Show STAKE conferences the quarterly conference of the tooele thoele stake was held in the grants ville meeting house on january and 1890 present on the stand apostle F M lyman elder wm spry of the presidency of the stake 14 S gowans and C L anderson andersen and a few of the leading brethren ok of the stake the bishops reported their wards in good condition the speakers during conference were apostle F M lyman presidents bowans iowans and anderson andersen elders william spry S S worthington J L Wm bishops W G scollett GC collett ollett W F moss thomas atkin J G shields and A johnson superintendent of the sabbath schools much instruction was g ver ven and enjoyed by those who attended on account of storms and bad roads not many of the saints of the different wards were able to attend but the meeting house bouse was tolerably well filled with the grantsville Grant Grants eville ville saints brother thomas W lee second counse counselor lorto to president gowans was honorably released from that position on account of havi having ng removed from the stake and brother G W richards of tooele thoele was sustained as second counselor to fill the vacancy the general and local authorities were presented and unanimously sustained the singing by the grantsville Grants ville choir was excellent and a good spirit prevailed throughout THOMAS WILLIAMS assistant clerk BOX ELDER the quarterly conference of box elder stake was held on sunday and monday january 26 and 27 1890 at B brigham city president rudger C clawson presiding on the stand gland were the presidency of the stake apostle L snow members of the HI ja h council and others the forenoon meeting of the first day was waa occupied by bishops reporting the condition of their wards which were generally favorable and by counselor A madsen who remarked on the apportionment required to finish our tabernacle he read the word of wisdom and made some effective comments thereon the in the afternoon the sacrament was administered by the bishopric of the third ward TN the church and stake authorities were presented and all unanimously sustained apostle L snow addressed i the young on the necessity of ob a knowledge of the truth of gods work how bow it could be secured and of the glorious opportunities lying within the reach of the young president clawson gave notice of the coming weeks meetings of bishops high council and the priesthood and requested the merchants of brigham city to close their stores during the hours of conference meetings on monday the meetings of the consisted of bishops reports testimonies of local elders remarks by counselor C kelly on the quorums of priesthood settling of difficulties and the h order of the church tribunals p prest B R clawson spoke of the blessings to be obtained by attending meetings dwelt at length on sacrifice tithing offerings and was pleased at the generous response made to furnish means to finish our tabernacle which would not be dedicated until all expenses were paid work on the galleries would commence tomorrow meetings would be beheld held in each ward at 2 p m on and the usual sunday evening meetings discontinued for the present apostle L snow said af if we expend our time and means in the service of god and afterwards receive eternal life we are amply paid he tendered a high compliment to brother lee ond and our home choir for furnishing such beautiful music during conference JAMM JAMBS BYWATER stake clerk JUAN JUAB the quarterly conference of the juab stake of zion convened at nephi nepal january and there were present on the stand apostles JH Smith and anthon H lund of the twelve apostles the stake presidency also presidents canute peterson of sanpete stake and A 0 smoot of utah stake sunday morning was devoted to the sabbath school an addition to our sacramental service of four pitchers and two plates had been donated by a few of the citizens and these were dedicated by apostle A H lund at 2 p m president called the conference to order the meeting commenced with singing and prayer after which president A 0 smoot gave an address he spoke of the great responsibility resting upon those wilo have been called to administer in the priesthood in teaching the people and especially the youth of israel when those who preside over the various quorums are magnifying their calling then we may well bid defiance to the powers of darkness there should be no doubting among us zion is planted here to stay but what chastisement the lord will will inflict upon epou us I 1 am not prepared to say may as we must be tried in all things all the crusades against zion have had a tendency to purify her and when the dark i clouds shall have rolled away it will be a glorious day for zion the brightest that israel has ever arseen er seen zion is upward and there is no power brought against her that will prosper her destiny is decreed and the wrath of man shall be made to praise god apostle john henry smith said that today to is one of the greatest days for zion no promise has failed that was made to the brethren in early times every day developer developed deve dev lopea elopes some new phase in the growth of this work and in spreading abroad the truth of it when we open the sacred i records and read the predictions eions s of the servants of god we feel led to say how could those men have read so plainly the handwriting on the th wall ewall many who have grown up to manhood in these mountains have engendered in their minds a doubt in regard to mormonism but we need have little concern as to the work of our father I 1 believe it is in the power of the saints to break the shackles that our enemies are trying to place upon udby keep ing the commandments of god he Is at the helm and offers us vie the way by which we may avoid the shoals and steer clear of the snags which are set before us meeting was addressed by president canute peterson and apostle A H lund the subjects dwelt upon were the suicidal policy of selling our land and homesteads the work for the dead and church schools on monday morning the bishops lepor reported d their wards the majority of tb the people they stated were striving to do light apostle A H lund followed with a discourse upon baptism for the dead president A 0 smoot said that ninety per cent of this abo people le are of ephraim but they ha had been scattered and were being gathered again to these mountains at bem 2 p m the general authorities of the church and stake were presented and sustained david broadhead was sustained a member of the high council in place of the late dr matthew mccune councilor Council orp sperry and exhorted the saints to good works and to receive the instructions that had been given as gems of truth apostle john henry smith occupied the remainder of the time he read the chapter of isaiah and delivered a powerful discourse upon the position of the son of god the redeemer of the world president endorsed the remarks of the speakers the meetings were well attended throughout and a good spirit prevailed D K BROWN BBOWN stake clerk |