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Show AT THE TAB. THIS MORNING ! Apostle Merrill Declares tliat Iiriglia.m, Young, John Taylor and the Rest of the Saints Will be Hero Tomorrow. The exercises at the Tabernacle this morning morn-ing were without incident. George Q. Cannon Can-non read the report of a committee appointed to investigate the matter of the founding of j a church university. The report was favor- j able and Salt Lake was suggested as the site. This report was unanimously adopted by the conference. Apostle F. M. Lyman followed with a few-remarks, few-remarks, in which he said: "In spite of the bad weather the saints have gtitii- ered iu great numbers to do honor to ' the glory of God, that revelations was the foundation upon which the church stood, ! and that the word hardly ever comes that it j don't And them unprepared. These revela- Hons have generally been trials to most people, peo-ple, but not to all. We are careless of our tithings. I suppose there is a reason for this, apd the failing of prayers, but I wonder won-der what the excuse can be. "We are increasing in-creasing in numbers, in farms, etc., and the tithings should be a little better each year. The young men who are springing up to manhobd should add to it each year. Some of the brethren have expressed fears in regard to the church. While there is a division on political lines, it should make no difference in our feelings toward each other. If you allow bitterness to enter you are narrow. Why should we not be frteiidiy with each other '4 A great many people have I left the church on different grounds, but I say we are today the tried and truthful people." peo-ple." Apostle John Henry Smith then arose anil stated that he had been requested to state that there was a movement on foot to erect a monument to that hero of the church and of this western country. President Brigham Young, and that voluntary contributions would be asked md that the conference would start the good work. Apostle M. V. Merrill said that eix or seven million dollars had been expended in the last twenty-six years ly -the church in erecting buildings to the Lord, and they hadn't got through with the work yet; "There, is a great work here to finish the Temple. All Saints are anxious that President Presi-dent Woodruff should dedicate the Temple. President Young will be there; President Taylor will be there; President Kimball will be there. Do you suppose beeaase they have passed over the River Jordan that they have lest interest in this matter": Not a bit of it, my brethren, they will be here. We have come together at this conference to have our minds refreshed and to bring up before our minds the life of the holy priesthood; and we go home with renewed re-newed life and to live a better life. Apostle A. H. Lund fol owed. His remarks re-marks were in the same strain as those oi the preceding speakers. Tomorrow will be the big day of the con-' con-' ferenct-,' when the can stone will be placed on the middle spire of the temple. |