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Show ArTERNOON SESSION. Addresses Mado by Apostles Orant and Cowley. The afternoon session opened with the singing of Olory to Ood on Hlfh" by the rlioli, and wllh President Smith III tho chair At this session every seat In the Tabernacle was occupied, while Huongs of people standing tilled the aisles Praser wss offered by Presldtnt C, 11 Halkts of tho Maricopa, stake and tho choir sani. Praise to the Man W ho Communes With Jehovah tiefore the speaking benn the llrst spenkir was Apostle M F Cow le) Ho said sec-tail sec-tail ins have the nightmare concerning Morinonlsin He argued tu show that the Mormons would tome out on top and sold that this was because Cod had established the chinch lie i elated lhe story of Hen Mahone and his slave to show how tho Mor-nions Mor-nions would come out on top The slave drenmed he died und went to heaven Peter met him nt tho gate nn 1 turned him down because he was not wauled He met Gen Muhone uo ho went down nnd toll his exnrlente Then he suggested that he get down on Jl'-fouis nnd let M ihone ride him In W hen M ihnue rode up, Peter naked him If ho was mounted he said )cs Then said Peter, "tie ) our horse outside and come In DAUGHTEItS IN IMMORALITY. He spoke of the prophesy of Apostle Kimball that If tht Mormon people spoke against a certain principle of the church the time would come when their daughters would drift Into Im-moralll) Im-moralll) and walk the streets of the clt) Sonowful as It Is, said Apostle i-ovues, 'that prophesy Is now being fulfilled, nnl our dauihtera nre walking walk-ing not only the strtcls of this city, but the streets of many a cits." Apostle Menlll sail this was the larcert conferente ever htld by the church He told of being baptized lifts lif-ts .one )ears ago, when the ice was threo fiet thick nnd had to be cut away. He gave many of his church experiences ex-periences and urged faithfulness Ho also urged the prompt pisment of tunings tun-ings and offerings nnd taring for the poor and unfortunate. Ho said the Latter-day Saints ns a wholo nro more prosperous than other people, lie urged the members to peiform their Temple duties and go to the rescue of their kindred dead President Moses W Taylor spoke nt length and quoted extensively from the printed church authorities regarding the duties of tho members. Ho drew rt parallel between the rejection ot P.. II lloberts by the Congress of Religions Re-ligions at Chicago wllh the repectlon of Jtsus Christ. He said they rejected the chief corner stone nf the building Apostle Heber J Grunt expressed pleasure nt being present. He said h, felt well, but If ho took a long breith' It gavo him a pain In the lungs, due, he supposed, to the chnngo from set level He vvns not homesick, he said, but had such a strong desire to bo at tho conference that he could not resist It, so he came 7000 miles to be with his brethren. He said his associates In Japan are well and happy, nnd that there are two converts working hard. One of the converts Is preaching the Bible in the parks in Toklo. TWO CONVERTS. Apoctle Grant gave assurance that there would be great work done In Japan He had a good time, spent nn tlmo In sightseeing, but In work und study Ho was well satisfied with nls harvest of two converts. Ho said he could not understand hn.v people live ln Japan for so Utile. Good men work for J710 a month He saw but half a dozen beggars, but one In Toklo, nnd he n leper one beggar among 2,000 00i) people HOOK OP MORMON TRANSLATED He quoted n, writer of Japan as roasting roast-ing the enlightened people of Toklo for welcoming Lamanlsm, plural husbands nnd concubinage, and rt tiling Mot monism mon-ism This man has written n. Hook of Mormon ln the Japanese language, Al ottlo Grant said He predicts ureal things fiom this book The speaker thinks this man was raised up by God to spread the truth. He expressed re-Bret re-Bret over the death of President Snow during his absence, but rejoiced that n son of one of the two martyrs was presiding pre-siding over the church Apostlo Hrigham louns callcd(for a meeting of the pioneers of 1817 after tho meeting, and President Smith announced an-nounced that overflow meetings would be held In tho Assembly hall this morning morn-ing und afternoon The extrtlses closed with the song. ' Now Let Us Rejoice ln tho Dny of Balvntlon, ' bs' tho choir, nnd the pronouncing pro-nouncing of the benediction. |