Show I 8 113 CONFERENCE SANTSIN anoSANTSIN S Mormon Church Completes I Its 70th Year 3 oli oln i ROBERTS CASE REFERRED TOO TO-O t President Snow in His Opening Address S dress Spoke of the Heccnt Excitement Excite-ment as Having Caused the People y to Become Wonderfully Interested to Know what Itformonism IsAu S Appeal for the Payment of Tithing r Going Back to Missouri Talk 7 About Interference of Gentiles I < p seventieth annual conference of The scentelh atnunt Christ of JLattor 4 the Church ot Jesus Y 1 convened under most favor 1 dsiy Saints cOl nct able cay circumstances yesterday morning floor of Tabernacle The lower foor t i 4 In the comfortably the great auditorium was q filled with the Saints who had come fled from far and near to listen to the words which fell from the lips of 1 of counsel Cel lps < their leaders And tho heads of the fil f church thel wore there Including President Presidents Snow and his counselors Cannon and Smith Apostles John ct i Jlcnry Smith Marrlncr W Merrill John 1 I W Taylor Mulhjas F Cowley A O S J Woodruff Rudger Clnwson Brigham Young George Teasdale Anton II r r une1 Hebor J Grant and Francis M l 4 I Lyman President Angus N Cannon 4 I and his counselors Charles W Penrose I and Joseph E Taylor Patriarchs Smith I and Kalclgb r PRESIDENT SNOWS ADDRESS 4 Elder John Nicholson asked divine I blessing upon the conference at the opening ofthe morning session Presi dcnt Snow was tho first speaker He expressed gratitude for the blessings Cxlles that had attended his endeavors to forward for-ward the Intelowls of the church lie Fall that seventy years ago the chinch I was organized commencing almost as wa an Infant that through the aid of the Lord they wore advanced to boyhood In spite of many mistakes and errors b which wore made through Ignorance I the chuivh has advanced until It has reached unto the allotted time of manU man-U President Snow was grateful for the things which the Latterday Saints have boon able to accomplish notwithstanding which have standing the difficulties whih arisen 1 arisenEFFECT OF ROBERTS CASE j Ho said that the elders in ihp field ma hlel UH that tho excitement that has been gotten up almost universally through the United States has caused the people to become l wonderfully Interested I Inter-ested to know what Aimmonism Is So this Is I working ill right and will work all right and we ought to be very grateful grate-ful that this missionary work Is being I rompllshed so successfully as ItJs S Everything Is for UH and nothing can piovonl OUl moving forward now In ourS our-S year Theve is nn power that can prevent lis now any more than In the past We 1m ve received tot much knowledge to be Eli tzrLccI In our purpose pur-pose Let the people go on lULL desire to persecute and overthiow the Mormons Mor-mons let them go on and do their worst That Is I for them to do Ours Is J to lOW In tho knowledge of the Lord and grow more and more perfort as our ars adviinoe President Snow spoke of tho persecutions of the Saints when driven from Ohio from MlSsomM and from NauVoo and said the reason they I had been able to endure those experiences experi-ences and still exist was because they wrr 1 fled with the spirit of t the Lord i and had direct revelation from God I I 3 WILL PRAY FOR OPPONENTS i j Apostle Brlgham Young the next speaker began by saying that If there was any man or set of men or cliqueS I clique-S that opposed thC Saints and thought S tho Saints did not pray for them they were mistaken that the Saints prayed I to tho lord that these men may be I tinned from their evil ways and not kick against the pricks wit seek to do good and forsake the evil that Js In Ya3 them He said that In their youth the w Saints had struggled against fearful I odds but amt out better soldiers of r th cross than when they entered Into I he vortex of persecution Apostle 1 Young said that if the Saints were k Gods people they were sure to win a If they were not his people why have I they been successful from the beginning begin-ning Ho said that the church would IPOVO on and would crush all opposition 11 opposi-tion He said the 1 church had reached Ic the full stature o a man and that its it-s the people ould arise In their manhood man-hood as they had struggled to their f < tIn t-In their childhood God would give them the strength of n man APPEAL FOR TITHING t Referring to the question of tithing and the necessity oC obeying that principle prin-ciple I Apostle Young said I appeal to I the man Let every man and woman In this church arise and do that which Is I before them arise and do that which 4I God has directed which he calls upon them t to do to sanctify this land that i It may be a land of safely unto us I m do not wish to utter a threat but I do 1l 4 know l this that every time we have disregarded i dis-regarded and set at naught the commandments l com-mandments of Almighty God we have paid for it SWILL S-WILL RETURN TO MISSOURI I The speaker then referred to a mighty f exodus of Saints which Is to occur In I i LImO lot fardistant future when the m Saints of all this Intermountain region I of Canada and of Mexico will return to I lEf Jackson count Mo to redeem and uiI build ui > the central stake of Zion Ho c said that all who would Join In the exodus would be Saints indeed that tho pi p Mormons would be left In Utah with id enough Latterday Saints to control i1 them Laughter OBJECTS TO INTERFERENCE Apostle FrancisM Lyman tho donS I don-S ins speaker at the morning session jjald 51r that the Latterday Saints were not I S fp held together by threats or by fear but by lovo of the Gospel He said that timeS I time-S Saints were not very Important numbers S num-bers not very Important because of S m their wealth but that every once In n vvlillft something occurs which makes a t furore In regard to the Saints and there I IB much trouble In the hearts of the People for fear the Latterday Saints would < 0 jfomethlngvory wrcng He I I naked why this was and asked If the I Saints were attending to the business of Jt othev dtMiomliiiJ limn Do we combine I together with some other people In order or-der to look l after the morality and the S purity or the Immorality and corruption 5 l corrup-tion of some other people ATTITUDE OF TIIE SAINTS How carefully the Latterday Saints attend to their own business and Is s S I not that the proper attitude And areS are-S wo not Just about the same kind bf people I peo-ple of thi sumo material as our other 5 5 religious brethren Have we not come from among other denominations And S liavn we eer asked any one to come to this church without repentance S without honesty without virtue No 11 I It Is not enough for men to repent In tWO i order to come Into the church and then I do an they please but their pentnnco S must be eternal TJsg In closing Apostle Lyman urged upon S tho Saints the nuoeaslty pitying their tithing and said there wnsu strength I and pouer that comet In complying J 1 with th > law 1 Tlif lf li i MI ui pi iinitui ll l bV 1 lnr I YI 111 t Int i l > iif urn 1 n hljrn1 I II nd I The atlcmUincc at Hie antmoon ni jjajcjjLjjjrmjnj Ion of the conference was much larger i than acany time on the first day 0 the semiannual meeting In several years The weather has been fimv the furmers and laborers have been I prosperous and the uffccU of pros I peril arc alwayn seen at conference J time yyt the numbers In n lncl the meetings Judging by the meltngs TulJlni congregation congre-gation yesterday afternoon the Tabernacle Taber-nacle and Assembly hall combined willS will-S be to small to accommodate the 1 I crowds that will gather on Sunday IRREVERENCE LAMENTED President George Q Cannon the first speaker at the afternoon session said that his mind had dwelt a great deal of late upon the lack of reverence for the priesthood which exists today Ho spoke of Joseph Smith President Young President Taylor and President Presi-dent Wood i uff UK men of the purest I noblest rharactois and said lie al i ways had the greatest reverence for them To President Snows character he paid the same high tribute but said he did not believe that many of the ciders realized that President Snow was the mouthpiece of God upon the earth I and ho Judged this by the want of reference ref-erence the lack of respect the absence I ab-sence of a disposition to be governed j by the counsel of God and said VI I tell you there never was In this church f to my knowledge such an absence of I respect and reverence for the authority of God as there Is now among this people peo-ple A great many men seem to think that their way Is far better than anyone any-one elses way and though we believe and testify that God has a prophet In lour midst still wo will not come and ask for the word for fear we shall be told something that docs not agree with our wishes and that which we desire to accomplish MUST DO BETTEr OR GO TO HELL 1As sure as God lives there has got to be 0 change In this respect or some men will go to hell and n good lan of them too God will not put up with it I would not dare to do anything of an Important character without consulting con-sulting the man of God Every man or woman enjoys a free agency but we have C right to exercise It In doing right or In doing that which God wants us to 10 HUSBANDS MUST STAY AT HOME Apostle John Hpnry Smith I assured the Latterday Saints that In their work there should be no such word as fall that it was the decree of Providence Prov-idence that the work should succeed He then spoke of the desirability of having closer relations between husband hus-band and wife of time doing away with tho dudes which call husbands from hell homes In the evenings Apostle I Smith said there was no responsibility placed upon men greater than taking care of their own that children should be guarded and guided and directed by the fathers and did not believe that I duty requhod any father to be absent 0 from his home every night In the week He thought the lack of reverence due the priesthood referred to by President Cannon was chargeable to the parents because they had allowed their boys and girls to get from under their t Inn In-n uenc and after this I had happened the parents did not sceuj to possess tho tact to regain the confidence of their children J Ie acknowledged that there were evils among the youth of Zion but said it was because the boys were unguarded and the girls were left to the prey of the vicious and the Impure and this because unwise parents had failed to learn anything by the experiences ex-periences of their own lives VALIANT ANDCOURAGEOUS Apostle George Teasdale OPUlli i1n few minutes at the close of the afternoon after-noon session He said the Saints were the most valiant and courageous people on the face of the earth He saidthai the Lord did 1 not icrjulro of tH I Saints a blind obedlenco to his teachings The bad reputation l which the Saints have always had he said was attributable to those who despise the commandment to not bear destl witness against ones neighbor He bald that the world has always accepted the false and rejected re-jected the true prophets of tho Lord The speaker further said that the whole duty of man was to serve God and keep his commnncInTSds and It mattered mat-tered not who might be displeased by It I t I I PENALTY OF NONPAYMENT t Speaking1 of tithing Apostle Tpas dale said l that men who did not pay r their tithing drank of damnation tihing dnmnnton every Lime they partook of the sacrament because by 1 that act they pretend to belle in the commandments of the Lord when they really do not He repeated re-peated that the Latterday Saintswere the noblest people on earth and said l that Governments Instead of seeking to stay their progress should do every timing In their power to aid them And then he said Did you ever know of a patriotic honing Government people petitioning a GIJernINt against n small handful of people No patriot was ever miilty of anything of the kind A patriot Is I one that upholds up-holds the Constitution of a Government But there are hypocrites among professed pro-fessed patriots as well as among other people And I say God bless the patriots pa-triots and God bless the Government and give them moral courage to standby stand-by the Constitution and not be moral cowards We are interested In having a righteous Government o all people on the earth and we know how to appreciate liberty how to appreciate freedom and we never Interfere with other peoples doctrines or thou belief We have enough to do to preach our own S The benediction was pronounced by 1 Elder C D FJelstcd and conference adjourned until 10 oclock this morning |