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Show tween man and his God, and a man . should be honest with his God. Elder Reuben G. Miller of Emery stake, and Elders W. C. Parkinson of the Hyrum stake and Thomas E. Barrett Bar-rett of Fremont stake gave encouraging encourag-ing reports of officers In their respective respec-tive stakes. Elder J. Golden Kimball was the closing speaker at the morning sea- -sion, and created somewhat of a sensation sen-sation by telling the people how they could popularized the church, this be-'" ing the abolition of the missionary system sys-tem and the prohibition of Temple " marriages. In order to make the SAINTS IN CONFERENCE. SEVENTY -THIRD SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING LARGELY ATTENDED. President Smith Advises Followers to Get Out of Debt and Prepare for Future Period of Depression Secret Societies and Labor Unions Censured. Fully 10,000 people were present at the opening session of the seventy-third seventy-third semi-annual conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which convened in the tabernacle taber-nacle in Salt Lake City Saturday morning, morn-ing, April 4th, members from all parts of the state, and many from neighboring neighbor-ing states being present. The opening address of the morning session was delivered by President Joseph Jo-seph F. Smith, the head of the church. During the course of his remarks, President Smith said: "I desire to mention one or two subjects which I deem worthy of the attention of the Saints. In this time of prosperity it is highly proper that the Latter-day Saints should get out of debt. We may muitu pupuiai ttuiuiig Liie ycuyic ui the earth, he said, the church should " cease sending out missionaries to preach the gospel among the nations. , And for the same reason, the practice of going into the Temple for the pur- pose of receiving endowments and marrying for time and eternity should be abolished. These two innovations would increase tiie popularity of the Mormon faith among the people of the earth, he said. The afternoon session was interspersed inter-spersed with selections by the chovr and by quartettes and selections from individual members. Among the look now for a period of depression at any time. And one of the best ways to pay our debts to our business associates asso-ciates is to first meet our obligations to God. Pay your tithing and be blessed. That is just what I mean.", President Smith then took up his other subject that of labor. He urged that more attention should be given to the manual training of the boys of Zion. "The vast majority of these professional profes-sional men," said he. "are worthless. They are leeches upon the body politic. Some of us have an idea that it Is degrading de-grading for our daughters to learn to cook. They are now taught to play the piano and sing and spend their time in idle, useless pleasures in society. so-ciety. We stuff the heads of our children chil-dren with fables and fairy tales instead in-stead of teaching them useful labor." President Seymour B. Young of the seventies regretted that too much time was being spent in educating the head speakers were senator-ana-Apostie Reed Smoot, who spoke to the multitude multi-tude of cleanliness, and Prof. Tanner, who sioke of the educational work be-ing be-ing done by the ehurcn. Other speakers speak-ers addressed the assemblage on the workings of various stakes, and the financial and other conditions of various va-rious settlements of the Latter-day Saints. At the evening session of the conference confer-ence in the Tabernacle the reports of the superintendents of the various stake Sunday schools were heard, after which President Joseph F. Smith delivered de-livered himself of a short address upon the evils that beset the youths and younger people of Salt Lake. Elder J. M. Tanner, who handles the business part of the Sunday school work, reported some improvements in the schools. He said there had been numerous meeting houses constructed and the old'ones were rapidly being fit- and not enough in training the hand. The schools and colleges, he declared, were Incomplete, because they lacked j the facilities of teaching the mechanical mechani-cal arts. President Jesse M. Smith of the Snowflake stake of Arizona invited the ,Saiiits to come to. that state. where. he said, the Mormons had built up communities where the spades were, bright and the barns were full. President E. D. Woolley of the Ka-nab Ka-nab stake reported that there was not a saloon in the settlement over which he presided. President Byron Sessions of the Big Horn stake in Wyoming reported that everybody was prosperous in his district dis-trict and that there was not a mortgage mort-gage on a farm in that section. At the afternoon session Elder B. H. Roberts spoke in favor of labor unions, saying: "I admit that sometimes these unions go too far in their demands, and have incorporated within themselves them-selves features that are not good, but if our young men would follow the trades they must recognize . the unions." Elder Joseph A. Merrill, late of the ted up and improved upon. Closing Session. President Smiths -in his closing address ad-dress to the Saints, scored the enemies ene-mies of the church in a vigorous manner, man-ner, and denounced the crusade against Reed Smoot in the recent seu-Zt&n&b seu-Zt&n&b cafiiJiiSS.'- -TTuiie" ue"uiu' uot" mention Apostle Smoot by name, he referred to the fight against the ehurcn when he wanted to become a representative repre-sentative in the nation's congress, and made it plain that he directed his criticism to those who were opposed to the seating of Mr. Smoot in the United States senate. "I want to tell you," said he, "that there are no more loyal people on the face of the earth than the Latter-day Saints. Nowhere will you find people more true to the best interests of their country and government than . we. I tell you that we will be a factor in bringing good to this nation and will help it to become the best and grandest nation in the world. "We have been maligned, mistreated mistreat-ed and misrepresented, but not by the nation. It was by the lying, hypocritical, hypocrit-ical, sneaking, cowardly wolves in sheep's clothing that go through the world seeking to stir up strife and trouble for the righteous. They seek to bring the wrath and Ire of the nation na-tion down upon us and our church. The government would have protected protect-ed us had it not been for these contemptible con-temptible hounds that go about lying about us. If we have not been lied about of late as well as from time immemorial, im-memorial, I do not know what lying is. Some men seem to be born liars. I believe with President Wilford Woodruff that some men are sent into the world to lie, and they fulfill their mission." President John R. Winder, who delivered de-livered the opening address of the session, took occasion to rebuke the young people of the church for failing fail-ing to have their marriage ceremonies performed in the temple, and warned them against marrying Gentiles. President Lewis Anderson of the South Sanpete stake reported that In spite of the pest of grasshoppers the people had been forced to contend with, they had been faithful in the payment of their tithing. Thomas A. Waddams, president of the Hawaiian colony in Skull valley, stated that his people were thriving. Elder Joseph McMurrin said that Utah had become too small for the Mormon people, and they were spreading .forth into other states and countries- to-. build their, communities. President William A. Hyde of the Pocatelkv stake stated that his community com-munity was beset with many difficulties difficul-ties because of the outside world, but he felt that the tlay- of their triumph" " was near at hand. President David Cameron of the Panguitch stake in "Dixie" reported the work doing well in that section ot the state. Samoan mission, reported progress in the islands over which he has presided, presid-ed, while Elder Sylvester Q. Cannon, who has lately "returned from The Netherlands mission, reported the work of the church prospering in that country. President Charles Kelly, of the Box Elder stake, said he was thankful there was not a single secret organization organi-zation in his stake, and declared that "these trades unions are but secret orders, and they should be shunned by the young men of Zion." Sunday Sessions. Three sessions were held in the Tabernacle Tab-ernacle Sunday, at each session the great meeting place being crowded to its utmost capacity. For the first time in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints a United States senator occupied oc-cupied a seat among the twelve apostles apos-tles and in his ecclesiastical capacity addressed the vast assemblage. Apostle Apos-tle and Senator Reed Smoot spoke to the people of the virtues of cleanliness cleanli-ness and was heard with rapt attention. atten-tion. President Lurid was the first to address ad-dress the congregation at the morning session. He commended the Saints for the increased tithing which has poured into the coffers of the church the past year, but said there is still room for much improvement. He ar-.j gued that there was something wrong with a man who would not pay his tithing, saying that the paying of tithing tith-ing is not compulsory, but a matter be- |