The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-04
SAINTS EXPORTED
TO REMAIN IN UTAH
Keynote Is That Young People
of Zion Should Cease Wan
dering and Scattering.
HOME INDUSTRY GIVEN
OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT
President Smith Also Objects
Seriously to Taking Off His
Hat to Tobacco Pipe.

Two distinct keynoteS and one minor
chord were struck In the address OF .Jo-
scph +, Smith. president of the Church
OF jesus Christ OF Latter-day Saints. at
the opening Of the elghtieth annual con-
ference of the church. which began sun
day forenoon, One OF these keynotes was
that saints should stay al home and build
homes for themselves. and not surrender
10 Wandcrlust In this connection the
s.peah Back 10 the farm was sounded.
inc other Keynote was home industry
president Smith said the spirit OF loyaliV
that used 10 prevail here with reference
20 patronizing home industry seemed to
nave died an ignoble death IL was
susceptible TO resurrection. however, and
he cXhortcd all mcmbors OF The church TO
bhy only goods made in Utah. The little
chord was n demand that there he "A
stricter observance Of the Word OF Wis
dom. President Smith denounced the to-
pecco pipe. saying that smokers might
as well go at once to the opium habit
death would be swifter. Intoxication also
came In for sound rap at the knuckles
| OF the president
Il,, In the addresses that followed. the
sounded by President Smith Apostles
John Henry Smith. Heber j. Grant and
francls NJ. Lyman, president OF the
| quorum or the twelve. all indorsed what
| The president had said. and added some
| OF their own to II. Altogether. the meet
! ings In the tabernacle Sunday were
| resonant with sentiment directed toward
! the building up OF the state the patroniZ-
| ing OF home manufacturers and the keep
| Ing az home of saints-cspecialy young
ones-who arc bent on scattering far and
| wide.
Enormous Crowds Attend.
The tabernacle was incapable of ac.
| commodating all who came 10 attend the
services in spite o; the wretched weather.
| AZ both the forenoon and afternoon scs-
sions overflow meetings were held in the
\ IfI nI Ia.
forenoon session was estimated at II 900
and al the afternoon session the crowd
suessers placed 1t at 10000 to 10000. A.
the afternoon exercises, every available
| inch OF space in the tabernacle was oc-
cupicd. Every stairway. leading no mat
Ter where. had its steps filled. and the
| aisles were impassabc so densely were
the people crowded into the building. At
the urgent request OF the president
everybody squeezed close together. and n
number who had been standing before
found seats but their places in the aisles
We're Immediately taken by others who
had been waiting outside to get In.
Sunday Schools Prosper.
The Deserct Sunday School union met
in the tabernacle I'm the evening There
was n large attendance. The report Of
the authorities OF the Sunday school
was flatterlnE to the school. for the fig
throughout Zion and representatives
from various stakes reported renewed
and sustained interest
There will be TWO sessions OF the gen =
eral conference Monday. at 10 O'Clock
viii be held In the evening in the tab
! ernaCle at ! o'clock. II is likely that
| overflow meetings Will also be held Mon
day.
I There will he no general sessions Tues
| day. This rule has been adopted in or
der that the visitors may transact busi-
ness while they are In the city without
| being under the stress or having 10
catch the next train" Tuesday evening
there will be n rare treat in the way OF
music, when Miss Maggie Tout will sing
in the tabernacle: Miss Tout Will be as
sisted by a number OF local singers and
the tabernacle choir
Beautiful music was a feature OF the
sessions Sunday, Prof j. j. Mcclellan
was at the organ. and the great taber-
nacle choir. in splendid voice, sang won
derful music. There were solos and
quartette singing also which was thor
oughly appreciated by the immense con-
greSatlon
President Sounds Keynotes.
President Joseph i. Smith presided
at the services. At the morning session
the exercises began with singing by the
choir and congregation OF the hymn.
Come. Come. Ye Saints. Patriarch
David Mckay delivered the invocation.
In the course Of the session there was a
splendid solo by \, C.. Crawford. Hear
Not. Ye Israel" solos by the choir, 'Oh.
Awake. My SIumbering Minstrel" and
zion Prospers; All Is Well" The clos
ing hvnln was In our Redcemcr 8
Name" Elder Frank Y, Taylor pro-
President smith. in his opening ad-
dress, began by congratulating the Saints
upon the large attendance. which, he
said, considering the weather conditions.
was little short OF maryelous
Il take il for granted he said. that
tho vast majority here today are mem
bers of the church in good standing. and
l would that that could be. SAID OF every
} soul that Is present. for there is no great.
er honor in the world or IN the world TO
come than to have membership in the
church"
President Smith quickly came. to the
essential part OF his address-that the
saints should not emiGrate and scatter,
hut should build homes here. In Utah.
} Idaho wyoming. Colorado and nearby
states. on this point President Smith
said in part;
Stay at Home.
There are one or two little matters
that have rested upon my mind OF Ia,e, @
spoken OF. might be spoken OF mere TO-
day, limited at or simply mentioned by me.
they VIII be spoken OF unquestionanlSS
during our conference. But one thing
has Impressed itself very strongly upon
my mind. and desire to say a few words words
n secular matter, but To me II Is both
spiritual and temporal and | would not
give uuch-thar Is, don't think it would
highly that spirit OF salvation that IS
only spiritual l desire to see see and and TO
thnr Is both temporal and spiritual and
Ia participate in and enjoy the saliva
tlon thnt is both temporal and spiritual
The matter that ] refer 10 IS home build.
Ing and the providing OF places TO dwell
\ for the Lattcr-day Saints Wo have
i witnessed the disposition among some
NJ our people TO want TO draw on and
i ca away 10 almost limitless distances
away from the body OF the church, a
disposition to scatter abroad rather than
| IN gather together, and a tendency OF our
Il children 10 go away from their homes.
to sceh homes for themselves somewhere
else, or in some other state or territory,
! or 60 away from their native homes
| Now IL appears 20 me that there are al
most limitIess opportunities and advan-
! taces vet to he utilized not only here
! fn the state of Utah. but in the nearby
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