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Show would only let him off," for he knew It wms no easy taelc to managnify the call tng of a Bishop. Said we must give the Bihop and councilors our faith and support. sup-port. aid he believed St. George Stak was the hardest Stake to preside over, of any in the Church, not because the people are mcHner, but been u so there sue more old Vt'te'jtns who know eo much about church dicipline. Referred to a gathering gather-ing in the north wheie there were St out of 115 who had been acquainted wilh the prophvt Joseph Smith, and compared it with a athting in thU Stake, of a small aumber of people, and there were 32 vf them who had been acquainted with the prophet .Joseph. Prest. E. li. Snow was eorry to see the small opposition to the new Bishopric, lie made remarks on the cause of the consolidation of the four wards of this city and said it was not rijjht to remain silent when requested to vote either for or nyaint. He said, I hope tind pray, my brethren and sisters, that inasmuch as we have voted to consolidate the foi.r wards, that we will sustain the Bishopric that has been chosen. Prest. D. D. McArthur made a few remarks. Choir eang and benediction by Win. Faweett. j Sun il siy Services . At Jt. George TaDernaclj. Sunday, Jlay 17, 1896. Prest, D. D. McArthur Presiding. After usual preliminary Prest. McArthur McAr-thur said that the names of the men who had been selected to form the Bishopric of the St. George ward would be presented present-ed today, for the people to vote either !'or or against. The names of Brothers James AndruH for Bi?hop, Edward II. Snow, first and Thomas P. Cottam, second Councilors, Coun-cilors, have heen sent to Salt Lake City to the Presidency and they have sanctioned sanction-ed the nomination. We desire the people to exercise their priviiegoand vote just as they feel like either for or against, and not be lukewarm. Spoke of tho who have helping hand for the church of God, that they must have faith and live up to the truths of the gospel, and we must not be hypocrite. Don't expt-ct to get a perfect man to preside over us. Said they could pick flaws in him, if they can't they can't do as well as he can. He knows this work is fue and that Joseph Smith is a prophet of God, a9 also are hi successors, and that they are seers and they see things to come ancl God tells them what portion of the things they have seen to reveal, and if we will always listen to such men we will always come out tight. Prest. Ernstas B. Snow read a letter from the first Presidency of the church Con-fif Con-fif ming the selection of the High council for the Bishopric of St. George Citv. It wis moved and seconded that James Andri.s be sustained as Bishop of St. George Ward and was Carried, there being 6 opposition votes. Elder Edward II. Wnow was sustained as llrst councilor, and there were 2 opposing votes. Bishop Thomas P. Cottam was sustained as Second Sec-ond Councilor with one opposite vote. President McArthur advised the people to always vote one way or the other, so we could know how they felt. We will be judged by our works and that was t lie decree long before this word wa made. Referred to suicides and that the cause of their killin themselves, was they thought to end their troubles, but they only make heir Ia6t condition worse than the former was, for they mke themselves self-murderers. If we commit pin and nir cerely re pent, God has provided way for us to escape, es-cape, but thu wicked are nilinj up their eup and are preparing for detrut tion, God will pufttain the pure and faithful wno will kenp his commaudujent's, and they will come up in the morning of the tnt resurrect ion, crowned with immortality, im-mortality, We all should know how to be a Saint. Referred to the young man who went to Jems and paid "Good master, mas-ter, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?" The Lord told him of variou tilings and then he giith All thefe things Imve I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?" "Jumh mb unto him, I f tlioii will be perfect, i?i and hell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou thalt Imvh treanute in heaven: and come ard follow mo." Uut he could iiot do it, for he had irrea possessions. posses-sions. The tim will come that we. will have to five all our surplus property ?:nd thnh one tenth of the inere se thfnvifter. Prest, David II. Cannon made a few remarks and then rend from tlio Doctrine hikI Covenants a Revelation yivinti direction direc-tion for nominating nn electing IJishops, tte., and made remarks on the wmie. Ad-vhedtho Ad-vhedtho people to attend to their prayers, pay their tithing in the reason theieof, and sustain the liithop that h could not pay he Jailed on Recount of a lack of duty of the saints. Refered to a time when he was appointed Bishop and of hisott'r-inir hisott'r-inir to cut or have cut, the wood for nil the poor in tlx' ward, for ten years, if they |