The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-11
Mutual Improvement Association In
Conference.
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
PRACTICAL TALK BY JUDGE
KING.
Urged His Hearers to Aim For High
er Ideals and Nobler Purposes
Expresses Belief That World Is
Daily Growing Better-Pennsylva-
mia Woman Worker Talks.

The regular quarterly conference of
the Young Mems Mutual Improvement
association of Salt Lake county was
held in the tabernacle last night. Pre-
! liminary to the doctrinal sermons, Sec
rotary Higgs presented for the congre-
cations support the following officers:
General superintendent = Lorenzo
Snow; counselors. Joseph F. Smith, He
Der j. Grant and Brigham Fl. Roberts.
Aides-F. NJ. Lyman, John Henry
Smith, NJ. T. Cowley. A. o. Woodruff,
r. S. Wells. NJ n. Hardy, R. c. Bad
ger, F.. III. Anderson D. NJ. Todd. Nephi
L. Morris. j. A. West, Willard Done
L. c. Snow. Frank Y. Taylor, George
ii. Brimhall. Rudger Clawson, ]. W.
McMurrin.
General Secretary and Treasurer
Thomas Hull
Musical Director-Evan Stephens:
assistant, Horace S. Ensign.
Superintendent Salt Lake Stake
Richard r. Lyman: counselors, Joseph
S. Merrill and George A. Smith.
Stake Secretary and Treasurer-Jesse
B. HiggSs
Corresponding Secretary-J. W. Mus
ser.
Musical DIRECTORY. ]. Mcclellan
Aides to Stake Superintendency-Je
F. Woolley, T. A. Clawson, George Nc
Allister, ]. Q. Critchlow. l.. r. Wells.
ID. j. Lange, f. NJ. Lyman. Thomas
Cook, H. d. Barber, b. Brown, E. L.
Parker
Heber G. Iverson having been made
bishop of the Second ward. he was hon
orably released from further service
with the Mutual Improvement associa-
ton work, and for other good reasons
~
Theodore Nystrom and Hyrum Calder
were given a vote of thanks upon re-
firing from further service as aides to
the superintendent.
Four Good Reasons.
Professor George II. Brimhall, the
first speaker, expressed his satisfac-
ton in addressing such large congre-
cation of intelligent young men and
women. His remarks were in the ma
ture of exhorting the young Saints to
cultivate brotherly love and Christian
affection and 10 outline all sinful herit-
ages.
Judge William H. King commenced
his address by declaring against the
fallacy that men should not open their !
mouths in advocacy of revealed reli-
gion. Without exception the great men
of the day. he said. attested to the /
of the soul. the person. /
ality of God and other recognized prin- !
ciples of a Christian faith. The speak |
er expressed the belief that the world /
is getting better as civilization adj |
vances and that as mankind gains a |
knowledge of the truth, the ways of /
the Lord are followed and darkness /
and superstition are supplanted by the |
triumph of virtue over sin.
1t was a source of satisfaction to !
Judge King TO believe that every day /
more and more people are humbly max
ing Christ their examplar. The con-
Stunning ambitions of men are as moth
ing when measured by the goodness
and the glory of Jesus.
World Is Getting Better.
AS the years advance. the speaker
believed, there would be more altruism
and less error. greater faith and less
atheism, more virtue and decreasing
vice. There will be more love of hu-
and of God. and men, by
themselves, will rise to higher ideals
He would have all rest their assur-
inces in God rather than in the finite
wisdom Of man.
Nothing is enduring unless anchored
% the Immortality of Gods unchanging
mercy and infinite wisdom. There can
De no Christianity without Christ.
'h0 nv PAOICSSillS Cdll Wdlh III
he ways of God nor attain either
,arthly or celestial happiness until the
majesty of Christ is acknowledged.
Judge King urged his auditors to ex-
.rt greater faithfulness in their works
md TO make each ones influence for
FOOD more potentially felt every day.
Address By Visitor.
By request of President Snow. Super
ntendent Lyman Introduced Mrs. De-
,orrah c. Leeds of the Pennsylvania
Prison society for brief address. She
qualification to know that
he speakers who preceded her had
ct such high moral standard for all
@ follow In her experience she had
earned from the confessions of sinful
PERSONS that in the failure TO think TO
10 good rather than evil all sorrow and
resulted.
In closing. Mrs. Leeds quoted the
commandment to love God and also
by neighbor as myself Following this
olden rule would tighten the coun-
enances of the faithful and serve as
guide to others to follow in the paths
f virtue.
Mormonism Preached.
President Joseph F. Smith pro-
ounced the. words of the preceding
peakers, while they did not indicate
/. pure and Cnadulterated Mormonisrn
While all religions of the day, which
each morality, are of unquestioned
enefit to the world. President Smith
eclared they are as dead letter be-
ause only the followers of the prophet
ave the power to direct. the path of
ternal salvation.
superintendent Lyman spoke a few
-ords eulogistic of Elder Iverson. who
: one of three workers in the young
copies Improvement cause recently
to a bishopric or as high a
allinR Mr. LYMAN decIarad oil