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Show ftVvVVVVVA'VVVVVVVVVV2 TEMPLE MO TABERNACLE. J SVVVVVVVVVyVVfcVI.VVVV, SALT I.AKK BTAKK CO.NFEIIKNCK. Tho Salt Italic staho met In quarterly conferenco In tho Assembly hall, Saturday Sat-urday morning-, December 10. AU of the wnrds but eight wero represented. Twcnty-soven members who brought sufilclont credentials from their respective re-spective bishops wero ordained ciders, Kldurs I). J, Davis, Orson Allen, Gcorgo lludd, ...Inmcs 0. Albrand nnd Stephen Crowtlier, mlRsionnrlcs who bnvo lately roturned from their labors in tho northern atntcs, (Ircnt Ilritatn nud Tcnncssco, gave Interesting nd-drcsscs nd-drcsscs in which they told of tho work going on in their fields nndmado many suggestions tending to improvement in missionary work. Apostiu John Henry Smith spoke, urging upon tlioyoiuiff men, especially prospectivo nilaslonarlcs, a firm adherence ad-herence to family duties, toedttcato tho rising generation In truth und morality that they may innko good men nnd women. After a selection by tho choir tho meeting ndjotirucd until tho Afternoon. After-noon. President Oeorgo Q. Cannon opened tho session, duelling pnrticu-lbrly pnrticu-lbrly upon tho duties members should willingly perform In order to accomplish accomp-lish the work tho church has In hand. Elder I.und urged thu chums of righteousness right-eousness nnd unscllltdinuBs in nil things. Tho conferenco then listened to n second nddrCKs from Kldcr Smith, lie advocated thu cnuso of a mora elevated ele-vated benso of honor nmong tho saints in their discharge of sacred duties. Ha thought the full value of n sacred trust should npply In ull affairs, whether social, political or commercial. Dldcr Jensen pronounced tho benediction, after which tho conferenco adjourned. Sunday mornlii(;' session wns opened open-ed witli prayer by Illdor Joseph E. Tuylor. Presidents Oeorgo (. Cannon, Angus M. Cannon nud C. V. l'cnrosa wero tho Bpenkers, nil of whom discussed dis-cussed tho doctrine of paying tithes, tho work of tho Relief society and the enro of tho poor. Somo interesting figures wero rend concerning the indigent indi-gent fund for tlin fclv mnntliH pnfllnrr Juno 30, Inst. During that period, 8;(),77tl.27 was distributed nmong the poor by the church. Of this amount, tho tithing fund is credited with til,-035; til,-035; fast offerings, S,833.1,j ltellcl society, S2.337.00i other sources, 3132.01. Tho number of Indigents cared for ii 2,410, of whom 731 live outsldo of Salt I.nko City. In tho afternoon, Klder Ucorgo II Wallace olTcrcd prnycr, nftcr whlct tho olllccrs of thoontlro stako nud the homo missionaries wero presented by r.ldcr Joseph 13. Taylor nnd unnnl mously sustnlned. KldcrTnylor spoki deprecntlngly of tho Binall attendance, at tho conference meotiuga nnd Hindu special mention of thu absence of bishops. bish-ops. Thu Hpcukor realized tho many duties devolving tipoii this olllco, but thought a bishop should bo reproved for nbsontlng himself from nny meeting. meet-ing. President Oeorgo Q. Cannon ngnln spoke on tho Importance of curing for tho needy. Ho held the great object of thu Lord's work to bo tho sulvatlon of tho poor. "They should lmvo tho gospel preached to them as often ns nny nud," significantly remarked President Cannon, "there should bo no cliargo for seats." We bIiouUI bo humble hum-ble and bo possessed of but ono spirit while in worship. "liet us cheer up tho poor souls," continued the speaker, "and sco that no cry nscentls from these valleys to God becnuso of their want nud destitution. destitu-tion. Itcmcmbor thnt wc aro all beggars, beg-gars, or suppllcunts, to God for spiritual gifts, oven ns tho poor may bo for temporal blessings. May our hearts not bo hardened. Tho Latter-day Latter-day Saints aro a peoplo noted for holp-Ing holp-Ing ono another andinourbcnevolenca lies, partly, the secret of our prosper-Ity. prosper-Ity. "Let us enrich ourselves by converting convert-ing tho desert; take up land, till tho soil, rniso stock, but do not live by speculating, which is tho curso of tho world today. "Wo want no ldlo men. Worlt for nothing rattier than bo idle Tho richest man In tho community, whoso father came hero nnd established himself him-self by fmgnllty nnd industry, did not innko his fortune through Idleness. Wo want industry In our land." President Cannon closed his remarks with n number of references to tho non-obscrvnneo of tho word of wisdom, substantially thu snmo ns those of the snnio speaker in tho recent Sunday convention. Mrs. I.izzlo Tliouins-IMwards sang beautifully tho solo of tho anthem, "When Thou Contest, " assisted by tho choir, under the leadership of Prof. Paynes. Tho conference ndjourned to March 12, lS'jl), buuodlotiou bolng offered by Ptitriarh John Smith. At a meeting of tho building committee com-mittee of the Sevier stako tabernacle, comprising all thu bishops of tho various vari-ous ccleslnstlcal wnrds, held in lllch-fluid, lllch-fluid, it iviw tho ttunnlmans decision to robuld ns rapidly as possible. At a meeting held n week beforo it was do-elded do-elded to present tho matter to thu peoplo peo-plo throughout tho country, nnd during dur-ing last week this was done, and each ward instructed its bishop to report Its willingness to assumo a sharo of thu burden. Already tho work Is being pushed forward. Mr. Williuui Knight, son of Jesse Knight, and Miss Jennie llrlmhuU have returned from Kuglnnd where they lmvo been on n mission, Mr. Kulght has been away nearly two years. Miss llrlmhall left last spring, in company with Mr. Knight's sister, Miss Inez Knight, who remains In England Eng-land with her elder brother, ltayinond Knight. |