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Show CONFERENCE OP MDRMON CHURCH COISJO END At Closing Session President Presi-dent Smith Predicts That State Will Enter Prohibition Pro-hibition Column. AUTHORITIES ARE AGAIN SUSTAINED Many Prominent Members of Organization Are Heard During the Day; Attendance At-tendance Large. "I started out in this ministry in IS." 1, at 1.' years of age. From that hour until now I have neer relented nor relaxed for one moment in my advocacy ad-vocacy of abstinence from strong drink, and my advocacy of tem'rance arid prohibition wherever prohibition can be effected. I believe in it, and believe tho time will come, aud that it is close at hand, when the people of this stale will have to join in tho procession of other states and adopt a law of statewide state-wide prohibition. I believe the time will coioe when they will be forced to keep in line with otner states throughout through-out the land." President Joseph F. Smith, at the close of the eighty-fifth annual conference of the Church of Jesus Je-sus Christ of Latter-day Saints, yesterday yester-day afternoon. In making the foregoing statement President Smith said that there seemed to be a disposition on tho part of some persons to misconstrue what he hail said. "I thought I had spoken plainly euough here last night.,"' said P'resident Smith (having reference to bis remarks on this subject made at the general priesthood meeting in the tabernacle Monday night), but it seemed, according accord-ing to President Smith yesterday afternoon, after-noon, that what he had said was being exploited by proponents of both sides to the quest ion. President Smith supplemented his remarks re-marks iu this connection by saying tbat he Loped never to be extreme; that he was always in favor of wisdom in dealing deal-ing with such matters; that if he ever did become extreme he hoped it would be on the side of honesty and in favor of wisdom and righteousness of purpose pur-pose on tho part of the people. Authorities Sustained. Prior to the brief closing address of President Smith tho general authorities wore presented by Apostle Heber J. Grant, and they were uuanimotislv- sustained sus-tained in oflico by the uplifted hand vote of the great congregation. There were no vacancies, removals, or other changes, and the official family stood as last vear, as follows : Joseph F. Smith, president of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter-day Saints. Later he was sustained as trus-tee-in-trust, and in connection with the first-named twenty-four he was uphold as a prophet, seer and revelator. Anthon H. Lund, first counselor in the first presidency. Charles "W. Penrose, second counselor in the first presidency. Francis M. Lyman, president of the council of the twelve apostles. Members of the conncil of the twelve apostlos: Francis M. Lyman, Hcber J. Grant, ftudger Clawson, Eeed Smoot, Hymm M. Smith, George Albert Smith, George F. Richards, Orson F. Whitney, David O. McKay, Anthony W. Ivins, Joseph F. Smith", Jr., and James E. Talmage. First seven presidents of the seventies: seven-ties: Sevmour B. Young, Brigham H. Roberts, 'Jonathan G, Kimball, Eulon S. Wells, Joseph W. McMurrin, Charles H. Hart and Levi Edgar Young. Presiding patriarch Hyrum G. Smith. In addition to these were sustained the church genoral board of education and other general officers of auxiliary organizations, the church historian and his assistants and the presiding bishopric. bish-opric. Upon the conclusion of this proceeding proceed-ing President Joseph F. Smith declared the conferenco adjourned until October, the chief date of which session will be on Wednesday, October 6, I01o. Apostle Ivins Talks. At the opening of the afternoon session, Apostle Anthony W. Ivtns said that ft cause for wonderment was suggested to hlnv In the fact that in eighty-five years the church had grown great from a handful hand-ful of persons whose combined wealth was scarcely sufficient to defray the expenses ex-penses of printing the Book of Mormon. Now, declared Mr. Ivins. there are thousands thou-sands of members, the wealth of each of whom is much greater than was that of the group of organizers of the church. It was marvelous, he thought, and he continued con-tinued in part: I believe that there Is no condition so dangerous as tiiat which leads us to believe that there is nothing more to do. That Is the beginning of decay. While it is true that the gospel has been generally preached In the world, it is also true that but a small proportion pro-portion of the Inhabitants of the earth has heard the truth. It is our duty to complete our mission in this re- (Contfnued on Page Two.) MORMON CONFERENCE HAS COME TO CLOSE Continued from Pago One) spect There is set vast y more- to do than 1 as already bee done, The Lord expects us to perforn -th s great m s on which he has en rusted to us and he w ho d us respons b e for the fa thfu d scharge of our who e dut Included in the wo k set out fo us is the redempt on of Judea, wh ch shall not much onger be a hiss and a bvord in the earth There is o be no rest n Z on un jl our work is accomp shed If there we e no ot er th ng wh ch cou d be presented in justlf catio of the ex stence of the church suffi clent is the one fact t at thousands of peop e have been gathered from d f fe ent parts of Lurope, where they wou d ha e had absolute y no oppqr tun ty to se and he p themse ves a.nd we ha e set them down in tils v prom sed and The 1 a e become part of the countrv own ng part of t e and and they ave becon e 03 al c tizens in this blessed country Says Devil Is Not Dead So long as e 1 exists so long as there is po erty and starvation along side or wea th and extravagance, so ong as our penitent anes are f ed with men who refuse to be go erned bv t e ru es for the cbntro of soc ety so long as -men who are supposed, to represent all the peop e in government affa rs and fall to -do so so long as t ere sha 1 be Inten pe ance and im mora it just so long is it our duty to rm,aln act e n the serv ce of the Lord Don t deceive 5 our el es by think ine that tl e de I s dead. He knows the trut but he ne er will obey it Tl ere are thousands in the world who are as con e tib e as Lucifer h mself He and they must be put where thev belong' w here they can do no harm that th s repub ic may be no longer menaced Better d e in. the trenches than to comprom se with the de 1 to obtain peace E der George F PJchards of the quorum Of twel e asserted that the Latter day Sa nts bel eved that not on y were fa th and obed en e to the ot er f rst princ p ee of the gospel recessary to sa vation but observance of every other aw of the Lord to the end of the r days With th 5 thought in mind Elder Richards proceed ed in part as follows There is the law of tlth ng for in stance Ther are n any men bers of the church who haie been faithful in obedience to this law On the other hand there are many members 22 0K) to be def n te who have never pa d a cent of t thing although they have 1 ad the means The have obeyed the first princip es and are recognized as members W have had a 1 st of these de inquents for a number of years Should Obey the Rule In ani other organization Is a man regarded as a fair and honest member If he refuses to do h s share of the work' Is he not supposed to he p In a flnanc al waj W hat of the man who slmplv be ongs to an organizat on for the sake of the benefits to be de n ed and et v,ho refuses to contribute contrib-ute Ws part for the common good? The law of tithing Is f a r and v. e are In duty bound to Uve up to it faith fu ly There are men nho began their al leg ance to th s church in an honet way but who are fal ing back Into darkness There Is p enty of mission ary work to do at home as wel as abroad The princip e of tithing is only one item in which there Is need of work at home In the Btakes of Z on he e are 3T 000 saints, et 186 000 of them ne er attend religious sen ices on Sundav T ere are 3 000 members of the lower priesthood who are inactive and i 000 of them who in 1914 d d not attend a quorum n eet ing There surely is need of work at home Apostle Joseph F 6mith, Jr said he bel eved absolutely in the gospel of atone ment of the bon of Uod in the gospel that the Sa tor was Bent on the earth for the redemption of mankind in the gospel of the resurrection from the dead In the doctrine of the repentance of sin In the doctrine of las"lng on of hands for the g ft of the holy ghost that he accepted all the doctrines of tl e gospel Believes in the Gospel He continued In part I beliete the gospe Is universal in Ua app lcatlou. It is not Intended to be confined o the people cal ed Lat er day Paints I believe that the 1 ord w I finally sa e all hun anlty through the gospel with the eicep tlon of the few w ho wl 1 reject It per sisten I to the end I thank the Lord for our temples where we ma go to receive bless nge necessary to sal at on In the king dom of Cod and where we may do a tfork for our dead whereby they can ave the privilege of accept ng the gospel In the spirit as we do tn the f esh There should be no fault finding no back biting no evil speaking one against the other Yi the ch rpl We should not be Jealous one of another ,nor angr one at another and there si ou d not be the feeling in t e heart of one t at he wi I not font ve an 0 her Tl ere is no pace In Z op fnr t e sinner except he be repentant v e should not look upon si with the least degree of a lowance TVe shou d stand together with a united front against the world Apostle James E. Talmage kald that Ood conl J not be served accepts M b read ng the r pt res alon nor co 14 the Lo d be sensd whol 'by excluel e atten lo to empora affairs In part Apos le Ta mage furt e sal) W recogn ze 1 Jes s C rs he1 8on of the Eternal Father both In sp rlt and In bod He combined w t 1 g ow person he stt Ibutes of h s mortal mother and the sp It al st t lbu es of h a In morta rati er He 1 ad t e power to d e because he was the so of a morta won an He 1 ad he power to od death In abejance ndeflnl be ause he was t e son of an nmo ta Sat e T a av be deen ed s ocklng1 h t often tha truth is shocking because of Its s m p c y T h o here on earth t e Sa io made t p a n to us that he was fo ow ng the examp e of h s Fat er that the Father 1 ad passed th oug the exper ences g ven to he Son on earth that the Eterna Fa er ad even exper enced a fe s m lar to that of man on the ear at tl e p esent t me Taking these presen at ons as t e bas s of h s brief address Apostle Ta mae cont nued to g ve a reason ng doctr nal sermon which was intended to sho e re ationship of God to all human k nd contend ng that the sp rits of men are he offspring of God Cider Joh L Herrlck pres dent of he weste n s ates miss on uttered he n o cat on at the morVi ng raee ng and fcjder Duncan M McAJl ja er c erk of the con ference uttered the bened ct on S nging w as by the congregat on w th the except on of a so o Come Near Me O My Sav o by Elder Me vln J Eal ard president of the orthwestern -sta es m sslon The 1 ymns sung were O Ye Mounta ns H oh Now Let Us Rejo ce and Come Let Us Anew E de Sejmour B Toung pres dent of the first quorun of se enty was the f st speake at the afternoon meeting Pie recal ed some nc den s in s earl fe and rec ted hlstor cal occurrences which concerned the church in Missouri In s rec ta Elder Toung detailed certain m nor prophec es uttered by Joseph Sm th wh ch he sa d had been fu f ed The address was large y remln scent and doc trinal and was concluded by a test mony and a b e s ng upon the as cong ega tlon. Roberts Is Heard Elder B H Roberts of the first quorum of seventy read t e account of the s on of John the Re e ator on the Isle of Patmos concerning th restoration of the gospel In the last days commenting in part thus It s genera 1 understood that th" d spensatlon of t e gospel given unto us is the fulfi ment of John s pro phetie s on There have been some w ho ha e d sputed this I think the re elation conta ned in the append! to the Doctrine and Covenants re celved In 1S31 and pr nted In 1833 d s poses of th s quest on The language of ihis re e at on is so near y lden teal with that of t e re e atton of John that I think t settles t e po nt that the latter had reference to the restoration of the gospel through Jo seph Smith Upon this people rests the burden of proclain ing the gospe to all na t ons kind eds tongues and peoples The seventies are to be called first to this service but the duty res s upon the ent re church vv e are per haps us ng too many young men of inexperience In proclaiming the gos pel throug tl e earth Be carefu about sending boys to preach the gos pel to the world s the expressed ad vice of the prophet 'We lave found It necessary to come back to this ad Ice The work of sounding the message of God to the in abltants of the earth Is the highest duty In the church In e ery crisis which 1 as confronted the church our organ zat on has turned to the duty of proc aiming the goepei and each time It has been rescued The n en who went to for e gn countries had marvelous success Stage Is Being Set V e have noj been neglectful of h s great duty at any time, but occas on ally there ha e come special oppor tun ties for us I believe that the stage of the world is being set in preparation for wide proclamation of the truth The nations are being humbled to such an extent that the are more "willing to give respectful hearing to tha gospel But while the nations are being tl us prepared It is our duty to make preparation at home It is in the nature of things that spec al appeal must be n ade o men of famll es for In that case we a e not dealing w th a unit but a group If you would reach the hearts of ese men of families then send slro ar men to them When the opportunity presents itself we shou d be wil ing to make sacr flee in w sdom to meet the eituat on Eld&rs J Go den K mball and Kulon S Wei s both of the first coun of ee enty followed briefly upon the same subject sub-ject each declar ng that the seventies were read o ake up the first burden of procla mlng the truth to the word In a renewed campaign for t e chu ch Invocat on at tho afternoon meeting waa uttered by Elder fetephen L R chards ass stant super ntendent of the Deseret Sunday sc ool u on and the benedlctlo vas prono need by F der H rum G Smith presiding patriarch of tho church As a feature of the music Horace S Ensign sang Let I Have Pea e, and ' the congregat on sang be hymns Lo e at Home Prale to the Han and We Thank Thee O God for a Propl e Closing Remarks President Joseph F Smith announ ed In bis losing remarks that there would be no organ reclta s in the tabernacle after the Apr 1 co ference as iad been the custom In pre lous summer n onths because the o gap. was undergoing re pairs w oh wou d require se eral weeks to comp ete A dozen miss onarv eunlons were held last night In d fferent par a of the ty where progran mes of nterestlng numbers were produ ed t n chef p easure bel g In eminiscen es of life n t e miss ons before t e nerhbe s of then came to Uts toge her wl h tho experiences of the missionaries who labo ed smong the peop e I Tl Is norn ng at he asse n ly a 1 con men 1 g at 10 o clock tl ere w 1 be a gene al nee ing of go en 1 g boards of a HUT orga lzatlons ch rch educa tlonal In'tH tlons t e aud ting con m ttee ajid others Th s meet g Is fo ose ds gnated I the cal oni o puMlo not be ng adm tted In the e gl tee ward al at 10 oco k th s mo ng wll convene t e gene al and stake offl ers of he Y L MIA a d a con plete at endance is req ested |