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Show I Final Sessions of L. D. S. Conference Being Held Today Ii (By Stiff Correspondent.) SALT LAKE, April 6. Final ses sions of tho general confcrcnco of tho Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ' Saints arc being held today, with large' 1 congregations assembled In the tnbor- j nack. The sessions today celebrate tho ninetieth anniversary of tho or-' or-' ganizatlon of tho church, which was ! effected in the state of New York on ' April 6, 1S30. Addresses delivered by tho church ( officials yesterday doalt with loyalty and obedience to tho laws of both tho i nation and tho church. Tho large tab-1 tab-1 ernaele was filled to capacity at both ) sessions, j President Grant Presides. The congregation, under tho dircc- J tion of Prof. Anton C. Lund, with Prof. J. J. McClollan at the great or-! or-! gan, sang: "Wo Thank Thee, Oh God. , for a rrophet," and "High on the Mountain Top." John Robinson rendered ren-dered tho solo. "Tho Valley of tho Shadows." President Heber J. Grant presided, and the speakers wero Apostles Apos-tles David O. McKay, Orson F. Whitney, Whit-ney, James E. Talmage. Stephen L. Richards, Joseph Fielding Smith, An-'i An-'i thony W. Ivins and Presiding Bishop Charles W. Nibley. ll An interesting feature of the confer- f ence yesterday were addresses by Wil- him J. Bryan, the great commoner, I and Senator Robert L. Owen, who are visitors In the capital city. They spoke briefly at tho request of Presl- I dent Grant. , I Apostle McKay discussed the re- I tponslbllity resting upon the Lattcr- day Saints In that they wero the peo- I .pie chosen of God to enlighten tho I world in the principles of the true n gospel. After calling attention to the perplexing condition In which tn I churches of Christendom find thom- selves today, Apostlo McKay declared that in the light of ninety years of history tho Latter-day Saints church offered tho proper solution fqr all of the -vexing problems now confronting I humanity. I Takes Up Amusements. I In discussion of tho subject of I uinusemonts, Apostle McKay said the I tendency had been to prohibit amuse- I mcnls that had hurtful rather than to I encourage those- that are healthful and wholesome AmiYscmonts are necessary, ho said, and If those which uplift and do not introduce harmful pastimes aro resorted to. Apostle Whitney gave an oratorical discourse on tho results accomplished through the vision of the Prophet Joseph Jo-seph Smith, lie told of tho various modes of worship, both in early and modern days. II o qualified the mean-i mean-i lug of an idolator as a man who. when ho acquired wealth, adored the gift, but forgot God. tho giver. He declared the people wero living in tho Saturday night of the world's history, and said much work of rejuvenation and house-cleaning had to be done before God's day of sanctificatlon arrives. Bishop Nibley outlined what the work of Joseph Smith had accomplished, which, ho said, spoke for Itself. He said the Lattor-day Saints should be judged by their fruits, and outlined tho social, temporal and spiritual lifo as worthy of challcnge. The speaker also showed how loyalty taught from childhood by the church, and the gospel, gos-pel, he said, was founded upon the laws of. the land, and not in opposition to them. Marriage Relationship. Apostle Rlonards, in his remarks j on "The Gospel Is the Power of God Unto Salvation," told of the marriage relationship and the relation of chll-1 dren of parents existing in the L. D. 't S. church, lie said good homes meant good communities, and good communities com-munities could not out help mean a i good country and people. j After commonting upon the large i congregation in attendance. Apostle I Talinage said the church of Christ, J while It would assist other churches in patriotic and charitable enterprises,' c.ould not otherwise affiliate with ! them. He said no critic, press oi magazizne has as yet accused tho L. I D. S. church of being an organisation I or outgrowth of any other church, j Apostle Smith gave a spiritual discourse, dis-course, outlining that Joseph Smith !wa3 the prophet spoken of In tho scriptures to come to the earth to pre-J pare the way for the second coming j of Christ. - j Apostle Ivins dealt with the same theme, relating historical events of i trials of Christianity in former and latter tlavs. |