The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-03
.CHURCH'S LOSS N T|TH|NG
PRESIDENT SNOW SAYS SIS, ooo,-
600 HAS NOT BEEN PAID.
Other Speakers Discuss Subject at
Sanpete Stake Conference.-The
Over SO Per Cent of Church Pay.
fspecial to The Herald.A

Mt. Pleasant Sept. 1.-The regular mid
summer session of the L. D. S. conference
of the Sanpete stake of Zion convened
here this morning in the new church as
sembly hail. Canute Peterson, president
of the stake, was the presiding officer.
The mornings meeting was devoted prin-
cipally to the hearing of reports from the
different wards of the stake. These were
generally favorable.
President Lorenzo Snow and party ar
rived on the morning train at 1:3O, and
will be in attendance during the balance
Of the meetings They were. met at the
depot by large concourse of people, and
were welcomed by inspiring strains of
music from a brass band. The party was
taken in carriages Immediately to the
assembly hail, where the morning meet
ing was still in session. The party was
met at the entrance to the spacious
grounds of the church block by two ranks
of Sunday school children. formed on
boquets of pretty flowers along the path
as the president advanced. AT the en-
trance to the hall the band was stationed
and rendered another selection as the
seated the choir rendered the hymn, I'VE
Thank Thee, o God, for a Prophet" after
which John McAllister of the Manti tenn
pie dismissed the congregation.
The assembly hall is beautifully decor
ated in national colors, portraits of promi-
nent church leaders adjoining the walls,
etc. The building has been recently re-
floored and modelled and is an exceedingly
pleasant place in which to hold meetings
of this kind.
This afternoons session of the confer
ence was attended by great concourse
of people, the assembly hall being crowd
ed to its full seating capacity. All the
towns in the county were represented IN
the audience. President Lorenzo Snow
was the first speaker. He announced in
opening. that he and those accompanying
him had come here for a special purpose.
as they had been visiting all the confer
ences of the past two months. That pur-
pose was to talk plainly and Familiarity to
the people direct on the subject of tithing
The law of tithing, he said was one of
the most important ever given to the
Latter-day Saints. and it was one that
bers of the church. The command to pay
tithing had been given by divine revela-
ton, and If 1t was followed the people
would receive the full measure of the
blessings, other tenets being obeyed, but
If the law of tithing was disregarded in
dignities would be heaped upon the peo-
pie and they would be subjected to Sc
rious troubles. The church itself could not
be built up; temples could not be erected
nor the 1880 missionaries could not be
sustained in their travels if tithing was
not promptly paid
The question of how much was due from
each member was discussed and ex-
planned. If all members had paid a full
tithing for the past twenty-five years the
church would be $lbGc0,OOO better off to-
day.
President Snow was followed by Pre-
siding Bishop Preston, J. E. Taylor
Apostle Woodruff and Apostle A. h
Lund. The speakers all dwelled on the
same subject and handled it in a similar
manner as President Snow.
II was stated by one of the speakers
that it was questionable if 50 per cent
of those who claim membership in the
church ever paid tithing and they were
not known on the books of the church.
There is a change in sight. they agreed.
and the authorities are looking forward
to see the church free from debt.
The party here consists of President and
Mrs. Lorenzo Snow. President George O.
Cannon and wife. President Joseph Smith
and wife, LIE Roy Snow, j. E. Taylor and
wife. Golden Kimball and wife, A. H.
Lund. John Henry Smith and wife, Lorin
Farr. They are stopping with friends
around town and with the local church
authorities, and are enjoying themselves
as we'll as attending to their various re-
IigiouS duties.