| Show JAPANESE PROTEST CONFERENCE IS HELD W WASHINGTON SnI April 4 Tile The The Japanese Jap Jap- vv anese government has lodged formal protest with the tilO state department depart depart- I ment against tho the proposed enactment by the thc State of or California of what it considers Japanese anti legislation tho the measure prohibiting the thc alien ownership owner owner- ship Shul of or land in California It was learned toda today that this prote protest protest pro pro- te test t was wal made nearly nearh a fortnight ago o Secretary Bryan Bran and Viscount Chin Chinda Japanese e ambassador wore closeted for tor fora tora a half hour today at ut the state department depart dopart- ment In a private conference the sUbject subject sub sUb- of or which neither would discuss Joseph F F. F.- F. Smith mith president ent and Antilon An Anthon An- An nhon n- n hon thon H. H Lund first counselor were the time speakers rs at at t the opening ses session lon while Willie C. C A Callis CaiUs president of the bouthern states states' missIon mission J. J Bat Bal i lard id pr president of at the northwestern tern sl states slates tos mission Joseph E. E Robinson on president of ot the California C I l an-l Hen en E D. D ni li h president p e id nt pC of pf t a tC 11 sta slates tes m mission spoke at thi the session High or officials official's of ot the chur church o. o occupying occupy q PY- PY I ing ng sc seats scats tR on op t the i tat In inI in- in I chided the ho 1 following t sl Joseph oseph I F. F Smith I Lund Charles Charles- JV JY I pr lI r- r patriarch lt J r 7 Hyrum G G. f c t ti 0 v Apostos Francis M. M I. I Lyman J. J Grant Gram Hyrum m M M. Smith Geor George o Al Albert Alhert Al- Al bert hert Smith George Georg I F. F Richards hards Or Orson n F. F Whitney David O. O McKay Anthony Anthonyv U v Yo Iv Inns Ivins Jos Joa Joseph ph F. F Smith Jr and nd James James' E. E Talmage Those Thos e absent were weN Hudger cl Clawson son and R Reed e 1 Smoot Fir First t seven CU presidents of or seventies seventies- Seymour Semour B B. B Young Brigham ham H II I. Rob Hob crts erts Jonathan G. G Ii Kimball nb Rulon S S. Wells ells Joseph V W. and Charles 11 H. Hart Harl I Lev evi I Ed Edgar ar Young being the then n absent absentee e I Presiding bishopric Charles W W. Nibley Nib Nib- Icy ley Orrin P. P MIller and David A. A Sm Smith th President Smith Opens Open Principles of church government o and the succession of the tile presidency enc of ot the tho church were the principal topic s d f cussed b by President Joseph F. F Smith In Ills his opening address In commenting fon on tho tilo atten attendance o at the tile opening of or the conference he said that he heas was as parI par- par 1 I well pleased he because cause Hons permitted practically all of 01 the tue leading loading officials t to be e present with the exception of ot flood Roell Smoot and Bud nud- ger Jel Clawson President Smith In commenting commenting com corn on their absence said that Senator Smoot was enga engaged cd In a good cause and doln doing much in the ministry and that his personal spirit anti and influence ence enco Is a sermon for good hood nn and 1 his example ex cx- ample Is alwa always 8 praiseworthy As AM preside president pres pres- Ide ident t of or the British mission ho lie said aid Rudger Clawson was performing br great at service for tor the church filling the un- un Continued on Pa Page e S. S S rEN E N THOUSAND LISTEN t J SPEAKERS pr sePh F. F F Smith Anthon H. H Lund and Four Heads of V Mt 1 Give Addresses J I 0 V 7 w 1 Continued place p with int integrity and ability wih Smiths Smith's address folloWs follow President nt aare I Of the sense ot of othe ot d 11 degree ree It J I la with Ith a gr weakness and a of ot a. a dependence depend depend- ence tUCO upon the Lord ot that ha stand ld before at the opening of ot the you fOU this morning a April third eighty anniversary Apri conference of ot the I en entirely entirely entre en- en tre dependent upon Lord the format I 1 of oC the he he ot of the spirit for formation nay may be led to say to you ou i y y time I expressing cannot withoUt I 1 pass to the Lord for 0 my gratitude of our lives Hn s and for the Uio 10 many On 1 blessings I t temporal as well n as spiritual wel this morning on IRa IRa- onas- onas as assembling that we all enjoy mornin el this Tabernacle on here bere in and am Important Interesting tills this gathering ver very and occasion I t f fel fe jel very ery myself for tor my own bl grateful JY that I 1 enjoy I the blessings that is for Is health of ot personally for the measure litO nod end strength and ant for or the spiritual ua we which In the work ork In that I I 1 te feel 1 engaged I pro era ro I 1 feel grateful too that t our oI beloved beloved be be- loved brother Anthon H. H Lund who has ha l Jo ed been unwell for a season Beason Is la PO so 0 far tar re recovered recovered re- re covered as to be bo able ablo to attend with wih In Increased Increased increased In- In I this morning enjoying an n here us 1 creased measure of ot health It I is aleon also aleo I a a. source of ot great pleasure and gratitude n In inthe have with us tude ude to me that wo we 0 wih U tho the vigor of youth our beloved ed brother Charles W. W penrose e. e now past his first eighty year and yet et looking very much younger than thon man many of us Ut younger men that men that Is la II younger In yeara years not hut younger mentally nor physically merely In years year Two To of hc Al Ab lt It I is is' i- i also a source of at con congratulation lion tion and of thankfulness that we Wf have havethe havethe havethe the ton brethren of ot th the tho twelve twelve that Is Is Elder Ehler Smoot who with the exception of ot 1 ic h wih engaged In a good cause and 1 is doing doing do do- ing much In the ministry a as welt well wel as asIn asIn asIn In the service lc cf of his people for his ils In Influence influence In- In influence his personal spirit and fluence Is a sermon for good among I Ial all his hlf associates I and his example Is al aIwas praiseworthy brother luder who i over the presiding GI Clawson Is O er lerop an mission and Is In the din die charge of ot his hll duty ut as as' faithfully as It Is possible for an any man to be and Is doing dong a n great reat work ork In his mission fIeld The brethren of the seventies se are arc wih with ua us alt all of them then 1 I hel believe en In po sel lon ts al I of ot vigor and health and the tho spirit of ot their caln calling the spirit of their mis mis- pi Ion slon on and we have Ia also with us the presiding bishopric enjoying the same sam blessings together with wih the he pr presiding I patriarch who Is with U us a youth who vr R developing In tn his hi m mission and anlIn In tho performance of his duties dutes bids promise of oC making one of the lights tat that shall shaH shine and Illumine in hi his pathway those who ho arc are seeking eel after K I 1 h lt Then It Is I a source of gratitude r to 0 tome tOme me that I can look 1001 upon so man many of I Ithe the presidents of or the stakes of or ZIon an as IU are aro assembled here her this morning moring it t t this opening openinG session of ot our conference We Ye have hn e now organized tour sixty takes stakes of Zion and a very ery large proportion proportion pro pro- portion of ot the presidencies o of or those thoas takes stakes are arc present with wih us this this morning morn morn- ing ig man many of ot whom fr are becoming like some ome of ot the rest of oC us us aged ged In the service In which they have b been n engaged ei en- en for tor many years cars and It I Is i graUr gratifying graU- graU r tying to me rc to have ha e the privilege U ge of f t meeting with them and of or offering a greeting of ot welcome Into the house houte of h the tho Lord this morning And 1 I sincerely sin sin- cerci Invoke olce In the blessings of ot our oui h heavenly Father upon pon these men mon upon whom rests so great responsibility In the rl right ht of ot presidency J er he ho stakes over o er which the they preside Then I look ov o over or r this con congregation r of or ortho and see a n large larse number of ot bishops tho the church assembled here this morning morn morn- ing here bore to represent nt the people of ot their wards many many man of ot whom of course have ha e not the privilege of attending our conference on account of It the distance from here to their homes home I t con ratu- ratu 14 f 11 kc C jun U. U MI counselors members of or the h high counci councils coun coun- cue of or the various arlous stakes es of or Zion on ci your our presence here and I trust that In your our In tho conference you ou ma may be filled fled with jO joy and satisfaction sats sats- satis satis- faction and that It I ma may be a time of r refreshing to you OU a as well wel as 8 to all al the I taints semis I In n connection with wih these also ab we WO have na with wih us ns the various arlous organizations organizations In Tn ill the tue priesthood from th the high tons priests down lown to the tho elders In the church hurch representing the th high priests and ani the seventies and th the elders elers and the pa- pa man many of whom I suppose suppose are hero tod today lY to add to th the tho number of ot tho those e who have e come to attend the conference and to 10 take part In tb the duties dutes thereof together with the bishopric bishopric bish bish- and the tho les lesser cr priesthood man many of ot whom aro are hereIn here In SIn fact the strength of oC Israel I ap apprehend ap- ap P- P Is Ia here today represent representing the whole church of at Jesus Jesul Christ of ot IAU Latter Latter- I day cay Saint not only in the organized stakes of ot Zion but In the missions zany an of ot the missions in the world I Hate lae b I t 1 need not sa say to 0 my brethren engaged engaged en engaged en- en ens s in the ministry that It Il 11 is 11 ex expected ox- ox 1 f of them th that t they e will wi one amal and and am andall I I c calt alt all al attend to the duties dutes and be true to I IUle the Ule responsibilities that rest test upon them I I in the discharge of or their dute duties as oC- oC I 1 In the church churche We e expect t that I 1 the presidencies of the stale stakes of ot ZIO Zion l I will 11 b be exemplars exemplar to the people W V. j I I expect them to b be Indeed and of ot a truth i fathers unto those over whom th they y pro pre I side of at wisdom I Ilde men Irom men of ot Houn sound judgment men Impartial and Just m men mm n I Iwho who ho will wi be Indeed qualified d and anti who I ore arc Indeed qualified b by their natural I endowments and by the inspiration I from God which It is their I I their privilege to enjoy enJo to preside in ip righteousness and ard I to o sit alt in righteous judgment over o all al I matters maters that ma may be brought to their I attention or that ma may legitimately be be- be I long t to their office and calling I We anticipate the same lame fidelity the I same Ulle ea we faithfulness the same 1 1 administration of ot their duties front from rom ih the he I bishops and their counselors and in in- In- In 1 deed upon these rests rests' perhaps U thc greatest possible responsibility for tor tin the reason that the they are ale expected by y thou their presidencies to attend to the I interests and wants want want of their people ant an and i It is expected of a n bishop to know al at aU I his 1118 people that reside in 11 Ills his ward ward ward-no not ard no t tonly only those that arc faith faithful Cui members of ot tho church In good standing and nd ar an rc u diligent in the tho performance of or their r I duties dutes and and are arc prominent by their goo good I acts acts bIlt but to know those who are aro In In- In different Ir to know those who are arc luke luke- x arn arm to know those thole who aro are Inclined Inched t t t. to err rr and not fot only these thul but it I Ip In I mc expected p that t the bl bishops ops through h their r Hides aides In their wards ward will wil be become ome acquainted ac ac- not only with wih their members member i. i inal male nale and female hut but that they wE will Ii know Jow now also the stranger that in Is within wil a their gates sates nn and be to r solace comfort rood good tood counsel wisdomS wisdom S And every other aid alii possible to 1 be c ron- ron derod rod to those that tat are In need I j whether th thy they r are are- of tho the household of ofA A faith falU or arc fC strangers o. o to t the truth to so I that t there Is ts a n great great deal expected truth 0 of oC t the bishops and their counselors and andI I i tho older and leaser priesthood In their ther therl l Awards t whom the they call to their thel aid d in Ini i i 1 I I l 1 I I administering g to the tho Interests Interest of ot the both spiritual l and temporal And I wn want l t to remark here in t this I 1 I 8 that 1 U it I is 18 the tho duty dut Of ot these bishops and of ot the Presidencies of tf the or of Zion to Aether ether with their nigh high wih councils to administer ter Justice and right or of every member jf t t their wa wards this thu vard anti nt o ot their stakes Included in Sn 11 are arc the tlc high I priests l and tho the seven eoven- and the elders and the tho and anti t th thA h of o th and the Presidencies d da day Saints Church of Jesus Christ of There Thre Is no man wh who Is a member n 1 of oC the Church of or Jesus Christ of latter standing Saints or wll who h has s a or standing the church In i the church a as a member that Is ls exempt from his bishop responsIbility of the and hi his allegiance celance to tho the thoI I 1 Ward In which he dwell dwells an am as much bound to acknowledge e mv my bishop m. m as a member of ut the ward In iii which hl h I est cut member tWell of the as 8 the humblest and later latest lat lat- church No man cnn can ride above c or become thE Independent of at thE authority that the tho Lord has hl established In His church whO claims to be a member of oC the tho church In good standing This care ot of the pee pee- pIe fidelity ot of to their er their covenants living iving and t r 01 ot to their the tho ii- ii gospel of Jesus Christ belon belongs 8 to the presidents t the h of fi high f stakes and their coutteel- coutteel to orand councils counci or members of D the high council counci and to the bishopric hU counselors and the teachers of I hs- hs ard I I of Priesthood Then hen wo ha have the organizations of tho the priesthood AVo Yo have ha e the council first pre presidency consistIng consistIng consist- consist Ing of three high priests who are called of ot G God d and appointed to to- to preside caled over the church and over o the priesthood of ot God and to say here that It does not follow and never ne has fol tot tot- i lowed hewed that the members of ot lowe the first enc presidency of the church are necessarily to to be apostles They hold held by virtue of ot their rights as presidents presidents dents of ot th the church all al the tho ke key and all al th the authority that pertains to the Mel- Mel priesthood which comprehends s sand and comprises alt all l of the appendages of ot that priesthood the lesser priesthood and all al the oft officers rs in the priesthood from first frEt to last lal and from Crom least to greatest and I would to the Lord that some of ot our wise men torn would learn this truth and establish tho the same In their minds that the they might not always alwa's and everlastingly bo be at sea su In regard to it and asking questions of oC the most nonsensical kind with wih reference to the rights of oC the priesthood All A ll 1 you have to do os is to read tho revelations through the Prophet Joseph Smith giving to the church the authorities au nu- nu- nu of the priesthood that t God has ha restored In tho the It I Is I as perfect It It Is 1 as plain u he A B Cs C's of ot our language and needs to be |
