Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-25
MORNING SESSION.

Liberty stake was held yesterday at 10
am. In the Assembly hall Thu service
was opened by the chiidrens chorus
singing Morning Prayer was offered
by Eider Chas II Wllcken The girls
chorus sang Twilight"
Elder Bryant $, Hickey OF the stake
presidency announced that instead OF
having home missionaries 1t had been
decided to have the bishops ana their
counselors act In this capacity for the
next three months, visiting other wards
than their own and taking their chOirs
with them TO furnish the music APP
pointments for these bishops visits
were then read
Elder Hinckley then presented the
general and stake authorities, all OF
| whom were unanimously sustained He
| explained that the attendance was not
as large as at the last conference
| owing To the hot weather and so many
| people going 10 the mountains TO spend
i the holiday
! President Hickey spoke Of the
| plainness Of our people. of the pioneers
| who did not have the luxuries OF the
| world, but there was something about
| them that made them successful and
! made them win the hearts Of the people
of this republic They were strong
| men and women, but II was not their
physical strength but n divine belief
In our Father In Heaven. Faith in God
wiz nNNblllilANli MUM uluif Nuhfl our
own strength. He testified that II We
would live pure lives, as did the pio-
neors. we Will be the pride Of the whole
world, He spoke OF the trials Of the
pioneers, who worked hard with insuff-
cient food 10 eat. II there Is any
people on earth who have historic
record and who have n future full or
hope, II Is this people. We should go
to the task assigned US with cheerful
hearts for the Lord hns made US ac-
quainted with principles which will save
us II We will observe them. n we
will hold tho principles Of our fathers
We will become the greatest people on
earth
The boys chorus sang ION One and
All"
BISHOP l.. a. MERRILL.
Bishop LOWS A. Merrill OF the Thlr-
tv-first ward SPOKE unon tho subject Of |
the sabbath day lie said the Lord |
commanded the children 81 Israel many |
thousands OF years ago to keep The |
Sabbath dav holy. and also I'm our day |
the Lord through the Prophet Joseph |
Smith commanded tho Saints to observe |
the sabbath dav. He said that some |
of our friends who are not members NJ
the Church can set Ne an example IN |
this matter. He urged the Saints to
reach ont the hard of fellowship to |
those who ere Indifferent and try tu
helm Thorn into the line NJ their duty.
Elder Arnold VI Schulthess of the
stake presidency endorsed tho remarks
~ the nrevlous speakers Ho hoped
the Saints who have COVE to the noun
tains were ohse~ving the Sabhpth nv
PRAYER ard bv discussing NJ RELIGIOUS
subjects. for we can observe tho Sab
hath wherever We are He sald that
there IS rroat deal To do and hope1
that tho Lord would accent 81 our ef-
forts and crown them with success.
H said that the stake presidency
member ~ tive hlFN council and prcsi-
dencv ~ the high priests quorum we're
un'toA 10 man. Also the hishops ~
tho different wa"ds a~e "Nrnrlonced and
worthy WON. pnd tNat M ~ the orieora
NJ tho diffevnnt examinations ore doinr
n goat WORT and have the love and
CONFIDENCE and respect ot the stake
presidency.
PRESIDENT SCHULTHESS.
President Schulthess reported that
there were ten wards I'm the stake. and
nine 81 them have either recently I'm
ished or are now building meeting
houses. condition which he thought
Aid not exist in any other stake IN the |
Church. He felt that this was quits
p burden upon the Saints and he houed
that the Saints would paw their tlth-
ing faithfully 50 that the church would
take care OF the different expenses Of
the wards He said that II tho Saints
would do the best thew could the lord
would see that they do not want for
ANYTHING.
The girls chorus sang; "The Lord
8 My shepherd"
PRESIDENT HUGH J. CANNON.
President Hugh j Cannon bore testl-
nony 10 that which had been spoken.
Said he knew that II we would put into .
Practise that which had been said Il
would not be necessary To say any moro
or II would lead US back into the
presence ~ our Father. He had been
linking Of tho trials that our fathers
ave been called upon TO pass through
nd did not believe we would be able ]
o stand the trials that our fathers have
lad. but he thought that we were go
ne through enough trials 20 develop us
Z We viii grasp all Of the opportunities
We have we will have all we can do
n this life and We Will accomplish
nourh To eNalt us In the life TO come
Elder Cannon read from the seventh
HAPPIER Of Deuteronomy that n the
eoDle forgot the commandments "
,od they would perish. and testified
hat u IS so now: " We forget the COM
nandr- ents OF Go1 we will perish n
re- VIII be obedient. any man can
ropheey treat things Tor tho Tatter-dav
ANTS President Cannon spoke ot
rnfanity saying that there 10 too much
Z II in our midst. He said that we 7 n
anrot walk down Main street with
Vt hearing much of It. He urged the
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