The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-11
Quarterly Session of Salt Lake
Division.
A SPARSE ATTENDANCE
YOUNG WILLIAMS CAUSES A
DISTURBANCE.
Got Up to Inquire Whether or Not
Latter-day Saints Live Up to the
Tenets of Their Religion and Was
Requested to Take His Seat
Some of the Speeches.

The first days session of the quar-
terly conference of the Salt Lake stake
was held yesterday in the assembly hall
there being but a sparse attendance on
the part of the members of the various
wards affected. President Angus NJ.
Cannon presided at the morning and af-
ternOon sessions.
After the usual opening exercises had
Deen rendered the stake roll was called.
winch was responded to by five high
councillors, three patriarchs, a like
number of high priests, five presidents
OF seventies and nine home mission
aries.
The serenity which usually marks
meetings of a similar character was
Tudely shattered after the second
speaker, Elder David Mckenzie. had
concluded his exhortation upon the good
effects Of virtue and unselfshness, by
son of Robert Williams of Bountiful
arising to his feet in the audience and
requesting the privilege of saying a few
words.
Entered a Protest.
From the tone in which he started.
the young man evidently desired TO en-
ter protest and did not propose to sit
down until he had delivered it. Be
fore he was finally prevailed upon 10
resume his seat by President Cannon,
he stated that while he endorsed all
that he had heard at the conference
mat morning he was very anxious TO
know, as a non-member of the church.
whether the Latter-day Saints lived up
TO their precepts. AS no one answered
MS question the choir and the cOngre-
cation sang We Thank Thee. o God.
for Prophet" and the UNPLEASANT in
cident passed over.
Apostle Anthem H. Lund was the first
speaker. He proceeded to state that
although Saturday was probably bad
day for people to attend religious meet
ings, nevertheless there was no reason
why there should not be an attendance
at the conference which should fill the
hall from wall to wall. After urging the
Saints to improve their opportunities he
concluded by asserting that the major
lty of the Saints throughout the state
were performing their duties
David Mckenzie Speaks.
Elder David Mckenzie was then call
ed upon. He opened his remarks by af-
flrming that it Was human nature to
neglect the most important matters in
life and proceeded to exhort his hear
ers not to subordinate their religious TO
commercial interests. Then the speaker
dwelt upon the topics of virtue and
unselfShness, at which juncture Will
liams arose and sought recognition.
After the hymn had been sung Apos-
tie Heber J. Grant proceeded to ad-
dress the congregation, during which
process he asserted that the country
stakes attended their meetings more
faithfully than their city cousins. The
reason the speaker assigned for this
state of affairs was that they were not
Intimate with the authorities OF the
church and that intimacy seemed to
have the effect of breaking down re-
spect and reverence. Then he put in
several good words for the Improve
ment Era.
Apostle George Teasdale was the
concluding speaker.
In the afternoon the greater part of
the time was taken up with the read
ing of various financial and statistical
reports connected with the stake, after
which Apostle John Henry Smith ex-
hOrted parents to bring up their chill
dren in the paths of rectitude