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Show W -H--H-S--! . .-X !!:. -i s-s : .! iiKo,t,;:tHi-M 1 I Seventieth Semi-Anmial Conference, . nyfT - TT f m TTTTTTTTTT T I TTT 'I1 T TTT Vjjjl lhe aeveiill.lli acini annual confer I Tisjjfc enoe of Hie Church of Jc.u thrill of JRr Latter day Halnl. na. opened nt tlir ft Inbcrnacle 1 rldnv morning O.tober'1 BCT The leading authorities of the clniri.li E were row nt mill Included l'realdrnl HuL 1 orenan Snow I'rrililoiilt George CJ HE Canmm Hiiil Joseph f .Smith, Apostles IK I'rancle M Lyman George lenadale. WE John Henri Mnllh Ahrnlintn 0 Wood H ruff, IIbImt J Grant MarrlnerW Mer- H rill. Autlion II I uiitl Mitthlaa V Oow- H Icy, Rudger Claweon Patriarch John V Smith the Unit term iiresUlentii nf icventiei eyinour II. Sounp, George f Ilevnol.U, Jonathan II Kimball, Union I B Well. loseph W MtMurrln D I l'Jel.lcil of the prealdlng blihoprle ! William II I'reslmi llolwrt 1 llurton ami John 11 Winder President Snow ra 1 1 it I the conference to order nnd announced Hint the choir would slug ' Com. I el I llejolcc In ' tho Day uf Salvation ' 1 Idtr John saaaa enccs iawi:i j - . , i "cited ol the Lord, but they needed H 111. blessings moro limn uny oilier peo- peVnordcr" to carry .IW. M ee they bad been rerealed to tho Lai- "r da, Balnla. Uury msnand wmnan Worthy to be called Lallcr-day balnt should live day by day ... " k V, . celt .o that the: .hould be called ' Tuddenly from this Hf. Into the next ' life they would bo prepared to go K Men and women tbould learn to control M their paaslont. to bring .H lb. r Ph) si- c.l porannd ItH perfect obedience ." "' " . , H Say Batata were not hero to contend H tun ...jbo'iy. "l "ero 1,cr? l? move ,1, ly .ionic ami !" ,clr "" u c.. to mind ll.olrown bulncs...nd ?et other peopl. do lb- .' no,;H II they Vr-r aaA ,,y ' ,U II l Ka ,rol,ldn.o,o forward and gain ' an experience that would always bo IV um fl to them ,l1rmcl II Apo.tle Itudgtr C'awim. oUncM 11 l'reaUleiit Know, and tbo trend of HI. 1 ,e,narU. .. to MUbd ib.t olai hnU theeurdlnal p.h.UpIo of the I Koel llowiatbattbol.ordl.ver U i .trlot. and wl..n be Klv. a command- I ' .nt he expect, tho ehlld.en of m.r. to 1 ey It and said h. Hlnot be mocked f 1 Tl and trwted MbWU ""? " 1 flay. Then be told of the revelation vflilcli 1're.ldent Snow bad rccctfcd In I regar.1 to the pajlmr of tithe., be .ahl I - the law of tltbtaB WW mf';??. I - peoplebadputprWat. . UUUltoM I the I ord bad done bl. part toward the I' Latter day balnt. and they .l.oi.ld cer- 1 I talnlylotbclr. toward the Lord by B K,1.B blm one-tentb of their anunal If' lucome. 1 II vooniiurFoscoioNUlNO i, Ano.tle Abmb"- Woodruff ad- H "The church 1." to build a tine, tlve- HI .lory bloclc on the '""' 8out,1M IP Temple .nl Main .trt. 8.U taKe It n ni Wu.M for church o!He. .nd b .' ".. Lome r the l).r.tNor,. lb. r i cround I. now ompM T the 11.11 of 1 IMuL creoted for the Jubilee aaud .I.M o e.blblt the inlnloB r.juro.. ' f UUh and the t The found, on L ;?y 1.U1 thU fall and the bulldln, 1 1 completed next year It I' Udome. mMl. truclure and Its 1 1 neod b loon been felt. TTTTTTTTTTTrnrm,rf"yf rTT '! 0 llii I mler-dny Malnta to bo mora f ilihful to Hie coinnmlid In lef.rd to ii ImiilnR Ihelenilrney of theyunth ir I.Hln; In t earn their been I he their bralna. rather than by their hand, na w done bj the fathen and mother who Milled thU licniillful region and be rery much deprecated thi and Mild a man who take up n portion of natlto earth and m k to ealablbdi n Inline l jul h inuili enfrRl In the lnillillnif up of Ion and the work nf the 1ml na though he were to tfo out Into the nnrld and preach the;mpel Mnllilni I' Cowley approreil of what AHwtIc Wooilrnff bad Mid ' 1 lie troublt with in la. Mid HMtle Cow ley "that wc are latter-day SaluU rellglot.nl) but Oenlllea llnanelally, and hit not coutrollod In Hie walka of life Hint In hiitlm trniiMCtlnns by that aplrlt of tho Rmptl wblih tilevien n I Kanctlllfmill temporal trnn.actlona and miikm them tplrllual In the fclylit 1 cJmrF .Hi B vrtKsiDUKT r.o: B Ntcbolton offered prayer, and then the B cbolr aang-' Ourdod, Weltals to Thee HLL Ih.nka for Our lllculng. rree." B I'rctldcnt bnow Ural nddrened the K j C congrei-atlon lie antd that he was Ut I grateful for tbo beautiful raornlnir, that V J ba hoped all tho l.attor-day HalnU 1SV - :o3d"r.rs:r73im H ulul "fil,,cr, mW Ti..b.m I tbrouchoul the conference. Ho .aid thrt many of the pcoplohadcome long I oUUnec. to the conference, bad made ' .acrlflcc. In order that they mlg It j come, but bo wa. ...re that the benefit. m ', Mch they would .lerlto would more i i IIENO SNOW. o Clod " BIIOM) HIT The tccondduy waa defoted principally princi-pally to u dlftctiMlon of the lawa gor-erolng gor-erolng tithe paying and tho temporal welfare of the church inembera. Apo.llo John Henry Hmllli, l fomifion M.ofis:uraet ll. ""1.H'" afternoon Apotl Joaepl. "W rJmliu apoko of .ecret .ool.tle. and the rrc-ent rrc-ent method, of .upplylng " "gu. latlng ainuemcnt for the young Tin kerrlcca wcro more Intcre.tlng than on the flrat ly , In beginning, l're.Ulcnt bnow, wb wa. the Or.t .peaker, a.kcd for tb. faltl. and prayer, of the Latloda; ..,.. t,i. ha mlcht.ay aomc Iblng that would be of comfort and a Uclng to tln Ho ralh.r apolo-rlied apolo-rlied for broaching tbe .ubject of ilthlng. ..ylng that be I..J ot Intended In-tended to i eak upon that aubject In-a.muchaahobad In-a.muchaahobad .poke, recently In all of tho larger conference, of the I LatlepJay halnl. In tbclr own . I.-trlct. I.-trlct. lloweTcr, be LaJ ren.ue.tcd two of the brethren to .jw.k to till, topic. He ..Id that It w.. the Inten-lion Inten-lion of the Lord that the land of 7lon should bo obtained by pnrcliaic. not by ron.iue.lorbytl.ei .bedding of men. con.iuc.lorbythe .l.e.mii.g o ...r... . blool Ho told of the law of con.ecra-1 , tlon which had been glren to the Latter-day HalnU. of their dUobed ence to that law, nnd of Ibe w oe which befell them In Jaokaon count) Apoatle John Henry Smltli declared I That bo believe,! trul) and thoroughly that If eeeli l.w eatablUI cd In tho Lordbonewa atrlclly ob.crre.1, a Lret vlotor) would lm bee galued llo wanted, he I1. to realc of the (InHhWijr o' the pioneer monument About one half of the contract prlc. bwl been paid, but that wa. for tho work of modeling 1 ' brethren and Ul.tcr. bad not recognized their re-apouilblllty re-apouilblllty In connection with tlmt work U waa the will of the pre.ldcnt that tbo work .bould bo dono or It I would uerer hao been .tartcd Ho leclared that more bad uccn uuneu 11,0 monument than had )ot been paid for, and tbe roan who bad done It antcd hi. money If tho commttce had not bad faith In Ihclr Wl. en they .bould n.rerl.ate permitted tbe daclng of thai "tatue unlll tbe money bad nil wen p. Al-O.TIBItU'NO-(TlTmNa I At the -"""""' aertleo A pottle I AUeutloul.c.lll to tbo fact that I returned mu-lon.rl. wmellmea baro 0 bar.1 time to aeeure employment berer.1 cum of reoenloeenrrencehare eome to light where young men lio returned, after bttlng .pent three e.r. out In the minion n.ld. and have renoompelled to l.r. their borne. and aeek oHewhere for employment In order to obtain the, thing. " Uecewary to mwtaln life. Thla l.a , complaint which .bould not be made. An elder may be tcry .ueccful In I Milan dc lareil that tl.cro wa. R lime for nil II lug. and that the llmo bad now come for tho Latter-day HalnU if pay attention to the law of tithing 1 he Inl had announowl through I.' Mrranl. the neeewilty for putting tl.l principle clearly before tho leoplo The aw of tithing he wild was tbo revenue law of the church One rcenon wIit 10 per cent wan the amount named by the Uml . liui that wna Junt eiaetly the amount necery to try the oula of the children of men Ho warned hla bearer, that obedlcnco to that law did not nbwlrc them from lltlng up tunthera. Mm wcronotfor-gltin wcronotfor-gltin Ihro.igl. the pa) met of tlthlugi thoM who aiiieil that inii.l repent auii .In no more i iihhiikxt aMiTii k AimnnM Apontle Joeepli 1". Smith .poke nt length and uld there wait nothing of greater Importance to the welfare of tho church and of tho people nt largo than the eoimlilerallon of the law of tithing, wbereb) ineana would bo placed In the atnrehotiM) nf ll.C lnl to me c t the neci l lie. of tho h oplc, 1 1 a aid If nu n would obiy the law In re gard to tho viyiiu.iil of lllblng, tbcro would be an abundanco In the alore-homo alore-homo of thu Lord nnd II would bo un-niwwirj un-niwwirj for men to Join bcucvoleut hoelcllr. In order that they might linre a tliutiwind dollara or ao to their wldowa after death! that tho iurMM of the alorehou.o va to prorlde for the widow, and orphan, of the balnt., and that men who belonged to tho be-ncrolcntoclelle be-ncrolcntoclelle which place. n premium prem-ium on death, wrro unable to meet their tithing obligation. Ho eald that aomo of the people do not caro whether their name, aro recorded In tho book, of tho church a. faithful pa) era of tithe or not, but llial was becnuae the) wcro Ignorant and do not under.taiid tho benefit, to be dirWcd therefrom lie reminded the congregation congre-gation that the "Latter day Saint, do not ak the (linlllc. to feed their poor) we do It ourkelre., and wo feed hundred, hun-dred, and hundred, that aro not of u. betide" llo .aid, too thntonly thote who bad been faithful In tho paying of their tithe, bad any claim upon the lorchouiM! In llmo of nird inrMiiiiTCAiun a awiiux.. rre.lilent Cannon occupied mn.t of the da) bunda) To hi. mind tho mo.t rc.Don.lblo iHitltlon for n human being to oecup) wa. to .land up nnd addrct. the people upon the thing. pcrtnlulng f. fln.1 H.i.1 el. ptilli. nnd be therefore a.krd (toil ablrulng upon hi. remark., nud tho falthand prayer. of the Halnta He referred to tbo many cxcillent dlt-cour.ee dlt-cour.ee glren by rarlou. brethren during the flr.t two day.of conference and .aid bo did not aeo how any man or woman could hear thote remark, without being couvlnced that Hod waa with the.prakira. and that what they antd bad Wen dictated by the holy 1 .nl lit. 11 Mill ill Hli.llll.7 r e church In lBW. and predicted thai e pctct reformation amonrte 1 Saint, would be greater trow t hat. H , commandment, of Hod. they liu been Etlftr'ld'n'nl . I" ;Kl. r or what their profe-lon. 'n",cnCacc..u.of being unpatriotic, ih.r accuse u. of being not friendly I ;j.ccu. of haTW .lclgn. In-ml?l In-ml?l to the peace and pro.pcr Ity of ii, land I tav to jou today In llio ,tence of Ool. nnd In vour pretence 1C T. more patriotic people o upon tie contlnci.t of America than the I alter day halnt.. and we want to .to heCoutUlutlon of thla countrj ' nre aervedi that eery man ehall bo all i... riffbit that are guaranteed In that gaitlrumenlo'l liberty thai Ood Kntplred the frn.ncra to make And i.Pt I. the frcllug toilay. but we mrt nWnhrtlo gmentthan w'o'ltervo'n''a.C en legended from., free ancetl ). to exprew of feeling, upon thY!i -J SSni al.1.1. ""One, erf thrown down and It can only bi inailo .Inblo by a be.lng to the principle, wliloh anl I mated tho founder. , The cb..rch authorlte. wcro .... talne.1 nnd conference adJourueU I)r William Cnunon left bait Lake for Germany recently to bo with hi. brother, I'retton J Cannon, who It on a mlwdon In that country The latter ba. been .offering for .ome time from i the effecU of an operation for appendl. cltli, and lato ndrlccwere lolhe effect that ho was growing worto r Cannon Can-non bad been called on n mlaelon and had Intended leaving for llcrmauy In a few weeks, but tbo condition of lilt brother, health ba. battened hi. dc-I dc-I nurture Lowl. Cannon I. now In Ger many alto All three aro win. ol l'rclilcnt (leorge ( Cannon mtatlonary lttlor abroad, aud yet not j be n tery able ruttler for work for blmtelf at home Hero 1. where the bUlion and their coumwlor. and aid In the reepectlro word, may find a field for lefilllmato labor. Men with the experience gained lit mlwlonarlo. are 1 of value at home If tb.y cannot ob Ulu .ultable einployment tli.melve.. they thould receive the aid of the local ' authorltlea In lhat dlieetlon, eo, ' I they iy not be eomiwllwl tn i t Into olber place, nud time IV fluenco bo lot to the r.arrt V I where they belfrtir |