| Show APOSTLE STAND FOR peace CHURCH LEADER PAYS TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT IN HIS EF FORTS TO PREVENT WAR speaker speakers at a semi annual conference bring messages of cheer and pro grer great to thousands Tho uund of visiting member members president francis 11 lyman of the quorum of twelve apostles in bis his ad i dress at the opening of the monday morning meeting of the eighty sixth semi annual conference of the church ot of jesus christ ot of Latt latter erday day saints took occasion to pay tribute to the sin on carity and courage ot of president wood row wilson in bis his efforts to keep this country at peace with the world orld and tree free from wars war s entanglements entangle ments lie also gave gaie the president of the united states high fer for the fact that the president preside ut had un hesitatingly declared that be he a as a believer in prayer president lyman said that this has been a most remarkable year tor for the mormon people that the war ar in eu rope and the great expositions bad had tended to bring people to the west est in greater numbers than ever eer before and that the thou finds ot of persons who aho had bad visited salt lake ani an utah had come to know and understand the mormon people as a a result of these visits presiding bishop charles W nibley made the principal address of the afternoon the burden of bis his theme was directed to the material and spiritual helpfulness extended toward mankind by the church organization dishop bishop nibley on account of the tact fact that he directs the system of the church was listened to with close attention 11 he indicated that valle ill the organization ft as subjected to heavier financial burdens no non than formerly it waa was in a position to meet them since the affairs of the church had been gradually gra duall systematized and since the membership had bad been awak ened to the nece necessity salty of subscribing faithfully to the cause of uplift in addition to the principal speakers addresses vere nere made by moves W taylor president of 8 am n it stake G R ellsworth president of the north ern states mission cleber austin president of bingham idaho stake samuel 0 13 ennion president of th the central states mission john L her rick president of the western states mission joseph IV eckersley president of wane stake oleen N stohl president of box elder stake serge F Bal bailiff liff president of cache stake and alonzo A hinckley president of deseret stake at the close of the afternoon s see s alon slon president smith praised the work being ft cne ne by the several stake dents president joseph F smith presided in both sessions on monday and in an bouncing noun cing the adjournment until wednesday told the people trey a ere free to do any good thing they de aired on tuesday and he especially urged them to visit the state fair where tho the products of the state were vere on exhibition both sessions tuesday were ere ella ell at tended and much interest nas as displayed by the congregation in the ad dresses made by the state presidents and beadi of mlis mission slon prom the out of the state presidents came the mca mes sage that the old prejudice aich ex isted for so long against the mormon people was rapidly disappearing and that tho the mormon people ere honored and respected citizens lb in every see ec tion the Ino invocation cation at the in morning orning ses elon slon as said b by heber Q hale pres ident of the boise stake make benediction was offered by jo joseph ceph R shepherd d of bear lake stake joseph S C eddes president of onelda oneida stake offered the opening prayer at the afternoon ees ses slon and the closing prater was said by george E stoddard president of union take stake just before the close ot of the mor morning ning session evan stephens conductor of the tabernacle choir announced that all choir mem member berr from the outside stakes and wards were invited to join with the local choir during the con ference the music as usual nat as one of the enjoyable features of the conference |
