Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-04-13

urday's sessions OF the annual confer
ence OF the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latterday Saints in the tabernacle.
preceding day, the great auditorium
was filled to OVERLOOKING, and with
few exceptions the general church au-
thorities were present.
The forenoon meeting was devoted
principally to sermons. 1t was at the
afternoon assemblage that the open
ing prayer, offered by Richard w.
Young, president OF Ensign stake, I'M
folded the patriotic theme of the
speakers, when he invoked the bless
ings of Deity upon the president OF
the United States, his cabinet con.
gress and the nation to guide America
VIGOROUSLY through strife, and i'm
ploring the people to 10 their duty.
THE government did not make a
mistake in sending the American
troops into Mexico, nor was such a
move failure" declared j. G. Bent
ley, president of the Juarez stake, in
his address at the Tabernacle Satur-
day afternoon.
Apostle David o. Mckay, at the aft
erloon session on Saturday, said that
one of the greatest things the Euro
pean war had accomplished was the
prohibition OF vodka in Russia, abb
sinthe In France and the restrictions
placed on the use OF intoxicating
liquors in England, Italy and other
nations. He stated that this action
on the part of the warning countries
testified to the world that strong
drink Is destructive 10 the manhood
OF the nation.
Apostle Mckay said that the idea
Of some that the war was caused by
God was wrong. The war, he said, is
the fault of man and the transgres-
sion of the Jaws OF God.
That the reunion of body and spirit
Is the saving of the soul OF man was
the declaration made by Hyrum M.
Smith In delivering the opening ad-
dress OF the second day of the annual
conference.
The changes which he said had
been made in the creecs of other
churches were reviewed by Apostle
| George Albert Smith. He stated that
while other churches had changed
their creeds, the Mormon church still
chung to the teachings that were es-
tablished in 1880.
| The willingness that should be In
the heart of every member of the
Mormon church to go where the
Lord wants him to CO. was brought
out by Orson +. Whitney. He said
| that one of the first requisites of the
bishops, apostles and others engaged
In carrying on the work of the church
was to be willing to do the will OF
God. He stated that the spirit OF
every member of the church should
be actuated by q willingness to do
| whatever the Lord divines.
Mr.. whitney declared: "As the
thrones rock and crumble the people
will accept the gospel Of Jesus Christ
for the freedom they have been
granted. Through the smoke OF bat
tie can see the millennium. l can
see God overruling the nations pre-
paratory to the preaching Of the gos-
pei"
| Anthony w. WINS, In the course Of
his address. said: "The establish
ment OF the American government
brought about the emancipation of
men and women in the civil and re-
ligious life and it is our duty to as
sist the nation In defense OF her
rights"
At the closing sessions OF the
| eighty-seventh annual conference on
Sunday, April 8, the death and resur-
rection OF the Savior was the theme
of the principal addresses delivered.
An appeal was made to the members
OF the church to be frugal, economical
and loyal American citizens.
Each speaker dwelt upon these two
important events in the life of Christ
and related passages in the scripture
which tend to show that He really did
rise from the dead and that the body
and the spirit were reunited. The ap-
pearance of the Savior to His dis
ciples, the placing OF the hands OF
the disciples in the wounds OF the
Savior where His body had been
pierced with the nails and the sword
! His ascension into the kingdom OF
God, that as He rose from the dead
so shall all men rise. both the just
and unjust, the sea give up its dead
the grave open and deliver that which
il holds, that men shall stand before
God and give an account OF theii
deeds, were a part Of the potent
things pertaining TO life after death
which were brought out.
Record breaking crowds attended
the conference, the addresses were al
instructive and highly appreciated
while the musical features were al
that could be desired. making OF the
eighty-seven conference one OF the
most profitable in the history OF the
church.
Extreme fashions In women's dress
and birth control were condemned II
speech and resolutions at the after
noon session OF the annual conference
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