| Show eR CE F t I Y I Cl S s ed by E J rs a 1 and 1 FIRST F SATURDAY I r rIU All IU G Were Largely J Despite tie the 1 v Weather The Tho closing session s slon oC of the Liberty ft convened In Inthe InI the I J tabernacle cIO yesterday c the services t being eln largely 1 attended attend d despite the In InI I cJ Of the Two rIlO previous I mCeU s 1 held tho first In I tho If i frith irtI vard a d Saturday evening ng commencing co n n at t mid tho s cond In the assembly hall at 10 lU morning At the tho afternoon art mooting President Hugh J presided und and the th 1 opening and closing exercises i as ns follows Selections rendered r by b the choir Glory Oln to Grid on high House oh jc e mortals and Now let us re reo In the day la of ot salvation The Tho opening ope and closing prayers wore ofiel ed cd by b Elders Joseph E Taylor I and Strong respectively res y yELDEn ELDER ELDEn P F j PACK P CK TIe Tle first speaker was Elder Fred 1 ed i J PiCk lie spoke a 11 few words con CrI of y Saint gatherings and retailed the subjects s discoursed upon during the theother 1 other two He named as his I Why are ue the Saints so little understood I on a u car recently said the tho Bp and a conversation son bUtt h l con two t o persons at tit my m side The Tho t remarked W vel ll tHere Is no doubt but that estion Is a thing or of tho thoI past I t His answered L nt already It will be he In a n short dime Just walt wait until the young p o b educated and thc ques 1 1 will bo Ji solved Tim opinion pl ilon of or these Individuals that f l rathers were and cus tyrants brunts Is a gravely mistaken Idea Pack Our parents parent 1010 not nol blind and ancl they the had a It knowl knowledge edge eds that they thc were obeying tho law I a i the natural substantial law of the th gos gospel gospel I I pel based aio upon the th natural and necessary s sary sar 1 nA A misconception on the part of or the 11 Is their Idea as to 10 what Is S na tural and what Is supernatural What Is I the Ih difference I have havo talked with people who that law in Jn the next CJ ther world was quite different from what It Is in III this world that new no will be surrounded by b different us The Th Saints bo ha m 1100 that thaI there Is but one law and l v under tinder that law Js is natural 1 After u It short study ono that word supernatural m In Its ts Present ap n nA A rn ln took to k a It costly va o to a It firm Orm to have it repaired I was seton tho edge of a 11 counter and through the tho carelessness of or an nn ya knocked l d hat J or water It 11 was water however it was vas nitric the th vase vaso was sil sll ver TIll Tho owner olner came cume to set his pro pert when ho her supposed R It would be DC 1 repaired a u search wu VIl made and it was discovered that tho W fallen Into a Jar jal of acid I cl l and wan 1 destroyed Hut not so manu IIo lidded snit salt to acid solution and aha tho silver of the tho JaV jn fell 10 the bottom of or the Jar sn white precipitate U 11 wall in n and placed In a crucible and mixed with a flux The molten moll n sliver silver was J Into a mold of tho same shape ns II vase use Can anyone any one un ul tho of tile tie pro process cess eESS was rca real Then why wh be bO because cause aURe we e understand those things shall wo we can call them unreal u un unnatural natural oV 01 supernatural I Tho fundamental doctrine of the uc be I Hof of the Saints ts Is the doc d q I HIllo of Work pointed out now how th tho worker w l above everybody else is I successful ond not thu mon man who sots sols him down and theorizes that If ono sets out lo 10 reach it a point a n ho hom m t travel every evory Inch and fraction thereof of the Uie to that point that point cannot be b reached only by b traveling nil nn the distance the Tho said laid In The Latt rda Saints wish the world to understand that they stand for tho truth and tho tha education of ot the tho young popple means preparation for their ed cd educational work worl In the tho world Wo Yo wish wL h the world v to understand und that thit there la 13 lano J no warfare t J them n nd tho Lat I Saints people who ho say sa that will disappear when J the tha people of the tha Church become edu educated are aro laboring under a n serious mis take W ELDER RUDGER T ll Elder E Clawson was the next r r speaker He said that ho had b d heard hell Id tho reports rl IJ f tho previous sessions and was pleased to 10 Kier ti ec that they th showed t progress and improvement In take stake should ask aRk 1110 mo tin In what way w 1 I accounted a for this ress I r should Yet be because cause of 0 too thi Jove thy they can ca do certain things they Ko 10 and do d tham ELDER R Rm SMOOT S Tho speaker IJO lt I was as Elder SI 1 1 Reed Smoot I 1 was wi s truck by the re remark remark mark of Elder Pack Pac I said suld Jio 1 to 10 tho effect that there thero were people who actu actually actually ally believed that Ih t the Mormon problem lem was a It thing of ot tho past 1 am 10 years yeats old and ever since my childhood I Iha ha heard tho samo statement mado over ov and over nd yet f l tho liveliest problem In the tho world today t da Although tho entire number ot oi Saints would not make up Ull upa a It largo large sized city there Is no part of the world where when Mormonism and Its in ls not being studied I have havo recently returned from flom a It trip through Belgium Switzerland Great Groat Britain and an Germany und and 1 say to tho good people of this congregation that I noticed In countries that Mor as It Is called Is growing more rapidly r now than It has for rOI years Tho missionaries to those countries gathered around mo and gave J their re reports reports ports Every Eer olie olle of or them Is Interested In their labors and Is achieving unexpected results I visited London after artor un absence of 17 years ears Tho Iho hous In those days da B was a poor POOl place In a It back street and few people congre congregated sated gated to 10 listen to tho testimony of the elders Was Vas It not a surprise to me then to see them thein located today In a II lo assembly hall holl modern und amI with every overy convenience There la Is no II need leed now to be he ashamed to bring ones ole friends there th CIe I Ivas Iwas was vas present at the tho dedication ard first report 41 43 baptisms In tho London conference Coming home I visited 01 Seventeen years ears ago that branch house vitA also situated In n a back alley and If five at attended tended a meeting wo e thought that we doing very vary well ha docs ono now there A house houe that would reflect credit upon any nn American city Hunted fronting a It zoological garden gardel Instead of or having live five persons to 10 meet meeting ing the thc would not accommodate tho crowd which came to hear heal the tea tes testimonies th given by lJ the elders The Tho Church In that place has hns grown and to LH I I I mere is a mui of seventeen years ago To 10 mo me It proves that Is not a thing or C tho past In what a transformation did I see There Ther is a n conference a Sunday Sunda school Relief so society clel r and tho auxiliary a organizations a tow few years ago was not oven eon a 11 hall an 1 public pu lle sentiment was very strongly against us usA usA A test was made In Switzerland 1 as to whether Mormonism should bj preached there or not liot It was finally decided that religious B liberty il erty bo given Eiven Saints ciders the tho same sarno as that given to any an other mis missionaries arles of or any other creed or country countr But tho elders ciders had bud trou ile ble during the investigation n Four were arrested ami an l when brought I up before b fo c could bo found them They were ere strange nals Innis They rhe wore not cast down clown how eyer because they thoY did not feel fael like criminals All those who had any connection with them know that they theyO O not criminals Thoy spent their singing hymns h During Durl their theil te onus oC arrest they worn given part They demanded that they theyo be o given glYen absolute liberty orbo or be sent to jill all nd the attendants and a d all who came clune In connection with them ivon on dered what manner of ot men aro Itro these But I they left that tIli t prison n all what manner of men m n they were Hut nil all this was blessing In disguise or every evel saint In tho country camo by Il t to 10 religious freedom Elder Pack referred to an appreciation atlon among educated mon of oC the rich philosophy In i Crossing Crossin thc he ocean I was about to retire to 10 my state room when I was accosted accost d by b a gentleman who wl o asked that he ho might hao a few tew words with mo me He lIe was wasi It i man ni n who stands almost at the tho head hend of tho th bar and is worth Wo spent almost tho entire night Ho He aid that ho believed that the thu Church of God Ho He had hLl studied all ho tho Church works w and had heard elders ciders toll oil of DC the first principles of the tho go pel I asked him Immediately Why lo do you not i t affiliate yourself with the Church then and ho lIe replied that his ff ties Interfered that he would loose his and children cn and social l I know knO many men who havo havon IH VO VOIn In n their theil heart to tako lako the tho step but cannot give glo up what God has hns given them hem In conclusion Elder Smoot said X 11 people cannot 10 le very ery bad who In education music m arid alid all tho Iho its the aged My J faith Is that hat wo we will leach not only In mr OUI wall walk of life but those without t In Inho ho tho world orld No Saint preach preacher er or would stand the people and Trench anything 1 that did not advance he the work worl f God T I know knO that they thoy sacrifice everything the ad nd of Gods work that loyalty lo alty will appeal to all those who are at lit heart he tho same SATURDAY EVENING rhe first session as stated was hold Saturday evening at ut the tho Ninth ward l For Fa the most part the time vas devoted deot d to reports from bishops ps of wards and m l presidents of organizations Tho ahe service was open opened ed cd by b tho congregation Oh yo high I Prayer was offered y Bishop Roscoe W Eardley Enle Tho Tle spirit of God liko u II fire Is 11 burning was wao bung by lJ tile thc choir ch lr after a which wl Bishop Lewis l of the tho ward reported ported briefly his ward Elder Jesso Smith who filled a slon to Germany reported Ills his while away and said ho desired l d bo b lon and be he actively b engaged in Jho the work worl of the Lord to ho Iho end of oC his days cJu Elder Smith related some sonio Ot f lili l l experiences while In n with people not of his faith AnnJo P reported tho work worl icing by tho Primary lons of ot Robert Hobert Hi H sans Bang a It solo Fred M I reported ho coi or Hid 1110 Religion classes se lit ut lithe he tal Mrs Airs Mary y E Hodgson n reported I the society Elder Charles Charl R TI uns I 1 know that hat my I I Red lives lof the if of tho apostles saM said he hud had listened er excellent xcell nt reports Ho lIe to o some SOl lG very oT f thC necessity il 9 s I fth l ln in tho Church and andor a 1 organizations of or the tho great thc are doln for the children and discussed on it the great of tl that comes from It o Elder Sidel discussed at he tho Word Tord C setting forth he tile nc necessity of t obedience to o that law laI was pro tn byll hl SESSIO Su se slon h I l In f the hall at lQ m la om 1 ers oCth rig a a selection from u m the Primary I I I i erwa by Jd IY of U co ll W Tho c t take chorus sang s n Pro All Is Well president it HI H S wel corned c melr the to t co anili wished wl hed the same spirit t feren sis ls was as I j II tho held l In Ninth wheN a had hl d ll J 1 r ih l thit Fe In a I pr condition Sch fiM tl reports ep col the tho officers showing ni d by thoU Ih J sp ns Hoi Ho l l he Oi r l and anI stake author authorities uth r sustained all ul of hum were unanimously u ly The Th l chorus ch rus sung I n 1 selection tl entitled a i Time b Au At ELDER D Y President B S y addressee mee I I g He Ie said ho hc had ben beon asked to tf to tho ciders and hoped Ills words would be dictated by h the tho Lord because ho he wanted to 10 if possible ble blo the ciders to 10 their thel duty duly Ho 10 said that by h count there worn ern 1ST 1 present and 17 of tho lesser priest priesthood hood There arc aro reported lo to bo In tho slake s1 Ie about GOO COO elders divided Into five quo quorums rums presided over by hy competent men mcp There Is a I committee from the he high council counci of br the th stake whose hoso duly It Is Isto Isto to help the elders The Investigation inv of this committee put of O elders 12 at al attend tend their quorum meetings regularly they regard it as their first duty dut to t be bethere there thore and contribute their share shar 25 2 per pel cent of the 50 attend occasionally 25 2 per eI cent of or them como come once In a It awhile while once or twice a year and Ind 23 2 per pm percent cent do not como come at al alii Elder ni Icy ley said sah that the priesthood was never thrust man and Ind that few mon had been honored with It I Tho priest priesthood prest hood never lver leaves a a man as it I finds him When he received It il ho entered a now new lre and Ind either grows or shrinks What higher honor can any man ask lt than to bo associated With tho Creator In the s of Gods children Every man who honors the tho rows grows in faith and grows In influence for fo is no Institution on earth Which has attached to it I such Import Importance ance nu u tho priesthood of God The Tho human heart cannot comprehend tho joy and satisfaction that comes to a aman man who honors this priesthood Tho male chorus sang School Thy Jh Feelings PRESIDENT H J CANNON President President Hugh J Cannon said in part Tho Iho beautiful singing brought tho spirit of worship Into our midst and wo we are aie very ver grateful to those who have JUI talent In our ou stake who como com and furnish music for fOI us Wo 0 are arc thankful to tho Lord for Cor these breth brethren ron ren and sisters No new le doctrine has ha been put forth in this conference No cider needs to bo be told what his hi duties dules arc Ir But we need to 10 be admonished frequently to 10 do our duty dul Brother Brothel Young in his opening prayer pr or asked for faith and wisdom What a glorious thing it would be if we vie could have faith and anc wisdom we could accomplish anything But It is lack of faith that causes some of or the trouble for or the Ih Church We 0 do not have faith enough We Vc pray pr to the Lord as If ho he far ial oft of Children ask ail their thell parents for fOl things with the absolute assurance thing tc It I Is right it I will m be Riven them Wo Vo should pray lImy to tho Lord with this same samo assurance The ladies double quartet sang ing Gather Up UI the Sunbeams PRESIDENT NT A II I LUND President Anthon JI f Lund said that an excellent spirit was wa present p sent und and he hoped that what whitt had bud been said would be remembered H Ho y felt thankful for forthe forthe the gop l or of Christ Ho was waR not ashamed of or It for ro ho he know kl ey it was ws tho th power of God unto salvation He e was WIS glad gh d there wasa movement to bring the tho quorums forward to have them meet met and a 11 study stud the the gospel gosp l and what to 10 the du duties ties of Hd fHe said that the tho knowledge which one ono obtains hero helo would be b taken Ilten with wih him when ho he leaves this earth and anel that ho ha will wi go cm un acquiring and learning learning Some great groat philosophers are beginning to express this same belief belef said slid tho speaker President Pre Lund of faith and works and tho necessity of oat oW having both Ho He commented com men led on tho remarks of previous speakers and uld endorsed all al of them Tho ladles chorus sang Rang Prayer and the tho male malc chorus sang Comfort Mo The Tho benediction was w s pronounced by President |
