appreciation to make mention here of that brother's
manner in working out in part his salvation. We
left Cedar for Leeds Tuesday, Oct. 31, and arrived at the
latter place toward evening. A meeting had been
appointed for me here, and was listened to by a
very attentive audience, although it appears from
several observations that neither Sunday school nor
M. I. Associations are in an examplary condition,
and the spiritual energy of the people in that
place is in a low condition. There were three lamps
illuminating the poor apology for a schoolhouse
during that meeting. These lamps were brought by
some people from their homes when they came to
meeting. Wednesday, November 1st in the afternoon
we arrived at St. George. After having attended
and addressed the Fastmeeting the next morning,
I paid my respects to President David Cannon
and to the rest of his colaborers in the Temple,
and attended by special invitation a meeting
of the district-school-teachers of St. George in
the evening. All of them are interested in the
Sunday schools and M. I. Associations, and
promised me to take an active part also
in the Religion-Classes. In meeting with the
St. George Stake Board of Education the following
day, the fact was made apparent, that it was not
advantageous to hold the Religion-Classes after
"Letter from Karl Gottfried Maeser, 5 December 1893," p. 13, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 18, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/7yR8