The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-07

France, Belgium. the -1.a ;. r.
sionaries reported progc ps;a ,nis
Lund said that in NorN .ho rreslaens ,Sr;nsts
aWs hT tHe enaced pqdsf fo naa sap hs to have
preaching in Norway. but non e.uets
tee having charge of the \ Goii,fnlt- s
ported to the storthing, or nad re- O
that there was already enou2n ngieSs' G
tion in that regard. There s5ono h
missionaries in the. field, SAL u;iS ISoo G
i6n hmnd, d,rSa who arc working diligty in t
President Lund urged attenda. g
children and membership in theAui q
Gus organizations for their benefitI ~ a
said the juvenile courts were de n
'ood work and he hoped the com, Y
legislature would sustain them Prel n
dent Bund exhorted bishops to stuo.t
their congregations. so that they woult
not preach TO empty benches, as is now.
IN some instances, the case.
John Henry on Deck.
John Henry Smith. second counselor
in the first presidency. said he recog.
nized that there had been a misunder-
standing in the breasts of some as
to the mission of the church in the
world
He referred to the remarks of Presi.
dent Smith. and he declared it was
the aim, of the president to fulfill his
obligations in honor, and it was the
duty Of the saints TO pray that he con.
tinue his life in honor. as he had lived
it In the past. and they should com
mend him to every man in the United
States
When we reach his age in life, my
brethren and sisters said Elder Smith,
90 shall our consciences permit us to say
with him, Il have violated no pledges
betrayed no trust, nor have l counsclod
other men so TO do.
Elder Smith reverted to the con-
tinued unrest among the younger Nor
mons, and their propensity for drifting
away from. their home settlements
There are sfill number of the breth.
rem, he said. who are wandering
about looking for something better lust
beyond Some go to Mexico, to South
America, to Canada They are looking
for something, anticipating something
that never comes, and they come back
TO their homes verging on a state of
beggary. Every effort, said Counselor
Smith, should be made to preserve the
unity of the home, and TO put stop
10 the practice of wandering from place
10 place,
"The United States is good enough
for me- said Elder Smith, and then
ne paid a glowing tribute TO the flag
md what It stood for. He declared
hat the Latter"day Saints must occupy
1 position where they will be honored
&c said they are most obedient and
,ractable to the laws of the land
which is in conformity to the laws of
iod Elder Smith declared that the
4atter-day Saints love this country, as
hey love the truth.
Elder Smith urged the extreme neces.
veil as among the maidens of Zion,
Elder Smith declared that the
postles Of the church had never
ounseled the Latter, day Saints to
teal, to lie, to bear false witness |
gainst their neighbors They had a. |
7ays exhorted the people to pay then
ebts and to live the upright life.
Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session of the confer
nee was a testimony meeting. Four
t the seven presidents addressed the
All of them declared
hat they felt to bear witness that the
lormon faith i ~ divine origin. The
peakers werA Seymour b. Young. Rulon
!; Wells. Joserh w. McMurrin and
'harles Fl. Hart.
Elder Hart was the first speaker of
ne afternoon. He talked upon the doc
rlnes of the Mormon church, and
eclared that the Book of Mormon was
I divine origin. He said there were
mple witnesses-three who had seen
be manifesto and eight who had
cen and Hhefted'' the plates-who
estified as to the communication be-
"een the angels of heaven and the
rophet Joseph Smith He declared
nat 1T could not be true, as had been
Sserted. that the manifestations were
adjective. He said the golden plates
ere IN evidence, and that it was un-
,Inkable that three witnesses had
eluslon of the senses Of sight and
caring at the same time and under
recisely similar conditions. The ad
ersaries of the church, said Elder
art, cannot reasonably explain away
le testimony of the witnesses referred
on the ground that the manifesto
on was delusion,
McMurrin Is Heard
Elder McMurrin dwelt at some
myth upon education. as part of