Show a ARE NO PLURAL MARRIAGES president Prel dent smith auree assures saint that plural marriages in church have ce ceh H i P end nd that no man haa has authority to perform them salt lake city Doci declaring laring that plural marriages bare have ceased in tha the church and that no man has authority to perform them and invie ing the national congress to bring about a constitutional amendment div ing tho oe government the right to ban han die dle plural marriages president Preal dent joseph josoph F smith delivered the principal address of the eighty first annual con forence of the church of arcus christ of saints saint et the opening session tit 61 tho the conference at 10 clock thursday morning april 6 in the tab ernecl i a according to ol 01 th the church achurch the address of tho the president was waa the most important made by any high of fleer of the church since the mant festo aas issued by Frem ident anil ford woodrun woodruff in OL october tober 18 among other things president smith declared the church to be in good financial condition that the hirth birth rato rate adyns tho the wen members ibers 91 the church is the highest la in the world that the death rate la Is the lowest that the rate of divorce la in approximately only buo fifth the size proportionately of the rest of the country and that plural marriages have absolutely ceased in the mormon church la in connection with this last dent smith declared that there Is not a man in the church wao Is cathor laed to perform or solemnize a plural marriage and that efforts are being made to lo find the persons who aro are leading the people astray in the mat ter and that when they aru found they ther will be dealt with ith as an others have been in the past president smith announced during the course of his address that in 1910 the hurch church had spent in mis slone for church schools and for charity baptisms in stakes and missions in 1910 1911 were la in tho the temples darlng 1910 1360 couples were married 1100 couples of at church people were wore married civilly in the church there ie Is one divorce to member members the average rate in the united states la to one in 1100 Pros president dent anthon 11 II lun lunt t urged the people to stamp a bat at toe liquor evil and not to use tobacco lie ile was glad the legislature had given the people a chance to vote yote on tho the liquor ques quos tion and declared that in all comma cirlee where the mormons are in the majority prohibition should be en acted there was a large attendance at the opening session Be aslon the greater portion ut of the church officials being present apostle rudger ruder clawson is in europe ret d smoot Is in washington in attendance on the united states senate white while john henry smith second coun dor was unable to attend owing to sickness Bick coss francis 31 lyman president ot of the quorum of twelve apostles apostle lifeber JL 1 grant and apostle AL M smith addressed conference at the afternoon session ee aalon defeno lene o ot of the church against agal rint the vicious attacks boing published in various magazines were the themes of the speeches by president lyman and apostle gnat grint while apostle at smith eulogized tha character of president jo seph P r smith aa as a model for all mon men to follow apostle C W V penrose Pen roee the pal speaker at tho the morning session 1 ol 01 the conference on an friday deplored the fact that so many Alor mormons mons are married outside tho ilia temple urged young people to adopt the mormon ceremony which la to for this life and all eternity and denied that christ ever aid said there was no marriage in heaven lie ile decried divorce but maintained that the savior had never ball said that a woman should live with n man mam who abused her declaring that the power that can seal can unseal unseat other speakers Bp eakers at the morning ees see atom were G Q A callia president ot of he the southern states mission who praised the authorities of the church and apostle george F richards Ul chard the speakers at the friday afternoon session of the conference wore were apostle oreon orson F whitney bashop C W nibley and brigham it roberts one of the presidents of the seven ties that mormonism Mormon tam ts Is the of a prophecy made by isaiah year years before the birth of curlit of the coming forth of a marvelous work that the mission af the mormon church Is to reclaim the rapidly spiritual world that it science and religion di magreo it Is because science has not yet discovered enough and that strength will come from god to con quer the world under the mormon banner bannor were vere the features of the ad dressea delivered apostle N hitney hll ncy explained wherein tho the saints believe their faith Is the realization of Is dais prophecy dishop nibley declared that re religion llAlon wa wis the only great wort work or science the eastern states mission society held beld its reunion friday night the at air fair iong one of the moat most successful T helcl there as a short Im lo 10 borrin brur rin m rendered followed by lani i land refreshments incidental to the holding of 0 the I 1 fordt annual conference ot of bo of jesus christ of latter day sainta tn in salt lake fourteen kisslo t ary reu ons wem wert held la in vat various tOul fart 0 the city saturday night at ab 0 th the reunions appropriate pro PM I 1 s clien t aej which baa has not progressed during the last ten years and that the 68 mission 11 of mormonism Mormon lam Is to restore true chris in tho world and elder roberts maintained that the truth and necessity of atonement are shown more clearly in the hook book of mormon than in the now testament and that through th inta principles of 0 jesua jesus christ the maimon Blo cause will triumph david 11 II cannon of st deorra of the opening prayer in bo he beseeched providence to frustrate and bring to naught every effort that la Is being made to thwart thy work and that those who are mak ing the tho attacks against thu the mormon lormon church may way fall la in every endeavor jn n order that conference visitors might g ht visit friends in tho the city see tho the aviation meet and attend various re unions no n o session of the eighty first annual cov conference ference was waa held on satur day defence defene of nat the at which are being mado made against the church and its loaders leaders formed the basis for tarco addresses delivered by apostle anthony W ivins joseph W tn first counselor of tho the seventy and aporale joseph F smith jr at tho the closing soaston of tho the first annual com conference ference of tho the church of jesus christ cl Latt latter erday day saints tits at tho th o tabernacle rubera aclo sunday ac at bercoon at tho the conclusion of the meeting all of the genera general officers ot of tho church were sustained another year a report re port of the financial tandl tin of the church was read and unan adopted reply was nade to the anu mormon articles appearing in various prominent magazines and a short farewell speech was delivered by president joseph F smith at the annual reunion of the sun day schools of the church of jesu christ of Lat ter erday day saints at the tat tabernacle sunday night the articles of faith of the church pore recited la in fourteen languages each of the thirteen arbid being given in a selm reparato ee rate foreign tongue at the end of which tho the entire thirteen were recited la english by the largo large congregation which ailed 11 tho the to ita its capaci Y A report was mado made showing a it mat material exial increase la in the number of pupils and teachers la tit the church sunday schools Addre addresses sees were do livered by president joseph F smith and by apostle heber J grant special music wae was rendered by the tabernacle organist professor J J me clellian clellan and by tho the alpine boys chorus ol 01 alpine otake northern utah county according to the report the increase la in number of ot sunday students since the federal cen sus SUB la in 1900 up to the timo time of tho last official counting in 1910 was tor for tytko per cent or nine per cent greater than the increase in population the report showed that there are now children in the sunday schools and parents the average attend ince la Is allty per cent of the entire membership the general officers of the church by unanimous vote at the sunday session of tho the conference were first presidency joseph F smith pro prophet phat and revelator revo lator and prest deit dc it A 11 II lund first counselor ain bleary smith second counselor I 1 quorum ct tho the twelve apostle apostles F lyman 11 II J grant rudger clawson Cla waon reed smoot II 11 11 SL smith 0 G A smith C W penrose Pen roee G F richard richards D 0 mckay 0 F whit ney A W ivins joweph F smith jr john smith presiding patriarch first presidents Proal deuAs at of the seventies S D young D B II 11 roberts J 0 kimball Kimo all R S welle wells J IV mcalum rin C II 11 hart and levi E M young presiding Blaho C W nibley prowling proa proW ding 0 11 miller first counsel or avida david A smith second counselor A II 11 lund church historian and general church recorder andrew jen eon son D II 11 roberts A william lund and F J smith jr assi assistant starA hinter in tana II 11 11 II cummings general ot of church schools schoola general church doard board of education joawph K F smith young A X 11 II lund G 0 11 II kimball rudger claw ton son C W penrose 11 II II 11 cummings 0 F Wb Itney franda frands IM lann and arthur N inter secretary and treas aurer joseph F smith ln trust D it mcallister AlUster Mc clerk of general conference the reunion of members of 0 the sa moan flonary nary society was marked saturday night by the attendance ot of jo jospph ceph dean who Is termed the father of that mission having rt ra established it in 1888 old acquaintances were renewed by the sons eons and daughters of norway and sweden thursday evening in barratt hall the occasion being the reunion of the scandinavian society the of fiers 1 chosen for the ensuing term by are president C 31 nielsen Nl ilsen vice broil dents II 11 J christensen enoch jo gensen olt n jore h r peterson Pete raon secretary christian johansen cashier II 11 P nielsen for the purpose of perfecting or surviving members of the utah volunteers of the civil war under command of lot smith met in salt laho lake saturday afternoon but after discussing the matter for an hour tour decided to take no definite action tor for the present there are only about twenty members of the original corn com piny surviving the TU semiannual semi annial reunion of the northern lor thern states mission friday a even ven ing in ng n g consisted of a musical a and nd liter iry ary entertainment followed by duic S and refreshments |