QUARTERLY CONFERENCE SOUTH SANPETE STAKE OF ZION. NEW PRESIDENCY OF STAKE. LEWIS ANDERSON, President. N JOSEPH Y. JENSEN, 1st Counselor. '' G. A. IVERSON, 2nd Counselor. $ Almost perfect weather, the pres- ence of President Joseph F. Smith, his Second Counselor, Anthon II. ; Lund, Apostle Reed Smoot, and an v:. intense desire on the part of the Xr- Saints to be present at the naming ,---n. of the new Stake Presidency, all combined to draw out the largest - attendance ever seen in the Manti Tabernacle, at the quarterly conference con-ference held Saturday and Sunday. On the stand were the high authorities au-thorities named above, the local stake presidency, Presidents Henry Peal and John P. Maiben, officers of the various stake organizations, President C. N. Lund of North Sanpete Stake, President J. D. T. McAllister of the Manti Temple, bishops, and others. speaker. He was delighted to have the privilege of again meeting with the Saints of South Sanpete stake, and was pleased to hear the good reports from the various associations. associa-tions. He feared the Primary association as-sociation work was not everywhere appreciated as it should be. Dealing Deal-ing directly with the smaller children, chil-dren, as this work does, he thought the Primary was especially important import-ant and urged that this work be fostered and encouraged. lie dwelt especially on the various auxiliary associations of the church, pointing out the merits of each, and urging the closest attention to all. He made a strong plea to all Saints to observe the Word of Wisdom, and to lead sober and moral lives; to be worthy examples of their grand religion- -men and women of dignity, dig-nity, truth and. soberness. President Presi-dent Smith said, "In the midst of prosperity,' pay your debts.'' He did not think it required a prophet to make the prediction that in the quite near future a panic will come upon fhe country; he thought the signs of .the times pointed unmistakably unmis-takably towards a money and busi: ness panic. Therefore, he advised the Saints tojay aside as much as possible' for -a bad day, pay their debts and mortgages and be in a is their future welfare dependant, lie pleaded with the Saints to keep out of debt, and in their business transactions never to borrow beyond be-yond their capacity to pay back; and above all he discouraged the practice of mortgaging the home. It would be beneficial alike to the people and business men' if credit was not so freely given. Many business embarrassments, he said, were directly due to the fact that extensions of credit were beyond the capital. He believed that under un-der the present plan a business crash in this country is inevitable. He believed that one single individual indi-vidual J. P. Morgan could bring about a disastrous panic at any time. The present time, he said, when everything was prosperous, was the time to lay by something for the "dark day" that will surely come. Apostle Smoot declared that the principle prin-ciple of home production was only a profession; pro-fession; it was not in practice. He said the time would come when the people would be glad to get a piece of homespun home-spun to cover their nakedness in the winter season. He abhorred the spendthrift, spend-thrift, and implored the people to practice prac-tice true economy. The Apostle said almost al-most the beginning of apostacy in the church, was the fault-finding of the people peo-ple in relation to the authorities, and he also deprecated the spirit of fault-finding so prevalent among themselves, and asked them to get closer together, both in spirit and in deed. ' The choir sang the selection, "Beauti- - -The - Saturday morning session was devoted to the usual routine of hearing reports of the bishops. The afternoon session was commenced com-menced with a hymn by the choir, "God moves in a mysterious way." Prayer was offered by John Frank Allred. The choir sang, "Welcome, all good brothers, sisters.", E. T. Parry reported on Religion Relig-ion Class work. The labors are becoming be-coming very pleasant aqd the work " is going on energetically. Horace Thornton reported the work of the High Priests' Quorum, and James Olsen and J. P. Jacob-son Jacob-son reported progress in the First and Second Quorum of Elders in Manti North and South wards. Mrs. Alvira Cox was called upon up-on for a report of the Relief Society. Soci-ety. She said the Society was in good working order and with one exception all were doing good work. L. R. Anderson made report of the Y. M. M. I. association. He stated there were 11 associations in the stake, most of them in good working order, but in a few in-stances in-stances the work was not as popular popu-lar as it should be, and hence was rather up-hill work to keep tip a proper interest. . Mrs. Catherine Conover said the Young Ladies' meetings through-out through-out the stake were energetic and spirited. " The Sunday school work was re- ported by Newton E. Noyes. As now organized, 80 per cent of the children of this stake were enrolled in the Sunday school, and all the I schools are making steady advance-V-ment. President Smith was the first position to combat hard times when they came. ' Anthon II. Lund spoke briefly on the subject of Temperance. He dwelt upon the necessity of the purity yof the High Priests' and Elders' quorums, as being the schools wherein all others learned the lesson of Truth and Temperance. Temper-ance. To be a true Latter-day Saint, meant to be a sober and upright up-right citizen. The choir sang "The Vesper Hymn," and benediction was pronounced pro-nounced by Pp. Wm. T. Reid. Saturday evening was devoted to Priesthood meeting. On Sunday morning the first half of the session was given over to the Sunday schools, Newton E. Noyes presiding. President Smith gave an instructive talk on the Life of Christ, and President Lund told of a beautiful incident in the life of the late President Canute Peterson, wherein he displayed heroism and a noble spirit of self-sacrifice during dur-ing a storm on the sea, when President Pres-ident Peterson, who was then a young man, and his companions were cast into the waters by the capsizing of their boat. The conference session was resumed re-sumed at 11:15, the choir singing the hymn, "Glorious things of Thee are spoken." Prayer by Elder Andrew Peterson. Peter-son. Hymn, "O, awake, my slumbering slumber-ing minstrel." o Apostle Smoot was the principal speaker. s His subject was along practical lines. He encouraged the people to husband irrigation waters in every way possible, for on this ful Zion for Me, after which benediction was pronounced by President John B. Maiben. At 2 p. m. the fourth session opened with the hymn, "Hark, Angelic Voices Sing." Prayer was offered by President C. N. Lund. Choir sang, "Ye who are Called to Labor," after which the Sacrament was administered. Maudlyn Smyth rendered a violin solo in very artistic style. President Maiben then proposed the General Church Authorities, all of whom were unanimously sustained. President Smith then arose and said that it was the decision of the First Presidency, in view of the vacancy caused by the death of President Peterson, to name a new presidency, and asked that the brethren and sisters honorably release re-lease Henry Beal and John B. Maiben from further labor in connection with the Stake Presidency, which was unanimously unanimous-ly granted. These two were then sustained sus-tained and ordained Patriarchs. In giving giv-ing them an honorable release, President Smith said he did so with deepest love and unbounded confidence, as both had grown old in the service of the church and had performed a good and faithful work. . The new presidency was then proposed and sustained, as follows: President, Lewis Anderson of Manti; First Counselor, Coun-selor, Joseph Y. Jensen of Ephraim; Second Counselor, Q. A. Iverson of Manti. The first two were ordained at the close of the meeting, the last named not being present. The new presidency is regarded as a strong one and will give general satisfaction. sat-isfaction. L. R. Anderson of Manti was advanced to the office of stake president of the Y. M. M. I. association, with F. L. Copening of Gunnison and J. B. Jacobson of Manti as his counselors. President Lund spoke on the Order of the Priesthood, and President Anderson, Joseph Y. Jensen, Henry Beal and John B. Maiben each made brief talks. The choir sang the selection, "Peace, Be Still," and President Lund pronounced pronoun-ced the benediction upon what was regarded re-garded by every one the best conference ever held in Manti. A Conjoint session was held Sunday evening. Apostle Smoot delivering a masterful mas-terful address on "Good Morals."