Show GRANT ORANT BLESSES HONEST HEARTS L L. D S. S Conference Ends With Prayer of i President SALT LAKE Oct 10 The ThC The ninety ninety- eighth semi annual s conference of oZ the theL L L. D D. S. S church which closet Sunday afternoon was declared to have hae ha e been the he most mos successful and largest larges at attended at- at attended tended In jears cars The Tho tabernacle was lined to capacity and overflow o nl meet meet- T c were held In the he assembly hall hail halland hailand and bureau of information ASKS BLESSING Many heard the sermons sermons' and music by radio In their homes In numer numer- numerous ous US ward special s CI radio sert- sert services e r ices were vere t attended by hundreds s who could not make the trip to Salt Snit Lake At the close of the conference President Pre I- I dent Grant prayed praed that Gods God'S choicest blessing might rest upon the honest ionest In heart hears the world over He Heid said id he rejoiced In the testimonies which had been borne lu In the ad advance advance- advancement nent ment of the work ork of the Lord and es- es claU as ashe he looked into the faces ot f members of ot the priesthood and the auxiliary Authorities of the church and of thc the general boards of 01 the auxiliary organizations lions were vere sustained by up- up hands of the thousands at the thed closing Apostle Reed d smoot was the first speaker of the afternoon rind in I ii ris Ns opening remarks made reference o jo o airs Irs Smoot who has been ly 11 for a long time lIe He said that thai Informed by br bra bya tse en enn months ago he was a prominent scientist that If 1 he wished wI shea no 0 get Mrs Smoot to Utah alive alue he lie within 43 48 must muot leave Washington hours He Ste said that he now lOW wanted anted to o declare to the world that It was not nol science that had k pt Mrs Smoot e but the prayers of ot the Latter Latter- da day Saints l Apostle Smoot related a conversa- conversa conversations he had with a minister 20 years ago ago alo The minister declared that the Mormon church could not hot exist for years jears because It was founded upon a fraud The Tue minister declared that God had not revealed himself to man mm manin manin in tn this age Apostle Smoot said the large ge a-ge gathering at the conference gave gate Evidence that the minister was mis- mis taken WORLDLY The address of Apostle Joseph Smith dealt with wiLls the tile prophecies ecles of old which declared that In Inthe in inthe n the latter days perilous times Umes would conic come lIe He said he thought it Is a a 8 little mUe more difficult for a man to be righteous now ROW than at some other times in the history of the world be- be becAuse beCAuse because I cAuse of the wickedness which pre pre- prevails vails He called attention to the Word of Wisdom and tithing and urged obedience to w all laws of the gospel Apostle Orson F F. Whitney gave a brief exposition of the first principles of the gospel which he declared never ne were cre created but which are self self- He said that a sinister spirit prevails In the world orld today Any man who has an attacK upon re religion re- re ligion finds a 0 ready publisher while the manuscript defending religion goes begging for fOLi recognition ng LARGE OUTLAY A y President Charles W. W Nibley of ot the first presidency at the morning ses ses- session sion sion called attention to the need for more more chapels In which to carry on the work wort of the Lord He said the church members profess they love their work and ond then asked if they do doas as much for it as they could He gave figures showing sho the trusts trustee annual expenditures for ward chapels had grown from the of 10 3 years ears ago to In the first nine months of 1927 During the same period the speaker said the tithes of the people had not net increased more than 33 3 1 per cent He then urged a more faithful obedience to that prin prIn- prIncIple ciple Apostle Stephen L L. Richards in dis dis- discussing discussing dis- dis cussing the tho Word of ot Wisdom W dom said ald he toileted belle that the spirit of man is the literal child of God and arid for that reason men should keep k p their bodies clean cle tn and pure Apostle George Albert Abert Smith called i attention to the great activity among the auxiliary organizations of the church which he declared Is for the purpose of saving the young people of the church Apostle Richard R n. Lj- Lj Lyman man took the Book of Mormon as us his subject and bore testimony of Its di divine dl- dl vine lne origin It 4 GIVES GI EXPLANATION Apostle Rudger Clawson explained the duty of the twelve apostles and the first council of seventy which he said aId was to regulate the affairs of the stakes under the direction of the first presidency and have e charge of the missions in all parts of the world The tabernacle was the scene of or a B. large targe gathering of of Sunday school workers in the evening when the an- an annual ansual sual nual conference of the Di Sun Sun- Sunday Sunday day School union was as held Sunday school chool teaching a guaranty of the abundant life was the theme of the conference conference |