| Show SWEDES GET ANSWER First Presidency D nies Petition for Separate Meetings Swedes to Consider Matter Today In order the Swedes claim to prevent pre-vent a meeting ot the Swedish Saints at noon today the first presidency of the Mormon church issued a reply to the Swedish petition filed several months ago The meeting will be held as scheduled however and a report on the pell lion asking permission to hold Swedish meetings separate from the Danes and the Norwegians will be presented and further plans of action The meeting will be held at G2 i Richards RIch-ards street In the hall of the NOrdcn l Literary society At that time another an-other petition will likely be drafted to be sent to the first presidency The one which was sent several months ago was unanswered until yesterday when the first presidency made known Us conclusion adverse to the petitioners petition-ers through the columns of the church organ The Swedes had decided that they must have an answer by March 11th and no answer was made The Swedes want to worship in their native language This Is opposed by the first presidency which holds that the meetings shall be held in Scandinavian Scan-dinavian I The Rydman case was made part of the petition and is also reviewed by i the church authorities What the Swedes construe as a blow at their Korden Literary society which gives excursions to Lagoon in the summer sum-mer is the following from the first presidency Concerning amusements and their conduct con-duct we have tills to say All excursions pleasure outhiRfe and other I public entertainments enter-tainments of the Saints J should be under time direct control of the stake presidencies presi-dencies or bishops No organization should control thetu on Its own account It may have Its committee which by arrangement ar-rangement with the stake or ward authorities au-thorities may receive l the profits for any niiuscniunts In He behalf hut in no eerie Is It considered proper for any organization organiza-tion to lead out In these general or public affairs without I the consent and supervision super-vision of the regularly constituted authorities au-thorities It should bn remembered that all auxiliary organizations I are under the supervision of the SLuice or ward oftlcers of the church It is not deemed proper lor any stake or ward organization or committee to arrange for public outing excursions or other amusements without the sanction of stake presidents or ward bishops and it Is 1 untlrulv out of order for any organization to cull upon tho pcoplo of two or more atakcu to combine for excursions without t first consulting either directly or through their local officers with tho president of oaoh stake interested Inter-ested If this rule woro followed by rill committees us It Is by thin Sunday school f Improvement association relief societies und other organizations throne would bo no difficulty on this account and It would place nil these affairs under the contiol and supervision of the church officers wheru they properly belong |
