Show RELIGIOUS D lvme Semces < ill th erty Is 1Jl a frt flJ < > AT TEE TABERNACLE iF f Rem rks of the New Home Missionaries feT K THE TWENTYQMS WARDS rief Synopsis of the Address e Made I > y Uie iWliole Number of L Speakers on Sunday f Evening P ZJIS V TABBKNACLH 1 The afternoon services in the Taber nace on Susufay commencqd by ibo hoir singing a hymn > Prayer by Elder artey T o Pratt Choir fang anothqi z yuiii after which the Sacramentwas dministered by the priesthood of the ixteenth Ward APOSTLE GEO THASDALT said he had been taught in his youth that this was an enlightened age an age of reli ious liberty under the blessings of jhristianity and the influence of Bible caching But experience had informed formed him to the contrary for he found that in this land of America men 1en were being proscribed for their religious belief and this in opposition to the X oPI boast that it is the land of the free and the home ot the brave oman o-man who is brave will perse ute another because his religious ideas re different from his own Joseph smith was a true prophet and an in rument in the hands of God in re storig unto this earth the true gospel of Jeus Christ AHmankind are en titer to listen unto the message of ruth civ en him We are requested to seek wisdom of God and ask Him who giveth liberally to all men and up raideth not and to obtain a living te rnony of the truth of the principles ught by inspired men The principle princi-ple advocated by the Latterday Saints are true God has honored the people of this nation by restoring the gospel in their midst But few appreciate this for man by his own wisdom cannot un erstand the thing of God Prayer he souls sincere desire will initate men into the truth Latterday Saints cannot can-not continue to be faithful members of the Church without constant icsortto irayer I is to be feared lest we may iecome as others who pray for appear ncc and formalitys having a form of religion only Christsaid TVC should > ray without ceasing Certainly the amts should observe this injunction for the have no true friends save God and His servants Hence the great I ecessity that the Saint should always prar that they may obtain his succor and never faint The time will certainly come when those professing to be I Saint who do not remember to pray oiitautly will fail to receive the salva on of God Prayer siiould be the express press on of honest hearts to God for His mercies The Saint should pray for their enemies for they I ecd that someone should ask God tore to-re > train them from doing thrft which Wi prove their condemnation All men are the children of God in His nagCj and common humanity demands that we should pray for Gods mercies towards all men We should pray for he President of this nation that God nay inspire and lead him aright and > rotecthim from the enemies of liberty und truth Secret prayer should be the constant duty of parents for the pro ecton of their children and themselves Jod says that he cannot look upon sin with the slightest allowance How necessary then that we should con tantly approach him with a contrite pint continues to bless us abundantly abund-antly und our hearts should be full of praise that we may enjoy the sweet ellowship of the Spirit of God Let us put our families and houses in order md live humbly before God for we are iving on the eve of judgments famines and calamities Let us so live that the country enclosed by these mountains may be the home of the free and the and of the brave > Choir sang an anthem Cannon Benediction by Elder Abraham I THE SEW HOME MISSIONARIES Sunday evening the list of newly ap lointed home missionaries filled their irsit appointments in the city and their econu in the missionary field There j as a good deal of fear and trembling in the ranks but the promptness and punctuality with which the call was ifbeved are evident in the fact that out of the fortytwo missionaries called tote to-te twentyone wards only one absentee tvcn is report THE HERLD presents reports re-ports from each one of the twentyone iity wards and following will be found a yiiotuiSor all the addresses delivered First TYarrt ThemeetinKhouseTVJS filled on Sunday Sun-day evening with people who came to lear Joseph Bull sen and Joseph Home of the newly appointed missionary mission-ary lisL T Bishop Warburton presided and BJ0p rWarburjonprsided JOSEPH Butt said that he felt backward back-ward in filling this appointment notwithstanding not-withstanding the missionary experience lie had had in England he referred to his labor in that connection alul also of Ms experiences In traveling cast 01 business In a conversation with an easter business man he had been told that tUadventof nfilrqads would break ntf Modnonisnf hue ho had responded that we had pone through temptation ami asivefoe Crcumstances beforeind he thought we should be able to withstand fhciii nowi Hd also made some genera Mimirkitai the latterday restoration the fulfillment of prophecy and the jndgmcntsto cpnie JOHrl S HORSE ho is oue of Ule I l usual fatherly style lie fo19we an n Ilis ex celleiit discourse on the signs of the times etc etc the iliica efforts agauist I Utah Second Ward ELDERS Jso SIDDOWAY AND B S BRIGHTOS visited the Second War S1 > day < evening andpreached to a large congregation of attentive and interested hearers Neither of these elders is much accustomed to speaking and made no attempt at oratory or high sounding phrases but iii plain and impressive im-pressive language presented some of the homely truths of the gospel They exhorted the younf people to renewed faithfulness and vigilance and to beware of wicked men ho are planning schemes to draw them away from the faith of their p rent Elder Siddoway ares Iy upon the peoplo the importance import-ance of keeping theVord of Wisdom in this onnection he stted it as a ick ening factthat some young ladies whom he knew were indulging in the unfeminine unfemi-nine not to say disgusting habit of smoking cigarette This was reprehensible I reprehen-sible enough in boys but ha hardly knew what term to apply to the oilier sex indulgence in it Altogether the remarks of both ot the elders were timely their exhortations wholesome and consistent and their adoni tions kindly yetearnestly delivered and firlhf the Second warders retired from the meeting with the conviction that they had been amply repayed for tirning out even through the min and mud to hear the new nn ionarics Bishop Peterson presided and Jacob Heusser led the choir Third Ward The first speaker was W W Riter who opened his remarks by asking the indulgence of the meeting as it was a long time since he had been called to occupy the pulpit and he was afraid he would be a rough pilot in guiding his remarks so that his ideas would be placed in a proper shape before his listeners He had never shrunk from any duty that hejiod been called to perform per-form and he said he did not wish to be found wanting now Eeviancd the history of the Bible from the creation to the great apostasy just after the days of the Savior and treat d I taior Jreatsd on the dealings of God with man and tof human tendon I cy to falI into erroiand forget the groat creator to whom he creatr t whol was > iip indebted for every blessing he enjoyed He spoke also of the trials that Abraham and his descendants passed throu h and of Gods through patience with them in the days of their transgression of the chain of circumstances including I the raising up gf prophets to bring them again to a knowledge of Him and his laws i mentioned some of the great reformers re-formers the dark and middle ages the result of their labors and the fruit that the whole civilized world were now enjoying as results of the same Jle referred to some of the duties of the Saints and closed by exhorting his listeners to live up to them and to be true to one another ANDREW JEKSEK said he hail been j much pleased with the remark of Brother Riter and as the time of the meeting had been mostly occupied he would of necessity be brief he spoke of the biter opposition of the whole world to Morraonism and said our principles of gathering and strons centralized organizations were the principal causes of this feeling there wab also the fact of us being the chosen people of God I who in all age had met persecution The meetmc was a very interesting one and the pleasure l relc was < enlfancetb by the music ol the occasion Fourth IVarcl The missionaries in the Fourth Ward were James Anderson and Joshua I Stewart The rst named addressed I 1 the congregation upon the justice of our Heavenly Father to his children We came here he said to perform certain cer-tain duties which wOL Tiring us back to the presence of God if we prove faithful he showed thnt unless we were pure in our actions and motives that our leadi ngs would have very little effect upon he rising generation i he also showed hat there had been afeelingamohgsi tome 1 t-ome fathers to let their son ane daughters Sow their wild oatsand 1 said that when such was the case it invariably variably left a stain which could not be easily crossed Our duty as Latterday Saints is to stretcl forth a helping hand to the vavward and bring them back to the foli he exhorted the Saints to be irayerful and also t maintain ihe irinciplea of truth and righteousness and closedby bearing his testimony to the latterday work JOSHUA STEWART opened by saying My brethren and sisters1 I think ov will not have avery long meeting this evening as we are new at the business r realize that no man ha s a right to preach to the Saint unless he has the spirit of God with him Elder Stewart compared the times 10 years ago to the present and spoke very forcibly Tipoi the Constitution of the United States lie referred to his grandfathers and said although he did not sign the Declaration of Independence bill he fought under those men who did until the blooc oozed out of his shoes and all for thet purpose of obtaining liberty to his sons and grandsons He said that by the help of God he Stewart with the rest of his br hrelr would do all in their pow er to maintain main-tain the right of the people and sustain sus-tain the laws of the Constitution tha the law makers of today were trampling I tramp-ling under feet He referred to ome honorable men who had been thru t behind the bars of a prison waUnot for abusing their wives or their children but for sustaining the principles of their holy religion and for feeding and clothing those who were under their care as honorable mothers and virtuous sons and daughter He aUo reform to the Tennessee massacre and showed that the murders originated here in the streets of Sal Lake City He exhortet the Saints to think what they were doing when they supported the enemie of the people Cited the case of a brother who gave 105 for a wagon to an outsider ana before he left the sho saw the proprietor give 5 to assist in fighting our Delegate in Congress He closed by bearing a powerful testimou of the gospel Before dosing the meeting BLsbo Sperry congratulate the young mei uyoin their i missionary labors and Wished them success in their career The coir under the leadership of Stephen Dnrnt sangArise 0 Gloriou Zion which i dt much to the spirits of the meeting T TiflU Ward ELDEE WB DOUGALI addressed the meeting and spoke briefly1 on many Interesting and1 irisfrnctive l subjects I urged the Saint to objy the commandments I command-ments of the Lord sjoihatthey might S r 1 sojhat t f t f enjoy the blessings tat were promised to tie faithful He said that high moral courage was very necessary so that we might be able t perform the duties of Batterday Saint and overcome all vil He dwelt at some length on the ulies of parents to their children lis discourstVwas listened to throughout through-out wit marked atteniton the general i ubjects spoke of were handled in a cltfar and intelligent manner ELDER K > ox spoke of the necessity of raining the young properly and teaching teach-ing them the principles of the gospel and also spoke at length on the necessity neces-sity of those holding the lesser priest lobd to be actiye in the performance of their duties i SlxtnWard After usnalopening exercises ELDER yiiABLES LIVINGSTON first addressed the meeting He began by saying he knew this was the work of God and he bid r estimony of the sam j said the Saint re required to live moral lives have aith intSod and live according to the laws of the gospel even to the laying down of their lives He referred to the oung man who wont to Je smul sited what he should do t be saved Sell al tou h t iv to the poor qnd folow me Thcvoun mll haa kept al thelaws bl t1 fa fi was 10tston inough for this According to our aithfulness we would receive our reward faihfulness ward He believed in fOreordiha ion The Lord had reserved cer ain spirits to restore the gospel in his generation He exhorted the Saints to auatain one another live lives of rarity and honesty be charitable and help to build one another up and be lIuIhble and prayerful and concluded by invoking the blessing of the Lord ELDER SAJIUEIJ PiUDiYvfelt as he had ever felt that he had the confidence of he Saints Said he once belonged toll to-ll Sixftf Ward and contrasted the litterence between the old meeting louse and the new and complimented he appearance of the people TIe bishop and counsel were men that lie cnew knew thai they had tried to make comfortable adviseS he people He idfisea he young men to take act partsill he Sunday school and Young Mens Mutual Improvement Association ando and-o seek the Kingdom of God F6rwbat I > rofitcth it vman though he gain the whole world and lose his own s > ul He spoke of Selfishness existing I 11M g I some of the Saints and advised g I contentedness The first principld of I thtr gospel was to believe l Jrlncipl UiP I giver of all good things God has told l we shall not want Spoke at some le ngth on the birth and life of the I Savior Exhorted the Saint to be re onciled one to another i feelinss i existed and i necessary berebaptizedt I aud resolve that 1 as for memid my jpuso we williserve the Lord He urged upon all to appreciate the noble I principle ami to be faithful and irayerfnl The Lord hdd revealed hini I elf to tlio people and would again reveal re-veal himsell when the Saints lived up td he revelations already jjiven 1 1 Seventh Varrt Meeting opened with the usual exercises I I exer-cises The singing under the direction i of AVilliam H Poster would have been much better had he l been sustained by the members his choir only a few of whom were present ELDER JOSEPH H DEAN desired the pirit of the Lord to predominate this Vtn e e ti home in 1820 he said and he had many friends here at that time He was here his evening he said because he had I been called here he had always been a hard worker and did not believe in idleness he saw many men out of em loyment and this should not bevHe va > proud of the rising generation he said inasmuch as they tried to do what was right Elder Dean closed bv giving some excellent instructions to the congregation con-gregation especially to the young por lon of it 1 He was followed by LDEH THEO I IcKEN who like Bro Dean said he dir not desire to say anything contrary o the spirit of God He had received lie gospel l and were coworker with the Afnu htytand hence we had great responsibilities I re-sponsibilities resting upon us The Lord had given certain commandluert which if we would obey all would be I well wjth ns Much had been said and written concerning the coming of the II I Son of Man and great event were at I our doors and we should be prepared for Him The Latterday Saint should I awaken and have oil in their lamps Their should be no wickedness or strife in our midst The l speaker advised the I young to lay a solid foundation to build upop3i thatjthey might be prepared for the responsibilities that would shortly I rest upon them He advised the people 1 in an eloquent manner to repent of their sins and do what is right in the sight of God In conclusion ELDER DAVID McKENZIE McKEN-ZIE delivered an excellent address on various topic which was attentively listened to oy the congregation 1Ub h Yard BISHOP SHEETS preside here and I some excellent music was furnished by toward choir under 3Ir Chamberlain By some misnnderstanding > three missionaries mis-sionaries were present instead of two out all three addressed the congregation P A MITCHELL gave an interesting address of nearly an hours length his remarks being devoted in the main to the careful rearing of children giving them exemplary tutelage and rearing them to observe that great commandment command-ment to the Saints the word of wisdom J C GKAY gave a brief but interesting I account of his early experiences in the church This speaker is a natural orator I ora-tor and the regrets were numerous of 1 his brevity I The closing speaker was Wm Ed j I dington who belonged to the former list of missionaries and who occupied about twenty minutes delivering sound doctrine in his somewhat eccentric but manner interesting The closing prayer was delivered by Counselor Brockbauk JTlntli Ward Joseph F Simmons occupied the time at this ward his partner John C Gray not putting in i an appearance through a misunderstanding Laving gone to the Eight ward He remarked that the home missionaries as a rule thought I that they were expected to occupy the I whole evening and sometimes did so to 1 the wearying of their bearer But it mattered not how long an elder spoke I i he hiid the proper spirit He gave some good advice about heeding what was heard at meeting and then contrasted con-trasted the testimonies of those born in the church in the mountains with those I of menwho had received the gospel in the oh countries He next advocated sincerity in repentande and said the Saints could always have what they lived forjiblessjngs were bestowed where earned There were differences of opinion he thought which should not exist among those of one faith and belief be-lief The Saints were being persecuted but persecution was a natural following of obedience to the gospel when those who were beingabused reviled and deprived de-prived of libertv there was always a silvcrlining to the dark clouds The work of salvation was destined to go forward and none could stay its progress pro-gress The speaker read part of the revelation on celestial marriage and gave his views in regard to i saying in the words of the late President Young that it would damn more than i would save1 and concluded by urging I urg-ing upon all to live lives of truo Saint Tenth Waid Wul ELDER CHARLES W STAYJJEB gave an interesting address of half an hour on thegospel illustrating the prosperity mentally physically and financially attending those who are faithful to their covenants all contrasting with them those who are untrue He affirmed that the foundation of all Knowledge was discovered in the revelations reve-lations from the time of Moses down to JosephSmith The guide of life among the Saints should be honesty chastity and truth doing unto others as they would others should do unto them He deprecated the contemptible actions of some pepple in our midst prying into the domestic lives of citizens and then for money or fame acting the part of traitors to their friends PHCSIDEXT Jo E TAYLOR stated that the Saints would never be truly rich and II contented I t they cnroljed themselves I in the United Order Biahons arc the judges in Isrel and they should use 1 their prerogative to sit in judgment over I the act of the people No person should I be given recommends to receive the blessings of the gospel unless they are w ortliy I younjj men desire to marrv or receive ordinations to the priesthooD they should bu counseled to prove their worthiness whether it took one year or ten He felt ashained Whdn the trustee testified in the District Court that neither God nor his principles were taught in our district schools and he Svould favor the erection of school erecton liou C distinct from the district schools where true doctrine could be taught thor Was oppobed to our meeting houses being held for dances and advised ad-vised tat houses be erected for that special purpp e Urged the young people to eschew evil and avoid bad company com-pany and encouraged them to have the btamina to say no when thetciuptcr t came to them even i it were one of their associates andplavmates 1 Kle cnth Ward Hox JAMES SH vnr PREsfunxts GEOKCE Q CASSOX and XGUS M CASSOS os I Sunday evening last addressed a large and attentive audience that filed the I I Eleventh Ward Assembly Hal I giving some excellent advice and valuable instructions in-structions necessitated by the pressure J of the adyersary and the system of i espionage that sought the undermining and overthrow of the Church I The first speaker ELDIR Sa VRP speaking bf tnt adversarys work in the midst ot the Saints urged the necessity j of the Saint living nearer God and becoming i be-coming better acquainted and more I familiar with each other that the srnmsop oloulU jJiftthclYCllcer ill i 1 their laith and not put a straw in their path I we are determined a5 a people he said we will overcome ai a people and If we are determiner individually we will overcome individually The 1 concluding remark of Elder Sharp were directed against the rumored prevailing custom ot borne ot the Saint seeking from astrologer witches petpstones I I etc to know ot the future I there i I be some who are apt to do I this thev should remember their I heavenly Father for i they have not I the power to seek an answEr tom turn in the appointeil way how can they get it through any other channel I I He closed by urging the necessity of drawing nearer to God i PRESIDED ASGUS M CASSON pointed to the fact that Jesus himselt was surrounded sur-rounded by false brethren while being on earth that jnen shrink from the i truth of God when they become slaves to sin and also dwelling nt length on the I rumored prevailing customs of some of i the Saints He counseled them to turn to j their Father in heaven to band to1 gether as brethren live up to the covenants cov-enants they have made and doubt not the power of God N j I PRESIDENT GEORGE Q CASSOS followed fol-lowed and expressed Ins surprise with i the remark of Elder Sharp regarding I the rumored tie of affairs He also spoko of the war being waged against f the principles revealed for mans balva I ton and exaltation and pointed to the men that led impure lives and opposed pure principles Satan I knew lie would lose his power if thee principles should be obeyed on earth I He referred to the fact that wherever j the Saint dwelt the purity of woman 1 was held sacred and men were obliged I Ito I-to live pure and honorable lives Man kinds weakness and lack of faith were I found out by God I the Saints expected ex-pected to possess kingdoms and Godlike I I i attributes they must be ted tempted I I and by the strength of God overcome i I i their human weaknesses The speaker I then referred to the unwise course pursued pur-sued by some of the Saints but no mat I ter how unwise the people may have been it does not justify the acts of the wicked I i the duty of the Saints he I said to preserve themselves and it is I I i the will of God that they should but if thy cannot do it by honorable means II I they should not shrink from any emergency Those who were opposing t the Saint were like wolves they want I to corral them and butcherlike select I i one and then kill it Some people do I not seem to have sense enough to hold j I their tongues People visited the houses I of the Saints and asked impertinent I I The people should not be questions iolater of the Jaw but they should I I show all such that they know what I i their right are The speaker dwelt with emphasis on the vicious habit of gossiping through which much evil originated and was being done in the community At the close of his remark President Cannon said that there was a feeling in the hearts of the rising generation to sere God and keep his commandments and added that he wished that the Saints would fight the devil never flinching never wavering or weaken fnching wavering ing and eventually inherit a free lanil as a f reepeople Twelfth Ward Bishop Clawson called the assemblage to order at 1 oclock and the usual music was given with excellert tat and style by the choir directed by G D Pyper J O Yocso was the first speaker he took for his text that passage of paul Though an angel from heaven preach any other doctrine thai that which have preached to you let him be ac we cursed he made some brief remark suggested by the quotation rCllarks nc abr spoke generally of the cal thjthadbeen made on the young men to till thehomc mission hbt and aid he was wUline diffident as he felt to answer Wi to the can C R SAVAGE gave an enjoyable cal dress delivered in hii usual magnetic And interesting style OH the pracUeil observance of the word of practcal idom ac cording to his judgment he said thb Command did not mean total abithemv fco much as it did partaking m modem tion and questioned the vkdol mader people resolving to do without the hot Brinks they so much needed as stimu lants wisdom in their cases would HP oetter observed partaking than b staining he said a great deal al < o upon the subject of practical i hanty and Li remark sometimes humorous at all times forcible and telling were listened to with much appreciation by the congregation con-gregation ThlitcenthWanl At the Thirteenth Ward Asscmbl rooms a large and attentive audiemi was in attendance T S W SER said he had not de irei1 tis present position as 3 p bha speaker In fact hd had avoided the duty for thi past few vean However he presumed that his preaching would give him beneficial experience if it aid not bent fit thereto whom he spqke Thc dispo bitlons of men change under varied cv cumstances ho said and sometime w i neglect to cultivate the better part If our nature Consequently ihe wor bifle of mens disposition often cnntrolv them for awhile He know ol men wlu > were mild and gentle in their manner under ordinary circumstances Inn vim became vastly different when thej hal been subjected to different circumstan cesThe peakerb remark were rather n a practical than of a spiritual nature and were for the inut part such a pertained to the performance of eers day duties ano obligations ELIAS Mocnis said the opposition experienced J ex-perienced by the Latterday saint W i > not any new feature I had existed from the organization of the church and wouldcoutinueunrelentingly unil the second coming of our Lora and Sa yior Jesus Christ Some people imagined thaI the Saints were persecuted persecu-ted because of their belief in polvgamv or plurality of wives Not so for m hi own experience he incurred the hatred of his family and friends immediatelv alter joining the church many year ago in Wales and before he know or had heard of siich a doctrine as plurality plural-ity Bishop Atwood presided and Prof Thomas conducted the choir rourfocnth Ward J W TcRNEit was the first speaker The Latterday Saints are a thinking people he saia a people who seem never satisfied unless thev are meeting together to-gether to receive the word of God We are the body of Chris possessed of the same gift and blessings that wore given to the ancient Saints There is a power with the Saints today that can not be I overcome nor removed that power is the Holy Ghost People who embraced the gospel in distant lands received the Holy Ghost and were almost instant inspired with a desire to gather with the body of the taint of God this influence in-fluence has operated so forcibly upon many of tlicse converts tat they could not rest while they were in the world and they have left their places cf business busi-ness their jcomfortable homes the pleasant associations of early youth and scenes endeared to them by long acquaintance and have come 10 ZIon where they could be more fully taught in the ways of the Lord The speaker closed with some strong words on the subject of prayer and said it is a lamentable la-mentable thing for elder in Israel toll to-ll ve families and yet hav e no family altar mmFn XK ARMSTRONG followed The speaker prefaced his remarks with a testimony of the truth ot the gospel He said it was his second attempt at addressing a congregation of the Saints We have as = people said he but a little diversity of opinion on spiritual maters but much difference exists with regard to our temporal affairs We are not united in our business matters we should be still we had been greatly blessed and were in fair circumstances today The speaker referred to home indufries and said if we wish to become selfsustaining we must cease to buy so many imported articles but patronize home labor and purchase home products pro-ducts The gates of importation ma > sOle day be closed against ns and we shall be thrown upon our own resources for our maintenance The speaker was followed by Bishop Taylor who made some remarks on htfme industry Slg gested by those of Mr Armstrong the choir was under the leadership of H Gardiner Fifteenth Waid f Jtcenth WPAFFLECK and O S CL WSIS were appointed missionaries Jo this Ward the former being absent the Bishop calle on Elder J K Morgan to take his place and in a quaint fatherly way introduced Elder Clawson to the congrcgaton ELDER GLVWSOM stated that lib only pleasure present in speaking to the congregation arose from a sense that he was doing hH duty He was pleased to see the good representation of the young present He directed much of his ad dress to the subject of the eathem ires Saints and said they have much to be grateful forovcr those tbatare scattered this is perhaps not sulkicntly aprre catcd by some lles im To < their r Cia sometmes 100 inleret son closed by asking the ailt to 0 member in their prayer ai 1 to bk with their means the scattered fjnt ELDER JRMOEGXS felt difliIeit El r bib missionary labor a oj ir Clawson but would strive to fij ins ea ing He felt that his connection vruu the ward Sunday chn l and vanov 1 choirs would be inflicient rea on for n t miftonurj u < release from the home ionar i Stake authorities had del butlthe Iuthories i otherwise Quoted from the Doctrii edltIn t and Covenant pa e m Sene God your nnd ml i wih al n tb and strength are I Ll incuded the I to the whoie soule 1 I work The to securc oUT ll objec i thlt w In is fulse lr1ly j salvtol I held out b our ml1 1 I arie ahrad Those who athcr it hopes and desi u et dlSP I pointment wordl an apostatize 1 h 010 shoul seek to obtil 1 lwle bi bu J ats i God Dont rik semg w1l in heaven la treasures lay up treasure W Bishop Pollard tronght the meeting Polard in Bhop remarks a close with some welltimed rl I w1h and the to Elder Clawson compliment qlw OI I others on the new missionary list Continued 01 11 l < fff RELIGIOUS Continued front Eighth Page Sixteenth Ward 1 spite of the iinpropitious weather In congregation in the was a large there Sixteenth Ward After the opening exercises missionaries were introduced ercises jinnnc M WELLS was the first speaker not there to preach a said he wag be he fell somewhat out of place ccrraoa < present simply becAuse in the pulp but was prc felt sttrpriscd that puschoVascaUecUlcfeltsurprisedtliat cAuse a fe called to so important lie had been missionary but lie I Lked for as the a home faith and pruj era of the nskc tint he might be assisted ill per Saint When nW his duty in that position W forinhug that he would had felt at first had prefer he be released but his friends had prefer to he and advised him to do the best could Severe He related his experience on pereere evious Sunday in the Drape Sabbath the previous school of which he spoke highly bath regret he said that he felt some and he had not addressed the scholars to encourage them in their efforts He referred courage to the late Democratic < meeting tarred said he believed lIlsala Theatre thbThcatrc MeltltthffThcatre the sentiments of the majority lie but voiced ins that of if the they young could not f be Utah Mormons in saying say-ing Democrats too they would be Mormons manse Like the speakers at that meeting raons believed the church should be he Jug should if repeated to its proper sphere Mormonism is true and if comprehends compre-hends and embraces everything that is its influence should not only per true the home circle bout politics mote everything else besides He and alluded to the recent decision on the district also school question Personally he in favor of establishing Mormon schools was in every ward independent of district schools but even if that the could not be accomplished we still had our Sunday schools for the inculcation of doctrines our CARL C AMIUSSKX followed saying he needed the faith of the brethren and sisters The home missionaries did not choose their positions for themselves but were called to fill them by the authorities author-ities of the church He thought the elders had better chances of becoming be-coming young preachers than such as himself He had himself been a Gentile of the Gen tiles but he had now learned better had learned to keep the Word of Wisdom Wis-dom and exhorted his brethren to do the same He wished the children of the Saints were better looked after and not allowed run in the streets at night Trials will prove us he said but if we lived nearer to God it would be better for us The nations were in dread but the people here were doing the best they could and the Lord was Helping them TheLord is just and we shall all be rewarded re-warded or punished according to our deeds The choir sang Praise to the Man r etc and the congregation dispersed Seventeenth Ward Bishop Tingey presiding Choir led by J K Lewis ALBAROSI WOOLLEY the firt speaker said that he realized the necessity of a strict obedience to the word of wisdom When persons became members of the church it was required that they should repent of their sins by forsaking them In his opinion this certainly included the forsaking or discontinuing of the evil habits of using tobacco drinking alcoholic liquors c In fact repentance repent-ance of our sins implied an observance of the word of wisdom WILIARD C Bcirroii related some of his experience on his mission in North Carolina He found the people of the I various religious denominations in a state of uncertainty as to the way they were traveling spiritually A preacher told ttne congregation that they were either on the right road to heaven or the wrong road to hades their belief l was either right or wrong but he left the congregation to decide which it was Eighteenth Ward The cozy little chapel this ward was 1 well filled on Sunday evening and considerable con-siderable interest was manifested in the remarks of the two missionaries who were Walter S Beatie and P Hughes The lirst named spoke nearly half an hour upon a variety of subjects He said he could not say he wan glad unqualIfiedly tand m this onl qualifiedly to > > position only so far as he felt that he should be obedient obedi-ent to the call Some seven years ago he had fulfilled a minion to England and he now felt he could sav that the two years passed there were the happiest oi his life He attributed it solely tot to-t e fact that he had been engaged in serving the Lord and because he did so humbly Some have thought the experience ex-perience of speaking abroad should ren uer it an easy matter to speak at home butthe latter ls vastly lllore difficult and he felt tonight almost aS if he were peaking for the first time The speaker devoted some time to the saving ordl sauces o5 the gospel the necessity of correct training for children the habit dte er and 1 the 1 need of baptism of iii dren at the He said Iien proper age we Ire liable to mlej ly the importance of dllr themhsion of the old apostles and to dwarf that of the apostles of our day but that in fact the mission of the au thorities ohd ytfuil l r excels in 5m poYtance I that of tile older ants Bc closed byexfiorlittg Iw listeners to sit ob observance ol the rite and tenets above spoken ofF of-F D Iluonra was thankful to be able a to testify thrIll was somewhat new toUt him to-Ut though heinurhtlaekability to say it he did not lack the knowledge of I the truth He was convinced ilHdwa that God designed building up a kingdom on the w 1 earth and was thankful to be an instru > ment He spoke of the incarceration ot sPdk I many men and oE the forced absence of I < others for conscience sake and closed ei by saying that he felt there vas a goo t eral a be gen awakening among the Saints to a 3 t consciousness of duty t Nineteenth Ward f He I M d WADDELL was the first speaker said he was before the people in a t n new position for him and that nothing but his duty to God to his fellowman 1 1 and the priesthood t placed over him f could induce him I to occupy that posi tion He said the people of the world are in opposition to the Saints in this ago of the world as they he Id alway were and often asked this himself the reason oi opposition He could not account ioritin in anyotherway but that the wa all the W devil time w > do ei ire prompting the people r He i tee Christian e referred to the belief of i i ave them and sects that faith alone will manner how showed in a very graphic that a drunkard ridiculous it was to believe aru and even a murderer I I 1 Telephone Comm could by merely believing in Jesus Christ in the last minutes of their lives be saved He spoke of the many temptations that surrounded the young people of this city and admonished the youth to stay away from all evil places and advised those who had been togo no more as it became difficult in time to break off from the bad habits and associations asso-ciations that were once formed J H JOHNSON spoke of his experience i before joining the church Before hearing i hear-ing the elders preach he had had his mind poisoned against the Saints and went to one of their meetings to oppose them but after hearing them speak he believed their testimony and obeyed the gospel in the face of great opposition He afterwards received a testimony for himself and was called upon to go and preach to others The truth seemed so plain to him he said that he thought every one else would be able to see itlmt he found that even Jiis own brothers and sisters would not receive it Jhe consequence of intoxicating drinks was portrayed by the speaker by showing thatindulgence leads to greater lin and if not stopped often to theft and frequently fre-quently to murder He said that we should obey all the laws of God even if we were opposed bthe whole world it does not matteriwhat opposition may be brought against theSaints they should continue to live according to the commands com-mands of God and trust in him for the issue Twentieth Ward A full attendance greeted the missionaries mission-aries in this ward The preliminary prayer was given by Apostle George Teasdale after the singing by the choir i which was hardly strong enough for the beginning Elder Leo H Clawson arose to address the congregation < his remarks re-marks were particularly interesting especially to his more youthful listeners j he devoted himself mainly to relating a synopsis of his labors and experiences durin his recent mission to England and closed by exhorting the youth to study the Scriptures and the standard worKs of the church that they might be prepared to fill a mission when their time came to be called ELDER JAS W EABDLY followed his remarks wore mainly in the nature of an argument to prove from the Bible that revelations were as necessary now as they ever were He gave frequent quotations from the scriptures showed a good acquaintance with his subject and made some very excellent points He was followed by Apostle George Teasdale who endorsed what had been said by the previous speakers and gave some general instructions Benediction by Elder B Lewis Twontyflrst Ward Bishop Allen presided and the well known singer and musician Thos Mc Intyreled the choir The first speaker was J W SCMMEK HAYS He quoted the passage of scripture scrip-ture beginning With latter days some will depart from the faith etc and made some remarks suggested by it He spoke upon the principle of apostasy allowing the influence that those who have apostatized have upon those who are not living their religion He also spoke about tke people conform I ing too much to form in the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost also of a great many of the people being led astray by the delusions of astrologers astrolo-gers and the superstitions of people who do notbelieve in God nor keep his commandments com-mandments He closed Ins remarks by speaking upon the Word of Wisdom saying that there prevailed in our iiudat a great deal of intemperance and great t naf > tatAous to lead the young and the old astray he advised all to beware be-ware of evil enticements After a selection bv the choir GEORGE M CAM > addressed the meeting stating that it was only the second time he had addressed an audience audi-ence from the stand in this capacity He referred to the previous speakers remarks re-marks and spoke concerning the absurdity ab-surdity of tlie young destroying their vigor and manhood by the use of in tQxicants tobacco etc Spoke to the young concerning the employment of the evenings exhorting them to study and improve their time and exhorting the parents to instruct their children in the truths that the gospel of Christ affords He also spoke in regard to the imperfections and failings of mankind and entreated the people to watch their conduct and improve themselves until they are examples to all |