| Show CE u r CONFERENCE OF STAE 111 LatterDay Saints Held Two Sessions Yesterday 1 t 1 < ATTENDANCE VERY SMALL 1 Feat i1rA Tho Failure of Members of Church t rt to Turn Out in Larger Numbers Was the Subject ot Much Discussion Discus-sion and tho Saturday Conference AF May Be Done Away With Kindergarten ty Kinder-garten and Primary Work Progressing i Pro-gressing Favorably Law of Tithing 4 4 Tith-ing Discussed a ot a The attendance at tho regular quar r terly conferonce of the Salt Lalce stake j r held yesterday at the Assembly hall I was small and was a subject of comment L com-ment by several of the speakers la throughout the day In his remarks at the afternoon meeting President Angus ft M Cannon intimated that the idea is being discussed of doing away with the 1 Saturday meetings and confining tho quarterly conferences to Sundays President Angus M Cannon presided both morning and aftcrnofin After the opening exercises in the morning report port of kindergarten work given by President Cannon in the absence of Mrs Young of the Relief society by Mrs Anna T 1 Hyde and of the primary pri-mary nssoclatlon by Airs Camilla C Cobb shoved favorable conditions In all these branches of Latterday work Thomas C Grlggs superintendent of Sundayschools said a new plan was under consideration by the olllcora that of establishing cottage Sunday schools or Sundayschools In the homes of those unable to attend the regular Sunday services President Cannon approved ap-proved the Idea und thought there were hundreds of returned missionaries who would be glad to assist In the work PAYMENT OF TITHING Elder ICirkwood a clerk in the tlth ing ofilcc said that Salt Lake slake had been doing remarkably well In the I paying of tithes and offerings and the church was expending large sums for the relleC of the needy poor Many names he said had been added to the list of tithepayers during the past I year and in some wards the number had been increased fourfold Bishop Preston the next speaker first urged upon his hearers the importance import-ance of attending meetings and the further Importance of being there on time He too dwelt upon the subject of tithing and said that while tho amount of tithing collected this year may not be no large as that collected last 3ear gUIng as n canon that last year largo sums of back tithing were I paid and a further reason that the crops this year are not nearly so bount i oous as last still he had never known I a time In the history of his connection with the work when tithes had been paid so promptly and so freely He stated further that he had never known so good a market for the products of the farmers paid In tithes that all the produce brought In was readily turned into cash Elder Asper told of the harmonious relations existing In the high priests quorum and Elder Hlnckley of the work of the L D S college Joseph E Taylor also spoke of Uu college and wild that 500 of the money donated to build a new home for the school was given by a nonmember of the church Miss Jennie Y Smith gave a report of the work of the Y L M I A showIng show-Ing steady progress In the thirty or more associations in the stake Elder John T Cainc also addressed the gathering for a few moments urg ing all the brethren to be lalthful In the discharge of their duties The closing speaker Elder Penrosc regretted the small attendance and said while no doubt many were necessarily neces-sarily detained many others could have been present had they made an effort He too spoke of the Importance of observing the law of tithing and I closed his remarks by assuring his hearers that If they would be clean In I body and spirit and keep their surroundings sur-roundings clean they would avoid many of the diseases now abroad In the land I The conference then adjourned until 2 oclock SMALL ATTENDANCE DISCUSSED The small attendance at the conference confer-ence and the lack of Interest In church meetings was the burden of the speakIng speak-ing at the afternoon session Less than 200 people were present and It was no U eable that a large majority of them were older people The meeting was opened by the singing of Our God We Raise to Thee by the choir after which the Invocation was offered by A W Wlnberg Apostle Hebor J Grant was tho first speaker lie expressed the belief that holding a conference on Saturday was a bad plan as evidenced by the light attendance It will be a bad plan he said until the Saints get an appetite for meetings on that day He spoke of receiving a letter from a man In London Lon-don who said that the Latterday Saints were the only peoplcho had ever soon who lived up to their religion The npnler also Insisted the Saints should live up to the principles of their religion re-ligion to as to be an example to others Many young men he said were willing to go into foreign lands lg preach the gospel but would not attend at-tend meetings at home Many returned missionaries he continued who were promised membership in the quorum of seventies would promise to attend the church meetings Go to the meetings meet-ings he said and see how many are there See If I they have not lied to the president In the country dIstrictS Apostle Grant said when a bishop oran or-an apostle comes the people turn out I in large numbers to hear them expect ling I something unusual but the speak j er preferred those who turned out always al-ways Instead of those who wanted pie all the time I APOSTLE TEASDALES VIEW Apostle Teasdale was the second i speaker of the afternoon and also dwelt upon the light attendance I Those who go to all the meetings he said will be chleKst in the kingdom J king-dom of God Missionaries who dont attend the meetings cannot preach the gospel because they dont understand It themselves His religion the speaker speak-er said Is not a religion of the world but a religion of Christ There are young men ho continued who dont have faith In the priesthood and dont want to go to tho Tomplo to be married mar-ried and to receive their endowments PRESIDENT CANNON WAS SAD President Angus M Cannon closed the meeting He said Saturday Monday Mon-day and Sunday had been tried as conference con-ference days and the people dont come You could go out on the streets now he said and find a multitude of people who could attend these meetIngs meet-Ings and dont How ilo the Saints feel I about this Shall wo discontinue the meetings on Saturday and Monday and have meetings only on Sunday This question Is not to bo settled today but talk it over with your neighbors My heart Is sadder today than It has been for years There were not iOO people here this morning and there are leas than 200 here this afternoon There In I something wrong Either the people dont love God or something Thin is a matter the bishops should take up The choir then sang Guide Us Oh Thou Great Jehovah and the benediction I bene-diction was pronounced by A II Raleigh Ra-leigh |
