The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-22
WEBER STAKE
CONFERENCE
Ogden Tabernacle Filled and
Overflow Meeting in Third
Ward Meeting House.
TWO APOSTLES PRESENT
PLEA FOR OBSERVANCE OF THE
SABBATH.
TWO APOSTLES PRESENT

The need of a new tabernacle for the
Weber stake was again demonstrated at
the regular quarterly conference OF that
stake held hero yesterday At botn the
forenoon and afternoon sessions the edl-
fee was packed to the doors a'd an
overflow meeting had to be held in the
Third ward meeting house. which was
also well filled. All of the speakers
talked more or less upon the Necessary
for the observance of the Sabbath rms
theme was taken up by the Iirst spedhSi
and dwelt upon by each person succeeu-
ing him. Those who addressed the con
ference were President l.. w ShurtiIl'
Apostle d. o. Mckay, Apostle George
Teasdale and President c. r middleton.
According to the remarks of these men
everything pointed toward the advance
ment of the Weber stake along religious
lines The tabernacle choir rendered a
number of selections and there were sew
eral solos
Addresses by Apostles.
At the forenoon session President L.
w Shurtliff of the Weber stake greeted
the visitors in brief address. after which
Apostle D. o. Mckay of Ogden was intro
duced. Just before Mr.. Mckay began
his address a solo entitled scatter sun
shire" was sung and he used the tue
of the song as a theme for his remarks.
In speaking on the observance of the SAB
bath he urged the people to cease inGulg-
ing in Sunday pleasures and thus pre-
vent their dissertation of the day.
Apostle George Teasdale, the next
speaker. spoke along the same lines as
those dwelt upon by Apostle Mckay. He
also spoke upon the spiritual development
of man and said it should be the soul
desire of the Latter-day Saints to de-
Velop that which would bring them eter-
nal life: that the physical part of man
would cease with death. but that the
spiritual part would continue on through
~ OF uTx-icn1 the Saints that
the best way to bring about that develop
ment was to observe the Sabbath day,
TO rest from their labors and attend the
meetings in the houses of the Lord.
President MiddIeton's Remarks.
President g F. Middleton of the Weber
stake was the first speaker at the after
noon session, which convened at o'clock.
He referred to his labors of thirty years
in the presidency of the Weber stake and
spoke of the religious development he
had Witnessed III that time among the
youth. He said that many who were but
children when he commenced his labors
had proven faithful to the trust and were
now holding responsible positions in the
various organizations of the church. He
deplOred the fact that some of the auxil-
lary organizations of the Weber stake
had fallen below the average in their en-
rollment and work and advised that the
greatest care be taken by the authorities
in repleting these associations and uuOr-
ums. The speaker said he desired to see
young people live lives that they might
be worthy to avail themselves of the
blessings of the temple and not marry out
of the house of God. He spoke of the
responsibility OF the parents to teach the
children along the right lines, because if
they neglected this duty they would have
TO labor to redeem their children before
the celestial glory could be obtained.
Belief of the Saints.
Apostle Teasdaie spoke briefly on the
first principles of the gospel as taught
by the Latter-day Saints. faith repent
ance, baptism and the laying on of hands
for the gift of the holy ghost which prin-
ciples he declared were eternal and he
held that by their observance blessings
would be obtained; that these principles
were the same as taught by the Savior
and his apostles. He read a number of
prophecies as contained in the Bible rel
alive to the Jews being scattered over the
face of the earth. but that some day they
would be gathered to their land and the
gospel would again be brought to them;
knowledge that Jesus whom they had
crucified was their redeemer.
Apostle Mckay used as his theme Men
seek that which they love and shrink
from that of which they are ashamed"
He said il was as natural to follow that
which we love in the gospel as that in
the daily affinities of life He eDcour-
aged the people to develop the proper love
for the gospel which he maintained would
bring them joy and satisfaction and make
them feel as Paul did when he said 81
am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ
for il is the power of God and salvation.
Last evening the quarterly conference
of the Young Mems Mutual Improvement
association was held at the tabernacle