The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-15
AT THE TABERNACLE
The Annual Conference of the Mu-
tual Improvement Associations.
AN ELECTION OF OFFICERS
MEMBERSHIP OF THE ASSOCIA-
TON IN THIS STAKE.
Addresses By Emily Caldwell, George
M. Cannon, Emma Goddard, Pres
ident Angus II. Cannon and Ru-
Ion S. Wells, Apostle Woodruff
and Mrs. Dougall.

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and Mrs. Dougal1.
The annual conjoint conference o.
the Young Mems and Young Ladies
Mutual Improvement associations o.
the Salt Lake stake was held at the
tabernacle yesterday, and was well at
tended, considering the hot weather
The morning session was devoted tt
business and reading reports from the
various associations within the stake
OFFICERS ELECTED.
When it came to the choice of new
officers the general superintendent
named last June was sustained. Inc
other officers were named as follows:
Young Mems League
Superintendent-R R. Lyman.
Counselors-Joseph F. Merrill ano
Heber c. Iverson.
Secretary and treasurer-Jesse D.
Corresponding ecretary-William G..
Sears.
Musical director-Professor John j.
Mcclellan.
Aids-T. A Clawson, F. NJ. Lyman,
jr, Louis R. Wells. George S. McAll1s-
ter. D. ]. Lang, H. D. Barber, Joseph
A. West, A. A. Beistey, Benjamin B.
Brown, Albert S. Spence, Thomas
Cook, Arthur E. White. Joseph S. Man
sley, Zach Butterfield, j. S. Rawlings,
P. J. Sanders, Frederick Best, G. M.
Mumford, Oliver Jensen.
YOUNG LADIES LEAGUE.
President-Mary A. Freeze.
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Second counselor-Nellie c. Taylor
Secretary-Elizabeth S. Cartwright
Treasurer-Lucy w. Smith.
Corresponding secretary-Minnie H.
James.
Recording secretary-Lizzie G. Fow-
Ter.
Aids-Maria Holt, Edith Sampson,
Clara S. Carlyle, Mary E. Irvine, Eliz-
| abeth Horne Zina B. Cannon, Annie j..
Murphy. lisa belle Erickson, Emily Cald-
well, Laura H. Merrill. Rena Wheeler,
Mary Belle Richards, Donette Smith.
The above lists were announced by
the secretary and the authorities were
unanimously sustained in the choice:
Heber c. Iverson presided over the
conference both at the morning and af-
ternoon sessions.
The afternoon service opened by the
singing of Behold the Mountain of the
Lord after which Joseph E. Taylor in
voked divine guidance and asked the
Almighty to so direct the young peo-
pie of the church that they would walk
in the paths that had been marked out
for them by the elder members of the
church.
The choir then sang ooh, My Father"
most beautifully.
THE MEMBERSHIP.
This was followed by the announce
ment of officials for the ensuing year,
and the reading of the secretary's re-
port, which showed the total number
of associations in the stake to be So,
having a total membership of SAB.
EMILY CALDWELL.
Emily Caldwell, the first speaker,
said no one would be saved in ignor-
ance 1t was we'll, then, for the Lat
ter-day Saints to cease living in a
false faith. To the knowledge and tes-
timony we must go for the light that
is to guide US. It was not enough to be
good. We must be good for something.
Let US prepare ourselves to give COM
prehensive reasons for the faith that
we allege to possess. The speaker
likened the young men and women to
the salt of the earth who, by their in
f1uence and walk. mould the custom of
the coming generation. She spoke bril-
liantly of woman's place in religious
and social work, and was warmly con-
graduated at the close for her splen-
did effort.
GEORGE NJ. CANNON.
Elder George NJ Cannon, president
of the Forest Dale association, was the
next speaker. He believed from obser-
walton that there never has been a
time when the NJ. /. associations were
better organized than at present and
never had so much work been accom-
plished as during the past year. The
improvement among the young ladies'
associations was even more marked, for
the women were. as a rule, more dill
gent in the study of the gospel. Their
zeal is most commendable as they are
conducting their own meetings and
thus set their brethren good example.
While man was the noblest work Of
God. he also conferred the greatest
blessing when he gave man woman,
and she, through her influence, is do
ing more to keep their brethren in the
path of righteousness than anything
else
Mr. John Robinson at this point sang
a baritone solo entitled Lord, God of
EMMA GODDARD.
Emma Goddard, one of the general
state Aus, TepOrlSU magnificent prog
reSS among the various associations in
Utah and adjoining states. She urged |
upon the young to seek the testimony
of Jesus Christ and thus have a rea-
son to present in defense of protested |
faith. She spoke of the influence of i
good men-men Of God. She remem-
bered with pleasure and satisfaction |
one young lady who testified at the last |
conference of the influence of good |
men.
She told me-" said the speaker, zone |
incident which made profound i'm |
preston upon me- This young lady was |
once at a dance, and in the same set |
was one of our church officials. She |
told me she wished that the caller !
might command grand right and left |
all the time, in order that she might |
grasp the hand of that great man, so
much good did seem to come from a
simple touch of the hand. And as
stood there, this young lady told me,
I was more than ever convinced of the
Justice of polygamy, for wished there
that ] might be that mans wife, even
f he had so others"
PRESIDENT ANGUS NJ. CANNON.
President Angus M. Cannon said he
how many of the young wo-
men could knit pair of socks, laun-
Try shirt or mend clothes, so that
he young men, when they get mar
led, wouldn't have their toes sticking
,ut and have to send their shirts to a
There was tendency
hese days to put aside these simple
trts of the household, and this ten
lency was not commendable. God |
lelp lis to find peOple who will faaoI /