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Show n ! I fiRI-AT CROWDS Arn;NI)T()NPiUI:Ndr Chimh "I J tl..lI..IU.I.r. Au.t.orllle. Il.e. Wo,.,. dv Slls Uiee.h all Hievloua K ; ll'm.. Cn ullou Mid (,aod K.ccr.1.. AdM.. Never In tho history of the church has there been such crowds In attendance at-tendance m at the seventy-fourth conference con-ference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Halnta, held In Halt I.ako City on the 4th, fith Bnd Oth. It was snld by more than one fialnt who had not mlscd a semiannual conference In years thnt they never aaw such a crowd as was In attendance attend-ance upon this coufeience It was listed further that not since the funeral fu-neral of President llrlgham Young In tho late '7(18 has there been so many people upon the temple grounds at one time as assembled there Hunday to listen to tho higher authorities of the church dispense words of religion, caution and advice. Tho crowd was so great that many wero unahlo to get Inside the tabernacle or the Assembly hall, and an open air ovordow meeting meet-ing was held on tho grounds. President Joseph F. Hnilth and Aposllo Heber J. Ornnt, the recently returned missionary to Japan, wore the only apeakore at the opening sea Ion of the conference, which was held In the tabernacle. There were the customary songs and anthems by the choir and a duet by Wood and Noal Prntt, grandsons of Parloy P. Pratt. They aang a favorite selection of their grandfather, which had boon put to music by Kvan Stephens, entitled, en-titled, "Tho Morning Ilreaka. the Bbadowa Flee." A general plea to all Halnta to get out of debt and a glowing description of the flourishing condition of the church, wore the themes of the address ad-dress by 'President Smith. He also touched upon the advantages of manual man-ual training In the school and at hnme, advancing the theory that healthful bodies are conducive to healthful minds, and that the latter make good Mormona. He advocated the cultivation of all the arts which tend to uplift men and women and advance tho ethical sldo of life. The progress of the church In Japan and the advances tho Inhabitants of that country are making, constituted the cardinal features of the address of Apostle CI rant. He aald the church la making comparatively alow prog-1 ress In Japan In the way of making I converts, through ths difficulty In ac-l quiring the Japanese language. Ho snld the Japs aro mnru pager to learn I the tonguo of this country than any j other nation upon tho face of the , globe. President Smith presided over the afternoon session of the conference J the snmo as ho did during the morn- ' lug. The speakers at the tabernacle were Anthnn II. I.nnil. one or the counselors to tho president ; presl-! dent Pond of tho llnnnock stake. I Idaho; President I.. H. Steelo, Iiiiik- ' ham stake, Idaho; Anostlo John lieu. I ry Smith ami Apostle A. O. Woodruff At Assembly hall tho speakers who j addressed the overllow mooting In that place of worship were Apostle j llvrlim Smith and Kliler Allen of Canada. Klder llenjamln K. Itlch, president of the southern slates missions, mis-sions, presided over the open-air meeting meet-ing on the temple grounds. He was assisted by Klder Joseph K. Taylor, one of the stnko presidents; President Duflln of the southwestern states missions, and President Itoblnson of the California missions. At the meeting of the general Hunday Hun-day School Union at night. President Smith opopsod card playing, saying: "There Is fur too much precious tlmo wasted In the foolish, valu and uu-profitable, uu-profitable, practice of card playing. 1 wish to admonish the latter-day Rnlnli. against the awful practice of Idling. Thluk of wasting a whole evening In a foolish game of cards. I know that these things often lead to mischief, and sometimes to serious wrong-doing, and 1 call upon tho Latter-day Saints, both young) and old. to atop It." Stcond Day's Sessions. During the morning session of the second duy of the seventy fourth semiannual semi-annual conference of tho Church of Jeans Christ of Latlur riay Snlnts. Chrlatlan Science, hypnotism and the theory of evolution were attacked by Apostle John W. Taylor. Apostle Taylor used an orchard afflicted with blight as the foundation upon which to make his arguments against tho "clsma," as he chose to call them. He aid that blight Is a horticultural disease dis-ease which. If It Is permitted to (pread throughout an orchard, will Mil every tree In It. The only cure la to .cut off the diseased branch, re-move re-move It from the orchard and burn It. and that Christian Helen, e. hypnotism hypno-tism and tho theory of evolution a,hnu!d be regarded as blight. Atlor a long course of reasoning A post In Taylor led op to the sub of Infant baptism In other cuuri-f". an.f tho belief thnt unless a cbll's baptised It will fo to hell. "There Is no such thing as lnfnt dnmnatlon," ho continued. "It i form of belief of such ministers recently met In Los Angeles to fli'P their creed to suit the times." Tho speaker then paid considers' attention to the fact thnt the Kpwurui League Is ronl.tcrlg the policy of cxtabllshlng a tithing system, "What good Is It going to do th to plnco In vogue the practice suctioned suc-tioned by Ood If they do not M seers, revebitors and prophets? TUT will have to have them, if they so not, the other denominations will lot know whnt to do with their motiT-They motiT-They will be compelled to run arosfl the world to the pope or some otwr mnn to tell them what to do with tt-" The aKistle concluded hla addre" by asking all Halnta to get marries Id the temple. President William II. Lewis of Its llcnson slake and President Csmfrrn of tho Pangultch stnko spoke of cjgidl-lions cjgidl-lions In their respective stakes, reporting re-porting their atakea In a flourishing condition. Tho morning session wis closed by a few remarka by Apmlle tleorge Tensdalo. who Teed at leoftli from the Doctrine and Covenants, n-plalnlng n-plalnlng the qualifications necessary to make a good Mormon, and hy their religion makea them happy. The principal speaker at the afternoon after-noon session of the conference wis Apostle M. 8. Cowley, whose discounts waa a general admonition to the pimple pim-ple to adhere to their faith and ths church and not be led away by ths "fad" doctrines that were spreading over the country. He compared ths doctrine of the Latter day Saints with many others that are eitant, and declared de-clared that the gospel of Jesus Chrlit In Its fullness waa possessed only hy the Halnta. Tho speaker proclaimed Joseph Smith to be a true prophet of Ood, who was far In advance of his diy. and that many of the things re- venled to him were being accepted by the advanced theologlnns of ths day. He said further that the Is of baptism for the redemption of ths deail waa one of the great truths advocated ad-vocated by the youthful prophet, hut that many of the more enlightened divines had hinted at the necessity or . wisdom of such a law long before Jo-I Jo-I soph Hmlth'a day. j The olhor speaker was Anoalls i Itudger Clawson, who pointed out ths arduous labor that rested upon tho shouhlora of the presidency of ths church and the apostles. Closing Besslon. i The feature of, the morning irasvlrin of the closing day of tRo confVvtfncn were the remarks of Itrlgham H. Roberts denouncing the theory that Joseph Smith founded the church under un-der a hypnotic spell. In the nftornoon President John It Wlndur denounced thn statement that things sre taught within the temple which sre not tnught on the outside. At tho afternoon session President John It. Winder spoke on tithing. He j said thnt other Christian orgnnlia-I orgnnlia-I tltms were beginning to colh'cl lit h-! h-! Ing "I remember In Knglnnd when I was there they cohnrtcd ths 10 per cent by law. If a mnn did not pay ! up tho officers would go Into his fl! Is ; and carry away every tenth 1um k of grain or bushel of produce. Other churchca are collecting tithes today, but under different names." A. II. Lund sktke slong ' similar lines and dwelt particularly upon the salvation of the dead. This he declared de-clared could be done and nrced the Snlnts to do more (ur their fon-f fon-f at hers. At the closing session during the presentation of the church authorities Klder George A. Smith waa nuineJ t" (111 tho vacancy In the council of the twelve apostles caused by the death of Aitosilo llrlgham Young, and n1- eelveil tin unanimous vote of the conference, con-ference, as did all tho others. Id ler Smith In the son of Apostle John Henry smith, ami Is the present receiver re-ceiver of Iho United States land office hi 1'tah. He Is a native of Halt I ale Cltv. and Is not yet til yenrs of a :e PremlK M. Lyman was chosoa as president of the quorum of aisnttb' Atiostio Francis Marlon t.ynins w"r' elected to that position In Iskii. H ' Is the son of the late Am. inn M. ' y-man, y-man, who wai nt one time a counselor coun-selor to the Prophet Joseph H"ilh Apostle I yman came to I'tnli with hl parents In 1M7, and has been a prominent prom-inent factor In tho building up of H'l' slate. He Is now In KiKlimd, where he Is presiding over the Kuropesn mis slon. a duty be wns called to perform about two years aco. Ll.ler ll.-ber J. (Irnnt. who row J"" returned fioin Jupa-i, s selected succeed Klder Viae. Is M. yrn I as I president ever the Turuta-an ic:i i'on. over which the latter Iiih prea'J'd fi r the past two years and a half. When the election wai ever Presl-dent Presl-dent Smith spol.e h letiy and the conference con-ference was ndjoune.! |