Show BRAND AS TRAITOR POLYGAMY CHURCH OFFICIALS DENOUNCE AT conference REPORTS OF PLURAL MARRIAGES declare such unions to B be A against a ast cri kd the laws of god and man and flay perpetrators as enemies of the church and nation suit salt lake city with president joseph F I 1 smith delivering tile the opening address the eighty ninth semi nu nual conference of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints opened friday morning october 4 up until tile the lust last moment it was nut not known if 1 president smith would lie be able to open the conference because of t ills his ill III be health hut but wilen when lit he did appear promptly nt at 10 0 21 lit in the as assembled thou thousands binds rose robe en ell masse e to greet tile church lender leader ills 1114 address was mas brief hut but when hen lie he took ills sent neat nt at its lose the congregation again rose to sin sing we thank than thee 0 god for it a prophet president smith referred to ili his illness but declared lie he felt fell it his duty to to be pros lorvi cut despite lils ills condition first counselor of the presidency Aill aullion boll IT lund abo mho foll followed oled president smith on the speak speaking Ilig program pare gave it 11 general resume of the hie work dvork of the church during the past six months tic he referred to lo the increased pi prosperity manifested lit in the increase in ings and told of the hie good being doit done in tile mission kils itin dieul tit alie presence of the like great world war was manifested lit in all the addresses of the day and lie hie church pledged it to support rl all war act lillies to tile llie end that flint the nation millon ind abid her allies triumph in tile the cause of if in democracy second counselor charles W penrose the third speaker referred to the alie joy caused loy hy the llie presence of president smith at tile llie conference und and that it was it a direct ali answer mer to llie like fervent prayers of church members Coune counselor elor spoke poke of of the lie missionary work with UN its special duty and ant calling for tile alie quorums of it seventy ile he tit also so spoke of tile huh st stein seem ein to be in fit existence even now it us it to plural marriages and said that it was the duty of if anyone knowing lit of tills this transgression of the he manifesto to report it to tile llie president of the church in ili order that the rebels might be ail disciplined by the church mid and turned over to tile llie law of the land president finith arose nt at llie file con lusion of of counselor r rei re i marks and stilled that lie ile felt it was liisi if inoperative imperative duty to Indol lse what the latter hitler had said on oil plural inar that such unions union wire lvere wi re will null and void in ill tile the sight of god cod aud and were ere not lilar marriages lInges there was eken cien a larger crowd at the afternoon hesi oll illan in tile lie coining mo ining and ald a spirit af it pervaded the llie entire a age president of if tile llie council or of twelve tielve llever aie ier J trant grant was tile the first speaker peaked in ili tile the afternoon brid stated that it was a great pleasure for him to lie able to ich with the llie latter day saints in ill liny any of their it and especially lit the beliel ill cull ference lie ile sti abell flint fur for thirty six ears lie had blid the privilege 0 of f tit ahe conferences us one of the gei generel keral authorities of oc the churvis chur vii unil and bad aind never act ct att liering lit at which lie had not been fed with llie file bread of life he spoke feelingly of file presence of president smith at tile alie opening cs moll lind of if the llie inspiration which lie received recci ved not only the honored presidents remarks but those of tile other speakers lie he de dech elred irod hot lie ile hearilla hear hea llly rilly indorsed endorsed indor sed eceil ele thing that atis wilt ald lit at the llie morning sest scission lou 11 1 I desire on behalf of tile council that I 1 have tile honor bonor of breading preA aire dIng over to say that the lie references to tile the ques illes plural inar ilage that were made hy by president penrose unit and so ho forcibly lilor seI hy by tile llie president of if the church tire lire heartily nud thoroughly indor cd by tile alie council I 1 speak for eacia aind every member of the coul council lell ot of ahr twelve apostles when nheu I 1 vay say that we heartily indorse all the fill of president penrose in ili reference to lo plural inar marriages rudger ClaVis oll delivered a doctori ml 1111 sel sermon 1110 11 lading emphasis of tile lie importance of repentance for years stated staled elder clawson this thia people little lifted up their voices nt lit home ill tind I trOad tying crying yel lenta lice and now the judg of good od tire lire going foilb all abul lint lune e been beell going all these jeus for tile the simple reason flint we are re thing living actually living the lost last time little notwithstanding tile the pret present sent conditions flint the world today Is in ill turmoil and tile the hearts of men ure are filled with fill real I 1 not aliat kielp lp Is at bitus still belll as all a people we ne hu lime e received tit lie pro promise 10 of tile lie lord who has bus declared it it in modern revelation 1 that the sa at the second days sessions of 0 the conference president Ident smith presiding at both sessions elder orson V F whitney one of 0 the twelve apostles declared that america had a mission to fulfill a mission that would portray to the world that spiritual I 1 things were more powerful aud and everlasting than material and that america was fulfilling this mission nih slon and lind had been doing it for centuries that flint this is represented in the foundation eliat lias har been laid for the great find and marvelous Ive loiis stork ork ot if god in tile the last day I 1 by y the latter day saints america lias has so ro far fulfilled her de destiny alny declared apostle whitney she ale has brought forth tile the church of oc jesus christ of latter day saints she lias ills crossed tle the ocran ocean kind and rediscovered herself to give the same liberty that hn has been hers ter to nil all lands anil lid it Is lifting flint tills this chur church cit should tale take its purt part with tills this great govern anent in ili fighting the terrible conflict thal shall hall make iki way for the spread of the hie gospel it jes jesus sti christ apostle 1 I 0 cickay made an impressive talk and appeal to the hie young men anti and women of if the church to tak take e heed beed it to think nail to keep clean and immaculate unit flint the hie spirit of 1 god od might lie he with fill them ile he exhorted them to not turn away front from the gospel gopel but to pause in tile midst of their heir pleasures and meditate on hie teachings of god and of tile the church at tile afternoon session to doseph el V F smith jr called attention lon to the an fn fact et that there had ball been lying rull rumors 1017 abroad of a purported vision supposed to have been received by president smith kinith some soine time in the past in regard to events of great importance dealing with tile hie nations and latter day saints flint dint lie especially wanted it to lie be that there was no truth in any anny ot or tile rumors lie ile also stated that flint when any anny revelation came for the guidance of the people orif of the church it would be presented through the proper channels of the lie church by those ulio are in a authority ut bority apostle james gilines U I 1 talmage talma spoke of if tile lie impressive ive null and touching addresses that had bad been made anil of tile the lessons fit treffli and faith anith that lind been taught by them lie ile declared that hint the things of god nere mere the lie only ahin things s that flint would endure the shaking up lip that flint is taking place in the lie world today apostle stephen L Illel lardA spoke of the hie truths which chich had been uttered lit in tills this conference anti and of tile the lessons hecl had been alven to io tile people lie ile spoke of the young voting men and aloma women il of the lie church anti and their duty if to set an all example of purity and chastity to tile lie world lie ile told if 0 how excellently ule die church was etil lipped to tight fight tile evil influences of the world and of the diff arent organizations that were ere formed to counteract these orlady influences and keep their young people in tile paths of if righteousness at tile hip closing session san ses slon of if lice president Pies ident heber J grant of the quorum of apostles presented flie file nanie names of all the general authorities and fill general orri officers cers of the auxiliary organizations of the church the lie people lifting their hands unanimously to sislain them lit their positions position two hundred anil fifty thousand dollars huh bub bribed to tile he fourth lih lib erly loan by unanimous vote of tile lie church of jesus christ of litter latter flay day anink tit at sunday mornings session of if its eighty semiannual semi annual conference in tile alie tabernacle the motion to make the subscription was put pat by president Prelo ent joseph V F th with an all exit expression legion of regret that educational find iu expenses of jbf lie church re rendered dered it larger loan inan impossible and there was not one hand tn ili opposition to tile the 1 4 ka uplifted in approval in addition to the two cliplef conference int meetings of of tile lay day in tile the tabernacle there were two overflow sessions held in tile ball among tile speakers at tile closing ro were ere apostle richard it 11 lyman pie presiding siding patriarch hymini G f St smith ilith 11 presiding residing bishop charles W ley lit at the morning session aldem Cli irles if hart le fl edgar g a r young walter 11 monson and stelvin J lial lard sp eakin eakins at ile el lysIng session 1 1 presiding ishop Cli charles arles W as i q general cu custodian of hie file church lousiness business 1 abfall s slated in it 11 brief address hat flint during tile lie presidency of jo joseph elli F I 1 S i for or tile lie p past list n nearly ell r 1 17 learst ears the idling income and ill tin e with wealth of the ecclesiastical ot organization g adliza hall had increased more than do doehle libit the of tile the previous it years of its history when announcing ill ohp clo closing ing brinn president 14 incidentally men honed tile filet fact that ta 41 members of lie choir vieri in ill tile the military bervice of tile hie LItell IA new wards have been organized since ib iff last confer conference e lie e ns follows atall strawberry unit ami al 43 torra wards in ili duchesne sake veyo anil central in st george stake Wani lamere lit in granite stake lark in jordan stake topaz in take stake lind and lle peirran grall 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