Show FAST DAY DAY TO being the first thursday of the month will as customary be observed by devout latter day saints as a season jot of fasting and prayer to sether gether with the riving giving with a free and unstinted hand of offerings for the support of ef the poor interest in this observance as has been noted before Is increasing throughout the body ot of the church a very healthy sign merchants and other men of f business belonging to the church are not paly only confor conforming mip in more ore strictly to the observance of t the fi e requirements quire ments of the religious regulation now considered individually but they are am also enabling their employed emp loyes to attend fast meetings bt by releasing them from their secular labors during the hours service ov of aek Vice among the firms taking this step to is Z C M I 1 which will close tomorrow to morrow from half p past st nine till half past twelve we understand it to be the intention tp to make this customary in f future utu cepro providing those employed at thee the establishment lish ment use the time for the purpose for which it is intended f |