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Show L 0. S. FALL comcE ASSEMBLES President Grant Tells 10,000 at Opening Session That He Favors Fa-vors League Covenant. Other Church Officials Indorse Stand of Leader Lead-er on Pact; Prayer Isj Offered for Wilson. Declaring that he is firmly in favor of the league of nations, President Heber J. Grant, at the opening session of the ninetieth, semiannual conference confer-ence of the Latter-day Saints church, in the tabernae!e yesterday morning. aBnCd (he 10,000 church members present pres-ent tu refer to his speech made two weeks ngo '.lie tabernacle in which j lie said that the a'l'ndard works of the ; I church do not controvert the principles j laTl dowu in the treaty covenant. ' President Grant said tlia'. in a m.mi- i festo sent to the "United States senate, ho itrougly urged the ratification of fl:e peace treaiy and the league of nations na-tions without reservations, as. he said, they could not be changed without agaiu submitting 11 ?m to Germany and that, to j .his mind, would bo a calamity. Presi- dent Grant urged all to read his recent I address and stated it would also be published in the conference proceedings. BOYCOTT SYSTEM SEVERELY CRITICISED. President Grant in h;s opening ad- I dress referred to t he lawlessness spread- ling' in Hie world, especially to j I the recent situation at Omaha. In i discussing 1 h c strike problem he Enid lie was perfectly willing- for men to! join unions, but thought the provision in labor unions that allows the nieu to boycott or quit employment because an individual is not. a member is unfair. un-fair. He said every individual has an I absolute right to hie free agency, and I that when unions deprive a man of the i privilege of gaining a livelihood that man is being deprived of his freedom. President Grant said he hoped to see the day when no member of the Latter-day Latter-day Saints church would join a union unless the boj-cott and closed shop provision pro-vision are eliminated. President Grant referred to the illness ill-ness of President Wilson. He said in his recent meeting with the president where here, he was impressed with the president's sincerity and the honesty hon-esty of his motives. PRAYER OFFERED FOR WILSON. Apostle Orson V. Whitney offered in the benediction a prayer for the speedv recovery of the president of the United States. The prayer was reechoed with (Continued on Page 10, Column l.) and my heart goes out in gratitude to them." President Grart fpoke of the life of the lute President Joseph F. Smith, uec'.ar-h.g uec'.ar-h.g thai through ali the hardships ef his troubled life he had ever done what he corumt.-rcd the i'iht, regardless of eor.Leqvier.ees. "And the fecond song that was sune today," President Grant continued, "is an expression of this sentiment, 'l'o what is r'.ht. let the consequences follow.' " That la what our fathers and mothers came here for, and our late beloved president was true to the purpose. "As I think of the wonderful prosperity of tho I.utter-'lay Saints and w.'.at they have accomplished, and contemplate toe respect widch Is being shown them touay in contrast with the contempt of a lew veais aso. I certainly feel thankful to the Lord for tho mercies and blessings He has shown us, and I urge every memoer of the church to do In every deed that which is right, and to let the consequences conse-quences foliow. "In my opinion, one of the greatest revelations given to the prophet was that received In Liberty Jail, March 20. ISoS, which says: 'No power or influence can or ought to be maintained by virtue o. the priesthood, except by persuasion, by long suffering, by gentleness and meekness meek-ness and bv love unfeigned, by kindness and pure knowledge, which shall greatly enlarge the soul without hypocrisy.' Refers to Stand on Pact. "I intended to make some remarks similar to those I made here two weeks ago " said President Grant, "out I believe be-lieve that I shall do what the congressman congress-man does I shall ask leave to print, and, Instead of referring to my position upon the league of nations and other matters, that I did two weeks ago, I will simply have printed In the conference proceedings proceed-ings the sermon that I delivered, and you can read it at your leisure. It was printed in the Deseret News, I believe a week ago Tuesday. An abstract of it Is found in The Tribune of Monday, September 22 "I read there a manifesto sent to the senate of the United States, begging them to ratify the peace treaty, and I shall simply have it incorporated In our conference con-ference proceedings, so that any of the Saints who want to read It can do so. "Thero is one thing I wish to say, and that is, that we, as Latter-day Saints, have what is known as Articles of Faith, and one of these articles reads: 'We believe be-lieve in honoring, obeying and sustaining the law. We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers and magistrates, in honoring, obeying and sustaining the law.' And no Latter-day Saint will Indeed In-deed be a Latter-day Saint that does not honor and sustain and uphold the TIB! PHCEJMflT L. D. S. President Tells Conference Con-ference Assembly He Favors League. (Continued From Page Olio.) fervent aniens by the great assembly. Presid.-nt Anthon H. Lund, at the opening meeting, said the time ia rapidly rap-idly approaching when peace, will be restored in the whole world. A! 'he afternoon session President Grunt slated he had decided to havo a treatise ho had just received from Darwin Dar-win P. Kingsley, president of tho New York Life Insuranco conipany, entered In the official conference minutes, as it is one of the best arguments in favor , of the league of nations ho has read. He said time would not permit its read- , ing in the conference session. ' : president Charles W. Penrose spoke in .' favor of the league of nations and also eulogized president Wilson and his work. Ho said he believed President Wilson was not only sincere In his motives, but that his heart la for the good of the whole ' world and tho United States In particular. particu-lar. He re-echoed the sentiment of President Presi-dent Grant regarding President Wilson, as well as hlB opinion on the league of nations, and declared the council of the twelve was also In accord with President Grant's recently expressed sentiment. j ' President Penrose said that he had studied the league covenant thoroughly and . could find nothing wrong It In. In fact, ' ho stated, he could not find some of the things in it upon which the opposition is based. lie said he has found that many of those arguing against It have never even read It. Ho cited scriptural passages pas-sages in the Book of Mormon and other church works favoring the league. Argues for League. ; Georgo F. Richards of tho council of the twelve, who recently returned from presiding over the European mission, gave i ' a plcturo of the horrors of war as he had seen them. Ho said that war had cost the lives of seven and a half millions, killed on the battlefields. As an Illustration, Illustra-tion, ha said this would be equivalent to 750 tabernacles each filled with 10.000 peo- .. pin. Ho asked, therefore. If the world wanted a recurrence of such a calamitv. He said tho loaguo of nations Is the only hope against such a recurrence. He declared de-clared ho believed President Wilson and the others who framed It were Inspired. Ho said ho had reached the conclusion that the league was a positive step In the right direction, while its opponents. In spite of their bitter opposition, had noth- . lug better to substitute. . rtudgor Claweon of the council of the twelve condemned race suicide. He said It was the duty of ull parents to raise their ; chlldron properly. 10,000 in Attendance. At. the morning session more than 10 -I , 000 were In attendance. President Grant called the conference to order. The congregation con-gregation sang "Come. Come, Ye Saints ' with A. C. Lund directing and J. J. Mc-. Mc-. Clellan at the Organ. Invocation was of-i'f of-i'f v y Edwni"(1 H. Anderson, after which the congregation sang "Do What Ia Right." The president's opening address ad-dress followed. "I rejoice," said President Grant," at again having the opportunity of meeting with the saints In general conference. I am glad to see so large an attendance, and I feel my weakness in standing before you. I pray that I- may have the good will of the Lord and of all present that whatever I may say may prove of benefit. "When I received yesterday a list of songs to be sung at this conference, I read them over, and this morning aa I was contemplating the subject of my talk today I recalled that the first hymn to be sung this morning was 'Come, Come, Ye Saints, and I concluded to choose that song as my text. "To me this hymn is wonderful and the circumstances under which it was written gives it an added interest. It was produced at a time when the pioneers pio-neers were contemplating an overland Journey of a thousand miles. Erigham Young is reported to have instructed Wil-lard Wil-lard Clayton, the author, to 'go and write a hymn that the saints may sing at their campflres to inspire them to courage during their hardships.' ; Refuse to Pay Price. "The trouble with most people is that they are not willing to pay the price, they : are not willing to make the fight that i success in life requires. They are a good deal like the person of whom -I ; have read In the book of Brother N. L. Nelson on preaching, who when he is called upon to speak says in his heart, 'O Lord, here I am. I have a mouth, a pair of lungs, and I will lend them to Thee for a brief season. Fill me with wisdom that I may edify the people.' T don't believe there is any true Lat ter-day Saint who doubts that God prepared pre-pared this land for his people, and when Erigham Young stood out there on the hill beyond Fort Douglas and, looking over the valley, said, 'This is the plac' he knew that he had at last reached tho land which God before had shown him in vision. Men tried to persuade him to go to the rich country in California, Cali-fornia, but he trusted to the inspiration of God and remained on the desert. "I remember on one occasion my father-in-law, the late Oscar Winters, said to me: 'libber, I don't believe that the young people of Zion thoroughly appreciate appre-ciate what Brother Clayton's hymn meant to us as wo sang it night after night crossing the plains, and 1 doubt if choir leaders appreciate its significance, or they would not stop at singing only three verses. I remember one night when we were coming to the valley, a member mem-ber of our company was delayed. We sent back volunteers to see what was the matter, and found him coming in the distance. That night when he had unyoked un-yoked his cattle he sat on a rock and sang the song. The next morning the young man was dead. We buried him by the wayside, but .the memory of his singing remained and inspired the rest of us with courage to continue the Jour- ney.r Believes Song Inspired. "This Is but one of the many instances I have had repeated to me concerning the wonderful power of this hymn on the pioneers during their difficult Journey to the mountain valleys. It certainly is an inspired song. I can never hear it sung i without thinking of the pioneers and the j hardships through which they passed, j law. Lawlessness Attacked. "There is going on all over the world at the present time a spirit of lawlessness, lawless-ness, a spirit that haa absolutely no respect re-spect for the men who hold position. One of the most terrible things of which I have read in years was enacted in Omaha a few days ago, when a mob of citizens, because the policemen were trying try-ing to fulfill their duty as servants of the law, had them In a building that was burning, and said, 'Let them burn!' Why? Because they would not deliver to them a prisoner, but kept that prisoner that he might have a fair trial under the law. "When 1 was in Los Angeles a short time ago they were selling whisky all over the city, and I was told that the officials of the city said: 'You can sell it if you want to; we don't object. You will have to take your chances with Uncle Sam.' What kind of public servants, elected to enforce the law, are men when they defy the laws of their own country and allow men to sell whisky and break the law? No wonder that mob violence becomes rampant when leaders of the people themselves break the law. No wonder that, when this great wa'r started, leaders of men broke treaties and treated them as scraps of paper. "No man 'can break the laws that are upon the statute book and be a Latter-day Latter-day Saints; and men who are connected with labor unions that do these things that are wrong and break their obligations obliga-tions before the law are just as much under un-der obligation before God and men as other individuals that do wrong. 'Truth will prevail.' 'Uphold the right, though fierce the fight,' should be the motto of every Latter-day Saint, as it wns the motto mot-to of our leader who recently passed away, President Joseph F. Smith. Refers to Unions. "I want to say that I am perfectly willing will-ing that men should join labor unions; that they should join together for the purpose pur-pose of protecting their rights, provided they do not Interfere with the rights of other people. 'Life, liberty and the pur-i pur-i suit of happiness' belong to all people within these United States, according to the law of our country, and I want to say that, to my mind, a provision in a labor union that causes men to boycott or to quit employment because an individual indi-vidual is not a member or does not respect re-spect the rules of their union in such matters mat-ters is unfair. "Every individual has a God-given right to stay out of a union that has rules in direct opposition to the laws of God. Men nave an ansoiute ngnt ot iree agency, and the agency of man is taken away when, If he does not see fit to Join a union, the men in that union deprive him of the privilege of gaining his livelihood. I hope to see the day when no Latter-day Latter-day Saint will join unions unless they eliminate that clause from their rules. I am not going to ask them to leave their union, r am not going to lay it down that they must; that it is the mind and will of the Lord for them to leave the union. As I stated here two weeks ago, every man has his free agency, but I cannot see how a Latter-day Saint can join a union. I cannot see how he can get down on his knees and pray for God "to inspire and bless him and bless the Saints and protect them, and then become a party to allowing one of his brethren to go without food or without employment because be-cause that brother will not surrender his manhood and join that union with him. There is none of the spirit of the Lord in men in that kind of action." Lund Is Speaker. President Anthon H. Lund said in part: "I look upon conferences as a great help in Instructing tho Latter-day Saints. The early Hebrews went to the temple once a year, traveling in companies to Jerusalem. As long as the custom was continued the people flourished. "Our conferences are gatherings of the children of God. We come here from Mexico and from Canada, from the east and the west. Our quarterly conferences are not attended as they should be, and I'd like to see Latter-day Saints more punctual in attending them. Usually some of the general authorities are sent to stake conferences and they ought to be well attended, as they are held to build up our faith. "Let none of us forget how prominent is tho testimony that God lives, for the timo ia hastening when the end of the sixth millennium is near and the seventh millennium is said to be a reign of peace, when Christ shall reign. We should remember re-member our duty of spreading light to the world. "Just now we are prevented from sending send-ing elders to England, as the English government gov-ernment only allows us a few, and though we can't send as we used to, the adversary adver-sary is not able to stop the work. I was pleased to hear President Georee F. Richards Rich-ards report recently that, though there were not elders enough In the British mission, young mm and local elders kept up the work during the war. It was the same in Scandinavia. Mission Work Maintained. "We received a letter the other day from a church member in Khelms. When the Germans moved into that city our elders were counselled to go over to England. Eng-land. However, the Saints there met in Sunday schools and private homes until they could secure a hall to meet in, but they didn't have any elders or priests to administer the sacrament, so ono was sent once a month. Fourteen persons joined the church during the war, and'so the Lord still kept the work alive. It is notable that these people sent tithing to Rotterdam amounting to about $4000, to help the poor, though it is to be remembered remem-bered some were poorer than those whom .thev wanted to help. I understood also that in Germany branches continued to prosper through the war, though it is only today that the president of that mission mis-sion is able to go there." As a closing musical number at the morning session Miss Louisa Watson sang "Fear Not Ye, O Israel." Afternoon Session. The afternoon session began with the congregation singing "We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet." Edward P. Kimball was at the organ. President William L. Adamson offered the invocation, after which the congregation sang "Guide Us, 0 Thou Great Jehovah." President Grant, In a short introductory remark, stated that he had recently received a treatise from Darwin P. Kingsley, president of the New York Life Insurance company, which he stated was the best argument In favor of the league of nations he had read, and he said lie would like to have it placed in the conference minutes. President Presi-dent Grant said that the work also contained con-tained a tribute to President "Wilson. President Charles W. Penrose was one of the speakers at the afternoon session. He said in part: "I am in accord with the sentiments expressed a week ago last Sunday by-President by-President Grant in regard to the league of nations. I take pleasure in announcing announc-ing that so far as I know by our close associations. the presidency and the council of twelve who are at home are in accord with President Grant in that which he said In replying to the manifesto. mani-festo. In his reply he expressed his pleasure in signing his name along with former President Taft and other prominent promi-nent citizens, desiring that the league of nations should be approved by the son-ate son-ate of the United States without delay. Allowing for some little leeway, some latitude for interpretation in some of the text, so long as it does not interfere with the full sustaining of the treaty, I believe we are all agreed on that particular par-ticular question. But we do not call into question the sincerity of some of our friends who do not see exactly as we do on this matter. "I am also in hearty accord with President Pres-ident Grn nt in the sentiments he expressed ex-pressed this morning concerning the liberties lib-erties of mankind. I believe in the doctrine doc-trine of the Ijeclaration of Independence. 1 believe In the principles of the constitution consti-tution of the United States. I also ho-l'eve ho-l'eve in the destiny of this great government. govern-ment. Penrose Discusses Unionism. "I agree with President Grant that It is the right of men to have the liberty to combine for their own benefit, for raising their wages, for the shortening of hours of labor, for nnything that will (Continued on Following Page.) GRANT fNDQRSES PEACE CDtfENflWT (Continued from Preceding Page.) be for their Rood und benefit, but they must not exercise tluit in a way Unit would infringe on the libertleH of others who d" not t;eo as they see. We hae no riht to interiero with tho liberties of otliers. I speak with &ood desires for all my brethren. "After many tribulations peace will ultimately ul-timately conio In tho world and it should be tho duty of the church to contribute all the assistance possible. "I do not think the measures that are now beintr formed will brin: about an en-tiro en-tiro suppression of war. or warllko spirit, not at all; but If there is anything that is practical that can lie brought about, it Is in the riyht direction; it would accomplish ac-complish all that its advocates expect It to do, and it will te'nd to prepare the way for that which will evenlually coine. The ideas will be presented to the nations that have power and Influence in the earth. They can make agreements whereby where-by wars can be diminished and eventually abolished, so that the time will come predicted pre-dicted by the prophets when nation Mill not rise against nation, nor kingdom against kingdom, and they will not learn war any more. Attitude on Covenant. "Now, I want to feel a pood spirit toward to-ward my brethren who do not see as I 1 do in regard to this league of nations. I want them to feel the same toward me. I have read the propositions for the covenant cov-enant of nations carefully, and 1 find that nearly everything tiiat some of our great men, statesmen, want to put In the pact ts there already, and some of the things they would have taken out are not In there at all. There lias been, a good deal of misrepresentation. After all my Investigations, I say that, to my mind, it Is one of the greatest things ever presented pre-sented before the people of the world. There has never been anything to compare com-pare with It. Do I say it Is perfect? No; but It provides moans In that direction. "But wars will come, no doubt. Disputes Dis-putes are bound to occur, but If the efforts ef-forts now beinfir made are carried out, as I said, in bringing together people who will submit their difficulties to each other, shedding of blood will be prevented to a large extent, and it will promote harmony and peace and tend to prepare the world by proper understanding for real freedom, until one common brotherhood brother-hood will finally be established among the nations." George F. Richards Speaks. George F. Klchards of tho council of the twelve, who recently returned from presiding over tho European mission, said in part: "While the great war was progressing we were, naturally, anxious, and were praying that tho hand of the Lord would guide to the end tr.at truth and right might triumph, that peace might come to the world, a lasting peace, one founded found-ed upon principles of Justice and right. "AVhen the war did come to an end, by the signing of the armistice, I, for one, and those about me. with whom I was associated, were glad to acknowledge acknowl-edge the hand of God in it. I believe that out of this great and terrible war some benefits will be derived, some blessings bless-ings will come to our Father's children outside of this great nation in which we live. I hope and trust that the doors of nations which have been closed against us, to the pr-aching of the gospeL in all the days and ears that are past, since the organization of this church, will be opened, and we will be permitted to enter en-ter into th.jso new fields, and into fields that have been restricted in tho past, I and preach the gospel. I believe it is the j Lord's will; it is His design to do that I through this war. This will bo one of the great accomplishments. "While the peace congress was in session ses-sion we were praying as individuals, and we had our special meetings called over there, by people who have faith in Christ, who believe that prayers are answered. We were called together on special oc- casions to unite our prayers and suppli- " cations. Wo prayed that they might receive re-ceive light from Heaven, that they might know the needs of the people, and of the nations and kingdoms of the world; that the Lord might inspire them to establish estab-lish a peace that would be lasting and satisfactory, if not immediate a peace founded upon these principles of righteousness right-eousness and justice, so that in the future fu-ture all nations would be able to recognize recog-nize the conditions of peace prescribed as the conditions of justice and of right. Explains England's Position. "I was pleased, my friends, and am gratified to tell you thnt on the Fourth of July. 1S18, Great Britain and her officials of-ficials joined hands with the officials of tho American army and the United States representatives in Liverpool and other parts of England in celebrating the anniversary of Independence day in America. It meant this to me. mv friends, that while England was fighting , to prevent the colonies from obtaining their freedom, though they might have ; been conscientious in their work, they have now been brought to a condition where they can see that the colonists , were In the right and that our winning i of that war was a mercy to them and a . blessing to humanity, and they would j and that he exerted a power, as the representative rep-resentative of the United States government, gov-ernment, and was recognized in that congress by the heads of all the nations ! involved and interested. I made the decoration dec-oration that I believed Woodrow Wilson was inspired of God. "I believe with the president of this church. I indorse all that he has said upon this subject, as well as upon other subjects, and all that these, my brethren, have said. They are near to my heart, their little ones to him and the disciples interfered, he said, 'Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not.' Later he said, 'Except ye become as little lit-tle children, ye cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven.' And so it is expecter of us that we be fruitful and multiply. I often admire the large families of President Brigham Young and President Joseph F. Smith. "Do not interfere with the fountains of life. And how great Is the responsibility responsi-bility of these children. We must curb their appetites for evil and set an example ourselves worthy of emulation." The closing hymn, "High on the Mountain Moun-tain Top," was sung. President David R. Langlois pronounced the benediction. General Authorities Present. All the general authorities were present yesterday, with the exception of United Stajtes Senator Reed Smoot of the council ! of the twelve, who is detained in Wash-ington, Wash-ington, D. C; President George Albert j Smith of the council, who Is in Liverpool, Liver-pool, England, and Levi Edgar Young of the first seven presidents of seventies. All mission presidents of the United States and Canada were present. President Presi-dent Emmeline B. Wells of the relief societies so-cieties was present at both sessions. The annual meeting of stake clerks was held yesterday at the office of the presiding presid-ing bishop. Today's conference sessions call for meetings at 10 a. m. and 2 p. m., with the general church priesthood meeting at 7 p. m. in the tabernacle. Meetings of the social advisory committee and principals of the L. D. S. church schools will be held In the church office building at 4:30 p. m. Missionary reunions will be held as follows fol-lows tonight: London, Pioneer stake hall; Manchester, Scottish Rite Masonic temple; tem-ple; northern states, Whitney hall; New Zealand. Thirty-first ward chapel; Leeds, First ward chapel; Scottish, Ensign chapel; western states. Tenth ward chapel; central states. Twentieth ward chapel; eastern states. Wasatch chapel; Irish, Fourteenth ward hall; Newcastle, Barratt hall; Birmingham, Seventeenth ward hall-South hall-South African, Third ward hall. now nave tnose same principles established estab-lished in all the nations of tho earth. "It was no uncommon thing to see the Stars and Stripes floating from the public pub-lic buildings in England not only the , American consulate, but British buildings build-ings as well. I have thought and have expressed that It was a great blessing to England that her chfldren should have revolted and their kinsmen obtained their independence and had proven to the world that the principles for which they fought and bled, and many died, were principU-s worthy to be perpetuated in this country and to be established, in every other country coun-try in the world. "While we were praying for this assembly, as-sembly, the peace conference, to bring I forth something in the way of a peace or settlement that would be right and : proper, we were praying that some pro- vision might be made by which such wars as we had experienced might never be ' repeated. When that great body of men, after weeks and months, brought forth ! the peace treaty, including the league 1 of nations covenant, I, as an individual, j believed that God had been instrumental I In bringing forth that instrument. We prayed that He would inspire these men; and when they were giving the results of their faithful, earnest, careful deliberation delibera-tion as I believed that was the character charac-ter of their deliberations I was willing to accept that. Believes in President. "T got home from my mission July 25 and on July 21 T was asked to speak from this stand. Without previously contemplating contem-plating any reference to be made to the league of nations, and before I ""as aware that the work of that great man, that patriot and statesman of this nation, had met with such severe criticism, I declared de-clared it as my belief that President Woodrow Wilson, representing these United States, was one of the greatest men living today, a man having one of the brightest and most analytical minds, are these principles. I believe in them, and I believe that we should coin sentiment senti-ment in favor of the league of nations. I believe with President Wilson and am thankful that my feelings are in perfect accord with him and with the feelings j of the president of this church. I have heard him on two occasions; I have read his speeches, and I have heard and read the speeches of those against the league, and have reached this conclusion that tho cause of the league of nations is a positive cause, and that the opposite is a negative cause, just as the cause of God here upon tho earth is positive, and those who rise up as objectors tp it are negative." President Clawson Speaks. Rudger Clawson, acting president of the council of the twelve, said, in part: "We have great hope, as Latter-day Saints, in our children, whom we have amongst us in great numbers. We . ai e children of our Father in heaven and our Httle ones are His children. "When the Lord placed Adam In the garden of Eden lie found it was not good for man to be alone. Therefore he brought woman to be a helpmeet and said, 'Be ye fruitful, multiply and replenish the em-tii.' I do not believe such a condition' as wo find at present should exist, with p:i rents restricting their families to one and two children when it is within their power to have larger families. They who have large families according to the law snail be blest and shall prosper. It was so in ancient Israel, when Moses established estab-lished tho great law, and you will remember re-member how the children of Israel grew from seventy souls to 600.000 souls. We can learn many lessons from Israel. "We may regard children as a great and blessed gift from the Lord. The Savior in his day clearly set forth the status of children. When people brought |