Show NORMOUS i CONfERENCE AUDIENCES 1 rIo 0 Overflow v Meetings Meeting's Are Ii Necessary on Opening Open Open- tl 1 ing D Day aYe aYen rk n annual conference Jc Jesus Christ of Latter Latter- tc of ut r opened in iu this city yester with an attendance that tbt has sdi sd- sd sel- sel i r if ever been equaled At the morn inoru- available foot of space e cr every bIg r tabernacle was nS filled and an nil te 1 was held 1 in the tho as as- b bly hall ill In the afternoon both hoth tie the e and assembly hall hail were wro ed and an on outdoor meeting was wis airy to accommodate those who I sur rna red t-red in the grounds ground and ami could 1 un in admission on to either cither of the It is estimated that not less et m oOoo persons ons were in m the build build- 4 J l on the grounds during the afta aft- aft a At the thi general confer confert t of ot tb the school chool union wad was wa d in the tabernacle C to expectations no special 3 was mado made to the tho liquor ques- ques A. A The only mention of the subject II nide nade by President Anthon Authon II It i vho O regretted the fact that the I. I had haI nad failed faHed to pass laws Jaws that with the temptation of Jl d do lo away fay peran ill All of elf the apostles with the excel I B o of Reed Red Snoot Smoot nn anti aud Charles W. W present at the conference e t f former is in Washington and m the i ia Europe Europ l Joseph 1 1 V. Smith pre presided alter after tho tim opening exercises at nt the thc session delivered red nn on address I Lk in part was as follows follos 4 Is ts th feelings of ot gratitude to the thed d j tint I stand before you ou this mornat morn- morn at it the opening of ot our seventy ninth 11 conference 1 hive lived too long loner to think of or falter falter- r B a the I least st now I have havo put m my 4 to the plow and it fl Is too late to tick back or to look back and for that liter its there has never appeared to mo me j i any soy reason at all wh why I 1 should back or wh why I should slacken my 01 MOl ofIs ef- ef Is or or- ormy m my earnest desires to help id 1 the cause of or truth and to help J up Zion In the latter days Ef EvIg Ev- Ev Ig f ia has pointed to th good pointed I nb m my ray dut duty towards tho the Justice te ti Ie cause for my 01 advantage antage and ad- ad tnt and growth In knowledge and r. r b by pursuing the course courso I iI ci I have e been pursuing and that I I lotti-d lotti to o pursue b by the help of to to the end I see nothing to lose ancle this course but I think can i everything is to be gained by am ama determined 1 the therefore re Co r to 4 01 00 and md continue as faithful as al I cani can i or ny r dut duty to the lUst that is reposed Jn and to be faithful as far as It jm in my may power to the tho cork ark of theE the E 4 that thet at last I mn may be able to give Ive I account of or m my life lire and nil I rill at least bo ijo acceptable to the m it t judge of or the tho quid and the dead dc o o a me mae ai I it has lias been Leen said sold many times I I tic its past pat It i IR the kingdom of or God or II nr Zion and foremost and Iek k God and his righteousness that 1 I other things mo may be he In th tiN the I time of ot the Lord and In accordance lit Ith his pleasure are nrc principles s that amid pervade penado nade the minds and hearts of I 1 t the Latter day Saints ls I- I poses to Koop Keep Covenants For my own on-n part I would like to live I that t with open heart and mind and It t e God and before all nil men If Ir ere rere re required to go to the ends o 0 or the thc theli li Lb III and ani remain to proclaim the gos- gos IV tor for life lIre that I would bo be willing to lt It sad and If It r I 1 were vere to be le ak asked d to give v whet t I pom In the world for tor the tho I dIll ding up cp of or Zion for tor or some special ry purpose U Bo for tor ah advancing the cause t In the uc ij world that I would he be pre are r. r ed and ready to say Father a ther here mere i st that 1 have ha and I place It upon the C r freely and amid give II it for or the benefit I thy kingdom tJ upon th the earth an and for i of th thy th cause I would t 1 lo 10 live so that this would bo be Inny ind In- In d ny ray det determination and I 1 would bo Ix ml It W the requirement wa was marie made to ry It Il out without r regret But Dut this ant Int I want to Jhc that it so 10 o no matter I it t any other man in III the world may no Do matter what others ma nUl nUlo do o or that to so Jar tar as I l am d nel there hero j tt t one OM thInK thing for Cor mo mc to do o. o and that t to W be tl l true to v In-v covenants that I 1 I Tf Ila e with m my God an and m my brethren I land firm and nd nd steadfast for th the ad- ad of Zion and for tho Building of f the thc kingdom of or God In the earth arth I Ull to JIve I so that I l can cun have bave a at t fit In l me to f my brother broth r his ft pal s as I would ask him to fore tortI for for- tI e may Illy tr trespasses Pases against t him so o that u of or reconciliation the tho spirit of or I ce the spirit of or lovo 10 nail and 0 of union y r rI ri e above e abo the passions p of and feel- feel oL anger In the tho hearts henrt of men that I 7 II be roul Jd d In con consequence quenco of or cirI cir clr- I from time to time that I t I u rna sink into Insignificance and andrt andI I rt Wren thren lh love IO toys of ot God in the the- hearts heart of ot might ISe Is' Is above aLo all thc thc-jo f no r what conditions a tano or o- clra clr- clr 3 b be Llou bought ht to bear or I Y h I-e I M referred to I U Stand End Forever dol mel to do know that e ever every 0 r principle Of ur the kd or of Je Jesus us Christ that has hal been bein ro- ro I th th the t to hc the earth through Joseph L ft t Prophet in these last days das I Principle Is ls of ot God and is and aad stand that forever that Is Is on omi atm It to to Its truth It Jt can Vf nt-Vf- OVerthrown I know tills this wit with all nil my Iny Goo God has haM mado made me ic doubly n an- an n-M. n tT the he pr presence and Influence of or it in and by bv by tho Inspiration awak- awak d sij my w aul ul to love lovo that which I IK IH I kingdom to e that which I Is 18 evil I lArd of ot God and th the thc work o ot ci I 1 Brn wilt ill spread more moro and more iii It ii It i ith the future mure r morn morl rapid rapidly I In the be world Ire j than It H has done In th tho I J cn President Smith concluded a n ar Jas as r rendered 1 b by Prof Prof- Alex l lex x C. C C l rd Pear Not 0 O Israel I. I resident John R n Vinder Winder I con contain contain- mt 1 a the we hi audience and aDd bald eaul that thai ras aA R glad Jad of the opportunity ol of r hag ID the c people in again neam conR conc coo con ce e T President Winder Binder i is in hini hi S ni c year hut hot ut his voice oice is ia as a S og as 8 that nat of a man of oC 50 ed resident d Anthon H. H i. i Lund who wil folI fol fol- ol I th the testimony t of au and Winder church I aid s-aid horn seventy nine ani years year re n C j and nd iel those jose who had bad accepted d th the e l have havo hava than a greater love lo for i it t n when they first embraced tb the thc C b lie e deta detailed led tho work of the tho for fox I. I on 1 and how they were cre C the propaganda of Mormon Mormon- I. I i aeve There ro had been attempts made mad e al of I p Prevent vent tho the foreign governments S Work of th i n 5 I Ifa fact elle IIi had failed Ho Ito tod c ii 0 that tat the the Rook Rok of Mormon V wv a 11 tn languages printed ted in a n number of ur foi for for- ra r- r ti lIe Hc admonished t. t to i- i pa pa- Id a watchful len eyo eye over o their in mo o 0 b before hof fore find and ii to see 80 that they were r at it I fled t to eithe the tho curfew w hour lOur Then Theil Ii ho he o the mado in the lat late later a ure r ft to have havo legislation enacted a In K the liquor I ay al law question tion and anil a Upon these questions I ho be to uve vt ha have J lh the Iho past rast wIn wint winter t xi l' l lI I Id OUT Ur I Tassel that might mt I tt People from time l l d tilt WI Ve want evil tut or of to lo Gt get that th L and OU u- u of liquor stopped If pox po posu pos pos- people should never bo do doI I I r- r seen e entering nt saloons or places whore U. uON are sold This ha has been the ob oh- J ct lot fox years Now Kow ow that we did not suc sue e its Ir getting such lIc n J to help Uj UP us it will win at bt all nil tho more mora required ot of us to b be on 11 our guard and to guard our our- chit chil dren our youn oun that they hall not bo ho exposed to temptations of or that kl Kind d. d also were werl In hor hopee 1 t a to have havo a Sunda Sun Sun- da day Pass law passed so eo that thal amusements on th tho bunday evenings c might have bean stopped d that the Sunday might have beer what Jint tho time Lord 1 Intend Intended d It to be bea be- be bea a a. day of rest VV Ve did not get It hut but let ui us tr try to 10 influence J our children to keep koop th Sunday hol holy and amid warn them against to lI h places on Sunday evenings Ve c want to make our homos homes HS KS as and make them feel feci that there there- is no mao better place than the home horn and antI when they ha havo gone to I tho the evening e meetings oum ou our m meetings are arc farl early enough so o that there Is la time timo after meetings if Ir the they wish to go 0 home or visit Isit friends and In social Intercourse In which is spend time the Sundi Sunday evening c tto 0 o do Io not b believe lIo In the tho doctrine doc hc- trine trino that t you ou cannot smile on Sunday 0 o belle J that thai serving If th Ih- Ih horl gives jO joy thAt it does not take it aw away Wo te tedo 13 do not believe c In time the lon long ni iu fU kind of or religion but wo vo do believe hat tin the bunday Sun Sun- i day Cay should should should-be be used a ai th the Lord ta says to togo togo too go o to his house to bo ho built up to t go gothere u O there thero to he be in our hol holy boil faith falth to go co to his table renew renow out our c covenants I in partaking of the sacrament nut and make our covenants so freely an and so strong that the they he will wilt carr carry us through not only the tho Sunday but every day ilay of ot the we week week- k Wo We want ant the time Sunday use used thus and then we uro are not to our young oung people coming together and enjoying themselves cs In our homes but we wc do object to their being In the tho street especially to be he In the street after atter till the curfew hour has hns been rung the they ought to tobe tobo tobo bo be home hom to be bo home with their friends and parents or their parents parent ought to know whore where the they have prune guile Th choir then tLe-n sang nn an anthem I Waited for the Lord At its conclusion conclusion conclusion I sion the time benediction was pronounced by Elder Cannon and n a recess was sas taken until 2 0 clock At the Afternoon Session At tho the afternoon session the attendance at nt t was extraordinary The de demand dc- dc e. e mand manti for Cor admission ion was as the greatest known At o'clock it was sae impossible s sible be to get et into either cither time the main mam floor or balcony while all aU bj acc on tho the stairways stairways stair stair- ways wars and in m tho the choir about the was taken To Id accommodate those who ero unable to get et into the tabernacle two to o overflow meetings g were arranged for one in th time the a assembly hall ball which was wax presided over by Apostle George Gorgo F. F Richards as assisted isted by Elders Hulon S. S Wells Joseph W. W and J. J G. G The Thee second was in tho time open onen air at which Elders Benjamin Benja- Benja min mill Goudard Goddard arll John G G. Bon Ben I I I I E. E Rich J J. G. G Ellsworth and nud Melvin I I I Ballard all presidents of missions were heard It was estimated that between 1 and persons were i in ll the tabernacle It was 2 10 0 o'clock when Pr Pra President ident Joseph F. F Smith anno announced d a n hymn bv by choir In the time Our Redeemers Redeemer's Nanie ame Tho Time invocation was by El Elder Eider er William T. T Jack This was followed followell by another hymn by bv the thc choir and then Apostle Anthon Anthony W. W Ivins Ivin delivered ered a S sermon rmon c rm On Apostle Ivins sustained the time remarks of President Joseph F. F Smith and tho the f first presidency He Ito said while ou on a recent trip to the City of Mexico he had found in iii a book store storo there thero n a little volume entitled Utah and tho the Mormons Mor Mor- mons axons written by hy a learned learne man but lut that on every even la page o ho said aid was a misrepresentation of fact where falsehood falsehood falsehood false false- hood was most glaring The Tho bo book k ho lie said attacked the doctrine of tho the church misrepresented social condi conditions Hons in Utah attacked the Book of Mormon ormon and amid tho time alleged misfortunes of ofa a people ople mistreated by a lying pen lien Ho lIo rea read several extracts from tho the little volume which Thich he sai said was written IJ b by a Mr r. r Farrish He was followed bv by Apostle D. D O O. Oca McKa ca who ho delivered a n thy lengthy S at r moo mon his lila topic being The Thc The Builders The mission of tho timo Later day Saints ho said was wa to build up lip not to tear down There were tw twi lasses fusses in the tho church he said paid the tho builders and tho the murmur- murmur ore ers The are ae those who refuse refuse renso re re- re- re fuse to heed the authorities an nail and therefore therefore therefore there there- fore they tear town down where others build build- ell ed Th The most poisonous of all nil weapons he said was slander and aud this weapon was what some sonic murmur rs used Charles II H. Hart one of the time first seven presidents of tho the seventies cited time the writing of Josiah Quincy w who 0 ho he said id had hail visited t the b prophet J Joseph Meph SOli Smith t h. h and that h lie he Quincy hind had said aill that the I future would sa say that the person who did lid more mor than any other othor man mall for his fellow fello man would be time prophet t Joseph He lIt declared hint h. h I believed that Joseph Joeph Smith was th th- prophet of tho the ii Ih liing ing n God he concluded the choir sang tho the anthem Rouse Oh Ye Mortals The benediction was wa pronounced by Patriarch Pain Patri arch John Smith and amid then an nn adjournment adjourn adjourn- mont ment wa was taken until Monda Monday morning at 10 0 clod The Time assembly hall bail was WUK crowded to its capacity with attendants at the time overflow meeting ll which was pro presided o over ocr r by imy Apostle Geor George o F. F Richards with whom were ere associated aE Presidents J. J Golden Joseph V. McMurrin rin nix and aol Rulon Rimlon S. S Wells of the thc first firt quorum of seventy evenly In the other prominent prominent prom premix meat seats cats were presidents of stakes bi bishops bops and patriarchs who had hall been invited to come up from the audience to make mako room for others who tho were unable unable un un- un- un able able- to find teats seats tho timi leadership of Professor Charles J J. J Thomas and with Miss Emelie Maeser at tho the organ the tern pip choir supplied t the ho music opening with the thc hymn How Firm a n Founds Fountia Ye Yc Saints Saint of t the e Lord ord jn a which the congre congregation joined The Time opening prayer was offered by Eld Elder r John 0 G G. when tho time choir sang an In tho Hoube house of Many fan Mansions I President Thomas t i- E. E Bassett of the Fremont Idaho stake take was the first speaker He Ire pr prefaced his remarks marks by reading a n newspaper conc concerning concern Concern- rn- rn ing lag a reli religious ious not riot which took near Denver at which two little girls were killed and several persons were injured insured From this occurrence Elder BaS Bassett ctt r to |