Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-06

are sufficient to maintain the expenses
of the Church. so that IL Is not neces-
sary to trench upon the tithing funds
for this purpose, and therefore the
| uthing funds are devoted entirely TO
the legitimate purposes for which they
plicit confidence in the men at the
head. and this is shown by their in
creased offerings
There are many departments which
come under the purview Of the pre-
siding bishops Office which / have not
time TO mention, but l will give a few
Of the vital statistics Of the Church
which are recorded and preserved in
that office
'The birth rate in the stakes Of the
Church, not including the missions, or
any civil organization. Just simply
among the members Of the Church. is
SO per 1000. as against 20 for the Unit
ed states The death rate is 90
among the people of the Church. as
against II for the United States. Tho
lowest death rate experienced by life
insurance companies, who only accept
physically perfect men as risks, Is a
little less than 10 per cent. The Latter
day Saints average rate is 90, or a
little less than 10 per cent
THE marriage rate last year among
the Mormon people was f6iR per 1000
There are 81 widows and widowers for
each 1000 members; there are so per-
sons over n years Of age in each 900
who are unmarried, the remedy for
that Is in your own hands. there are
8 missionaries in the field for every
] 600 members. or a total OF 9. 065 mis-
sionaries in the world on Jan T. 1910.
costing their friends $500 900 per year
to maintain.
There were 46 persons. or % couples
who were married In the temple di-
vorced last year, or an average Of az
per cent. There were SO couples di-
vorced who had not been married In
the temple. or ~ pcr cent. or a factor
of safety in the marriage relation In
favor of temple marriages of more than
two 20 one.
There are 46 per cent of the member
ship of the Church enrolled in the sun
day schools, including children. larger
boys and girls and grown up men ana
women In the other auxiliary asso-
Citations. 81 per cent are enrolled iu
the Young Ladies' association. SIS per
cent in the Young Mems: 10 por cent
I'm the Primary. and 10 per cent In the
Religion Classes or the male Members
OF the Church. Al. $50 hold the Melchise-
dec priesthood. and 32.357 hold tho
Aaronic priesthood.
Il take great pleasure in making
these figures public for they show
great progress In the Church In the
march Of progress it has been found
necessary 10 discard the old system Of
tthing scrip and pay In like i'm the
tithing Office and ! feel like saying Of
the old system, By means OF which
many a hungry mouth was fed. God
bless the old system, though II had
70 go"
When the morning session was called
to order by President Joseph r Smith.
he announced the singing by the chon
and congregation Of the hymn, Guide
us O thou great Jehovah" Invoca-
ton was offered by President L. W.
Shurtlff Of the Weber stake The
choir and congregation sang, 20 say
what is TRUTH"
ELDER BEN r. RICH
Elder Ben. r Rich. president Of the
Eastern States mission was the nrst I
speaker He bore a strong testimony
that the angel which John the Revela- |
tor saw. while banished upon the isle I
Of Patmos, having the everlasting gos- |
pei to preach TO all men, had flown (
the gospel message; and that |
the same was being preached 10 all ma I
tons, kndreds. tongues and people BY /
The elders OF the Latter-day Saints DO 4
we appreciate the fact that We are liv- |
Ing in the day spoken OF by John the /
Revelator. when the gospel, in all ita
was TO be preached on earth? !
Where much Is given much H. required:
hose who have been warned must warn
their neighbors. for only by applying
the principles OF reciprocity. 70 do |
into others as we would be done By,
'an the gospels joyful sound be spread
abroad
Many people shun missionary work;