The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-09


The choir sang an anthem and Bishop
John r. Winder pronounced the bene-
diction.
Conference again met at p. m.,
Apostle Lorenzo Snow presiding.
The choir and congregation sang:
Praise to the man who communed with
Jehovah.
Elder George Goddard offered prayer.
The choir then sang:
Behold the Mount of Olives rend,
And on its top Messiah stanos,
His chosen Israel to defend
And save them with mighty hand.
The sacrament was administered by
the priesthood of the First Ward.
APOSTLE FRANKLIN D. RICHARDS
said they would have taken great
pleasure in laying before the people full
reports, but these had not been received
from all of the stakes. Some stakes
had not reported at all, while others
had made only partial reports. This
was DO doubt owing to the peculiar
situation in which so many of the peo-
pie were placed at the present time.
These reports are very important, and
should be made &C least once a year, at
the annual Conference in April. Pres
idents of Stakes were requested to here
after see that full reports We're delivered
at the Presidents Office, Salt Lake City,
not later than March Goth for the April
Conference, and September Goth for the
October Conference. A complete report
had been received from the Relief So
ciety, but it is not deemed advisable on
the present occasion to read it, because
of not having the other reports. 1t was
hoped that hereafter full reports WoUld
be made promptly, that the people
could be made acquainted with the
growth and condition of the Church.
Apostle Richards then presented the
General Authorities OF the Church, who
were unanimously sustained as follows:
MILFORD Woodruff as President of the
Council of the Twelve Apostles, IS one
of the Twelve Apostles, and of the
Presidency OF the Church OF Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Council of the Twelve Apostles:
MILFORD Woodruff, Lorenzo Snow,
Franklin D. Richards, George Q. Can
non, Brigham Young, Joseph f. Smith.
Moses Thatcher, Francis NJ. Lyman,
John Il. Smith. George Teasdale, Heber
]. Grant and John W. Taylor.
CounseDors TO the Twelve Apostles.
John w. Young and Daniel h. Wells
The Twelve Apostles as the Presiding
Council and Authority of the Church,
and with their Counselors as Prophets,
Sesrs and Revelators.
Patriarch to the Church: John Smith.
First Seven Presidents OF the Seven
ties: Henry Herman, Jacob Gates,
Abram II. CANON. Seymour B. Young,
U. D. Fjeldsted, John Morgan and B.
II. Roberts. EsB
William &. Preston as presiding bis
hop, with Robert t. Burton as his first
and John K, Wlnder as his second coun
selor.
Wllford Woodruff as church historian
and general church RECORDER, with
Franklin d. Richards ss assistant.
Clerk of Conference, John Nicholson.
The following officers of different or
CARNATIONS were also presented and
unanimously sustained:
the MILFORD Woodruff, lair-
Brigham City; George Q. Cannon, Salt
Willard Young, Salt Lake City; George
W. Thatcher, Logan; Amos Howe, Salt
Lake City; Anton II. Lund, Ephralm !;
James Sharp, Salt Lake City.
President of the Relief Society, Zina
D. II. Young secretary, Sarah M. KIM
ball; assistant secretary, komania B.
Pratt; treasurer, NJ Isabella Horne.
President of the Young Ladies I'm
proyement Associations. Elmina s.
TAYLOR; secretary, Mary E. Cook.
President of the Primary Associa-
tons, Louie Felt; cretary, Cornelia
Fl. Clayton.
General SUPPLEMENTARY of the Young
Men Improvement Associations, Will
ford Woodruff, Joseph f. Smith and
Moses Thatcher.
General superintendent of the Des-
eret Sunday School Union. George Q
Cannon; assistants, George Goddefu
and John Morgan; secretary. Levi w
Richards; treasurer, George Reynolds.
Apostle Richards explained that the
names of the counselors in the superid-
tendency Of the Young Ladies' and
other associations Were not submitted,
as the list was not at and, but there
were no changes Sister Young. of the
Relief Society had not yet selected her
counselors.
APOSTLE JOHN HENRY SMITH
then addressed the congregation. He
desired the benefit of the faith and
prayers of the Sain s. BE read the fol
lowing portionIsof scripture from the
second chapter of tbs Prophet Joel !:
"And it shall come to pass that l will
pour out my spirit upon all flesh. and
your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy. your old men shall dream
dreams, your young men shall see
visions. And also upon the hand
maids in those days will pour out my
spirit"
In reading this portion of Scripture,
the speaker said that he did not intend
using it as text on which to follow
out special subject He desired,
however, to draw the attention of the
congregation to one of the mary
promises of our heavenly Father TO His
covenant people 1t seemed that a
promise such as h. had read should
| fasten itself upon the mind of every
Latter-d day Saint and inspire him or
her with desire to be earnest in the
performance of the duty and resDonsi
bilires which rest upon them. Duri'