Show OVERFLOW an overflow meeting WAS held in choba of the fa tabernacle bernacle at 2 p pm m which was addressed by bishops 11 V 11 II lewis and geo 0 6 pitkin elder charles wilken and apostle brigham youn young the hyde park choir furnie furnished oled music for this meeting 7 r i general priesthood meeting 0 con in the large 0 assembly room ind and was opened with prayer by samuel after singing by the choir PRESIDENT WOODRUFF tF addressed the congi congregation degation said of tile people on earth today comparatively corn p amatively arat ively few hold bold the priesthood and are authorized and called to preach the gospel to this vast number of people this is a great work required at our hands and it must be done before the judgments of god shall como come upon tio the earth the lord has prepared the people for far this very purpose the elders ciders of zion are choice spirits who were designed to c come ohi 0 forth in this lay day to assist in t this great work requested all to think and reflect deeply upon the conditions which surround us and strive to live in accordance with the will of god PRESIDENT T CANNON said if there were but one man in the whole world who held the priesthood and the whole people knew of it what a great man this one would be yet the priesthood being so widely distributed among this his t people it was none the less lees valuable thoc who had bad received the priesthood should magnify their callings for they would be held accountable they should attend attend all their kheiri meetings and andas an ddS all that was required of thern them the time will yet come that every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that jesus is the christ there are a great man many opportunities here at homo home for the members of the priesthood to labor as missionaries mission missionaries c sion aries among the rising generation spoke upon the subject of prayer we should pray in our families and teach our children to pray and ask bles blessing blesing ing at the table spoke of the paying of tithing and fast offerings exhorted the saints to be prompt in this respect Ar APOSTLE F st LYVAN LYNIAN said aid it was a great t pleasure to hin him to be in this c conference 0 and listen 0 t the voice buce of the servants of god we ve need our minds and spirits refreshed from time to timo time by having the servants of god tea ch us the gospel so that wo we will better understand tL nd our duties and be better able to serve the lord and keep ilis his commandments sa said i d that i it we were living nearer to the lord there would not be so much sickness amon among 0 us as is now the case spoke upon the various duties of the saints both in attending their quorum and sacrament meetings as well as any other meetings in 6 s tu to which the they y should go and the performance of such other things as are required of them touched upon the word of wisdom and exhorted the saints to observe it wo lve should keep the sabbath Sabbat li day holy we should all lie be humble and prayerful and attend our z ac meetings and partake of the sacrament that we might inight receive the blessings promised for such obedience advised all to repent of their evil doings and shortcomings and humble 0 themselves before the lord that I 1 c e may receive his bis blessings II 11 C easton assisted by the choir fang eang 0 my father benediction by apostle brignall Brig brigham ball young |