The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-04-07

Mr.. Riter's reference 10 the finances
OF the church ls given In substance
above Here are some of the other
fgures offered as a supplement 10 an
auditors report
Births, Marriages and Deaths.
Birth rate among the Latter-day
Saints in the stakes OF Zion. 80 per
1000; In tho United States the ratc
WAS 80 per 1000
Death ratio among members OF the
church. 90 per LOO; In the United
States. II per 1000.
Marriage among the members OF the
! church, SO per 1000 In the United
not have the exact figures. he said the
rate In the United States was consid-
erably less.
There were 81 widows and widowers
per / 600 among the members of the
church: 80 out OF every 200 over the
age OF 2l years were unmarried.
THE remedy lies In your own
hands, said he.
There are six missionaries to each
| 1000 members.
Twenty-three couples who had been
married In the temples had been d.
Npl'tn last NNNlF lehAAb VI - = GNA
cent, while SO persons who received n
civil marriage, or IL per cent, were
divorced In this city.
On January /, 1910, there were 2061
missionaries out Ia the world who were
sent annually by their friends about
| $500. 600 for their support
Forty-six per cent OF the members
of the church were enrolled In the
Sunday schools.
Nine and one-tenth per cent were
enrolled In the Y L. NJ. l. a. while
SIS per cent were enrolled in the Y.
NJ. NJ. l. A., 10 per cent in the pri-
maries and 10 per cent in the re-
ligIon classes. Az the beginning of
the present year there were il,56S
members of the higher priesthood and
33.357 members of the lesser priest
hood.
When President Joseph F. Smith
called the meeting to order In the
tabernacle this morning there were
between 5000 and 5000 persons in the
large edlfice The meeting opened
with the choir and congregation sing
Ing the hymn. Guide Us. oh, Thou
| Great Jehovah after which prayer
was offered by President l.. w. Shurt-
lin OF Weber stake "Oh, Say What Is
Truth. was sung by the choir and
congregation.
Ben E. Rich president of the east
ern states mission, and the first speak
er of tho day referred to the mission
of St John relatIye to the restoration
OF the gospel In the last days. declar-
ing that the prophecy had been full
filed In che restoration OF the gospel
TO Joseph Smith.
Correction is Made.
Presiding Bishop Charles w Nibley
then said that Elder w. W. Ritter, In
supplementing the report of the aud
| iting committee, at the morning ses
sion. had erred In his reference to
the number OF divorces In the church
of people who had been married In
the temples. He said the number OF
46 persons divorced was correct. but
he erred In saying this TO be ID
per cent OF the marriages performed
Last year there were 2.74S persons
married In the church temples. and
the sc divorced persons represented
last year and previous years. so thai
the percentage was but 16 per cent
President Smith said that 9,143 per
sons had been baptized In the stakes
OF the church in 1909 and 1891 bap
tzed in the missions, a total of Ia
534 for the year.
1t was announced by President
Smith that, beginning Monday, APri
IL. the free organ recitals would be
resumed daily. excepting Sundays. dur
ing the summer months. at II O'Clock
noon, until further notice, and he als'
called attention TO a district Sunday
school meeting to be held next sun