| Show sunday services religious Belig ious services were held in the tabernacle last sunday at 2 pm president angus M cannon presiding elder john nicholson nichelson delivered a discourse on the book of mormon its origin character teachings inspiration and authenticity adducing evidence which overturned the popular theories designating ibasan it as an imposture the closing portion of the sermon was devoted to the reading of extracts froma the record embodying prophetic renunciations enunciations concerning the times in which we live and showing the marvelous accuracy with which the predictions bad been and were being fulfilled at the close of the services miss flora batson the celebrated colored who is visiting salt lake city beautifully rendered the lom lord is my light from the psalm X priesthood meeting 4 the regular monthly meeting of dix V the priesthood of the salt lake stake of zion convened in the As bemby hall on saturday aug 31 3 1889 at 11 am president angus M zannon cannon presiding all the wards of the stake were properly ro aly represented excepting the and wards of the c city and the big cottonwood and D draper ra rw wards ards the usual business having been dispatched remarks were made as follows by the brethren named ELDER GEORGE W HILL HI LL was requested to bear his testimony and report upon his labors among the indians he said he had not labored actively amon among g them recently having been released from that duty but he could testify of their faith in god and good feeling toward the work of the lord also could bear witness of their honesty and worthiness such of them as had come within the gospel pale and to whom his labors had extended the speaker had lately visited his relatives out in the world and found some of them friendly toward the truth and others not so he had discovered in his experience that those whom he had thought would receive the gospel had rejected it 14 al fc v a a while those of whom he had little or no hope had believed and obeyed it it was a day of great opposition to the work of god for satan knew that his time was sh shor tand he would use every method to seduce the saints from the path of right but trials would only make them strong if they bore them patiently and successfully cess fully one great promise to the faithful was that they should assist the Lama to build up the center stake of zion and inherit the promised land he hb wanted to realize that promise he felt well in the work had no fault to find with the priesthood estwood or the Saint sand wanted to live humble and pure and inherit eternal life in the kingdom of god ELDER JAS E TALMAGE first touched upon the object of the priesthood meetings he said there was a great variety of duties and labors incumbent on the servants of god as evidenced by the different reports rende rendered and yet weare we are all bound together by one common hope and purpose it was the work of god that was being performed by the farmer the carpenter the builder as well as by the preacher of the gospel and those who labor in spiritual things we have organizations and institutions set on foot for the training of the youth such as the schools that have been established in our midst for the education of the children of zion w whose hose future is destined to be glorious the lord declares that th it it is impossible for men to be saved in ignorance by which the speaker understood such ignorance as they had the opportunity of removing matters of knowledge were matters of god and greater facilities for learning were extant today than ever before choice literature could be obtained very cheaply and the day had gone by when books had to be chained to the public stands to be studied only by a few the speaker dwelt upon the condition past and present of the latter day saints college of this stake and also its prospects for the future he asked the support of the brethren present presen t for that institution the object of which was to make good latter day saints of those who were not so and better ones of those who were good saints already not only money aid but f faith ath and prayer were necessary to sustain such an institution he predicted the future success of these schools for they had been instituted by proper auth authority arity and were deserving of the blessing of god and support of his people PRESIDENT C W PENROSE endorsed what he had heard as being true and faithful faith fil he believed in the institution of which brother talmage had bad spoken and hoped that all would sustain it he read a letter from the presiding bishopric embodying excerpts from an epistle of the first presidency enc in relation to donations and offerings for the support of the poor and added that if it was the desire of the stake presidency that tte tle instructions therein contained should be faithfully carried out in the spirit and meaning thereof if we do not look after the poor we cannot hope for the blessings of the lord the lord says that they who neglect to impart of their substance for this purpose shall lift up their eyes in hell being in torment tithing was partly for the support of the po poor orand and the saints should pay their tithing also and pay it as tile they receive it week by week or month by mouth month and not reserve it au all until the end of the year let every man be as benevolent as his means will allow the lord loves those who are liberal to the poor espe claley if they do it modestly without boasting and ostentation and he who seeth in secret will reward openly for all the good we do PRESIDENT A M X CANNON announced that as the n next ext conference of the stake would woul d fall on sunday and monday the 1 ast 1st fit and ad of be september 1889 9 it was advisable to h hold OIS the next priesthood meeting on saturday the last day of aug AIM and he suggested in this con lection tion that the high priests esa quorum which was to meet OU on that day be invited to join with the priesthood of the stake in theft meeting A motion to this effect was carri carried ed unanimously full financial and statistical reports from all the wards were requested to be handed in in time for presentation to the e conference the meeting was then ad adjourned burned till saturday august j 1889 at 11 a in tooele thoele stake conference the quarterly conference of the tooele thoele stake convened at grants ville on sunday and monday july and conference commenced at 10 am 4 present on the stand 0 of f the 4 presidency of the church presidents wilford woodruff and george Q 4 cannon president gowans and counselors bishops and leading IN brethren of the stake presidents presidente cannon and woodruff oc occupied the time 1 I me of the forenoon and aeterna afternoon the subjects spoken of tended to prepare the saints to live in unions and to keep the commandments that god had revealed monday 10 a m after SIR sin singia gig an and d rayer prayer president gowans MN ny gt ported arteg the condition of T toodie stake ake showing that there was aik increase is crease of faith among the EW sainte S and though there was a great a city of water there was but H R c complaining bishops W G collett and T kin reported their wards in a id condition the general and local auck ri were presented and sustained unawon the remainder of the day was oaf s aupied by presidents wood woodruff ruff and 4 cannon the instruct instructions instruction io n 8 gl 7 were calculated to unite the sai and stimulate them to live n faithful to to the covenants they bik 7 made with god the grantsville Grants ville choir under leadership of brother A V ft ward rendered efficient aid to ML our conference all that could be 1 7 sired THOMAS WILL WILLIAMS assistant C 3 |
