The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-06
APOSTLES ARE
UNIT IN FAVOR
OF TEMPERANCE
Word of Wisdom Promulgated
in Second Days Session
of Conference.
SUBJECT CHIEF THEME
OF CHURCH GATHERING
OFFICERS WILL BE SUSTAINED
AT MEETING TO BE
HELD TODAY.

The second days session of the con-
ference was again devoted, almost en-
tirely to the subject of temperance as
exp0unded in the Word of Wisdom.
The speakers of the day were the apos-
ties OF the church. All have placed
themselves on record as favoring the
cause of temperance and the observ-
ance of the Word of Wisdam with the
exception of David o. Mckay, who
mas not yet had an opportunity of
addressing the conference and Charles
w. PenrOse. who is at present absent
in England as the head of the British
mission The apostles all treated the
subject from different points of view,
but all pledged their hearty support
To the president of the church in the
stand which he has taken, and heartily
endorsed the resolution by which every
member of the church is bound to ac-
tive measures in the cause of temper
ance and the abolition of the saloon.
John Henry Smith made a special
trip from the irrigation congress at
Albuquerque 10 address the conference.
He took, as the keynote of his speech.
the need for the Latter-day Saints to
improve the condition of the land by
good citizenship and obedience to the
commands of God as expressed in the
w ora Oh lSGOIl. he ttll lOI
California on business of the irrigation
congress at l O'Clock.
Rudger Clawson confined his re-
marks almost entirely TO the import
ance of temple work among the church
members. and urged that the members
of the church perform the ordiZ<hces
in the temple for the dead and for the
living who had not received the cove
nants of the church.
Smoot Strong in Prayer.
Apostle Reed Smoot dwelt on the ne
cessity and efficacy of prayer, especial
Iv as applied TO the observance of the,
Word. of Wisdom.s He stated that he,
personally, was strongly aware OF the
efficacy of prayer and that on account
of the prayers and teachings Of his
mother il had been an easy matter for
him to observe the Word Of Wisdom,
which he had always attempted TO keep
strictly. He stated that prayer was
the only means by which this law could
be made general among the people. and
urged that those who had received help
from the Almighty should aid their
weaker brethren by their petitions.
Apostle Hyrum w Smith urged upon
the head of the church the observance
of the law. that the people under them
might profit by their example. He
stated that he believed the Mormon
people would improve in their keeping
of the law now that they had been
shown their guilt so plainly.
Apostle George Albert Smith spoke in
almost the same strain. Apostle George
F. Richards dweIt upon the fact that
the Word of Wisdom was most appli-
cable TO all members of the church and
that il was necessary to keep this law
in order to fit themselves to obey the
more arduOus commands of God.
Apostle O. F. Whitney took as his
subject the task of making the world
better and urged the observance of the
law as the surest means of fulfilling
Gods purpose in the world.
At the close Of the afternoon session
President Joseph F. Smith invoked a
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