The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-04
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CONF FERENCE IN
SALT LAKE CITY

The eightieth semi.annual confer
ence of the Mormon church met in
Salt Lake yesterday with thousands
of members OF the church from every
nook and corner OF Utah and other
states In attendance All of the apos-
ties were present except Rudger Claw
son and Apostle Penrose, the latter
being now In England. All of the
quorum Of the seventies and the
members of the quorum of the seven
ties were present al the tabernacle
yesterday morning when the confer.
ence opened
President Joseph r. Smith. as Gus
tomary. delivered the opening address.
He regretted that the large attend
ance made It necessary for so many
OF the sisters to stand After ex-
planning that the Mormon faith is not
based upon the judgment or opinion
OF men, he declared that the religion
IS founded upon truth which cannot
intelligently be disputed
Care Of Children.
President Smith sounded note of
warning TO parents regarding tho care
of their children. II want to say this.
some I.atter.day Saints have grown to
put such unlimited confidence in their
children that they do not believe it
possible for them TO be led astray or
TO do wrong, and thoy turn them loose
morning, noon and night, attending
all kinds OF entertainments and
amusements, and some Of our own
children arc so innocent perhaps that
they do not suspect even, and there
fore they themselves are of their
guard and get into evil.
The president of the church advised
Latter-Day Saints to marry only those
of their own faith Regarding this he
said Il want to say to you. Mormon,
Jew or Gentle, believer and unbeliev-
er. ] would rather take one OF my
children TO the grave than | would
see them turn away from the Gospel.
| would like to see Latter-day Saint
women marry Latter-day Saint men.
and Latter-day Saint mon marry Lat
ter-day Saint women. Let Methodists
marry MethodiSts, and Catholics mar
~ Catholics. and Presbyterians marry
Presbyterians and so on. let them
keep within the pale OF their own
faith and church and marry and in.
termarry there and let the Latter-day
Saints do the same thing Nothing
would give me more grief than to
see one OF my boys marry an unbe-
lieving girl or one of my girls marry
an unbelieving man. A good many
Of our people are in the habit of let.
ting their daughters come TO this city
unprotected and it would be pItiable,
sorrowful, to relate the consequences
of much of that sort of thing"
For Home Industry,
President Smith, continuing, called
upon the members of the church to
support all home industries and cease
patronizing the manufacturers OF the
East. He exhibited suit of clothing
which he was wearing as an evidence
that he patronlzed homo industries
He also advised the Saints TO teach
their children all trades, farming,
blacksmthing and other handicraft,
deploring the fact that some arc In
clined 10 shun this kind of work for
professions which they considered
more honorable.
At the conclusion OF the presidents
address John R. Winder and President
Anthon II. Lund followed with ad.
dresses
At both sessions OF the conference
held yesterday the tabernacle was
crowded to oyerilowing Overflow
meetings were held in the afternoon
at the bureau OF information and the
Assembly hall.