-- Friday, Apr 5, 1901
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City
The general conference convened at 10 a.m.
Present on the stand presidents Lorenzo Snow and Joseph F. Smith, all of the Apostles, six of the 7 Presidents of the Seventies, the Presiding Bishopric and the Patriarch over the Church.
President Lorenzo Snow [spoke] in a general way. Reed Smoot Spoke on church disaplin, Rudger Clawson On Tithes, Prayer, & Repentance.
2 p.m. in Conference.
Abraham O. Woodruff on Fasting and Tithes. Matthias F. Cowley on honesty and virtuousness. Anthon H. Lund on humility. (1)
-- Apr 5, 1901
Lorenzo Snow tells general conference that "we will continue on improving, advancing and increasing in wisdom, intelligence, power, and dominion, worlds without end." In 1908 John A. Widtsoe's JOSEPH SMITH AS A SCIENTIST affirms: "God in 'Mormon' Theology is the greatest intelligence; yet it must of necessity, under the inexorable law of the universe, grow." In his 1910 SEVENTIES' COURSE IN THEOLOGY, B. H. Roberts writes that "progress is eternal, even for the highest intelligences." In his 1911 SEVENTIES' COURSE IN THEOLOGY, Roberts writes: "And is it too bold a thought that with this progress, even for the Mightiest, new thoughts, and new vistas may appear, inviting to new adventures and enterprises that will yield new experiences, advancement, and enlargement even for the Most High?" (2)
-- Monday, Apr 8, 1901
[Apostle John Henry Smith Diary] Salt Lake City
Cold. I attended a Priesthood Meeting in the Assembly Hall at 10 a.m.
President Lorenzo Snow spoke on the character of the people who should receive their Second Endowments and on Tithing.
Heber J. Grant sang Jerusalem. Joseph F. Smith on the Holy annointing. Heber J. Grant on singing.
Abraham O. Woodruff said don't betray your brethren.
Reed Smoot on tithing. Rudger Clawson on Record Keeping.
John W. Taylor on putting the brethren who visited them in clean beds free from bed bugs.
A large party spent the evening At the Residence of Sister Cloe Eldredge as the guests of Reed Smoot. We had an elegant dinner. With singing and reciting and conversation the time was Well spent. (1)
Endnotes:
1 - Jean Bickmore White (editor), Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1990, http://bit.ly/johnhenrysmith
2 - On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com
LDS History Chronology: Lorenzo Snow
Mormon History Timeline: the life of Lorenzo Snow
http://lds-church-history.blogspot.com/
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