The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1902-10-10
sEyENTY.THIRD CONFERENCE
LARGE CROWDS ATTEND sENLANEuAl
CONVENIENCE At SALT LAKE.
f'es'dent smrth Expresses Satisfaction At
Large Attendance aud Gratitude TO
Almighty for Prosperity That
Has Attended the Pro-
pie During the Past
Season.

season.
The seventy.third scmi-annual con.
Terence Of the Latter.day Saints OPP
ensd Saturday forenoon, October lth,
In the Tabernacle, with an attendance
that completely oiled the vast edifice
Promptly alto o'clock President Joseph
u. smith arose aud bade the congre.
cation open the conference with the
singing Of the hymn, "Our God. We
Raise to Thee" Invocation was offered
by Stake President lliggs. Of Nephi,
and, after the mammoth congregation
had sung "Redeemer Of Israeli" Presi-
dent smith, the first speaker, stepped
70 the pulpit aud addressed the Assem-.
blage briefly. President Smith ex-
pressed satisfaction at the unusually
large attendance, aud spoke his graft.
tude to the Almighty for the prosperity
that has attended the people during
The past season.
During the morning session Prcsi-
dent Ben y. Rich, OF the Middle States
mission. denounced in severe terms The
iastern press, which has set up the
cry Of blood atonement' Ia connection
with the cnld-bloodcd murder OF which
Hooper Young is accused.
"What damnable lies they tell, f." said
Presidcnt Rich. "Tbcy will die and
20 70 hell and be damned forever. Aud
they will remain in he'll forever upless
some Mormon elder goes down and
helps them out"
President Rlch said the press In New
York, where Hooper Young is In Gus
tody, had been trying to bring home
TO the Mormon church the responsible
ity OF the crime Of which the young
man is accused. Regarding blood
atonemeut, Mr. Rich said the church
authorities, in 1889, declared openly
that the shedding of blood was abhor-
rent to them, and denied that enemies
Of the faith had ever been ordered
killed. lie said the Mormon people
believe IN blood Rtonement ouly to the
extent demanded by the laws Of the
country.
President Joseph Robinson, Of the
Caliniforniu mission, la "a short talk
before the conference, reported that
Fhe California mission Is prospecting,
and that the membership is now fully
700, despite the fact that the elders
who are at work In that field have met
much vigorous opposition during the
past six months.
President L. u. Nye, Of the Southern
States mission, followed with short
address on conditions throughout the
South. He said there are abouta hun
dred elders operating throughout the
Southern States, mostly among the
rural and backwoods districts
President McRue, OF the Colorado
mission, was the next speaker. and he
todd Of the work being done ia his
districts, giving most encouraging
report Of the success Of the mission.
Apostle llyrum Smith made the clos
ingaaddress Of the morning session,
dealing with those who arc defaming
the church. Apostle Smith said the
spirit that is being manifested by some
Is the same that caused tho murder OF
Joseph Smith, whose blood is still cry
ing for vengeano3 He deplored the
fact that people, among them minis
tiers, go east aud deliberately lie about
the Mormon people.
Al the afternoon session President
Dutln Of the Southern States mission
said that mob violence In that district
is dying out, and that people in the
southwest are becoming favorable To
missionaries.
President Woodruff, OF the mission OF
the Northeast, said that there were
many converts being made constantly
throughout bis mission.
President Nephi Pratt, OF the North
west mission, also spoke OF the natter-
ing state of affairs In his field OF labor.
Apostle John Henry Smith said he
had Waited Hancock county, Illinois,
during the past year. and found that
all the hard feeling that once existed
against the Mormon people has died
out. III found that the place Is Jack.
Mormon rather than anti-Mormon,
said Apostle Smith. There seems to
be belief that the Mormon people
could return to that country and build
up the towns that have wasted since
they were driven out by persecution.
SECOND DAYS SESSION.
Apostle Reed Smoot, the drst speaker
~ "a. ,nnrnIng session ,aued ths