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Show CHURCH ELECTS HKK.IITH H PATRIAHGH Grandson of Late John Smith, Holding Same Office, Chosen by Conference; Con-ference; All Authorities Authori-ties Presented Are Sustained Sus-tained by Unanimous Vote. SPEAKERS PRAISE UTAH ENTERPRISE Exhort People to Patronize Pat-ronize Home Industries; Indus-tries; Apostle Whitney Preaches Strong Discourse Dis-course on Divinity of Prohet Joseph's Vision. HTRUM G. SMITH of T.oa Angelea. Cal., is the now presiding patriarch pa-triarch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. lie was elected to that position. Just before the oloao of j'esterday afternoon's session of the eighty-second annual conference con-ference of tho church. Hyrum G. Smith Is the eldest son of Hymm F. Smith of Provo, who Is tho eldest son of tho late- Presiding Patriarch John Smith. Hyrum G. Smith 1h thero-! thero-! fore the eldest grandson of the late I John S ml tli. whom he succeeds an presiding pre-siding patriarch. Ho Is 27 years of, ag. Testerday "being the 6th day of April, the goneral authorities of tho church were presented for approval, tis were the trustees of the Brigh&m Young university univer-sity of Provo. The election o( the now patriarch and tho approval of the standing stand-ing officials were unanimous and were demonstrated In upllftod hands bv tho comjregatlon. The appointment of James J3. Talmago to the apostolate, to fill a vacancy ln the quorum of twelve through tho withdrawal of Charlen W. : Penrose to act hs second counselor to tho prcsldunt of the church, wan approved. Provo Chorus Sings. Under direction of Professor Anthony C. Lund tho school chorus of the B. Y university of Provo rendered an cxcc-llcnt and a diversified musical programme at each of the two sessions yesterday. The chief selection was sunir at the close of the afternoon mooting. It was tho superb chorus composed by Arthur Shepherd. "Tho Lord Hath Brought Again Zlon," and It was wall rendered. Professor C. R. Johnson of the B. Y. university wuig the opcnlnc tenor solo In good Btyle, tho chorus that followed being brought out In richness of tone and concert of movement on the part of tho choir. Alva Woodward, basso, sang hi good voice and fine lower register the solo, "Within tho Holy Temnle." Lyman Glbbs sarin "Lord. God of Abraham." Annie Newell gave "Tho Song of Ruth" In flno volco and pleasing stylo. Leslie Hickman, baritone, sang "Hosannah" with good effect. Other hymns and anthems rendered wcro "O Awako. My Slumbering Minstrel," "Tho Earth Is the j Lord's." "Daughter of Zlon" and "Adoration." "Adora-tion." The aftornoon session did not ! closo until 4:30 o'clock. Apostlo Orson F. Whitney delivered tho chief address of the day at tho af- : ternoon session. His cloquor.co held the j vast audience ln close attention through- J out all tho tlmo ho occupied, his sub- I Joct dealing principally with the testl- j mony of Joseph Smith declaring that ho had received heavenly visitations. Speaks for Utah Produots. Apostln Hyrum M. Smith spoke first nt tho morning session. Ho opened with a good booGt sermon for Utah products nnd Utah home industries, urcing the poople to the support of both. .Continuing. .Continu-ing. Elder Smith said ln part: Tho church auditing commlttto and the presiding bishopric, at the general gen-eral prlcathood meeting of Friday night, had submitted n report of tho financial and otherwise temporal conditions con-ditions of tho church organization, In this report It was shown that tho birth rate tn the church was high and the death rato low, as compared with vital statistics from other localities. There wcro thirty-eight blnhs to every 1000 members of the church, but this was not as high as It should be. Ho urged tho saints to fulfillment of the great command to multiply tholr kind- In the church, approximately speaking, there wero 15.000 births ln tho last flscal year. Of these d por cent had died beforo (Oontinuod on Pago Fourteen.) HYIIifl G. SMITH HEW CHURCH PMCH (Continued From Pago Ono.) reaching tho age of one yoar, or a total of 912. That, niter all. Ih a great calamity, entailing untold sorrow sor-row and suffering. This la a far f reater death rate among children of he Latter-day Salnt than thoro should be. Tho general death rate In the church Inst year had been 8.C per cent, a total of 2841 deaths having hav-ing occurred. 3l8 of them having beon caused by old oge. Denounces Narcotics. A renowned lecturer who recently visited Salt Lake suld that war, lust and narcotism made the greatest ravages rav-ages upon human life, tne lattor destroying de-stroying more lives than war. Wo havo no war. and wo desire peace. The second plague wan not tho causo of ninny deaths among tho Mormon people. I am not so sure that the third affliction the uso of liquors and tobacco Is not the causo of much disease and death In the church. This could not be tho case, how ever. If the people observed the laws of God in theso particulars. I commend com-mend to Lattor-tlav Salntn observance of tho laws of God known as the Word of Wisdom. So far as 1 am awaro. all the general authorities of tho ohurch sot good examples by obsorvlng tho Word of Wisdom and abstaining from tho use of Intoxicants and narcotics. Apostle George F, Richards first called attention to tho fact that when thero was disturbance in the great auditorium the speakers were obliged to exert themselves so much ao to oonfuso ovon themselves. In the hearts of the Latter-day Saints two names wore closely associated -the name of our dear Savior, Jesus Christ, and that of our prophet, Joseph Smith, ho said. The former was the Redeemer of the world, who gavo Himself up to trial nnd affliction: who denied to Himself Him-self everything that was forbidden In the law of God: who did all required of Him; who finally gavo up his life, a martyr and a sacrifice upon tho cross at Calvary "We look upon Joseph Smith," said Apostle Richards, "as one of the noblest of the sons of God, reserved In tho spirit world to come to earth in the last days to be a prophet yea, tho great prophet of tho nineteenth century In tho dispensation dispen-sation of the fullness of the times. lie also gavo up ills life In tho interest of humanity and for the welfare of Ihe Latter-day Saints. He waa persecuted as was the Savior; ho was wont to pwlm In deop water all tho days of his life. He was prosecuted in tho courts, thirty-nine thirty-nine charges having boon brought against him, and he was as many times acqult-ed, acqult-ed, for Josoph Smith was an Innocent man. When ho endeavored to avoid tho groat personal dnnger ho saw approaching approach-ing him, many of hlo close friends accused ac-cused him of cowardice. 'If my life Is no longer of value to rny friends,' said he, 'I will return.' And Just before going go-ing to Carthago to give himself up to his enemies he declared. T am going llko a lamb to the slaughter.' He dlod bravely brave-ly as a martyr to the cause of Qod." In Foreign Mission. Elder Thomas E. McKay, Just returned from a mission In which he had served as president of tho Swiss and Gorman contorenoe, said that if any credit were due to him for having faithfully done his duty, It should go to his father and mother. He missed from their customary places Patriarch John Smith and President Presi-dent John Henry Smith. More than 400 missionaries In Germany woro all young men of honesty and Integrity, lie said. But two of them had boon unablo to receive re-ceive honorable discharge, and one of these was "making good" alnco having arrived home. In tho lost threo years 2500 converts had been added to tho ohurch In the Swiss and German mission. It Is true thnt somo troubles are mel In Germany, but theso are greatly exaggerated, exag-gerated, ho said. Missionaries aro better protected today in Germany than In England, Eng-land, or even In tho United States. Officials Offi-cials thero were well disposed toward the Saints and the missionaries. In Hungary, especially, prosolytors for the church have great freedom, which was gained through the efforts of a young lawyer who at first opposed them, but who becamo friendly upon making Investigation Inves-tigation for himself. American consuls troat missionaries as American citizens. The main opposition comes from ministers minis-ters and ignorant people. The Saints In Germany pay a moro honest tithing than do those here at home, declared the speaker. Just before the closo of the morning session President Joseph F. Smith read a telegram from John W. Young, congratulating con-gratulating the church and Its officials upon the great and successful gathering of the eighty-second conference. Powerful Testimonies. At the afternoon session Apostlo Orson F. Whitney took for his text, "Tho pure testimony poured forth by the spirit cuts like a two-edged sword.-" Ho was reminded re-minded of this truth, he said, by the powerful testimonies hoard at the conference. con-ference. It has been said that most of tho missionaries traveling In Ihe world are young men who mainly testify arid exhort. This fact has boon deplored by critics, who see In It a warrant for the prediction that the third genorntlon of Latter-day Saints would turn from the faith. Young men, they say, do not reach tho learned men and men and women of maturity, said Apostlo Whitney Whit-ney It was simply the testimony of a boy, Joseph Smith, that opened up this gospel dispensation, and It would he a good idea to call this testimony to tho minds of the Saints Mr. Whitney read the story told by Joseph Smith concerning his receipt of heavenly visitations. "I have never heard an argument, an oration, equal to that," ho said. "And nB long as we have boys, striplings, who can testify by the holy spirit wo need not duspair. Mor-monlsm Mor-monlsm has In Its hand the most powerful power-ful weapon that man can wield the testimony tes-timony that cuts like a two-edged nword. Who can gainsay tho arsertlon of Joseph Smith that he saw and heard, and especially es-pecially when this testimony wns accompanied ac-companied by tho spirit of God?" Joseph Smith's Vision. Because Joseph Smith, In his bovlsh simplicity, said that when he recovered hi3 tenses after his vision he found himself him-self lying on his hack, some persons have endeavored to explain away these manifestations mani-festations by ' saying that he suffered from a fit of epilepsy, said the speaker. This effort is a fruitless one. What Joseph Jo-seph Smith saw was greater than what he heard, for he saw the Father und the Son. Tiioy were In the form of men. These particular critics say that Joseph only Imagined that ho saw and heard anything rather than to rcccivo the naked truth. Joseph Smith was a man like unto Moses, declared the speaker. He brought back to men a knowledge of God in these dnys. Ho saw God Just as Mosos saw God with his spiritual eyes, not with his natural eyes, for thoy could not have withstood the glory of God. There was no Imagination nbout !:; no epilepsy about It; but he saw with his spiritual eyes. Joseph Smith was possessed of the powers of a seer and had been preserved from the foundations of the earth to do the things that he did and to see the things that he saw. said Apostle Whitney. Whit-ney. There need be no other explanation of It. Ak they of other (lavs tried to do away with the miracles of Christ, r.o thev of today attempt to east side the woif-ders woif-ders and miracles that ushered In Uih dispensation. Joseph Smith saw God and Jesus Christ by his wonderful powers of soershlp. While hi was silting in Ids father's humble cottage, with the plates hidden In the barn several rods away, be ould see and read the characters written on the plates, asserted the speaker. Elder Whitney then related n number of other occurrences Intended to show Joseph Smith's possession of supernal vision nnd prescience. Who can say that tho quorums of the priesthood, the auxiliary organizations, the church organization, arc not a reflex of the kingdom In heaven? asked Apos-tlti Apos-tlti Whitney. "I mysolf have ceh tho Lord, but only In a dream. I havo seeny) tho Lord and conversed wilh him binu It was only a dream. When a boy UmJ thought that any youth could go out anCj Fray and eeo God and Jesus Christ, buKj-'es havo put theao foolish thoughts nsldoStfic We are not all constituted alike atriKgtlj havo not the samo powers, and we arfAani therefore, not nil susceptible to bucS t B. manifestations as thoso received by Sot seph Smith." , , . rite Apostlo Whitney closed with an taj sin tensely fervid, almost Impassioned teatl- (gui monv lo the divinity of the mlr-slon ol & Josoph Smith and tho truth of tho gosp Vl reatorod and revealed by tho prophet. j; kwo Hears Children's Prayers, S5 Apostlo David O. McKay nald in pari that, ho knew that God heard and an- , cwored tho prayers of children "I re? . member lying one night unnerved by fsar! lRlI of somo Imaginary evil, such as will dftt sometimes invade the minds of children, irB ho said. "I mustered courago to arise. 1 and I knelt at my bodsldo and asked Got to remove the fear that tormonted ni; heart. As plainly a;i I Have ever hsan ua anvthlng In my life. I heard a voice e&y fea 'Fear not; nothing will hurt you.' Y01 t may say that it was Imagination, but v care not: for tho poaee of a chlld'j pray answered came over me." ': Men and women who Investigate th doctrines and practices of tho Latter-da; m Saints do not revile them, said the speak ? cr It Is only Ihoso who aro Ignorant 0 V theso tilings that pcrsocuto and cry puj hj agaliiBt them. Tho powor of tho puipl ' and the press has been arrayed agalnsl w tho church, ho said, the most recent be , Ing an attuck by a London paper thai gave publicity to a He about this state. Even tho moving picture 111ms have uses brought to bear against Mormon mission- arlcs, ho asserted. ; 1 Apostle McKay read a letter from j missionary concornlng tho nlm called Victim of tho Mormons " The mission?, nrv declared It to bs quite offensive to V elders abroad. It shows a Mormon eller enticing a young girl away from homij . eluding the ofllcnrs for a time, but flnaUlT being apprehonded. when tho elder comr, , mlts nulcldc by shooting. .J Elder McKay hailed with do light tot movomont ropresented In tho ' ... Am for Utah." It behooves cvory u and woman to bo true to tho tnndrf 1 this state, he said. In that vcnt.H tta powers outside need not ho feared. . Seventies Completed. i JJi Elder Levi Edgar Young was PWj I at tho sessions yesterday, completing um full quorum of tho first seven president! of soveutleH. , . T riU,? At tho morning session Hugh J. non, president at the Ubcrty hJj fored the opening prayer, and Stepnw 1 R. Chlpman. presldont of the Aipuw t slake, gavo the benediction. In the tcrnobn tho openlns pmyer aa bygj.- . ward J. "Wood, president of the cwaan, Canada, stake, the honed! ctlon 1 be Ing ey Elder Joseph Shepherd of the At 4:15 o'clock In the nf'r';,,"mbiy . Genealogical society met n the semWT 1 hall Dr E. O. Titus of the Ar cm .uw jj College of Utah was the pr wlpal l or. and his discourse treated Interesting Son genealogical jJteSf ftrfoi . At the close of h af ernoo " UnJ of tho conference there was a 1 ffl in the bishop's hull- Ing for "co t . tho primary .0W;la?aot &( - lug Professor Howa"! r f,H w t verslty of Utah told his hearers Tell Stories." , nnfrcnce wll The next session of the coir r.n nc conveno In the lnWJ that an over , this morning. t la llkel W"", flow meeting will be held In 1 - blv hall In the afternoon, ami g one In tho open air. , W Reorganized Conference. $ 1 cuouV f ers. Ilvlnc and dead. vrovuMao s eral summary report row o fefltur, f. r. Smith of Iimonl. Ia.. tg gener P of the opening ?nl2cd Church "ffiner Grlfllth of$A sired to eliminate from the rcpo w orenco to the Utah churc b J- "Thoy don't MX'iniiV.i The P05 we do." Mr. Griffith Fold " get fltf reading about them In our report' b. mixed up with tliow- ' jrchef-twit jrchef-twit numerous In both ch,'-tah MorSrfv tell us v.-c aro fousliw of Uio r dogKfj mons. 1 do not care If we t fceBg cure for them and don t a"1 JK anything about them. . Morm0ni Mr. Smith said the T-taii t lt tfcK not publish their reports. Tw ,. jM renson they ray within ou le getthtV said. "There la no need of PC.T them nlxd up with i . 5 " ilEH nltely called them a 'rival se 0l;f rfln09 WH A motion to strike out the g" w thn Utnh VnusInM" wa 'efc-llcu M largo majority. ,rtl niters. ml"IoBf Eighteen hundred mInU-te", jm arlcs and laymen attended. m |