Show CHURCH JIG AND prosperous HOUS SPIRIT OP OF OPTIMISM PREVAILS IN ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT AT ANNUAL conference Der declares Aares that every branch of vast work of church has improved during past year and predicts greater improvement in the future salt lake city A spirit of optimism prevailed lit at tha eighty fourth conference of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints hold held in fit this city april ath to eth inclusive two sessions Bea slona being held each day president joseph P F sanith although suffering eTing front from a heavy cold made the opening address and was in a most optimistic mood declaring that tile tho church Is stronger more united and in fit a generally better condition today than it has ever been the president quoted statistics to at aldow low that every branch of the vast work of tile the church had improved during tire the past year and allowed evidence of greater improvement in the future therefore the latter day saints had reason to be optimistic members were urged to put forth greater effort tit in an ail endeavor t their duty to the church they were shown wherein they erred and advised as to how they could better their physical mental and spiritual condition president smith spoke of those who had worked against the interests of t the ile c hurch church and said that he believed that in tinie time those who fa isely nia ma aligned the people of god would become come asha ashamed nied of themselves and would cease cealo to wag their tongues george albert smith member of the quorum of apostles who spoke at the opening session urged his hear era to take the words of the prest president home with the idea of improving their dally daily lives at the afternoon session charles W penrose of the first presidency and rudger clawson and heber J f grant of the quorum of twelve apostles were the speakers church observance marriage and prohibition being discussed apostle grant electrified the gathering with a powerful grat oratorical orical attack on oil the liquor traffic and declared that it if tile the saints were given it a chance to vote ato on oil state wide prohibition there would bo be an ail end of the liquor business tit in utah apostle Claw sons address was largely doctrinal dealing with the divina authority of the church and dwelling with emphasis upon the covenant of marriage for time and eternity apostle penrose spoke of the divine or origin gill of the church anti and of the different phases of the mormon religion wherein it Is different from other denominations A feature of the conference was war the excellent musical program many of the leading musicians of tl the le state and the west being present two overflow meeting were n necessary ec essary sunday afternoon to accommodate vioda te those who could not even find loom icorn in the doorways of the thronged thron ged tabernacle one overflow meeting was necessary in the morning morn liiK NT vo hers bers of the council of the twelve ties were prominent among sundays speakers president joseph F smith presided at the sessions liv in he tabernacle pres president fileni francis nl lyman of the apostles quo quorum apostle george I 1 richards ana an apostle orson V F whitney were the principal speakers in ill the tabernacle at the morning meeting apostle A W ivans divitis was in charge of the overflow meeting in the morning at the assembly hall vital principles of the mormon faith were expounded at the morning session of conference on sunday revelation the performing of miracles and tile the healing of the sick w apro 0 rh 4 chief jef among the subjects discussed at the afternoon tabernacle meeting sermons were delivered by apostle david 0 6 mckay apostle joseph P F smith jr and apostle james E talmage apostle heber J grant conducted the overflow meeting in tile the assembly hall with charles H hart joseph B geddes L N marsden and walter P alonson as speakers elder benjamin goddard was in charge of the open air meeting with andrew jensen samuel 0 Be bedillon Denn nillon lon and car german E ellsworth assisting the murray first ward choir sang at the morning assembly hall meeting and tile the ogden tabernacle choir at the afternoon meeting the tabernacle choir rende rendered ired the musical program in the tabernacle at the afternoon session an exposition of the gospel and the word ot of wisdom advice to teachers with a word of caution regarding the responsibility lity that devolves upon them tile the duties of the church members and a refutation of those who seek to decry the bible and to cast doubt upon the gospel wore were subjects dwelt upon by the speakers among the interesting features sunday afternoon was the reading at the request of president smith of a statement from the church auditing committee the statement was war read by apostle joseph F smith jr the committee reported that after a careful and searching examination of the plans for the publishing of tile the official organ of tho the society island elders eldera association of the mormon lormon 1 church in salt lake instead of in the islands were perfected at a meeting of eighteen returned missionaries sunday afternoon about germans met sunday afternoon in barrett hall to hold their conference reunion those who spoke at the reunion were albert brandly of alberta can call and philip tadge of salt lake afie tl ie german choir of stake furnished t the h a mba boblis find and accounts of the prodding presiding bishopric they found them thein tit in excel lent the tha committee stated that the accounts gave a full franic and intelligent statement of all receipts and disbursements and added that the tha church ha be congratulated for the business bushie as methods a and it d efficiency fici ency shown by the work of 0 tile the first farst presidency and the presiding bishopric As on oil the opening day tile the ad dresses made to tile the conference were of an ail optimistic and happy nature each speaker talked of the excellent condition of the church affairs and pointed out the matters which he believed should show an ail improvement in fit the coming year the musical pro granis were thoroughly appreciated the tha famous tabernacle choir was war at its lt best fully people crowded every available inch of apace in tile the great tabernacle at each of the two general sessions after every one of tho the general an air thorl lea dea of the church had biad been sustained by unanimous vote the I 1 last ast session of the eighty fourth annual conference of the mormon church closed monday afternoon the many visitors departed for their homes lionie with the blessing of their president who attended every session of the tha conference and with the assurance that the conference just closed Is the best and most promising in fit the history of the church the great tabernacle was comfortably filled monday morning when president smith called the lue meeting eting to order seymour n B young senior president 0 of f t the 1 I 1 a first council of seventies made tho the opening address 11 he gave some interesting information regarding the spreading of the gospel among the nations of the earth elder brigham 11 II roberts of tho the first council of seventies followed with an air interesting resume of the churchs churche history as it taught the lessons of sacrifice and service to humanity ile he recalled the sacrifices made by the pioneers to bring the people from missouri Miss ourt to utah and of the early labors of the missionaries throughout the world rulon 11 wells of the first council of seventies was the first speaker at tile the afternoon session he said that the latter day saints ought not to preach anything that they did not at least make an attempt to practice ile he urged the saints tobe to be engaged in fighting sin but told them that at the same time they should be full of love and charity for their fellow men joseph IN W Alc Murrin ln another member of the first council of tile the seventies said he was war glad that the saints after attending conference abw always ays said that the conference in question quentio 11 was the best ever held ile he said this feeling indicated it a rust sustained tilled interest and progress ou on the tha part of the church members levi H agar foung oung took up tip a discussion of some of the things which 1111 william liam james and other noted phil philosophers a had sald bald about the need of religion lie he said lie he was glad that joseph smith sinith was war not a schooled man mail because the little pedagogic principles would have stunted his being ile he was not schooled said tile the speaker that is why he was a great man charles W nibley presiding bishop said that tile the world for some yea years rs past had been looking for an easy religion but lie he said the mormon morman religion was not that kind ho said the gospel as taught by the mormon morman mon church was an exacting thing and urged men to live up to it man alan cannot be saved except balits by his 0 own wn exertion said bishop nibley no one ona can call bless your soul unan you iou are willing to help yourself the lord cannot help a man who will not help himself we have a lot to do f for or ourselves we wa are working toward w ard a united order it will conic come in time but even then the individual will still have to develop himself president patriarch hyrum G smith affirmed the things which had been said during the conference and addressing himself hirn belf to the young peo pie of the church said that he would exhort the youth of zion to follow more closely in the footsteps of tile the older leaders of the church and not to forget the lord and their parents and the duties they owed to them apostle A NV ivins then read the report of the church auditing committee which was read at the sunday meeting and asked the conference what it would do with the report on the motion of president john AV hart of rigby stake the report was accepted and a vote of thanks extended to the committee the authorities were then presented by apostle ivins and unanimously iK d 1 I feel certain that the spirit of the conference is pleasing to the lord said president smith tit in closing the meeting 1 I am satisfied that lie he approves of the counsel and admonitions given here may alay god bless israel isael r and may the blessing rest especially a on oil the presiding officers of the church and its auxiliary organizations |