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Show L.D.S. VOTE TO BUY BONDS R. R. LYMAN NEW APOSTLE R1CI1AUD H. LYMAN, whose appointment to the apotlc- ship to fill a vacancy in the quorum caused by the death of Hyium M. Smith, was approved at yesterday morning's session ses-sion of the L. D. S. annual conference. f i-- i v " -a f' ' i ibp, S $250,000 of Tithing Funds to Be Devoted to Liberty Loan Purchase. JLST as the bright sun of yesterday was at its noon zenith, ten thousand thou-sand members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints unanimously voted with eagerly uplifted uplift-ed hands to appropriate $2J0,0u0 of the tithing funds to purchase Liberty bonds of the third issue. It was this impressive im-pressive scene which marked the closing clos-ing of the morning session of the second day of the eighty-eighth annual conference confer-ence of tho church. Significance was added to the incident inci-dent by the fact that this patriotic action ac-tion of the conference was taken on the eighty-eighth anniversary day of the organization or-ganization of the church in Payette, Seneca county, New York, April 6, 18o0. That fervent patriotism prevails among the membership of the church was apparent in the unanimous readiness readi-ness with which the hands of the great tabernacle audience were rised in approval ap-proval when the motion was put by President Joseph F. Smith, who had charge of both sessions of the conference confer-ence yesterday. Vote Is Unanimous. President Smith, as trustce-in-trust for the church, in putting the motion, prefaced by saying that in the expenditure expen-diture of funds for recognized legitimate legiti-mate purposes it was felt that there was no need for seeking special approval of the body of the church. When it was (Continued on Page Three.) i US. HE TO 'iKErw OF LOU BIBS Richard R. Lyman Selected to Fill Vacancy in Quorum of Twelve Apostles; $250,000 Subscribed. (Outlined from Pass Due) proposed, ho said, to btop outside of tho beaten path, tho first presidency, the quorum of twelve npostlos and tho pro-siding pro-siding bishopric had thought it right to have an expression from tho people. It w:us with deliberation that President Presi-dent Smith Rave ample time to possible objectors in tho vast audience to raise negative hands, but none uppenred ami 1,T ouncod with, evident satisfaction list the church hail again loyally given ,oerally of its substance to lie "support of tbe government of the I'nited states in its struggle against autocracy. Another important feature "of the niomiag inootieg as tho election of h'ivhard K. Ijyman as a member of the quorum of twelve apostles to fill the vacancy occasioned in the recent death oi Apostle Hyrum M. Smith, tho favorite fa-vorite son of tho president of the church. Mr. Lyinau s confirmation in that appointment was by unanimous vote of the big audience. Is University Man. Mr. Lyman was tom in Villmoro on Xovpmbor C:?, 1H70. Ho first attended tfie public schools in Tooulo, to which his fumilv had moved, and later he attended at-tended the Briham Young college at l.oszau and the K rig ham Yomisj university univer-sity at Frovo, being graduated hv both of "these institutions. Ho also was graduated by the I'ruversity of M!u'hi- j;hii tit Ann Arlmr in tho i-Iunh of 1SHIS, with (he iU :u'o of H. S. K. In tho lull of SH Mr. . man was made rot'twsor of civil enineoj nt the I'nuorsity of IMuli, a ttonition which ho still hohU Ho did throo years' ml ditioual work at tho V nlvortdty of Chi cai mid Cornell univortuty, Ht.tuinin at tho latter inat itut ion a scholarship and fellowship in tho colleo of civil onineeraj. At Cornell, alo, ho wan oloeted hv tho faculty a member in the society of tho Simula Xi, an Imnorsry seientitU' fratornitv. Ho wis nvadmitotl with tho decree ot doctor of philosophy with the cIum of HMH. For nine years Dr. Lymau aorvod as a member and also us vice provident of tho stato road com mission. .Much of tho important work dono in the Mute during that time was dono under his direction. To his efforts is largely due, also, tho fact that Ctah cities and towns bewail to sook. lmvo municipal water supplies, and much of tho improved condition con-dition in this respect is due to his initiatory in-itiatory work. Ardent Church Worker. Pr. Lyman has always been actively interested in church work, having held several itositions of roHron.iihllity. His chief work ecclesiastically has been with the Mutual Improvement, associations, associa-tions, nnd of I a to ho has been prominently promi-nently associated with tho parents' classes of the Sunday schools, boini supervisor of this work in tho Kusign stako. At the afternoon session all tho gen eral authorities of the church were sustained sus-tained in their ecclesiastical positions by tho people showing tho uplifted right hand. ' A feature which brought favorable comment from non-members of the. church in t he audience was the excel lence of the congregational singing. The vocal work of the audience evinced the value of training in congregational singing which is prevalent in the nmner- ous wards of the organization. This ; was particularly noticeable in tho open- , ing hymn of yesterday afternoon, "High on the Mountain Top a Itannor Is Unfurled." In this composition tho harmonies and parts are somewhat more complicated than in most hymns suny cotigregationally, and are musically attractive at-tractive when produced in proper time and tune. 10,000 Voices Harmonize. It was a gratifying fact that tho sopranos, so-pranos, altos, tenors and bassos faithfully faith-fully adhered to their individual part and sang with uncommon precision and in delightful iidrl'ity to tune and pitch. Tho harmonies piittlu t hv 1(1,(11)0 voices of innro Muni tho average con-ro con-ro qui ion it I training red led n unravel y into complete tilling of every nook in tho vast nval-mvlied stnirturo. An additional uuin'u-uI feature of (ho afternoon wan the rendition of a Kronen composition on tho Vlnlisli hum, a a nolo, lv 1'rofessor J. A. Kellers! terser. M i;m l-.dna ( ! ott hevj; a I so rwin tho soprano so-prano nolo, 1 ' Hunshino and Ham." In tho morniuo; meeting liavid Korao, noted 1 ' tah tenor, sunn etTect i vely, ' ' ( , M y Kather." At tho elose of the afternoon mooting the Itolief Society choir, with l'rufe.Hsor A. t). Lund in tho haritono solo part, natiff "Lend, Kindly Jij;ht," under direction of Mrs. l-iJ'.io ThoinaH J-ldward. At tho morning ineetinc Apostle Joseph Jo-seph V. Smith, dr., wan elected a mom-her mom-her of tho church board of education, to fill the vacanoy caused by tho deatli of President Francis M. l.ymaa. Tribute to Hyrum H. Smith. ApOHtlo Cnorgn Albert Smith, In th oponlnar nblress of yeatorday mornlnn'a session,, made feolim; and arfeettonate reference to tint vivmhIiik In dtcit h of Avostle Hyrum M. Smith. Ho reminded his nudUor-H of the 'net thut Jimt m!x montliri prlur to 'iHteri!ayp n!in!t to tlmt very hour, Apoath Hyrum M. Hmltli hmi occupied the iilentleui jtpot in whleh tho spoil Uor whs at iindlnK. and rcnlled tlio stibjoct denlt wltti ut that tlmo. Apreeablo to tlie belief of tho ehurvh, tho Hpeiikr of yesterday Bald, tho Lord will reward tho dead for tlie mood dono here, that the departed sjlll lives, nnd thul tho late Apostle Hyrum M. Smith Is now inakltm' his progress toward ultiti:-'iie perfeellon. Apostle Smith drew uuineioiiH lessnnR from historv, helnnlti(.: wltii )o murder of Abel by his brother C:ln, Khnwlin; that e 11 is aeeursed and that lit tlie end rlnht UvtriK and rlKht dolus are InevitHl ly rewarded. re-warded. Some 1 1 men, Apostle Smith snid. It seems as t lunifvh reward Is slow In coming to the righteous and punlshruont 1h slunKlsh In over to King evil, but the fact la that the rule works out to perfection perfec-tion and in satisfy Ins consistency. Kruni this premise tho speaker constructed con-structed an Interesting lesson In admonition admoni-tion against allowing small beKinnliiica It evil, producing examples of dcterloratlntc retrogression from small to lare sinning. 1 lo set forth that not him; better suited IaieJier than to be able to make t he smallest encroachment upon virtue, Satan counting such Inconsiderable successes as the beiiinnlnss of complete victories over tle souts of humanity. War Result of Evil. The present war. Apostle Smith said, Is the outgrowth of tneso insidious whisperings whisper-ings of evil ambitions inio the ears of rulers who have become reckless through heeding theo promptiiuTs In small bef;in-nings. bef;in-nings. He predicted that this war will not end until men' a hea rts shall once more turn toward tho Lord. KUler Samuel O. Lennlon. president Of the central states mission, tn view of the economic teaching prornulK-ited by the president of the church at the openinR ot the conference, said ho was re n strained to the belief that tho love of money was really largely responsible for wastefulness wasteful-ness In unnecessary production and for f ulure to produce some of the requisite thin pa. He said that in his mission t he chief crop Is cotton, because that product s usually most readily sold for cash. On that account, Kider Fennton said, ot her crops wera largely neglected and the farmers were obliged to buy forage for their livestock nnd foodstuffs for themselves them-selves Instead of raising thein. This he considered, he said, the heitiht of eco-I eco-I r.omlc unwisdom. ! Soldiers' Morals High. Klder Joseph 12. Robinson, president of tlie California mission, said that the missionaries mis-sionaries of the church in his Jurisdiction baa done much to preserve nnd maintain hi.Th moral standards among youns members of the church who are quartered in camps In the military service of the I'nited States. Elder Tlobinson said it grntlfltxt him to report that both in the military and the ecclesiastical sen ices the young men who hnd gone out from Ut.'ih ' had made enviable records find were up-j up-j holding thoir canines as mural exemplars, j He said he thought that while many of I the boys who hnd gone to the front'wlll - be called upon to make the supreme sacri-!lce sacri-!lce in behalf of freedom, there will yet i be found the "ram In the thicket" which will have the effect of preventing too great loss of life and consequent mourning mourn-ing to the people. Elder John I,. Herrick, president of the western states mission, forecast a realignment re-alignment of the religions of the world to follow the present Titanic struggle between be-tween the forces of Cod and Satan. Men, he said, are already beginning to east about them for a more common ecclesiastical ecclesi-astical ground upon which to set their foundations. Men are wondering whether the ehunh, broad iy speaking. Is living up to its pretenses and duties. Critics are asserting, and many proponents are admitting, that the ehurvh is falling short in performing its mission. "After the war we shall need religion," is how a prominent ecclesiastical publication puts it. Elder Herrick said, but it should not be overlooked that religion is needed during dur-ing the war, when men and women are giving up as sacrifices to liberty their beloved sons. Prohibition Is Trend. Pursuing the search for means of seeur- ; log greater physical efficiency in soldiers. Elder Herrick said, the use of vodka was abolished in Russia, in France the use of , ahsinthe was restricted, England had 1 given stricter regulation to beer consumption, con-sumption, and now the United States was approaching nation-wide prohibition. While Elder Hefrick voiced no objection objec-tion to the sen time tit which prompted sending tobacco to soldiers at the front who took comfort In its use, he said he thought care should be exercised that temptation to begin using the weed should not be placed In the way of young men in the service who hitherto had not been familiar with personal use of tobacco. to-bacco. He invoked the blessing of God on the effort of the nation in Its struggle for preservation of freedom to all mankind. man-kind. Hymns sung at the morning meeting were, "Come, I.et Us Anew Our Journey Pursue," "Guide Us. O Thou Great Jehovah" Je-hovah" and "O Ye Mountains High." The invocation was uttered b Elder Edward H.' Snow, president of The St. George stake, and the benediction was pronounced pro-nounced by Elder Heber Q. Hate, president presi-dent of the Boise, Idaho, stake. A splendid musical feature of the morning was the tenor solo, "O My Father," sung by Uavid Reese. The rendition was artistic and left an agreeable agreea-ble impress upon the audience of 10,000 persona. , Shows Church Is Loyal. Presiding Patriarch Hyrum G. Smith opened the afternoon session with, an address ad-dress which partook largely of the nature of a blessing cn the assemblage, coupled I with doctrinal admonition. Elder Walter P. Monson, president of the eastern states mission, expressed joy at having been permitted to come to the conference to participate in the patriotic action of the morning session. Klder Monson declared that action to speak for itself as a protest and in effective dis-proval dis-proval of charges that tlie church is not loyal to the nation. "I wonder how long such untruthful and unfounded accusations accusa-tions will persist," Elder Monson asked, "in face of repeated demonstrations of loyalty and patriotism in the church such as that witnessed here this morning?" The nation, President Monson said, Is fulfilling Us mission in upholding and defending freedom in the world and the church is doing Its duty In backing the government In its mission. "As we are about to be called upon to subscribe to liberty bonds, let us forego some of our individual pleasures and sacrifice a little I to help bring permanency to world democracy," de-mocracy," Elder Monson concluded. Elder Melvln J. Mallard, president of tiie northwestern states mission, devoted part of his address to doctrinal subjects, making reference to the war in its association asso-ciation with prophecies recorded in sacred history. -He likened the mission service of the church to the helpfulness of a man with knowledge of some impending im-pending destruction warning the inhabitants in-habitants of the calamity which was to come. "Our gospel offers an invitation," Elder I Ballard said, "to mankind to escape 1m- I pending evil fate, and I will go as far as to sav that if Germany had accepted this invitation, instead of exiling our i elders who offerod it. we should not have had the world war of today." The speaker expresred the belief that the assured result of this war Is establishing estab-lishing liberty firmly on the earth as a preparatory move toward triumph of the gospel of 'Jesus ChrtHt. He stated his belief that possibly Germany whs being used bv the Almighty as a whip which una 11 bring men to reiwntance of evil. "The byproducts of this war will bring salvation to humanity, and especially to America," Elder Ballard concluded. Elder German E. Ellsworth, president of the northern states mission, submitted submit-ted the view that no other land on earth offers opportunity to men so genorously as does tho United States, as he proceeded pro-ceeded to prove by examples which had come under his personal observation. He said that God directed Columbus to the shores of this continent under the most trving circumstances and that God's hand was apparent In the protection over this land exercised through History since that time a land which God had set apart to developing and maturing human liberty. lib-erty. , . , Elder Ellsworth said that in his mission mis-sion jurisdiction, which Includes the state of Minnesota, the German members of the church had found such satisfaction in the gospel that they had become loyal to the nation whose principles of freedom gave opportunity for the existence of the church. Session Ends Today. After the general authorities of the church were sustained, William W. RIter, John C. Cutler, HenfV H. Rolapp and Peter G. Johnston, composing the auditing committee, presented a statement state-ment showing that they had examined all of tlie accounts of the trustee-tn-tmst ar.d the presiding bishop's office, and had found them to bo well kept and accurate. This report was unanimously accepted. Hymns sung In the afternoon were. "High on the Mountain Tops a Banner Is Unfurled," "Praise to tlie Man'"Who Communed Com-muned With Jehovah," and "Lead, Kindly Kind-ly Llfrht." The invocation was by Elder Adolph Mcrz. president of the North Sanpete San-pete stake, and tho benediction was by EkW Weslev Smith. The conference adjourned until 10 o'clock this morning, and there .will be' the closing session, also in the tabernacle, taber-nacle, commencing at 2 o'clock this afternoon. af-ternoon. It is likely that there will be overflow meetings today in the assembly hall and near the bureau of information. informa-tion. Tonight, in the tabernacle, will be held the conference of the Deseret Sunday School union, at which an interesting pro-' gramme will be given. 3 Patriarchs of the church held a meeting meet-ing In the church office building at the close of yesterday nfternoon's meeting In the tabernacle, as did the stake and ward officers of the Primary association in the Bishop's building. Stake and war officers of the mutual improvement associations . are to hold i meeting in the assembly hall this morning, morn-ing, commencing at S o'clock |
