Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-22
PRIEST. SNOW
VISITS THE NORTH
Al Soda Springs, with the Largest
Party He has Yet Takon'
MEETINGS IN THE BOWERY.


Soda Springs,
Monday. August 2iHt
Special TO the "Nowa'
President Snow and party i,ft Salt
lake city ou saturday evening nt s.i1
O'Clock In the beautiful Pullman sleeper
Tunls. ON the Oregon short tIH. to
attend the Hammock Stake conference
at Soda SPRINGS
The following made up the party.
President Lorenzo Snow accom-.
panied by biz wife Mimi. j. Snow
hia two sons H. Hol e.. arl Lorenzo
Lamont. aud granddaught.r MIaa stel-
IA Dunford. proat jos D. Smith with
his wife and two sons Apostle and
Mru. John Henry Smith Apostle lie
her J. Grant accompanied hy his
mother. Apostle Anthem ~. Luud
Apostle HudEvr CluwHun and ION ltui-
ger. Elder i. Golden itlmh1ll and wIf'i
Elder Jos. y. Taylor " the presidency
81 the Salt Lake Stake Of Zion. Elder
n. a. Woollpy. Mrs q b Taylor. Mrs
LILLE 4. Freeze. and EErH n. clark
Al kayHvllp. Elder Juo. a. Harness
accompanied by HE vito, three duurh-
tors and ono son. Joined the party.
President ana Mrs q. -. Richards
Joined the party ut ogden.
This D. the largest company that
preHidnut Snow has yet taken 10 any
~ the conferences there being % per-
sons IN all
The nlght was passed very pleasant
~, and all 0f the party were feeling
well and happy on arriving at soda
Springs. at o'clock sunday morning,
The train was two una u half hours
a 49, Ia H.HH
hor of people returning from the great
celebration at Salt Lake.
We received ~ hearty rece~tlon on
our arrival from the presidency ~ the
stake and others who met az the sta
tion 60 welcome the President.
a spacious bowery had been erected
by the energetic people OF Soda Springs
for the accommodation 81 the large
conference congregations, the meeting
house being FAR too small.
Since sun rise teams have been come
Ing Into town from every direction, an.
an now there o. the lnrgcnt number NJ
people that hns ever gathered here,
MEETING WITH SUNDAY SCHOOLS
The visit of 20 many ~ tho church
diEnitlricH makes an important rNont
In the history Of this place The frut
meeting was that OF the Sunday school
children, sunday morning Al tho
visitors were present. and the bowgry,
though very large, was entirely ullpl.
Wind aud dust were the only fcatutca
that detrncted from the interesting HU1-
sion Of the Sunday school.
President Snow addressed the child
rcn very Interestingly calling their
attention to the great opportunities
they have 81 advancement ana learn
Ing, and promised thom " they take
advantage Of those opportunities Nv
ing IN strict accordance with the Cos
pei, that they will become Instruments
u the Lord IN accomplishing great
and mighty work. The Prophet also
told the children that n they would
honor, love and respect their parents,
they would be- blessed with much long
er lives than be- expects 10 live.
PRIEST. Jos r. Smith and Apostle John
Henry Smith made Tow remarks 10
the younE folks
Al the CLOSE III the service the child
ren were given the privilege of Hhnk-
ing hands with tho venerable l'rcal .
dent. Their were 100 M ull who ava
40. the proceeding occupying Just hali
an hour,
STAKE CONFERENCE.
The first session Of the stake confer
ence was held ia the Bowcry on sun.
day afternoon at o'clock The wind
and dust were very disugrccnhlr, max
ing Il imposalblc FOR AN tn hear
President Snow was the nrHt speaker,
occupying about thirty minutes. HIS
voice was nH clear as bell. ana not
withdrawing the great CNctuuu ncce1-
sary to make himself heard, u ~ rr.
inArknblo that hiu voice stood the test
without any sign of fatigue, The frusi
dent addressed the Saints upon the law
~ tithing. reading from IN" book OF
Doctrine and Covenants the revelation
ID Ion
Snow told the Saints that the Lord
now required full obedience 20 this
principle. promising that " they COM
piled from now ON the Lord would fore
give their past neglect In this respect,
and would bless them more ubunduntly
In the future that lie had done IN the
past
Presiding bishop WIN. n. Preston fol-
lowed President Snow stating during
hts remarkH that only about 5000 N
the t.htter-dny Saints are 1.-THE payers
Apostles Hobcr !. Grant ana liuigpI
Clnwson, and Elder J, Golden klWhtU
were the other speakers IN the after
noon session, each dwelling upon the
law Of tithlng.
YOUNG LADIES' MEETING
Or. Ellis II. shlpp of salt Lake, dollv-
cred an Interesting lecture last evening
Co "a large audience uf young ladies',
cutcllu. iustrurtinE class OF young lu-
dies I'm the duties M motherhood ana
obstetrics. She IL duluE an important
aud a much appreciated work. and II
is said that she gave hnr lecture last
evening On tho Wow ~ organizing a
class here I'm soda Springs
CONFERENCE SESSION MONDAY,
The weather was moro favorable dur.
INK this mornings session of Clufrr-
cncc. Every scat in the hnWvry was uc-
Cupied and many people We're standing
The speakers were Apostles John
Henry Smith and Franklin ID richards,
and Elder Jos a.. Taylor ut tho prgsi.
doucy uf the Salt Lake stake
The last session ul conference was
held this afternoon, commencing ne
O'Clock.
The puuiu'ut conference or tho Young
Mons and NuuuE Ladies' Associations
win convent tomorrow TuuHln.
FUTURE PLANS.
fyw of tho party mry return home
tomorrow but most of thum WlN remain
here lIl WuHE and HH tu Paris next
Friday i1 attend tho Bear Lake Stake
conference.