Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-05
The First One Held in Saudy's New
Meeting House Today,
WAS LARGELY ATTENDED.
apostle brigham Young Urges Heliet
for the ScoheId sufferers Sta.
tlstics OF tiic New sake.
IspEcIAL ro THn oNEws.'l

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Sandy May 1.-THE nrst quarterly
conference OF the Jordan stake COM
menced at the new sandy meeting
house at 10 o'clock this morning With
about six hundred people present on
the stand were President o. r, Miller,
with his counsellors, Hyrum Goni and
James Jensen; also Apostle Brigham
Young. President Louis a. Keisch OF
the Northern States mission, with q
number Of patriarchs and eleven BIsh-
ops, two high councillors and two alter
mates; the presidents Of the High
Priests quorum, officers Of the sdoday
school, Mutual Improvement Refer So
ciety and Primary Associations were
also in attendance.
The conference opened with singing
by a choir composed Of members Of the
Sandy, Union and East Jordan wards,
under the leadership Of President
Hyrum Goff An OF the wards Of the
Stake were represented except Herri-
man.
President Miller congratulated the
people Of Sandy for their dllisent labor
IN getting the new meeting house IN
condition that admitted Of the confer
ence being held In It. He said ne had
entertained great doubts at one time
that the people would be able to ac-
compllsh this task In so short a period.
He was sure the people OF Sandy had
an energetic, wide-awake, rustllng
Bishop TO whom a great deal Of credit
was due This was also true with ref
erence to H. n. Nelson. the leading
carpenter, who had worked diligently
night and day TO get the house ready
Apostle Brigham Young was the next
speaker. He congratulated the ward
and the Stake, and referred to the evil
dent good influence that was present.
There was no reason why this Stake
OF Zion should not be one OF the strong
est. The blessings Of the Lord could be
made and would be made TO attend the
efforts Of the saints In It II they were
but faithful Several instances of sim
ilar blessings being pronounced upon
and received by people Of various parts
Of Utah whose circumstances and sur
rOundings were not as favorable as
those Of this new Stake Of Zion, were
cited.
Apostle Young then referred Ca touch
ing language to the Scofeld disaster.
saying how some families had been
almost wiped out Of existence and how
more than two hundred others had been
deprived Of their bread winners. Al.
together 1t was a terrible afillction-a an
aillctiln thaf amounted "a q calamity:
and the peotle OF this stake as well
as others should therefore be liberal
In their donations 10 the bereaved In
order that the cries Of the widows and
the orphans should not go UNDECIDED
STATISTICAL REPORT.
The statistic Of the new stake were
hen read. They showed that the
stake had twelve wards, seven Patri-
archs, one hundred and twenty-five
Priests two hundred and seventy four
Seventies. five hundred and six Elders
one hundred and forty-nne Priests. one
hundred and slXty-elght Teachers. Eve
hundred and seventy-nine Deacons and
grand total membership OF six
thousand six hundred and sixty-nlne.
Patriarch Phillips Of Union pro-
nounced the benedictlon after the choir
had rendered a hymn. and the confer
ence adjourned until 2 o'clock this af-
tcrnoon, when It resumed session. II
win also be- IN session tomorrow. and q
further large attendance Is looked for