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Show GREAT CROWDS PRESENT. Trongs Gather In Zlon at Annual Conference, With thrco meetings, comprising flvo sessions, tho seventy-eighth annual an-nual general conferonco of tho Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints came to a close Sunday afternoon. Sunday's services In the tabernacle were attended by numbers that found the vast auditorium Inadequate. President Presi-dent Joseph F. Smith Invoked tho blessing of the Divinity on the people of nil the world, particularly those who dwell In Zlon; ho prayed that mercy bo extended to tho enemies of tho church. Anthon II. Lund, second counselor of tho first presidency, discussed dis-cussed tho subject of marriage and tho growth of tho Mormon peoplo. Apostlo Oron F. Whitney talked about thu duty of tho church membership In sustaining the authorities, who, ho declared, were appointed according to tho will of God. Apostlo Francis M. Lyman urged tho necessity of assigning assign-ing properly equipped men to tho missionary mis-sionary field. Apostle J. H. Smith spoke on tho evil resulting from tho Indulgence In an excess of worldy pleasures. It Is estimated by a man who took account of tho number of Sunday's attendants In the tabernacle, assembly hall and outdoor meetings that there wero 18,000 In attendance. |