Show CHURCH REPLY to CRITICS SPEAKERS AT conference OF LATTER D AV SAINTS DEFEND FELLOW CHURCHMEN president smith bay says mormon people have nothing to fear so long as they lead pure and righteous ou live lives sal salt t lake city the speakers at the diening session of the eighty sc s c und semi semiannual annual conference of 0 the church of jesue jesus chilst of 0 Latt latter erday day saints held in this city on october 6 all made reference to attacks being made upon the church and its senta tives by would be critics in dif ferent parta parts of 0 tho the world the morning session was attended by a larger than at any semi annual conference in recent years president ident smith was the principal speaker at the morning session devoting his remarks to a defense ol 01 file he mormon against the attacks and scandals that hae bae been jagod jagd in different parts of the world orld this thiede de tense he accomplished for the most part by a comparison of the belief of the mormon people with that of those hurling the slanders the mormon people he declared have nothing to be ashamed of and nothing to tear fear in these attacks so long aa as they lead pire and righteous lives and follow the footsteps of the savior replying to the attacks on him film personally he bald sald he would leave it to the latter day saints to judge tor for themselves and defied the world orld to show where ho he had transgressed the laws of purity and chastity laid down by god in conclusion president smith re berred to the tabernacle speech of president taft declaring that it was full of sentiments ments that volen the feel feet i ings ingo of every true lantei oay ay saint 1 I 1 I indorse said he be I 1 ethry ei ery sentiment in that great speech on the subject of universal peace the music at each session of the conference was highly praised by all in attendance apostle need reed smoot delivered a forcible sermon at the afternoon sea slon he ile urged the mormon people to guar guard well their manner of living that they might stand the teat of the worlds as directed upon them by the recent slanderous publications licati ons in eastern the apostle declared that tho the final result of the blander slander and falsehood of these articles would undoubtedly re bound to the good ot of the mormon people he ile eald said he had given the matter deep study and investigation and be he was convinced that for every un tonking persona persons who read the articles ard condemned the mormons at least fifty intelligent truth per cons sons sad detected the false ring ot of these accusations and consequently sympathized with tp people so ma aligned other speakers it lof the afternoon session were ere president john henry smith and apostle lifeber J grant president joseph F smith presided in his discourse president john henry smith dwelt broadly on the ater mormon men doctrine citing lie its history bild achievements as proof of or its genuineness as the latter latt erday day version of christianity he lie referred to the intolerant attacks against the church as unbecoming the american people in that they are a direct violation ot of the spirit of the declaration of inde pen dence ct and the spirit of at the consal tuttan with its provisions for freedom freedo lu of speech and the mormon doctrine he be said came as an essential message to he be human family balch needed again to hear bear the original word vord of god as brought to the world orld in the tte long ago by the savior As in the day of christ thia this message had been scoffed at by in most ast of the world orld so has the latter day revival of it had to bear the brunt of misunderstanding and intolerance apostle grant devoted much of his speech to the IMPO importance TIance of the mo mon missionary work he ile said that be church Is spending locco a month in the mission fields and has 2000 missionaries preaching the gos pel pet in all parts of 0 the world orld that none of these missionaries had ever tetu returned med to announce hat that abey had bad found a better conception of than that of Mormon lem Is I 1 roo he be ald said of lie its supremacy he ile warned the people against the dan dangers gerts of commercialism dulling their higher ideals and be he urged ih mat it they ever hold in mind llie the precept of the great teacher concerning the fallacy and emptiness ot of riche that are gained at the expense of the higher riches of mind ana and soul told second days sessions both sessions eest lons of f the second day of the general conference were devoted principally to doctrinal abject subjects the speakers urged the leading of righteous firs alv ches so tree free from sin milt they would stand na as silent te stimon ialo to the truth of Morri onlin they directed especial attention to the mall temptations of life and said that to remain unspotted the latter day saints must fight the small temptations even as its they the greater pitfalls ot of batan tan AN hen aou ou get on the street car said apostles apostle D 0 mckay don t for bet get to pay bour fare because you re not asked for it it Is a little thing but it Is the thine that makes the mormons stand out as sen se rants ants of the lord the employ ot of the car corn con pany duea not gee see you probably no one but god sees you ane corpora tion can afford to lose that nickel but the latter day saints cant can t afford to take it besides apostle mckay apostles C W penrose and george F richard richards spoke at the afternoon noon session the speakers at the morning session aers ert president francis M lyman hyrum M L smith and george A smith and president joseph P F smith president smith preal presided ded over both sessions fess lons thai that latter day saints shou ll 11 ID in reality be a peculiar people and dwell ap apart art from the world of sin was the declaration of apostle mckay I 1 the principal speaker at the afternoon set ea slon 2100 by dy this be he said 11 i do not mean that we are not to mingle with our friends who do not believe as we e do neither do I 1 mean that we are to be exclusive hut but as the church of god we mut must d dwell dell ell apart now in what way should we remain apart from rom the world orld os ns a peculiar pecullar people the chil dren of the church should be ba as pure as the stars they should mingle with tho the eona sons of men and brine bring them back to god but they must not partake of the sins of the world the closing the closing day of the conference confer enco was marked by one of the greatest gatherings that has ever assembled in the temple grounds the morning session was devoted to memorial services in honor of orson pratt the me first pioneer ot of the state end and the afternoon gathering was aus licious as us th occasion on which the church authorities were sustained by the he rank and file of the membership overflow meetings in he the assembly hall and rind in the open air were necee sary that all might worship and take part in the official proceedings in his remarks at the closing ses slon sion president joseph V smith de bounced what hat he called the boboc racy of labor which he declared to be a menace and peril facing the chiv orld today lie ile invoked divine aid to the end that laws hall shall be passed protecting the lives and liberty of all the people of this nation from th erule of the president grew eloquent in his una final appeal to his assembled flock briefly bul but with much feeling be h touched upon many topics of interest and importance to th tho 3 member membern of the church and in conclusion voiced many bits of sound advice touching the everyday live of the latter day saints he ile invoked divine blessing upon the heads of every man woman and child within the fold and pleaded that they walk in upright paths and live true alex ex la light eight of god and the orld the sustaining of the church lead era and officers ft as a done with an im preslie pres lve unanimity As tach name or set of names was wa read in sten stentor tot ian an tones totes by apostolo dieber J grant and submitted for or approval almasi every person in the vast concourse raised bis or her right hand in ellent silent vote the speakers at the afternoon ses sion besides president smith wort apostle joseph P F smith jr S nou 11 young senior member of the first council of 0 seventies and john smith filia patriarch of the church all con COM fined themselves to doctrinal sul als bearing beating testimony to their faith in the principle principles of their religion |