Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-14

Cannon. Angus j Peart, John G
Caine, John Ritter. William w
| Cannon. Eugene NJ Richards, Franklin 6
Christensen. John Ramscyer Adolph
| Cutler. Frank Rodgers, Charles W
| Cutler, John q Jr Romney, WnliamS
| Chapman, Washburn : Kussiter, Frederick C
Christopherson, Mar Spencer. Claudius V
tin stewart, Charles u
Cannon. brigham II stewart. samuel "
| DAVIS, David l. Smith, George a
| Done, Willard Sloan, Thomas W
| Dinwoodey. Henry Scare, Albert
| Davis. Alma II schettler, Cornelius d
| Derrick, Iackariah r Spencer, Mahonri
| Duckworth, James Spencer, samuel G.
Dinwoodcy. Charles Spencer. George
Davis, william solomon, Charles Y
Eldredge. Ben Il stewart, Bernard
freshman. James II Smith, Hyrum NJ
Fullmcr. James Nj TAYLOR, Moses W
fenton. Robert Talmage, James
Goddard. benjamin Woolley. Orson A
uon, Frank Wells. Joseph
Con, Jcdedlah Wright. Elias S
Green, Cornelius : Wallace, George II
| Hoagland. Lewis q Walker. John w
! Hyde. Orson Wells. VictorP
lverson. Heher G Weller, Jacob
Jones, Nathaniel V Woodbury.. Thomas l.
| kimbnll, solomon L Winder EdwinJ
kiIelholz, Adolph W O Young, Richard W
Il Young, Willard,
knight, John NJ Young, Levi 4
Llndahl. Neils
Board of Observation-Disclosures NJ.
Cannon. Joseph Il. Taylor, Charles w.
Penrose, David Mckenzie, j. NJ
stodahl. William w. Ritter. Richard
X. Thomas.
Relief sooiety--Mary Isabella Horne,
president; Annie II. Hdye and Clara
&. Cannon, counselors.
Young Mems NJ. |. Associations
Richard X. Lyman. superintendent:
Joseph +. Merrill and Heber c. Iverson,
assistants.
Young Ladies' NJ. I. Associations
Mary A. Freeze, superintendent; Mary
Pratt Young and Nellie C. Taylor, as
Sabbath Schools-Thomas c. Griggs,
superintendent: Richard s. Horne and
Willard c. Burton, assistants.
Primary Assoclations-Camilla C.
Cobb. superintendent: Lydia Ann
Wells and Mary l.. Morris. assistants.
kindergarten observation-disclosures
Fox Young, superintendent.
Tabernacle Choir-Evan Stephens,
leader, Joseph ]. Daynes. organist; and
all the members OF the choir.
Scandinavian Meetings of Salt Lake
City,. NJ. Sjodahl, president; Martin
counselors.
German Meetings Arnold Fl.
Schul,hess, president: Henry Reiser
and Herman Grether counselors.
Scandinavian Meetings at South Cot
tonwood-Charles Holm.
Elder George IS. Margetts as chief
usher at the Tabernacle. and aids.
The choir sang:
o my Father. Thou that dwelIest,
In the high and glorious place.
Elder Heber j. Grant, of the Council
OF the Apostles, expressed his pleasure
at being permitted to assemble with
the Saints in Stake conference and his
gratitude to God for being able to
speak TO them from the stand. This
he had not been able to do for more
than year. Most of the people were
aware that he had undergone a very
severe surgical operation, and that his
condition was such at the time that
according to medical works and the
opinion of surgeons. 1t was impossible
for him to recover. but through the
blessings OF God and the administra-
tlon of his brethren in the Priesthood,
he had survived and recovered. Since
then he had been stricken with pneu-
monla. Some years ago he had tried
to get his life insured. but the Insurance
doctors refused to pass him, and told
him that II he should ever have pneu-
monia 1t would be sure to kill him.
The Lord. however. had restored him,
and he gave to God the glory. II was
made manifest to him before he went
to the hospital to have that operation
performed. that he would recover, and
he was just as sure that he would come
back as he WAS that he was going
there. Elder Grant then spoke on the
blessings to be obtained by keeping
the commandments OF God and endur-
ing TO the end Many had run we'll for
a season, but had fallen by the way
side. Some who In the early days of
the Church had received wonderful
manifestations had fallen, because they
had transgressed. Elder Grant referred
to the vision contained in section &c
of the Doctrine and Covenants. in
which Sidney Rlgdon in company with
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right hand OF God and the holy an
gels which worshipped before Him.
Sidney Rigdon bore testimony that he
saw with the Prophet Joseph the
glorious things contained in that vision.
yet he afterwards fell by the wayside
because he departed from the ways of
the Lord. The speaker also read from
the Preface to the book of Mormon
the testimony OF the three witnesses, in
which Oliver Cowdery with the others
testifies that he saw the angel and the
plates from which the book was trans
lated and heard the voice of God bear
ing testimony that 1t was correctly
translated. Brother Grant also read
from the Pearl of Great Price the tes-
timony OF Oliver Cowdery to the APP
pearance of John the Baptist and the
ordination of Joseph and oliver to the
Aaronic Priesthood. Also referred to
their ordination by Peter, James and
yet oliver Cowdery fell by the wayside
through transsresslon. The speaker
narrated an incident in the experience
of Elder c. NJ. Nelson while travelling
in the ministry. when man. a farmer,
entertained him who. twenty years be-
fore, heard Oliver Cowdery. who was
then prosecuting attorney In q county
In Illinois, hear testimony concerning
these things In the court house where he
was engaged on a murder trial. The
attorney for the defense instead OF ar
gulng for his client. attacked Oliver
Cowdery on his former connection with
Joseph Smith and the Mormons, when
oliver Cowdery arose before the Judge
the jury and an audience that crowd
ed the house, and bore testimony he
fore God and that audience Mat he
saw those heavenly beings. heard their
voices and had their hands laid on
his head. And yet. after all this e9.-
perlence. oliver Cowdery had fallen by
the wayside, but he returned to the