Show CHURCH OFFICIALS HEDER J GRANT APPROVED AS SEVENTH PRESIDENT AT THE ANNUAL conference rhou thousands sands of loyal churchmen take part in impressive ceremonial and listen to inspiring addresses by leaders salt lillie city at lie open opening it L kes ploll of tile eighty ninth guller al conference of the lio church of fesus christ of latter day saints oti oil sunday luno julle 1 at locust 1 members of the were present it being fount founis liec osary essary to hold overflow meetings lider heber J grant was dunnill piously sustained ns as pl prop oalif liff t seer freer and revelator president find and trusted trust coin co in iii trust of tin the church to succeed the ho late 30 saph 11 I 1 1 th bligh tribute to tile lives find ex axom IIII plary conduct of former presidents of fit lie e church characterized od dresses of tile day ill fit tilt all tile cul ogles were delivered ly by speakers in ill file turn ns its it came liy lik order of priesthood mid and official position and liy by still lit in lu orinn president J grant led tile he ip speakers eakers in and lio lie was followed during the morning and lift cromon by president Ali cantlion il II lund and diaries charles W penrose of the first presidency and B lder clawson P it X A Z it el A ft mt SK PRESIDENT HEBER J GRANT george A smith and orlon orion F whitney of the lie counell council of 0 twelve apostles reed smoot and george F richards were not present the fortner former being tn in washington and the latter lit in england serving ns as president of the Huro penn mission genenia Gen enit officers sustained were ns as follows libber J grunt counselors Counselor sto to tho the anthon 11 II lurd lund and charles wi apostles clawson Clawso tf noting president heed george altiert albert george gi P I 1 richards orson P F david 0 mckay anthony W ivins joseph fielding smith jame 14 K I 1 talmage stephen L richards idich ard it lyman melvin J T ballard presiding patriarch 0 first presidents of seventies 11 young brigham 11 II roll iloh eriq J golden kimball union hilton S wells joseph diaries charles 11 II hart leal edgar young presiding bishopric ll charle Cli arlot W Nl liley david A smith first counsellor john wells well second counsellor health conditions preva prevailing illIng in april when the lie conference should lieve lure been held calmed postponement of tile the annual gathering to the three day period beginning beg little june 1 notwithstanding tills deferment the was ns as great ni as it could have been had the ill been held oil nn the regular dates which ordin ordinarily arlly include april 0 and the near est ct sabbath lay day expressing fleece A humility president J grant lit in ills his opening ifeng find and inaugural address gave its his sol emu promise to ineil members ibers of the lia church that flint lie would devote the liest best that was in hill to tn tile the duties which confront him RH as liend of till the religious I 1 body ile he said flint tilt would ask no other man mail lit in lip church to tn do inore than lio lie wits was willing to do Illin himself gelf in ill giving of meant lit in proportion to that aliat liat which lie lias has lit in observing tho word of wisdom in tithes and off offerings e ring wid and lit in being ready biml to come barly i and g go into inte fai if church work and n nd s ill ways nys in ill humility I 1 president Ill Ident cantlion AlI 11 II lund of nf tile lie first presidency dencY spoke of ohp sublime I 1 faith ill lie plo neora hall had 11 in their lender leader young thin was it a fitting time lie ho sald said in which to pho give atlen tion ion to the grent great work voik accomplished by tills hend bead of tile lip early earh elli lreh li be buso of tile fact tenil I 1 was a if the 1 0 winiver bary of ills his birth in n ve vermont 1 at the afternoon a ft ci noon so session sIon president cl charles 1 es W penrose alder kier roger clawson sour 11 and nd apostle orson oison viero fit speakers the rhe second dus davs sessions of tile tho ninth conference of tile 10 lo church of jusus christ of latter day saints liell held june 2 lit in the tabernacle were eie devoted not only to glowing holni lol ni tributes to president joseph F I 1 smith nil on oil tile lie first ilay hut also to consideration of inar in airl ringe c and tho the sanet sanctity ity of UK the home as well as postwar post war ar condl tamis aind problems incident to recon ellon over OMI tile world references to tile lir epidell ile wits vas inneo anil and tho lie church statistics were read lend by president lifeber J 1 grant int tills report dealt with W lie military situation si towing that more than alinn members vere lit in tile onico of the united states flud its allies tit lit the close of 1018 1918 the rest of the report included statistics on oil tile ibo priesthood tithes temples sacrament find and fInt finances inces in ili commenting on oil the li last paragraph of file lie report president hant grant read till nil efti extinct lica front tile speech given by 1 it I ull an official of UK file union pacific railroad lit at file spike celebration nt fit ogden which fildi lie he attended tile speech of air fulton cald glowing tribute to tile plo for making utah what hat it Is 14 to dai lily president IKs Ident dent grant sald lie he regretted hie file speeches on oil hat flint occasion were mere not liot flint ot of sir mr hood thief eligh engineer leer danli Din li tilt lie year car 1018 1918 there were cro baptisms find and chil childred drep were blessed there vere ero deaths which h Is the lie largest larff cst number on record boid for uny any year of 0 tills number 1051 1054 tiled died of influenza find and died of pneumonia iti onla over members of the hill ah were lit in the military service of file united ted states ci und its allies nt at the close of the year ear 1018 of tills this number 38 died lit in the lie service harce there lias blis been it better attendance of the ho priesthood kilei tit nt the ward weekly inee meetings tings but there ore still 1078 persons who told hold tho the priesthood ghoni report tire aie willing to labor lint but lac have not beon been assigned to tiny any detles in tile stake or 01 ward aal there lins has been it a considerable increase lit in the of tithes paid for the year 1018 1918 the me tithing has been well ell handled by tilt bishops very vcr little loss lohs lias ins lieen been incurred except through the failure to fill find it for foi the large potato crip cri p of the he year ear tit ere were 25 hap for the dead performed in the temp leq ond here heie were endowments barthe fw the iring find the bend taking into account tile he young men io lift had entered life hie and naval daval services of the country its as a loss in membership the not net anin in membership lit in the union was shown to have been R tile the templo Is now panati cully cally completed tit nt it 11 cost of nebout the Card bardston cardston ston temple Is nearing completion and will cost when finished about there thera has ins been expended for assisting the worthy poor asino SO for mIs missionary work und bul buliung lUng of meeting houses lit in tile missions mission sion houses and return fare of cli vide leis iti bl for tile the maintenance ind and of the lie church school system including tile erection of new school build ilig among the tit speakers t nt at the HIP cond lay f ruslon were lavid 0 icley anthony W ivans melvin melun J li allard joseph Fl elding gorman 13 ills worth winslow 11 1 1 smith george boike eo iKe IN W mccune walter 1 I monson john L I 1 herrick jolin john NI knight find cleber C iverson iveron at tile coni luding session mexlon of the conference president hebor J grant told the women voters thil t lio lie hoped the they Y would see feu to it that lint no man represented suit salt lake or of tiny other county lit in the next state legislature who mho was not lit in favor of enacting a law compelling compel strict vanco of lite lie sabbath day aiu also expressed the expectation that hint ns a X much world pence its as will be possible po under existing circumstances will lie ile achieved through a league of nations ile he was it lie last speaker tit nt the closing session and lit in concluding declared the conference confer enco adjourned it till next october only under illde laws law a laid down in the Ill lile alie tit took of if mormon and the alie loc doctrine trIne and covenants can a real and d covenant bo be formed find exist Is 19 a declaration made by presiding charles Clin rles IV nibley itnyer chider sueh a league tile ii said there romild oil lc ile no lit L I 1 tro libl libles for tile the world would tie be sov gov rnell by tile lie law in which for blilA lip adl idlor r tit pat ent the lie bread hi end or of UK III toiler tit atif relief society was bield buic me 4 0 ind 5 S ineat liisi of f till alir and primary lacing scheduled for linn junt 41 1 7 and 8 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