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Conference Reports of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH Semi-Annual (Conference OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS Held in the Tabernacle SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH October 2, 3, 4, 1936 With Report of Discourses Published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Salt Lake City, Utah FAINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMEKXCA . jjy^p A THRILLING STORY of Century One of CHURCH HISTORY ERE is a new story of "Mormonism," told with a com- pleteness and charm that will thrill Latter-day Saints with a pride of achievement and at the same time win the admiration of the critic, be he friend or foe. In a COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH, B. H. Roberts has done a masterful piece of research and has set down the record of Century One—1830 to 1930—in a bril- liant appraisal of momentous events. The reader with a sentimental interest will be fascinated with this narrative of truth stranger than fiction; the reader who approaches the new work with the critical vision of the historian will find it fair in statement, authentic in fact, copious in detail and sound in judgment. A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH was written by Elder Roberts at the instance of the First Presi- dency of the Church, with a commission to make it exhaus- tively complete, from the remotest beginnings to the close of the Centennial Conference of April 6, 1930. The final volume ends with an account of the Conference itself, mak- ing the history technically inclusive of all that happened in Century One of the organized existence of the Church. Thus it is a fitting commemoration of one hundred years of strug- gle and achievement. This monumental work is not to be confused with any former history, journal or chronicle. Though its nucleus is the his- tory of "Mormonism" published a few years ago in AMERICANA, running serially for six years through that magazine, yet this History is NEW—new in its wealth of material, new in method of treatment and new in its physical representation of the book maker's art. Cash Price $30.00 For further information address your inquiry to Deseret Book Company 44 East on South Temple Street Salt Lake City, Utah ; One Hundred and Seventh Semi-Annual Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The One Hundred and Seventh Semi-Annual Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints convened in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 2, 3 and 4, 1936. The proceedings of the various sessions of the Conference were broadcast by radio, through the courtesy of Station KSL of Salt Lake City, for the benefit of the general public. President Heber J. Grant was present and presided at each of the sessions. GENERAL AUTHORITIES OF THE CHURCH PRESENT Of the First Presidency : Heber J. Grant, J. Reuben Clark Jr., and David O. McKay. Of the Council of the Twelve Apostles: Rudger Clawson, Reed Smoot, George Albert Smith, George F. Richards, Joseph Fielding **, Smith, Stephen L. Richards, *, Melvin J. Ballard, John A. Widtsoe, *'** Charles A. Callis, and Alonzo A. Hinckley. Of the First Council of the Seventy: Jonathan G. Kimball, Rulon S. Wells, Levi Edgar Young, Antoine R. Ivins, Samuel O. Bennion, John H. Taylor, and Ruf us K. Hardy. Of the Presiding Bishopric: Sylvester Q. Cannon, David A. Smith, and John Wells. OFFICERS AND OTHER AUTHORITIES PRESENT Church Historian and Recorder: Joseph Fielding Smith, and the following assistants : Andrew Jenson and A. William Lund. Presidents of Stakes and their counselors and high councilors from the various Stakes of Zion. Patriarchs, Bishops of Wards and their counselors, and high priests, seventies and elders from all parts of the Church. Members of the Church Board of Education, and General, Stake, and Ward officers of the auxiliary organizations. Mission Presidents: Don B. Colton, Eastern States; Bryant S. Hinckley, Northern States ; Wilford W. Richards, North Central States *Richard R. Lyman was absent, presiding over the European Mission. **Joseph F. Merrill was absent, returning from Europe. ***Alonzo A. Hinckley was absent on account of illness, except for a short time Sunday afternoon. — 2 GENERAL CONFERENCE Elias S. Woodruff, Central States; James M. Kirkham, East Central States; LeGrand Richards, Southern States; James M. Peterson, Texas; Daynes, States ; Nicholas G. Smith, California Joseph J. Western ; Jos- eph Quinney, Jr., Northwestern States; Abel S. Rich, Canada; Harold Spanish-American S. W. Pratt, Mexico ; Orlando C. Williams, ; Joseph Peery, Temple Block, Salt Lake City, Utah. FIRST DAY MORING MEETING The first session of the Conference convened Friday morning, October 2, at 10:00 a. m. President Heber J. Grant presided. The congregation sang the hymn, "Come, Come, Ye Saints." Elder W. H. Reeder, Jr., President of the Mount Ogden Stake, offered the invocation. An organ solo, "O My Father," (Old English melody) was played on the Tabernacle organ by Frank W. Asper. PRESIDENT HEBER J. GRANT I am very glad to have the privilege of meeting with the Saints in General Conference once more. I shall first read a message from the First Presidency to the Church : THE MESSAGE OF THE FIRST PRESIDENCY TO THE CHURCH As promised at the last April Conference, we inaugurated a Church Security Plan. To facilitate the putting into effect of the Plan, we organized a General Committee whose functions were to represent the Presiding Bishopric in the detailed administrative work of coordinating and supervising the labors of the various regularly established Church organizations in their large and important security operations. The Security Plan contemplated no new Church machinery for this work, but provided for the use of all the existing Church organizations the Stake and Ward organizations, the Priesthood quorums, the Relief Society, and the various auxiliary organizations—each of which was to render the maximum service it could furnish in the interest of the general welfare of the Church. OBJECTIVE TO PROVIDE NECESSITIES The announced objective set for the Church under this Program was to provide by October 1, 1936, by a wholly voluntary system of gifts in cash or in kind, sufficient food, fuel, clothing, and bedding to supply through the coming winter, every needy and worthy Church : : PRESIDENT HEBER J. GRANT 3 family unable to furnish these for itself, in order that no member of the Church should suffer in these times of stress and emergency. WORK TO REPLACE IDLENESS Our primary purpose was to set up, in so far as it might be possi- ble, a system under which the curse of idleness would be done away with, the evils of a dole abolished, and independence, industry, thrift and self respect be once more established amongst our people. The aim of the Church is to help the people to help themselves. Work is to be re-enthroned as the ruling principle of the lives of our Church membership. Our great leader, Brigham Young, under similar conditions, said Set the poor to work—setting out orchards, splitting rails, digging ditches, making fences, or anything useful, and so enable them to buy- meal and flour and the necessities of life. This admonition is as timely today as when Brigham Young made it. CONTRIBUTIONS IN LABOR The harvests not having been yet fully completed, it is not possible to make a final report upon our present situation under the Plan, but we are happy to make the following preliminary statement In accordance with the Plan, everything that has been done has been accomplished by the purely voluntary gift or labor of members of the Church as well as the gifts of many non-members who have con- tributed most generously of their substance to aid the Church in its efforts. We wish especially to thank these for their help. More than 15,000 persons have performed labor on various Stake and Ward projects in connection with this Plan. Many of these have contributed their work gratis ; others have received for their services, work certificates entitling them to help during the coining winter. Hundreds of thousands of work hours have been furnished by the people to this necessary and praiseworthy purpose. The Church Security Plan contemplates that those now on WPA projects shall continue on these projects, making sure to give a full day's work for value received but they are expected to contribute of their time when not so employed to the carrying out of the Plan. The Church aims to help provide for the care and sustenance of those on direct relief—Federal, State and County, as also for those for whom the Church has heretofore cared. The exact number of such persons cannot now be certainly given but they may be as many as 15,000. We have strongest reasons for believing we shall be able to give these the aid they need. REPORTS FROM STAKES Oct. 1st, the date set on which reports were to be made, 98 stakes out of a total of 117 had reported on their organizations and achieve- : 4 GENERAL CONFERENCE merits, and 83 answer that they are prepared to supply food, clothing, bedding, etc., to every person in need. We commend the presidencies of stakes and bishoprics of wards for this outstanding record of promptness and efficiency. It is also contemplated that under this plan work shall be sought and obtained for the unemployed in private industries, thus relieving both the government and the Church. To this time upwards of 700 persons have been so placed by the Security agencies. Efforts along this line will be steadily pursued. RESULTS ITEMIZED As already stated the harvests are not yet completed and so returns are necessarily incomplete, but data available show as to food-stuffs actually now on hand the following items Wheat, over 4,000 bushels.
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