The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-07
CROWOAT CONFERENCE
Thousands of People Gather in
the Big Tabernacle.
FEATURE OF THE DAY
APOSTLE GRANT TALKS OF CALL
ING FOR DESIGNATIONS.

The conference crowd at the taber- |
nacle yesterday afternoon taxed the big |
building to its capacity. After both |
floors were filed, many stood in the |
aisles and 6oorways, eager to get with |
in hearing distance of the stand. The |
crowd is said to have been the largest /
that the tabernacle has held in many
days. Certainly it could not have ac- |
commodated any more people than
wera in.
The usual two meetings were held
yesterday, some very interesting talks
being made. members of the apostles
quorum doing all the speaking,
At the opening of the morning ses-
sion President Snow asked the congre-
CATION to listen to the speakers and
think Of nothing else during the meet
ing. He desired that the same spirit
should prevail in the meeting as had
prevailed on the opening day.
Apostle Lund then addressed the con-
gregatien on salvation for the dead,
which he clasSed as one of Gods great
mercies. He spoke also Of the neces-
sity of repentance and of living the
laws of God.
Miss Lucia Perrin of Ogden sang in
splendid voice, MY Shepherd Is the
Lord My God"
Laws Of the Church.
Apostle MGrrl1 OF cache
spoke with fervor on the Observance
of the laws of the church. He said
there had been a laxity on the part of
the saints in keeping the command
mentS of men inspired of God and that
parents had shown disposition to neg
lect their children in the teachings or
morals. He had heard it reported of
one stake that a very small percentage
of the people attended their meetings,
and this he deplored.
Apostle John Taylor followed. He
dwelt on the patriarchal priesthood, of
which he said the Latter-day Saints
we're altogether too ignorant. He said
chat to be released as bishop meant
90 more than TO be released from
missionary field, yet he had known
men who were Sorely grieved at being
released after years of faithful service
and had known one man who actually
refused to be set apart a patriarch be-
cause he did not realize that il was a.
higher office than that of bishop.
In the Afternoon.
The afternoon meeting was opened
with prayer by President Angus NJ.
Cannon. Apostle Heber j. Grant made
the principal discourse, dwelling on the
word of wisdom and the tithing law.
81 heard of a bishop vest arday," said
he, who said he could not give up his
cup of coffee. That bishop did not tell
the truth. He meant that he had not
the disposition to give it up. L do not
believe that a bishop who does not OBJ
serve that simple law is worthy or his
office. And it will be only a short while
before such a mans resignation viii
be asked for. We've been letting out
high councillors for this, and more Will
go if they don't repent mighty sud
denly.
Imagine" said the apostle, "a man,
a bishop, saying to his puny little cup
of coffee, You're my master How ne
must swell up in vanity when ne ne
thinks of it and says, I've engaged in
a fight with yo1j, and you knocked me
out IN the first round
There is more money spent today in
breaking the word of wisdom than IS
paid in cash into the tithing records of
this church Why don't you get out
of debt and stop spending your money
and squandering your substance by
breaking Gods laws? If this people
had observed the word of wisdom from
the time they came here until the pres
ent, tell you this would be the rich
est people in the west. The millions we
articles with which the word of wis
dom is broken would be here now, in
stead OF somewhere else"
Keep Money at Home.
Apostle Grant went on to say that
it wcs the policy of Brigham Young &c
support home manufacture and keep
money at home, and told an amusing
story of a minstrel show illustrating
this policy.
Miss Judith Anderson sang very
sweetIy Flee As a Bird" after which
Apostle George Teasdale spoke on the
hereafter and the present He asked
what the enemies Of the church hoped
10 gain by vilifying the Mormon peo-
pie, and contrasted the spirit Of sec
tartan preachers toward the church anc
the spirit of Latter-day Saints toward
other denominations, saying the former
were friendly to all classes
Apostle John Henry Smith theI
spoke. His remarks were directed to
ward the expansion Of the church
Although the Lord wants the gospel t
expand to all nations, he said = had
been very difficult to do so because o
the prejudices of some people againS
Mormonism.
Destiny of Mormonism-
IF u form of government is sUcl
that IL prevents the exercise of ire
speech" he said, Il am one OF thos
who believe that God will scourge then
in some manner TO bring humiliation
upon them. Our father will settle Wit
those who attempt to close our .gOrl
before il is completed. This work ha
a destiny and It's enemies will be re
moved by the hand of God even as
straw is blown about by the wind. w
are a people believing in the extension
of our views throughout the world an
we have pledged our lives, our faith
our honor and our fortunes, II we nav
any, 10 this end. The standard OF on
Father viii float in all foreign Chimes
w. Johnson of Mexico closed Tn
meeting with a powerful testimony [
the truth of what had been said.
The conference reconveneS at ]
o'clock this morning The regula
serni-annual priesthood meeting oc
CURED in the tabernacle last night.