The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-10-08
TEMPERANCE ADVOCATED
AT MORMON CONFERENCE
President Smith and Counselors, and
other Leading Men Of the Church,
Admonish Saints Against Use
of lntoxicants.

Salt Lake City.--At the opening
session of the seventy.ninth semi-an-
rual conference of the Church OF
| Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a
resolution was offered by Apostle He.
| Der j. Grant. and unanimously ap-
proved, pedging its officers and mem.
| bers to use every proper means to fur
| Their the cause of temperance, to Sc.
| cure the passage of such laws as may
be necessary to close saloons and 9th.
erwise decrease the sale of liquor,
| and also pledged themselves to the
support of Sunday law.
The resolution was as follows.
Believing in the word and teachings
| of President Joseph F. Smith, as set
forth this morning on the subject of
| temperance, it is proposed that all the
| officers and members of the Church of
Latter-day Saints will do all in their
power that can properly be done with
lawmakers generally, to have such
laws enacted by our legislature soon
to be elected as may be necessary to
close saloons and otherwise decrease
the sale of liquor and to enact the
Despite the inclement weather, the
attendance was large. overflow meet
ings being necessary TO accommodate
the large crowds. Nearly all the
speakers of both sessions of the open
ing day of the conference dealt with
the subject of temperance as based
on the revelation of the Word of Wis
dom, which prohibits the use of in.
toXicating liquors. tea. coffee and to-
bacco, and which recommends the
sparing use of meats.
After but a brief mention OF the
prosperity which had been granted
the church since the last conference,
President Joseph f. Smith devoted
his address to the advocating of tenn
perance as based upon the Word Of
Wisdom and to urging the Latter-day
Saints to so live as to set an example
to other peoples in this regard, and
to make their name known over the
whole world as advocates of temper.
ance. He also severely censureu the
use of tobacco in any form.
President Smiths counselors, John
r. Winder and Anthem II. Lund, who
also spoke at the morning session,
sustained the position taken on tenn
perance by President Smith, and
pledged him their hearty. support in
the stand which he had taken.
The subject was taken up imme
diately on the opening of the after
noon session by Apostle F. NJ. Lyman,
who did not confine himself to speak
who attacked the habit of using tea
end coffee and the excessive use OF
meats. Mr. Lyman treated the mat
ter from financial point of view,
and showed the enormous saving
which would accrue from the discon.
tinuance of the use of intoxicants, tea,
coffee, tobacco and meats.
Apostle Heber J. Grant also made
@ spirited plea against. the saloons,
and drew terrifying picture of the
results of intemperance. After he had
announced that the checking of the
liquor traffic was in the hands r. the
people whom he addressed, he fged
on them that they use every effort, !
in the family circle and throughout
the state, to bring the traffic into dis
repute, and by their votes at the com
ing election to stamp out the saloon
evil which, he stated, is corrupting
the youth of the community. He then
presented the resolution, which re-
ceived the sanction of the entire CON
ference.
The overflow meeting ap the morn
ing session was under the direction :
of Apostle Anthony WINS, and was ad-
dressed by Joseph e. Robinson, G. NJ
Jensen. In the afternoon 1t was nee
essary to hold overflow meetings in
both the assembly hall and in Barratt
hall. The meeting at the assembly |
hall was in charge of Bishop lverson,
Ben e. Rich SanSlel o. Bennion and
IA. ]. Cannon. There were fully 1000
In attendance AT Barratt hall, the |
meeting was in charge of Joseph A.
McCrea, Nephi Pratt. Joseph Keller
and Thomas B. Evans. There We're
about 1900 present. 1t is estimated
that there We're fully 10000 people
here for the conference.
At the evening session, Judge Fl, H.
Rolapp of Ogden also urged that the
people of the church talk with their
votes as well as with their voices
against the saloons.
In the course of his address at the
opening session, President Smith
said:
THE Lord has blessed us to a re
narkable degree during the last half
year. The Lord has prospered
Zion, and | rejoice in the manifesto
ion of his kindness. | am grateful I
hat. Notwithstanding the efforts so
,trenuously made to iniure the church
and to bring it into disrepute, these
Efforts have been the means of fur.
herring the work of the Lord These
Efforts against the church have had II
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