Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-01-26
TEMPLE AND TABERNACLE.

states that he is now negotiating for
the sale of portion Of the 200, 600 acres
of land owned by him in the Big Horn
Basin to colony OF Mormons from
Utah Several hundred families have
already settled on the Cody canal.
Negotiations have been concluded for
the purchase by the stale authorities
OF Verna of two lots, which will be
the ate OF the new stake tabernacle.
The work of getting the material on
fshe ground will begin at once, and the
building will be pushed to completion
As fast as the weather will permit,
Services at the Tabernacle January
"A, were given up to addresses by two
returned missionaries, followed by a
short talk by President George Q. Can
non. President Cannon depicted the
forces arrsyed against the church, and
predicted that scourages and destruc-
ton would follow in the wake OF the
worlds wickedness unless it was
stopped.
The changed plans of the authorities
In the matter of the dividing lines of
the new stakes created out Of Salt
Lake stake, will no doubt result in a
change in the selection Of a president
for ct least one of the new stakes.
Frank Y. Taylor was selected for that
position in the stake Immediately
south Of the city, hut he resides on
Twelfth South and Thirteenth is the
dividing line, as now informally fixed
upon, which places him in the Salt
Lake division. This, of course, will
eliminate MIR. Taylor.
The Young Mems Mutual Improve
msnt Association of Brigham City held
their regular conference on the 18th
inst. President oleen N. Stohl, on ae-
count Of other appointments, rendered
his resignation, which was accepted
and Nephi Anderson was chosen to fill
the position, with Fred ]. Holton and
Ernest Horsley as counselors. Joseph
F. Smith, Rudger Clawson, Thomas IL.
Hull and lie Roi C. Snow came up from
Salt Lake City to attend the meetings.
The conference was largely attended,
considering the stormy weather,
President Angus NJ. Cannon, of Salt
Lake stake, had narrow escape from
death while riding in the suburbs Of
Salt Lake. The horse upon which he
was mounted slipped and fell, rolling
upon President Cannon's leg and pin
ming him to the earth. He let go of
the bride to allow the animal to get
up when, to his horror, he discovered
his foot was fastened in the stirup, and
he fully expected to be dragged to his
death, but the animal stood quietly
until passers-by released him and he
escaped with badly bruised leg.
The first speaker was William 7.
Jack, recently missionary to the
southern states. He said that the
elders went forth and took their Bibles
with them to show that the Mormon
church was the same as the church in
the days of the apostles of old, and
that the same powers as were evidenced
then are in operation now. II have
seen the sick healed myself Mr.. Jack
said. Were it not for our religion
we would be on the same plane as the
other people of the earth. The great
noise being made in congress and the
agitation throughout the country
against the Latter-day Saints will re.
suit in opening the minds of religious
people to the principles of our faith.
Our elders 60 forth literally without
purse and without scrip, but God
raises up help for them, and 1 would
not change this condition, for it in
sreases their faith and strengthens
them in every way"
]. NJ. Knight. also returned mis-
sionHry from the southern states, spoke
extendedly on the general work of the
elders in preaching the gospel, and the
need of strength of character in stand
ing up to the requirements of the
work. He prayed that none might
falter or fall. He said, IF two of the
apostles of old were here now they
would tell the same kind of a tale as
these two elders," and then he COM
pared the prosecutions of the first CEN
tury Christians with those of the Lat
ter-day Saints In Christ's day, So
called ministers of religion arraysd
themselves against the faith; and is it
not the same spirit that animates the
prosecutions of the Saints today?
This whole nation is stirred to its
foundations with sentiment against
the people of these mountains. What
have we done to cause all this? The
speaker claimed the Latter-day Saints
we're living higher standard of virtue
than any other people he knew of. and
he deprecated the forces arrayed
against them. The world is growing
worse, and scourges and national de-
Itruetion will follow in the track of
al this wickedness unless it is stopped.
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