The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-04

early days. He could remember when
the Saints would go from house to
house and sing praises to God and bear
their testimonies TO the truth. They
would also preach on the streets and
lift up their voices in defense of the
gospel. Gods power is with the same,
but the church is passing through diff
ferent circumstances. God has decreed
that this kingdom shall never be given
to another people, and the knowledge
of the Lord shall cover the earth as the
waters cover the deep.
The choir sang the anthem, GLORY to
Goo in the highest" Bishop II. Nous
ley pronounced the benedlctlon.
AFTERNOON SERVICES.
Services we're again resumed at 10 D.
NJ. President Angus NJ. Cannon pre-
siding.
The great and glorious Gospel light
Has ushered forth unto my sight,
after which Patriarch o. N. l. lien
quist offered prayer. The choir then
sang:
Well sing all hail to Jesus name,
| Honor and praise we give.
Elder John Nicholson presented the
names of the general authorities of the
Church, the Salt Lake Stake suthori-
ties, etc., all of whom were unani-
mously sustained to otficiate in the va
rious positions accorded to them. Elder
Franklin Richards made few remarks
rega, ding the education of the young
people of Zion. He made reference to
the present age, which is one of great
intellectual development, and poin ted
out the necessity of adopting some
method of improving the system of ed
ucation in our midst. Elder Richards
read a resolution on the subject of
establishing and maintaining an educa-
tional institution known az the Salt
Lake Stake Academy, the same to be
controlled by the members of the Board
of Education for this stake in accord
apce with the Ter ritorial Boardof Edu-
cation appointed by the last general
ton was unanimously sustained.
PRESIDENT ANGUS NJ. CANNON
wished TO make few remarks to the
people of this stake, and desired them
to pray for him that he might be die
tated of the Lord. He was told that
good many deemed it Of no use to pay
any more money into the storehouse of
the Lord. God had said that if they
should cease to pay their tithes and
their offerings, this should cease to be
land of Zion unto them. He had
been informed that some ceased paying
their tithing because the government
had taken possession of some of the
church property. The Saints were not
responsible if their enemies should rob
the church of its property. They should
not NE elect the duties they owe to God
on that account. They should not for
sake the fountain of living waters,
nor cease to pay their tithes and offer
ings. The speaker urged upon the bishops
to look into this matter by visiting
the families; and if they are not willing
to be Saints, they cast them out, not
because they do not pay tlthing, but
because they live not according TO the
laws of God. President Cannon desired
that God should bless His people,
enabling them to keep His command
msnts aud to live according to His
righteous designs.
The choir sang an anthem, and
Bishop Joseph Pollard pronounced the
benediction.
EVENING SERVICES.
Services were also held in the Taber-
nacle in the evening.
The choir sang:
Earth with her ten thousand flowers,
Air, with all its beams ana showers.
ELDER B. F. CUMMINGS, JR., offered
prayer.
The choir sang:
How are the servants blessed o Lord,
How sure is their defense
Elder G. F. Wilcox said be was much
int rested il the remarks made by
Elder f. s. Richards in the afternoon
regarding the great intellectual progress
that had been made during the last
fifty years. The speaker drew strik-
ing comparison between the false re-
llgious ideas which we're so widely en-
tertained about sixty years ago and the
truths of the gospel which have been
revealed from heaven in this age.
Elder Wilcox briefly touched upon the
subject of educating the young. If the
Saints should suffer themselves to be-
come indifferent regarding this matter,
those who were not of them would
gain control of the education of the
youth of Zion, and thus occasion sor-
row amongst the Saints.
ELDER : W. hIChAHDS
also addressed the congregation. He
desired that the Saints should put into
practice the instructions which were
given them during this conference.
They have not lived so we'll as they
should. They would be called to ac-
count for allowing their children to run
about the streets and adopting evil
habits.
He urged upon the mothers present
the necessity Of training their children
in righteousness. and exhorted the
Saints to seek to know their duties and
to do them.
ELDER j. E. TALMAGE
also spoke. Among other remarks, he
said that he was grieved that so
many of the young people of Zion
were permitting themselves to
go into forbidden paths. True, there |
are many of the youth who maintain
their integrity and who have never |