Show I SCHOOL I CONVENTION PrelImInary Meeting In the r I Ir I Ir r Sunday DISCUSS LS t ts lie ui limo III The at the Tabernacle el eI afternoon was aa under tM the auspices ot of lIe l Hert Sunday School I h were ver very were wre presided over b Q and hit Wile visited by the choir th this hymn For or use the strength ot of tIme the hills hill we ble bless th thee The opening prayer wa was offered II b bEider Eider George Genre eynolds after atter which the choIr sang the entitled Sowing Jolt Joseph h 1 P Smith was wa the lImit speaker lenker HI began b by referring to tb time meeting hold at the Theater In the mOl rooming mit I lie he said laid there were some om thing mentioned there which ii h desired delred to one ot of be being ing th tb kee keeping l l of oC records lie said Id the lit this caine borne to him with great Iffat torI force the other da day when he attempted to j some om data In rela to one nil of if hi parl missions million and to hi his h he hall hail neglected to record lome aume very ery Important events In to 10 ii mission One ot of the roost Inot 11 r ot of hl his II life If that of being baptized he could not tell upon what tin dab 10 wa not quIte sure lure ot of the month In 1 woich he was al asp bap lie III Willi Wac by President U C In ray CRy Creek Yo where here then thelt is II pta nI a Street but bUI thieve there was 11 nu no record Jerold made mad ot or it II All this ought not notto nottO to lie he said ald the speaker President had urged the young lIIn II as the they started Into the mission million ar err field Ild to keep IL a record ot of their live and ot of all Ih the chief incidents con connected whim their ministration Hut But tit the omission of o these thae Is 18 not the greatest evil II hn hen such things occur In hi time the ward r Ird In the Sabbath school chool records and time the tIthIng rt record the Ill evil IllI I Is Smith said e are the tbt Plo pea plo pie thit are makin making There Thre II IIno I Ino no othor people that is II more morl maligned Wc c ha hate e commenced a new era In th the world and there ther I is not n a person peron In the Church who is III not In some om way a or an another other therefore a re rec record ord should hould ht be made madl ot of III all of the th Import Important important ant ot of our hiel l 1 Smith then turned to the of secret and stated that Venti often had proved the mini unI dOM dori ot of Saints them hs nith lIh secret cret orders We lire are an order ot of ourselves said laId he we f ar arnt are nut nt ot of th world fur for there Is III no other In the earth ha has the same We are lUe commanded to r re rePent Pent JInt from the tho sins ot of the world to turn unto God with full tull purpose ot of heart to build up Zion and not by in III an any order of man I hold that It II hi not necessary nor II a wise III thing thine for tor a Saint to Join In any oath bound socIety Many Ian things M hare the toll folly end impropriety ot of n Saint R a secret so 10 society y It If the are bound to I a society the lire are In some cases cuel under oath to It its In Inc irs In guilt One Inan who ho had Join joined a hd had learned that some of Its members Were rt horse holl thieves but bul he was 41 bound b by hi his oath to shield them Smiths Smith cited an instance ot of R a moan Inan who ho had rAiled called upon a mill mis I lion slon but was unable to go 10 because eli all that lie he made he was wa o to lia Ia Into secret Hert ot of which he Wa as a member Another rasp was asked ked II ime hI did not pa pay hi tithing and said lAid It Waft w eau It required all lie hI could i spare lire to meet the demands ot of the so 10 society I Iclet clet ot of which he was a mm member r I 1 kno know that It I Is unwise for a 8 Tatter j day Saint to connect himself with any ot of out outside of t tin tho Church hurch and contrary to th the counsels ot of I Its Priesthood It If he does dOH so 80 lit ii has hall no I right to the prIvileges ant end blessing ot of I Ithe the Church until lie he repents No man lun I Iwho I who iho lives lIel up UJ to Ih the I laws ot of chastity as 81 I revealed through the Church ot of Jesus I Christ can tI tie himself to societies where I Immorality III I winked at The Whitney quartet followed with a beautiful rendition ot of oh Ob Love DI Apostle Brigham Young followed with a tow low remarks remark lIe al also o spoke ot of the ot of th the meeting beld Id at the Theater In iii Ih the morn morning In If H lie said lOald that one on thing that lie he would like to Ita hate heard talked about among arnone the other otherwise wise 1 timings was wa the necessity of th the school themselves ne lie spoke of teachers who ho are Iff unable to talk lie He thought It W a 1 It necessity for the I teacher to be able to talk III a correctly I all as possible to the he children T Timing to tIme the them ot of so 10 societies the speaker stated It that most ot of I the mn men who have Joined such uch sod ties use tobacco and h he felt to III say that thai those Church member who Unite unit with those wilt will wane In their faith and bally 11 01 The speaker then referred to 10 hll r ic cent visit to California Ir lie was a In 1 Ios Angeles last Sunday Sundar where lie he I lder Sf Nyc president ot of the mission r received a challenge from rep ot of the Church to principles of oe tb the Go hAter lie he Was 1101 railed called u upon On Imy by one or of It Its II members who ho expressed the hop hOf thAt the two churches would soon lOOn unit The speaker peak told him that that could rould be done quirk quickly It if the he otle of Ida church would and be for lor forthe the remissIon ot of their Ini coming Into lato the true church AI a must do nu Resuming the topic ot of societies rl t the speaker appealed to the Lat Saints Saint not IlOt to ally with tb them who Ito do as al God corn com mandl will not Dot be In need ot of anything el else Apostle George Te al spoke pok n next XI tIe lie began b by quoting the rd or of Ih the Apostle John Love Lovo Dot h world nor th the thing ot of time world 11 lie said ald that man many had been members f seCret orders ordeN when hen they heard the I epel hut but were now members ot of the theral roo ral al family ot of the brotherhood d f man manThe manThe The object ot of the Sunday SUDy tie hp speaker II to leach the children 4 advantages ot of a well PlIt Ute life An mini 1 that the only true hap co corm rm loving lunea and haU Iniquity e understand the value 4 if f human life aid the vain alu ot of a 8 cue eor cuer r d n principle The then give to 0 4 the Ihl Juvenile the organ oran dt ml Sunday Sunda school boyi and gins It time or of virtue r righteous 4 flees and arni truth It lies allO keeps keel time Ule 4 posted upon tin th topIcs of tI time thaw The wor work ot of the Sunday Sunda school beard Is ii A labor or of hoe and Ih the members member tie not pot to exercise any dominion but their ambition Is b to prepare the Ille children fM far the GI seining ot of the ID Son ot at God That Tha their 1 may b bi buit built up and that the nJ they ness mi may lor loom UI the value u of Apostle J 1 Grant nut next made malle a tw few remarks I lie said II that l he knew of no b body o of In melt and Ind women that iero er or ad and devoted than I the hI teachers anI anti ot of the gunda Sunday school nut hut them parent Ihu should Id take lake more mort Interest In the schools and d visit I thorn hll I as 1 it would encourage the chil dren 1 elI elIThe as WI well I as the olo and tel teach The choir aan sane the anthem nuN Ye the Lord Ird This lion ii one ot of th the most mOlt anthems Ih the choir ever ver sang and n lf Prof Stephens ha lisa b been n 1 It for tor some ome time f wu was the time I it had been rendered aUtos led th this choir was wa pronounced by Seymour mour n Young |