Show r PRESIDENT SMITH MAY H THREE APOSTLES v c cIn In dp Opening ning Speech He Condemns hy by byI I feI ce Cowley aylor i r tilt l a i i an arid d T Teasdale d a 1 e JJ Y r 1 c Three ree heads beads will all LIl at atthe atthe atthe the pres t annual conference ce of or the thc Mormon llo mon ju uch h if it the universal inter made by dent Jos F Smith in convening the conference conf rence yesterday e proves pro s to h oe e the correct interpretation Jl Amid still ne s which va a almost almos oppressive press p in its Int th J ut of the U church chuich s am tied that nil 11 wes Wil not wi w l with ith thi th i or m fit nf t apostles and that th the ie o l niu Ut ft f t tures connected connect d with willi It whim hien WI ve e sufficient t to vex Uie llie fIrst first presidency r rI I and the Mormon Mor ppe Th ics of ot s d nt ar I Int Md t T 1 bi y his II flok to mean that thit 1st h hf intends tnt to to fierce O o 0 at tt least to discipline dJ severely seve r lyA Apostles posU s John W V T Taylor George te ln a i I I Matthas F v who are accused of or having taken t k n plural dural wives since the thi manifesto of or Wilford sus ss suspending ns pending plural marriage and ami who cho bo have hAe been out PUt of Or the United States ever var since they were subpoenaed subpoena d as witnesses S ses ie before b f the thc Smoot fi g committee of f th United States senate senaie nearly tIree ree year Jf rk g President Smiths Utterances The utterances of President to hi vh ch great significance can e is attached by thoo B r them weN averts as Its fol Il rt With reference reer nce to tn the brethren n of Cf f th twelve with whom we w are 1 inti intimately intimatelY associated d and ami 1 with whom we bave met from Crom week tr week we k and often day d y to clay dav dain In I have hae to ay Hint th t those of Jt f them thE m who have been with h hus us ui are re in full UI harmony and union w th this us is ami ant are united together I believe ve that the th brethren of ot the fw ive who vho k ha haY have been at their posts and arid have been heon performing their tb Jr duty stand sold for forthe forthe forthe the advancement advance iet of the kingdom dom of God and andare are united in their thoughts n labors for the up of ZIon a ait it sL Q t iPie 4 t There are circumstances connect ted ed d with these matters which are not at pleasant and which are J Caught aught in some ome degree and in some with very serious conse V But I have no he In r rem m rending to you I u n of nf the the members of the Church of Je Te Jesus SUg sus Christ of Saints those thore tho e members of the council councilor of apostles apo Ue who wll wl have kent within the spirit of their Call all Calling alling ing lug and who wh have ha sought to magnify the same and who have been contant constant constantIn 4 In season and n out of season pason in the Uie performance of the duties that hive have devolved upon them They are worthy of f the confidence of the people of the Saints and are ue in their fc the tIe truth and are earnest and vigilant in iii their thair over the interests of Zion submitted l to them and have 11 ve labored in inthe inthe inthe the mission field at home hom and abroad as much as ar ft ty afforded Is BH B H Roberts Slated following his reference to the apostles a President Smith wok took up liT the work of the council of or seven seventies I ties and took especial pains to cill c n i attention to the work ork of Brigham ham H Roberts a member of that c Those rhose who regard the slightest word of cC President Smith as being laden with significance are inclined to con true together his comments on the apostles and the council of seventies and to believe blUee that Mr Ir Roberts Is slated for an apostleship The presidents speech spee h was a general Jeneral review of oC the of the church since ince o the conference last October He dealt first with the Che or the first d ncy nc then with the apostles the council of seventies and the thc presiding bishopric In a general way he depicted the prosperity of the church and if f fUs its Us members and spoke In a highly highl manner mannor of 01 the work w of ot the auxiliary associations On the Subject of Tithing On nfl the ti subject of tithing President Smith said The man that complains about not knowing what Is done with the tithing tithing ing In ninetynine cases out of a hun hundred hundred hundred dred is the man who wh has no credit crediton creditor on or the books of the church for paying tithing and we dont care to exhibit the books of the church to such carp carpers ers era rs and to those c individuals But there Is not a n in the church that cannot go to the presiding bishops office or to the office of tiie trust and find and see sep his accounts Imd see to It that every dollar that he helias has lias given to the Lord for tithing is credited to him there and an then if he lie wants to do more searching as a tithe payer 1 ayer and find out O t how the tithing is I paid out what h t Is I none Hone with it we will set before beCore him the whole thing so that he h will see the whole thing and if It he has got any an good coun 1 to give us we Wp will take it from him But we wc will Till not because we do not have to and it is not a business way vav that would require r of us to make ur ar books open to the world and we wo wont do it unless we ve havo to We are re not ashamed of them then We are not afraid for them to be Inspected They are honest t and straight t and there Is not a a man in the world orld that will look at them but what will say ay ab if he is an honest man spoke of the pros prosperity prosperity prosperity or of tug tIm church and declared that liars people of immoral character and lacking in the true spirit have no not t place in it The president was sas given k rapt attention during the whole of his address which lasted for nearly an hour A J r AT THE MORNING SESSION Trustees of Brigham Young University University University sity Are Sustained When President Smith called d the conference to order at 10 ye morning there ther was present pr an which taxed the he seating sealing ca capit pit of the Tab to Its utmost utmos Hundreds ds of or people e were standing st In lii the aisles and despite the coolness of the t c spring day dav the th heat h at was nas oppressive oppressive sive she in tho th historic building The following g general church author were present Presidency President Pr Joseph F Smith First Counselor John Joan R Win der Second Counselor Anthon H Hund Lund und Quorum of Francis M Ly L man mun John Henry Smith Rudger R Claw Clawson son Hyrum M 11 Smith George A Smith and Charles Chare Cha es W tV Penrose c Council of Seventies Sc Seymour Semour B Young Youn H Robert R Rob b tg J S Go Gt d den n KImball George Georgd Reynolds R James W WY V McGurrin Rulon S f Wells Weil Presiding Pre Bishopric BI W B Preston and Orrin P M MIter Her Patriarchs John Smith and Joseph E i Taylor Sing Inspiring I Hymn The conference opened oJ ned with the thc hymn h mn Our God We RaisE to Thanks for Thy Th Blessings s swig une to the Inspiring tune of America Patriarch Joseph E ii Taylor Ta or a close choSe friend of President Smith offered offered prayer The only significant portion or of the prayer pr yer was as where the supplicant asked the Father in heaven to so di dl direct dIrect the spirit of reproof which might be offered during the e that th t it would w uld redound to tb l be Ing of those to whom It be ij ad hd admin min stored The hoir choir sang High on the Moun tain tam Top and then President Smith delivered his address already quoted Following him John R B Winder first fir t counsellor in the first presidency made mad mada a brief brier address ad d In V jh he spoke Sl O k Of the growing gro Jn of J o mons tup tb ardue rd at ore e Oil I ef e Y Yng ng o effect the thc redemption of their dead through services in hi the tem teni temple pie was constantly increasing he skid said s i as was vas the number of lf young oung people who are desirous of being married in the temples Talks on Church Schools i Anthon H Lund second counselor I j in the first presidency pres dency wa was was the next j I speaker Mr lUr Lund Is In charge of the Church schools sch ool where missionaries m are trained and he oke of the necessity of prospective missionaries taking such sucha a course He argued in favor of all Mormons taking a course course in the church schools and denied that they the with the secular schools chols He spoke sooke of or the progress made ma e by h both the state and the church in Utah along eau lines Mr Lund said that the church now has ms converts In every European coun try except Spain and Portugal He Ho spoke enthusiastically of the progress which the church s m in the mis missionary fields Trustees Are Sustained President Sm th announced d that th t un I der del the charter of the Brigham Young Toung University at Povo Provo it was vas necessary that the trustees of or that institution be I sustained at the thc annual conference every three years sears year and that this was the year it was to sustain them Upon the sustaining propos proposition proposition tion a forest of hands went up and there were no negative votes Yo es esThe The trustees trustee sustained were Joseph F Smith David John Johi Wilson Vilson H Du Dusenberry Dusenberry Dusenberry Susa Sua Young Youn Gates Reed Smoot John Henry Smith Lafayette Holbrook Stephen L Chipman Jesse Knight Oscar B Young Jonathan H Page jr and Richard RI hard W Young The choir and congregation then sang pang Redeemer of or Israel after which Da David David vid Id H 11 Cannon president of the St George temple pronounced a hen ben dic diction diction tion and the conference adjourned un until until til 2 in the afternoon I DOINGS OF AFTERNOON SESSION Members of Seventies Council Oc Cc Occupy Occupy cupy the Entire Time The afternoon session was consumed almost entirely in speeches by b r mem mom members membErs bers of the council of oC seventies The These session se slon opened with the hymn Now Let us Rejoice in the UtA Day of Salva Salvation tion William m McLachlan president of Pioneer stake offered prayer The choir then sang Praises to the Man Who Communed With Jehovah h Seymour B Young senior member of the council of seventies s s delivered d an address which was largely historical in its nature He pointed out the fact that the seventies organized original originally ly by the Prophet Joseph started with two quorums or members and that they have hava now grown to quorums or approximately members Referring to the work of Brigham Young in building a commonwealth In Mr Youn Young said that all the factories which the successor SU cessor of Joseph had started in Utah had been compelled to close cloe This was due lue luelie he lie said to lack of patronage from the Saints He deprecated this condition The z C M I 1 he said sald had prospered because the Saints had continued throughout all an the years ears to give it their patronage 1 Roberts on Liberality Brigham H Roberts who is a central figure in this conference because of the widespread belief that apostolic honors are about to Be DC b conferred red on him was the next speaker He Was t as listened to tp Continued on Page 2 PRESIDENT SMITH MAY DEPOSE THREE APOSTLES i Continued Co from page 1 With great interest Mr lIr Roberts took for his topic The Relationship We Ve Sustain to the Religious World After felicitating f Ung the Saints that their church was not established I through human agency but by divine diviner revelation r Mr Roberts R declared that the church was not antagonistic to other churches as such In the early history of the Mormon church he hep pointed p out it became necessary n fre frequently frequently frequently for the Lord to make revel revelations a to t leaders le der In Zion that th t Contention Was as to be eschewed Mr Roberts emphasized that the Book B ok of Mormon and the tho Doctrine and Covenants both speak of the church of the devil He related an instance of how when he was attending a stake conference he ho was asked if the church of the devil meant the Ro Roman Roman Roman man Catholic church Dodged the Responsibility I hated to assume the responsibility of answering in the affirmative re replied replied replied plied Mr Mi Roberts Roberta amid laughter be 16 because cause c u Jf Jt I did I would have a lot of I Iother other churches on un my hands which would be difficult to classify Mr Roberts declared that the Cath Catholic Catholic olic church had h d retained as much of real rE l truth as any other church outside of the Mormon church He said Baid he would hesitate to classify any sectarian or Protestant church as the Ute devils church and declared that in his opinion the prophet in using that phrase meant the kingdom of evil as it opposed p to kingdom of righteous righteousness ness The mission n of Mormonism he con contended cont contended tended t was to contend against evil at atall atall atall all times and under all aU circumstances clr This did not mean he declared that the Mormon church was necessarily antagonistic to Ito all aU other churches in fn insofar insofar r at least as those church taught elements of truth Mr Roberts closed by declaring that the tho essential ele element element ment mt nt of the Mormon church is unselfishness unselfishness unselfishness and in support of this he pointed out the sacrifices made by those engaged in propagating the Lat Saints gospel In an eloquent peroration he declared red that the world had failed tailed to grasp the unselfishness the broadminded spirit and the toler tolerance tolerance ance anco of or the Mormon church J Golden KImball Talks After Atter the choir had Dung aung another anthem J Golden also a member of ot the council of seventies spoke in a rather rath r humorous vein RefErring Re Referring ferring to the seventies he declared that they are the minute men of the church Our missionaries spend their heIr t time trying to tear down any other church said Mr Kimball They will Avill have plenty to do in try ing ins to build up their own and need a little money too Mr Kimball said that some southern states had passed laws for imprison imprisoning ing missionaries who ho come without purse or scrip and then declared that some of them will wiIl do more good in prison than out Mr Kimball quoted d Joseph F IT FI Smiths address at the last conference on the duties of the seventies and I urged that young oung and aid a vigorous men be besent besent besent sent as missionaries instead of old or orI I sick men Sick men he said retarded I the work of the gospel Mr fr Kimball criticised the fact that I the he various quorums of ot the priesthood had had taken a p back seat and become mentally lazy while auxiliary or 01 organizations organizations had forged to the front frontI Under proper conditions he said the I priesthood was entitled to the right of way in the Mormon church and he criticised the priesthood for failing to Insist upon the right of I way Rulon S Wells another member of the council of seventies closed the aft afternoon afternoon afternoon I with a brief talk After Arter an an anthem anthem anthem them had been sung the benediction was pronounced by y Andrew C Jensen assistant historian and the conference adjourned until 10 this morn morning mOrning morning ing |