Show influence of priesthood in ab affairs denied PRESIDENT DECLARES SAINTS FREE IN all MATTERS AT GLOBING SESSION J GOLDEN OUTSPOKEN AS S TO 0 ENEMIES with a prayer that every latter day saint would so live the gospel of the church that hie his life will bo the host best evidence of at tho the truth h of its doctrines president haber J grant concluded ilia his final address to lila his people sunday afternoon bring ing to a close tha the ninety fourth semiannual general conference confor the sixth and final session being attended by tho the largest outpouring of tho the mom mam borm of tho tile faith ean seen in recent years specific and unqualified denial dental of tho tile influence of tho the priesthood in any temporal or material affairs of tho the latter day saints wag was made by the president ln in tho the course of hit his closing address it was oc ilick when iw lw arose and announced tho the closing anthem by tho tile choir and after atter expressing his regret that it had been necessary to the timo time of many of the speakers at tho the conference ence ho he facetiously said im going to talk just as long as I 1 fool feel like it this timo time k the president read numerous revelations elat ions to bear out tho the statement that the power of the priesthood had to do with only the spiritual affairs of the church that it could not be tyrannical or compulsory compulsory and that the unworthy exercise of this authority always results in tho the withdrawal of tho the divine power from those upon whom the authority has been conferred mr grant made an incisive of the statements that he declared were slander slanderously oual y circulated by enemies of tho the church t declaring that while the mormon people had been termed ignorant the statistics showed that the state ranked close to the top in education a and that wherever utah students went in eastern colleges and universities they stood at tho the top flable q best crop they call us vile he said but in divorces div wo we are at the bottom in marriages we are at the top as we are in the first great commandment to multiply and replenish the earth in our colonies in canada and mexico as well as in utah babies aro our best crop by nil nil the tests that are recognized as fundamental in ht a civilization the church of jesus christ of latter day saints can 11 be measured mei and stand at the defiance de flance of the world the glory of god Is intelligence latter day saints realize and comprehend this all tho the slander all the opposition will come to naught by their fruits 50 3 e shall know them my prayer to god Is that every latter day saint may so live as to ever exemplify the truth of the eternal gospel after the head of the church had finis finished lied his exordium the choir sang from RossI nIg stabat mater with miss dolores seal soprano as follst under the baton of director A C lund with organist mcclellan playing a splendid and sympathetic accompaniment the interpretation terp torp rotation of this classic selection was truly artistic and made a deep impression upon the auditors both soloist and tho the ensemble doing superb work the veteran diaries W penrose benr 8 first counselor in the first presidency pronounced the benediction and the conference was adjourned until next april attend it Is conservatively estimated that approximately persons listened to the proceedings of the sunday conference overflow meetings were held at the assembly hall for both morning and afternoon aes sessions an amplifier in tho tile tabernacle being connected with barratt hall and with a magna vox rox at the bureau of information so that probably as many more individuals as the number packed in the tabernacle heard the addres addresses and tho the music in lit addition to this a radio broadcasting station enabled those who had radio sets to sit in an clisten were they so disposed remarks of the various speakers called to tho the stand by the president during both the mornin morning gand and afternoon sessions wore were in the main confined to elucidations of abia ideas and themes voiced in the keynote ad drass which was broad brond and comprehensive enough to admit ot of almost endless variation tho the one exception came in the brief speech of J golden kimball Kimba II one of the seven presidents of the seventies there has bas seldom been a conference at which mr kimball has spoken at which the sense of humor thai that he stirred was not manifested his speech sunday afternoon was no exception 1 unique phrasing 1 of the same sentiments that had been previously stated by several other speakers brought smiles that were transformed into laughter when be he told of having baying last year received a continued on page 5 column four influence of priesthood in affairs denied continued from page 1 column one christmas present C 0 D then he pointed the moral of course I 1 paid foe for it he said the way gods blessings come C 0 D you dont get anything unless you deserve and pay for it I 1 creates sensation the genuine sensation came when mr kimball bearing testimony to the truth of the mormon faith said 1 I know that the mormon gospel Is true that joseph smith was a prophet of god and when I 1 know a thing r k know pow if it why worry about what the other fellow says As far ae as I 1 am urn concer concerned nod they can go to hell bell and where the most of them belong mr air kimball took his scat without the usual in the name of jesus christ amen president grant at once arose and said pardon me but I 1 do not desire that laughter be provoked la in our worship tabernacle the tabernacle was crowded to its I 1 utmost capacity half an hour before opening the afternoon session several thousand auditors having reached the building before 1 in iu order to secure seats of vantage the president sent bishop john wells church historian andrew jenson B X B young carl E petersen nephi jenson and samuel B E faylor to the assembly hall to conduct the overflow meeting there the choir gave a 0 fine interpretation os of the anthem prayer and praise then the invocation was offered by nephi L morris president of the salt lake sta stake ke then came one of the best beat musical numbers of the conference pilgrims chorus from warners wagners Tann bauser 1 in sureness ur eness of attack beauty of ansem ble and ad skill te Is ahad teg the awk rf of tho the choir Is 1 des deservio ervig of 0 cieli lark mark ing anthony 1 W ivins seed coi limel 1 or in tho first doners who was the first breaker ker of at the lf ie 44 voted the of at his time te io aa as exposition ot of mormonism as a sag vr od ed by results read clippings from recent publications oae one stung out cut that the morino wore teaching doctrines te to thoe those of the bible 1 the other a purported quotation from a staten wat by a minister who was reported re to have said that the ceremonies 1 la in ot at the cae anniversary ot at the visit ot at the aage ang e moroni to the prophet joseph smith S wore were all 0 rot rova president birins mr irian said that while ake statements oata were ridiculous lealous rid it wa was essential that at times they ba challenged as many good people who had in their hearts no malice or pre pro dudics against the faith of at the bat lat tor ter day saints were apt to he be influenced and misled hy br thera them he ile hed bass bis his argument upon the scripture that declares doc laroe that it a work Is oc of man it will come como to naught naught hut but it it to is 0 of god it will epcar a for itself he thea then showed the growth of the church from the time of at its organization nearly a century ago down to the present time nad and thee then aid sald Is in it not a strange thing that men caa can doubt let the church bo ba judged by or what it ts Is not by what people bay about it tho the speaker then cited the instances and figures of the responses of tho the people of utah ih overy timo time of national danger daniger la in every call that was made upon the pa trinta of the nation from f rom the day days of the mexican war then of at the civil war then the span 11 1 ish 1 struggle and finally the world war proving by ot of official that utah had always gone over the top then mentioning many instant In stano os es of charities and benefactions that were not included in the off official fetal records then ho be told of hie lits tripe trips to mexico a country that had bee using the methods and implements of years ago until the colonizing ot at ter certain parts by tho the mormons cormons Mor mons aad and of the influence lueaco tho the modem modern methods exerted upon a hitherto entirely etive people americanism miss louisa watson soprana sang tho the word of our god En dureth forever Fo rover with a nice sense of its dignity and power and with excellent expression professor levi edgar young ono one of at the seres seven drool donta dents of the seventies who was next to address tho the conference spoke of the truo true spirit of americanism ex la fix tho the mormon faith and doctrine of the inspiration of the constitution of or tho the united states and voiced the firm conviction that the teachings of the gospel of jesus christ will prove efficacious in holding bolding the endlish nations together and making them tho the chief agent in preserving the peace of the world i charles H hart another ot of the seventies devoted bis his time to the theme of salvation for tho dead seeking to controvert the doctrine doctrine doctrin 4 that there Is no repentance after the grave S wells also of tho seventies who next spoke dwelt upon ono one of the fundamental differences be tween those of the mormon faith and 0 other ther beliefs maintaining that the mormons had received the gift of the holy ghost and that those who had hail this were able through temple work to reach an almost infinite sphere of influence the addresses by mr kimball and president grant were tho the last of the afternoon and of the conf conference orenee mw memo taw au aire ec C tm t 1 waa was alit as great as th that afternoon aftem oe david L auk iw jolus M mi preal deot of ot the tat i nion 10 lo job jow H K terror presa of ther orthof at lri X ow L pnat week last of UM ms 11 elon ion aad a jopie 01 president preel deet of at the AuLm lisa leet were ww e at to the tho 1 to f conduct tl the overflow over flew aw acting at hg ting the choir wd 1 congregation sang iwaso boaks to R man who akk J hovah 1 a aa abe lavoe suat W w 1 I fead by heber L alwa all C kmead caba ot OL un stake rudger clawton Cla woon prea ost ec a the council of 0 the twelve soul aouate leed Is by president grant our tint first age ep euker L bok with a tow aloa of of C K c pla lulng tbt ke k blerk boli eyed 4 la in the t ey blutt tuat that haat the 11 ok of 0 a anan animal or a pleat aka tbt the other bartet rbt b kul W a common orlita et of alt aito jito k he reared rg ared aa an falee aloe he me t abe abery t tas to show that god G reeled each auswal 11 after teto his kind do 4 claries claring that an a ool evor be a man A moves could marer be a giraffe MAB man h be affirmed we was made la in the ism ake t stoat Ht oat at C god the rested upon him to rise to godhood aaa and the whole redeemed race woula would enjoy the anent the wom reon through thear husbands hus beade akis ft ka h gave Q dignity and emI tation to tee ow institution ot of o t matrimony after nearly 19 yera years 01 he to oad d the church ot at jews curtet e et bat lat tir tor day salute saints forth as the great church la in spiritual and tie ton things the to 41 and 1 tomp oral jointed muted together to ether by a HRC has that ie is one bannet be buk up without the other IL JR 31 sp eales brigham 11 lW luberts berts wooi deat ec the the states betat teto ingool In tool eloR referred te the remarks of betor sweet get arday afternoon la in regard ta to 9 link avorlean re and ad expressed the belief bellof that the two ba mr bons would be the great isow ia in world peace aad aid from freedom edom eithne history to show the alberty lovlec of at klag xing alfred the greet dew down to tibe the present proe eat he told of at the program Hog reee qt the ehu rehe W work 6 rk la in UKI the eter a tates ml aleston rale eloa eston aad and paid aa an elee tribute to the noel al chy a aad devotion of the young men aad and wom la in that field fold mrs sarahl J woods and hyrum J mtv toner sang with the heir air aa aaget from on an high with marked be bety ty of both beteg betag in aln 9 voice telco while the support et of choir aad and organ gave tave added kee ti veness brief address dealing abaly with the ire were made by serge berge M bariff former president of at the german mia mi eloa solon and joseph W mcmurrin preel deat dent of the california mission hyrum 0 smith r presiding patriarch et ot the last speaker of the morning senate discussed the keye keys of power aa as given to the prie stitt ef the church the choir eang sang the anthem ged god Is our refuge the V wae pronounced by frederick Tre derick birch direk president of franklin stake aad ad journ emont ement was taken till 2 |