Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-10
General Authorities Are Presented
And Sustained by unani-
nous Vote.
.pREsT.s MITHcLosEs SERVICE i;
:, pr,ef Address During the Session
lie Urges the Proper Teaching
or the Young People.

rh, conference resumed at 9 o'clock
with dense crowd at the tabernacle,
prohably this was the most stirring
.,sson Of the conference. 1t was not
,Io mainly by reason OF the fervent
testimony OF Elder Grant, the benedic-
tion Of President Lyman, and the con-
c,udinr remarks of President Joseph r.
Smith.
The music, as at the preceding ses-
sion. was especially prepared. All OF
I, with the exception of one solo, was
-. nome stalent. At this session the
oho,r Gang Transformation of the Gospel"
~, "God 30 with You till We Meet
,,a,nn as the opening and the closing
number respectively. Awake My
.on,. was sung by John and Margaret
s ..vu and the choir; Grant US
,,anca z, lord" by Chas. Kent ana
Sarah wood and the choir.
III" The authorities Of the Church were
,,rasantcd nv Elder Heber j. Grant.
Priof synopscs of the addresses follow:
ELDER HEBER ]. GRANT.
r,,scr Heber ]. Grant. of the council
t,, first addressed the confer
VI ~ "ro tIo quoted n remark made by
porer Williams upon vacating ms pas
.orate that there was no one on the
anrtb who had authority to act for Goa
and that there would not be ANYONE
I'M new apostles were commissioner.
Elder Grant went on to show that this
statement Is true and that Tue NV, NV
APOSTLES have come. he reiatea eno
frst vision Of the Prophet joseph. ~
which the Father and the son aPPsalea.
10 him. The speaker read an ,eN.Iac.
49,, a sermon delivered by Christian
rrinistar wherein the present condition
If the christian churches Is deplored
and Tho statement of Roger Wi!liamss
assertion of the absence of divine au-
thority confirmed.
Elder Grant said that the power Oh
cod Is In the Church of Christ To-Day:
n tho miracles that had been performed
In orr day were recorded the record
would he larger than tho New Testa-
mont He testified that the gltt OF
boaIinr Is in the Church, for he had
witnessed it. 1t had been manifest In
his own family time and again, Inc
rirt OF tongues lie insisted, Is In the
Church today He related an instance
In his own life. to prove this. once
when he was q child playing on the
floor, number of women IN the re
ficf society held n meeting at his
mothers house: at this meeting one OIL
,,;cIyomen spoke In tongues concerning
him. which was fulfilled twenty years
later.
PATRIARCH JOHN SMITH.
patriorcbs Iohn smith made brief re-
marks. cndorsin, all the remarks that
had been made and all that has been
done during the conference. ana tes-
tlticd to a personal knowledge that the
Church has neon divinely established
ELDER FRANCIS NJ LYMAN.
Elder Francis NJ. Lyman was the
next speaker. He said In substance:
The presence of upwards of 15,oOU
Latter-day Saints on the grounds to-
day is testimony that the Lord is
pleased with his people as whole.
This is Gods work in which we arc
engaged. We arc told that those who
would know of the truth of the doc
trlnc must do his will. wish to mako
this clear to this audience. The unity
and strength of the Saints is due to tho
fact that they have done the will OF the
Father. The measure of our faith Is
just in proportion to our devotion to
the Lord.
Making allowance for the weak
ness Of individuals. the Lnttcr-day
Saints arc magnificent people. They
have been gathered from all parts of
The earth and have been tried of the
Lord. And wherein VIC fall short, they
will alter their course for the better
For they believe in the spirit Of re-
pentance. They have n testimony of
the truth for themselves The father
does not know for the son, nor the
mother for the daughter, but each is
entitled to know for himself.
81 have been overwhelmed with the
spirit of the testimonies that have been
borne here at this conference, And
you have been overwhelmed also. But
the testimonies of the brethren who
lave spoken Mt this conference could
Dc duplicated as many times as there
are persons in this vast congregation.
ieel sure TINT this Is true.
GOD has directed this Church from