URGE LOYALTY 10 CHURCH OFFICIALS OBEDIENCE TO DOCTRINE IS COMMANDED COM-MANDED BY SPEAKERS AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE. Principles of Church Government and the Succession of Presidency the Principal Topics Discussed by President Smith in Address. Salt Lake City. There was the largest larg-est attendance at the opening session, on April 4, of the eighty-third annual conference of any recent spring conference, con-ference, at elast -7,000 persons being present. The presidency- of the church, with all of the apostles of the church, excepting ex-cepting two and all of the first seven presidents of seventies of the church were present with the presiding patriarch patri-arch and the presiding bishop and his counselors. dm( Tnaenh F Smith and First Counselor Anthon H. Lund were the speakers at the opening session, while C. A. Callis,' president of the southern states mission; Melvin J. Ballard, president pres-ident of the northwestern states mission; mis-sion; Joseph E. Robinson, president of the California mission, and Ben E. Rich, president of the eastern states mission, spoke at the afternoon session. ses-sion. Principles of church government and the succession of the presidency of the church were the principal topics discussed by 'President Joseph F-Smith F-Smith in his opening address. In commenting com-menting on the attendance at the opening of the conference he said that he was particularly well pleased because be-cause conditions permitted practically all of the leading officials to be pres-ent.'wiih pres-ent.'wiih the exception of Reed Smoot and Rudger Clawson. President Smith, in commenting on their absence, ab-sence, said that Senator Smoot was engaged in a good cause and doing much for the ministry and that his personal spi-it and influence is a sermon ser-mon for good and his example is always praiseworthy. As president of the British mission, he said Rudger Claii-son was performing great service for the jljurclj. President Anton R. Lund, first counselor coun-selor in the first presidency, gave a brief historical review' of the confer- ring oi auinoruy uy io."- j also urged greater activity in the or- , ganiaation of religion glasses', t '' Ben" E. Rich,' president of the east- , ern states mission, spoke on the rela- t tive importance of the Mormon church and the belief in the Bible and i in the death and resurrection oi , Christ. C. A. Callis, president of the southeastern south-eastern states mission, referred to prophecies of storm and flood and describing de-scribing conditions in -.Ohio and Indiana; In-diana; he asserted thattnese devasta-:ions devasta-:ions were in fulfillment of prophecy jf the events that would come before the end of the world. Melvin J. Ballard, president of the northwestern states mission, delivered i stirring address in which he outlined ihe growth of the church in strength, influence and membership and mentioned men-tioned the requirements of membership member-ship in the church as factors in retarding retard-ing the growth of Mormonism, saying that he believed that this slow growth ! was for a divine purpose. j The second day of the eighty-third ' annual conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was devoted to addresses by mission and ! stake presidents. Only one address was delivered, by a high official of the church. That was a brief talk at the ! opening of 'the forenoon session by Apostle George Albert Smith. The stake presidents and mission l presidents,- with one exception, represented. repre-sented. .the younger men in the ministry. minis-try. All of them were of the third and 'f.iirth generations, a 'fact which was nwelt upon as indicative of the con-' con-' tinuation of the faith' throughout the Derations. Persident Joseph F. Smith remarked that while most of those who had spoken were of the, ' third or fourth generation, he could . . j e V,,i fiffh produce at least a uueu m generation, "who are just as good as I am " The burden .of the addresses ot stake and mission presidents was that the church is growing steadily, and that the spirit of its members is unflinching. un-flinching. They each and every one B greed with the remarks of the church president on Friday when he declared that the evasion of duty and the shirking of responsibilities on the part of some of the heads of organisations organisa-tions must cease. It was stated that the duties of each, from the highest to I the lowest, was defined in- revelation, 1 and any who did not observe that i which was therein laid down wm do- I ihg that which was in disobedience of I the command of God. j The Tabernacle was taxed to its j capacity to accommodate the throngs that attended the second day's sessions. ses-sions. The speakers at the morning session ses-sion were S. O. Bennion, president of the central states mission; German E. Ellsworth, president of the northern north-ern states mission; Moses W. Taylor, president of Summit stake; Joseph R. Murdock, president of Wasatch stake, and A A. Hinckley, president of Des-eret Des-eret stake. At the afternoon session M. H. Welling, Well-ing, president of Bear River stake; William A. Hyde, president of the Po-catello Po-catello stake; Frank Y. Taylor, president presi-dent Jf Granite stake; L. W. Shurt-liff, Shurt-liff, president of Weber stake; Heber C. Austin, president of Bingham stake, and O. X. Stohl, president of Box Elder El-der stake, were the speakers. The conference came to a close on Sunday with three great meetings, the attendance being estimated at 18,-000. 18,-000. By resolutions adopted by the Saints the conference was declared to have been the most helpful in years. Short addresses by members of the quorum of apostles along doctrinal doc-trinal lines with the sustaining of all authorities without change and a unan- mous vote that the conference had been one of the best in the history of the church marked the afternoon session. ses-sion. The speakers were Feber J. Grant, Hyrum M. Smith and Orson F. Whitney Whit-ney of the apostles; Hyrum G. Smith, presiding patriarch, and Brigham H. Roberts of the first s,ven presidents of seventies, while only brief remarks supplementary to some of the address ad-dress were made by President Joseph F. Smith, who presided. One of the distinctive features of the conference war. the selection of speakers, many of them being chosen from the ranks of the stake presidents. Addresses were delivered by the presidency, pres-idency, but only five members of the quorum of apostles spoke from the stand in the tabernac'.e and only one member of the first seven presidents of seventies was heard at a regular, conference con-ference session. Charles W. Penrose of the first presidency presi-dency and Francis M'. Lyman, president presi-dent of the quorum of apostles, were the speakers at the morning service in the tabernacle, while the morning overflow meeting in Assembly hall was in charge of George F. Richards pf the quorum of apostles, assisted by Charles H. Hart and Levi Edgai Young of the seventie?and Andrew Jenson, assistant church historian, ? -".: . A telegram was read from Apostle I , .. - i irVi;,YtrtTi Qonntnr -teen smooL au immjitw". Smoot expressed regret at his inability 0 be present at the conference, but he was with his brethren and sisters in Jie spirit, he wired. From Xew York came a message from John W. Young, a son of President Presi-dent Brigham Young. He congratulated congratu-lated the Saints and the authorities upon the continued growth of the movement and conveyed his very best wishes. ' ' Not only was the conference one ot the best in history from point of attendance, at-tendance, but all of the speakers were at their best, and the visiting Saints were regaled with words of counsel and cheer, and encouraged by the -reports, of the growth of the. church m every department. The musical numbers were of the highest order, adding to the success of the conference.'- ( Seventeen missionary reunions in connection with the Mormon church conference were he'.d in various parts of the city Saturday night. These included in-cluded missionaries who had labored in the following missions, together with forrher and present residents: Australia, California, central states, French, Hawaiian, Hull, Leeds. Manchester, Man-chester, Newcastle, New Zealand, northern states, northwestern states, Nottingham, Scottish, Sheffield, South African and western states. At each of these meetings there was an. excellent ex-cellent program. Representatives from twenty-four stakes attended the quarterly meeting 0t the Genealogical society held in Assembly hall. Saturday afternoon immediately im-mediately after the "close of the. conference con-ference session. Charles W. Penrose 1 of the first presidency presided in the absence of Anthon H. Lund. 1 Appointments1 for stake conferences lot the Mormon church from April 19 tn Sent.ember 28 have been made by authorities of the church on a schedule that will allow some of the leading officials of-ficials to be present at each confer- en-t,e'was decided that ..daily public orean recitals will be given at he Tabernacle on April 21. The recitals re-citals begin at 12 o'clock noon and last about one hour. They are free, and are given at the expense of the Mormon church. Hundreds of tnou-ands tnou-ands of tourists each summer attend the recitals, carrying away with them -a profound impression of the great organ of the Tabernacle and sweet recollections of delightful music. T George woou, ers'of the "Boy Scout" movement among the M. I. A. of the Mormon church, is planning a summer camp for the bovs. A definite place has not yet been selected, but it will probably be located near Salt Lake- More than 500 members of the Mormon Mor-mon church, refugees from the various stakes of the church in Mexico, who had been driven from their homes by Mexicans, held a reunion in the Bishops Bish-ops building Sunday afternoon. The gathering .was not only intcreEtin;;. but unique-