The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-17
ST. GEORGE CONFERENCE.
Interesting Topics Demonstrating
ham Young Monument Fund.

st. George. Sept 13.-The quarterly
conference of the st. George stake con-
vened on Sunday the 18th, and held a
two DAYS session Apostle Lyman was
to have been present, but. owing TO the
unexpected death of President Wood
ruff he could not attend The. only
visiting brethren present were Presl-
dent John d. P. McAllister OF Manu-
temple, Edward Hepler, one or the M
l. aids of Sewer stake and Henry w.
Lunt of Mexico, whose home is near
Juarez.
The matter of funds for the Brigham
Young monument came up, and the st.
George stakes share of the Indebted
ness was given as 81, $50; $500 hao
already been paid, leaving $43O yet un-
paid; and request was made that IL
be paid off Immediately by the people.
Inquiries were made regarding home
industries, and people were urged to
invite skilled workmen to settle upon
their land, and establish various in
dustries. At present there is good
opening for a roller mill in this sec
ton. Elder John D. p. McAllister
dwelt upon the articles contained in
the New York World, year ago last
July, written by various Christian
ministers, endeavoring to prove that
there is no sex in heaven, neither male
ing sex but the filth of the flesh, and
Numbered out that the soul was sex
less And yet what a love they nave
fer sex How lonesome they VIII feel
when they meet those sexless souls
whom they have so abused on this
mundane sphere! What beautiful
morals they will be able to keep then,
which now they feel so hard to keep.
Henry W. Lunt of Mexico delivered
an interesting sermon on tithing.
Among other beauties which he portray
ed as attendent upon the good 1.-THE
payer, he related that a Brother
Rhodes came back from California in
1850, bringing a sack of gold dust, and
told Brigham Young that he intended
now to build a house. Brother Young
told him thatsif he would give him the
gold he would build him a good house,
and he should be blessed. Rhodes COM
Piled, and next year his ewes all had
two lambs, his COWS had heifer calves,
his mare had two colts, and his wife
presented him with triplets, so the
speaker thought he got along i'm
mensely.
A G. Milne recently returned from
South Carolina, spoke Of the missionary
work being done in that state.
E. B. Snow of the stake presidency
dwelt upon the doctrine of foreordina-
ton, advocated by the Presbyterians,
and the matter of the doings of their
assembly at Manti, wherein utterances
were made and published derogatory
of, the Mermons, which were attributed
to C. M. Hardy, our st. George min
lister, who was moderator of that as
sembly Hardy is said to excuse him
self by saying that an apostate Mormon
said the things attributed to him.
Elder Hepler, among other things
said that P. P. Pratt stated 20 years
ago that Christ's coming was close at
hand, and felt to say that 1T must in
deed be close now.
President D. L. Macarthur closed. III.
W. Lunt sang "Old Father Adam"
published by the Deseret News at
Parowan, in 1850. The congregation
was immensely tickled by the old
brothers rendition of the piece.
Sunday evening a conference of the
Sunday schools and Mutuals of the
stake was held, and Elders Hepler, j.
G. McQuarrie and R. D. Morris talked
to the young people in an instructive
manner.
The stake being large it was deemed
to hold three conferences Of the
Mutuals in order to reach all the MEM
bers The first on Oct. 9, at Hebron,
second Oct. %, at Virgen City,; third,
Nov Is, at Bankerville in Nevada