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Show church have been to the IToly Land, and, u mil' r the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ, have opened the way for the return to Jerusalem of the Jews. We believe that they will yet come into the fold of the gospel. Let no Latter-day Saint have any part in any agitation or movement against the Jewish people." Apostle James F. Talmas.'. Dr. Seymour Sey-mour I!. Young, senior president of the seven presidents of seventies, and l'. II. Roberts, second president of the council of seventies, were the speakers speak-ers of "the afternoon. Fach of the addresses given was doctrinal in character, char-acter, dealing largely with some particular par-ticular phase of the L. D. S. creed. After stating that the public generally, gen-erally, regardless of creed, was always al-ways welcome at the conference sessions ses-sions of the Latter-day Saints. Apostle Talmage said that it was self-evident that the great majority in attendance were Latter-day Saints, and tliar, while LATTER-DAY SMUTS IH CONFERENCE PRESIDENT GRANT REVIEWS AC TIVITIES OF CHURCH AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF YEAR. Declares That Never Before Since His Occupation of Position of Authority Author-ity Had He Felt So Much Oc casion to Rejoice Over Progress. Salt Lake City The ninety-first conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opened at If) o'clock Sunday morning, April 3, in the tabernacle. In his opening address. President bis remarks would have special reference refer-ence to their faith, the theme that he would discuss would he of ireneral interest in-terest to all interested in the progress of the world. The speaker first took up the question ques-tion of the forgiveness of sin. setting out not only the necessity for the remission re-mission of sin by properly constituted authority, but also the obligation that rests upon those who have received forgiveness of so living that their forgiveness for-giveness would not be recalled by God. lie cited the biblical partible of the master and his .selfish servant who refused re-fused to forgive his debtor, after he himself had been forgiven, us an example ex-ample of the penalty that may come to 'one for hardening his heart. President Young devoted thirty minutes min-utes to reminiscences of early days of the church, speaking; from personal recollection of Oliver Cowdry and Martin Harris, the men who assisted Joseph Smith,, the . prophet, in his translation of the Look of Mormon. Both of these men, lie said, left the church after it had been organized, but both in later years repented and came back "in the gospel." seeking not rank or privilege, but the opportunity oppor-tunity to die in the faith. President Roberts quoted extensively to show that the doctrines of the church have been substantiated by witnesses from the time that God and Jesus Christ first appeared to the prophet Joseph Smith and that ample evidence of the truth of the revealed doctrines has ever been with the followers fol-lowers of the prophet. Speaking at the semi-annual conference con-ference of the Deseret Sunday School union, Sunday night. President Heher 1. Grant declared that: "Any man, woman or child who claims that he, she or any other person per-son on earth, except Heber J. Grant, has received a revelation regarding the actions of others than himself and family is either a plain liar or has been deceived by the powers of evil, and to heed the doctrines of such person is a sure road to hell." "There are certain persons among us," President Grant continued, "who are declaring that they have been instructed in-structed by the Lord to perform plural marriages. There are no plural marriages mar-riages in the church, and any person who attempts to teach other than the prevailing system of one wife for one man is sanctioning the practice of adultery, and any who enter such marriages mar-riages are guilty of adultery in the face of God. Now I guess you understand under-stand that." Ornnt reviewed the activities of the church and the achievements of the past year, declaring that never before since bis occupancy of the position of authority in the church had lie felt so much occasion to rejoice over the progress made by the church. Itemizing some of the steps which he held as indicative of development, he referred first to the mission work, declaring that this department, of the church furnished an unequnled example ex-ample to the rest of the world for devotion to the principles of the gospel. gos-pel. In proportion to the number of missionaries in the field he believed that never in the history of the church had the results been so gratifying. Temple work, the president said, had also shown satisfactory progress, a striking example of which was to be found in the fact that the fast offerings of-ferings in a single Sunday, set apart toward the erection of a temple in Arizona, had yielded $118,000. Referring specifically to amounts expended ex-pended in different fields of church work. President Grant said that in the past year .$718,497 has been used in educational work, $340,203 for tabernacles, taber-nacles, amusement halls and chapels and $501,709 for missionary work. He estimated the time and labor expended by the .missionaries to he the equivalent equiva-lent of $2,000,000, and declared it a marvel for the world to note that a people who numbered only half a million, all told, should so far devote i their time and substance to the cause )iey had espoused. Assistance given to' the poor during the year had amounted to $4.0:000, while $158,715 had been expended in temple work, , another illustration of faithfulness in living up to the doctrines of revealed religion in laboring for the salvation of those who had died before receiving the gospel. President Grant paid high tribute to President Anthon H. Ltind, who diet! only a few weeks ago. Charles W. Penrose, first counselor to President Grant, and Anthony V. Ivins, second counselor, recently ele-, ele-, vated to the position from the quorum of the twelve, were the other speakers speak-ers at Ihe morning session. The addresses ad-dresses of both were largely theologi- cal in character, Mr. Penrose dealing with the nature, power and functions or the "Holy Ghost," while Mr. Ivins spoke chiefly of the inspiration of the "Book of Mormon." Apostle Rudger Clawson, now president presi-dent of the council of the twelve, succeeding suc-ceeding Anthony W. Ivins, was the first speaker of the afternoon session! ses-sion! He devoted himself almost entirely en-tirely to an analysis of the authority, power and functions of Hie priesthood of the L. D. S. church, describing both orders, the Melcbesedic, or higher, high-er, and the Aaronic, or lesser. At the afternoon session, before calling call-ing on any oT the general authorities to address the congregation President. Presi-dent. Grant said that in his haste and press of matters to be attended to at the morning session, he had overlooked one of the most important, the report as to tithing. Without specifying exact figures, the president saitl that he congratulated the Latter-day Saints upon the payment of a slightly larger . sum in tithes during Hie year just ended than in the previous year. Apostle George F. Richards, president presi-dent of the Salt Lake temple, who followed Mr. Clawson, said that as the keynote of the last conference, "keep the commandments of God," had proved so successful, he rejoiced that the keynote of the present gathering was "continue to keep the commandments." command-ments." Despite the storm that prevailed throughout Monday afternoon, rain and snow allocating, the 'tabernacle was more than comfortably filled at the beginning of the afternoon session. Solemn and emphatic warning to bis people that they have no pari in. nor , anything to do with, any agitation or movement against the Jewish people was given by President Holier J. Grant, just before ihe close of ihe conference session on Monday. "There appears lo be." said President Presi-dent Grant, "a good deal of agitation against the Jew ish people. We should bold no ill-will against them. The duly constituted authorities of our |