Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-10-13
CHURCH LEADERS
REPLY TO CRITICS
SPEAKERS AT CONFERENCE OF
LATTER.DAY SAINTS DEFEND
FELLOW cHuRcHMEN.
President Smith Says Mormon People
Have Nothing 20 Fear So Long as
They Lead Pure and Righteous
Lives.

Salt Lake City.-The speakers at
the opening session Of the eighty-sec-
ond semi-annual conference of the
Church OF Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, held in this city on october 6.
all made reference to attacks being
made upon the church and its repre-
sentatives by would-be critics in diff
ferent parts of the world.
The morning session was attended
annual conference in recent years.
President Smith was the principal
speaker at the morning session, de-
voting his remarks to a defense of
the Mormons against the attacks and
scandals that have been waged in
different parts of the world. This de-
Tense he accomplished for the most
part by a comparison OF the belief OF
the Mormon people with that of those
hurting the ISLANDERS. The Mormon
people, he declared. have nothing to
be ashamed of, and nothing to fear in
these attacks so long as they lead
pure and righteous lives and follow
the footsteps of the Savior. Replying
to the attacks on him personally, he
said he would leave it to the Latter
day Saints to judge for themselves,
and defied the world to show where
he had transgressed the laws of purity
and chastity laid down by God.
In conclusion President Smith re-
ferred to the tabernacle speech of
President Taft. declaring that it was
full of sentiments that voice the feel
ings of every true Latter-day Saint.
Il indorse," said he, every sentiment
in that great speech on the subject
of Universal Peace"
The music at each session OF the
conference was highly praised by all
In attendance.
Apostle Reed Smoot delivered q
forcible sermon at the afternoon SEES
sion. He urged the Mormon people
TO guard well their manner of living
that they might stand the test of the
worlds scrutiny as directed upon
them by the recent slanderous pub
locations in eastern magazines.
The apostle declared that the final
result Of the Islander and falsehood Of
these articles would undoubtedly re
dound to the good of the Mormon PEG
Pile He said he had given the matter
deep study and investigation and he
was convinced that for every 100 un
thinking persons who read the arti
cles and condemned the Mormons a
least fifty intelligent. truth-loving per
sons had detected the false ring o
these accusations and consequent!
sympathized with the people SO ma
ligned.
Other speakers of the afternoon SEES
sion were President John Henr!
Smith and Apostle Heber J. Grant
President Joseph F. Smith presided
In his discourse President Johl
Henry Smith dwelt broadly on thu
Mormon doctrine, citing its histor,
and achievements as proof OF II
genuineness as the latter-day version
of christianity. He referred to tn
intolerant attacks against the churcl
as unbecoming the American people
in that they are direct violation o
the spirit of the Declaration of lnde
. pendence and the spirit of the Const
tuition, with its provisions for freedom
of speech and worship.
1.-THE Mormon doctrine" he SAID
tcame as an essential message to tn
, human family, which needed again t
hear the original word of God a
brought to the world In the long ag
by the Savior. AS in the day of Chris
5 this message had been scoffed at b
, most of the world, SO has the latte
e day revival of it had 10 bear the brnn
+ of misunderstanding and intolerance
a Apostle Grant devoted much of hi
|, speech to the importance of the Mo
!, mon missionary work. He said this
e the church is spending $4,000
/, month in the mission fields and ha
e 1000 missionaries preaching the go
: rel in all parts of the world. Thu
n none of these missionaries had eve
), returned to announce that they ha
found a better conception of saly
ton than that of Mormonism,
proof. he said, of its supremacy.
Il He warned the people against II
hangers Oh COiDhEI1i'hHh Nu''i
Y their higher ideals, and he urged tn
: they ever hold in mind the prece
( of the great Teacher concerning Il
fallacy and emptiness of riches tn
I are gained at the expense Of u
higher riches of mind and soul
D Second Days Sessions.
le Both sessions OF the second day
lie the general conference were devote