The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-03-24
MORMONs HOLD
GOOD CONFERENCE
CFrom Monday.s Advertissr.l

(From Mondays Advertiserl
The little Mormon church ON Punch
! bowl was crowded TO the door last night
at the closing meeting Of the semi
annual conference of the Saints in the
Honolulu district. The congregation IN
side, composed almost exclusively OF
Hawaiians upon whom smiled down the
portraits OF Joseph Smith, their mar
tyr. Joseph f. Smith, their president
! and all the apostles. died every seat;
outside in the entrance lobby were q
score or so of mothers with sleeping
children on their laps, while on the
outside steps, where they could hear
J the words of the many exhorters in
side, clustered a couple of dozen more
of the elect. And everywhere, inside
and out the building, were babies; per-
sons passing up and down the aisleS
/ had to tread carefully lest they step
on them; back and forth from the pulpit
to the pewS trotted more, while at no
time, it appeared. where there not one
or more climbing the steps on TO the
platform where the choir sat. There
is no race suicide among the Mormous
of Honolulu, if the number in evidence
last night AT the conference is any
criterion.
Last night meeting was one and
the last of series that have been
held in Honolulu for the past three
days. In the three other conference
districts in Honolulu similar meetings
have been going ON since Friday. on
that night the Mutual Improvement So
ciety of the church eonvening under the
supervision of President J. +. Woolley,
of the society. This society includes
all the youths and young Women of the
church. who meet once week 10 study
the Book of Mormon and to engage in
social affairs. On Saturday morning
the Relief Society. presided over by
Mrs. Minerva Fernandez, met and dis
eussed their work of the past six
months in distributing food and other
necessaries among those of the Saints
who needed it. On Saturday afternoon
the Primary conference was held. This
included all the children and their
teachers, at the head OF whom is Mrs.
Hattie Davis. The children were ex-
amined in the progress that had been
made among them during the past half
year and also took part in a program
of music and reeitations.
On Saturday night the Sunday schools
of Halawa, Waialae and waikiki met
in conference. presided over by Presi-
dent \. H. Anderson. the. head of the
Honolulu work, and last night the meet
ing was of the Sunday school of Au-
waiolimu. The afternoon and morning
meetings yesterday were general meet
ings, the one in the morning having
the record attendance. 443. These meet
ings were presided over by President
s. E. WoOlley, the head of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Dav Saints in
Hawaii. Last night meeting was led
by Elder Charles Broad and the vari-
Gus speakers dealt especially with the
doctrines of the church as taught from
the Book of Mormon. References were
also made to the other standard books
of the faith, the Doctrines and Cove.
nants, which is collection of the reve'
atiOns claimed to have been received
direct from the Lord by Joseph Smith [
and the church leaders who succeeded !
him. and in which is found the revela- |
tion to Joseph Smith authorizing polyg-
amy and the one to Emma Smith, his
first wife, commanding her to reconcile
herself to the situation. 1t also con-
tains the manifesto of President Wood
ruff, forbiddIng polygamy. Another
standard referred to was the Pearls |
of Great Price, a translation of manu-
script found in Ohio by a Gentle
one not a Mormon-sold to freak |
show in Chicago and discovered by |
Joseph Smith to be additional writings |
Of Abraham dealing with Mormonism. !
There were large number &C speakers
and the meeting last night continued /
until nearly ten o'elock. a number of I
good quartets being sung as well as
some rousing hymns by the congrega- i
tion.