Show Church Head I Orders Strict Religious Life President Grant Declares Declare General Stake and Ward Officers Must Live Reli Religion gion in All AU Particulars President Heber J Orant Sun Sun- Sunday Sunday Sunday day closed the semi annual semi Church conference at Salt Lake with positive instruction to all leading ward stake and Church officers either to lead out by liv- liv living living liv living ing their religion religion-or religion or step aside President Grant was addressing the closing general session in the Tabernacle Sunday afternoon All general officers of the Church mutt mut be absolutely full tithe payers and must observe the I Word of Wisdom I ask them If they are not living lising the I gospel to step aside And the Church leader made It plain n that his Instructions apply to all aU lead lead- leading leading leading I cers cars ing ward stake ana usia Church officers officers We We have hae undertaken a great work President Grant evidently referring to the Church Security Program and the Church s a great effort to stimulate a revival or of religion that begins at home We should have no great dif dif- dif difficulty ty In doing this work ata and in providing an abundance to take care of every Latter-day Latter Sat Saint Saint- Saint t- t tand and mind vou sou I mean Latter day Latter Saint not every esery idler If Idler If the peo peo- people peo- peo people pIe will pay their tithes and fast two meals a month ard give the thesa sa saving ving We feel that In all the wards and stakes of Zion the general om- om officers cers cars should lead out In keeping the laws of God And we ask them kindly to step aside unless they are Ue living up to these laws he repeated adding No man can tf teach a h tie tue Word of Wisdom who Q noes es not live it and no man can teach the gospel he Is living itI itI It ItI I believe without a shadow of f ofa ofa fa a doutt that those vho keep hse laws will be abundantly I i pray from the bottom of mv heart that God will give every officer the desire and strength to keep these commandments The Church leader that the W Word rd of Wisdom wn wa adapted to she lire weak and that the weakest of all thc e wh are tire or n cn be call caU d Saints Saint sho t i iI tI I be beable beable abl able to ob ve It It does not mean anything an- an thing to tome tome tome me personally whether hether or not this law Is observed the speaker in- in Indicated In Indicated but I r must speak as the shepherd President Grant had prefaced his with an expressIon of deep appreciation for the con con- conference conference con conference ference from flom start to finish and andl had made the statement I I ant am amt t thankful for the devotion n of the d Latter day y Saints as a whole 1 |