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Show AUTHORITIES SDSTAINED At This Morning's Session of the Conference. PROGRESS BEING MADE IN CHURCH EDUCATIONAL WORK. Apostle Smith Thinks the Saints Are Growing: Lax. PRESIDENT JOSEPH F. cSMITH'ST ELOQUENT ADDRESS. The Subject of Home Industrie Handled in Magnificent Style', The Speaker ways Hit Itemarkt, Have no Political NljfnlOcanee How a Great Commonwealth JIay" Be Built I p Here The Services - This Afternoon The Attndue i The congregation at the tabernacle thW morning was the largest aeen at any opening? service during the conference. After eingt ing and prayer, President Georg-e Q. Cannonw presented the following authorities of thtf I church, all of whom were sustained: Wilford Woedruff, patriarch, seer and revi elator and president of the Church of Jetu Christ of Latter-day Saints in all the world. George Q. Cannon, first councilor in then first pi esldency. 1 Joseph F. Smith, second councilor In tha(' first presidency. 1 Lorenzo Snow, president of the twel apostles. j F. D. Richards, B. Young, Mosca Tbatcber.-j F. M. Lyman, J. H. Smith, Geo. Teasdel, H. J. Grant, J. W. Taylor, M. W. Merrill, H. H.4 Lund and A. H. Cannon as members ofv thai council of the Twelve apostles, and aa' prophets, seers and revelators. F. D. Richards as historian and gonerat' church recorder. John Jacques as assistant church recorders-Joseph recorders-Joseph D. C. Youug as church, architect., John Nicholson as clerk of the general1 conference. Wilford Woodruff, Lorenzo Snow, G. Cannon, K. G. Maeser, "Willard Young, G.j W. Thatcher, Amos Howe, A. H. Lund and. James Sharp as members of the church, boards of education. John Smith as patriarch. S. B. Youna:, C. B. F. Jelsteaa, Joha.-Mor gan, B. H. Kcterts Georce Reynolds and.; Jonathan Kimball as presidents of quorums1 of sevonties. W. B. Preston as presiding bishop, with R. , T. Burton and J. R. Wruder as first aad sec-f ond councilors, Wilford Woodruff as trus-. tee in trnst. President Cannon then read a report show- ing the progress made la educational mU ters, from which it appeared that there wero three church colleges, twenty-five acade- inies and nine seminaries, the number o, pupils enrolled being 5,893. APOSTLE JOES HENRY SMITH then addressed the congregation, lie eaid' that for a religious community the 8aintn had grown very lax with regard to a properj observance of the Sabbath. He hid the", same complaints to make with regard to the crowing use of liquor and tobacco. They4 should set their faces as flint against thesa; things. Another thing to which he wished; to call attention was the number of uneui-S ployed men iu their midst. The industries" should be developed and every effort made" to keep these men employed. He desired t see the Saints the most happy and prosper-' ous people in the world, and if they fol- lowed the rules of temperance and virtu." and maintained the principles of righteous-. ness they would be. PRESIDENT JOSEPH 1. SMITH was thenext speaker. He said the subject,' of home industry and of home employment) was of vital importance. President Younsr was very earnest in his desire to establish home industries here. He believed that-this was a good thing for every community,,; through which they became independent audt wealthy. Some such industries had beer started here and they should be patronized by the people. Jsuch. a method would Duwt, the territory up faster than any other. A ' sugar factory had been established? and the promoters ' of it were under! very heavy financial obligations.. TheW people should support this industry by givlnz Its product the preference. When sv crisis came in the country, that common- wealth which was most self-supporting would withstand it best. There was in con-rf nection with Z. C. M. I. a great shoe factory. It had been generously patronized and it had; therefore become of considerable imports ance. All could not be merchants and bank-1 ers. There was no politics in what he had" said. It was simply the gospel of common sense and reason. The choir sang an anthem and the con lOrCUWO UUJUUi UCU UUb.l v I ' . ill. APOSTLK LORENZO SXOW was the first speaker. This work, he said, which was begun sixty-two years ago, had" gone on in spite of all difficulties. Then could be no doubt as to the outcome of -the work. It would triumph, because God' hand was iu it. The services of tomorrow afternoon, promise to be of unusual interest. '. - |