Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-08
& DER WHlTNEYs ADDRESS.
r,,.,ws out Unique Thought That lie
wns Anxious for Time When o''''
sIdcrs Capture Normoniss'n.

.,s anxious for the time WneH tue
can,,,es should capture Mormonism;
sna L,laer richards explained how any
ann might OBTAIN testimony Oh .ile
gospel ,,jt. .inpipp Inv
The choir and the congregation Vi the
hymn beginning
.How firm II foundation, we s'iii SINUS u
the Lord. 3,,.,t
is laid Tor your faith III Ills e 'S
word"
PRAYER was offered by Elder William
MHoiy. president OF the Samoan Is
lands m,sslon, AFTER which the hylhn
praise 10 the nun VINO colliii'u i' s
MN d ehuranf WAS sung.
ELDER DAVID o. M'KAY.
Tba first speaker of this session OF
~. eonference was Elder David y. Nc
NV He said in substance: NO
o,,nter knowledge cun come TO man
,nnn n Knowledge that God lives, ana
thnt christ lives. This Is the Key 10
iifc's philosophy. He who has It is on
thc way TO eternal life. want 70
ndd nv testimony to the testimonies
That have been borne at this confer
cnce. know that the gospel is true,
and | want to thank Goa lor tnis
knowledge this day.
when Christ was on the earth ne
said that there was an obligation rest
ing on all who had q knowledge or the
vo,pcI re That 'knoweth the Musters
Will and doeth it not shall be beaten
with many stripes. TO whom much is
given much is required. Hence, "
those in the Church who know, more
will be- demanded than of them VINO
do not know.
"The ancient people of Israel were
called COD S people. A light Is not to be
hiddcn under n bushel but set on u
candlestck Kat 1t may give llght 20
all that IL J.: i!e room.
There are .....ny principles we ought
TO remember II establishing ourselves
in the world, One of these Is truth !
once was told Of conversation that
occurred between stranger and
president OF u stake. The stranger hnu
asked whether Il certain man was a
member of the Church, and when lie
was told that the man was member.
Is he Il member in good standing" was
the question. The answer being af-
tirmative, the stranger further said He
is here. In the office He wants to bor-
row money, and II he is a member OF
your Church IN good standing, Wen
lend him the money
"Ths is as it should be. When Jesus
NtS bllr tIlet tuEtu ana WAS DTUuSHl De-
fore PLATE he had declared that he was
here to establish the truth. He ex-
emplllled the truth in all his life. More.
over he sought out the company of
pure, truthful men. M How quickly he
detected the guileessness of Nathaniel!
God does not walk in crooked paths.
One OF the principles of our religion
is honesty, truthfulness. as embodied
( in the thirteenth article of our belief.
ID n ,ih it. In, .
the truth be presented to the world
than for us to look to the details in our
ives. II you agree, as a contractor,
TO put certain material into building.
let us put that material and no other.
you are hauling potatoes to the
market and represent your potatoes to
be such and SO. let 1t be found that
you have told the truth.
These are little things. but they are
me things BY which men will judge us
ahd form their conception Of our char
acter There is a great deal Of dishon-
eSiy IN the world. great deal Of de-
GET But 1t ought to be taken for
granted that no one who Is n member
o. me Church will do wrong In these
little things"
OBEDIENCE THE THEME.
Elder Orson +. Whitney next m.
dressed the conference. lie took tho
,cN! TO obey Is better than sacrifice
"iiu ., 10 hearken than the fat Of rams,
lhese words he said. were spoken
ny samuel to Saul. The commandment
iiau been given for Saul to spare no.
tnlhs That belonged to d certain people.
l ,,e a!nalekitcs. Eut Saul assumed to
F discriminate as to which part of the
command lie should obey and which
part he should not obey. He saved cor
I'm snGep and cattle and hoped to Gov
4cr UP his disobediencc BY Offering n
great sacrifice. The prophet however.
rsnuRcd the king with the words, TO
icy Is better than slcrltce and to
henrkeh than the fat OF rams
wonder Il Saul was imbucd with
w sumo spirit that nctuatcs some men
~ modern times Robert G. Ingersoll,
brilliant orator but an unsafe reason
VI, TOOK the ground that Jehovah was
\. murderer. when he took measures rs
~, we land OF the Canaanites of It's
,,nnhnitants, and lauds Joshua for!his
,Hmlenhcy shown to some OF these In
Iln,tnhts Hegdeclares also that the
NV ,u Wig law-brcaker breaking
iAMs mat he had given. In answer we
nsht say that the sivcr of life can
r1s commit life. Man, who can give no
au't, u commanded not to kill. Again.
~ l,tpsuinptunus to say tina tho giyer
y, = INV chnnot supcrscde one law by
,' wonder. | say, IL Saul was
in'nSsefscd of the same spirit as Col
nsetHo'l. He assumed to divide tho
commandments Of the Lord into tho
MN NJ winch he might obey and the part
j, ~ IS not for man to pass Judgment
~. .no Almighty. Only In proportion
H.. wy OBEY law can we receive Il bless
,ns, me example of Abraham should
hane ,, been sufficient for Saul. Abra-
, na, was commanded to STAY his son,
on" ~, .hough It wrunE his heart, he was
=" sle point OF obeylng the Lord, when
ha command was given. Doubt
,sss INC patriarch would have carried
me iilst commandment. Otherwise
would have been Il transgressor. But
Nv second command was given, and he
biu nave been n transgrcssor If ne
." "M i'ot obeyed it. The latest word
Th. TN, the Lord Is what IL the law forTs.
t,.al is what Is meant by living nv
MY MY word of God, We must do not
a mv,ply That part OF the word which,
Inasns 70 us, but that equally which;
h M MOI, It isnot for us to llscrim-
~. ~ between the laws OF God. ,}
IN January, 1S47 tho Saints we're
sI"taimpcd on the western banks OF the
oc, M ~. band of pioneers was
Idan ts way to what Is now Utah. Pres
nr,a y Dung requested the Saints. to
suHl2e Into companies In such and
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