The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-07
CONFERENCE WAS
SUCCESSFUL ONE
u,., Wonderful Gathering in
History Of Church.
rgeFE pATS FINE WEATHER
-urRE WERE TWO oVERFLo"
--vrTvGs HELD YESTERDAY.
THREE pATS FINE WEATHER

o0yFEFENcE is over. Ihrouehout
W.. .7-zs days there wasn't a
h r-gd in The sky Nut drop Of
..---. r7arbsd the city. not a bonnet
.-~..ned. Hereafter the world need
~ s.rHsad at anything. The facts
should remove the doubt from
.gs-faal mind concerning modern
Sad ba,n the most wonderful con-
49, fr the history of tee chut-hs So
-- .f--rGsuce goes. lC IS diMcult
-a- ..-r- for the tremendous gather
70 ..-l-fsfsv i'm view Of the fact tnat
pc, -.raes Do which any particular IN
D. ~ significance might be attached
~, conc before The conference.
a. +.barragI. was twice packed be
rauacltv yesterday and the
-r-. han Was twice filed TO over
s-, Hundreds then walked around
-Terrfs unable to gain admission
.-- i5ts- af the large buildings. After
---rrfnl services in the tabernacle
less than 1000 people remained III
sz.f- having brought their lunch
E .rrw la order To- be sure or
ir the afternoon. Those VINO re-
ll-.5 therefore. were seated from lO
.t. ranfng until after in the aft
neon a little over ST. solid hours.
-l.. ebair did maHidCentIy yesteT-
al, mare than $50 voices being heard
--z5-- has the attendance of the choir
,.-- i, 1srp. even at conference time
D0ings Of Morning Session.
When President smith opened the
-..Tf1g session of the third day Of
~. conference yesterday. the aisles
y ba mammoth tabernacle We're
-.r5aI. and hundreds were outside
--s doors. unable 90 enter. This ne
..s-.fstef an overflow meeting in the
tsssmbI- hall. which 1900 attended.
alter President Smith read telegram
rar1esiiug O. n. Llndquist or HyFum[
rss5a county. To return home. as his
mother was dying. the services werc /
a--red with the hymn by the choir
e-E congregation entitled We Thank
Thee d God. For a Prophet" Prayer, /
which was offered by President William
pr5rs Of the Bear Lake sake, was
followed by rendition by the choir of I
lie Simple Souls Who Stray
President BENJAMIN u. Rich of the |
errhsrH states mission was the first /
sneaker. After a short synopsis of the |
work OF his mission. which embraces I
the territory between Lake Erie and /
tHa Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi l
rE5r and Atlantic ocean. and the |
amount of literature distributed i'm ia
gu Of the Mormon cause the speaker /
v5hemently criticised the ministers for /
de persecution Of Mormon elders,
ysltuug the statement that So per /
cen. Of the mObs interfering with the F.
elders Urt headed ut .I.l--HG-.-
che southern state. the speaker said, /
fle ministry succeeded in having in {
u0luced in the legislature a bill max [
ing 70 a crime TO preach without sal
airy. This was intended as a slap az
the elders. who perform their work |
without salary. President Ricn de-
caei be had three standing invita- /
tons 90 De killed. but has not vet found I
tine to- keep any of them.
The speaker laid great stress on TIE f.
Tact that the representativ Of the
church were the only ones barred from /
The religious congress of all nations at /
me Worlds f2ir in Cm-ago in '93.
Few Followers in Colorado.
President Joseph A. McCrea of the J
colorado mission, which embraces tie
territory between Canada and Mexico /
ana the Mississippi and Pacific ocean. /
a77.ar6d the fact of the church in that /
territory hayin~ so few followers. The |
speaker laid thss to the territory being /
made u9 OF two classes of people /
wealthy ana lth-seekers-
Class OF U.s. IN cared much for religion. /
Fteside~ James DUlfin of the south /
western mission. who followed. said .
ile people OF his mission were liberal /
minded and made up &C. the best classes I
- people n The country. The suea ker !
i-t.leled great results in his territory. [
'-i 'enJured the prediction that the \
SOU MORMON temple. the foundation
y "Aill was laid by Joseph Smith in /
--.'. sAavhee Mo-, shortly before he /
l' liIten from there i'm the latter
~, "oii1, IN the near future be huIf
- i"e L-kt speaker Apostle George /
-,aslale' made "a general plea for rbe .
-'v 1l the church. He found obiec- 4
.s' to The term Mormon" being an
.-sl 20 me church. and tried to show
..al the followers were of Cod and .
la be called members of tho
'1lr1h o. L8tter-dav saints.
apostle John Henry smith the last
t gave his experiences of
Jay uIn he made through the
mn. NE speaker claimed that the
E-''A TOT tho cause I'm the mart of
nm, .,5- --y from which he Just re-
'---7i was excellent
~ Ger Inc choir had rendered the an
r,- Rouse, Oh, We ATorta1y fba
1.. ls Wear, President Lewis If tbs
r5 r--.''-d stake Pronounced henedic-
At the overarw Meeting.
~. -ls overflow meeting was nrssi5s5
.. 9y APOSTLE Heber ]. Grant n
.- oy the choir and c0npraratio1
rls the hymn. Guide III III /.
go GREAT Jehovah followed Inv y
s5.- 'y John q. Game. After 'rba .
rs OF Tie hymn. How Firm a
d u- addresses were mad. bv
ana d., z-ilS-. Joseph ~. McNurrin /.
nm m ~. s ~ Wells and Apostles Hv-
S--. 'A-lo and H. j. Grant.
t.s Time is Far SDart .r md /
Boz -.-..--- sy Apostle John w. Tav-
.-ael the services.
Session Of the Afternoon
r. y. .aoir sans Praise The Lord All /.
b. ma The opening prava~ vs.
H. . David John OF T-tab s+sl-s
sas ~. second anthem MAS "Ar
-.l--.''rsl John Smith ,-ss +b- e..
"7l Ii is ID. +-st &C. -'-Ht