Show SAI TS CHURCH OFFICIALS HEBER J GRANT APPROVED AS SEVENTH PRESIDENT AT THE ANNUAL conference thousands of loyal churchmen take part in impressive ceremonial and listen to inspiring addresses by leaders salt lake city at the opening se sex ion moll f atif if tile lie eighty general conference of 0 the church of aeu je uh christ of 0 latter day saints on sunday june julie 1 at least 2 members ot of lite church were present it being found ilece ner iary ary to bold liula overflow mertlow flow killer heber J grunt grant was vas ineil as prophet iru plit eer beer anti and revelator reve lulor lator president and trute eln in trust of the hurch church to succeed the late Jo eili F smith high tribute to the lives and exemplary andua of presidents of the die church characterized of the day at all ait meetings the exil eulogies ogles were deli delivered vereil by benkers 11 in their tin n as it cattle by order ot of priesthood and official position and by inether ship seniority enlo rity in ili quorum organization president heber J grant led tile the speakers in the tabernacle and he be nas followed during the morning and niti afternoon by president anthon 11 II lund and charles W penrose of the first presidency and elder rudger claw clan son f I 1 i fr PRESIDENT HEBER J GRANT george A smith anil and orion F ehlt ney iley of the council of twelve apostles apostles reed smoot and geqrge 1 r richards were not present the former being in washington and the latter in england serving as president of the european Ell ml mission lon general officers sustained were as follows president cleber J grant counselors to the art ident anthon 11 lund and charles IV glenrose Ien rosc apostles rudger clawson acting president reed smoot george albert smith george F richards orson F r whitney david 0 mckay anthony IV V 1 ii ins joseph fielding smith james E talmage stephen L richards richard R lyman J ballard presiding patriarch hyrum G smith first seven presidents ot of seventies seymour B young brigham 11 II roberts J golden kimball rulon S wells joseph W charles 11 hart levi edgar young presiding bl bishopric copric charles W nibley david A smith first counsellor biohn jolin wells second counsellor health conditions prevailing in april when the conference should have been held caused postponement of tile the annual gathering to the three day period beginning june julie I 1 not withstanding notwithstanding tills this deferment the throng was as great as it could have been had the sessions been held on the regular dates which illch ordinarily include april 0 6 and tile the nearest sabbath day expressing deepest humility president heber J grant in his opening and inaugural address addres gave liis if so solemn promise to members of the church that lie he would devote the iet best that was in him to the little duties confront him as head of the religious body lie ile said that lie he would ask ak no other man mail in the church to do more than ile he wits willing to do himself in giving of means in proportion to that which lie he lias has in observing the word of wis wisdom doln in pacing lilies find and offerings and in bring being ready and willing to come early find go late in ili church and always in humility president anthon II 11 lund of lite hie first presidency spoke poke s of the lie sublime falth faith tile the pioneers had in their leader brigham young this was a fitting time he said in which to give atten tion to the great work accomplished by this head of the early church because of tile the fact that tant june I 1 was the anniversary of 0 ills his birth in vermont at the afternoon session president charles IV penro ze ie elder roger clawson and apostle orson whitney were tile the speakers the second days sessions of 0 tile the eighty ninth lillith annual conference of the church or of jusus 9 christ chrlot of 0 latter day saints held june julie 2 in the t tabernacle sheri lacle nere devoted not lot only to glowing tributes to it Prell arf ident delit lo 1 I ns as on oil the hie first day but also to consideration of in arriage and the lite sanc sanctity inc tily of the lie botne ni as well as post m ar r cot reinh if lions nad problem incident to reconstruction st mer the die world influenza was inside find and the church statistics les wore were read by I 1 Prel president dent heber T J grant rant this report dealt wit with tire the military sit showing s that hint more than church members were in the serice sen ice of the united states and its allies at the lie close of 1918 the rest of the lie report included statistics on the priesthood tithes temples meetings meeting find and finane finances in commenting on nn the list last paragraph of tile lie report president orant grant read tin an extract from the speech given elen hy by j 1 M I 1 ulton fulton fill an official of lie Ili pacific railroad at the golden spike celebration at osden ogden recently aich lie he attended the speech of mr fulton paid glowing gloning tribute to tile p pioneers I 1 0 for making utah what it Is I 1 today n lit ii evident G grant int a s said I 1 id lie regretted the speeches on that occasion were not published klied especially that of sir mr hood chief engineer during the year 1018 there wore were baptisms Ills and children were blessed there were deaths which Is the largest number on record for any year of 01 tills this number 1034 1054 died ot of influenza and died of pneumonia over members of the ali church were in the military service serice 0 of tile the united states anti and its allies nt at the close of the year 1918 1018 of if alil 1 I number died ill fix the service there lias has been a better attendance of the priesthood at the lie ward weekly y meetings but there tire are still persons who told hold the priesthood whom the bishops report are willing NII lIng to labor but have not been assigned to any duties in the lie stake or ward vard there lias has been a considerable increase in ili tile amount ot of tithes tithe paid for the year 1918 tle tie tithing has been well handled by the bishops very little I 1 loss s lias has been b incurred except through the failure to find at a market for the large potato croop of 0 the year 1917 for tile T t nen therit there were bivito bi pito dead performed L in ili tile the temple and there were sool endowments tar far the tb living and the dead IL nol taking into account the 7 50 bonn oung g men who allo had entered tile lie military lilli tary and an d naval seril sen fees ces of tile the country as a los in membership the lie net gain in membership ber in the lie union was shown to have been the Ila hawaiian wallan temple tempi Is now practically completed tit at it cost of about 20 Wl the hardston cardston Card Curd ston temple Is nearing completion and will cost when allen aln billed flied about Cl there has hern been expended for assist assisting tile the worthy ir for missionary of meeting houses in the alio missions miss lons till ills slon houkes and ledurn fare of el elwill eli eis wilt for the maintenance and operation ope tation ot of the church school oystein sy stein including the erection of new school bull buildings dings 0 O among tile lie speakers at the second lays days session were giuld 0 mckay anthohy W ivins melvin J ballard allard Il joseph fielding smith gorman gorrman E R ellsworth winslow wins low F P smith george W mccune walter 1 I alonson 11 onton john L herrick john II al knight and heber C iverson at the lie concluding session of the conference fer ellee president heber J grant told the women loters that lie he hoped they i mould see to it that no man represented snit salt lake or any other county in the next state legi legislature lature who ulio 1 as not in favor of 0 enacting a law boli compelling strict observance of the sabbath day lie also ex expressed presed the expectation that as much orld peace as will nill be possible s under existing circumstances will be achieved through a league of nations ile he was the last speaker at the alie clos closing irig session anti and in ili concluding declared the conference adjourned till next october only under laws laid down in the Il elble ble le the hook book of nt mormon and the alie doctrine anti and co covenants tenants can call it a rea real I 1 peace league and covenant lie formed and exult ehlt Is a declaration made by presiding bishop charles W nibley under such a league the presiding bl hop said there could be no 1 I troubles tor for the world would lie governed by the law which forbids the alie idler to I 1 wt eat the bread ot of the hie toiler the relief society conference was field jine jime 4 1 I anti ami 5 the annual meet inz i of tilt tho mutual improvement and primary associations being scheduled for june julie 0 7 and 8 |