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Show CONFERENCE CROWDS Annual Session of Y. M. and Y. L. M. I. A. Ends. LYMAN SPRINGS SENSATION President of Salt Lake Stake, Y. II. M. I. A , Says Obscenity, Not Intemperance, In-temperance, Is the Curse ot the Church Statement Is Vigorously Uefutetl by President Joseph F. Smith, Who Says Charge Is Too General and That tho Evil Mentioned Men-tioned Is Exceptional. (Mnnda) s Dnll) ) A hearty irstonse on the part of the public by the way of attendance, murked tho third rnd last da of the ssventh onnunl copfcretice of the Young .Mens' and Ynung Ladles' Mutual Improvement ussoclrllcns of the chuich of Mtler-dny S-alnts Three meetings moinlng ntf.n nnd nlflht-weie nlflht-weie held In the Tabernacle nnd the dlstoursts nf which theie were many were prlnrlrnil) dlretttd to the joutig-el joutig-el members of th3 rhurch A sensation whs sprung nt the morn-Ins morn-Ins session b) lllchnri It l.ynmri president pres-ident of the 'nil I.nke htnke, Y M M. I A, who said that obrccnlty not IntemperanceIs In-temperanceIs tin curro of Ihe tliuieh He claimed that people are not Judged b) their nrtlons but b) th-lr thoughta and admonished parents par-ents not to 1-t their minds dwell on evil thoughts because often the thought of the father becomes the nctlon of the son President smith 111 his nfler-noon nfler-noon ntldrcsa emphitlcnlly refuted the statements of Mr I.) mnn IU3FUTES I.YMAN S bTATKMnXT. President Smith, after making nil effort ef-fort to cntiligus i number of vices, such ns Intempernnce, profanity, Infl-dellt) Infl-dellt) nnd Immorality under the head of nbsrenll) vliiniously denounced President I.vmnn k statement, claiming that It obstenlty exists among the Mormons, It does not do bo universally that If there Is any It Is limited und not lh rule, hut an exception President Hmlth nttrlbuted vices more lo a lack of thought than nn) thing else, and ndmonlshed parents to be extrem-1) extrem-1) careful of their sayings and notions, especiall) befoie their children Tho Mormon leader cnutloned all against taking the name of the I-ord In vain, as there Is sure to be a day of accounting account-ing He also cnutloned his hearers against speaking evil of acquaintances or friends ToiiAcro rort sick cattle Fervently did President Pmlth rals. his voice ngalnst drunkenness and the use of tobacco, claiming that the weed wna Rood for sick cattlo but not for men Ho clalmd It might be good for sores and bruises but certainly not for man's stomach or the lungB t snnie length did the speaker denounce de-nounce Inll.lcllty nnd warned the members mem-bers nfMhe church ngnlnst prostitution or Immoinllt) of nn) kind, nn the ground Hint tho latter Is one ot the titnfct 1.1,1. nils rrlntpH In the slirht of God, and tint it belongs In the same ctitegoi) as murder, and will be punished pun-ished ns severely b) the Loid FoniiNOON i:nnctsES The morning services were opened hy tho longregntlon and choir singing the It inn, ' 1)1 What Is night" This vvus followed b) nn Invocation by llcreral httpcrlntendent Junius I" Wells After short n Idresses of welcome by President Presi-dent Hmlth nnd Counsellor Maria Y. Dougnll Piesldent Hannah Grover of tho Tremont Htnke delivered a strong addiess nn ' What Pioneering Una Done for Young Womanhood. The ilalni of Ihe spnker was Hint the rustic life stnnglh .ed not onl) Ihe ph)slcal bod) but nlso the mind In the nb-sence nb-sence of Superintendent D II Morris who was scheduled to deliver an nd-dress nd-dress on 'What Mutual Improvement Has Done for the -oulh " Superintendent Superintend-ent Junius r W lis spoke on the subject sub-ject Miss I.irlla. Ferrln nnl Fred Ur hnm milt rlnll) nn.dn.il In the services ser-vices tendering tho solos 'K)es that are W ear) ' nnd ' Just as 1 Am W lthout One Flea respe tlvel) A short address ad-dress wan given by President N'ebeker of the Nebo Htnke after which Susa Y. Gates concluded the services with the benediction ArrurtNOON sniivici: Th afternoon rrvlces were opened b) the choir singing ihe hsmn "Pinlie tn the Man Who Communeth with Jehovah Je-hovah Invocation was pronnutuel b) Apostle Hyium Smith lifter which the choir sang t'nfoll, Ye I'n'tals Kv-crinkling" Kv-crinkling" I! a unnnlmous vote, the ofllcerr of the Y M and V L M. I A. were re-elected for the ensuing yew, H dos by t inina Lucy Hates nnd John Itoblnsrn contributed tn the success of the met ling as dl I nn oigan solo b) Prof llenr) i: Ollcn l,d r J (J. K'lnilnll and Alice ltonalds gave shoi t nddr.sjiis lfler nblcb th' servlies con-elulel con-elulel with the femali members of tho choir dnglng the Holy Hedeemer ' llenedlctlon was bv Mrs Until M, Fox, |