Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-10-11
CHURCH WILL USE
FUNDS FOR BONDS
SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM DISPLAY
ED WHEN SAINTS VOTE TO
PURCHASE LIBERTY BONDS.
Tithing Funds to the Amount of a
Quarter of a Million Dollars to Sc
Invested in Liberty Bonds by
Loyal Churchmen.

salt Lake City.-At the closing SEES
sion of the eighty-eighth Semi-annual
conference of the Church of Jesus
| Christ of l.atter-day Saints held in
/ this city October to :. inclusive. it
was the unanimous decision of the as
scrubbed churchmen that the church
should purchase with part Of the tith-
ius funds of the organizations through
! rrustee-n-truSt Joseph +. Smith. Il
! quarter of million dollars worth OF
! Liberty bonds To aid the government
of the United States in prosecuting its
| part in the war in defense of constitu-
| ti0nal freedom in the world
This is the first time in the history
of the church that the 1.-THE funds
| have ever been diverted from their
ordinary course of expenditure for
| purely church purposes.
such action was only taken after
President Joseph F. Smith had said
that it WAS the duty of the people to
sustain the government in the war
| The motion to purchase the bonds was
made by President Anthem IL. Lund,
first counsellor to President Smith
ana seconded by President Charles W.
penrose. second counsellor.
When the motion was put by Presi-
dent Smith with the request that APP
prevail he denoted by the uplifted
hand. $1,000 hands We're raised in the
air y dissenting showing was called
for. bur no hand was raised.
Twenty thousand men. women and
children. it is conservutively esti-
mated. thronged Temple Square sun
day morning and afternoon. Two over
| flow meetings We're held ut each oc-
caSion-One in the Assembly hall and
one in the open air near the bureau of
Information building. In the big tab
ernacle sat and stood l2,OOO persons.
! in the Assembly hall were 1900 more
and 300 others stood in the open air
and sang and listened to admonition
from their leaders.
President Smith had charge of the
morning and afternoon meetings in the
tabernacle. In the morning ut the AS
| Sembly hall President Seymour +.
Young of the first council of seventy
had charge. assisted by Elders Walter
! L. Monsoon, Samuel f. Woolley. Rey L..
Pratt and Andrew Jensen. At the
outdoor morning meeting Elder Ben
jamin Goddard was in charge. assisted
! by Elders Roberts, Rulon s. Wells,
John W. Hart. Joseph II. Shepherd and
Heber c. Austin.
Truths of the gospel as they have
been revealed in the doctrines of the
Mormon church. and their attending
demand for obedience of the laws of
the land and the laws of God. were
so wildly pictured in the admonitions
second day of the Mormon conference.
on October 6, that thrill of inSpira-
| ton seemed to permeate the vast con
gregatiOn.
Standing OVt above a great many
eXhOrtations were the admOnitiOns of
Apostles George Albert Smith and -.
o. Mckay touching " on divine re-
quirements for loyalty to the land and
the duty of the church anent the in
| situation of an uncOmprOmiSing spir-
| il of purity and cleanliness of habits
| into the minds of our soldiers whose
service in the armies of the United
| States already has been sealed by au-
thorities of the Mormon church as IL
divine calling. Throughout the serv-
| ices threaded spirit of patriotism
closely entwining religion with the ma
terial duties of relieving the oppress-
ed from the bondage of Satanic au-
tocracy.
Shortly before the close of the Sat
urday session President Smith read Il
telegram from Apostle Reed SmOot.
senior United States senator from
Utah, in which he expresses regret at
being unable to attend the conference.
1t is explained in the message that du-
ties in congress have made great de-
mands on his time.
During the opening address Apostle
Hyrum VI. Smith discussed the true
meaning of wisdom. He said that
the Saints were intelligent people and
he added that they ought to be as
wise as they are intelligent. He said
that there was need of securing n bet
ter grasp on the Importance of being
intelligent and at the same time wise,
and he pointed out that wisdom came
with full acceptance of the ordinances.
Junius f.. Wells, an elder of the
Mormon church, who followed Apostle
George Albert Smith as speaker told
of his acquaintance with presidents
of the Mormon church from President
Brigham Young To President Smith. He
said that he always felt II peculiar
realization that they We're men espe-
Churchmen Loyal to Nation.
Alien members of the Church of
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