The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-20
bic DAY At THE
! BIC TABERNACLE
.Joseph F., John Henry and DR..
Talmage Speak on Gospel
Principles.
PRESIDENT SMITH FEARS
PEOPLE ARE DRIFTING
Tells Them to Pray i'll Time of
Plenty for Continuation
of Peace.

II was the conference Of the Salt
lake stake Of Zion that occupied The
,;ma nj the big tabernacle Sunday af-
so,noou. with President Nephi i. Nor
ris in charge. There was some bcauti-
soI music by the choir. and the speakers
we're DR.. ]. Z. Talmage, John Henry
un;th and President Joseph +. Smith
Tr Taimaee spoke about present day
Oscillations and their genuineness; John
Horny Smith was platitudinous, and Jo-
esnh F. Smith text might well be
ssrrmed 15Lest We Forget" because
10 nrophct was afraid that in these
,;wes of peace and plenty there was a
iangcr that the saints were drifting
away from the Lord,
The conference of the stake was
xssljv dedicated to Joseph +. Smith, In
arsn;no his address DR.. Talmage said
Tint all the great men Of the world
had not passed away or were yet to
come, some of them were yet with us.
We were prone to recognize Leaders of
bv.goue times, said he, and the craze
fSr travel would lead to the belief that
mur home is trihing, that we must go
abroad to meet men who arc of great
iulportance. That was mistake. The
greatest time of all was the time In
/ that tho best age of the world is the
nrescnt age; tnat the time for work is
here. While ii was fitting to investigate
the history of the characters of the
preat men in the past, they of today
we're not only living III the past but IN
the present The scriptures of the
pnst were pf inestimable value, but
thew needed the scriptures and reve"
lations of the present day. God deals
with the circumstances and conditions
of the times and the church of God
must be up with the times-must be or.
ganized in such a way and prepared
"a receive revelations of the day. In
tho Judgment OF the speaker there was
no lime since the time of Adam that the
Lord did not have his prophets on
earth: but he admitted that there was q
long period of spiritual darkness and
nposfncy, but nevertheless even in those
times the Lord had his servants on the
earth
Authority of Mormon Church,
In the present day the Mormon church
spoke 10 the world as the church hav-
ing authority and not as the diyines
and scribes spoke who base all they
{ have TO say in the long gone past, The
Mormon church said that God was
giving revelations today. "I believe
the Lord chooses his servants even be-
fore they are born, - continued the doc
tor. "Do you believe that we as indi~
tldnals begin our existence with our
birth here2 We lived before we came
here. We were living i'll the palace of
The king of kings, and after that train
,ng we were sent into the wilderness
until we shall be prepared to go to
Eomethine yet higher and grander in
The great beyond, I"
DR. Talmage said he believed Column
bus was chosen for his mission and
That his mission was predicted many
centuries before he was born in the
hesh, He believed that the founders
OF this government were servants of
God chosen for their rwork-preorlained
30 to speak-to come and serve IN the
Ncnnse Of human liberty and Mormons
Thought there was nothing incongruous
N meeting in the tabernacle with the
NATIONAL colors surrounding them They
pelieyed that patriotism was approved
oi God and they expected to stand for
Iall that is good and great in the in
U sritutions of the land. Even the most
Iunfricndly critics, declared the speak
Jcr. had moi been able TO point out any
Inconsistency in the spirit of the scrip
lnres OF the present (meaning Mormon
\ |Snl) and the scriptures of the past.
N Claims Individual Liberty.
Dr. 1almage then quoted from the
" I,ocfrne and Covenants 10 the effect
Ifhnat the Latter day Saints do not be-
''evc IN mngling religion with civil
"A government. They claimed the right to
W profsnIp God according TO their own
,1f f<onsclence and allowed all men the same
sTPslvilege, They recognized the power
tne priesthood, but there was moth.
lne In 1t to Indicate that the priestly
power could be exercised for oppression
, 70 interfere with individual liberty.
nc power God had given he was Jealous
and was careful in the selection
E the men who should exercise If and
.nc man who held the priesthood should
peaker. '-i'
NI John Henry and Teddy.
y 1onn Henry Smith then secured the
st.Ium lie spoke of the soldiers,
11;.essnen and scholars who had been
liked mp to pave the way and open the
Al 1por for the establishment Of the
VfLaref OF Jesus Christ in the land
smith made veiled allusion 10
ls u return of Colonel Roosevelt. "the
ISss, VINO mad been in the jun2les of
'Sn u ana upon returning was received
.usl'zsSdn Sn ane crowned hcnds of the civ
idcu eedesu nations Of the world" said the
y sSo ,; man who loves liberty and
y -hruor- IL =" tns hcarts or the people
has battlcd >, -"i ""o'"
tbe resident na Joseph 7. Smith. who was
Erca aett speaker. said there was no time
la she Organization of the church
Tl <eedoc rnc people bad enjoyed so much
" Eborsvg" ot conscience TO worship God.
Z 'eas 10 express their thoughts and
IA ,;,e everywhere as they enioyod at
kblI11t e b0 III occurred to him, however,
~ bYt
= SERIOUS danger to the saints.
.., Danger in Liberty.
<. 40 not know that can give cx-