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Show LARGE CONFERENCE CROWDS. . I GREATEST GATHERING IN THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH IN ATTENDANCE. j fair nnthfranl Mh FraturMof Hi KpiumiIj -! An. UMNl frrrnrii Ilia I hurt fa or J.U hrUI tit I Jit-Irr Jit-Irr lNJ (Mill.. The opening day of thi M"vr.iy aecoml annual iMHiIi reucr of llio Mormon Mor-mon chutcli wm nMiiiirUaUu for two things fair wi-athrr ami ertishinir at-IfDiUnre at-IfDiUnre lliete cuiiilUltma r'T.i.l.nt throughout the confer. ni'i In fact, it km the UlOit WOlltlrlful fOIlflTi lM'C Iti the hiKtury of the clum-h, to far tin altumliiDi't1 yttrm. 1'reaiuVnt .lus.-pli 1 Smith .mule tVw opeiilntf rfiiinrkn hihI the kIIht BpoaUerM of the ilay Ineluilnl the c von pronidenU of si-v'Mtiri, who mm It a frtirral theme of mlsiloniiry labor. It will he the policy of the i-hur.h, jiulnr-lnjj jiulnr-lnjj from whtit n& an hi, to luroly inert' in-ert' nw Its representation In the inin-aiouary inin-aiouary tU'lds, tiow nutiihiTtitj? nhotil 1,400 riders. The m rciitii-s were Instructed In-structed to hold themsHvcn in riuH-nea riuH-nea to aiiKtver cull. It Is evident that m largo u mn be r of iiiirvtioi.arU1. will l. chosen from thai order uf tin) priesthood priest-hood at do distant (lute. During the Wnon Klder J. iolden Kimball made a, atrontHlk on immorality, immor-ality, even nufftfciitinir that the bishop appoint home mlssionarl.- to walk the atrueU at olrht, when crime la thickest. thick-est. The speaker did not coiupllmvnt the you ntf people on their morula, but expressed the belief that they need iom Instruction like that given to lululonarlfB, which In, he niitd, to ahun wine and women aa tltey would shun ihe gntea of hell. a ATI' ft DAY. The speakers at Saturday's aeasinna were of the quorum of twelve apostles, and doctrine was the. rule In the various var-ious discourses. The most Interesting feature of the day wna Apoalle Heber J. Omnia report on what baa becu accomplished ac-complished lu Japan, which had a tendency to elate the congregation. Ilia at a le menl of the nituation In the Flowery Kingdom with reference to the Mormon missionary work waa more encouraging than report that preceded bia homvroming. At the morning session AjKmtle Heed 8 moot waa the 11 ml speaker. He dwell on the rapid growth and the proaperity of the church. If it waa possible to destroy Mormon. am. the apeak er aald, ' that would have occurred long ago, for, from the day of Joseph Hiuilh the hatred againat the people baa existed. 1 and effort have brvu mmle to destroy 't, Apoalle Hiihm1 reminded the con- Y gregallon that whatever Mormons had aL their hands to had been a ceo ru ff pllabed. There la scnreely a oolonlm- tiou scheme projected nowt he aald, t'J that Mormons tire not fumght for to f carry ll out. The opoatle referred to fc the recent contrrrM of religions, In which the aeml'civilixed and even tin clvlli.vd people were represented, but Mormonlatu wuanot. They were afraid, said the etilir, of the light they would receive, and extended no Invitation Invita-tion to thia church. Apostle Smoot declared that no people peo-ple on the curih holds so sue red the law of virtue aa the Latter-day Saint, lie pleaded with the people to wutch their children, who may bu either a blessing to the pari.it la or a source of trouble to them. Apoalle Uugder CI a who n spoke of the priesthood and the duties of ita various bra nc hen, Apoatlo A. 0. Woodruff followed, Bpcuklug for some time lu a similar vein. Kliler Joseph K. Koblnaon of the California Cal-ifornia nilaalou occupied the rciimlning few mlnutea. He spoke of Californinus aa a coamnpolltan and liberal-minded people, but indifferent usually to things apiritual. There are about 1H convert con-vert on the coast, he aald. The choir's trip to the coaat will give the work a great Impetus, he believed. Siuco the choir visited California he hat received in i ii y Inquiries concerning thia atate and Ita people. At the afternoon aeaslou Apoalle M. F. Cowley apolte flrhl, cautioning the people to follow the council of the prlealhood. Apoatle M. W. Merrill declared that tithing waa more Important than debta; , thattllhlug should be paid first and debta cancelled out of the residue. Apostle John W. Taylor preached from the ninety-third section of the j Doctrine and Covenant along the line that all true progresa la gradual. He advised the patriarchs, in giving bl cutting!, cutt-ing!, to malto thorn conditional, so as not to disappoint. Apostle Heber J. (Irant occupied the remainder of the lime, discussing thoroughly thor-oughly his experience lu Japan. I lu apoke highly of his associates In the .InpnniMMi niii..i, n.nl sulci llirjr were all nrll tin. I i-niili-ntnl. The .Ironifrnl wriurln .ltiiiui, A.mllu (irmil uid. Iiml .l.-f.'ml.-.l M.. nn. .num. In iin nhle nrlli-lo lie Ick.U I" la-k tin- "elilitflit-l'in-.l iriil of Tiilllo" fur wvlfKlliliiK rrt, lie I lunif ).'. Hint prai'tiiril w-Ivun.lry, w-Ivun.lry, I'liirnlily of liunlmniK unit , l ron. Iviimnl Morn, uni-iii. It w s fnrrpful arllclr, llic ifalicr wlil, ml ft.T nrilinf It Ihe milium Tohmlrerril li w rite n Imol; on MoniioniHtn If llio elilem woulil fiirnisli lilin with llriiin. Thin llif.v iliil uU.lly an.l the liuok wna iiiihlMii'il. MVPtV. When ,,v,l.li.it Suiitli oi"-li-d the morn i utr nxslon of the Ihinl iv of the ronfrreiirn Sini.liiv. the nh.lm of the niiiininiith tnln rnm U' wi n crowih 'lt ml liiiii.lie.U wer oiltslile the tloor., uiml.le to filler. Tliln li.ii-KiliHeil n overflow iiieetinir in lle AiMnhl.v IH whl. h I.MHI ntl. iMleil. 1'reKiilent lii iijiimlne K. Kli-h of the onlliern milieu iiiUaIoii u Hie tirl p 'ulier. After ll ihorl M liiil of the work of hie mlk.i. II, whiell rmhriiee the territory lie'weell l.lihe Krir mill the (illlf of Mexli'o lin.l the M ili,sl.. rlTi-r enil Atlantic m-.nu, mill the amount of literature ilihlriuutt il In tutor of the Vor nou eane, the upealirr tehemenlly crlllrlaril the minliitera for the "pernei'iition" of Mormon elilera, tcnttirlng the atntemeiit that US per cent, of the moln Interfering with the ehlura were hemleil by clergymen. In one eouthf rn atnle, the apraker anlil, the llillllalry auceeailed in liatinK In-troilliced In-troilliced ill the h'ulxlature a hill making mak-ing it a crime to preach without .alary. Thia waa liitemleil aa a alap at the elilora. who perforin their work without with-out aalary. I'realilrnt Joacph A. Mcl'rea of the Colorailb miaaloli, which emhracea the territory between Canaila anil Mexico anil the Mlxaluiipnl anil I'ariflo ocean. deplored the fact of the church lu that territory having ao few followers. The apeuker laid thia to the territory being made up of two claawa of people wealthy and healtli-aeekera neither clnsa of which cared much for religion. rreahlent .lamea Ihillln of the aoutll-wealern aoutll-wealern mlanion, who followed, aalil the people of the mlv.lon were Itheral-ttllutlcd Itheral-ttllutlcd and made up of the licst elaanea of people In the country. The apcaker predicted greut reaultaiil III. territory. The next apeuker, Apostle tleorge Teaadale, made a general plea for the cauae of the church, lie found objection objec-tion to the term "Mormon" being ap- ( plied to the church, and tried to abow that the followers were of lod and ahould be called members of the "t'hurch of Latter-day Kalnla." Apoalle John Henry rtinltll, the Inat apeakvr, gave hi. experlencea of thirty-day trip be made through the The otertlow meeting waa prealded over by ApoM'e Heber J. Uranl, llio aiieakora lu-lng C. W. I'eliroc.-, Jccph W. McMurrin and llulon I'. Well, and Apoatle llyruin M. Hiullh aud llebef J. Urant. AITI IIVOOS (Wins. I'atriareh John Smith wna the Ural tpcalier. It waa the llrst time lliallV of tlie old tlincra had etcr known the pulriiirch oflliuchiin li to occupy the pulpit. He bore a aln.ng teatiiumiy to the truth of the g.wpel an, I urged the Suiiila to be dutiful. He exhorl.-.l the young people to atuily nod prepare for Clllla to I lie nillin-lry. 'I he young men are often true and hi.uei.1, be believed, hut fall to htuily the got.p.1 axtlny .hotilil. 1'reaMi-nt llrlghaiu Young of the ligK itlea minim followed. lie believed be-lieved tlod bud becu exceedingly merciful merci-ful to Ion In allowiug growth and prosperity to follow llio pcraeculioinl of Li.e Sainta. Thia people would be-come, be-come, he aaid, the head, uot the tall, ol tlrlne. The general nulhoritleaof tbechureh, rxeliiaive of those voted upon ut lli.l (tclolier conference, were then pre-aeuted pre-aeuted by rrealilent .losepli V. Smith,, and all were uuHniiniuislv sustained, 'I'll In concluded, I'leslileiit Smith expressed ex-pressed his exlt'eiiiu grntiliclitioll over t he confidence shown by the Saiiilsiti the ailtliorlliea. He believed thai tun Mormon church waa growing in grace and magnitude as the people of tmd, lie was followed by I'r. -..lent l.uii.l. and President John ll. Winder Hindu the closing speech of the conference. Tli. Huncl.jr I, lio.tl I I.I..,,. The roll call showed 41 of the SO aiakea represented at the mcetlug of the Heserel Sunday School Uulon; also four foroign missions. Secretary tieorge II. Pyperaubmltted a report that waa most gratifying to all Interested in this Important branch of church work. It showed the uuni-ber uuni-ber of Sunday echoola In the organized stakes to be 71'1, an Inereuse of 37 over lunn; 3:itl schools In the varioua missions, mis-sions, an Increase of 'in; total number of echoola, KI.V'i, a gain of 7rt there were 4:i,4lll aesslous held, a gaiu of IM17; total number of ti hera and of. Ilcers In the sialics, lil.r.T'l, an Inercnse of lllr.'; In the mission I'i-':.', ail llicicane of !IU; grand tolal i:.,l'.n, an increase of 1111. The number of pupils In tbeataliea la given lit Mi. UlC males uud .',:i,4i:i fe-mal.'H, fe-mal.'H, a tola! of Inl.-lii.,, uu increase of 4n?7. In the missions there are 4.i:i.1 mules and Msr, females, a total of '.i.'.ii, anil uu Increase of 7T.I. The griind total to-tal Is 1 1:1.11.'., a gain af 4svi. I he total of otlleers. teachers, missionaries aud pupils is r.".i,ii.l-', a gaiu of HUH over The llniiiiclnl report showed d'.'.'l.ls.'.- K collected; I X.4".l.'.' I expelliled mid el.7..tlii'l on I. mi. I. The old olllcers were redecti d without chliiiire with I'l-esideiil Smith ns stipcrln tumlent . licorge Ifeyuolits as Hrsl asslslaul, and tleorie I). I'ypcr aa secretary aud I treasurer. |