The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1905-04-14
ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE
SAINTS MEtr ON sEVENTYFlFTH
ANNIVERSARY or FOUNDING
or CHURCH.
President Smith Prss.des at Opening
Session, Consratulates the Saints
and Tells Of Their Progress
and Present Prosperity.

ard present property
The annual conference of the Church
OF Jesus Christ OF latturday Saint
opened loo Salt Lake city on Thursday
April o. the day being the seventy.
6rh anniversary OF the founding OF
the church iu Sew York state
The attendance at the opening Sos.
sion was unusually large. members
being present from nIl over the United
states and several foreign countries.
There were present Of the general
authorities. OF the First Presidency
Joseph b. Smith John " Windor ana
Anthem u. tunu. of the Council ~ the
Twelve Apostles. Francis VI Lyman.
Rudgor ClavsUu. Hyrum NJ Smith.
George a. smith. Charles W ponrpso.
Presiding Patriarch John Smith, First
Seven Presidents OF Seventies. SDy.
mour 49, Young. Brigham n Roberts.
George Reynolds. J Golden kimhalL
Rulun s Wells and Joseph W. McMur.
rim. OF the Presiding Bishupric. VIII
liam r Barton and Orrin T.. Miller
There were also large number 81
presidents Of stakes. their councillors.
presidents OF missions and other
prominent men NJ the Priesthood
President Joseph r. Smith deliy.
| cred the first address Of the confer.
cncc lie spoke cloquontly uf the con.
ditiuns Of the church today Ills re-
marks were not confined TO any par
| ticular subject. but covered a wide
/ variety uf topics associated with the
| affairs Of the l.attgruay Saints. tie
congratulated the people on their hon.
csty. falthfulncss. Industry and pros
| perity There never was a time, he
said. when there were fewer diner
cnCcs among the people than at the
/ present. or q more general prosperity
| experienced The church, too. as an
| organization. was progressing In all
these regards. During the past year
Il had been able to give assistance In
cases OF extreme distress To the Lat.
tcrday Saints in many places They
had been helped where floods had de-
stroyod their homes and crops. Head
| quarters and churches for foreign and
| home missions had been purchased ai
considerable expense a large tract
Of land had been purchased In Jackson
county. where the church IL some day
TO erect a magnificent temple. In adj
| ditlon, more than half the bonded In
dobtednCss OF the church has been
liquldntod. and. said the speaker, with
marked emphasis. he hoped soon tC
see the church absolutely free from
debt and under obligations TO no man
Referring to the criticisms Of som'
persons, he said they should not b'
regurdcd 100 ncrioualy. They we're tn,
boilH. carbunolos and other oxcres
cencos Of the body OF the organization
In such instances there was but on,
thing to do-what the surgeon doe
when n patient Is thus afficted-cu
them out and on when this Is don,
the general body will be the bette
for H. The Inference was that plmplei
woro neither hcallhful nor beneficial
In any way. Eradication Of them wa
essential So. too, IL cutting on necca
sary OF individuals who have bocom,
law unto themselves.
President John II. Winder. Eide
Hugh j. Cannon ana Elder RulOn $
Wells also addressed the audience
A. the afternoon session, PrcsldCn
Anthem II Luud delivered the priuClpa
address lie endorsed the statement
! made by President Smith cuuCoruin
the tlthing The tlthlng. be- said wa
used only for the purposes of th
church, and the president did nuthiu
with the finances OF the church withuu
I consulting his Cuunscllurs. The rec
! Ords of the church are open to the ir
spcctlon OF the Saints; they are car,
| fully audited by committee. Thi
year he said larger amounts had bee
, expended for meeting houses an
church schools than In any proyiou
, year.
Elder Joseph T.. Robinson. prcsiden
b OF the California mission, Elder GoI
+ man T.. Ellsworth, president OF m
Northern States mission Elder Nepl
Pratt president OF the Northwestern
states mission. and Elder Joseph
Mulao. president Of the Colorado mi
' sion, also spoke, reporting progress
their different folds OF labor.
Tho general authorities Of IN
70 church were presented To the COnto
r once at the afternoon session, an
% voted upon by the assembled thou
: ands. Only two negative votes OF
, OF the mighty multitude were r.
corded, and they were only 10 a pa
W OF the proceedings.
q with fully 5000 souls joining In n
o hymn, Come, come, ye Saints, no ia
or labor fear the second days Sc
sion OF the seyenty.hlth annual confo
ence OF the Church OF Jesus Christ
lattorday Saints opened Friday NOR
4, ing In the Tabernacle. The meetlni
were perhaps better attended than q
the opening day. and a spirit OF ha
n mony and good feeling such as
I. characteristic OF these gatherings, WI
, strongly manifested The first speakC
10 President Francis NJ Lyman. fitting
D. referred to the remarkable growth
n the church and To- It's wuudori
n achievements In the short space
N soyenty.hye years This in itself. sa
Al he. was evidence OF heavenly fave
Is and was a striking testimony Of n
h divine mission OF Joseph Smith, Il
urODhCt of tho latter DAYS The su