The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-04
YOUNGER MEMBERS Of mormon CHURCH
ARE WARNED AGAINST THE WANDERLUST|

short-sighted policy for us to patronize
foreign labor when we can produce the
same articles Of a better condition and
Mass right at home.
Let the people be united and not divid-
Cd, ana not one against the other. In
unicn We have strength. Let the people
be united in faith, in love for all that Is
good and noble and God-Iike. united with
one another to establish righteousness SC
that all men will come and partake of its
glory
The parents, the gospel says, will be
held responsible for the acts of their chill.
dren, provided they have neglected theil
duty while the offspring were under theil
guidance. There is nothing l deplore NOR
than the fact that / can scarcely go upon
the street but what l see from one to 8
dozen little boys, boys in their teens witt
pipes of tobacco in their mouth, putting
away. / think when ] see this, oh what
pity, what shame, how useless, how in
furious 70 the people. / deplOre the sight
of IT, [ want to say TO you, when you
meet me in the street with pipe or cigar
in your mouth, don't recognize me and ]
will do the same. l never did like to bow
TO a nasty sinking pipe and take my hat
off to it. 1 depiore the practice as a sim
pie outlay for injury. tt would be far
more manly to take to the use Of opium,
as that would be a far quicker death than
sucking clay pipe"
DeploreS Use OF lntoXicants.
President Smith then deplored the use
of intoxicants after which ne spoke of the
financial condition of the church, telling
of assistance lent in the building of meet
ing houses and called upon the people to
contribute literally to the funds.
Following a solo, Fear Not Ye, Oh Is
rael," by A. c. Crawford, President Smith
took occasion TO pay a marked tribute to
the late President John r. Winder, whose
death occurred a week ago In a quaver-
ing voice President Smith alluded to him
as zone of the best men it has ever beer
my lot TO know. l lost father, brother
and a counselor one in whose judgment
! never failed to have implicit trust. He
never shirked his duty. Always vigllant
in the performance of every duty, he was
a choice spirit, a noble soul, a wise, pru-
dent man, just and honest"
President Anthem II. Lund followed
President Smith. He also paid a tribute
to President Winder, and said he hoped
that when he and the others present wer
called hence such good words as Spoken
by President Smith. might be spoken in
their behalf. Bishop Lund told OF the pros
porous year enjoyed by the Mormon
church in general. The missions abroad.
he said, have prospered. Great Britain
leading, with Germany close second IN
the greatest number OF converts, and all
report excellent progress. The missiona-
ries, he said. have labOred assiduOusly to
bring the gospel among men. I'VE are
now having meeting houses built, or are
buying them in many Of the missions" he
said. This is having a tendency to draw
the people. At home our different Organi
cations are prospecting The priesthood
is successful and believe it
will have great influence for good. The
auxiliary organizations are doing good
work, and reports give great deal of
Mormon People Generous.
'The people have shown a great readi-
ness in donating funds towards the cree
ton of public buildings, such as meeting
houses, etc, and this work should be en-
The people are awakening to a
realization of the value of meeting houses
where the Sunday schools may be divided
and sent into different classes, and it is
TO see how much the people
can do in this direction"
The speaker called a attention to the poor
and said they should not be forgotten
There is great amount of work to be
done in this direction. ne said. President
Lund then told how the promises of
Christ to the Prophet Joseph Smith had
been fulfilled, concluding his remarks with
2 statement that the promises made at
-ha time have become a reality.
Name" concluded the morning session.
then being taken until p
, clock in the afternoon.
Afternoon Session.
a crowd. estimated at $4,000. crowded
the auditorium and galleries of the
when the afternoon session
convened shortly after o'clock yester-
lay. The aisles and doorways were
crowded with people unable to secure
seats, and all during the two hours
he conference was in session they
stood patiently. showing evidence of
he great interest taken in the con-
erence, and IN the work of the church
n general President Joseph f. Smith
gain presided and the session opened
with the singing of the sacred song |
onward, Christian Soldiers" by the |
,holr. The invocation was ask ed by !
resident William McLachlan, fol- |
owed by the singing of the anthem, !
God Is Our Refuge and Strength by /
he choir.
The first speaker of the afternoon was |
PRESIDENT Francis NJ. Lyman, president /
# the council of apostles, who said in I
Dart:
7 have felt for long time the
necessity of advising my brothers and /
1Sters TO stay at home, in Utah and /
'ther nearby sections which have been 1
selected, and where branches of the 4
hurch, such as stakes and wards have /
zen established. 1t is not q good /
hing for us to have the spirit of /
y
ward to another. Occasionally moves /
re necessary, but it is better to stay
nd establish, 10 aid in developing our
ZONES, our farms and our business af- (
airs and thereby become solid, stable /
itizenS of our country.
Utah is not yet thickly populated. /
There is not a city or county in the /
tate that is thickly settled There is
'lenty of room in this city. in the
alley, in Weber. Juab. Sanpete, Mil
ard, Beaver and Iron valleys. All have
lenty of room and they are being filled 4
ID with our neighbOrs from abroad. It
S well to heed the counsel given US
his morning, and develop the re-
OurceS OF our country. 1t is not neces-
airy 10 go abroad for mining. We have
S good prospects in this state as in
Their states.
The country is fruitful and desir-
bic. If not occupied by Mormons il
Till be occupied by others who are not
iormons, and people coming in with
apitaL We do not object to their
Om1ng, but we want TO share the
enehts with them.
stay at home. Our missions fire. |
uently call us abroad and we now
ave a vast army of several thousand
Missionaries in the field. but there is
lerty of work to be done at home.
he presidents of our missions are
ailing for more missionaries They
-ant German speakers, Scandinavians
o speak tina language, also French,
butch and Spanish, and we require
reat deal of help"
Trained Men Needed.
The speaker then made an appeal to
he men to be ready for missionary
uty. He said the bishops should sup
~ plenty of the seventies" we
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