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Show wit .mmm An invitation has been extended to tlte first presidency to visit the Trans-Mississippi Trans-Mississippi Exposition at Omaha, October 2o being named as a special day for Utah visitors. A movement is also on foot for the Tabernacle choir to accompany them, or possibly leave earlier on purpose to be present at the same time as I'resident W. M. MeKin-ley. MeKin-ley. If the choi r goes, of course, it. will give concerts. President Wilford Woodruffs last sermon was delivered before the members mem-bers of the Church of the San Francisco, Fran-cisco, California, branch on the Sunday Sun-day previous to his death. The next da- he was visited by a number of the missionaries laboring in that state, and at that time appeared to be in excellent ex-cellent health. None imagined that his departure was so near. President Lorenzo Snow, in an interview inter-view with a New York World reporter, distinctly asserts that he will follow the policy of his predecessor regarding plural marriage. He will strictly maintain the position of the church on this question and the law will not be violated 03' permission being given to any to enter into such alliances. The, general board of the Young men's Mutual Improvement Associations Associa-tions has published its Manual for the season of 1808-9. The subject of the course of lessons is "The Apostolic Age." The sum of $4,500 has been sent to the general committee of the Maine memorial fund, as the proceeds of the collection taken up in Mormon congregations con-gregations on Sunday, July 24, for that purpose. Elder George Reynolds, treasurer of the Deseret Sunday School Union, attends, at-tends, as representative of the Union, the meetings of the Trans-Msssissipp1 Stmday School Congress to be held at Omaha, September 27 to 30. The church colleges have started this school year with bright prospects. The attendance is large. The Beaver branch of the Brigham Young Academy, located at Fort Cameron, opens uuder very auspicious surroundings. surround-ings. No finer site for a large school can be found in the state, and the ao-" commodations are ample. What, with this institution and the branch of the University at Cedar City, Southern Utah begins a new life educationally. After long waiting and doubts, happily hap-pily dispelled, the Oneida Stake aca demy, of Preston, Idaho, also opens the same day as that at Beaver. (Sept. 26.) Apostles F. M. Lyman and George Teasdale attended the quarterly conference con-ference at Parowan. The people turned out well to the conference, which proved a most pleasing and in-itructive in-itructive meeting. Another association, whose organization organiza-tion has been slowly growing for the past year, is about to be perfected and begin its career at Provo. This association, as-sociation, called the Utah County Sons and Daughters of the '47 Pioneers, was organized for the purpose of perpetuating per-petuating the memory of the first pioneers, and collecting' relics of an interesting nature. Present officers are Reed Smoot, president; Mrs. Susy Y. Gates, vice president; Professor V. M. Pratt, secretary; J. G. Coltrin, treasurer; Mrs. George Taylor, Oscar B. Young, Bishop J. M. Halliday, executive exe-cutive board. The first meeting is called for Oct. 20 to meet in the old meeting house at Provo for the purpose pur-pose of adopting a constitution and by-laws. At the services held at the Tabernacle Taber-nacle Sunday, September 25, Elder Joseph Coulom, who had just returned from a mission in the Southern States, told of his experiences during his travels and of the success which he achieved iu his work. Mr. Coulom was followed by Benjamin Benja-min Goddard, who spoke at some length upon the healing power possessed pos-sessed by the apostles and bishops of the church. He derided the theory that sickness and pain may be thrown off by the power of mind of the afflicted one, but was convinced that this could be done, by the apostles and bishops. President George Q. Cannon was the next speaker, lie congratulated the Latter-day Saints upon the spirit of peace which seems to rest upon them, saying that if all the people of the world had the same spirit, there would be no more war, no more quarreling. quar-reling. Fresident Cannon referred to the early settlement of this valley by the Mormons, sa3-ing that while they were days of privation and suffering, the people lived in peace and harmony until men from the outside came in to disturb and make contention. Apostle lirigham Young pronounced the benediction. |