THOUSANDS ATTEND CHURCH CONFERENCE People of Many Nations At Attend Attend Attend tend Services of Eightieth SemiAnnual Meeting The eightieth se annual conference of the Church of Jesus esus Christ Christof of Saints opened yesterday at the Mormon Monnon tabernacle Twenty Twenty Twenty ty thousand people nearly every one a member of the Mormon church from every state in the United States from almost every foreign country and from the remote islands of the seas thronged the temple grounds yesterday Nearly twelve thousand were accommodated in the tabernacle r Many Hairy of the remainder filled the assembly hall hail and for the rest an over overflow overflow overflow flow meeting was held out of doors on the temple grounds The present lre nt general conference of the Mormon church is by far the largest and It bids bi s fair to be the most successful ever held h by the members of the church In Inthe Inthe Inthe the cosmopolitan crowd of conference visitors this year there is evidence of greater happiness and prosperity than ever eer before At yesterday mornings session ion of the conference conf rence President Joseph Joeeph F Smith de delivered livered his annual address The Tha keynote of Jr the presidents address was an appeal for the careful training and instruction of the young He asked that the greatest efforts be lie put forth to instruct the Mor Mornion b mon nion young people in the principles of or r their tHir religion in order that they might re remain remain remain main in the faith The president went on as being vigorously opposed to marriages between n members of the Mor Mormon Mormon mon mori church and Such marriages he said were almost sure to result unhappily President Smith in his speech made a plea for the support of home industry This plea coming from fro the tha leading spir spiritual spiritual spirItual adviser of by far the greater por per portion portion tion of the people of the state will un undoubtedly undoubtedly Undoubtedly do much to assist in the devel development development of Utah Industries Lauds Honest Toilers The president pre paid a high tribute to the honest h toiler toller He deplored the fact that in the training of the youth the In tion in the trades was neglected n for the education looking toward occupations considered by b some to be more genteel than that of the tradesman The train training training training ing of the youth in useful trades and the development of home industries to t give gin employment ment to the young people he said K Int nt hand in hand toward the progress of or the community Strong addresses along similar lines Jines wore were made by b Presidents John R It Win Winder der dr and andY Anthon II Lund and Apostles Francis Frands M 11 Lyman John Henry Smith and Heber J Grant Other meetings in connection with the Inference conference are being held by the differ different ent E nt missionary societies and by b the varl yarl van vanUS us organisations for the promulgation of offie fie tite church work I Tabernacle Is Packed The fl conference e was wall fennaH opened at atI 10 I 1 Idock yesterday forenoon by Prest President dent nt Joseph Tuk F P Smith ith R the r rc c IK te e wa was opened the great glet tabernacle was was packed to the doors Hundreds were standing in the aisles More than tb i people thronged the Hi pat great fat tabernacle at the opening session eRlon Their devout bearing beano gave strong evi evl eviC evid C d nue of the extraordinary strength th of oft 11 t Mormon church and of the devotion cJ u or its followers A few were wen tourists hut tut L t the great majority of the vast audi audit t IK r consisted of adherents of the Mor Morn n ni nn n fl Hi i seats in the tabernacle ao ae to in their rank in the priesthood w w rt rl President Joseph Jo eph F V Smith John R IL and Anthon H II Lund of the first i r residency Apostles Francis Francia M I Lyman 1 J T Jn n Henry Smith Heber J Grant Bud Rud RooI K gr r lawson Clawson Reed Smoot Hyrum M Smith George Geor e Albert Smith George F P Richards Orson F Whitney David O 0 OM M Kay and Anthony W Ivins Patriarch John Smith Elders Seymour Semour B Young Brig Brigham am H Roberts Ro J Golden Kimball Ruhn S Wells Yells J W V McMurrin and andt t H II Hart of the first council of Presiding Bishop C W Nib lev lov and Counselors O 0 P Miller and David DavidA A Smith Of the twentysix presiding au authorities authorities of the Mormon church only two re absent Apostle C W Yo V Penrose who vh is the president of the European of the church was unable to toJi tolon Ji lon 1 ae are his work abroad George Rey Hey Reynolds the seventh member of the first council of seventies died recently n It is probable that his successor or will win be named tv bv this conference Before opening the conference President President dent Smith announced that there were so many conference visitors this year that Difficulty 1 was being heing experienced in find finding findIng findIng ing accommodations for them He asked that the Mormon people who had accommodations accommodations for the visiting brethren leave leavo heir names and addresses add at the office of ef If Elias Ellas Morris Sons near the temple 4 grounds He made the th announcements announcement Continued on Page 2 H THOUSANDS ATTEND CHURCH Continued from Page 1 at that time for the afternoon overflow meetings President Smith then akl d that the eightieth semiannual conference of tho church would open with the singing by byr r and congregation of the hymn Now Let Us Rejoice in the Day of or Sat Sal Salvation Ten thousand voices to the ac ae accompaniment of or the great tabernacle or orS S gall n were beautifully blended in the tho kg ir of the inspiring anthem In his opening prayer Elder Seymour B Young asked the Lords blessing on tt tu conference on the great body of Lat Latt t V rd ty Saints on the presidency pre of u the UIe e ec c lurch jurch on all of the quorums of or the priesthood and on all of ot their presiding c f ti rs The prayer was followed by the staging by the choir of the hymn An Alt AgI From On High Bich President Joseph F Smith then beRn began h his 3 opening address Despite a cold from li he has been troubled for several hys ys the president spoke with his usual t C and fervor His well welt modulated V ViP c P reached every auditor in the great at tabernacle and each one waa wa visibly im T cased by the strong and earnest ad irr ss of the great leader President Smith spoke chiefly on the theare are of the children of the members of oft oft t ic Mormon church He lie asked that the be given a thorough training In Inti Int ti tt t principles of the Mormon faith He bespoke for tor them the kind yet not K nt care are of the parents He asked that they be kept in the Mormon faith that they thea remain in the faith by marrying Within thin the faith He deplored the fact that there was intermarrying between members mc of the Mormon church and peo I plo lo of If other churches and said that such marriages almost inevitably led to grief T Tt N president spoke in favor of home Industry and proudly mentioned that the coat he wore was made of the last of goods He deprecated the tact fact 1 that many great Industries of the had failed through lack of support liy Ly the people of Utah President Pre Smith Laid aid in part IM Mv M Brethren The feeling that Is in my heart is one of great gratitude and most cordial welcome to this vast congre congregation congregatIon gation of Saints gathered in 10 this tbs the eightieth semiannual conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints We sincerely pray that the Messing blessing of the Lord will be upon those who vho have left their homes to come to together gether in the general conference of our church We pray that our faith may be strengthened that our desire de tre to keep the faith may be Increased ed in our souls and tl that at our overwhelming desire de may be al at always ways to serve the Lord and to keep his Commandments Counsel for Parents Parents fathers and mothers in Is rat 1 may you into the minds of your children Gods truths and bring thorn up to serve God and keep his hie com corn commandments commandments Teach them that God has haser er fI ken iken from the high heavens in our time and that this cannot be intelligently de deas as med ed We know that this is true and men Tray may not deny it Men may mR say they do donot donot donot not believe it but the truth remains Uen en may array themselves them elve against t it and fight it bitterly as they have since Its Incipiency y but the foundation of truth r mains unshaken The Tho truth remains tat at God spoke to his Prophet Joseph JosephS Jo eph S Just as he spoke to the prophets of ancient time Not only did the Father reveal himself to the prophet but the Sn SIn was also revealed My IY brethren 1 wish to bear my elm sim elmIe T 11 Ie testimony to this truth As s I believe I In n my own existence I believe in the di dl vm ty of this work As I have haver reasons re r to believe that I exist and have TI my v b being ing so I believe that God lives lies liest t V 11 it at Jesus lives and that Joseph Jo eph Smith t prophet was raised up by God for fort forts ts t s gospel 1 First of all I want those who are ly associated with me those tho e who are aret t 1 ni rid to me by ties of kindred to know t truth as I 1 know it to love it as aa I 1 v it Then I may be relieved of the tho th f fr fir ir that any of them may leave the thelt 1 lt bt of the gospel to walk alk mar In n the dark IX n 2 Next to this desire my mJ earnest wish wisht wl l i t ig t to see my associates a in life my friends I II i y associates in the Church of Jesus Christ C rj rt t of Saints to live ac acc acc c ding to Gods gospel to love God and andt t tl love neighbors nel The Lord has blessed me wonderfully No N man in the world has baa been Messed essed b IT Dore ore than I have I 1 cannot express my gr S1 at it gratitude for the wonderful ivies Ines InesT boundless mercies that God has bestowed on me lne his humble humbles servant I 1 thank th tM the Lord that he has b s put into the hearts hearth of my children the same love for God that he has put into my heart would that every father in Israel could cOU d say as much for his children I regret to say that there are some of the chit chil children dren of or Saints who have not been reared in the tho proper love and fear of God The reason for this is that the parents love their children with a shallow and selfish affection and so Indulge their children that they put into their hands the Instruments of their destruction Some Saints have grown to possess po e s such unlimited confidence in their children that they do not believe they can do wrong The result is that they turn them loose morning noon and ana night These children attend all sorts of entertainments and amusements and ana associate with persons whom they do not understand and in some cases i am sorry to say eay y with persons whom they do not know At this time I would feel as though my life liCe had been a II failure if any of my children should throw off the allegiance to their father and their mother and should cease to follow their counsel and their teachings I want to sound a R note of warning to the Saints to guard carefully their children Every device and in ingenuity ingenuity n that cunning men can conceive is in operation to lead our children away from the truth and the faith in the gds pel pet They The are trying to reach the chil chit children children dren because forsooth they the can not reach their parents They are trying to attack our church through our children I 1 believe that it is ls a pretty well welt known fact that I am outspoken in all that I Isay Isay Isay say and I want to say to everyone in inthis Inthis Inthis this vast list congregation Mormon Jew and ana Gentile believer and unbeliever that I t would rather take my m children to the grave grae than to see one of them turn away from this thin gospel Marry Within Church I r want ant to say too that I would rather take my m children to the grave aye I would rather go myself than to take a wife outside of this new and everlasting ing in covenant I want to see a Latter day Saint man marry mam a Saint woman I want to see a Saint woman marry a Saint man manLet manLet manLet Let the Methodists marry marr Methodists let the Catholics marry Catholics let the Presbyterians marry Presbyterians and let us marry within our own church and then we will see which will come out the best Nothing would give me more grief than the knowledge that one of my boys had married an unbelieving girl or that one of my girls should marry marr a man who did not believe in the Church of Jesus Christ of Saints Sometimes Saints marry outside of their church and because of that they usually come to grief A good many of our people let their daughters come to this city unprotected It would be sorrowful pitiable Indeed to relate the consequences of much of this thing I have been suffering with a cold for several days past and my voice is not In a good condition and to speak at atlen length len th to you ou this morning would be a severe tax on my physical strength When Then I came before you ou I expected to speak to you of morality mora of love of God of obedience to his commandments of the strength of our faith of the pro propriety propriety and necessity ne of patronizing home industry If there is i one thing In which the Saints have hav failed signally it is in n the support of home Industry Years ago in this valley President Young established Industries nt Young was earnest in this work He saw the necessity of establishing es these industries In Salt Lak Lk in ill Weber county in Provo in Springville in Beaver and in Washington Wash Vash Washington ington county he established these Indus Industries Industries Industries tries Yet because of the lack of the support of the Saints each of these theM industries has haa gone g ne to the wall Die of NonSupport Each one of them the raising of cot cotton cotton cotton ton goods the manufacture of woolen products the manufacture of silk sUk has bas gone by the board because forsooth the cost coat of labor was a little higher here than in the east and the shoddy produced in the east was sold here a little cheaper I would to the Lord that we ve could produce in this valley vaney of the mountains everything we need both for food and raiment I have the honor and privilege e of wearing eRring a Ii suit made from the last laet piece of ot goods manufactured at Provo For forty years I have worn nothing else save Utah manufactured clothing I am not egotistical but I feel that my m appearance Is the equal of that of any of you who wear the eastern shoddy I dont know about the reasons for the suspension su of the business of the home production of woolen goods save that our people failed to ta support the busi bui business ness ne s Brother Smoot was engaged In the manufacture of woolen goods at Provo and he can give you the figures He Jie e is better at figures n ures than I am amMy amM amMy My M people it is suicidal for tor us to patronise patronize the people from abroad We Ve should develop the skill and intelligence of our children to make them of great gIat benefit to the instead of per permitting permitting them to seek fancy occupations In our church schools and in some of our state institutions we are developing the skill of our children along the lines of manual training Our children are being taught tau t to make wagons machinery and furniture of ot different kinds This is isa Isa Isa a splendid advancement and of vast benefit to the community but it does not go gt far enough There are occupations which I am sorry to say our children do not feel like following If It we want a mason we have to look for an Englishman or a aGerman aG aGerman German G because our children do not wish to lay bricks Too Many Enter Professions If we want a blacksmith we have