| Show INO GREAT I MEETING Annual Conference Closes th Record Attendance at and Overflow v herings at Other Places I SUSTAINED I BY UNANIMOUS VOTE ling ing Efforts to Obtain All edy S Surrounding Tern Tem Explains Hotel Utah r Is for Strangers I TE TO ORSON PRATT t K-t ID by the lie blessings blessing'S and I Kiis ns of their lenders their faith faitha I d a b by three laS days out devout worthe wor- wor wor-I wor p the great great Mormon hosts adI ad- ad I to t the hc four quarters of t the h 1 yesterday at the thc conclusion of ity semi annual confer confer- r the church tens ns of thousands tile the visiting F Js s have walked the lie sheets sects of ako kc and sat sal in ill worship at the thc 11 for three days clays dur- dur lich left six monster main sessions I any llY tf lesser gatherings have ha been losing closing day lay was marked by the thc It gathering t thai that h has s assern- assern thc Temple grounds in many The Thc morning session was deo de- de UI to o 0 memorial services ii in honor honorm m n Pr Pratt tl the first firt pioneer of ofie i ite te ie and fina the afternoon gather gather- I auspicious as the lie occasion occasion ou on ilie lie church authorities were sus- sus Iby by by the rank and file of the ship p O Overflow meetings in hall hail and in the tile open air ail c s rY that all mi might ht worship b Ed c part pirt in iii the official p coe lI l- l 1 t I Is closing closing- remarks s at nt the conI con- con I of or the conference yes yes- afternoon President Joseph F. F denounced What hat he called the racy of or labor which he lie do- do to be a menace and amI peril facing world today lie invoked ed paid aid to the end that I laws hews ws shall shaH ped ed protecting the lives and lib- lib all jall the people peole of oC this nation g ie le rule of or venerable leader grew rew eloquent final appeal to lug his assembled Briefly and simply but hut with c feeling he touched upon manof many man Of interest and Importance to to toa a bers of the church and in con- con many bits of sound adI adI ad- ad I ching the er c everyday a lives of or the theay I day ay Saints He Invoked cd divine Ig g upon tho heads of or every man a n and child within the fold and 1 that the they walk walle in upright ht nd md live true truo lives in sight r ur f t fid td id d the world sustaining t n I-I-n-g- of thC t the ch church lead lead- Id 1 officers was done dono with an Ime im- im c e unanimity As 8 each cach name or 01 lii names was read In stentorian ay y Apostle Heber J. J Grant GIant and aud ted for approval almost ever every In the vast concourse raised his rIght hand In silent vote vole The Thera r ra a signal to the contrary went ered in Sn every ever case front from the tue et t seer and r revelator down to vent tit office In the churche church he ie e conclusion of the conf conference rence ands flocked etI to the railway t staad ta- ta sta- sta and ad caught tho carl early evening e for their homes The Tho vast ma- ma vcr will remain over for a an an n of or this week taking full adIe arle ade ad- ad Ie e of oC the thc limits on their theil railroad i m st of ot which are arc good until r l' 12 speakers at the afternoon se sos sos- jot ot ot Including the brief remarks Smith were Apostle postle Jo- Jo jr Seymour B. B Young oung I member of or the first council of or orles I ties los and anil John Smith frt first pain pa pa- in t l. l of or the church chulch Ives to doctrinal subjects bear bear- sUmon to their t ith in the pIes jes cs of or their lon e Impressive feature o or tho confer confer- vas as as the solemn upon allday all J-daj J day dar Saints delivered b by the pair pa pa- ir with outstretched palms and s beard flowing upon his I. I jim for Dead tie Uc Smith talked of or that print prin- prin ot t relating to the theon ton on of ot the dead by baptism in 0 spies 6 8 i our dul duty to save the world voI li lia a and not only the world of or tog tout to- to g But ut all tho those c countless genera genera- Jf C the pa past t who have gone to the without opportunity to l Mar lar nr the tho 1 of f God as at delivered In the last 0 atio Norm will l he p lost host but 11 I ho ho wio knowingly reject the truth Lruth t t. t Is Is- set sd before beCore thorn them And even i GO Goda t will iso we will savo sa titer inter s. s carry arry on this endless task there I en sn revealed tho the baptismal mal plan I ilion tion with its great genealogical I iby f which each person can con trace traced iid d ancestors and be he baptized for forI I rAK R Christ died lied that men might can we bring the souls of ol those lead ad d Into Inlo tho the kingdom dom of or God It of or e cr every truo trun Latter day l W O Q aid In this work I told of how bow this plan rhan I Ing ng tin the dead hind had been revealed rc 4 1 original prophet Joseph Smith v a as a result of it the first genii gen geri- en- en I ii 1 society had been on organized rk Ik of or which now spreads nil aJl i 10 6 0 civilized world lie He said that thy illy n all genealogy of thin tho human would be he traced out from Adam Adan tho ho end cnn of or time and that out of oC rk would como the tho or organization iraco raco Into one great family g go no dl difference lenco of or creed color r nailly This he said Is a part t great plan of or our B U. Young Young- compared Joseph JOHeph the founder of oC the time church withof with of oC old likening the two belt hel be he- be- be lt l' l Is recorded of ur both buth that the they ho voice of or God Goll calling them loIt to lo it tho thA redemption and reforma- reforma their fellow men Ho lie retold Continued ou On l- l Jc Two live MORMONS END CON FERENCE ORSON PRATT IS HONORED President resident Smith Gives Parting Advice in Which He Urges fi V Cleanliness of Life and Freedom From Debt f i Overflow Meetings Are Held T V K of Continued Prom PrOD OD One both drawing ln there there- 1 i both stories nt at length 11 1 from man many points wh which ch he ho said balu g gave ge e proof of the tho divinity of or The patriarch John Smith occupied the tho pulpit but a moment In which which he boro bore his testimony to the tho truth o of tho the gospel and evoked a bh blessing upon the people Hatred an Evil Thing President Smith Wen then paid paltI his final finalI I respects to the conference uJ Jf r there b be an any o of yo ye who hold a grudge e against each other or against an any man I be beg brg of or you to make your you our peace and become reconciled before that iii HI feeling turns to hatred for tor e hatred Is un nn evil eil thins thing that sows th the seeds of crime ho he I If ff there are an any of ot you ou who are In debt I beg bee that you ou return to your our homes and RUtI apply yourselves to the absolution absolution ab ab- ab- ab solution pf that debt for tor debt I is a Do fearful fearful fearful fear fear- ful thing thine that leaves lea no peace pence In tho the heart I Keep out of debt above all things In your our business dealings with ono one an an- an other G Guard ard well your our hol holdings ant and squander not the bounties of ot God for forno forno forno no no man knows when the hour of a ad adversity adversity ad- ad shall he upon him and he and his children shall want for tor bread to cat cst and cl clothes to wear Shun busl- busl ness speculations of a n doubtful character character char char- a acter ter AS you ou would sin Be thrifty God fearing people and ma may the blessIngs blessings bless bless- Jn ings of ot heaven ever eer rest upon your our hC heads ds If there be bo an any among amon you that are aro ue negligent ent in the law of tithing then thon I say beware boware lest you ou drift from the God of truth to the god of gold Let Letta Leta ta Il a now new awakening Into your our soul Tho The tithes you OU pa pay nay arc are used u cd ed for the carrying carrying carry carr ing on of Gods God's work The church is great and has great Areat works in hand that need the financial support of ot ever every member that can so afford Among Amon other oth r things we wo are endeavoring to se secure secure se- se cure possession of or every foot toot of ot property property prop prop- crt erty s surrounding ln the Temple grounds lost lest saloons should spring up and SUn sully th the neighborhood of the buildings we have dedicated to the Lord Hotel Was Prophesied President Smith referred to the thc build build- Ing of ot the Hotel Utah some of the funds for tor which were furnished by tho ho church as ns the fulfillment of an ancient revelation made to the original founder of oC tho the church that there should bo be reared a house houtte dedicated to the reception recep recep- I ton tion and entertainment of or strangers within the gates ates of Zion on a scale le In keeping with the dig dignity nit and anti greatness of ot Zion Lion Concerning the tho question which he ho said had been raised b by some as to the Hie pr propriety of or allowing a bar to bo be oJ operated rated in connection with the Hotel Utah he declared that he had prayed praed and labored with all his heart that Salt Lake should have hare gone dr dry at the liquor election but since it had gone ono wet It was WIlS only justice to those men who had put their mone money into the magnificent magnificent mag mag- structure to allow alia the hot hotel l to tobe tobe tobe be operated d on an equal footing tooting with other ho hostelries of tho the city The uThe church Is not responsible for forthe forthe forthe the men who come to our city and stop at tho the hotel he said Vo We have aided alde e in Inthe the establishment of ot this institution a as n a duty we owe to ourselves and andI I from tho- tho world worl but we cannot consistently force our ideas Idea concerning temperance upon who I Icom come com as ag visitors within our gates ates Pratt Celebration To honor the memory of oC Orson Pratt the first pioneer of Utah known in his da day as the St Paul of gathered In the Tabernacle Tabernacle Tabernacle Taber Taber- nacle yesterday morning where memorial memorial memorial me me- morial services marking the tho centennial year of his birth were held Tho The attendance was greater than at atan an any session of the present conference nJ and one of or the tho largest ever assembled In the lie Tabernacle on an any occasion A thousand lato late arrivals als were unable to topain pain gahi admittance making nece necessary sar an erf low meeting In the Assembly hall j The Tho Tabernacle with It Its sent seat In ing capacity wa was crowded to the tho utmost ut utmost ut- ut most and at each of the man many en entrances entrances entrances en- en trances stood compact groups of people that extended out Into the tho grounds The aisles were ucro packed with hundreds who stood during the entire services Descendants of or tho the man held In memoriam occupied a rc reserved section A call from President Joseph F. F Smith for all descendants to stand tand up revealed about present many of or them aged folks and man many of or them little d chil children ill ill- dren treat great of oC tho the first pioneer Apostle Whitneys Whitney's Address Apostle Orson F. F Whitney d delivered lIvered tho memorial address Ho Ito reviewed the life and achievements of or Orson Pratt through his entire three score years and ten eloquently eulogizing I him as the tho St. St Paul of or and ono of the foremost scientists philosophers philosophers philosophers phil phil- and historians of oC his age In all tho the world He lie said One hundred years ears a ago o. o In a 11 humble humble hum- hum ble bio village of the Empire state a man waa was born of or whom It was sa said Ill as IlS helay ho lie holay lay In his coffin at Salt Lake City on the of October 1881 that he had hod traveled tra more marc miles preached more sermons studied and written more upon the gospel and upon science than an any other man In tho church That man was Orson Pratt and the speaker who eulo eulogized him was Wilford Woodruff Woodruff Wood Wood- ruff his fellow apostle and pioneer There were who knew Orson L many T t I I Pratt better Linn man I i. i but none e eor s autu or admired him more And yet my I knowledge of him was vas not based upon Intimate association I scarcely know knew him In a social way and never ne had the opportunity of conversing with him My ly acquaintance with the man was wholly of or a a. public character and the Information 1 possess concerning his career Is shared by tens of thousands Ho lie was Mas of English and Puritan de descent descent descent de- de scent his 15 fathers father's ancestor Lieutenant William Pratt being among the tine first settlers of Hartford Conn Lieutenant Lieuten- Lieuten ant int Pratts Pratt's father was Rev Hev William Pratt of ot England Eng Orson Pratt was born at Hartford Washington county NY N N. Y September 19 ID 1811 His Ills parents were Jared Pratt and his wife Charity Dickinson Orson was next to tho the youngest of or six children His Ills elder brother Parley Parle was destined lIko himself himself him him- self to become a noted preacher and writer and one of the earliest settlers of the Rocky mountain region re Jared Pratt was as a II weaver and a tiller of or the soil soli Ho lie had no faith In creeds and churches hurches but taught his children to be moral and to believe In the tho Bible His First Schooling Orson received recel his lils first t schooling at Now New V e Lebanon Columbia county In his ils native state To that place tho the family amily moved mo when ho was tas three or tour four our years old Ho Tie was sent to school several months In each year until ear until the spring of or 1822 when he hired out as a aarm farm arm boy bo Whether In school or out his its studious mind was always ys at nt work and nd at Intervals he picked up a knowledge knowl- knowl edge dge of or arithmetic bookkeeping geography ge- ge graphy grammar and surveying Though a frequent reader o of the Scriptures he was not deop deeply concerned concerned con- con about religion until the thc autumn of or 1629 1839 when ho began to pray Ira fervently fer- fer ventI vently for tor spiritual light and guidance l About n year ear later two elders ciders of or tho the Church hurch of ot Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints came Into his nel neighborhood and held meetings One of these elders ciders was seas s his brother Parley Parle P. P Pratt by whom Orson was baptized on the nIneteenth nineteenth nIne nIne- anniversary of at his birth Oc- Oc r of that year ear found him at Fayette Faytte Fay Fay- ette tte Seneca county count the birthplace of or orthe the he church which was then only six months old While hile there he met mot the Prophet Joseph Smith and was confirmed con- con firmed by b- bhim him a n member and ordained an n elder on the 1st st dl day of or November 1830 His first mission taken soon after atter aft aft- er r was to In Broome county Early In 1831 he followed tho fortunes for for- tunes unos of the tho Saints to Ohio and at where whore he presided over the |
