The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-16
CHURCH OFFICIALS
BEHIND IN TITHES
Apostle ClawsOn Goes After
Members Of Priesthood.
LIST OF DELINQgENTs
OPENING SESSIONS OF STAKE
CONFERENCE.

Apostle RudEer C1awson took occa-
sion yesterday afternoon, at the quar-
terly conference Of the salt Lake stake
Of Zion. to criucise for the non-pay-
nent of their tithes certain members
of the church holding ecclesiastical po-
sitions. The laity was also exhorted
20 be faithful in the matter of tithing.
but Apostle Cla1vson's most vigorous
thrusts were directed at those members
OF the priesthood who fail to pay.
Let nee ten YOU" he said, after dis
cussing doctrinal matters. that there
are people In this church who are re-
pudiatinr the cardinal principles of
the gospel-there are many of them.
men I'm the priesthood who are turning
THEW backs on one OF our first laws. I
don't need Co say what that law is for
20 has oeeu discussed here too often.
They are disregarding the law Of
uthing, they are Studiously avoiding
the payment of their 6thes. I have a
!.ttle book here with all of their names
In, but 7 won't read the names, because
that wouldn't do any good. i viii read
you FEW ugureS, however to let you
know how hagrant is the violation of
the law Of tithing among the members
Of the priesthood.
In the salt Lake stake there are
eleven high priests, ninety-One seven
ties. 300 elders. siXty-six priests, seven
ty-One teachers and 204 deacons who do
not pay their tithing. Outside Of the
Priesthood there are 443 members who
disregard the law making a total of
1,2f9. One-third Of this whole num-
Der or 398. live In three of the wards.
Cannon ward, Center ward and the
Twelfth ward are the banner wards,
having only eight uOn-tthe payers
each.
Il don't believe we can ever get
everybody in the church to pay tith-
Ing, Tor there is such a thing in this
church as spirit OF apCstacy.'
Apostle ClawsOri also took a thrust
at novel reading in these words: I'VE
saints have no time to be wasted away
in the pleasures of the world; we have
no time for the Teadirg of novels Al
though some of the standard novels
might do us no harm, want to warn
all OF cur sons and daughters against
novel reading"
Apostle Grant on Tithing.
Apostle Heber ]. Grant followed
Apostle Clawson, resuming the discus
sion of tithing. He said that there
were many people who took the stand
they didn't think q risht use was made
of it,
Now, 7 am in the Insurance bust
ness" said Apostle Grant. "and insur-
ance men are noted for their jawbone
and their cheek; but / never would
have the colossal cheek to stand off
and Criticise the use of money to which
] hadn't contributed a cent
Both morning and afternoon sessions
of the conference were held in the as
sembly han and were presided over by
the president of the stake, Angus NJ
Cannon. The lower floor was about
half fun at the morning session and
about twO-thirds fun in the afternoon.
At the opening OF the morning ses-
sion the choir and congregation united
in singing.
our God. we raise to thee
Thanks for thy blessings free"
Elder CIaudius ID. Spencer offered
prayer After the singing Of Redeem
er of Israeli by the choir, elder Tom
lfnson took the stand.
He offered his testimony to the truth
OF the gospel. saying that when he was
in Missouri in the early days he was
half persuaded to desert the Saints.
But a spirit seemed to tell him to be
Eteadfast in his faith and tOgjourney on
10 Nauvoo, where the Saints were
gathering. He had just decided that
Sc he could get a horse TO carry him to
NauvoO he would go, when his brother
came to hins and offered him a 2-year-
OLD colt If ne would keep u through the
winter. Elder TOmlinson was sure that
the Lord had sent his brother there
with the colt.
But he didn't go that winter, and he
didn't go the next winter either, but
kept the colt all of the time. One
morning when he went out to the barn
he found the coit bleeding TO death.
IT died while ne stood there watching
80. and Elder Tomlinson was more than
ever convinced that -I1at colt had had
a mission to carry him to Nauvoo.
Stake Reports.
Following Elder TomIinSon came the
reports from, the superintendents of
the different branches OF work through
out the stake Favorable progress was
reported in all of the branches. the
Young Mems and Young WUmen's Mu-
Iual Improvement associations doing
especially wei. George A. Smith re-
ported for the Young Mems Mutual
Improvement association: Mrs. Camilla
Cobb for the primary work; Mrs. Isa-
bella Horn for the Relief society: Mrs.
Nellie c.. Taylor for the Young Ladies
Mutual Improvement association. and
Willard BARTON for the Sunday schools.
Elder John T. Game talked on doc
trinal su5zc3 DIS, and the session was
closed by the singing Of the ''DOX-
ology' and prayer by Elder Charles w.
Penrose. Apostles ClawsOn and Grant
were. the only speakers al the after
noon session. TOday's session viii be-
gin at 10 o'clock in the morning n the
Assembly han, and st O'Clock in the
afternoon in the tabernacle.