The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-10-12
SAINTS IN SESSION
IN SALT LAKE CITY
seventy.sixth semi-AnnuaI Confer
enee Of the Church of Jesus Christ
Of Latter-Day Saints Attended
b. an Immense Crowd.

Iater-day Saints, in SAT- Lake Clty On
Friday, October 6, drew an immense
crowd. and much enthusiasm was
manifested.
The feature of the morning services
was the address of President Smith,
while the sustaining of authorities
and speech of Apostle Reed Smoot
| held the closest attention in the after
noon.
The most important development OF
the day as far as President Smiths
speech is concerned, was his invita-
| tion to "all faithful, all tithe-payers
and Saints in good standing" to ex-
anime the books in which are kept
the tithing accounts. He said those
who paid tithes were welcome to
look in the book and see, but that he
didn't propose to let every Tom,
Dick and Harry in the country pry
| into the records.
President Smith openly detied any
man to prove that dollar of tithing
money had been wasted or stolen"
and expressed qualification at the in
creasing tithes.
President Smith welcomed the Lat
ter-day Saints to the conference and
expressed his qualification at the un-
usually large attendance. In his open
ing remarks he said that the authori-
ties of the church had been active and
diligent in the performance of their
duties during the past six months.
He reported missionary work in good
shape, with the exception that the de-
mands for young men to preach the
gospel were greater than the supply
Large amounts have been expend-
ed in the erection of meeting houses
in wards and for stake houses" said
President Smith. The trustee-in-
trust has been called on to furnish
large sums of money for the erection
of churches, meeting houses and also
houses of entertainment
Il would like all to know that the
church of Latter-day Saints believes
not only in houses of worship, but of
instruction and amusement-thatt the
people may have places for young
people to gather in dance and the en-
joyment of desires of the heart in
righteousness"
Counselor John r. Winder and
Counselor Anton Fl. Lund also spoke
at the morning session.
Apostle John Henry Smith, Rudger
Clawson, Reed Smoot and Hyrum
Smith were the speakers at the after
noon session of the conference.
John Henry Smith paid an elouuent
tribute to the mission workers of the
church. In conclusion he bore testi.
mony that the present head of the
Mormon church was honest, able. up.
right, fearless, as all other presidents
of the church had been.
Rudger Clawson appealed to the
congregation to know if President
Smith and all the others who had ad.
dressed the conference had not spok-
en- by the spirit of God
Apostle Reed Smoot said that he
knew the gospel of his church was
true, and that the work of the autbori.
ties was the work of God. II saw to
you, Later-day Saints" he said. that
people never had any more confidence
In any man or any set of men, than
they have In the presidency of the
church today. The adversary is trv.
ing to stir up strife, to set peonle
against the authorities by making I'm.
just attacks upon them. but hem fail
In this just as sure as the sun rises l."
After brief address nv Anost,o
Hyrum Smith, President Smith nre.
sented the names of the authorities
and church officers to be sustained nv
The conference. An were sustained
without opposition
Answers to charges of the pa
organized or "Josephite" cb,rob %
Lat'er'day Saints and additional testi.
mony that the tithing funds woro
rlghteously spent We're the imnortant
development of Saturdays sessions of
the seventy-sixth semi-annual confer
ence OF Latter-day Saints.
Elder Brigham IL n
and Apostle c. W. Penrose
to assertions made by Pres
@ iueht Joseph Smith of the Josephite
church and his leaders, at the after.
p.oi, poon session In the morning session
W. T. Jack of Cassia stake
iu"no' upheld the handling of the