The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-04-05
Delights With Solo.

great men everywhere.
Delights With Solo.
John Parrish of Centerville, a young
boy possessing a remarkably sweet So
prano voice, delighted the congregation
with solo entitled "The Night Birds
Cooing.' The morning session ad
by President Alma Merrill of Benson
stake.
President John f. Tolton Of Beaver
stake offered the invocation at the
opening of the afternoon meeting, fol-
lowing the rendition of "Come, Come,
Ye Saints" by the combined cboirs
and congreg alton. The choirs also sang
fTrue TO the Faith
President Charles w. Penrose was
the first speaker. He mentioned his
recent injuries and expressed the belief
that sometimes people needed afflictions
TO bring them nearer to God. He sand
that his afflictIons and sufferings. had
taught him valuable lessons. He heart
lily upheld the statements Of President
Smith regarding the condition and
progress Of the church.
That the "Go-to. Church Sunday
movement inaugurated in Salt Lake
that it had the support of the Mormon
church, was the declaration of Presi"
dent Penrose.
The speaker then went into the
claims of divine origin which the
church makes and declared that those
who had called it merely a church OF
temporalities were mistaken.
s'The church is not founded on i'm
agination, he declared; "lt came
Of Jesus Christ the world went into
darkness and corruption and now the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day
Saints has come from God to man. 1t
is not the development of man s
thoughts.
Tithing Mentioned.
President Penrose mentioned the
matter of tithes and said that there
were constant demands on the trustee
in-trust for funds for building up diff
lieved that even more than go per cent
Of the tithes were used IN the stakes
where they were collected. "The Lord
is establishing Zion temporarily as well
as spiritually he said.
After Retta Sessions Payne of Clear.
field rendered q vocal solo, 'I Will
Arise Apostle Rudger Clawson dis
cussed the covenant of marriage. He
told the people they were confronted
lasting one as represented by the Nor
mons, and the old or civil covenant
made by men. he urged the saints to
keep the covenant OF the Mormon
church.
The East Bountiful First ward choir,
winner Of the Davis County Musical
association prize in the fourth annual
contest, then sang HStar Of the De-
scending Night The choir was con-
Quoted by William c.. Hardy.
Apostle Grant Speaks.
"My heart has been set on the &C.
complishment of q number of things
In our state for several years." said
Apostle Heber J. Grant in opening his
attack on the liquor question. He CON
tinued.
T believe that places of amuse-
ment should be closed on Sunday.
It is a reproach TO the saints to
have these places wide open on the
Sabbath. And 1 believe that the
have not protected us from these
evils will havo great deal to an
swer for some day,
! believe that Utah should follow
the example OF some other states
and become dry. i hope this bless
ing may come to us at no distant
day. The greatest moral and finan-
cial problem today is the liquor
question.
Apostle Grant told Of the recent
convention OF the Anti-Saloon League
Of America ut Columbus, Ohio, which
he attended. He told of the enthusi.
asm there and thundered: "The battle
Is on.