The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-10-12
SAINTS IN SESSION
IN SALT LAKE CITY
seventy-sIxth semi-Annual Confer
enee Of the Church Of Jesus Christ
Of Latter-Day saints Attended
by an Immense Crowd.

The opening service of the seventy
sixth senii-annual conference of the
Later-day Saints, in Salt Lake City on
Friday. October G., 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 lie said those
who paid tithes we're 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 dehed any
man to prove that a 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 fort young men 30 preach the
gospel were greater than Che supply
Large amounts have been expend
ed in the erection of meeting houses
in wards and for stake houses said
President Smith. The trn3tee-in
trust has been called on 20 furnish
large sums of money for tie erection
of churches, meeting houses and alsc
houses of entertainment.
Il would like all to knog that thu
church of Latter-day Saints believes
not only in houses of worship. but o
instruction and amusement that M
people may have places for younI
people to gather in dance and the en-
joyment of desires of the heart i
righteousness"
Counselor John r. Whder an
Counselor Anton H. Lund also spolS
at the morning session.
Apostle John Henry Smith, Ridge
Clawson, Reed Smoot and HyruT
Smith were the speakers at the after
noon session OF the conference.
John Henry Smith paid an eloQuen
tribute to the mission workers OF tn
church. In conclusion he bore test
mony that the present head OF tn
Mormon church was honest, able. NJ
right fearless, as all other president
of the church had been.
Rudger Clawson appealed to tn
congregation to know II Presiden
Smith and all the others who had aC
dressed the conference had not spoil
en- by the spirit of God
Apostle Reed Smoot said that h
knew the gospel of his church wa
true, and that the work OF the author
ties was the work of God 81 say I
you, Later-day Saints" he said, "tha
people never had any more confideDc
in any man or any set of men, tina
they have in the presidency of tn
church today. The adversary is tr!
ing to stir up strife, to set peopl
against the authorities by making nj
just attacks upon them, but he'll ia
in this just as sure as the sun rises
After a brief address by Apostl
Hyrum Smith, President Smith pr
scented the names of the authorize
and church officers to be sustained b
tho conference. All were sustaine
without opposition.
Answers to charges OF the r
organized or "Josephite" church
Latter-day Saints and additional test
mony that the tithing funds wei
righteously spent were the importaI
development of Saturdays sessions
the seventy-sixth semtannual oonfe
! ence of Latterday Saints.
Elder Brigham H. Roberts reptile
= directly, and Apostle G. W. Penro'
Indirectly to assertions made by Pre-
ident Joseph Smith of the Josephi
church, and his leaders, at the afte
noon session. In the morning sessic
President w. T. Jack of Cassia stalk
Idaho, upheld the handling of II
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