The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-09
STAKE CONFERENCE
THREE SESSIONS HELD At TH,.
TABERNACLE YESTERDAY.
The Authorities of the Stake sus-
tanned and Reports Made-Ad-
dresses by Presidents Woodruff
and Cannon and Several Others.

The second day of the semi-ann,1al
conference of the Salt Lake stake wva
yesterday. Services were held three
times during the day-in the morning
afternoon and evening. A large con.
gregation assembled at the first meet.
qng' which began at 10 o'clock. with
Stake President Angus M. Cannon
presiding. There were the usual pre-
liminaries of singing and prayer
Elder Willard Done was the fret
speaker. He said that discourse from
the pulpit is the most effective way of
instructing the people in Gods word
preaching will tend to the spiritual de-
Nelopment OF the attentive listener
But there must be a desire for snirit-
ual light on the part of the audience.
Ii the mental appetites of those who
listen are not keen the efforts of +be
preacher will be measurably without
avail.
The children of Latter-day Saints
should be sent to the church schools
where their love of spiritual thjngs
may be cultivated. If the mind. While
YET tender is trained in the religious
LIE the desire for and appreciation of
spiritual light will be natural in ma
turer years.
President Angus N. Cannon smoke
at some length, making a. clear verbal
report of the conditions prevailing in
salt Lake stake. He also referred in
uetau to the several ecclesiastical So
cletles existing in his diocese and
spoke of the work being ACCOMPLISHED
by these bodies. He said that the re-
cord made during the past year nv
tnese organizations was one of which
the stake might justly be proud PRO-
gress is to be observed in all tba IN
stltutlons that have been set IN with
IN the stake for the moral and shirt
ual guidance of the people. A mora
actlve interest seemed to be felt last
year than previously and the outlook
Tor successful work in the future is
unusually bright. 40
The Afternoon Meeting.
The o'clock services opened with
very full attendance. The seating
room in the lower part of the house
was all taken and most of the ga1le5-v
was occupied.
The services began as usual ar .
o'clock, and Stake President Angus mt
Cannon presided -'
The ecclesiastical authorities of tba
church were sustained in THAR 70
spective positions by vote of tba cor,-
gregation. Then the general officials
OF the church were upheld in the sane
way. The missionary corps of tbe
stake were likewise voted upon bv tbe
congregation, and all were sustained
President George @. Cannon adj
dressed the audience. He said that
what was remarked at the 1oorn;ro-
service as to the difference h etUaasS,
our services and those of the relieio1,s
world generally was timely and am
propr1ate. One cannot but he inn
pressed by the democratic nature o+
among Latter-day Saints Tn
stead of having but one teacher 70
the word there are many
among the people. This results in .
variety of ideas being ventilated hafora
the Saints and keeps them from he
coming too limited or dwarfed in
their religious ideas. "A distinction
noticeable among ministers in gen.
eral is that they cultivate non-natural
traits OF speech and action. Such
course we believe to be unwise n
alienates the minister from his f1oclr.
whereas it is most desirable that there
should be a close and intimate reIa-
tionship. Besides this, such a condi-
ton makes religion lose much of ire
The Latter-day Saints believe IN
naturalness and in living the practical
Christian life. Our ministers are If
the people They mingle among tbem
and there is nothing distinct or un-
natural in their conduct. Tn
this way religion becomes AT
tractive and interesting to the peonle
in general Ministers can denort
themselves naturally. They need nor
be pharasaical. Preachers of right
eousness may and should be natural
Joseph Smith was often criticised for
not being more rigorous or distant in
his department. He walked talked
and acted as other men. Perhans tba
chief characteristic that distinguished
hat truly great prophet from Others
was the example of a pure and Cod
ike life
Religion, the Latter-day Saints be-
ieve, should be extended into every
department. Of activity. It should be
,e taken into the home. In this wav
I viii make US greater, wiser, better
men 1t viii bring people into closer |