Show SALT LAKE STAKE CONFERENCE The 8 semi annual emi annual Conference ce and monthly Priesthood meeting of the Salt Lake Stake of Zion convened In Inthe inthe inthe the Assembly Half Hall Saturday morning at 10 a m IB There were present on the stand tand President Lorenzo Snow and Elders Heber J Grant and Abraham H B Cannon of the Quorum of the Apostles tle the stake take pre presidency Elders Angus M Cannon Joe JOB E Taylor and C W Penrose while the roll IOU call aU showed the following attend attendance ance of Stake t One High Councilor three Patri Patri- Patriarchs Patriarch arch archs Elders Elder Elias Morris Morril and WilliamC William C Dunbar of the presidency of ot the High HIb PrIests quorum eight presidents of Seventies and six lx home missionaries ml All the wards ward in the State Stake were properly represented excepting the Filth Fifth Sixth Tenth Sixteenth Eighteenth Eighteenth and Twenty second city wards ward and South Cottonwood North Jordan Hunter and Pleasant Green of ot the country The First Fint Fifth Twelfth Thir Thir- Thirteenth Sixteenth Eighteenth Nine Nine- Nineteenth Nineteenth Twentieth Twenty first Twenty Tw Twenty second nty Twenty third and fourth Twenty fourth quorums quorum of ot Elders Elden were represented by their presiding officers officer The Stake Stage Presidency of the Belief Societies of the Sunday Bunday Schools School and Stake Presidency of the thi Young Mens Men's and Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Associations and the Primary associations a responded to the roll call The following brethren were a- a ap- ap appointed ap appointed pointed to represent the wards named below the Bishops and counselors counselor be- be being being be being ing absent Fifth Richard J Filce Sixth H D Pug Tenth James Jame Malio Malin Thirteenth Claudius V Spen Spen- Spencer Spencer Sixteenth Theodore McKean Eighteenth Sidney Bidney Claws Clawson D Twenty Twenty- Twenty Second Second Bishop Isaac Barton of the Nineteenth South Jordan Samuel Hunter A P The Conference was wac opened by the President of ot the Stake The choir and congregation sang ang Redeemer of ot Israel I rael Prayer was waa offered by Elder Ed Ed- Edward Edward ward Stevenson Singing choir and an congre congregation Come let us ui anew our journey pursue pur- pur sue lue ue After the roll roU call and the read read- reading reading ing inK of the minutes minute members of the quorums of the leuer lesser Priesthood on 00 recommendation of their Bishops were unanimously endorsed for tor ordina ordina- ordination ordination ordination tion to the office of or Elder Elder Angus Angui M Cannon trusted that the Spirit of the Lord would manifest His Hia HI will wUl during the confer confer- eno once nor through the prayers of ot the saints Elder E W Davis Davi president of the First Fint quorum of Elders Elden reported that his quorum was w composed of the Elders of the Fourteenth and Seventeenth wards and contained eighty eight eighty members member two on foreign missions and six siz ix on missions millions to different parts ot of the United States State The feeling of the members is one of reJoicing and faith falth- faithfulness faith Elder Elias Ella Morris Morri Bishop of the Fifteenth ward and president of the High Priests quorum reported those organizations The monthly meetings of at the quorum are well attended and andoh c ar trl d by bI an excellent let spirit The nO n er r of embe s B is ii rapidly increasing by the addition ot of F those who have hare grown Irown old in the work of God which adds addi to the interest InS ies and anel aneli i value of the meetings in ting The ward was wat wa spoken of all as being in good general condition but already burdened with the care of the poor both old and aged middle middle who have been unfortunate in the matter of ot employment Such how how- however however ever efer had bad been advised to be frugal and ai as nearly as possible aible po sustain self elf ing ing The ward being large larse has haa ha been divided and two meetings meeting and two Sunday Bunday schools are now in The health ot of the people is II good and andall andall andall all enjoying are themselves in the work of ot God Elder David McKenzie secretary of the he Stake Board of Education ex- ex explained explained ex explained the matter of ot an assessment awe made upon the various farious wards of the Stake amounting to some Bome ome for forthe forthe the rt relief of the Latter day Saints College To the first call caU but six elx ix of the wards responded with a total of ot 65 65 Subsequently the subject was waa laid before another meeting and it w was de- de determined de determined to raise ralie ten len per cent of 01 the amount To this thil call most mOlt of the wards responded in Iu 1 whole bole or in part con con- contributing contributing contributing a total of ot balance due Several Beveral of ot the accounts owing by the College board are now du due and parties are re clamoring for pay pay- payment payment payment ment Elder C W Penrose explained that the debt ot of the College was wae wa occasioned by the purchase of ot the property on which the College ii is i located located located ed The Social Hall HaU property stands tandi as a an aD offset to the debt when it can be properly disposed 0 of It was wai the intention to pay off oft the In indebtedness but the hard times timea inter Inter- Intervened intervened intervened If there wax was a different disposition dispo- dispo one of ot willingness and effort this amount could o uld be paid The college is II the only educational Institution in the tl Stake in which the principles of ot the Gospel Go pel can be taught and it would be a bad thing to let it go godown godown godown down The teachers are fully fally capable to do their work It 19 1 desirable that those who have bave completed the common branches of ot training shall hall be sent lent to the college the th tuition charge there having hafing been reduced to make this nil possible The proof of the ability to pay off the thea is seen een in the fact tact that some of the poorer ward wards have hafe overpaid their proportion It Is not enough that the pupil pupils shall Iball go to the district schools for here bere the influence Is 1 commonly derogatory to the faith laith of the children Something between the district schools and the advanced instruction of the University University sity is II nece necessary nece ary and this can best belt be obtained In such a school as al a the col- col college lege Elder Penrose suggested ted the advisability a- a of ot making donations donation to tu the school abool and thus thui erecting monuments monument to the persons penona who show their liberality Tb The Roman Boman Catholics were cited ai as a worthy example of liberality in edu edu- educational educational educational matters matten The officers of the wards were urged arged to see lee to it that theople the theopie ogle opie understood this thil matterand matter and to do their best beat to payoff pay off the as Elder Joseph E Taylor spoke poke of the donation by Horace Horae B S Eldredge of as ai A fund for establishing the Institution and his nil giving the interest of 1000 for the same ame purpose Sister Eliza R B Snow also donated to the institution To 10 emulate them the example examples the leav-the 1 I is much better than to leave the property to be quarreled Overby the children Elder Taylor read the th official announcement of or the First Presidency concerning the closing of the Church University and their recommendation that the people con con- concentrate con concentrate their energies toward sustain sustain- Ing sustaining ing the Latter day Saints College aD and the University of Utah The The choir sang the anthem Praise e ye the Father Conference was wai adjourned till 2 p m ID Benediction by Elder Joseph Horne Home AFTERNOON SESSION The choir and congregation sang lang ang Our God we raise ralie to Thee Thanks for Thy blessIngs free We W e here h re enjoy Prayer was wa offered by Elder George B Wallace after which the choir sang lanc the hymn commencing High topA on the mountain top A banner is unfurled President Lorenzo Snow advised the be th Saints in meeting in such a capacity to see ee that each gains an advantage and makes at least one step atop top of ot progress The extensive responsibilities retting resting upon the Stake presidency render it U necessary sary ary that they should be sustained In aU all possible ways way by the people la in their trying position petition If It the people would properly understand their rights right and aDd privileges in the Gospel the be burdens burden resting on the different wards ward of the be Stake could easily be lifted Some Bome are very ambitious to attain to 0 high positions both here bere and hereafter but they do not see ee e any Immediate prospect of doing 10 so Yet it i ii is the duty of at everybody to have an object that he can oaD reach this being regulated by his bla powers and abilities Diversity of talent t Is ii necessary and each man should bould be placed in such a position as aswill awill will enable him bim to use uie his bia peculiar talents aright It may be bw assumed that whatever gift a person ma may display whether spiritual pi ritual or financial he has bas been endowed with It in his hi pre existent state that he be may mayuse mayme use ule it here to the bel best beat advant advantage Jeremiah a very singular and noble nobleman nobleman nobleman man was wai cited as ai an instance of or this Bo 80 Abraham Jesus and othere others d dis- dis distinguished di themselves elvei in iD their own particular line Une of ot work Two important and striking ideas Ide In inthe Inthe the plan of salvation are First ba that God will give His Hla Saints Sainte all that He has bat second that He will take away aU all that they possess or at least re- re require re require quire them to offer after all an on OD the altar of his hil work Hence all should manifest a willingness to conform to the latter condition that the former lormer- may may be ful fulfilled In the temple the work ii is I entirely spiritual no temporal affairs being dl dis cured cussed baptisms there Many thousands of bap bap- and other ordinances ordinance for the dead have bave been performed there dur- dur during dur during ing the past pait year and the ex pressed nil his opinion that very few tew of those thoRe thus thua administered for tor would reject the work There Is la no more faithful labor than this Joseph Smith i said that those who fail tail to do this biB i work peril their own salvation Every spirit that has bas lived on the earth mu must receive rt this thil labor before all thing things can be made perfect Only a commence co commencement meat ment can oan be made in this thil work now Elder Heber Beber J Grant considered J lb that the necessity of attending a thi the An Brat meetings ot of the conference la is not nol impressed upon the peons peon's r by their teachers In many third third one the size of ot this a much bet bet- better better better ter bowing showing Is IB made in the first con coo conference ference meeting than here today A little forethought would prevent the wards from being without representation I Zion lion Ward officers should not depend receiving official instruction ft upon hand band The dark financial clouds upon the people now can be removed r I only ODY by living up to the laws of ot Gd G d and ceasing to squander mea means DB Many however whose lives Jives are consid considered ered erea failures by men are sue euc- suc in the eyes of God Gad The breaking of the Word of ot Wisdom stone alone entails a tremendous loss upon the Ibe people Tea coffee tobacco and beer cost COlt the people of ot this Territory about a million dollars each year au an equivalent of the whole amount ot of wheat raised here Elder Grant commended the liber liber- liberality liberality of the people in the erection of the Temple and suggested that if it their hearts beart are in the work named this morning they would be able to make makeup makeup makeup up the be deficiency The concentration of affection upon worldly things Is destroying the spirit of ot the Gospel in inthe Inthe the Ibe hear hearts of ot many It frequently happens that an Increase ol ot Income j In a seeming inability to keep pace with the increase in the payment of tithing Notwithstanding diversity of talent every er man is 11 able to keep all the com com- commandments oom ente of ot God and this is Ie all aU He requires Hence none should repine ne over oyer the lack of talent It Jt is II estimated that every dollar put tD in circulation does doel twenty dollars worth of work each year an and if it the million dollars sent out of the Territory yearly were kept at home it would cancel nearly the whole Indebtedness of the he people Striking illustrations of ot the squandering squandering dering of means in other directions were made to impress upon the minds of the people the n of keeping mousy at home bome Learning by the things they suffer the Saints will see Bee how bow to use Ule their means mean for tor the a advancement 1 of the york work of God Bu But t It Is better to u nee e It Without the bitter lesson for tor thus many will be led to reflect upon the reason t for the be he sacrifice and to to emulate the r example Elder A H Cannon referred to the ear care of tb the poor urging those who are al able Je to do so 10 to leave the city and make homes in the country where land stay 7 be he procured at the government price Self dependent effort is 18 all thatis that I is required Thrifty operation co-operation of husband and wife will accomplish wonders in this direction The speaker would not however advise those who f possess po homes homel here to sell leU them but they beJ should uld retain their possessions which will wUl become very valuable in inthe inthe the lie near Dear future Determination to go forward and aDd notto not notto to retreat will wUI bring about the victory of the work Elder Elde Angus M Can Cannon nOD commended lb the movement to acquire a part of the public domain through homestead 1 entry even the feeble may do this It through re residence He also spoke Iii IiiI I commendation of the effort being made it flu gather ather a Horary for the Temple r k fc ij The choir sang the anthem Jerusalem lem Jews my glorious home boine Conference adjourned to meet In Tabernacle tomorrow at 10 a m Bone Bene- Benediction Benediction diction by Elder 8 S A Woolley BUNDA SUNDAY Y MORNING SESSION Choir and congregation sang lang Now lotus let us rejoice in the day of salvation Prayer was wal offered by Elde Elder r Sam us B teman iteman Singing by the choir Lo 10 the mighty God appearing Statistical and financial reports of various Stake organizations and of ot the Stake itself lt elt were read The Stake re re- report re- re report report port shows showe The statistical report of the Salt Lake Stake of ot Zion for tor the six liK months ending June 1894 shows as fol fol- tol- tol tollow follows follows low lows First Presidency 3 Apostles 4 Patriarchs 17 Seventies 1355 1865 High Hi b PriNts Priests Elders 2420 Priests Priestl Teacher 8 Deacons 1762 1752 mem mem- members members bers total otal officers and ana members mem- mem bers bere children under 8 years total of ot souls soul Total increase lucrese 1574 1674 total decrease 1300 net increase Families Individuals drawing support 2616 Toe Too following statement of ot Fast Fae offerings and charity accounts showing show lor Ing receipts and disbursements to the worthy poor for the six months ending June 1894 was read Receipts R Balance on band hand January lIt 1st 1894 from rom Fast East offerings 29 rom from Relief Belief from other sources from General Stor total receipts receipt Disburse ments Disburse Disburse- Disbursements ments Disbursed to the poor 22 22 balance on 00 h |