good solid talk
Thursday morning at the Mormon con
ference in trying TO make Tho people
believe that be had never done anything
wicked not even the wee, finest little
wicked He traced his sublime goodness
and perfection from the time when
he was boy until the present day, and
| during all that time, he never once got
of the Decline of purity
Joseph I. was real peevlsh Thursday
morning. He had arisen from sick
bed for the express purpose of telling
his people that he was good, oh. so
good. oh, So good-if not better. Tho
reason for Joseph +. IS peevishness was
because somebody has been talking
about him, and talking bad talk, too,
| WHAT'S worse and more of it, is that the
somebody who talked about Joseph +.
| is Mormon, or maybe q lot of Nor
mons. Anyway, Joseph +. knows who
he or thev arc. and he issued signed
sealed and delivered warning from the
highest point on the stand in the tabcr-
naclc bat that kind Of business must
stop, and stop right of.
The president Of the church doesn +
care rap what bis enemies say about
la, l,a lN,,S 1,t,,,
in body and mind when some under
handed wretch who processes to belong
TO the church owned by him and his
family dares to talk about him.
Sore About 1t.
Just what the backcapper said about
Joseph r. did not appear but it must
have been something dreadful because
Joseph +. admitted that he had been
helcd and maligncd, and he was pretty
dog goDcd sore about it.
Aside from airing his personal griev-
ancc and issuing a warning that mem
bcrs of the Mormon church must bride
their tongues, President Smith did not
say much Of anything. He even failed
to mention that his prouunciamento
against talking too much was coincl-
dent with the beginning of the politi~
cal campaign through mere accident.
The rest OF the work of the confer
encc consisted of addresses by Anthon
II. Lund and John Henry Smith, couu-
sellors in the first, presidency, and four
of the seven presidents of seventies.
In the evening there WAS meeting
of the genealogical society. which was
| attended by a large number of those
who are interested in baptism for the
dead. This meeting was addressed by
Professor John A. Widtsoe.
AT 10 clock Saturday there will be
~ tl,, pF hn nttn r
Ladies Mutual Improvement associa
tions in the Eighteenth ward meeting
| house.
Last evening there were many re
unions of returned missionaries, and
these reunions viii be held throughout
the continuation of the conference.
| The tabernacle was filled at both ScS
sions Yesterday, the morning crowd be
ing estimated at 1900 and the afternoon
attendance at $500.
AT the morning session prayer was
offered by Melvin j. Ballard and bene-
iction was pronounced by Samuel o.
Beunion. The benediction in the after
noon was pronounced by Angus NJ.
Cannon, In the course OF the day the
hymns. FCome. Come, ye Saints,
1--WE Thank Thee. o God, for
Prophet - "Guide Us. o Thou Great
Jehovah - "Redccmer of Israel, -
.'God Moves in Mysterious Way. :"
and esprit of Cod were sung by the
choir and congregation. Miss Mabel
Cooper sang n beautiful solo at the
forenoon meeting, and David Reese
sang with fine affect tenor solo in
the afternoon, "The Almighty.'
The usual message was received from
John w. Young in New York, extend
ing congratulations TO President Smith
and the conference.
Blows His Own Horn.
There was no question that the Nor
mon people were glad to sec President
Smith on the stand. His appearance
or nou-appcarnnce was mattcT OF
keencst interest Presidcut Smith toII
his congregation that he was glad
to see so many present, and that his
heart was full of blessing for the Lat
ter.dav Saints aud for all the honest
of heart throughout the world. He
earnestly hoped that the spirII of the
Lord Will visit the Latter'day Saints
and abide with them throughout tho
sessions. President Smith said he had
only Just got ont Of sick bed, where
he had been for thirty days. aud no
did not think he would occupy great
deal of time. President Smith said he
loved the gospel, and he loved the truth
that has been revealed anew in these
latter days more than ever in his life.
He said tho Latter day Saints are grow
ing and progressing and absorbing
broader convictions day by day.
President Smith then cut loose with
IA record of his Righteousness from the
beginning of his life until the present
time.
~ feel happy this morning. he
said Gin having the privilege of say
ing to YOU that in the days of my child
hood and my Young manhood made
a pledge with God and His people that
would he true to Him: that | would
be true to them, Looking over the ex-