The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-06-13
RefufeS Attack ON
Mormon Children

OF the children of Latter-day Saints
is worse than that Of the children OF
the world they lie; they do not speak
the TRUTH" said President Joseph p.
Smith yesterday afternoon at the ser
vice in the Tabernacle dedicated to
the Mutual Improvement Associations
OF the Church of Jesus Christ OF Lat
ter-day Saints, which concluded the
seventeenth annual conference last
night
President Smith went on to say
there was much work for the young
peoples organizations and urged par.
.ents to take a lively interest in what
is being done by their children, that
their sons and daughters may be pro
tected from temptations and pitfalls.
lie resented the imputation that had
been made that the children OF the
church are more fragrant In deseera-
ton of the Sabbath and in miscon.
duct than other children. President
Smith said he had received this cow
ardly statement from an anonymous
letter writer.
In this connection he vigorously
scored Latter-day Saints who have
drifted away from the church, say.
ing that the indiscretions Of the sons
and daughters Of these backsliders
have cast reflection upon the children
OF those who are in good standing In
the church.
"You know there is the saying
once a Mormon always Mormon
and for the sins Of those who have
drifted away we all suffer to some ex.
tent" said President Smith. mo
matter how wicked those who depart
from the precepts of the church be-
come, they are still regarded as Nor
mons"
Content For Anonymous Writer
u hold in contempt a person who
writes stuff he is ashamed to put his
name to-" declared President Smith,
referring to the anonymous communi.
cation.
In denying that children OF thu
church were as much at fault as the
youngsters of other denominations,
President Smith said he did not ex-
cuse failure to keep the Sabbath holy
and did not excuse those children who
refused to obey their parents.
Parents should know what their
children are doing on the Sabbath,
he urged, land know with whom they
go to parks and other places for rec
reation, that they may protect their
sons and daughters from wickedness,
from temptation, from swindlers and
evil-doers. and keep them pure and
wholesome.
President Smith paid eloquent trib-
ute to the good work that is being
done by the improvement associations
Associations Adopt Resolutions
President Smiths plea for fevefent
keeping of the Sabbath was augment
ed by resolutions adopted by the Mu-
tual Improvement associations and in
dorsed by yesterday afternoons con-
gregation, urging employers thruout
the stakes of Zion to grant their chill
dren and their employees half holi-
days on Saturday afternoons during
months of June. July and August.
The resolutions set forth that in
this modern civilization, when so
many people must toll six days week
there Is a growing tendency to make
OF Sunday a day Of recreation. II is
affirmed in the resolutions that the
people have need of recreation, and
the Saturday half holiday is urged as
a solution OF the problem. It was
pointed out that in the east the plan
has met with the favor of employers
and religious persons.
Officers of the Young Mems and
Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement
associations We're the speakers yes
terday afternoon. b. S. Hinckley OF
the Young Mems association was &c
have delivered an address on "Physi
cal Development" but illness KEEP
him from attending the service. II
his stead B. II. Roberts talked.
Body Is Holy Thing.
There is that which we must i'm
press upon our youth, the sacrednest
Of the human body and the necessit!
of treating It as something holy, I,
be developed" asserted Presiden
Roberts ITO me this is very beau
tiful
THE gospel concerns the tempora
as well as the spiritual salvation c
man. The body OF man is a tabernacl,