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Show ADVISE YOUTHS TO MARRY. Speakers nt Moimnn Sunday-School Conference Urcre Teachers to En- couinge Matrimony. Five thousand children of nil ages, slits and conditions thronged the Tabernacle Tab-ernacle ). sterdas morning on the nicn-slon nicn-slon of the annual conference of the Surdaj -schools of tho bnlt Lake Stake of Zlon An appropriate nnd Interesting 1 rogrmnme wns rendered In the nft-ernoon nft-ernoon the conference was continued and the soung people vveto ndvlsed lis various speakers to he honest, truthful nnd lrtuou to avoid row ds Ism and to get married nnd he fruitful Tho flnanclnl and statistical report presented bs Ihe secretnrs showed that there are thlrts-nlnc Sundas-schools In the stake as against thlrts-ho tho previous senr. The total enrollment Is S10J pupils nnd SCO officers nnd touchers The nvernge attendance during tho sear was Iiiil3 Of alt tho member? nf Ihe Sundis -school S3 pet cent observe Ihe ' Word of Wisdom" nnd 9j per cent the law nf tithing Oiorge nesnolds one of the sttke su perlntendents was one of the spenkera at the afternoon session He advise 1 Ihe soung people to obey the Injunction given In Adam nnd I've to multiply nnd be fruitful There Is a tendency In tho present generation ho said to delas marriage until middle age, and because of the prevalence of this Idea In certain nations the population Is falling off nt an enormous rate He urged the teachers teach-ers In Ihe Sunday-schools to Impress upon tbelr pupils tho deslr.ihllty of mnrrjlng nnd assuming the responsl-bllltlis responsl-bllltlis of fnlherhoml nnd motherhoo I J W Fro of tho Sundas -school union lioard decried the pievnlence of hid habits among tho youth and advised the girls to give the cold shoulder to nil soung men who smoke or drink or use profnne Inngunge Among the either eith-er speakers were Wlttard C Ilurton President Angus M Cnnnnn Charles W Penrose Joseph 1". Tav lor and I-ov I W Itlduuds "lite Invoeotlon wns bs' J Percy Ood-dard Ood-dard and the tienedlillon by c 11 Pelt The choir snni; 'How Firm a Found.! Hon" We 'I hank Thee Oh Iird for a Prophet The Nnllons How tn Satan Sa-tan s Thrall' nnd "Hallelujah Chorus The morning piogrnmme Included n number of musical selections bs the children und reporta nnd remarks lis olllters of the Sunday-schools Th general nuthorltles of Ihe church and the authorltlcD of Ihe stake were in sented nnd suatnlnid by unanimous vote |