Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-04-02
DAY SAINTS
HOLD CONFERENCE
knual Worlds Conference at In.
dependence, Mo- Will Be Pre-.
sided Over by r. NJ. Smith,
OMAHA WOMAN TO BE soLoIsr

This week there conveucs at iude.
pendance. Mo- The snauhi worlds con.
terence of the aeorgsnized Church Of
Latter Day saints For tho fifat Tina in
bla eapneiiy ~ pfeBideul u The church,
Frederick NJ Smith, oldest son Of the
late Joseph Smith, viii preside ne waa
chosen % this position by the monber.
sup of hB church ono year ago M their
lHst conference a. witch lime be waa
seriously NJ Ia Worcester. MaAn ~ soon
~ he was able ~ travel he returned to
Independence, Mo. ana was ordained M
Der The hands ~ the prominent elders and
Officials NJ The church 10 be ~ presls
dent ibis office also comforting upon him
he right 10 act - prophet seer and
rayaiat0r"
The Latter Day Saints, M araanized IN
mo by Joseph Hmitb grandfather of tho
present lander believe IN present rovela.
lion. They hold that GOD can And does,
speak and reveal llis VIII 10 His servants
~ ehfth today, ~ Ne dld III tR days N
The prophets ~ old. 10 different Wofa
these claims from those ~ tho churches
hboh him ~ the tlmo hat Joseph amlth
incurred the He0fH md fldGulo " many
chufelinen and nemberB II various mr.
Ranizaiiona which enmity pursued him
through lifo aud found ellmnH IN hia
death ~ Carthage, H.. ia 1874, NJ lhf
hands nf mashed mob, ahlla he waH
under the protection " officers NJ tie
state,
IN the confusion which followed this
tragedy brigham Young, president Of Tie
leading quorum N he church. claimed
Tho presidency Of the entire organization
and had himself ordained 10 that posi-
lion ann IN q short time led the people
out into the valleys OF the vest In IS.
res Of most remarkable Journeys OYER
lana the railways a. that time not eAz
tending farther west than Council Bluffs.
There due 10 the really wonderful sKeeliz
i've and enterpfislng ability ~ brigham
Young, we're laid The foundations Of tho
beautiful cry Of Salt Lake,
nefuses 10 10.
The widow Of Joseph Smith firmly 70
fused 10 follow Young west, or 10 roc6K.
Dlze bis usurped agtholity, and stHyed
IN her home on The banks Of The Nlaais-
sippi, with her four young sons, and
reared them 10 be Ood.foarlBg and law
abiding oitizonA When Joseph, the old
est ~ those sons, reached his majority.
ne made two great resolutions Ons was
That he would I've IN such manner
mat no one, from his notions, should be
Justified IN infarffnE or saying that his
father had been a bad man. The other
WAS that he would strive 10 mike tho
religion for which his father laid down
MS life honorable IN the slbht Of men.
Jlius y WAS that, IN 1870 ~ the age
~ ~ he met with handful Of tho faith
~ who, Ike his mother. had refused
70 follow Young and there he reorgan-
ized the church, and was ordslned rs
president which office he held untIl The
time Of his death In 1914, At Independence,
No How we'll he succeeded IN carryinR
out the resolutions Of his young man.
hood II best attosted By the fnet that
wherever he and the members Of the
church have lived, they have been rneog-
hized 10 be good citizens who live Glenn
lives Bnd command the respect Of all
men They occupy positions Of honor
ana trust all over The United States
ana no body of peopl0 IA more neaIouH
~ stamping out thu lniqulty or the
apostate church IN the west, than are
the members Of the REORGANIZATION. To
dsy they number 10000. ana have local
churches all over the world. -Four ar.
ferent times, the supreme court Of tho
United States has affirmed their con.
tsntion that they are the true success.
sors 70 the original church, founded in
i@0 and that the church with haaddlar-
tiers Al Salt Lake City. II apostata
Joseph Smith himself took tho position
ib8t the doctrine Of polgRamy IL M
abomnation In the sight Of God, no mat.
ter who originated A. He examined
every claim made that his father was
responsible for this evil but was Unable
10 trace u 10 him or his teachings al
my time. The members Of the Raor.
ghnlzed church are unalterabiy opposed
10 this abomnation and are wagIng
constant war AGAINST A. from their pui-
pits and from their homes. M private
citizens
Before his death In 1915 joseph Smith
designated Ills eldest son Frederick Mad
lsoh ~ his successor IN The office of the
highest priesthood Ia the church. This
Young man had been Tor eight years "a.
ISOLATED with hls father Ia The work of
presiding over the affairs pf the body
ile pursued hiH studies ~ Gfaooland nhe
rollege butt ana sustained by the church,,
~ Iowa and kansas universities. aud
finally within the last two poara. re
oelvod his DOCTORS deeree nj CLARK uni
vefeitY al Worcester Mass under Tie
pffhpnal Eudanco and direction % nr