Show rTIllES r MADE COMMON 1 President Smith Deprecates I I Use of Sacred Terms j t t ELDER SUFFICIENT HONOR i J H Paul Says Missionaries I i Should Have Practice V Interesting Sessions of Quarterly Conference of Salt Lake Stako Held in Tabernacle Tho quarterly conference of the Salt Like stnko Latterday Saints consumed tho entire day yesterday There were three llonROno In tho Assembly hall i i In tho mornlnp and tho afternoon and evening session In tho Tabernacle All tho sessions were largely attended and tho Interest In tho various reports must have been gratifying to the authorities The Tabernaclo choir rendered a number of hymns at each session OPINW SESSION The opening session was held In tho Assembly hall nnd the largo congregation congrega-tion listened with apparent Interest to tho reports given by l the officers of tho venous organizations of tho stake After the opening oxcrclecs which Included the slnplng of Our God AVe Raise to Thee and Coma < All Ye Sons of 5ilon by tho I choir nnd the Invocation by Elder David McKcnzle Hlder Hugh B Folsom spoke rnt some length I In tho Interest of tho I Sundryschools and the work they arc doing In the stake Mrs Camilla Cobb superintendent of the primary department of the Sunda schools of the stake Mrs orglana Fox Young superintendent of the kindergarten kindergar-ten department Mrs Nellie C Tnylpr superintendent of the Y L M 1 3 1 A and Elder George A Smith superintendent of J the Y AJt M 1 A gave reports of tho Dark of their Individual organisations L which were encouraging and showed Im provement nU along the line BOYS NEED PRACTICE Elder J II Paul In giving a report of Jffulrs as they exist In the Latterday Saints unlvorsllv mado a rather startling start-ling proposal which caused much amuse nont In the congregation In speaking of tin loO young men In the university 1 classes who arc preparing to become missionaries mis-sionaries he suggested that tho bishops call upon these young men to address 0 KathcrliiRU la the ward meetinghouses upon rollRlous topics Then he said we will know what the people ot the world have to endure when these mls Elonarlos RO Into the world to preach I Sometimes the t o boys gel tied up and flogged when they ought not to be but once In a while they ought to bo when they dont Alfred O Miller of tho sixteenth quorum quo-rum of elders and John Nicholson of the high council reported for their organizations organiza-tions President John R Winder made the closing remarks In which he reminded re-minded the people that they were approaching ap-proaching tho festive season of tho year and hoped they would not forget Its object ob-ject and providing f6r the less fortunate of Gods children AFTERNOON SESSION Tho Important feature of the afternoon cession was tho nddresR of President Joseph Jo-seph F Smith In which he took occasion to lay down the law to hla people In language lan-guage that no ono could misconstrue The session opened at 2 oclock and hero was a Rood attendance the lowor door of the Tabernacle being well filled President l Presi-dent Angua M 1 Cannon of the Salt Lake BlaJto presided and the programme wan opened with a Bong by the choir Tho church authorities of the stake were then prosuUoJ to the congregation by President Presi-dent Cannon and were sustained In tho usual manner Ono passage In President Cannons brief addreis was significant In view of tha insurrection that ban broken out among the Swedish church members GRnlnst being 1 forced to conduct their Borvlcea In the Scandinavian language which they claim does not exist In 1 speaking of the authorities of the Scandinavian Scan-dinavian and German branches of the church President Cannon warned tho people to be on guard against tho wolves among tIm sheep Ho said the purpose of the Scandinavian and German branches was to Instruct in the gospel those people who do not understand English It was not the purpose of tho church lie said to Inutruct anyone In anj language as schools were conducted for that purpose and as God had 1 revealed hlu gospel In tho English tongue It was desirable to have tho services In that language as far as possible Elder David Mackenzie the president i of tho high priest quorum made an ex tonslvo rCIOrl on the work of that body Ho combatted the Idea that tho high priests were shelved and argued that 1 their work wan of especial Importance CHURCH AUTHORITIES NEGLIGENT President Joseph P Smith read from tho Doctrines and Covenants to show tho lutieo of tin different ofllccru In tho church He Insisted that In the church there Is a too frequent use of the term nposlk and that there la honor enough for anyone In the title of cldur He also urguj against the frequent < < uio of tho title piophct seer aDd revelator The frequent use of these terms partakes of blasphemy He aald he would bo sails I fled with tho title of president or elder I President Sml h also Insisted that there had been negligence on the part of tho j churrh authorities In years past In de I l manding reports Horn tho bishops priests t and other officers These reports he nr I r ffuer should bo made at the conferences J HO that the people might know what their Kadcrs I arc doing If I the high priests i are frequenting whinky saloons and i Im j moral places the people J are entitled to f tha knowledge Tho priesthood ho said win not a body at men but a principle 1 H Is tho power and authority conferred uy God the prIests apeak In the name of God and by direct authority from God I and the laws of the church require that they make reports of their stewardship at each conference Thctu rcporto ho said he purposed to have In tln future i even if It would extend tho conferences through three or mor > days I EVENING SESSION li At the evening suasion that opened at 4 S clock reports on tho work of the church vcrf ivjbmltted by Bishop Gcoryo 11 1 Taylor of the Fouriernth ward Bishop IH corltI R Emery < of lie Sixteenth ward Bullion Walter J HeatUo of tho Seven llIlII wOrd President James W TJro of 410 HUh quorum of riders nnd Secretary Gnorge C Smith of the sixth quorum of cldtriT 11use reports were quIte unl 0 forml lv good showing the work oC tho church In Hits rilffonnt departments to 1 to In a nourishing condition A The ohlf addrcfl of the evening waG R Con Apostli John Henry Smith Ho re vitvru I tilt work of the tiny nnd I rcllc a ii 4cil Jar mphnal7ed the admonitions of IT Idi nl Smith rigardlng longevity aiJ Upfinlty and lack of respect for sacred 11 i hhln He deplorcil the use of profane f j3nrmge on the streets especially by t nung min and In some Instances by eJ1 WE He thought lie Iiidortt In other 1 nominations worn more careful In this tlJrct th in tho Saints and that it would b W1 nnd prudent to follow tho oxam 11 of iueh I |