Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-27
LIBERTY STAKE
NOW ORGANIZED.
First of the Four New Stakes Gre
ated at Meeting Held in Tab.
ernacle Last Night,
HUGH J. CANNON IS PRESIDENT.
His Counselors Are Arnold II. Schul.
thess and Philip S, Maycock-
High Councillors.

The first OF the four new stakes to
be created out OF the Salt Lake Stake
OF Zion, was organized last night at a
meeting held In the large Tabernacle.
President Francis NJ. Lyman presiding.
Something over 1900 souls were In at
tendance, these being members OF the
First, Second Third. Eighth, Ninth,
Tenth, Thirty-flrst and Thirty-thlrd
wards. Seated on the stand were Presi.
dent Anthem II. Lund, President Fran
els NJ. Lyman, Elders Hyrum NJ. and
George A. Smith OF the Council OF
Apostles, Seymour y. Young and JOS.
eph w. McMurrin of the First Council
OF Seventies, and Presidents Angus Nj.
Cannon and Charles W. Penrose OF the
Stake presidency President Joseph H.
Taylor was filing another appointment.
The singing was under the leadership
OF Prof. c. J. Thomas, the opening hymn
being God moves In mysterious
way" Prayer was offered by Elder Jo-
seph W McMurrin. Singing, How firm
q foundation"
PRIEST LYMAN's REMARKS.
President Francis NJ Lyman was the
first speaker. He said In substance:
my brethren and sisters, | rejoice IN
this privilege OF meeting with you here
tonight. II has been considered wis.,
dom to further divide the Salt Lake
Stake OF Zion into smaller stakes. The
present movement, when IL Is fully car
"A in al Aift
OF the original Salt Lake stake, eleven
new stakes IL is found there Is a limit
10 what our brethren can do among the
people. As II Is In an educational insu-
tuition so Il Is In the stakes OF Zion
the teacher can handle a certain num-
be of pupils aud when the class IL over
crowded some must suffer for lack or
the necessary attention. When our
stakes are too crowded the work be-
comes more than the brethren are able
to perform. This stake as Il Is now
constituted will make four stakes with
very large population. II means -FOUR
high councils. four High Priests quor-
ums and four sets of auxiliary organlza-
lions which will enable the brethren to
look into details such as they could not
do In a single stake organization Ana
this Is one reason the Presidency nave
found II better to increase these organ
izations-so that the people may be BET
ter taken care or
"The Priesthood met the other night
and presented the names OF quite roll
OF choice men. and we were delighted
10 ind that where we asked for % they
gave us more than 90 from which to Sc
lect officers for this stake. Out Of these
the lot has fallen upon three brethren 10
preside, twelve High Councillors, three
alternates and a president for your
High Priests quorum, When this or
ganzaton IL so far finished, all the
other organizations Will finally be COM
pleted for your benefit. And in this
way very great Increase OF workers
VIII be brought into the field and me
Saints, therefore, will be better cared
for. IL Is the salvation and presefya-
ton Of the people that Is desired that
none may be sighted or overlooked.
The salvation of the people Is the first
object OF Church membership.
1T may not be necessary 10 take up
much time In giving instructions TO-
night but | wanted TO make these few
remarks, ana when President Lund has
said to YOU what he has 20 say repre-
sentlng the Presidency OF the Church,
the officers selected will be placed be-
fore you for your approval We have
been perfectly united In these things.
All things pertaining to the welfare Of
the Church are done by common con-
sent. There Is no compulslon. nothing
savoring Of tyranny or hardness. We
have expressed our Views and IDEAS one
to the other and we shall do the same
to you tonight And we hope none viii
be disappointed, and we feel certain
that those who have been appointed
will not he. trust that those not SCI
lecied are equally as good men az those
we shall place bfoye you here tonight,
The Lord has Indicated the choice,
PRESIDENT ANTHoN II. LUND
President Anthem II. Lund then made