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Show 84th Annual Conference Highly SuiTCHMfiil nnd Largely Attend- cd Tuples IMscusHi'il Slnlc-Wlilc Prohibit iou(.'o to Church Sunday Slull.stloiil llepurl. About four hundred Lehl residents attended the seml-aunuiil conference In Salt Lake City tho past week, the great majority going via tho Orem rond. The conference was tho most lnrgely attended of any ever hold. It has becomo a grent problem how to provldo pro-vldo meeting places for those who dc-slro dc-slro to attend. Ono of the most Important topics discussed was state-wide prohibition. While no olllclal vote was laken on tho question, the prominence glvou to the question hy tho leading speakers would Indicate the question would have tho backing of tho church In the election this fall. Unquestionably, stnto-wido prohibition will carry In Utah If It Is put up to tho people squarely. Another timely topic given prom-Inonce prom-Inonce was tho "Go-to-Church Sunday" Sun-day" movement. While this Iden was llrst started In tho enst, tho Mormon church has taken up tho question with onlhuslnsm and will help tho other churches In an endeavor to get ull tho peoplo to attend churrh Sunday, April 2Cth. Healing tho sick hy tho power of faith was treated by President Lyman nnd tho word of wisdom was tho chief subject of Apostle Tulmngo'fl rcmnrkH. President Joseph F. Smith Included In bis remarks on the llrst day u stn-tlutlcnl stn-tlutlcnl report of tho church, which showed tho churrh to bo In a more nourishing condition than ever before lit Its history. There wote many additions addi-tions being made In all tho missions of tho world, where 2,000 missionaries aro doing prosulltlug work. lleHldoa this there were almost as many hap. tlHiiiB In tho church at home as there wore births, which Is approximately three times as many as there are deiitliB, The largo Increase at home is accounted for by tho bnptlshiB of children, chil-dren, and also many local converts Altogether tho conference, which was the eighty-fourth annlversnry of tho church's organization, was characterized char-acterized by a spirit of optimism nnd was ono of the most successful ever licld. |
