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Show vtvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv I TEMPLE AND TflBERNftGLE. I iwwwvwvwwwwwwvv At the commencement ot the year, Cacho Valley had 1S9 missionaries ont In tho field. The largest Sunday school In the church Is that at Lehl, Utah County, with an enrollment of 1.257 officers, teachers and scholars; the next is that at St. George, whloh number 7fV7 East Jlountlful, Cedar City and Pleasant Grove have all more than 600 attendants. attend-ants. The annual general conference of the church will commence on Thursday, April the Oth, and closo on Sunday, April the Oth. Saturday will be devoted de-voted to priesthood meetings. On Sunday Sun-day evening tho semi-annual meeting of the Dcserct Sunday 8chool Union will be held. Elders Wood, Jeppson and Qulnney, of the Samoan mission, loft there on January 24, visited three Islands of the Friendly group, thenco proceeded to New Zealand, where they attended the conference at Klrlklrli Thoy left for Sydney on Fobruary 13. On February 24, thoy expect to leave Australia for home, traveling byway of Wellington, FIJI, Honolulu and Vancouver. The quarterly conference of tho Salt Lake stake of Zlon was opened In tli tabernacle at 10 a. m., Sunday, March 12. Prayer was offered by William II. Preston, followed by tho reading of tho minutes of the last priesthood meeting. Thlrty-flvo teachers and priests wero sustained and promoted to elders. Kldor Claudius V. Spencer delivered a few remarks, during tho course of which ho deplored a lack ot fidelity among many Latter-day Saints, in an unfavorable contrast to the condition of tho church In the old days. President Angus M. Cannon delivered a discourse, taking up the sinister Influence of scandal-mongers, who, ho said, wero the worst people In the world. lie spoko ot the cxlstenco ot backbiters, and warned tho people to be careful of them. Counselor Joseph H. Taylor spoke ot the peace and harmony among the high priests, and said that tho general condition con-dition of tho church Is satisfactory, nlthough there are many things which thoy wished could be otherwise. Tho benediction was pronouncod by N. V. Jones. A very largo congregation attended tho afternoon session, winch was opened at 2 o'clock with selections by tho choir, followed with prayor by Apostle Golden Kimball. Klder C. W. Penroso presented the authorities of tho church, all ot whom wero sustained. A Hat of home missionaries mis-sionaries was propoaed nud kuslaluod. The following statistical roport of tho Salt Lake stake for the year was received and ordered filed: Member, ship ot first presidency, 3; apostles, 0; patriarchs, 14; high priests, 531: seventies, seven-ties, 1,015; elders, 2,007; priests, 525; teachers, COS; deacons, 2,301; members, 20,281; children under 8, 0,278; total 38,550. Elder Penroso said that harmony existed ex-isted throughout tho stake and that the church Is stronger than over before He said most of the Latter-day Saints aro good, somo arc not so good, ami a few are bod. Ho lifted a warning voice against the allurements of tho city, whloh are leading somo astray. President Joseph F. Smith delivered the discourse of the afternoon, opening with a reference to his recent trip to tho Sandwich Islands, tho sceno ot his first missionary labors. Tho work In the islands was never before in a better condition. In spcnlclngof the traits of tho natives, ho said they were very steadfast In clinging to the church and that they exhibited a remarkable familiarity fa-miliarity with tho Bible. Referring to homo missionary work, the apostle said that some had been dropped from the list of home missionaries, mission-aries, but that they should not feel hurt, as they aro only honorably discharged. dis-charged. The changes had been made so that all would have the experience of the work. Seleotlous were read from the book of Dootrlne and Covenants, Cove-nants, showing that the people must put Qod first in order to qualify them to be apostles of Jesus Christ and faithful faith-ful members of the church. Every member should enter into a covenant to honor Ood and love his neighbor as himself. Truth should be placed ahead ot everythlne. Obedlenco to the lawa of uod Is truth. You must forglvo your neighbor who trespasses against you, even three times. How majestlo and powerful wo would be If we obeyed theso laws; how despicable and mean wo must appear in the eyes of Qod when wo put on tho contentions of the world. Wo cannot afford to quarrel and be angered; wo must be reconciled with our brother. Tho man with this spirit will never bo found In a saloon and nmoug corrupt men, but he will choose to associate with the pure and honorable. Elder IMchard T. Ilaag, Instructor at the Weber Stake academy, expects to leave about April the ISth forGormanyi where he will aot as transolator, etc, at the church oftlco at Hamburg. In six-sevenths of the stakes ot Zlon more than ninety percent of the children child-ren ot the saints attend the church Sunday schools. In Hannock, Juarez, Ivanab, Oneida, San Juan, Snowflatce, Star Valley and Wayne, all tho children child-ren may be said to belong to the Sun. day schools, thn percentage of non-attendants being so exceedingly small. |