The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-06
HYRUM SMITH
RAISES QUESTION
OF PROHIBITION
Apostle EXCOTiateS Senate for
Its Attitude on Liquor
Legislation.
VAST CROWDS ATTEND
CONFERENCE SESSIONS
ALLEGED CURE OF TUBERCU-
LOSS BY LAYING ON
OF HANDS.

Vast crowds filed the tabernacle from
stand t. doors at both sessions Of the
general conference yesterday, and inter
est in the proceedings was unabated-
though with the exception of the anti
liquor speech Of Apostle Hyrum NJ.
Smith. nothing developed out of the or
binary program.
The morning session was called to or
der by President Joseph +. 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 invo-
cation by First Counselor Grin 2. Mil
Ter.
The morning speeches touched on
church matters entirely. all reference
to civic affairs being carefully avoided
Miss Lauriuda POultOu rendered the
soprano SOLO Oh. Shining Light Di-
vine" in Ct very effective manner during
the interim between speCkhes-
In the AFTERNOON Apostle HyTum NJ
Smith spoke at length on the liquor
question, causing a sensation by using
the word prohibition" for the first time
during the conference i'm connection
with the recent auu-liquOr movement
in the state legislature.
Today Heber J. Grant VIII be heard
for the first time during the present
conference, and it is predicted by those
high i'm the councils of the church that
he will call a spade a spade, and
outline the policy he favors as to pro
hibitiOn Sunday closing law and other
matters connected with civic affairs
A priesthood meeting. and a meeting
of the Genealogical society were the
only other features of the days work,
purely routine business being trans
acted.
Apostle Smiths Talk.
( Apostle Hyrum NJ Smith. the first
{ speaker at the afternoon session. said.
/ in part:
/ i nope that while I address the con-
I gregatiOn this afternoon ] may enjoy a
( good deal of the spirit of the Lord, that
, we may continue TO enjoy the name OF
( God. and through it be instructed and
/ blessed 1 have enjoyed the meeting of
/ the conference thus far, ] have TO-
joiced i'm the gathering and also i'm the
z remarks that have been made by the
. various speakers
/ In the year 1929. previous to the or
ganizatiOn of the church, the Lord re-
f peatedly said unto Joseph Smith and TO
the elders of the church, or to those who
/ believed with Joseph Smith, that a great
{ ana universal work was about To come
among the children OF man. II this
/ statement could be repeated even from
the mouth of God prior to the organ
/ izatiOu Of the church, we surely can re-
peat it now, when we see all about us
such a wonderful fuIfIment of the
/ prophecies.
AS I sat just now and looked over
the vast multitude, I could not help
but remember the quotation, How
great and marvellous is the work that
has come among the children Of men,.
Beginning with but six members a few
years ago. comparatively. the church
now numbers its members by the hun
dreds of thousands The church is
composed Of a people who now own
magnificent properties, are GOd-feaTing
alive with the principles of the gospel
life and salvation. They have been
drawn from all of the nations Of the
earth, from all Creeds, factions, tongues
and peoples, and have been carried by
the grace of God into the holy church
of Jesus Christ.
IN a recent speech Of one Of our
brothers. the kingdom of heaven is lik-
ened to a piece of leaven, put in meas
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