Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-08
The Big State Fair and Private
Business Occupy Time Of
Visitors,
A PRIESTHOOD MEETING HELD.
Regular Sessions VIII be Resumed To-
morrow When Authorities VIII be
Presented and Business Finished

There were no conference meetings
today. The 0nal SESSIONS win be held
tomorrow when e Is thought the usu-
al overflow meetings win have to be
provided for on account Of the crowds
A regular meeting Of the Priesthood
was held IN ihe Tabernacle last might
and special meeting took place in the
same building this forenoon. Today via
itors from the outside spent the dov
principally In attending the big state
fair, and transacung personal bus
iness before returning 10 their homes
An account OF yesterday afternoons
conference meeting follows:
The choir sang the hymns
"softly beams the sacred daVnlng
Of tho great Mlllennlal morn
ANA 10 Saints gives welcome warning
That the day is baailng on
Opening prayer by Elder Charles II.
Middleton. Of Weber stake.
Singing BIS the chor'
'Iord thou whit hear me when ! pray,
Lam forever thInel
] fear before Thee an the day.
on, may never sim"
ELDER IYRUM $. GRANT
president Of tho Davis stake, was the
first speaker Of this session Of the con-
ference. He said that his stake CONF
prsed about 1000 people, mostly Lat
tor-day Saints some "Mormons' ana
some non "MormOns only recently
had the organization Of the presidency
Of this stake been effected The pre-
siding authorities were assisted ma
terlally by the High Council. In pre-
eervlng peace and harmony among the
Saints. The Patrlarchs, NJ whom there
are r.. arc holding cottage meetings
m which they dedicate the homes Of
Tho Saints and bless the people All
The auxiliary organizations are In
lourishng condition.
ELDER McQUARRlE
president Of the Eastern states mis-
sion. followed with a report NJ his Ia
bors. he said that Il was u pleasure
ion him to meet the fathers and moth
ers OF the noble young men over whom
he prcsides. These missionaries are
giving the Lord the best services they
we're able to give, without exception
He mentioned the recent baptism Of
John W. Rigdon, a son Of Sidney rig
don, who was "a counselor TO the Proph-
ct Joseph lie felt grateful that the
sons and daughters of the first families
or the Church we're being gathered into
thn Church. These older men and wo-
mon leave such testimonies of the dl-
vinlty OF the Prophets mission that
impress the young 80 as TO preserve
them In the truth Such Instances as
this OF John w. Rlgdon should be ek-
amples TO our young people or the
Church. He said that there were q
number Of young men IN his district
studying IN schools who were nearly
pll connected with organizations Of the
church where they lived. lie express
cd his pleasure at the progress our
young men are making In the eastern
schools.
ELDER JAMES c. DuFFlN
president Of the Central states mis-
sion. was the next speaker The Elders
an this mission, he said, were treated
very kindly by the people. The same
privileges that are extended to other
churches. are offered freely to the III
ders. The governors VI the states wnon
Elder Duhin had met had a good ideH
of the character Of the Latter-daS
Saints The Elders travel stflcuS
'without purse and scrip II rs NOT q
common thlng for the missionaries tc
20 without food or lodging Not all th'
preachers, he said were bitterly OF.
POSED to the saints. one prominent
minister whom Elder Dufiin asked It
speak al one OF the conferences, advised
the people Of he state TO admit the III
dtrs of the Church into their homes.
The speaker declared his opinion ina
tho world is getting better II coull
not be otherwise In view Of the worl
Of the Saints in preaching aud distrio
uting literature among the nations o
The earth. No doubt there are peoph
who are wicked, but the general trent
Is upward,
In the past, he said, II had been thu
custom to describe "a typical Mormon
Elder as a man with long beard ig
norant. uncouth, and unpleasant adj
dress But now It Ia not intrequent Z