Show FROM MONDAY DAILY J bop yOP THE PROPHET PROPHETS 8 this morning at 9 a meeting convened in the council house in this city to inaugurate the opening of or the classes advertised by the board of regency in connection with the tho university of deseret there were present presidents brigham young II 11 C kemball and D H wells elders eldera orson pratt wilford woodruff ir george Q cannon and joseph F smith of the twelve apostles chancellor carrington aeve save ral members of the board of regents with a large number of the bishops and leading men of tiie the city president young made soma some remarks at the tho commencement which we will publish at length tomorrow to morrow after which ho he offered the following OPENING PRAYER drayer 0 god our father eather who lives in tho the heavens tn fn the name of jesus christ we approach theo this morning as thy children and we come como cometo comoto to thee as our father and god eyen even the god and father of our lord jesus christ and the father of our spirits we thank thee for the blessings which thou hast giden given unto us and we pray thee in the name of 0 jesus to look in mercy upon us bless 0 lord these thy servants and wilt thou be compassionate unto us and bless us with the outpouring of thy spirit as the time has now arrived wh wb en we can commence again a chool here on this earth for the improvement of the tha minds of thy servants the elders of israel ismel in all truth that pertains to heaven and oarth earth through t the a priesthood ale t pod of the son of god an and by t the a lea iea learning ing which ic we have in books thad that at hut but hath been revealed in days of old oid and in this our day inasmuch as we enjoy these privileges vi leges we to inspire the hearts of thino Thine apostles elder high priests and seventies and pour out thy tey tny thy spirit upon the tho bishops an ana and eve eveny every servant of thine h ne that their eyes may bay be 0 opened ened to see and understand things as the they are bless biess less allwoo bli all who take an interest in the improvement ot of tho the minds of thy people and wilt thou instruct them by the revelations revelation soo of thy spirit for lor we realize that we are ignorant and our opportunities to be taught in the tho learning in g of men on earth have been tow few we have had the privilege of the gospel revealed e unto us through thy servant joseph and of gathering from the nations to assemble ourselves together where we can improve our oar lives and instruct each other in the knowledge of all truth we as ask k thee to give unto us the revelations of thy holy spirit to enable us to commence this school which Is the school of the Prophets tho school of the saints of the most high and wo we ask that the revelations of the lord jesus christ may rest on those who take the charge of this school in its different branches biess the chancellor and regency of the university hersity of or deseret with wisdom that comes comos from thee and all who shall assist in any way in raiding and upholding this institution that thy servants and handmaidens hand maidens may receive instruction st which Is contained in books and which flows from the revelations of thy spirit bless allwoo shall spall join this school at this time and all who shall hereafter J join oln oin it bless and preserve thy peo argle people throughout the territory ot of utah and t throughout the whole earth 0 lord preserve thy people in the gospel orthe of the ohe lord jesus especially thy tny people in these mountains and prepare them to go bacr back and redeem the centre stake of ofelon zion wo we ask thee to hasten this time and aid thy thy people to improve that they may the sooner be able to build up and redeem the waste places of zion according to thy word prosper us in these things 0 lord and bless us in building a temple to why thy tny name in this land and in giving endowments to th tny thy p people opel i poun pour ou out thy spirit upon thine A apostles gl je 4 th thal that t thet they tel til may be of one heart and I 1 one mind d in ii li ali all 11 things that we may be more thoroughly instructed from on high in the re rel 1 lons of the lord jesus christ looking unto and trusting in thee theo for the result in all thi chinig things both in the affairs of life and learning and nis nig m the procuring of the necessaries of ilfe life for our families and bless all the substance which thou hast given to thy people and which thou dost desire they shall enjoy upon the earth biess bless Aall jail all ail who manifest an in interest in the building up of thy kingdom in every land bless the land we occupy even the valleys of the mountains with every facility therein contained people and bless the whole land of zion even the land of joseph and bless and multiply thy saints until this land shall be filled with those who love and serve thee thoe ex tenda lenda hese heso blessings to all the subjects of our prayers preserve us on the earth to do thy wll wit will on earth and with the sanctified in glory bring us into thy presence through jesus our redeemer Red edmer amen tho the president then stated the nature of the school now being organized and the objects in view in organizing it president HO kimball made a few remarks in tho the course of which he spoke odthe of the necessity necess lt of good order and strict decorum being enforced among the old young or ho felt well about the opening of the school oi of t the h e prophets here hero and said it we are not ai apro abets h we ought to be for it Is the duty cfall of all ail mei mai latter latten day saints sainta to live so that they may act under the guidance and dictation ot of the holy ghost that constitutes a man a prophet president D H wells said he felt the importance ol 01 the school now BOW being organized and was glad to assist in promoting it it Is the privilege and datlof the latter day bain a to become acquainted with every true principle pertaining to all science and learning and it 1 Is 8 more incumbent upon the elders of israel israel isrnel than upon any oi oher oner her men in existence because they are engaged in a greater work than any others the building up and establishing of god the ohe earth there are men of great attain attainments mentis in many of the sciences inthe in the outside ald aid world but it Is rare t that such men entaro through ugh pride and the circumstances by which they are u a 1 the chuich church hence their kno knowledge w e d g a ana and nd abilities are not available in t the he kingdom this augments the necessity for nor the E iders elders of israel tb become proficient in yet yer the iho wisdom of the world Is te MH A t 11 not so very desirable being keb kb feb mixed up with T vain aa n P philosophy t it is Is for tho the servants servant of god to v acquire u lre ire knowledge that Is really useful divested of all folly and bring it into active service in irk the kingdom of god by listening to the oracles of god and following in the channel that he has appointed the eiders eldera of israel have the privilege of acquiring true wisdom even that whick emanates from god he exhorted exhorted all to support the with the utmost of their ability and energy and brayed prayed that the blessing of god might attend t their air exertions chancellor carrington spoke briefly upon the objects designed in the commencement of this school he rejoiced that the presidency had bad seen fit zit to make a move in this direction and had hsui met with the brethren at its opening professor calder then gave ane an atline of the c ourse course of instruction thau that tid would be imparted and the time daring each day that would be devoted to it every day in the tha week but saturday school will be held from 9 am until 11 am from 2 to 4 p m and irom from 7 till 9 in the evening bookkeeping book keeping will be one of the first branches taught not bookkeeping book keeping in the restricted sense which merely teaches how to make correct entries in a daybook day book journal and ledger ledgen but all the branches in actual use and as practiced in the great business marts of the world no text books will be used but in the school the students wiil will have alitalo commercial world of their own in which after going through the prima primary dena department r t in e n 1 they will be initiated int into 0 the various transactions r a n s c t of actual factual business the meeting was dismissed with prayer by pres D DH H wells wills SABBATH bishop E D D woolley sooke spoke on several points and particularly on the gathering of the saints from the nations which the lord lora requires at the hands of his people I 1 14 a these valleys elder orson pratt reasoned on the necessity for men who are called and set sot apart to preach the gospel seeking to qualey themselves forso for so doing by storing their minds with useful serui know knows s ledge that tho the spirit ortho of tho the lord might tare tahe from the he treasury of their heart to lay before the people when they stood uto declare the truth to a congregation he referred to the revelation which requires the saints to gain knowledge from roin all ali cook goots books advocated the improving of the mind during leisure hours and of various branches of education arts and sciences and urged the young to morn torn their attention to the subject or of education and devote part of the time now spent in adanee amuse ment in the improvement of the mind elder W woodruff ir quoted the language of the book of mormon that whosoever dwell dw elloUi eth on this land must serve the lord or he will destroy them and reasoned that we ire must ma s t obey the comman commandments Wj ants of god and bear off t the tho ho responsibilities placed upon us he also I 1 spoke on the importance of sunday schools and of the young u ng studying the bible Bo book boolos olof of ro doctrine trine andi andl Covenants and other good books on saturday night the I 1 of leave man I 1 was presented and excellently played we were astonished to see so many there considering the weather which was most inclement and it stormed so very severely that mat we thought scarcely anybody would ventura venturo out the audience however not only went to be ae entertained entertain ad but expressed their approbation orthe of the performance in most unqualified applause we were glad to gee eee mrs clawson greeted so warmly on her a appearance ea rance she wasl wasal ways a favorite miss E colebrook rook made a mos most excellent may edwards and all the other characters were sustained in the best style of those to whom they were committed mr mckenzie Mc kenzie Kenzle mr dunbar miss aliss alexander aud and mrs clawson shino shine in the characters of brierly old moss sam ham and mrs willoughby graham lindsay margetts and mrs are extremely good as joens and emily and on saturday night all in the cast exerted themselves most crecita creditably mr and miss could ock having arrived by ed by a stage go from montana will appear tomorrow to morrow a evening e in in the ever favorite play of the stranger 11 3 mr r Coul doch docte sustaining the titio title role aud aua and miss Coul dock doek that of mrs haller they are sup kup supported arted by an excellent cast ir miss nunn will also appear in and the lost child in which mr air margetts la is ini int mutable will be the farce the bill Is an excellent one the attraction great and inthe if the tho weather Is at a all favorable wo we shall shail loofe for a crowded house tuis it rains without any efrost here today to day we heard ft a gentleman remark the other day that ho he could coald account for tho the lato late change in oar our climate only by attributing it to tho the ho influx of people from great britain wo we lave have weather now that would either answer far for california or england and Js Is unusual in these latitudes at this season of the year umbrellas are in demand at present we have been kindly furnished with a report received by deseret telegraph line of the state of of the wea wear ther this morning in the following places logan cloudy and damp tramp snow nearly gone in the valley rained hard ast last night ogden dull duli dull duil and looks like rain r f american fort fork warm but raining very dry muddy bring pring aville muddy raining a little nephi cloudy and raining scipio rained all night very maddy still raining cove creek cloudy cloady has the tho appearance of a storm beaver cloudy cloady and warm warrel parowan carowan cloudy but very pleasant 0 very cloudy looks like storming storm lne before long no frost bt st george cloudy thermometer at W coxx z rom nom bishop N davis we t his morning learned that the woolen and cloth factory of smoot burton fe sharp will commence carding today to day they tried the machine a little on saturday quite satisfactorily their spinning machinery and power looms will commence orfa in a short 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