| Show or U CH TOD I Conference Opens on Seventy Fifth Anniversary r rIts ot 01 otIs Its Is Founding In New ew cw York PICTURES OF GREAT CREAT CONTRAST President the lie SaInts Saint and Tells of or Their Pro Iro I and Prosperity CHURCH GETTING OUT OF DEBT Ibis Much Mich Aid lias 11 lla Becu CU Given Gien Time Thuc In III Distress and ond andIn In Iii I Mission Houses That great oaks onks from little MOW grOw never neer hOll a stronger cation than that presented pro entell nt fit thol ti Tab Tali today on the tho ot oC the opening of ot the grent great confer conter cOlter tare ot of the Church The rho c lo no that Itself Iselt to the tho gazo gaze and ant admi adini admiration ration of the tho thousands In attendance utmost us moet Impressive and In n marvelous contrail to the tho picture that the tho mem memory lel cry ory of ot many pointed ot of tho the historia ot of the tho work of ot the tho Latter Iatter 1 day da nt In the wonderful I tate Hate of ot our country countr Just ten tori of ot o a n century ago U It won wo a n mighty sea eon sen of ot earnest and anI hippy faces full tul of ot confidence and ald on en encouragement that confronted President J V F f Smith when he ho called the tho th to order ix 0 t little lifter ICer 10 0 lock In the tho gallery goler too there thoro was wasi wal wala i a multitude of ot similar faces hoso nt at lt tendon was wae directed to the It 1 vii wu quito quite observable and all a n matter of ot comment that tho the gront fleat lIre ponder ir n ot of those tho e present were ere men lel From tho the moment that the tho grand old ohl rn poured forth Corth KH its IH Hut ot under uld r the tho manipulation of ot Prof n d the choir under u er erthe the ot of Prof Stephens Stephana ft t it ig II the tho building with wih tho the words nOd nU ot of th tM poem cm r cf ef lirt the strictest WI PI I 1 to 10 every utterance that fIt fell from th of oC the speaker Joseph Josoph P I delivered t nut first address of ot tho the conference Ha HG Hark It rk k nearly curl distinctly and at fluently e of oC tho conditions of ot a thi thih th h r h today t lla Ills remark were vero mn nl to nfl particular subject hut Iut 11 LV Cd cd a ft wide Ide variety of ot topics asso aMS lId th the tho of ot tho the Latter Iatter thy diy d y SHIMS S tR He lie le congratulated the pen pm tt r on 01 their thIr honesty faithfulness In duey nd prosperity There hero never neer wan W Wa a l lime rae he said when hel there thoro word ver fewer oer differences among the people than at nt the present ont or 01 a more moro general tj ty experienced The Ike church Ich too as an au ui 1 organization was wa progressing In all aji these regards During Durin tim the th past year al It I hid ud d bern been able ahle he thanked flail Ond to give glo instance In II cases cacs cas ot of extreme 10 to the tho In Iii II many t lafe They haul had been h t helped where her had destroyed their homes homeR and n their crops Headquarters lId churches for jot and ami homo boOm had been beel purchased d at considerable hlo expense A kirge lr tract of ot land hail had been bean purchased In Iii II Ja county where the Church hurch IH hi day dl to erect ft a n fut ct temple In II 11 addition more nor Iun 11 hair of jf t the tho bonded Indebtedness o 0 t te e hurch had hall been heel liquidated and Ind MM tl ta the t with marked lle I he hod ho d soon eoon to soo tco elo the Die Church nb nh utcy from debt chiLI and under obit tation calon to tJ no n man mr Animadverting to In the tho criticisms of nr wins lm me persons ho he said that tha t they the should rot n be bc b regarded too seriously They era tre f the tho bolls botte carbuncles bols ex cx tr of ot the tho body of ot the h ion n in ih h Instances there thero th was waa hut but W cn thing to the tho surgeon doM 1101 in R a patient it is hi 9 thuN win th m fUt rUI and oft off ot When hon this Is hi II done jw Ibe th Un ral body hody wilt will tm he the tho better for tor wil botel I It Th T h was that pimples were e h nor or beneficial ai tie vey y radiatIon of ot theta them was esson eason a ar So too ls Is cutting oft off II necessary of n or who ho have become a law Il Ia unto to themselves THOSE PRESENT were present of ot the tho general generi Of tho thu First Presidency orph F I Smith John It I Winder Ir ant n II nt ot lie T I I Council of tho th m 1 YO Apostles l M Lyman Ru Ruge M Al A diaries Charles W Br John Smith First FIrl l neen 13 n President I of ot Seventies I n e emoi Young V ni I It rOds J 7 olden Union Billon H 4 Ih the I oM Josoph w V MC of ni e W ying U 1 T Urton 1111 Orrin I ot lle r er were wr nTo no a 1 largo large number of ot theIr Mr or I oln iI iII I of ot on anti other rT e timon men of ot the ton began liy ty tho choir att fl the tho which Th 1 n i ot of oty o m Elfr r ii I prayer woe 08 offered by hy I ry NJ het by hy the tho II 1 It Lord do cold JOSEPH JORl rl v I F MIU H the Ut made tho ho openIng ot o r n c Ito 1 with bie tomary 10 cu t r leom 01 and wa 1111 to with tho the cloe st t FollowIng 01 Is ls n a full ad res ful the SMITHS B Rl MilS tra k ku fun u text t of f t Smiths N M ly anti and lt Is IR cor to 10 nr me great at antI pleas ploos 01 ot to 0 lel Lter Y SaInts lh the op ni gather lher ther u hero horo en C day ay ot o our ou aO e ot I nm lo tn loOI ti It e you OI oM nii m lh nr of the 0 Lord rd and the U ot or lh tha I file lUa Holy I t trl aIo bf be In the It rt op P of 01 mo Ino at nt this moment t tto I to 0 rIel y OU for I a chart urne I I c i tle the tho tl C the OU Gu 1 r r lOt to lY I f that tbt 1 J I ha I k It I strange for mo 1110 10 to t ht had im IQ 10 moments to U b upon any III forethought with wih I to what 1 I shull 1 ay dy to 10 you YOI this t morning I tuni before you without premeditation of or forethought 01 Ik II in 4 to I shall I 1 III hll Ray Buy fU believe beloc I 1 can lUI toy tny to you YOI with wih all 11 confident that hat t o 0 for far BB 11 my knowledge IH Is tie t lie he Saints throughout thIs thu fl region the adjoin tiff country ami so lt ui far ns OR a I know kuo t throughout flo tho world are arc in spiritual R condition t n 1 I believe that thit Hie lil Int erday Saint ci joy as AR a much mich IndI hIdu of ot o f that thorough spirit of ot their religion as 11 N H they the over have enjoyed I T believe there here t Is IR i HH 11 1 much union turn ilm Plo p ie throughout t ii the tho e length Ii nj ng ur peo eo and a ruI t lu 1111 of o f t II hind ni a hll PI I i td In ln the I think I th t hat lre uro as few rOO can COl local cUll ent say la a troubled lolling tin people com Cohn In I ii before the th h courts the Ito and auth the Ih High en el e et lI 08 nl I have ha ever eer boron I within ek the tho t scope of or my and k alil knowledge We AVe uro Iro p never free tres frt entirely e from traIn little among mong a and membern Ind of the tho hurch C h a nd U Ir IH hi these hee Ct t little of II I lh the dice thet litle mon Ix iOUI and IJ Iller to M i 1113 1 before the th teachers t and nuI per Pur IN before the for tor ion tion t and arit reconciliation lon but ut I think I truth ruth t wIll 11 b be ie safe HaO in II saying and 1111 that the will the wi verIty verify alc that within with 11 my knowledge and a according tu to my Ibell best b et understanding there never II lY eln e o I can remember r any less leu of these theae Wil Ito l little ittle misunderstandings ml and md han IhAn t tt inn exist Nellt today toda Indeed I t may say 10 IRY hat t have misunderstandings been far Car more pronounced In that thit years t have parl gone gOle g by than bait thul they the appear apper to be now PEOPLE II Am AItI CONTENTED I believe that there Is Ic II a n feeling of ot general generl g enera contentment among the Latter Later d and a I feeling nf ot satisfaction In I n their minds minda and auth in thou their hearts hearte with Ith reference r rP to tho the divine mission of ot the tie Prophet P Joseph Smith and to the great divinity ivinIty d Lund tind atonement of ot our nur Lord and n od Savior Jesus Jesul ChrIst t In other uther words orde w I believe that the boleo tl Saints H today ro n OM devoted and fer ter vent vont and In II their thurl t r convictions of ot tho he t truth and nut In their knowledge of ot tho the t truth ruth as ns they the ever have been At nt any Iny P period of o thin tho Churchs Churche history from Its h hI I ii g down don to the time present time I Inc 11 I I believe belee hut these tIRe statements inn t 01 be he hele seconded le mi and onel vouched for tor by b tho tha pre lIre presiding siding authorities of ut the tho Church tt t throughout tim the length lenth and breadth of t the he land Wo Vo e have ia o these thelo brethren horn holo lu etora us presidents of ot 1111 I their heir t counselors the thu antI their counselors c tumid the tho presidents of o our nul various arious v vt missions ni and a mm ci I run ala 11 11 I t I hat t they lucy the will wi ono one und nil all al tho tIm statements s that I 1 have made hl wih ref rot reference renee Church hurch o C to the lie present condition of ot th time Not Nut only IB Is II this so but bun I belIeve bellevo limit t tho ile 1110 has haH never neer 1101 been when the fl financial the ioma I condition I t Ion of ot him Le L was laR wa better and III mow mOl encouraging e thou than nt ot the th present time I believe that QUI our people are ate generally prosperous and and I 1 nm html there here t hi still greater SI prosperity pro In Iii tore store ome for COI oh them through ugh their con t I faithfulness fat before he tore COl the Lord Iod I J believe bolc that hint the Lord will bless iee b s time tho earth for tor their heIr sake ako that Hint He 1 will temper the tho elements clementl for Cor their good goo that hat t Ho lie will ivIll wl prosper them In the labor of o f hands und mind In II the of or their heIr t minds 11 i that He Ito le will wil guide guile them by b y tho the power rower of ot His Itle Spirit Into nil all truth n nh Into the tho possession of ot those tem temporal tel h blessings that lure aro PO co needed lee ed to m a it people 1 happy hIPP contented and amid blessed In him II the thc land With Wih reference to this his t matter Iatter 1 I desire deIro to memy Il that wo o havo I I believe helo a mm 1 very err ery cm reel criterion by 1 which to tl Judge the tho spiritual temporal t condition con of ot the tho Church of or Jestis Christ of ot 1 records r of or the tho Church will show nt at time the closing of ot the accounts for tho the past year yar that lint the tithing and the offer Ings h of oC the 1 Saints lowe have been beena hoc I n a 1 little above abo actually a n little above nb u what i hat would be called caled the average Wo Wc have hn i mare hunt one or 01 two more lore prosperous years In tin past Judging It by b thIs criterion the time of ot the tho people html but last year was uie equal tumid In a n little Itlo above tho average notwithstanding time the fact that lint during the tho last few tow years our people In ninny parts of ot the country have been b 11 suffering from a 1 protracted drouth In which the II they timey have conic come cOle short In II their crops In n which they timey have cut ut erd materially In Iii II their Hocks and andIn 1111 andIn In their herds herule In many the tho drouth his hs been po so Roert that time the people I ople have been heen under thin HIM th of ot hiring or borrowing moans with wih which to tu secure for iI for tor ee for COI this present year I want to B Sy say y to you nu my brethren and sinters Ister nod ond those who Imo preside over overlie N the tit lie Church that It I Is la a 1 matter of or pride of ot satisfaction to my may m mind that tho the Church Is It In II a I condition to those tholo tint tim it are In lii need of oC this lila kind kinti I of ot assistance and wo we have hao done dono so RO It If anyone should feel with wih tho tio Tnt and his lita hIl counselors counselor and II O in time the mutter of ot extend extending InK ing all to the Paints In lit Insh such sh matter later of or extremity na aim iK title this they know knol where to ii enter to make their complaints and Ind I should be bo glad Kind to meet them and ni consider the tho question Wo i wish It distinctly understood that while the tho Lord preserve us II tm In time the po pa positions 0 to 10 which wo we havo ha been called caled time the positions which we did thu not peek R lc but hit which by iy the tho of ot Oot have been hicen he en brought upon us ni we wo will wi hold holt ourselves responsible before Goti GOl Ill before Ills Is people to render ma mit material mi lethal aid to tho the people of ot God lou In Ia n every direction where we wo feel teel Unit bitt U fl Is to do BO Ito 0 Our iwo peo people pie pic In the tho south have hao been heen unfortunate In t barren country cOln try In having their dams daml washed awny by b For a 11 long 1011 series of ot years they thc have hail had I drouth tho tIme earth has hag become b como parched a iid dry d ii rip 1111 ii when tite it the Iho t lie Into In tO ruins lit I ns and a floods came they washed away a some come SOI of ot dams and amid tho the people send up tip their cries to us lR tm for tor help and II we ve have hlf and we thank flod that we tre le are arc In a n position to help hell them cud tul nd so cc tar ns OK I 1 nm mini concerned I would woul bo ho pleas pleased ed It If I could know that every oer dollar of ot the he he tithing that thu t I pay 11 to tho the Church Is IR i ionly only employed In some ome goad gond ond work of ot this kind by I which the Ihn people of Oo are strengthened In building up lp Zion Jon In Iii II establishing their settlements anti and al In Iii II holding tho the fort If It I you YOI plonie wI m THE TUE GOES aOI S Tn In addition to tn mm this I r am 01 to lo say cay to 10 this congregation to 10 nil all al th world w BO co 10 far tur a a ne my may m words word nitty m go that we e have taken the liberty Inel wo We have taken tak n pride and still dIll ti reel feel proud pro ot of f the opportunity bus been afforded us up usand UI and auth of tho the ability of ot ui um u to accomplish h It IIo to render remoter aid nl to many of our talc mis missions ml clone abroad tn tim the purchase am In Inthe Inthe Inthe the establishment of ot mission n headquarter ter tOr eec and ant time the building of ot churches In which they tho can eln moet meet to 10 worship fad and In itt which Ihl h they will wi not lie to 10 Invite time the stranger r to ednie and Join Joll with wHim Ilium We Se have hae used the tithing of or time the people for tor this lila purpose coil and we think thAt bitt when tho the Church desires to 10 call cAl us UI U to an un account for tor of ot this kind there In 18 Ina l la a WRY way ay by hY which they thoy eon cnn ln reach It II I which will wi not It occasion any all noise nilo or any nIl ahi confusion and a nil I trust tenet without any misunderstanding whatever 1 I be ho Uro we wo cnn can como come to n a per por perfect feet r reference to tc thiS thue Ihl Wr rr r have bin ben able Ihle too tOI In to purchase quit n a tract of hind I In county count count adjacent lo to the time silo siu cht t I that 1 chosen IOlen by tho t h Prophet Joe 1 lot for a I temple to be ho built bui homo M Uli and nd Monte mime few of ot out our 01 people hl ii itt specIally t i r t tin tI of Ihla purpose but hUI b ut the hit tl molt of ot the tha o that have been heen b employed ell tot tom 01 11 I i III been talI l ii ket the he t general I t tithing t I t hI tg ii usda ut f fhe the tho t he Uy U thIs Ihl nicolus we WO he heI been heen h able to 10 Ff cC UIe I t rs for or our minion or rot for our people In II I n til th million we Wt havn II hi been bell able to asIt ho time t h flute h to 10 obtain hll qI und u ve tee e al o bv l n enabled to tf I the I him to II oh utti In u a I coin for 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