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Show "conTerence was! record breaker: Largest Gatherinz of Saint in the History of the Church at the ; Seventy-eighlh Conference. i Prctldent Jattph F. Smith Dtatirn That Then It Today a Greater and Mare Gratifying Spirit of Unln and Lave In the Churah Than Ever. Halt Uke City - There can he but little itiiealloti that the evenly-elhth cohferance of the Churrh of Jean Chrlat of Uinr-day Halm waa the larnoat gathering nf the kind In the hlatory of the church nu mbera of the faith being preterit from all quarter of th globe The tint riay'a aervlrea of the con ferenre, on I'rlday. October 4, cnnli-d cnnli-d of Ihe aeml annual review by l'rea-Ident l'rea-Ident Joaeph K Umlih and addreaae by President John II Winder and A poetic A II Uiml Pranrln M Lyman Ly-man John Henry fltnlth and lleher J (Irnnt In Ihe evening there wa an lllualrnteil lifinre and an organ n-Utal n-Utal by J J Mctlellan In the tabernacle taber-nacle and a meeting of the iiornm of the Mvenllea In the Aaaumbly hall During the evening alati there were meeting and reunion In varloua pari of the rlly In hi addiva at the opening of Ihe conference Prmhlcnt Joacph I" Hnillh took occaalon to aay Ihat there I lo-riay lo-riay a nicatcr and more gratifying lrlt of union nnd love In the church than ever before lie aald tbe Inierent In the diH-lrlnii of the latter-day Halm I more wldeapread limn over itml that the work of enteiullng the tcai hlnc ol Jean Clirlut ceaia not but In iiwinea every day "Mo far a I know and I think we are lu a ptnltlou to Judge rightly, there I n plrlt of union and lote In all Iliu church anil pervading the wo-ple wo-ple of (lad Huch a condition I it eoiirco of pleaaure and strength The duly of the l.atlerday Halnta relnlhu to the work of the 1iril thoulil be pur amount to wuyihlug elm ' 'It la true Hint men and women nee-enurlly nee-enurlly liitvu to engage In vnrluua ti'in jMral occupation, to provide them Helve with the neceaaarle of life The l-otil dealitned Ihat Ml children rliould enjoy till life nnd It IiIomIiik It ha beeil avitUI that tho Idler hall not oat tho bread of tho Inilintrlinu, and kwo thould ,bnold1oamujiK "IhOlrfitleflny BaTitlinHiuIdtiut Ihelr hlcheat thought to the cauto of Clou, to Ihe cauw of truth, lo the rniitu of rlglitenuaneaa. The Uinl In-tlluleil In-tlluleil thla woik fur the aulvullnn of men lu thla life n well n for Ihe eoul' reilempllun In the world lo come ' 1 do not believe In the ilix trine taught by Home that It matter not what a man doe In IhU life, no long a he cuiifee ( luUt liefore death I wlh to Impreaa iihiu the Hulnla the nereaally for ohcertlng the giaipcl pre'it im know for )ourelve the trulhfuliie of the goapel, nnd now It I for you to live It llvo up to the covuniinta joii have made with (lml, Ihnt nu man can Klnt to you n ii triinKreor, u n wicked itml corrupt man Let )our light o ihlnn that men wilt nee our light, und glorify jour Knl her In henen "Keep awny from tho haunt of ln Hare rhnrlty There are thoan who peak only evil of tatter-day Stint 'Iheao peranu nro molly In our mhUt They s Ii tit their eyoa to nil good unit wml out fade report I lenvo mii-li iwreon In Iho hiinil of n Jul (1(k1 ' Preflileut Anlhon II Lund detoted n largo wirt of hi nddivn during the forenoon eslon of the conference to the work uf mlulonarle In Ihe for elgu Held Preildent I und declared hlmcelf extremely pleated with Ihe ro-pnrt ro-pnrt Ihat come from the varloua ml-lona ml-lona The aoeaker dealied to nild hla teatltnony to thnt yf Prealdent Smith that ever) thing ihiIiu to greater unity and deeper love nnd believed Ihat the nianlfeatailiin of thla uplrlt I due In tin mall degree to those who tabor abroad "I here la every hope and nncoiir ngement for the letter day Saint.' aald Prealdent K M Lyman In the course of an bour'a dUcourM at the afternoon aewlon of the uiuferenca "There I every ruon why tbe people should be rlievrful,' declared AHtle Ijiniau 'The linl continue to sustain sus-tain them They have Imwu gaining eiperlence and have au anui of vet-erana vet-erana In the aervtcu of Ihe lxinl " (llowlng word of praise were thoao uttered by Apostle lleber J (Irani lu memory of the late Apoatln (leorge Taasdale Tweutyfour jenra ago the two had uaminicd Ihe nttlce togethei said Mr Oram and there had neter been a luomcut when he did not nil mire ihe man aa he lived, and now that he was dead he revered hi mem or) AiHwtle (Irnnt also urged n com pllanre with the Injunetlou laid down lu tbe Word nf WIdout. Higher udcuatlon wa Ihe theme, of an addre b AihihUu John Henry Smith Tbe trend of, the apoaker argument wa tlmt the' chunh ahould enrntiragf eduratlnn and th membera therifit take advantage of It John It Winder first counnlor of the flrnt presidency with well nigh fimr nrnre and ten yeara hanging over hi hi ad spoke briefly Mr Winder offired up a devout proyer He said in ihankfulnisa that hi Ufa had been pared thua long and hfl attributed It to the goodness of the I-Tinl that this I mi Mr Winder announced It to be bin flied determination to aland staumhlv by the prealdent of the (hnrih and lo aerve the Lord more de-vnlidlj de-vnlidlj than ever , ecend Oay'e Soilon The irnw.l In attendance at Ihe Sat-urdai Sat-urdai aesulon of rnnff r nee nt Ihe Lat ilr day Saint waa largely In excess of the opening session It being est! mated that at least I J 010 peuplo were prenent The principal address nf tho day was made by Apostle Orson Whitney, who In the commanding lanzu&to ot which hi Is a master made anawor to an all'gid attack made by lllsluip Hpaldlng ini Sept it In which tho Kpleoplln divine look lo taak various vari-ous denomination r ed or cult Apoatle Whitney enured Into a plr-Ut-d d f ne of the purity of the Mor-ruon Mor-ruon home and ilwl with Ih. ex-preMlon ex-preMlon or the hope Ihat lllshop Spalding ll I inn null', what In waa navliiK when he uilend the word nt-trllniii nt-trllniii d lo hlin Apontli Mmiiio M Smith took the prod in what he Imracterlteil hypocrite hypo-crite and faker aiming paitlculurly wt those who he mild pretend to preach the gnapi I in deny the per. minallty of (lod Other apeaki r were Apostles Itud-ger Itud-ger Clawimn whoie addrwaa wa devoted de-voted largely to tallmlca (leorge A Smith, who alun spoke on the auhject: of marriage and children, nud (leorge. A Klchardi' who poke of Ihe prog, iva nf the thiirih Apostle Imiph A diehard at K4 nrii moon aliin ald Hint there) ll evi ry n anon lo be thankful lo (Indj for the Ijird prnmle have been full filled We hate seen the church grow In aevenly aeven and n half yenrf ftmu tni'mbcrehlp of alx In onn nj the niaanlllrent proortlous which wt now behold Thl ha been accomplished accom-plished In Ihe fnif of the sternest op-, op-, iMislllon attacks and vllupernllnn no I the pnrt of the press and pulpit, but i In thl woik we know Ihat the Kternu rather Is at the helm ' AtKHille Itlcharda declared that Mor-mnnlun Mor-mnnlun wa foreseen In a drenm by Neburhadnesrur and likewise lis coming com-ing wns the fulfillment of n vision of John who had seen another nnccl la I the distance I The latter day Saint ought to bn encouraged and thankful They will become a mighty people They have tho organisation and the authorlllM of the primitive churrh Why oiikm i not then the church of Hie I.nttor illy Salute be tho Kreateif" |