The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-10
APOSTLE M'kAl At /
THE TABERNA(lE|
Gives Discourse ON the Tenets tF
of the Church, and Other
Things.
PROHIBITION COMES lip
FOR SOME C0NSIDERAT
President Joseph F. Smith Is
Present, but He Does Not
0rate.

Apostle u -. Mckay was the uripci.
pal speaker al the services at the Tabcr.
nacle Sunday afternoon II was tho sec.
ond session OF the conference of IIhor,,
stake, with President Hugh / Csnnn,,
presiding. Apostle Mckay denounced
inc cultivation OF the merccnary spirit
among the people and urged that the|
Mormons get closer 10 God, righteousness
and the riches OF heaven.
President Joseph r. Smith was pres
s,3t' but he did not talk Apostle Hyrum
NJ, Smith. Bishop G. ". Ni6lcy and sew
eral other high ecclesiasts were also ou
the rostrum. but they did not pGrtIcipate
III II, ihe prGSce;sdingsi The session opened
WAS offered by Elias \. Smith.
McKay's Three PRINCIPLES.
Apostle -. -. Mckay in the COURSE ~
bis address said that in the Assembly.
hall in the morning three principles were
cnunclatcd; the duty and responsibility
OF the ward teachers; the importance of
the day and age in which wc live as COM
pared 10 other ages; the importance OF
the principle al salvation for The dead.
When President Cannon WAS urging lie
elders OF n" church 10 visit the mem
beTs OF the church. the apostle said he
thought how necessary it was for lhs
Mormon people 10 think plan and pray.
not TO develop their minds toward Garth.
ly things; To turn their minds 10 yc-
llgious things: not to have minds ouiy
on religion when they put on their SUN
day clothes II they sough, property
70 attain the riches OF eternity. they could
be obtained. as could tho rlchSs ~ the
earth. but the apostle abjUrod his hear
ors 20 beware OF pride.
DO not Centcr your mind on the sc-
cUmulatlou Of wealth" said tho eccie-
slast, Ito the sacrifice OF The riches OF cter-
nifty Where your treasure is, there will
your heart be also II n man puts ais
anxiety ana zeal upon the accumulaNn
of wealth nc Will be ccntoring his efforts
fhAs
richcs OF eternity. \ man must not smut
out the riches OF eternity. thinking that
he will gain some temporary benefit. Tho
greatest thing is the wealth OF the soul.
Talks About Prohibition
Take, for instance" continued The
apostle, "lhc recent movement for the
prohibition OF the sale of Intoxicating
| liquors. The paramount argument against
prohibition Was that IL would iujuro our
! city. Recently | had a talk with man
| in one OF oUr nciGhborinS cities-not
about closing the saloons. bui about
Keeping them open from IN the mon-
| ing till 3 in the evening. like the other
stores The reply Was; III you do tnar
| a man Will get ON the car and go 10 z
nelghborinG county or city. and IL VIII
be just that much money lost
"'rhlnk Of It, No matter what dire
| results there are, homes ruined, wouan-
| hood and manhood ruined all that the
man with tho merCcnary spirit desires IS
the dollar. y town Is measured by tns
manhood and the wom1nhood OIL tne
community. the truth virtue. integrity
\ and purity of the people who COMPOSE
| that community" The RICHES OF ctcr-
nifty could only bc obtained hy mnu
working fov them Young man; gwo
me thine heart" quoted tho apostle
Visit the Brethren.
Apostle Mckay eounsclod The teacheIs
10 20 once month from house 10 housa
and give the people spiritual training:
Tht, teachers should scr that ther" was
no hardness Of heart. that hearts wero
not set on the world. not upon th" srau-
hcatlon Of pride Or upon the accumula-
tion of wealth, but upon God and III,
righteousness.
The Imperial Malls quartette then Ten-
| dered Lead. Kindly Light, 49,
Apostle Anthony w. WINS was tns
next speaker He referred princlpauy
To doctr!nal subjects Az he proceeded,
however. hc quoted from In" doctrine snd
rovcnsnts and commenting on his duots-
tions said that never I'm any book Wrlttean
bv any man processing any Religion. au',|
he had read all of them, ~otld tney nn,|
any man bear testimony to he conpaten|
with that which he, had quoted from nv
Prophet Joseph Smith -, .ho,r|
The proceedings closed with the cnT,'
singing the anthem, 20. Beauiy oil h0'i'
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