The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08
OEPLORES THE FACT THAT
LIQUOR LEGISLATION FAILED
Member Of Presidency Touches on
Prohibition at seventy-ninth Con-
ference of Latter-day Saints.

ference of the Church of Jesus Christ
OF Latter-day Saints. on Sunday, April
d. it is estimated that at least $1,000
| persons were present, while at the
conference of the Deseret Sunday
Sunday School Union, in the evening
the attendance was the largest in the
| history of the organization. Overflow
meetings were necessary at both the
morning and afternoon sessions of the
| conference.
President Smith, with his counsel
ors, and all of the apostles with the
| exception of Reed Smoot and G. w
| Penrose, as well as nearly all of the
other high officials of the church.
were present. George Reynolds was
honorably released as first assistant
to the general superintendent of the
Sunday School union on account of
poor health. DAVID o. Mckay, second
assistant, was advanced to fill the va
cancy, and Stephen l.. Richards was
| appointed to succeed Mr. Mckay.
Joseph f. Smith, president of the
church, presided at both sessions, ano
the president of the church, with
John r, Winder and Anthem II. Lund,
his counselors, were the speakers at
the opening session,
At the opening session President
Smith declared that his heart was full
of gratitude toward the Lord and of
love for the Latterday Saints and the
Church of Jesus Christ throughout all
of the world and to all that is worthy
in life that can compare with the
great work that the Lord is doing in
the midst of the children of men in
these latter days.
we of the faith have reached the
point where we can forego the pleas.
ures OF home, profit-making and the
call of affection, consecrating our time
to the preaching of the gospel until it
Is said to us 1t Is enough and we
, receive honorable releases to go to
our homes.
IF | were asked to give up all am
possessed of for the purpose of build
ing up Zion or the advancement oil
the cause, ! would say, Father. this
Is all have and give it all without a
regret
This | want: want to live, so
that, no matter what any man in the
world may think. no matter what any
one else In the world may do or say
there is but one thing for me to do,
and that is to be true to the Gov
enants | have made to my Father in
heaven. | want to live so that | can
tha,
he would forgive mine. There Is nc
| salvation but in the way. God has
| mapped 1t out; there is no hope for
everlasting life but through obedience
to the laws fixed by the Father of Life.
1--WE have outlived the opposition
| against the church of the I.atter-day
Saints, and the feeling that was so
/ strong against our fathers and moth
| ers in the early days. when they were
but handful, poor, homeless, driven
| from their own premises and set to
wandering about in the wilderness, yet
they did not falter, facing hardships
innumerable that their legacy to us
might be what 1t is
John II. Winder, first counsellor to
! President Smith, despite his having
| passed the SSth milestone on lifes
| journey, delivered his speech at the
| conference in a voice which reached
to all points of the great tabernacle
| He declared Il am glad to have the
| opportunity of speaking to you again
and l repeat my determination to go
on and especially to keep my GOV
enant sacred and holy as have done
up to this time"
Anthem II. Lund, second counselor
to President Joseph F. Smith, made a
report on the missionary work all over
the world, and spoke of the prohibit
ton question. He said. in part:
I'VE have tried during the past win.
ter to have legislation passed that
would shield our city from the temp
tations of intemperance. We want to
get the evil of liquor stopped If pos
sible, and cur people should never be
SEEN entering saloon or place where
liquors are sold, This has been one
of our teachings for years.
1--WE did not succeed in getting a
law passed to help us, so we must be
more than ever on our guard for the
protection of our families.
I'VE also hoped to have a Sunday
law passed, so that amusementS on
Sunday evenings could be stopped. so
that the Sabbath could be what the
Lord intended it for. day of rest and
meditation. Let us influence our chill
dren, make their homes a place of en-.
tertainment. Make home of such in.
terest that they will feel there is no
better place for them than there
When they go to evening service there
is still time for visits to friends at
their homes and for social meetings a"
Second Days Session.
The morning session of the confer.
ence on Monday was called to order
by President Joseph F. Smith at
1906 o'clock. the opening hymn, Now
Let Us Rejoice in the Day of Saliva
ton" being rendered by the choir
and the congregation, followed by an