Show MI STYLES A HE CONDEMNED SMITH REBUKES WO MEN WHO FOLLOW AND ridiculous MODES doctrines of the mormon faith and achievements of mormonism subjects of speakers at closing session of conference salt lake city the c closing sing session of f the eighty sixth conference of the church of jesus christ ot of latter day saints on sunday april 9 was marked by the attendance of ahugh a huge crowd that overflowed the tabernacle into the assembly hall and then into the temple square where an outdoor meeting was held in the afternoon outlining of the churchs churche stand on the question of the liquor traffic hyphenated phena ted citizenship reports on the situation of ot lormon mormon colonists in mexico and a 9 statement by president joseph F smith of the expenditures of the ithe church during his term in office had been ule the features of the convention doctrines of the mormon faith and achievements of mormon mormonism ism were the subjects ot of most of the speakers on sunday prohibition was as brought strongly to the front in the meetings at the assembly hall and C W nibley presiding bishop of the church spoke on mormonism and patriotism at the afternoon meeting in the tabernacle modern modem fashions in attire were vehemently condemned by president joseph F smith of the mormon church in his closing address at the meeting in the tabernacle sunday night of the deseret sunday school union he said many of such fashions originated in the demimonde and he scathingly eca thingly rebuked mormon women who follow what he called immodest and ridiculous fashions some of the history of the mormon church in its relation to the possible future of the organization was related by apostle orson F whitney at at the morning session the general secretary of the deseret sunday school union reported that there were 1362 sunday school organizations at the present time in these there were officers and teachers or as many as there was of total membership atthe at the time the mor mon mons left nauvoo salt lake city record crowds attended the opening session on april 6 of the eighty sixth annual conference of the church ot 0 jesus christ of lat ter day saints an account 0 lifs stewardship was given by president joseph F smith sith at the opening of the conference which marked the eighty sixth anniversary of the founding of the church and it was given before what Is said 0 to o have been the largest gathering ever present at a weekday week day opening of a conference the report detailed the expenditure of during I 1 he fourteen years of president smiths administration of this total was spent in church schools and was paid to the poor through the various church channels 1 I scarcely need to add one remark to this report said president smith abut I 1 want to tell you this that the tithes and means of the church have not stuck to my hands nor to the hands bands of any of my associates they have gone to their legitimate purposes have gone to their legitimate purposes I 1 will guarantee you so long as my brethren are in charge with whom I 1 am associated you will never have cause to suspect that your means will be misused or misappropriated appropriated mis besides president smith the speakers of the day were anthon H lund first counsellor to president smith who talked on the religion classes charles W penrose second counselor who handled several problems of theology and francis M lyman president of the twelve apostles who urged abstinence from the use of liquor tea coffee and tobacco I 1 attending the conference are nearly all the general authorities of 0 the church of the quorum of the twelve apostles four were absent they are senator reed smoot who is in washington D C hyrum at smith who is in europe presiding over trie me mission there orson F whitney who is ill III with la grippe and david 0 mckay who is confined to his home as a result of injuries received in a recent automobile accident at the annual meeting of the relief society of the church of jesus christ chris t of latter day sain saints ts held in the assembly hall on march 4 dr emmeline B wells president of the society in her annual address welcomed the visiting delegates and mrs calne caine of cache county responded to the address of dr wells reports of the work in the stakes were given by mrs aggie H stevens of weber mrs alice R woolley wolley of tooele thoele mrs afro phoebe A brough of woodruff mrs minnie N robinson of the california mission and mrs louise B benson of oneida stake during 1915 members of the relief society of the mormon church spent days with the sick and made a total of special visits to the afflicted Ilic flirted ted a total of bein being g paid tor for relief of the suffering as shown in the annual report of the relief so clety further data of the report showed that the society had given direct help to families that it prepared 2054 bodies for burial and that burial clothing had been furnished for 1646 bodies the society also was shown to have bushels of wheat in store in various elevators and that all the resources of the s society 0 clety including moneys rno aggregate a valuation of missionary reunions were a feature at the work of the conference missionaries sion aries narles who had performed service in many lands meeting atiel renewing aps with former pa o laborers |