The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-06
LARGER CROWDS
AT TABERNACLE.
Both Conference Sessions Were
Well Attended.
GUIDANCE OF THE YOUTH
SPEAKERS URGE CLOSER At
TENTIoN TO YOUNG MEMBERS.

The attendance at yesterday morn
ing's session of conference was too
large for the lower part of the house
and the gallery was opened.
Apostle Lund was the first speaker.
His remarks were largely along the
same line as those of previous speak
ers at the conference. He urged that
/ Latter-day Saints should bow in obe-
dience to the viii of God in whatever
/ FORM 1t comes. The Lord has not al
! lowed his people to wander in dark
ness, he said, but has always led them
IN lghtened path by revealing his
will to his servants. The apostle spoke
OF the books that have been written
| under inspiration, including the church
works, and said there are more TO
Apostle Lund spoke OF the necessity
OF the people spending their spare time
In mutual Improvement work. and
asked them to need counsel on all mat
ters and not to have too much dancing
and other recreation in their lives, al
| though a reasonable amount of the
/ D assure might properly be sanctioned
closed with a plea to the bishops
- Yep their ward records in correct
snare, in order that the history which
the Mormon people are making might
/ be preserved.
Profanity and Other Vices.
I
| speaker He begun Immediately on the
profanity question, and asked what
| man, holding the holy priesthood.
would dare to take the name of Deity
VAIN. he asked the ward authori-
! ties TO put on their thinking caps and
] see If some means could not be devised
| 10 lessen the evils which confront the
people, in which he included smoking,
| chewing and drinking.
we mad the proper people at the
| head of our municipalities, 1 believe
| many good things could be brought
ABOUT, remarked the speaker He said
! later that it was the duty of every
| the evils.
Apostle John w. Taylor occupied the
remainder of the time, his discourse
/ pelng on principles of the gospel and
Tor the benefit of the strangers who
might be in the congregation.
The opening prayer was offered bv
| Eider lewiS w Shurtliff. Benediction
was pronounced by Elder William
The advent of more propitious wealth
( er brought largely increased crowds Of
visitors from every direction. and as
| a consequence even with the gallery
thrown open, the accommodations in
the afternoon were scarcely adequate.
E1he attendance was an overflow one
| at 2:l5 O'Clock, when President Joseph
E. Smith called the conference to or
| der.
The invocation was by Joseph w.
! McMurren.
Apathy of the Young.
! Golden Kimball the first speaker,
SAID; The Mormon church has a great
labor to perform among all the nations
/ or the earth. Dut the grea ter efforts
/ should be directed toward the younger
/ element of our faith There appears to
o. a sort of apathy prevalent among
the young folks, not exactly general
buC sufhNdlt evidence exists regarding
/ the lack of genuine interest in church
affairs, to call attention to the deplor-
able condition. Some of the mission
aries we send to foreign lands are
tremble for them. We especially de-
sire that they see and learn every
! thing which is good. so long as they
VIII shun vice and avoid women as
you would the gates of hell. These
young men who have been called to
do Gods work are in need of en-
( enlargement; so are all of our young
people"
Growth of the Church.
B. II. Roberts spoke at length on the
growth of the Mormon church, and re-
futed the notion that the present prog
ress was not as prOportionately great
as in the early days The numerical
strength of our church. said President
Roberts, should not blind our eyes.
Our progress might have been still
greater but for the reason of some
ideas getting into our literature a few
years previous to the death of the
Prophet Joseph Smith. The impress
sion was created that in the early days
the church counted upon from 100000
to 100000 membership. Yet in reality
there were only between $4,000 and d.
600. The numerical strength of the
Mormon church today is computed to
be nearly 100000, so you see we are not
far behind the early days, end, with
just a little stimulation, it will soon
be still further progressive. To the
$1,000 living members add the thou
sands of our faith who have crossed
the great river, and those who, while
faithful at first, have not the courage
of their convictions, and the showing
will prove very respectable one in
deed.
TT is among those who lack strength
of character, those who are morally
afraid to commit themselves that we
should confne much of our labor.
However peaceful now, storms may
come, and II is, therefore, essential
that our growth should be well ground
ed in the faith. Give the young peo-
pie something to their taste and liking
to think about, but impress upon them
that we meet to worship, and that no
matter how little sense the preachers
may seem TO have. God gives us pa
tience-"
Apostle Teasdale's Address.
APOSTLE George Teasdale delivered
the closing address of the afternoon
session, and covered pretty much the
same grounds as his predecessors, go
ing into greater detail concerning the
need for directing the religious minds
of the youth. He closed his remarks
with an admonition to the guiding
spirits of the church, beseeeching them
to do all in their powers towards the
advancement of the church by building
up an interest in the minds and
thoughts of the young people.
a hymn by the choir and a benedic
ton by President John Smith conclud-
ed the exercises. The conference was
then adjourned until 10 O'Clock Sizfs
morning.
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