The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-10-12
CONFERENCE WAS
RECORD BREAKER
Largest Gathering of Saints in the
History of the Church at the
Seventy-eighth Conference.
President Joseph F. Smith Declares
That There is Today Greater
and More Gratifying Spirit Of
Union and Love in the
Church Than Ever.

Salt Lake City.-There can be but
little question that the seventy.eighth
| conference of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter.day Saints was the
largest gathering of the kind in the
history OF the church, members of the
faith being present from all quarters
of the globe.
The first days services Of the con.
ference, on Friday, October 4, consist.
ed OF the semi.annual review by Pres.
ident Joseph +. Smith and addresses
by President John II. Winder and
Apostles A. III. Lund, Francis NJ. Ly-
man. John Henry Smith and Heber j
Grant. In the evening there was an
Illustrated lecture and an organ re-
c!tal by j. J. Mcclellan in the taber.
nacle and meeting of the quorum of
the seventies in the Assembly hall.
During the evening also there were
meetings and reunions IN various parts
of the city
In his address al the opening of the
conference President Joseph +. Smith
took occasion to say that there Is to-
spirit Of union and love in the church
than ever before. He said the interest
In the doctrine Of the Latter-day Saints
is more widespread than ever and that
the work of extending the teachings
OF Jesus Christ ceases not, but In.
creases every day.
So far as J know, and | think we
are In position to Judge rightly,
there Is spirit of union and love in
all the church and pervading the PEG.
pie OF God. Such condition is a
source of pleasure and strength. The
duty of the Latter.day Saints relative
to the work of the Lord should be par.
amount to everything else.
1T Is true that men and women nee.
essarily have to engage In various TEN.
poral occupations, to provide them
selves with the neccssaries OF life.
The Lord designed that His children
should enjoy this life and its blessings.
II has been said that the idler shall
not eat the bread of the Industrious,
and there should be no idlers among
the people of God.
The Latter-day Saints should put
their highest thoughts to the cause of
Zion, to the cause OF truth. to the
cause OF righteousness. The Lord in
stituted this work for the salvation of
men In this life as well as for the
souls redemption in the world to
come.
Il do not believe Yin the doctrine
taught by some that II matters not
what man does in this life, so long
as he confesses Christ before death.
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