The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-18
CONFER ENCE
OF WEBER
ST AXE
MORNING AND EVENING SESSION
LARGELY ATTENDED,.
of Salt lake Deliver Interesting
Addresses to Members.

The quarterly conference of the We
Der stake consisted Of two meetings in
the tabernacle yesterday, one in the
forenoon and the other in the evening.
Both meetings were of especial inter
est and the general feeling among
those who attended was that much
good had been accomplished through
the conference.
President L. w. Shurtliff presided
over the meetings and there were
number of the leading authorities Of
the church present to lecture the peo'
pie regarding their duties in life. AT
the morning session the attendance
was not so large as usual upon such
occasions. due to a misunderstanding
a to whether OF not the meeting would
be held 1t mad been announced that
the funeral of the late Lorin Farr
would be held in the tabernacle in
the afternoon. and President Shurtlif
explained that many OF the saints had
the understanding tnat the conference
meeting for the entire day had been
abandoned.
President Watson Of the stake re-
ported the condition of the stake to
be very satisfactory. and the clerks
report was also of f1attering nature.
After the reading of these reports the
officers of the stake organization were
presented to the congregation for their
approval, which was forthcoming.
The speakers we're President Joseph
F. Smith, Apostles John Henry and
George A. Smith, and Bishop Charles
w. Nibley. all of Salt Lake.
Apostle John Henry Smith devoted
his remarks largely to the question of
family devotion. enforcing the idea
that love should prevail In the home
and that tie strictest devotion to each
other should prevail In the home CIR
Gle. Apostle George A. Smith spoke
of the efficacy OF prayer and the great
necessity for the Latter Day Saints
to devote themselves to praying that
the spirit of the Lord might abide
with them In all the things and do
ings of life Bishop Nibley confined
his remarks to an approval OF what
had been said by the apostles regard
ing family devotion and prayer. Pres
ident Smiths discourse had to do
largely with the WORD of wisdom" as
advocated by the Nchurch He admon-
ished the people to be temperate in
all things, and abstain from the use
of intoxicnnts, narcotics and tea and
coffee. The WORD of wisdom" he con-
sidered the word of the Lord. and
among one OF the cardinal principles
of Mormonlsm. to be adhered to and
followed with as much devotion and
precision as any other principle OF
the gospel of the latter day times.
The evening meeting was largely at
tended. 1t being devoted almost en-
tirely to the work of the Mutual I'M
provement associations. The princi-
pal speakers were Apostle John Henry
Smith and Bishop Charles Nibley. The
latter speaker dwelt largely upon the
question of Liberty and Freedom
particularly religious liberty, for
which. he claimed the Mormon people
had always SO zealously contended
Apostle Smith spoke on the life and
accomplishments of the late Lorin
Farr, exhortIng the young people to
pattern after this great and good man
in tneir walk in life. AT both the
morning and evening meetings music
was furnished by the Ogden choir,
and at the evening session the Shu-
bert Concert company OF Chicago rem