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Show jj TEMPLE AND TABERNACLE. The name of the Sunset ward (on the Bear River canal in Box Elder county) has, at the request of its members, been changed to Garland. Second editious of the Sunday School Treatise and the Story of the Hook of Mormon are now out of the press and will be ready for delegates to the Sim-Jay Sim-Jay school convention. One hundred and sixty-seven missionaries mis-sionaries have been called to labor in the various stakes of Zion during the next three months in the interest of the Mutual Improvement Associations. The general board of education at its meeting held on the ISth inst. con. ferred the degree of Doctor on President Presi-dent J. W. Kerr, of the Brighi-.m Young College of Logan, and 0:1 President Benjamin duff. Jr., and Professor Geo. W. Brimhall. of the P.righam Young Academy, of Provo. The church, at the commencement the new year, will resume charge of the publication of the Deseret News, ivhich for some years lias been in the hands of the Deseret News Publishing Co. It is understood that Elder Charles W. Penrose will be the chief tditor, and II. G. Whitnoy the new business manager. Though chosen one of the twelve Apostles, the name of Elder Rudger Clawson was retained at the late stake conference held in Brigham City as the President of the Box Elder stake oi -Zion. This is no new departure, as several of the Apostles have at differ-;nt differ-;nt times temporarily presided over stakes, as, for instance, President Toseph F. Smith over Davis stake. The following missionaries whohave been laboring in Great Britain left, jlasgow for home on the 17th insti David Bag-ley, Jesse Y. Knight, Jed Stringham, William P. Ostler, Thomas Bennett, W. E. Clark, Wm. J. E. Al-brand, Al-brand, Vincent Pugmire, John H. b'ord, J. W. Stringfellow, Eward C Rich, Levi G. Richards and Wm. B. Davis, also Sister Lucy Jane Brimhall. The following brethren are released to return home from the Southern States mission during Peeen'l. ; F. J. Adams, T. II. B. Blackburn, Joseph Osguthrope, C. S. Carlson, Harvey C. Carlisle. Andrew F. Smith. Jos. A. Godfrey, God-frey, Alvin Ipson, David E. Jones, William Anderson, Sanford Weeks, Isaac Hanson, James Larsen, Ole C. Dlsen, John Z. Brown, F. T. Ballam ind R. E. Alvord. The Deseret Sunday School Union has adopted a button and badge. The button has a white ground with design in blue. The center of the button shows a beehive supported on the four itandard works of the church the Bible, Book of Mormon. Book of Doctrine Doc-trine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price. Above the beehive is the legend "Holiness to the Lord,'' and beneath "Deseret Sunday School Union." The ribbon is light blue with gold lettering. letter-ing. On account of increasing years and Impaired health, President C. J. Larsen, Lar-sen, of Emery stake, has tendered his resignation, the multitudinous duties Df a stake president bearing too heavily heav-ily upon him in his present condition. Elder Reuben Miller (grandson of the late Bishop Reuben Miller of Mill Creek) one of the presidents of the Dne Hundred and First Quorum of Seventies, and a resident of Price, Carbon county, is spoken of as President Presi-dent Larsen's successor. The Stake Conference of the Mutual Improvement Association convened in the Salt Lake tabernacle, Sunday morning, November 20. The morning session, being an officers meeting, was ievoted exclusively to the hearing of reports. At the afternoon session the names of the officers of the association were presented and ananimously sustained. sus-tained. The speakers at the afternoon session were Elder George M. Cannon, Elder T. A. Ckiwson, Elder Beekstead, Elder George II. Wallace, Elder Albert White, Elder Moses W. Taylor, Elder lleber C. Iresou, Professor Willard Done and President George Q. Cannon. The efforts of the committees of the ipproacbing- Sunday school convention ire bearing fruit in an assured large ittendents, so large, indeed, that some believe its sessions will have to be held in the large Tabernacle instead of the assembly Hall. The program of topics, speakers and songs are already published. EUler George D. Pyper iviU have charge of the singing; Prof, f. J. McClellan will preside at"tho 01-"'n"1' 01-"'n"1' CaFuiu ' Hold will he W s, M .""'"KesnloisU will bo Pun-sW r 1U'';-M,'S' 1 -V; VP 1X 1'-V1H'1'. "elH-r S. ,oddard and Inst but not least, the 'l e l'ire UcUhml. who wil give Desert "In U,,r hoW , The Young Men's Mutual Improve-' nent association of Weber stake, held -heir conference Sunday, November 20. 1'he session in the afternoon included eports from various presidents ou the -tate of the associations under their duirgo. E. H. Anderson of Ogden.unu Tephi Morris of Salt Lake were th diief speakers. Much intention wW fiveii to plans for solidifying the or-fiinizntion, or-fiinizntion, getting the members ere oiled, active ami interested in thf vork. The attcuilnnee ,vus good ui"l iho meeting en joviihle us 7:ell .nstruct ive one. |