Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-05 | Page 3 | Church Will Buy Blocks of Bonds

CIICHW BUY BLOCKS QF BONDS Apostle Whitney DU-cusses DU-cusses Meaning of 7- Columbus Day to'! - Conference Throngs WITH itn attendance far larger than that of yester- dy nd Mith President Joaeph f V. Smith preaifiii( as uaual, the. second day of the semiannual .conference of the Mormon church wan opened with an atr of expectancy pervading the auditorium. Oreon K. Whitney, ona of the twelve poatlea. waa tha firat ateaker, and with deft and artiatlc touchea explained ex-plained tha meaning of Columbua day. Apoatla Whitney told of the dlacovery of America and the beliefa of the peoplea of the world at that time. Hia apeech tended to ahow that the dlacovery of American waa impelled by divine power, tha purpoae of which a to open up a new country wherein where-in tha faith of the Church of Jeaua Chrlat of Latter-day fcalnte might have birth and flourlah. PRAISES U. S. ENTRANCE. "God bleaa tha United Statea for entering en-tering thla great world war In order to preaerva tha liberty of mankind for that principle la tha very foundation of tha teachings of Jeaua Chrlat," aald tffa apoatle. - "Tha aunahlna ahall follow the rain," was tha glat of tha speech delivered by Apoatle D. O McKay, In an appeal to the young men and women of tha Mormon church to tread along tha right path If they had atrayed. Tha reawakening of the people of the Jew-teh Jew-teh faith to the divinity of Christ and the reatoratlon of Jeruaalem to Christendom Chris-tendom were propneaied by a prophet of tha Latter-day Sainta, said tha speaker. . , CHURCH TO BUY BONDS. A duet, "The Morning Breaks, was rendered by David Reese, tenor, and Anthon C. Lund, baritone. Apoatle A. W. Ivlna waa the laat apeaker and he chose subjects also of doctrinal nature. It la expected that ths church au-tHorltlea au-tHorltlea will ask permiaaion to lnveat mora than a quarter of a million dollars dol-lars In Liberty bonda. . At 7:10 o'clock tonight the priesthood quorums of the church will meet in the l Assembly hall. V Tha conference will be cloaed tomor- row with a session at 10 a. m. and Jons in tha evening, .