Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-06
Ten Years Of
Church EVents
Too Presidents and Seuesal Apostles Haze Been Called
Hence Dung Past Decade Interesting Discourse by
President Wmder, Who Tells HE People 10 c4oou
aioftqagmg Their Homes and Substance.

Winter Quarters could have conceived
the scene which Is witnessed during our
conferences. There had never been a
disagreement between the presidency Of
the stake or the High Council. They met
regularly in the Temple The High
Council was composed of faithful and
intelligent brethren. He stated also
that 1t had not been necessary to wait
q minute to organize the High Council.
The High Priests and the Elders have
improved In their diligence and faith
iulness. Many OF the latter had been
sent on missions. He was gratlhed with
the way In which the young men laid
ASIDE their occupations and went on
missions He felt that II was great
eVll Tor so many of the poor to come to
the city The Church had to be called
upon 10 sustain the poor. He thought
that many OF these might. TO good adj
vantage go into the country. Az rule.
the SAINTS are prospecting, The auXili-
airy organizations are doing good work
Notwithstanding the great difficulty en-
countered IN the city. He prayed that
Goo would bless the Saints everywhere.
ELDER LEWIS ANDERSON,
president Of the South Sanpete Stake,
was called upon TO report II is only a
lew months since he had been appoint
Ell president of this stake, succeeding
the late Canute Peterson. The stake
mas nine wards with a population Of
more than 5000, All the uuorums Of
the Priesthood are well organized tho
auxiliary associations are active an
progressing; the presidency of the
stake and the High Council are united.
end the Saints generally are prosper
ous The people had recently con.
tlibuted $4,000 towards the erection
CT a stake academy This part of the
country had suffered from scarcity of
water and from a grasshopper plague.
Nevertheless the tithing of the people
had fallen but q little
The choir sang the anthem 20
Come, Let Us Sing Unto the Lord"
ELDER T. A. wADDoUPs.
president of the Tosepa colony, next
addressed the conference. This colony |
Is situated In Skull valley. Tooele |
county, The organizations are doing |
Wen. the people are especially strong |
IN their faith and, as general rule |
set as near the Lord as any other class |
OF Saints, They are especially con- |
spicuous in being gifted in the healing
o. the sick He knew Of nothing exist |
inS In the colony with which he had |
any reason TO find fault,
ELDER JOSEPH w. McMURRlN.
Of the First Council OF Seventies. was |
the concluding speaker. He had been |
deeply Impressed by the numerous |
testimonies that have been borne dur |
ing the conference. Some very remark |
able statements had been made by |
some Of the presidents of the stakes. |
TWO OF these had reported that there
were no saloons IN their stakes An
other stated that there were but three |
saloons In his stake, two of which |
were located In mining towns. And |
still another had declared that only one |
saloon could be found In a district |
where there were ten large wards. This
Is a very remarkable condition 10 re-
port, thing that he believed could not
be said Of many communities In the
world.
The Saints In these various stakes
had been gathered from the nations of
the earth. They are growing and pros
pering on every hand Some people
are becoming anxious over the spread
OF the Gospel and the people into other
states. He asked what harm could
come TO anyone by the spreading Of
the conditions spoken Of by these pres
idents Of stakes. The Gospel teaches
men TO become better; 1t makes them
hate the works Of evil
He had rejolced IN the statement of
another president TO the effect that In
twenty years 10000 Saints had estab-
lished homes IN what was once the
Stake. The people had been
taught by good and wise men how to
redeem the desert places OF the earth.
And this Is the result of 'Mormonism,"
the result OF the teachings Of the lead
crs Of the Church. Surely there is not
a great deal OF harm in this.
The statement has been made that
the "Mormons" are controlled by few
men. and that the rest OF the people
are in bondage. Elder McMurrin won
dered II the enemies of the tilth could
derive any consolation from the evil
dences that have been manifested here,
showing that there are n great many
men, situated in all parts Of the
Church. who are as firm and lndepend
ent in their faith as It is possible for
men to be- This conference has clear
~ shown that the Church IS lea Dy |
many men--men OF intelligence and in
fcgrity. whom II Is not easy to move In
their opinions.
Elder McMurrln read from the Scrip
lures 10 show the blessings which the
Lord has promised the Saints, We
are realizing these blessings, In the
that have been established
in this western country. And all these
hings testify that the source Is good
rom which this people has drawn their
inspiration. He hoped that the Saints
would prove true to the Gospel which
md done 20 much for them.
The choir and congregation sang the
lymn which begins
Come. come ye Saints
No toll nor labor fear,
But, with 10Y. wend your way.
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