Show k GREAT CROWDS ATTEND conference attendance at seventy fourth semi annual conference of the church of jesus christ of latter day bainte urea ks all previous records R cords never in the history of the church has been such crowds in at as at the seventy fourth con ference of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints held in salt lake city on the ath ath and ath it was said by more than one saint who had not missed a semiannual semi annual conference in years that they never saw such a crowd as was in attend ance upon this confere conference nep it was stated further that not since the fu ol 01 president brigham young in the late has there been so many people upon the temple grounds at one time as assembled there sunday to listen to the higher authorities of the church dispense words of religion caution and advice the crowd was so great that many were unable to get inside the tabernacle or the assembly hall and an open air overflow meet ing was held on the grounds president joseph F smith and apostle heber J grant the recently returned missionary to japan were the only speakers at the opening ses elon slon of the conference which was held in the tabernacle there were the customary songs and anthems by the choir and a duet by wood and noal pratt grandsons of parley P pratt they sang a favorite selection of their grandfather which had been put to music by evan stephens en titled the morning breaks the shadows flee A general plea to all saints to get out of debt and a glowing description of the flourishing condition of the church were the themes of the ad dress by lP president smith he also touched upon the advantages of man ual training in the school and at home advancing the theory that healthful bodies are conducive to healthful minds and that the latter make good mormons he advocated the cultivation of all the arts which tend to uplift men and women and advance the ethical side of life the progress of the church in japan and the advances the inhabitants of that country are making constituted the cardinal features of the address of apostle grant he said the church Is making comparatively slow ress in japan in the way of making I 1 converts through the difficulty in ac I 1 quiring the japanese language he I 1 said the japs are more eager to learn the tongue of this country than any I 1 other nation upon the face of the globe president smith presided over the afternoon session of the conference the same as he did during the morn ing the speakers at the tabernacle were anthon H lund one of the counselors to the president dent pond of the bannock stale stal e idaho president Pies ident L S steele bing ham stake idaho apostle john hen hell ry smith and apostle A 0 woodruff at assembly hall the speakers who addressed the overflow meeting in that place of worship were apostle hyrum smith and elder alien allen of canada elder benjamin E rich president of the southern states mis presided over the open air meet ing on the temple grounds he was assisted by elder joseph E taylor one of the stake presidents president duffin of the southwestern states missions and president ent robinson of the california missions at the meeting of the general sun day school union at night president smith card playing saying there Is tar far too much precious time wasted in the foolish vain and un profitable practice of card playing 1 I wish to admonish the latter day saints sainte against the awful practice ol 01 idling think of wasting a whole evening in a foolish game of cards 1 know that these things often lead to mischief and sometimes to serious wrongdoing wrong doing and I 1 call upon the lat ter day saints both young and old to stop it second day days s sessions during the morning sess on of the second day of the seventy fourth semi annual conference of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints saint q christian science hypnotism and the theory of evolution were attacked by apostle john W taylor apostle taylor used an orchard afflicted with blight as the foundation upon which to make his arguments against the 4 cismas as he chose to call them lie ile eald bald that blight Is a horticultural dis ease case which if it Is permitted to spread throughout an orchard will kill 11 every tree in it the only cu cure re Is to cut off the diseased branch remove it from the orchard and burn it and that christian liano cism and the theory of evolution be regarded as blight after a long course of reasoning journey from all parts of the country to listen to higher authorities dispense words of K 91 cantlo i a and n d G good 0 0 it A advice c on apostle taylor led up to the subject of infant baptism in other churches churche and the belief that unless a child Is baptized it will go to hell there is no such thing as infant damnation he continued it Is 18 a form of belief of such ministers who recently met in los angeles to fix f ix up the r creed to su t the times the er then paid considerable attention to the fact that the epworth league Is considering consi derig the policy of establishing a tithing system what good is it going to do them to place in vo guethe practice sane tinned by god it if they do not have seers revelators and prophets 9 they will have to have them if they do not the other denominations will not know what to do with their money they will be compelled to run around the world to the pope or some other man to tell them what to do with it the apostle concluded his address by ing all saints to get married in the temple president william H lewis of the benson denson stake and president cameron of the panguitch stake spoke of condi eions in their respective stakes reporting their stakes in a flourishing condition the morning session was closed by a few remarks by apostle george teasdale who read at length from the doctrine and covenants ex pla ining the qualifications necessary to make a good mormon and why their religion makes them happy the principal speaker at the after noon session of the conference was apostle M S cowley whose discourse was a general admonition to the peo pon pie to adhere to their faith and the church and not be led away by the fad doctrines that were spreading over the country he compared the doctrine of the latter day saints with many others that are extant and declared that the gospel of jesus christ in its fullness was possessed only by the saints the speaker proclaimed joseph smith to be a true prophet of god who was far in advance of his day and that many of the things revealed to him were being accepted by the advanced theologians of the day he said further that the law of baptism for the redemption of the dead was one of the great truths ad vacated by the youthful prophet but that many of the more enlightened divines had hinted at the necessity or wisdom of such a law long before joseph smith s day the other speaker was apostle hudger rudger clawson who pointed out the arduous labor that rested upon the shoulders boulders of the presidency of the church and the apostles clos ng sess on the fe feature of the morning session of th the e C closing c os ng day of the conference were the remarks of brigham 11 roberts denouncing the theory that joseph smith founded the church un der a hypnotic spell in the afternoon president john R winder denounced the statement that things are taught within the temple which are not taught on the outside at the afternoon session president john R winder spoke on tithing he said that other christian oiga niza eions were beginning to collect ing I 1 remember in england whet I 1 was there they collected the 10 per cent by law if a man did not pay up the officers would go into his field and carry away every tenth shock ot of grain or bushel of produce other churches are collecting tithes today but under different names A 11 lund spoke along similar lines and dwelt particularly upon the salvation of the dead this he declared could be done and urged the saints to do more for their forefathers at the closing session during the presentation of the church authorities elder george A smith was named to 1 fill the vacancy in the coun council ell of the twelve apostles caused by the death 0 apostle brigham young and re calved the unanimous vote of the cor cop ference as lid all the others bellr smith Is the son of apostle johr johp henry smith and is the present re beiver of the united states land office in utah he is a native of salt lal e city and is not yet 40 years of age francis M I 1 vaa vas chosen as president 0 the quorum of apostles apo atles apostle francis marion iyman I 1 a as ele tel to that position in he ile Is the son of the late amasa M ly man wiio wan m was as at one time a coun color to the joseph smith apostle I 1 man came to utah with his parents in 1847 and has been a prom nent factor in the building bull dins UD up of tate he ile is now in england where tie he is presiding over the Fur european slon sion a duty he was called to pelford about two years ao elder fider heber J crant who has just returned from japan was wa celec elected ted to succeed elder elde francis at lamai as president over the european Lur miss on en on er which the latter has preside I 1 for the past part years ind a half when the election was over dent smith spoke briefly and the coa a ference arence wa adjourned |