The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-10

/ of the faith, saying that he knew 1t was
! the true faith from the manifestation:
/ that had been made to him.
He never had seen time, he said
i in the history of the church when i
was more necessary to be humble thar
at present.
! Now was the time, he said, to humbly
seek the Father in prayer, both II
public and private, and if all would
do this they would marvel and rejoice
to see the reformation that would take
place in all the households of Zion.
He spoke of an apparent disregard
among the brethren for the principle
of tithing, and urged that they should
not allow themselves to become lax in
this great principle, for the greatest
benefits could not be expected if they
disregarded Gods word in this one OF
the commands to the people of Zion.
THE LEAvEN OF THE GENTILES
1 acknowledge, he said, the hand OF
God in the liars and the scandal-mon-
gers among the people. If this inf1u-
ence can only blind our eyes, how
happy they will be. Beware of the
leaven of the Gentiles, he said, for it
is they who are trying to- put false
words into our mouths with a view OF
creating diSsenSion among us. If they
can only blind our eyes, he said, and
get us W QO DIS lllSy OO, lHSn oil IL
peace, for hell has resting place. He
compared the Saints to pure water
into which ink had been poured, and
said the ink, in relation to the water,
was as the Gentiles are in relation to
the Saints today.
He then spoke of the immoral inf1u-
ences that beset the paths of the young
girls that come to this city from the
country.
Brethren and sisters. he said, zone
great thing for us to do is to be mind
full of our children, our sons and our
daughters.
You permit hundreds and hundreds
of your daughters from the country to
come to this city to get labor, to work.
Hundreds Of them-I do not know but
there are thousands-who come here
to work for a livelihood, to get them
selves clothes, to help their families,
and for other reasons. / would look
after my daughters, brethren and sis
tiers, and L would have them in places
where they were respected if they did
not get but SO a week, if they were
honest people. 1 do not believe it is
profitable to cripple them, body and
soul, for So week. 1 do not think it
is a good thing Now, our girls want
to appear as well as anybody else.
They are just as good looking as any
class of young ladies that 1 have met
in my wanderings around the earth,
and they want to show their good
looks. We cannot help that; but there
is a great difference between this and
willingly sacrificing the honor of our
dear children. If we watch them and
see that they go to places where they
will at least be respected, you will then
find that they will be returned to you
with their virtue not destroyed, but
willing to come back into the family,
and the family circle will receive
Them
1t is a sad thing to contemplate, he
said. but I have seen so much of it in
the north and the south, so much
trouble and sorrow caused by this
seeming neglect of our young girls
that it is but little wonder if they at
times fall by the wayside
AUTHORITIES SUSTAINED.
The afternoon session was opened
with prayer by Apostle Lund after
which the choir sang, God of Isreal
Hear Our Prayer"
President George Q. Cannon then
announced that the business of the
afternoon would be devoted to the sus-
tanning of the choice of the quorums
for the various officers of the church.
he said: In voting for the authori-
ties of the church Of Jesus. Christ of
Latter-day Saints everyone present is
entitled to vote as they please That
is, every member of the church They
can either vote for or against. Every
one has perfect liberty to vote as he
oleases. and it is we'll that you under
stand the method of voting The
brethren will be called upon in their
various order. If their vote is an af-
firmative vote they will rise from their
seats and raise their right hand. When
they have thus voted, if there are any
negative voters they can rise and vote
and each one of such will have perfect
liberty to vote as he pleases
1T is proposed that we sustain
Lorenzo Snow as prophet, seer, revela-
tor and president of the church of
Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints in
all the world. The APOSTLES who are
in favor of this will please rise to their
1eet and raise their right hand.
Patriarchs, presidents of the stakes
and their counselors who are in favor
of sustaining the motion, please rise
and raise your right hands,
He then called each division of the
church officers in their order to vote.
repeating to each the motion and
waiting until each had been seated be-
fore going on to the next.
Lorenzo Snow was unanimously sus-
tanned.
nc OioeIS as cdlleQ were. ADOSCleS,
presidents and patriarchs, high coun-
ellis, seventies and the lessor priests,
teachers and deacons.
The councillors to the president were
then unanimously sustained in turn,
George @. Cannon first and then
Joseph F. Smith.
Next came the motion to sustain
FRANKLIN D. Richards as president of
the twelve: which was voted upon
unanimously.
The apostles came next and the mo-
ton was put collectively by President
Cannon that the following apostles be
sustained: Franklin D. Richards
Brigham Young, T. NJ Lyman, John
Henry Smith. George Teasdel. Heber
j. Grant, John w. Taylor, NJ. M. Mer.
r1ll. Anton H. Lund, NJ F. Cowley
ald A. o. Woodruff.
OBJECTIONS TO TAYLOR.
The question was put in turn to each
of the divisions and ali unanimously
voted in the affirmative until the
elders were reached, when an objection
was made by two elders. The dis
senters were asked who they objected
to OF the quorum and they answered
that they objected to Apostle Taylor.
President Cannon asked if they would
meet with the apostle after the con-
ference adjourned and they received
an answer in the affirmative.
THE CHOIR OBJECTS.
When about to pass to the next ques-
ton President Cannon's -ttention was
called to "A members OF the choir on
the male side who as elders, and also
a number of ladies, were registering
their vote against Apostle Taylor
President Cannon turned to them and
asked TO whom they objected and the
reason for such objection. They