The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-04-15

and, under the authority OF the LOrt
Jesus Christ, have opened the way fol
the return to Jerusalem of the Jews
We believe that they will yet come
into the fold Of the gospel. Let nc
agitation or movement against the
Jewish people"
Apostle James T.. Talmage, DR. Sey-
mour b. Young. senior president OF
the seven presidents of seventies, and
b. III. Roberts, second president of the
council of seventies, were the speak
ers of the afternoon. Each Of the
addresses given was doctrinal in char
acter. dealing largely with some par
ticular phase of the L. d. $. creed.
| After stating that the public gen.
orally, regardless Of creed. was al.
ways welcome at the conference SEES.
sions of the Latter-day Saints, Apostle
Talmage said that IL was self-evident
that the great majority in attendance
were Latter-day Saints, and that, while
his remarks would have special refer
ence to their faith. the theme that he
terest to all Interested In the progress
of the world
President Young devoted thirty min
utes to "reminiscences of early days of
the church. speaking from personal
recollection of Oliver Cowdry and
Martin Harris, the men who assisted
Joseph Smith, the prophet, in hit
translation of the Book of Mormon.
Both of these men, he said, left the
church after ii had been organized,
but both in later years repented and
came back Sin the gospel seeking
not rank or privilege, but the oppor-
tunity 70 die in the faith.
President Roberts quoted extensively
to show that the doctrines of the
church have been substantiated by
from the time that God and
Jesus Christ first appeared to the
prophet Joseph Smith and that ample
evidence of the truth of the revealed |
doctrines has ever been with the fol- |
lowers of the prophet.
The morning session of the church |
with the Tabernacle filed
n spite of the storm, was opened by |
President Grant, who announced the
lynn, High On the Mountain Top, a
Banner Is Unfurled."
Justification of the prominent part
hat the Latter-day Saints church has
AIKEN in the Industrial and commercial
lffalrs of the state was set out at
ruacdav rnot-niposo coccfon 90 A.
conference by Apostle
stephen l.. Richards. He declared
hat not only was the participation of
he church in business essential be-
ause of the fact that the temporal
nd the spiritual were inextricably in
erwoven, but that this very power of
he church In the business enterprises
f the state had proved the financial
aviation of numerous enterprises that
ould not have otherwise stood the
train of the financial depression that
lad come in so many lines If activity |,
Turing the past year.
Following the address by. Apostle
richards, Rulon S. Wells of the coun-
Il of the seventies spoke briefly, his
leme being eternal life and the
leans of attaining it, His address was
urely doctrinal In nature.
Charles III. Hart of the council of
lie seventies discussed the fundamen-
Il principles of the Latter-day Saints
Dctrine. He laid especial emphasis
pom the recent statement of Presi-
ent Grant that only the head of the
lurch had the power. right or author
y to receive revelations for the guild
ice of the people, quoting the Doc
inc and Covenants" to this effect.
Commentator of the Mutual I'm
'ovement associations of the l.. ID. S.
lurch for the intensive anti-cigarette
Impaign and high praise for the leg
latures of the states of both Utah
I'd Idaho for enacting anti-clgarette
gislatiOn, and of the executives of
ese states for signing the measures,
arked the address of Apostle Rich
d r. Lyman, who was the chief
'eaker at the afternoon session. )
cry G. Holden of Chicago delivered
extended eulogy of the Mormon :
ople and Presiding Bishop Charles
Nibley conrasted present-day CON
lions with those that obtained sixty 9
ars ago.
With an emphatic reaffirmatlOn of :
5 statement of Sunday night that no y
rson save the duly constituted head -
the Latter-day Saints church could !
celve revelation affecting the gov y
nment, conduct or policy of that =
urch President Heber ]. Grant on =
afternoon adjourned the :"
iety-first annual general conference
4 10 o'clock. y
NO man on earth has the power to -
rform plural marriages." declared :,
esident Grant. There are no -
lral marriages. A so-called plural :.
rriage ceremony, if performed, is y
a marriage at all; it is adultery -. -.
ore God and under the law of the 81
d. We have communicated two
riarchs who have pretended to per- VI
m plural marriages; no patriarch ~