Show LEADE S MEET III SALT LAKE THOUSANDS THOUSAND 3 ATTEND THE SEMI ANNUAL conference AND LISTEN TO ABLE SPEAKERS president Preil dent smith pleads fop for greater activity in church work and ex horts hort vembert to 1 he e guided 2 ry ky spirit of brotherly love salt lake city tho the stormy sternly weather may have kept a to few people at home last week but one vi the tile temple ground grounds would not have east ly believed euch such was the case when more than members ot of the church flocked hocked into the tabernacle to hear the tile keynote address delivered del vered by president joeph joseph P F smith at the he eighty sixth semi ml annuel conference of 0 the church of jesus christ of latter day saints picas by president smith tor for great er et activity in the ork of the church both on the part of stake and ward ard officers otil cere and among the members of the church and exhortations to mormons in general to be guided by a spirit of brotherly loie and nettle settle differences difference a that member members tub tk before church and civil coarts were ere the tea fea urea of the opening session with but t two taci aci exception exceptions the tile general authorities of the church were present tor for tho the conference gcorge 11 richards ono one of the twelve apostles of the church who in hi in liverpool pre presiding elding over fie the vast european Fur mis mission ald a d lev levi adgar young une one of the first seven president presidents of seventies who aia unavoidably detained elsewhere were the only two absentee president smith delivered the open ing address asid anthon it lund first counsellor was the only other speak er at the moral g sealon ee ion practically what as to num hir it possible heard hat as to numbers it po possible sible blo heard charles W penrose Pen roie counsellor of the first trot presidency ia rands M na lyman president of the twelve apostles and apostle dieber J grant speak at the afternoon aitt gooon cession salon president smith exhorted his its audi ence to greater interest in the activities of the church and spoke regret fully of the tendency of many of the members of the faith and he lie referred particularly to the bishopric to step down and paea pass their duties along to others he lie chidel the bishops tor for what he likened to carelessness in fall ing to gate gain a better of the 0 cc alar charges ch areca and de alired hak bat members of the church should hould strive to settle whatever differences feren ces that might arise between them without recourse courso re to either church or civil court courts president lund a talk urged a great ir and moro regular attendance at WI sacramental ur meetings lie warned his of the dangers of Itar starvation and he be dwelt upon the ad Is ability of encouraging sinking singing us as part of the religious serviced 3 inasmuch as the more attractive the service la Is made the greater will bo be the attend ance joeeph joseph smith founder of mormonism ani ant the relationship which he and be present head of the church bear to tiie tae divinity furnished the tile theme of the principal address at tho the afternoon session delivered by charles W peu pea rose second counselor counsellor of tho the first presidency of the church president penrose emphasized his conviction that loo h smith was a prophet of the living god adding that in his belief he waa was ono of te mighty re gerred to in holy scriptures as reserved to come on earth in this last dis pens atlon to revive rel iglus pies ples that had been lost for ages age active and inactive furnished the theme for air lyrian s talk lie said aid that ol though only a mall small percentage of the membership of the mormon faith was present at the conference he hoped cht all who ere in attendance were active mem here berm the whole could not ba be present he said tut but the words uttered at the church a 3 conference would be carried to every branch at 31 the church and ho h expressed a hopfl hope that they would havo have the effect of topping stopping the necessity of reports from blit bishops hops to general church officers clo wa ing atten attention to the number of taz ta u z tive members inactivity tends to darkness he be eald said activity to light lie drew attention to the Is tail that everybody Is industrious in temporal matters end and decried the fact that they were not as an industrious ta insuring the success ot the religious iou s side of their natures lieber J irani grant member of the twelve i Postles pos Uce delivered the conclude me ing aldress ad drese lie too decried the tendency to sidestep religious drees the tendency of the american peo pie via to live beyond means and to indulge to in that cannot help but have the effect of making them unworthy of the blessing of the ineat enly tather was the ahme of reed smoot at iho the morning cession session u w the conference on an october 7 president joseph F smith presided over both sessions bess bes lons apostle smoot declared his belief that in the end tho the II mormon ormon church will accomplish the work that the lord designed for it and added that it the teachings of the church were put in force throughout the world the world would be a great deal better place for it apostle clawson spoke briefly in ae ne pun clation of moving picture houses hoses and of sabbath amusements for their tendency to keep the young from religious observance the irresistible growth of mormonism from front a faith having but six fol lot lowers in 1830 0 the abe churchs chur cha present day magnitude together with a prediction alon thai that the fathers decree that world should be redeemed by mean means ot of the latter day dispensation as pro in mi 1 bated through joseph smith formed the nucleus of the opening ad dress at the afternoon session apostle george albert the first speaker likened the be members of the tile mormon faith to the leaven which shall some day accomplish the leaven ing of tho the world at the same time calling the attention to the fact that een eien among the fo to lowera lowers ot of faiths opposed to aru there Is in a noticeable ti tendency to incorporate in tho the revision of their creeds some of tha the basic teachings ot of tho the mormon faith that mormonism la in not a book taught religion and that instead of being held down don in fu its teachings and slid operation to eon old tenets it fallows tb 11 last word of god was the crux of the tile address delivered by apostle orson F whitney mormonism he lie declared la Is the of a prophet y of the coming of a marvelous work a tit A wonder made years before tb birth of jious christ pud pad ho lie s ild that the fulfillment fulfilment of this prophecy in these atter iatter days was such a wonderful thing that most men rejected it as a fable table apostle lilt ney followed the build ing up of utah and the far west through the early days and anil of the gradual improvement that resulted following the arrival of the mormons in the oxcarts ox oi carts lie declared that it ie Is god a A ill hat that man should avail him self of progress pro grecs greets and make use of the new things as they were ere introduced and not to follow ideas either in re ilgian or life iffe that have become antiquated apostle david 0 kickay made teaching the subject of his address he lie decried the fact that many of the members of the priesthood brol believe leve that ther their work Is not 0 much importance and declared Jec lared that no work in n the church could bo be considered mor or less important than another the music as usual was as ono of the enjoyable features of the conference at the morning session on sunday october 8 it was necessary to bold hold overflow pre it U day extravaganzas extravagances both by individuals and by the governing bodies of cities states and nation and tho the seeming tendency of of the church to take tale part in sunday anin and ird playing furnished themes of addresses dresses cd delivered by apostles anthony W lying joseph F smith jr and james E talmage war was another topic touched on oa by apostle lying ic lc my travels he said I 1 I 1 met men who advocated war th thy ay told me thai that our national daulty bd hid been injured and they demanded in return that the guilty be to humiliated the only redress they could see was the humiliation of he the other fellow All mexico Is smaller than the united states and it may have looked easy to austria to enter serbia but one never can tell where these things wilt will end it war comes to this country I 1 say let it not be of our making let us stand for pence peace an example of kind ness and peacefulness to the world the modern dance picture shows sunday amusements and card playing ca caan la in for denunciation at the hands of apostle joseph P F smith jr should the redeemer deemer Ile return to earth he be sal alt he would find faith among he the peo deop 0 that is a mail small percent percentage ge of t the h e people he lie would not find it geLe generally rally among the nations of the world apostle jame talmage reviewed the benefits that have been derived by members of the church in attendance upon the ron conference feriance session by the words of tho the speakers had not alone been given ho he eaid said but warnings also during the he afternoon service the general authorities of the church were sustained president francis M X ly man of the quorum of apostles lead the list of authorities and au sito the names were called 16 hand hands were mufeed in affirmative approval of the section made the general authorities are ar the same that jave held office lined the lat met conteri once with the exception of the appointment of anthon C lund as conductor of the tt Tr natle oatle choir in place fla I 1 ce of evan stephens who was honorably rel ased at his own request several new cames names were included in the general boards of auxiliary branch ei ea but for the main the incumbent authorities authorises autho rises were reinstated at the afternoon session seymoor 1 D young D B it roberts and C NV nib ley the speakers |