Show AT MONN president smith and counselors and other leading men of the church admonish Adm onieh saints against use of rit nt silt salt lake vit OKI at the opening bession of tile the seventy ninth gentian semi an nual conic of the church of jesus chais of saints a ans s offered by apostle lie ile bei aci J grant and op ap phoned pledging its officers ceis and mem beis to ube every proper means to fur ther the cause of temperance to secure B tho the passage of 0 buh bub laws as maa ma he be 3 to dose close saloons salons and oth cruise decrease the sale of liquor and also pledged themselves to the su support aport of a sunday law despite tiro the inclement weather the 0 attendance aas as large overflow meet ings being necessary to accommodate the large crowds nearly all the speakers of both sessions of the open ing day ot of tho the conference dealt with mith the subject of temperance as based n the jo of the word of wisdom whick prohibits the use of in liquors tea coffee and tobacco and which recommends the wie of meats after but a brief mention of the prosperity which had been granted gi anted the hie church since silice the last conference president joseph r smith devoted his address to the advocating of tern tem perance as based upon the word of wisdom and to urging the latter day saints to so BO live as to set an example I 1 to other peoples in this regard and to make tleta name cnown I 1 over the whole world orld as advocates of temper once ence lie ile also see seiei iely ely the use of tobacco in ili any form president t smiths conns couris elois john 1 it winder and anthon it 11 lund who r iso spoke at the coining deslon sustained su talked the position taken on tern relative by president smith and I 1 ledged edged him their hearty in the stand bland which he ind taken the subject was taken up lip imme on the opening of the after noon sension by apostle P r al lyman who did riot not confine himself to speak ing against intoxicating liquors but mho attacked the habit of using tea and coffee wid and the excessive use lise of meats sir air linian L man treated the mat ter front from a financial joint of view ind i nd shoved the saving which would biorn the discon tl li nuance of the use of intoxicants tea coffee tobacco and moat apostle cleber J giant also mide made a splinted plea against the saloons and drew a terrifying picture of the results 04 0 Int empei ance after lit biad had announced that the tha ebe checking eking of biro w liquori traffic ws was in the hands of the people whom he be addressed lie he urged on them thit that they use every effort in the family famil elide and throughout the state to biang the traffic nto into dis repute and by their votes at the corn com ing election to stamp out the gal saloon evil he be stated Is the youth of the community ile he then fed led the resolution velch re calved the of the entire con furente at tl ti e session judge 11 II 11 II of ogden also ingoe that tile people of the chinch talk mith ith their votes voles as well as with their voices again st the saloons in the course of his arliess at the opening session Pies president ident smith said tire tile lord has bas blessed us to a ie mar hable degree during ill he lilt lait halt half year vear the 1 ord lias prospered and I 1 rejoice la in the hanife manifesta astl floii oll of lit his kindness I 1 am all grateful that notwithstanding tile the efforts so F made to the ond end to bring it into diser these efforts have been the maans of fur the work of tho the loid these efforts against the chuich have had bad but the effect of bringing the church 1 prominently benoie the world we want ant the whole world to under tile the doctrine and purpose of A the mork of the church and this can be brought about by bringing the v bild into contact with our work ihli Is being accomplished through the hie attacks upon the church we wan want t the he just jnet and understanding world to know and understand our bochine an our are pone so BO blind as those who will riot not see bee none so deat deaf as those who will not hear bear and none so be heartless artless as aa those who mho seeing the light and the truth close their hearts again t it in spearing speaking of he be said there la Is a great roat movement on foot throughout the land A wave of tem perane berane Is sweeping over mer the tha country paining in power every day I 1 am in favor of this moi movement ement and ondoise it my heart he then marle made it forceful and eloquent argument in favor of temperance and declared der lared that the Latt latter erday day saints being the covenant ove nant people of god should set rn example to other peoples and floid he be uptight and honest alting lives and loving and fearing god |