Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-16
CONFERENCE OF
SALT LAKE STAKE
Three Meetings Held Yesterday
On the Occasion Of Quar-
terIy Sessions.
SOME ADVICE TO THE SAINTS.
n,lcr Addresses by Bishops--Eidcr
IIcbcr >. Grant speaks Of Mis-
sionary service.

.rbs quarterly conference Of the salt
r.te stake was held yesterday. There
uors three sessions. at 10 a. m. and
M m.. IN the assembly hall, and at 2
m. in the tabernacle. President Ne
rb L. Morris ane counselors presided.
Al the morning session. there were
,rsecnt. OF the general authorities
president John X. winder and Elders
John Henry smith and Heber J. Gran.
The stake choir sans tho hymn,
nCuide u.s. o. Thou Great Jehovah.
rrayer was offered by Elder walter j.
lewis followed BY the hymn Gently
raise the sacred strain The Sacra.
msrt was administered under the di-
rectIon OF the hishoprics OF the Twenty
,bIrl and Center wards, the blessing
rpon the bread being asked by Bishop
George Z. Jones and that upon tho
water by Bishop Robert "A. Bradford.
Pre dent Nept. l.. Morris, who, as
member Of the general board Of the
Young Mems Mutual Improvement as
snciauon. had recently visited con-
ference In Idaho contrasted the eager
mes. of the people there TO attend re-
liclous gatherings with the lethargy
ooenumes shown by some members
of the church in this city in the per-
fornance Of their duties. IN some
Of the wards of the salt Lake stake,
during the summer season, the attend
aure at Sacrament meetings was 10
per cent OF the membership although
So others the percentage was as high
rs IS. Some had complained that the
meetings were too long. In order to
remove all cause for such a complaint,
the high council had decided that for |
several weeks the evening services In !
the wards should be reduced in length |
from one and cne-half hours to one |
hour.
The general and stake authorities |
were voted upon by the conference,
mo- the officers being unanimously sus-
aimed
A tenor solo. entitled Behold There
Shall be Day was sung by Samuel
D. Winter.
Brief addresses were made by the
GLOWING. Bishop William Mcmillan,
rwenty-eighth ward. Bishop William
Wood Jr Twenty fourth ward. and
3ishop Franklin s. Tingey Seven
zenith ward. They reported that no
erious complaints could be made 81
in the districts over which
hey presided.
ELDER HEBER J. GRANT
Elder Heber J Grant. addressing the
remarked that for about
SIS wears he had been performing mis-
s'onory service abroad. first, as presi-
dent Of the Japanese mission. and. |
second. as president Of the European |
mission. He declared that there had
never been time when as such har-
mony among the Latter-day Saints and |
confidence in the leaders existed as
Row. The division OF the former Salt |
Lake stake into several stakes had
been "a blessing 10 the people concern
ed, AS more brthcren and sisters hod !
been brought into activity. and priest-
hood meetings and conferences were
better attended. Out In the mission
ary fields, the more diligently the ell
lers labor the more they are blessed /
with the Spirit Of the Lord No re-
grets follow tho performance Of earn
ost and conscientious work In the
service OF the Master
Some had declared that If they were
only given a divine manifestation they
would believe In the gospel OF Christ ,
The speaker showed how the brothers
t Nephi In ancient times. after be-
ms commanded by an angel 10 obtain
ihe sacred plates from Laban. ignored ,
mo heavenly messenger In Joseph
smiths day Oliver Cowdry and Somc
oi DTS associates were honorcd with
iht visits Of Moses. Elias. and Elijah.
ig these glorious manifestations did
loi save them from apostatlzine from
NE church OF Christ Safety lies In
ne oonscientious performance Of duty 8
and implicit obedience 20 tho COM @
manos of God. The Lord does not re- o
gaIe mp disabilities Of anyone The
aihr Is ready 10 lend aid when We
atf done an that we can 10 further {
Hs purposes. Z
Ffesi John r., Winder requested the y
'Nlon, % urge their members 10 att J
NhN tna tabernacle services I'm larger g
numbers On Sunday afternoons and I
"f ASKED that the members Of the tab- =
lhacIe choir be relieved. as much as
lDs.bio. ~ all other duties. so that 2
,ls musical organization might not be I
'''n pt'li In It's praiseworthy efforts e
~ 'h'ir sang. we are not asham-
az 20 our own God" and the hene-
c,u.H was pronounced by Elder ;
OhaIIos 3D. Felt.
N TABERNACLE.
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