The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-10
ADJOURNMENT TAKEN
IN THE AFTERNOON

The crowd for the afternoon and
| final session of the conference began
| assembling before l o'clock. Long be
| fore the hour of opening every seat
| was taken and large numbers were
standing in all parts of the tabernacle.
| Before the opening of the programme
( President Joseph L. Smith appealed to
] the faithful to crowd close together to
! make room for as many as possible. 1t
! seemed that every inch of space in the
/ building was occupied; men and
women were standing in the choir
/ loft; boys were far out on the project
! ing lodges of the organ with their feet
dangling in space, and through the
( doors could be seen the crowds that
| could not find entrance.
| President z. d. WOOlley of the Kanab
/ stake opened the meeting with prayer.
/ He was followed by Mrs Lizzie
! Thomas Edward in a solo assisted by
1 the choir.
! Apostle George A Smith was the
| first speaker. He opened with the
| moss-grown campaign story of the
/ Kansas farmer who built his stone
! fence three feet high and five feet
! wide so that when the wind blew it
| over it was higher than it was before.
/ The great rally of Mormonisu in the
| face of the recent opposition reminded
| the apostle of this story.
| Apostle Smith spoke on the purpose
| of life. He related that Jesus came to
! the western hemisphere in a cloud
| after leaving his disciples in the far
/ east; how he gave them the same
| organization as he gave to the early
| disciples after he had assembled to his
| father and returned to earth.
| The story of the coming of the
! Prophet Joseph Smith and of his work
| IN organizing the church and making
| known the viii of God TO men was
] dwelt upon, and a testimony was given
| as to the truth Of the gospel, the
| divine mission of the church and the
! worth of the leaders now at the head
| of the organization.
| A quartette composed of Mrs. Lizzie
| Thomas Edward Miss Mabel Cooper
| Thomas Ashworth and John Robinson
| sang number with the assistance of
the choir.
John Henry Smith in Mexico.
Apostle John Henry. Smith reached
the city at 100 o'clock in the afternoon
| from TobascO, Mex. He had intended
to be in the city at the opening OF the
! conference and made all possible speed
on the return trip, but unavoidable de-
! lays held him back till yesterday. He
told of his visit to Old Mexico during
! which he spent ten days on horseback
and six days IN canoe. He had moth
| ing but good words to say about the
MeXlcanS and especially President
Diaz. He paid his customary tribute
to this glorious country and its glori-
Gus constitution.
William Knight, son of Jesse Knight,
| Of the Taylor stake in Canada told of
/ the work of the Latter-day Saints in
I that part of the world He related
how Fhe church authorities helped the
| settlers to get seed. His people he
| said, had every confidence in the lead
| erS of the church. and do not feel that
! they are being robbed of their tithinE.
| He thought it a good idea when young
J men were CrOwding the streets of the
| cities to send them out into the new
| countries to settle and become factors
| in the community Mr.. Knight ex-
| pressed faith i'm the wisdom and hon.
! esty Of the leaders. He hoped ne
/ would never raise his voice against
! them and try to be smarter and more
! influential than 10000.
Floods in Arizona.
Andrew KimbaU. president of the
st. Joseph stake i'm Arizona. proved an
| entertaining speaker He told Of the
! damage done in his country by the
! floods in the loss of 5000 acres of land
/ and the breaking of twenty-five canals.
| The farmers had already planted the
! third crop because two had been swept
/ away or covered. and if the third is
destroyed, he said they would plant
! another. as they can plant every month
| in the year
| He told of one widow living in the
! ella river bottom who had~fffty acres
! of land swept away. and later another
/ fifty acres was added to her farm. An
! other man had fifteen acres of land
! carried away wire fence and all. Then
] fifteen acres We're added. but without
/ weeds. He said the saints were taking
[ higher ground and building canals.
! They were winning people into the
| church by loving kindness and looking
! after their interests
President Smith Says Damn"
At this point a solo was announced
! for Charles Kent, THE Seer. Joseph
the Seer" Before Mr.. Kent had time
/ to start President Joseph F. Smith
! startled the congregation by using the
/ word. damn" A storm had been
! gathering for some time: the taber-
nacle grew dark and thunder made it
difficult to hear. The president arose
and said:
Tt win now be in order for this
J congregation to damn the Utah Light
! & Railway company as the lightning
has struck a transformer, making 1t
| impossible to work the organ
/ If the damning was done il was in
audible Mr. Kent sang. The tones of
! the organ were hardly missed in
| listening to his voice
Apostle Charles W. PenrOse was the
! last speaker of the afternoon. He
entered into a learned argument to
/ demonstrate that the Mormon idea Of
the resurrection of the body after
death was the true one. God con-
! IS composed, he said, and these eie-
! ments are indestructible and eternal
For this reason the human body is
! eternal as well as the spirit, and the
| body viii endure for all time although
J it may be reduced to it's primary ele-
| ments by death.
| Apostle Penrose defended the law
! of tithing also and ridiculed the idea
that the leaders were under Obliga-
| tiOnS TO render an account of what is
done with the tithing. He defended
the leaders Of the church from all
J attacks; said they were worthy of all
| confidence, and that the people would
! not be led away from them by any
| will-o'-the-wiSp or JaCk-O'-lantern.
| President Smith announced that it was
! proposed that one Of the greatest con-
| ferences of the church adjourn for six
months, and the proposal was sus-
| tanned by the upholding Of hands. This
| was after the choir had sung. Peace,
BE still" without accompaniment from
| the organ.
| OVERFLOW MEETING