| Show sl aadi aae 1 BP TEMPLE AND tabernacle the slaty sixty ninth semiannual semi erml annual general conference of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints opened at t salt sah lake city the new president of the tha church lorenzo snow with george cannon and joseph josephp josephf F smith the two other members of 0 the first presidency on each hand occia occupied the seat which tor for so many years was waa filled by the late president woodruff of the other general authorities present on the stand there were of the quorum of the twelve apostles franklin D rich richardso Richard ardad si brig ham young john IV taylor marriner arriner SI W merritt anthon 11 lund mathias F P crowley and abraham owen Woodi woodruff riff patriarch john smith of the first seven presidents of seventies seymour it 13 young B 11 IL roberts george reynolds and jonathan 0 kimball of the presiding bishopric william 13 Pr preston egton robert kobert T burton and john R winder president lorenzo snow delivered the opening address expressing pleasure at the large attendance at the conference president george Q cannon spoke in regard to education and the churchs churche missionary work apostle lund gave an interesting account of his labors among the turks while apostles cowle cowley y merrul merrill and elder golden kimball addressed the large audience after which the choir sting gang light Ligh and tand truth and elder aldei I 1 benr penrose ose pronounced the benediction second days session Sc lon at the friday morning session ples ident joseph F smith was the first speaker lie ile deli teresa vereda discourse the he opening portion of was devoted to defining the objects of at the general conferences of the church he urged the people to take a deep interest in n the establishment of the work of god on the basis of inspiration revelation and every principle of righteousness it was wa shown hown clearly that the temporal concerns of the saints were inseparable from those that are spiritual the nature of man being both physical and spiritual many profitable suggestions were given as to the best course to pursue to secure success in the ordinary affairs of life and methods which led in the contrary direction were pointed out and delineated apostle john W taylor the second speaker Bp eaker created a profound sensation sensate on by making charges of immorality against members of the choir flexas se was followed by president cannon who soundly rebuked apostle taylor fa for i r his utterances and at the afternoon session sunday apostle taylor made an apology to the members of the choir at the afternoon session apostles franklin D richards heber J grant and george I 1 addressed the large congre congregation gation after which conference adjourned till sunday morning at 10 closing session the attendance at the closing session was probably the largest ever seen at a conference the great tabernacle was packed in every part besides which there was an n overflow meeting in the assembly hall and many hundreds were lu in the grounds unable to gain admission to either building apostle john henry smith was the first speaker he said he be was glad to see the spirit manifested among the taints saints from till all parts to endeavor to be represented at the conference he spoke of the need of the sons and daughters making a greater effort to cultivate the study stud y of the scripture and to lead in family prayer at home apostle francis M lyman and brigham young followed after which the session adjourned till afternoon the afternoon session was opened with prayer by apostle lund after which the choir sang god of isreal hear our prayer president george Q cannon then announced that tho the business of the afternoon would bo be devoted to the sustaining of the choice of the quorums for the various officers of the t hurch president lorenzo snow was knaul unanimously sustained as prophet seer revelator and president of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints in all the tha world I 1 the councilors councillors counci lors to tho the president were then unanimously sustained in turn george Q cannon first and then joseph F smith next came the motion to sustain franklin D richards Illch ards as a president of the twelve which was wag voted upon unanimously tho the apostles came next and the me motion was put collectively by president cannon that the following apostles apostle be 1 JW franklin t D kit richards ichards brigham ham 0 kf AL lyman joh joha glenry smith george ef heber J grant johnw W Taylor Tayl orar 21 31 mtr aler rill anton 11 lund NL F cowley and 0 A woodruff pride 0 t cannon then stated that the apostles had decided unanimously upon a person to fill tile the existing vacancy in the quorum of 0 tile the twelve apostles and he ho filtered the name of 0 rudger rudder clawson pro president silent of box elder stake for foe confirmation by the conference the vote toto on the new apostle wa was then taken ind and sir mr clawson wag wa una unanimously i ni sustained motions in the following order were ere then put and unanimously carried in each instance to alis sustain tain the first presidency aa M prophets seers beerd and revelators revelatory to sustain john smith as patra patr reh arch of the church ot of jesus christ of lat ter day saints to sustain the following seven preel iri si dents of the seventies seymour IS young C J fjeldsted Fjeld IS 71 U H roberts ceorge reynolds Key J 0 kimball S wells and J IV me mcmurrin to sustain the presiding bi bishop IV it preston with john R winder and R T burton as counselors to sustain franklin D richards Richard ii as church historian with elders penrose and jensen as assistants to sustain president lorenzo as trustee in trust of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints to sustain john nicholson as clerk of the general conference president cannon then said the tha presidency had bad been contemplating for some time the advisability of relieving the european mission which chich consisted of elders wells mcmurrin ln and parry elder parry he said had already returned and he put a motion which was carried to replace the present mission with platt G lyman with james mcmurrin and henry W as a counselors president lorenzo Lorenz snow and apostle C clawson I 1 awson addressed the congregation and at the close of president snows remarks mrs emily 11 II woodward sang the solo come unto him all allya ye who labor joseph V F smith then pronounced tile the benediction be diction ne and the conference ad adjourned journe d for six months rudger clawson Clawso nr the newly elected apostle op ostle aswell is well and favorably known to all the mormon people lie ile was wa born in in salt lake city forty one years ago last march ilia his father is bishop hyrum B clawson and mrs margaret clawson is his mother from his youth he has been a devout member of of the church aud and an earnest promoter ot of the faith in 1879 elder clawson fulfilled a mission to georgia and while in ia that state in company with elder joseph standing a mob of a dozen desperate men armed with shotguns itt attacked tacked the missionaries and without provocation or warning assassinated elder standing on july 21 elder clawson escaped unharmed and he beli believes eTes the hand of providence spared his life from the assassins in proving his faith by his works elder clawson took unto himself a plural wife in 1884 and for this offense he was convicted and sentenced to a term of imprisonment uia his devotion to principal was rewarded by his elevation to the presidency of the box boi elder stake about ten years ago |
