Show TO PURCHASE A STAKE ORGAN further steps taken ct alie priesthood ff last saturday the regular monthly priesthood meeting of utah stake was held last saturday morning commencing at 10 president A 0 smoot presided after the usual preliminaries a circular from the territorial superintend eucy of sunday schools was presented and read for the information and operation cooperation co of the brethren of the priesthood that a letter regulation and increased attendance might be obtained in the sabbath schools of the latter day saints president david john spoke upon the alveral subjects embodied in the circular aad exhorted the brethren to give their hearty operation cooperation co in the move ment for the benefit of the youth of i zion president smoot stated that if the report was true that the attendance at our sambath sao bath schools was falling off then it was certainly alarming and all lovers of zion should be interested in any movement tending to remedy the situation aur statistical reports show that there areia bout aix per annum and the attendance at sabbath schools bo proportionately increased he alluded to the indifference manifested by many claiming to bo saints regarding their duties to the cause of god and to their children he also bloke of brethren going ta law one with another and stated that if such things were not f god would humiliate us ind bring us to a sense of our duties in a way that will not be pleasing the subject of attendance at sunday the cause of falling off in the aade was discussed by some of the bi ethren pr ebent president II 11 H cluff spoke of a contemplated tem plated move by elders J E daniels and H E giles stake chorister and slake organist in connection with the stake tabernacle building committee to get up a series of musical entertainments with the sabbath school children the proceeds from such entertainments tain ments to go towards purchasing an organ for the stake tabernacle such entertainments would also do much in increasing the interest in the cause of sabbath schools and a laate for music among the youth ane first c these series of concerts could be called a sun day school jubilee elder andrew watson moved that this idea be carried out and sustained by the saints carried the question of procuring means to purchase an organ for the tabernacle was then discussed at some length president smoot said that abea the people were ready to proceed with alie finishing touches on the tabernacle and put in an organ he would give 1000 in cash for that purpose he was also on hand to give for alio benefit of the sabbath schools when the people w ere ready to co operate in this matter the counselors all expressed themselves as favoring the purchase of an organ and manifested a desire to collect means for the durpos pur pos president john moved that the hood sustain this movement and use their influence with the saints in the beveral wards for the purpose af procuring an organ carried after benediction by bishop george halliday Hul liday meeting adjourned till saturday june 1 |