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Show - A UTAH CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. The Emigration Fund. sum 1 , CEO Tvele vt the late Mormon Conference Of t Ltnh is This held in this city, President Taylor fcub?nibed at the mu-tinof the a speech to t lie conference, in Hence made e deep only added V Iv rTfl r re Err IP rah or t hint's, also H ruou llmUcst mat uitou iUUAOv I m r it- "on Uinul o ed tl (AnI XI :i. i.vn JJLi lliv I the welfare of Utah We copy fiom the DtStl jr?ici: President Taylor eipiessed re- Tim fau ertn of Salt Lake ,, D At llA 1 lostd Friday Novembei nli. grot Ul lu3 luM'AYhLr 'N inbeen veiy successful, btrOTi exhibited by many It ba-and highly satisfactory to bodi debted to the Perpetual Emigraand pa ns of the tion Fund. Four years ago teachers Oi i, i r,( the amount due tint Bind mi Spu0i. iiie f Iml iuririvn to oin IJ1C A ILI UiiMAi AliiUv that as amount same it. About the t Clinging piospeeG. Applications for a number of students from lidirmd still lemains upon the abroad as well a in tk city have books, and since then but sSopsoo been made, indicating a full at tend- of that sum hal been refunded by individuals obligated. This was a ance in all departments. lamentable showing, and it the law .' of God were applied to those who The Temperance wmk in Salt had boon so negligent in leiation to Lake City recently revived undei ami thus the labors of Mr. (Rover, of Ung-i- paying their just debts, their of the rights, poor tin-nrpnnmtion of the robbing he sevhave ot would to some them a with Blue Ribbon Association The interest is ered from the church. large membership. keeping up well, and the indicaBranch W H. M. S. at Provo, tions are favorable to thorough and pejmanent work in the temperance cause. The association meet a every Lat Sunday weninc. Oct Bp Lecture-roothe in 2'kh, a brand: of the W. LI. M. B, Monday evening AlChurch. of the Methodist the Methodist church was or enthusiastic ot a number III jL iI'AT'i U U. lready held. been have The ladies of the church conductmeetings ed the exercises in tlm evening and recentMrs. B Spurlock, dry missionary The New England Supper Methot ladies Lake City, gave an address the at"Sa!t the ly given by a was on Womans work and inllner ee. odist Church, of this city, decided success in every way. The Maihed attention was paid her by supper was an elegant one just she audience, throughout her resuch as the ladies are capable of marks. At the close she spoke At 0:30 p, m. the briefly about the society, telling of furnishing. guests began to gather, and from its plans and methods of working, that time on until in oclock. The and how much had been done by it tables were well tilled. TLe ladies for the missionary wcwk in Utah. were in full costume of every dye. As a result thirty-fiv- e names were Old time soim-- and recitations were secured ns members. The followgiven, and the enjoyment was com ing persons are the officers of the The ladies deserve great society: President, Mrs, Dices; vice- plete. for the able and efficient president, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. A. A. crdit Noon and Miss Anna Beesly ; corremanagement. sponding secretary, Mrs. E. Smith; The Day Nursery, under the aus- recording secret try, Miss Lois pices of the Day Nursery Asso- Smith: treasurer, Miss F. Swartli-ouf- , ciation, situated on the cornet of 1st South and 3rd East Streets, is Loi Secretary. now open for the reception of inmates. Morhers who are necessi- Semi-AnnuMeeting of Utah Misfor tated to leave their little on-sion and Centennial Conthe day, will find this Home a place vention of Methodism. where they will receive tender and constant attention at the Land of a The meeting of the judicious matron. The nursery is Utah Mission and a Centenial Conopen to leceiveVhildieu doily, at vention cf Method;sm, will convene (',;.!) in dm mornHg, wht1- time in the Meiuoulbi Episcopal Church may remain until RUO in the even- - on Tuesday moudrg, Dec. 30, at i,av5an Utah Christian Advcsate. Mb-Jc- Mmol ar n g, SITr LAKE CITY, LTAIl. NOVEMBER, IfcM. Fiat. c.l lit the AJi fep i rr g y t 1 A".!- ctv - JV-- 1 0ri,,r t r.i itit-- i -- k Inn, . TEEMS r j J ' Clubs ot 5 cr more Ary person goinpg up a club id y f r bui-- f, r.pro:'3 s in'; time. For advertising rates apjl ,1, tjrirf 5'J i cch e Ggw si. an " i!! to the ("i.ptCTTAr VWO- - SaR Labe City. Office Methodist Chun !i SrO. South St. Near Mam. Extra copies of this purer can be had at the rate of 50 cts, a dozen. e niey be found on file at the The Aim-CA- i following Kewspiper Advertising Bureaus. Geo, F. Howell & Co. (10) Spruce SI ret t, N. V. Edwin Altkn &Bro. N. TV. Cor 5tn & i AtcComi-Ici- i. "Vinetg Gin. O lArd ftThom-block Chicago. T. C. Evans, 204, V .lab Litton St. Boston. Palmar & Key, 4')T S'lntcine St. San Francisco. N. W. Ayer A Timnq rmilihiiP' Pijiiadlnbi.l. Salt Lake Christian Advocate, City. NOTICE! Do not neglect to lenewand send ns a long list of subscribers. s the Utah cooties of Christian Adyocaie will be ocmt free on application. New subscribers to the Utah Am ocAie will receive the paper from now to January, IPSO for sevecents. nty-five Rev. Dr. MeNiece. of the Presbyterian Church of this cirv, a few Sabbaths ago, preached an able sermon at the Methodist Church. It was enjoyed by all. s semi-annu- TheXorwegian Methodist Mission School of this cit cUoed the fall K teim wide an enrollment f 05 The winter teiru ('pen-- 1 Monday the loth with an inert used - pu-pi- i.4. attendance. 1 'purlm-k- 5 Mrs. Paim- - . made to Alms Bair, MBs MO. t . c or Mrs. Nel- - News-1- 1 I Tuesday. on. 0;3u The ear of a preidentinUlec lion is a irud oim Ur Hunch week, lb . P, A. i. Fi.iiikiin, uaoau but it is a good ore in which pasuus t hoiked p Fo',-- , ar t lie bj and people can show n ChiLtian .uiiual Meeting of thj mb Mi--- 1 spiel: and lay tip a store of t fol Stop, ij laise moiie In in the mp'-rum- t os of t eminuni- - on I i ,n v. otit in 11:0 .noiR.u thlteii Holy. U ,iA'- t su ianoi in-an I Ir met wiili ii 1 ( in M imT.m Sun.uiy lb SI the, ' 1o, Bi-ho- tut-Eas- 1 ; Mi-s-- l - ! the Merhiidi-- (liin'fb in fl (I'owdel v 1 1 1 , rrn U :,i of city -, JUtei-ai- s t L- 1 1 - ai.nn' ! j v.. a-- 3j! m-- " - n, c t, t ji ( a ,1 s it i 3 o' f III !,' ik I tk1 Nelsoa, Mabt-.- m . Mormouism claims that God gave to Joseph Smith, Jr., tlm kejs of the Kingdom of Heaven, with power to remit or retain sins, so that w hatoever he should bid on earth should be bound in heaven, and whatsoever he should loose on ccrth should be loosed in heaven. According to this empty and preposterous claim, tins same power m 1)1 ' i i 3 ! , u i..s:;ii :m pniiaal. . uiai 1 L .) dUU bUUiUj JAUl has also through been conferred upon the priesthood, and John Taylor declares that the authority and power thus held by this priesthood constitutes God's Government vpen the earth, the legitimacy and illegiti- L 11 Yv& naturally think that but few people, and that the most ignorant and would allow fhpruplves imposed upon by this nefarious business, but large sums of money have been invested in this fraud. It appears fiom the memorial of Patriarch John Smith, in Deseret Neis of May, 1853, that he, during Ms lifetime, gave 5,560 patriarchal blessings, which are recorded in seven large and closely wiitten books If he on an average received two dollars a piece for these blessings it would make quite a handsome sum. to be macy. The Mormon Church never openly mid-nigh- WANTED! One thousand subscribers for The Utah Advocate by Dec. 1st. Let every old subscriber renew and send live new ones in addition. PROVO We regret that we must so soon part uirh uiiu of cur teachers, Miss 6 j tlm t,p '(nfec; ou :i I:thers uK,il 7" f,r ' Pv- - Emey. who has mcleaied herself to both her pupils arid the fripuds in our midst. She will h greatly misled in her it as a ii.usl'' uin, and it will (Mj)-be difficult to fill le-- place. 'iR.sc-- r r On pulpit bus b I'll R,jv. Mi. (hawbnd of f bi lave uPdom, E I Falh-- r; (IhureL, ki.ov.l- !' Mtb ITEMS. The interest in the mission work here has in no way decreased during the absence of the pastor. The church has been well filled from Sabbath to Sabbath, with attentive liateneis, and theindicationsfor the next tetm of school are very sub-patriarc- hs j - w exc'Ueiit Jit, sil)plied by the Gongre-gutio- md bo p. cached two by R v. G. M Gi, who i J of Sal ' ' ppii u.itM 1 i itiLkli in eurne-t an i aide discourse an gave :hoig- f'f tie- - K:ra;d"U of G()d here on t;m ef Manhood and ,,r.p erle and - .i; , B. Mis. by Spuilo. k. ul 0ai Lake 1 J.'-G- t, pi to thy native land ,uid Citv. wlm gave an a 1 hesson Wo i i ft mans woih an. I i: At v Mi I D r ; ce e ihJ f;l j i. spoke b. r , V I i nu fa-- i - j - j , i ( i ,1 I 1 MIv-mo- 4 r.k-Uita- 3 f ! I " ; 1 r i 1 f K Gdi w -- 1 3.6 1 t : f ii-- - , I T r. .. i d tR : hn o cr ' imi i -- 1 rl OJi I ' m j p j 4 ' iiJ-- to I I ' f ;O .. d n. ' i i, .! 'll our O' If v i I a! iv.f- W'Oj iZ IMA I ; T J, t f., i ' t i ' J Il.'e ' . ' ' ' L ! k V, n ' f ' ,'f i- - I . 1 s i m M ' f i, ii sit1 li suit Zl Ig.tr- if ke c the Ftlr e a cor.- - i tlnun- U - 1 J it'Ci y, i.r i S 'A, nick was i tie J ( ; i.e mi-- 6 and in 1 i v 2 G , 1 - , U I 1 'A ' La G' ii, t o r.e .'il! ivii'tlifj ' Lei' . Indf. a - J ae g. 1 U t i OI 4 , ar o - ' ' ') ; " J , , . MU . y g in . : , . , k i ' i .o':d 1 I t u'n- i ;;.e - ' ' ? w I" announced in the 13th Ward meeting house, m Sait Lake City, that a visiting patiiaroh would give orfor $1.C0. Joseph Smith dinary of Weepings the readers would Mormon Many I' u"d Dw d - AA11 . - ' 1 By Em 1 ; 'iiVhu Aemc! i DEALING IN BLESSINGS. tic-io- . . , i I ) Cn . al A i con-vtrs- maue this protended power a financial speculation, as did the Church of Rome in the days of Luther, when the solemn protest of that bold reformer sang out over Europe like the clear notes of the t bell and awakened the superstitious and incredulous nations; but it ha3 most shamefully taken advantage of this doctrine to introduce and establish an outrageous and contemptible traffic in blessings. That is not much better, if any, than than the Roman sale of indulgences. Among the many offices in the Church of Latter-da- y Saints is the office of patriarch John Smith is at present the chief patriarch or patriarch of the whole church, and he has associates with him. a host of what might be called or minor patruuohs. These patriarchs make a ilwliiiood by canvassing the Terri toiv anu inod- dlii.gr blessings to the poor, ignorant and deceived Saints. In order iU'Oi.AlFtAlL; to give some idea of what these are I copy from an origi- irayer menr.g led by Ihssiugs . 7, nuW m hi y hai . M. .leniey, Gieal Salt Lake City 1iiu reports from the A blessing by C. W. Ciiurcln s rnd the lljib upon rw honl. tli head of , the smi f ... , bun mb, Paper and Dvt Hi.;. .. " 'le'luidism - ' - I ' place my hands upon your s',o 's if'' i nJ i b"' 1 IF i i i i- a:, villi'. i tli,j n, ands-- m. -- ) j -- P. M. Watch Night Services. (The workers will unite with the Bine Ribbon Temperance Association en Monday evening preceding the session for a general Temperance meeting. nr i. . jAtridUii, T. W. Lincon, T. C. Uin, Cor, Liid I tee 7 , much a you lean upon the Lord thy God, until your hair shall be white as wool, and you shall e with yom Redeemer and may of the holy .Prophets since the world began; and this promise I seal upon your Lead to stand upon the earth in the coming of (he Messiah. Therefore, marvel nor, all power 1ms with God; these blessings I seal upon your head with gioiy, honor and dominion, and with eternal life in the Kingdom of God. now and forever. Amen. ) (Recorded in Book F For this blessing was paid $2.oo but the prices vary from oO cents to $10.00, atv'Diing to the contents DTld. tilt Ob lil'i ifPii&Uity Wheu the recipients of these blessings are too poor to pay cash, the patriarchs kindly consent to take their pay in grain, potatoes, etc. I am pvisoually acquainted with a lamilj , that bought $30.00 worth of blessings at one time. In these hard timer, blessings are ri a dR 8.30 V Address HI communications to the Publishing committee Utah Specimen ba 0T1 - n Iubb-li-- f CATE, Rmi y T ll 4. c K s : T. M. A RTo V, G . U. .Iks i , T. Y Lincoln. ' vA 1 PUBLISHING COMMITTF. LAUc. $ V 3:00 with the promise of long life inas- Christian Women in behalf of Utah; Mis. T. W. Lincoln. General Conference and Experiences of Alls- - work in 1 p likr p't ; e and . 1 j.i , j ! bn! Ii. lbT. kiHe this |