OCR Text |
Show HTS ADDRESS daughters Wear Short Brged More Use of Kes His Blessing Kind World W Wr J Tlif losing Htond genernl BPPed upon fath- Ko keep their daugh-PJTng daugh-PJTng short skirts "that m7n to blush Tor slmmc." BTwaa also marked with a Hncment to the effect that he ii Hi o prayer would not be to i ea h in t he publli . li B'lnui address, conveying the H of the president to all hU w-is ri n a few minuti bi K' loi k, after in of the gen ral H church hi i Ved by the conference, ihrough Mphftlng of hands as each name Pead and the title designated. the Warning being accomplished In him 10 minutes of time and lie manifestation of a slngli tlng opinion. r i si HO.Mi: pkoim ( i - I'rcMdent Grant said: I ran well remember the time ere, not so many years ago. when, Hi a young woman was seen on t lie streets in a dress that reached only a h tie above to r shoe tops. w e were shocked Today, i have Been many knees on the temple grounds. I fath-i fath-i and mothers In Israel, t admonish you to keep your pure young daugh-Hr daugh-Hr tecs from donning skinn In their d - ' --!, to keep up with the styles that BBB ni!ik ih' Mien hlunh for siiann- I' oiulnulng. the president made a strong appeal for a more general adoption ol the use of home product! saying to his people that they o not tu have to import meat, or eggs, ,rrdr any of the articles which the state r-may easily produce In abundance by lheir own efforts. He then took up the question of prayer In the public .schools, quoted Stephen I Richards, apostle In the church and an attorney, attor-ney, to the effect that Mr. Ricl believed there could bo no valid legal objection to prayer in the school.-, dince the law provided for prayer in Congress and In the various leglsla-i leglsla-i ii i s of the states. I "I hope the day will come." President Presi-dent Grant said, "when any man who .-goes not believe in the efficacy of firayer will not be allowed to teach in i he public schools Why should (pen bo allowed to use the money of tiie taxpayers to teach infidelity " My Slessing be upon you all and upon all 'She people of God everywhere." CON FEREN CE I Jo i KX S. ! the conclusion of Mr. Grant's ad i; the final part of "The Restoration." Res-toration." an oratorio by B. Cecil KSates, was given by h quartet com-posed com-posed of John Y Summerhays. tenor; Bfolvln Peterson, baritone; Martha SJmilh Jesun, soprano, and Evangeline Thomas, contralto, and the tabernacle thoir. with solos by Mr. Summcrha;. s und Mr Peterson Thu benediction ivwas pronounced by Arthur W IJors-iJoy. IJors-iJoy. president of the Carbon stake Pi ii i and the conference was ad- Ijoiinv u Lur six liiujiiain. The sustaining of the authorities "jflras done In the early part of the tftfternoou, following a brief doctrinal I -..ii.. -- by Rulon S Wells, a member tof the seven presidents of the scven-;Hes. scven-;Hes. The president read the names Und designations of title, with the preface, "It is proposed that wo sus-'-teln," before each member or group iJthd the voting followed without he.-l-ancy. The authorities aro as follows fol-lows WTfTORITTRS SUSTAIN ZD lebei J Grant, president, prophet. "iisptT and revelator, also trustee in 'JTUSt. Charles W Penrose, flrt counselor "in the first predldency; Anthony W. 4vins. second counselor in the first "presidency. Rudger Clawson, president of the cbuncll of the twelve apostles, and the itllowing apostles: Reed Snioot. Qeorge Albert Smith, Goorgo F. Rli h-Urus, h-Urus, Orson F. Whitney. David O Mc Kay Joseph Fielding Smith, James E i - . phen u Richards Richard Rich-ard R, Liman. Melvln J Ballard and John . Y 'idtsoe. Hyrum G. Smith, president patriarch. pa-triarch. Henry H. Rolapp, John C. Cutler. Efeber Scowcroft, Peter G. Johnson, auditing committee 8( mour B. Voung president i, Brigham H. Roberts. J. Golden Klm-I Klm-I ball, Rulon S. Wells, Joheph VV. Mc-Murrln, Mc-Murrln, Charles Jl. Hart lyevi K.igar Young, first seven presidents of sev- sntles. Charles W Xibley, presiding bishop; I David A. Smith, nrsc counselor, .ionn j Wells, second counselor, presiding 1 bishopric. Joseph Field ng Smith, hukvh historian; his-torian; Andrew Jenson. Brlgham H. Roberts, A. Wllllnm Lund, Junius F. Wolls. assistant church historians Hcbcr J. Grant. Wlllard Young, Rudger Clawson, Charles Penrose, ' rSOn F. Whitney. Joseph Fielding Smith. David ' McKay. Stephen 1. Ricl ards, Richard R . Lyman, Arthur Winter (secretary), general church board Of education The officers and general board members of all the auxiliary organizations organi-zations of the church likewise were unanimously sustained. TABERNACLE FEUDED. Long before 10 o clock yesterday morning the tabernacle was Jammed to Hh utmost capacity, and It became evident that an overflow meeting in I h, .i s. i,ih! hall would bo reoulred to accommodate even a fraction of those Who were unable to enter the, large auditorium President Grant and Charles A. Callis, president of the southern states mission, and WInslow Farr smith, president of the north-i north-i rn states, mission, to take charge of the assembly hall meeting, asking Lewis Anderson, president of tho Man-tl Man-tl temple, and James W. Funk, president presi-dent of the Bonson stake, to address tho meeting. Apostle Melvln J. Ballard, first speaker of the morning session, devoted de-voted his time mainly to an argument for self-control and soclul purity, basing bas-ing his remarks to some extent upon the statement made by Dr. Thomas Nixon Carver of Harvard to the i f fect that self-control was an essential factor in the higher civilization. He believed that nowhere could a people be found that exorcised more self-control self-control than did the Latter-day Saints, -le aking at some length of their giving giv-ing up of the revealed principle of plural marriage in cbcdlence to the law of the land. CHASTITY URGED. "It was hard," he doclared, "It caused much heartache and anguish of soul and suffering, but the people submitted and obeyed the law. "The purpose of the great God is to build up a mighty race of people here, and wo can accomplish this not by talking about it. but by right living liv-ing The sin of social Inipurlty Is next to the sin of murder itself; It Is tho duty of mother and fathers to k ep their sons and daughters pure and chaste, the young men should be Just as pure :ts they would have the young women whom they seek as wives." Mr Ballard then turned to a discussion dis-cussion of the labor problem, and said that unions had never found very much favor in the eyes of the church, not because there was objection to the organization, but because the church i re -'aw in the unions a danger of creating strife between labor and capital by reason of an appssd to selfishness. sel-fishness. He urged obedience to the law of tithing and the keeping of the word of wisdom and said that no people peo-ple could hope to prosper unless the) remained pure In heart and wen wllilp to pay the price of moral integrity. in-tegrity. "All our blessinps are predi-Cated predi-Cated upon obedience," he asserted. Dr. Seymour B "i oung, president of the first seven presidents of tho sev- Qtles, who followed Apostle Ballard, gave a reminiscent, historical discourse, dis-course, recounting his early assocla- tions with the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum. Britfham H. Huberts, a member of the council of the seventies, addressed the conference. Mr. Roberts gave a somewhat extended ex-tended review of the recent national conference of Boy Scout leaders held In Chicago. He praised the good work of the national organization in formulating formu-lating correct ideas and better Ideals of manhood for the youth of the land and said that Utah stood highest among the states In the work, population popu-lation considered One feature of the afternoon session was the singing of 'Then Shall the Righteous Shine Forth." from Mendelssohn Men-delssohn s "Elijah," by James H Nell-son, Nell-son, a tenor soloist of the tabernacle choir. Mr. Nellson's voice is of exceptional ex-ceptional beauty and sweetness and his interpretation was a worthy and artistic effort. Mr. Roberts was the lxst speaker of the morning ae-salon. Lurlng the course of his remarks the visiting delegation of Japanese statesmen, editors edi-tors and business men entered tho tabernacle and I'resldent Grant remarked re-marked that fifty years ao this April confereneo they had Japan..'.- i.-slrnrs and it snowstorm, that conference being be-ing held In one of the ward chapels because of Inability to heat tho tab- ei nacie. The benediction at the morning session ses-sion was given b James H Robinson, president of the South Lavls slake, Farnilngton. OVERFLOW MEETING, Another overflow mooting was held at the Assembly mill In the afternoon, presided over by S. O Bonnlon, president presi-dent of the central states mission, and George v.'. MoCune, president of the eastern states mission. For the afternoon af-ternoon session at the tabernacle the opening hymn was, "Hark, Listen to the Trumpeters." and tlx invocation was by David R LJiughlin, president of the Rlgby. Ida., stake. Rulon S. Wolls, of the council of the sevenths, was the first speaker ! of tho afternoon. His discourse was j malnlv doctrinal. WORKERS COMPLIMENTED The sustaining of the church authorities au-thorities followed and then Joseph W. McMurrln, president of the California mission, addressed the congregation Eli praised the workers, both men and ! uniiien. 111 his Held, for their Loyalty,! zeal, devotion and good results ac- i compllshed Charles M. Hart, of tho first coun- ell of the seventies, who followed, 1 spoke of the necessity of bringing mors spirituality Into the intellectual training of the youth and said that "such statesmen as William J Brvan I and othorr were not satisfied with the sort of education given our boys and girls today " Dr. Levi Edgar Young, one of the council of sevontles, eulogized the Lat- I ter-day Saints for what he termed I their "demotive" ability defining the sord as signifying their capacity to take people of every race anil country I and develon them into a community I that was harmonious and directed by proper ideals. John Wells, second counselor in the presiding bishopric, was the next speaker of the afternoon He pleaded for a better realization of the responsibilities respon-sibilities b-tore the church and more united determination to carry forward for-ward the work Apostle John A. Wldt.soc, the Junior member of the council of the twelve. whj next called to tho stand. Dr. Wldtsoc began by quotlns the statement state-ment of Ir Baakerllle, a renowned chemist, to the effect that there Is somethlnK in life that cannot be ex-plalned ex-plalned or expressed In terms of a I "purely materialistic hypothesis." I Tliif, ho said, was the "eternal ques- I tion" In tho hearts rind souls of men, ! the (Treat question thai tue revelations of the Mormon church had answered tu Iter than any other response, be- cauM it was the expressed win of God. 1 the explanation of explanations." The speaker stressed the point that every acti-jn and activity of an individual's life should be governed bv n comprehension compre-hension of Its spiritual significance He also laid emphasis upon ihe stateroom thut thew times are the "latter days." pointing to th" great Increase In t m-ide m-ide work during the last few year.s a-one a-one proof of h;s assertion. |