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Show Sunday Services. At iSt. George TauernacU. Sunday, May 24, 1896. President D. D. JlcArthur ptated that the resignation of the four Bnhops of St. George Wards is now Aecepted and James Andrua ha been etnpart as Bishop Bish-op of the St. George Ward ar d is now fully enptalled as such, and will now take charge of the meetings on the Sabbath (Ih). Aftr the usual preliminaries, Bishop James Andrus invited the four exbishops to the S' and, and Thomas Judd the retiring liishopof the First Ward, was the first speaker and said he was glad that the consolidation had been accomplished a he had been an ardent worker to bring this about and believed it would, in the end, result in the best good for the people. lie advised all the people to go to with a will and sustain the present Bishopric of the St. George Ward and if we will all support them all will be well and asked the blessings of God on the Bishopric an. I the people. The second speaker was George F. Jarvis the retiring Bishop of the second ward, said he coincided with all Bishop Judd bad said and also heartily endorsed the consolidation. He said he was ready and willing to work in any capacitv that the authorities desired, lie felt to do all he could to make this change a success, nni magnify his calling in the priest-lioid. priest-lioid. Andrew N. Winsor, retiring Bishop of the 3rd Ward, believed that under the consolidation we would all be benifited, as a people. Thomas P. Cottam, retiring Bishop of the 4th Ward said that all should lend a helping hand to roil forth the Kingdom of God. fcaid the people need a t ood building erected for educational purposes, as we have none sufficiently large, that ie suitable. Asked those who voted for consolidation to be ready to aid and sus- v tain the Bishopric, j Bishop James Andrus thanked the people peo-ple for tneooulidence they had imposed in him, and felt that there is nothing that we can't do, if we will only put our trust in the Lord. Was proud that we have a fine Tabernacle to hold our meetings in, but we also need a Building for educational education-al purposes. Encouraged the farmers to plant cotton and stiive to become independent inde-pendent by supplying themselves with homemade uoods. Said the Sunday Scbools would remain ha they are, lor the prevent. The fast day offerings will be taken to the Tithing Office. Asked his brethren to assist him in bis duties as be could do nothing without their aid, Ed win d II. Snow spoke upon a prophecy pro-phecy gjven to Joseph Smith in regard to blessings belcg poured out upon the people and read a portion of the same, and inferred that it is better to lead by persuation, love, Ac, than otherwise. Elder II. Morris was pleased with the expression of his brethren this afternoon. Spoke of the young men and women and thought they should marry wheu they become of proper age, and make themselves useful in building up the Kingdom. The Cboir sang an anthem "Resurrection." "Resurrec-tion." Benediction by elder O. F. Whitehead. We think 'BUbop Andrews has launched out in the right direction, and we Hre satisfied that if the people will stand by him, which we know they will, his career as a Bishop will be a varitablo buciess. We'll help you Bisbop. |