Show THE LATE semiannual SEMI ANNUAL conference the fifty second semiannual semi annu annual conference of the church of jesus christ of latter day sainta saints which closed its session on sunday afternoon was as another demonstration to the whole world that mormonism is not weakening nor losing its hold on the tens of thousands thousand of its adherents berents he rents those who were present during the sittings each day and especially on sunday would fail fall to discover any weak kneed ones among the audience of from ten thousand to twelve thou thousand mild mor mons who were assembled beneath the dome of the spacious tabernacle in which they were convened to bo be instructed by apostles and find prophets inspired from ou on high Alor monism is not of the kind of stuff that causes fear and trembling among honest men who seek after truth to embrace it for the love of it mormonism is now ever wasand aasand always will be a terror to evildoers evil doers it strikes at the root it of crimes crimes and wickedness and exposes every false and rot rotten ten system of re ligion or politics their deformities are seen by discerning honest men and they leave them of tho the scores of elders whose names were presented to the confer conf er ence as missionaries missionaries not one was rejected and not one of those who were called refused to respond they were all willing to leave their peaceful homes a and id go goto to the nations odthe of the earth or to the islands of the gea sea to propagate those principles principle la which have made them free from superstition and tho the influence of raft when the authorities of the church were presented for the action of tho the people to vote to sustain tain them in the several leveral post position ions the votes were as a unit and evinced a union which is known among no other people on the face of the globe tho the instruction given during the conference was much of it ofa of a practical na nature and all suited to tho the present condition of the people and at the close of these gatherings they returned to their homes more than ever if possible confined in the truth of 31 mormonism ormon and with renewed determination to honor lionor it during their lives |