Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-17
Elder B. H. Roberts Delivers a
Stirring Address at Pioneer
Stake Conference.
MINISTER'S sLURS RESENTED
"AssociatIon With Good Pure Woman
Develops Man and Calls Forth
His Highest Qualities.

A large congregation assembled In
the tabernacle at o'clock Sundov =
afternoon. The services were n oo,
tinuation of the morning session Of tno
quarterly conference of the Pjone,r
stake, held In the regular hall Sial.a
President William McLachlan presided
The tabernacle choir. led by Prof, Evan
Stephens and Prof J. j. Mcclellan nre-
siding at the organ, furnished fbo
music. opening with Glorious thing.
of thee are spoken" Prayer was de-
livcred by Elder David Mckenzie
Choir sang hymn on page 81, How
are thy servants" etc,
Elder Brigham II. Roberts ocounied
the pulpit, his subjects being the rea.
sonablenesS of the Mormon claim or
authority for the establishment of tbo
new faith and the purity of the fonne
tain from which 1t flowed: he also
spoke of the respect in which woman
is held by the true Latter r-day Saint
Elder Roberts read from James where
he asks: Doth fountain send forth
at the same place sweet water and bit
ter2 Can the fig tree bear olive be,,Ics
nthef vine hgs? So can no foun-
b<k4H pOth SVtIt wafer ana fresh y
(Which condensed MEANS" affirmed
the speaker, that no impure fountain
brings forth pure springs, and no pure
fountain sends forth impure water. AS
Is the fountain SO is the stream"
BITTERNESS OF PRESS.
Continuing Elder Roberts said in part.
81 have been somewhat surprised at
the bitterness manifest of late in the
local prints concerning the doctrine and
history of this great movement known
as MormonlSm. There has been su.h
raking of old past controversies. that
we might think we would be under the
necessity of again fighting the old bat
ties of 90 or 20 years ago, the rakJnp
up extending that far back in reference
20 this great 1atter-day movement. IL
Is said a tree must be judged by It's
fruits; that must be righteous july
ment. In all moral machinery its ef-
,ectiveness must be judged by the
moral results. And in asking the judg-
ment of the world upon our religious
and ethical system, we point to the
results
ITO ME Mormonism has a wonderful
beginning; lad of IA read in the
Bcriptures that If you lack wisdom ask
md you shall receive. The boy Joseph
Smith put the Scriptures to the test:
nc dShCu Ill INC OIL Ills soul LOT
Hght and then came the voice of God
% his soul and he received a knowledge
bf the purposes of the Father to bring
sorth a new dispensation OF the gospel
10 the world through him, provided
ne be faithful. Three years passed and
EorTow took possession of him and
tgain he sought the Lord, thinking he
had committed offenses displeasing.
But he was again assured that he was
4
was revealed to him the history OF the
peoples that once inhabited this west
rn continent. Was not the course
laken by the prophet commendab!e,
praiseworthy?
SPIRIT OF MORMONISM
This is the spirit i'm which Mormon-
Em had its inception so far as he was
concerned Then came the prophets
ather asking his son 10 inquire of the
Lord as to his part In the work The
pord calling the father of Joseph To
abor came requiring faith, hope. char
hy, virtue and repentance" And the
peaker paused to ask his audience:
And what virtue exists outside of that
revelation? Similar revelations cams
10 Oliver Cowdery. a young school
leacher. He was told to keep the COM
nandments; be sober. patient, to seek
prophet in his faults. Think of a
prophet with faults-what frankness,
ghat humility is here. Then came the
rophet's brothers Hyrum and Samuel,
eceiving similar admonishing mes
ages; also Edward Partridge, Sidney
aigdon and other founders of the
church, the Lord demanding of each
epentance of sins and keeping of his
commandments. Such men are rot
dare mot fdlero Tho word of Cod
.ame to them In its purity: their IN
,tructIons came from pure fountain
They received no promises of wealth,
,or exaltation In this world, but tselr
.lstructions were to repent, TO work,
50 toll.
THE antl-Mormon press declares
mat Joseph Smith had not education
.qual to bringing forth the Book or
Mormon, claiming a man better versed
IN the Scriptures, more literary, was
required. claiming Sidney Rigdon was
lhe master spirit. Rigdon came to the
Church in December. 1890, taking tne
unfortunate position OF secretary to the
prophet, although he was 81 years on
md the prophet about 25. He never
occupied even second position. OliVer
cowdery having been confirmed second
lder In the Church"
Elder Roberts then read extracts
rom the diary OF the prophet. written
n his own hand writing, relating his
experiences in travelling from place to
,lace In the fall of 1893, showing tho
humble simplicity OF the man and ms
paramount desire TO acquaint the peo-
y. Die with the truth of his message. You
nay follow him throughout his career,
.he speaker continued: I'm his joys. In
his sorrows, in mis- imprisonment, ana
you will find this same attitude toward
God. ever seeking for divine guidance
FELL me. is the spirit In which this man
aborcd evil or good does he appear
Ls an lmpostor or a righteous mani
FERVENT TESTIMONY.
"If I could be persuaded that God
lid not walk beside this man and guide
lis footsteps. / would say to all the
rorld-your professions are mockeries;