Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-05
VISITORS. WELCOME!

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Again we have the pleasure of offer
ing !piword of greeting to the thousands
ofsLatter-day Saints and friends who
have come. and who will still come. to.
visit the fair and the semi-annual gem
eral conference of the Church. We ex-
tend tho hand of welcome to all. We
hope, their stay In Salt Lake City will
be. pleasant and profitable, in every re-
spect; that old. sweet friendships may
besrenewed and strengthened, and now
4 ones formed: that there may be n gen.
erai outpouring Of the Spirit that leads
and guides into all truth and gives the
spiritual nourishment needed for
: growth. advancement, and final exalta-
ton.
we know our friends in the City will
take good care of their visitors. par
ticulary the aged ones TO many Of
them. an occasional visit to the capital
{ is "a great event In their not too varied
lives: When they do come to visit
friends, or relatives, they should be
given the best of care and attention,
4 To many of them the traffic In the
crowded streets, is bewildering. and
they would get lost but for someone
to- be near them and to take care OF
them, and TO let them enjoy the feeling
of5securIty and tranquility a child has
asi3long as his hand rests In that Of
his father, or mother.
The younger ones, too, should be care
4 Ii = Il n ri j
3 fully looked after. There are temptu-
tons OF all kinds. spread like nets Just
to catch the young and inexperienced.
Under the government now in power
nothing is being done. officially, for the
publication of the moral atmosphere,
and the consequence Is that the City is
< the, gathering place for human para
sites that9iive on the destruction OF
souls They are lying in wait for
some good counsel and the watchcarc
of,Toving friends 1t Is pity that this
City should not be n safe place to come
TO; 1t would be II we had God-fcar-
ing administration. As 1t is. 1t is nee
cssary to be careful and to avoid the
by-paths. no matter how allurins the
entrances may be.
We believe i. would be "A good thing
fall the Conference visitors could be
taken care of by Latter-day Saints and
given n home while here. In home
the young and inexperienced would be
shielded from tho dangers that bcset
life in questionable rooming houses and
hotels
AS for the Church and the cause of
the lord, all Is we'll. The Eighty-frst
conference meets under encouraging
conditions. The people, on the whole,
are united. They have full and unlim-
tied confidence in their leaders, whom
theylove as men OF God and whom they
desire to follow and sustain. and the
only desire of these men is to interpret
tofthc people, in all humility, the mind
and will of the Father, and thus aid
them to gain eternal cxaltation The
Gospel is being proclaimed In ever wild
cnlpg circles, and truth Is breaking
through the clouds OF error, OF SANDER.
and Siiflcation that have asccndcd
Vt +Atpill. ~ tabSsl w opStuiN ~. Ill
many places, and In high places. the
nature of the opposition Is being fully
understood. as never before.
For some time President Joseph f.
Smith has been confined to his room on
account of rheumatic attack. The
Latter-day Saints have learned OF his
afflictlon with great concern, and many
ofithem have regretted that they could
i not take the burden from him and
carry 1t for him. Continually the pray
ers pf the Saints have aacendel to the
Throne OF Grace In his behalf For
he has their love and confidence to the
fullest extent. and II II shall please
tha all-merciful Father to grant him
physical strength to attend the Confer
ente.: there will be rejoicing among the
people.
The Latter-dny Saints nre united Us
one people. They are not disintegrat-
Ing This fact alone Is worthy OF no
tice. Human sects are dividing and
subaividing. ad innnitum. We glance
overfthe report on religious bodies pub
lishcd 4hy.Ssthe census bureau, and we
find no less than 1855 denominations in
this country. There are several kinds
Of Catholics, seven groups OF Advent
is lists, sixteen OF Baptlsts, four Of Dun-
!. kers, thirty four of Luthernns. thirteen
Of Mennonites, fifteen OF Mcthodists and
twelve OF Presbyterians. Some churches
3 have curious names. We find one So
,y2cletSscall'nE Itself Church Of c;aA and