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Show ARE NO PLURAL MARRIA6ES President Smith Assures Saints That Plural Marriages In Church Hav Ceased and That No Man Has Authority to Perform Them. Salt Lake City. Declaring that plural marriages have ceased In the Mormon church and that no man has authority to perform them, and inviting invit-ing the national congress to bring about a constitutional amendment giving giv-ing the government the right to handle han-dle plural marriages, Frettldeut Joseph Jo-seph F. Smith delivered the principal address of the eighty first animal con- 1 ference of the Church of Jesus Christ 1 of Latter-day Saints at the opening i session of the conference at 10 o'clock Thursday morning, April 5, In the tabernacle. tab-ernacle. ( According to officials of the church, t tho address of the president was the 1 most importunt made by any high of- 1 tlcer of the. church since the maul- feslo was Issued by I'resldent Wil- n ford Woodruff In October, 1S90. J Among other things, I'resldent . Smith declared the church to be in i good Amine I ii I condition, that the birth rate among the members of the j church Is the highest In the world, that the death rate Is the lowest, t ti.it n the rate of divorce is approximately t only one-fifth the size, proportionate j. ly, of the rest of the country, and that plural marriages have absolutely j ceased In the Mormon church. (j In connection with this last, I'resi-1 j dent Smith declared that there Is not a man In the church wno Is author-Ized author-Ized to perforin or solemnize a plural marriage, and that efforts are being mado to find the persons who are leading Uie people astray In the mat-ter, mat-ter, and th when they aro found r they will be dealt with aa others have fa been in the past to I'resldent Smith announced, during te Ihe course of bis address, that in 1910 Ihe church had spent $215,000 In mis tn lions, $300,000 for church schools, and Ki P200.000 for charity. Ilaptlsms In italfe-s and "missions In 1910 were 15.- I 102. In the Jemples during 1910 1.360 a louples were married; 1,100 couples pu if church poppl were married civilly. Su n the church there is one divorce to Uv .000 menjlwre; the averse rate In an be United States is one In t.100. ch l'rel4eit Anthon H. Lund urged Pri bs poplo to stamp ut (he liquor vil CI' nd wot to use tobacco. He was g!ud chi be legislature had given the peopk COi chance to vote on the liquor ques-lon ques-lon and declared that in all commu tn Itlea where the Mormons are In Uie Mii jajyrily, prohibition mould be cn B clt'a- . Jaa There was a large attendance at the . peniiig session, the greater portion of lie church officials being present. postle Rudger Clawson Is In Europe, j' :eed Smoot t In WanhJnctoti n at- ?iidance on the United States senate, " jille John Henry Smith, second coun- lor, was unable to attend owing to ct'r rkliess. 1 JTrancU M. Lyman, present of the BU" loruin 6t twolte apostles; Apostlo Rl" ebgr J. Grant and Apostle JIJMTu . Smith addressed conference at tin ternoon session. Defense of the I1-0 lurch ngalnst the viclo attacks be- tlKl g published In tfflrlous magazines Jot ere the theg 0f the speeches by C resident Lyman and Apostle Grant, F. hlle Apostle llyrum M. Smith eulo- 0a .ed the character of President J O, ph F. Smith as a model fur all men lilt ' Mlw. nn Apostle C. W. Penrose, tlio gt-l nc:l- J il speaker at the moriiir session of 1 e conference g 7.rllIny deplored s. ie fact tluk g0 many Mormons are Kli arrled outside the temple, urged rin ng people to adopt the Mormon j preniony, which Is for this life aiul jm 11 eternity, and denied that, Christ or ver said there was no marriage in eaven. He decried divorce, but mintained nlll the Savior bad never j all iflat a woman fchouli llv wit!; n nn latl ht) abused, 'tier, declaring that Jai h tifttver that, an seal can unseal. thr siwaJrers l IHe. mornlna. lea- Ion wero C. A. CallH, president of he southern alea mtilon, who ifaised the att'horitle of the church, ind Apoetle Otorge F. Richards. , The speakers at the Friday after ooa session of the conference were Vj)otle Orson F. Whitney, lilshfvp C. A.I V. Nibley and Prlgham H. Roberts, ur ae of the presidents of the seven- ta. That Mormonism l the reliitiim co jf a prophecy made by Isaiah 700 leara before the birth of Chrt.;t n jf the coming forth of a mar-rehms mar-rehms work; that the mission Jo jf the Mormon church Is to "f -eelalm the rapidly dlssipaiing spirit- , jal wxrld; that if si i;ce and religion llsagree It is because science bss nl th ret discovered enough, and that itr-ngth wilt come from God to con- na juer the world under the Mormon r lianner, were the features cf the ad r tresses delivered. m Apostle Whitney epUmed where p, In the Saints bell-ve their fallh Is j, the realization of lsiiah's prophecy; R Bishop Nlbley d-clared that religion ( waa the only great work or science hs The Kastern States Mission society gi( held Its reunltn Friday night, the a'- f talr being one of the most successful d Kt h'ld. There was a short linpromp- Si to program rendered, followed by af dancing and refreshments. he Incidental to the holding of the fo ilghty first annual conference of the t Church of Jeeus Christ of Latter-day p Saints. In Salt Iake, fourteen missionary mission-ary reunions were held tn various n parts of the city Saturday night At in each of the reunions appropriate pre- ai grams were given. la which baa not progressed during th last ten years and that the mission Mormonism Is to restore true Chrl tianlty In the world, and Kidor Kol erts maintained that the truth an necessity of atonement are show more clearly In the Ilook of Mormo thun In the New Testament and tha through the principles of Jesus Chris the Mormon cause will triumph. David H. Cannon of St. George ol fered the opening prayer, in whlcl he beseeched Providence to "frui trate and bring to naught every off or that Is being made to thwart Th; work," and that those who are mas Ing the attack against the Mormoi church "may fall In every endeavor.' In order that conference visitor rnl'ilit visit friend In the city, see tin aviation meet and attend various re unions, n session or the eighty firs annual conference was held on Satur lay. Defense of Mormonism gainst th ittacka which are being made agalna ho church nd Its leaders formed th ia. is for three addresses, dellvret ly Apostle Anthony W. Ivlns, Josepr iV. McMiinin, first counselor of th evenly, and Apostle Joseph V. Sni(h( r, at the closing session of th li'hi) lliht annual conference of th 'lurch of Jtua ChrLnt rf Latter-day lalnts at the Tabernacle Sunday of snuKin. At the conclusion of tho meeting 1! of 'ho pntient gotwral officers of he church we re sustained for another car; a report of the lirianelal condl mi of the church was rend and unan-nously unan-nously adopted; reply was made to ie an tJ-Mormon (irticlos appearing i various prominent magazliies, and i hort farewell 8eecti was delivered - President Joseph F. Smith. AX the annual reunion of the Sun-iy Sun-iy schools of the Church of Joeus I'rlMt of I-aJUT-day Saints at the Tab-nacle Tab-nacle Sunday night the articles ol ith of the church were recited In urteen languages, each of the thlr-cu thlr-cu article being given in a eerarate reign tongue, at the end of which 0 entire thirteen were recited In igllsh by the large congregation ulch filled the Tabernacle to Its ca-clity. ca-clity. A riHrt wa made ehowlng matejlaJ Inertwse in the number of plls and teachers in the church rwlay schools. Addresses were do-ered do-ered by President Josph F. Smith d by Apostle Hcber J. Grant. Spoil Spo-il music was rendered by the Tab-tiacle Tab-tiacle organist. Professor J. J. Me-llain, Me-llain, and by the Alpine Doys' orus, of Alpine stake northern Utah unty. , According to (he eecretary'a report Jncream In number of Sunday uoI students since the federal cen- 1 in 1900. up to the time of the t official counting n 1910, was for-two for-two ;er cT)t, or rHue per writ !iter tlian the I fi1 In Utah's nilatlon. The reiwrt showed that np are now L31.551 chlla-en in Hrp iiday" Schools and 22,!4! partnti e average attendance in 1ity pch it of the entire .membership. :'he general officers of tho chun i talncd by unfUjimoiH juUk mk K nly crssi t!ie coft.r,.nci ro. 'ilffif Presidency Joseph F. Smith, ihet, seer and revelator, and presl-it. presl-it. A. II. Lund, first counselor, in Henry Smith, second counselor. Juoruni cf the Twelve Alnvstlca i Mv Lyn n. J. UrrtTlT, Rudger iWSon, Ue4il Smoot, H. M. Smith, A, Smith, C. W. Penrose. U. 1. hards, I). O. McKay, O. F. Whit-r, Whit-r, A. W. Ivtn, Jaseph F. Smith, Jr. ohn Smith, presiding patriarch. 'Irst Presidents of the S'ventles H. YouiiK. H. 11. Roberts, J. C5. jiball. R. 8. Wells, J. W. irftMur-, irftMur-, C. Tl. Hurt and Ivl Youag. lesldlng Hishoprlq-C. W. fs'ibley, ?!dlni;. O P.. tvtllly, flrat cxinsel lTvvld AtTiiiltk, srcjrid counselor. . II, f.un' church hKtjorlan PJld Val fflUrch recorttf-r, Andrew, 3en B, n. H. Roberts, A. Willlcm Lund it F. J. Smith, f t asslskiii hlstor is. II. tl. SlniminK, Reneral superln fldent f t hurch schools. rXierul Church ltoiird of EdiicAtion fjn.'ph F. Smith, Wlllard Young. A Lund. G. II. KimHall. Rudger Claw n. C. W. Penrose. II. II. Cuinmlngi. F. Whitney, Frauds M. Lyman, and ihur Winter, secretary and trea: er. Joseph F. Smith, tniKti-e-in trust I). M. McAllisfer. clerk of general nfeience. The reunion of members of the Si. nan Missionary society was market! iturday n.ght hy the sttndance of 'Sepll Dhji. who Is termed the ather" of that mission, having H tahlished It In 1S3S. Old a quaintances were renewed by e sons and daUKhiers of Norway mik! veden Thiusday evening In BurraU ill, the oicasion being the reunion ih- S aiidinavlan "Missionary rty. The officers rhowen for the isulng term by acclamation ar": resident. J'. M Nielsen; vice presi 'iit!. H. 3. Chrtsteusen. Knmh Jor-iixen. Jor-iixen. Ole (iiilbramt' n. Jise;ih F. iternon: necretary. 'Christian Jo insen; (ashler. II. P. Nielsen. For the purpose of perfecting or-mlatfiii. or-mlatfiii. surviving members of th tah volunteers of the civil war. un-r un-r romniand of Ixit Smith, mt In alt Ike Saturday afternoon, tut ter discussing the matter for an ur, decided to taketro definite action r the present. There are only about fenty members of the original com-my com-my urvivlng. The semi-annual reunion of the irthern states mission. Friday even-X, even-X, consisted of a tmwleal and liter-y liter-y entertainment, followed by danc-t danc-t and refreshments. |