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Show I PAROWAN STAKE P fl CONFERENCE. B Pricst'BJJ Melting Bishops' Reports, m and Counsel. r . H ELDER ROBERT'S STARTLING QUESTION K B. H. Robert's and Prci. Uriah T. H June's Prnctlcsl Talk on Bfl Temporal Affairs. HB (Continued from lust week.) Tlic speak -r thought tills condition HB existed pretty gouernlly Miroughout tlic BH state, tliu exceptions be In,' to be found HH in a few of the larger cities; and even there tliti llnu building that are being BB built, mid tliu ( i the.- improvements Unit BB ure being Hindu lire not tliu work of the BB Latterduy saints. The so called gentile BH element Is nisi Increasing in numbers BB faster tlmn the Mormjii people lire do- , log, and it Is doubtful If they do not outnumber the latter. There also BL Beemsto be u fulling away in the quail- ty ofllie work that is being done by out' Bm" people, the quality of their grains and BHr fruits is lint what it once was, ami the BH products of other stites and territories BM are bringing better prices hi the mar- BL.. kcls of our uonntiy than ours. 'He dc- Bm y plored the result uf tin- recent compe- B tltion fnp the 8500. uupatlhe National Irrigation Cougi ess when lo the now V stale of Idaho was awarded the prize Bv' for the best exhibit of fruit. It was a BV xid uniupiontioii the uariilcss metliod BB iliac had taken tliu place of our once Bff If famous horticultural w t lc. There is no BMM lack of laud lit i.hesj ul ler settlements BV hut the general complaint Is that the BB' u'Jitui' supply is ItiMi.llclent. This Is BB nftiui utiisn uiituli the casu us wu Uiro ftBt, led ty suppose. Utah is, it Is true; the NBrrNl' V I'licliLl.ir i ri-Jvr''.'i" tnilie. I'niti'd llBP'-" ' Suilesfliiit ivlil-ii lis ilea is tliln l-lafiu) B liniife the speaker is reminded that BM though this is the faet we are now far BM' behind some other pans of the nation M ' iii the in t of applying Jhu water to the H 1 mil, The Chiuco wcie tie II rat to V" make gunpowder, hut wlitlu they have Bft need uslug-ll for the making of lire- " crackers Ufrinmiy and other progress- BE (venations have made it one of the H most mighty entities nf modern war- H fare. So with the ucoplu of our state B, In the science of lnlg.ul mjwhmi u man T sees thu scientific iiieihud.s that are H employed, and the lmin-'iise works that Bf are in operation in miii oilier states H of the mid legion and the superior H henetlis that lire iibtiiliieil by thuir il H lie Is compelled to admit that Utah H Isns fur behtud'lhc limes in thu Use H of water for Irrigation us the Chinees BJ ' lire in the use of gtinponder, and that B our methods are but lliccrnckcrs in H comparison. Here in this seltleinent H the water issulllelent lo do double, the H turvlec that it now accomplishes if the H right system of operation was followed. H What the people of these southern Set- H tletiients need, and what the; sorely M miss Is such men as Krustus Snow, the " upostlu of the south, and (icorgu A. H Smith, men who have bad but few H equals not even in the vamps of Israel. H Hishops should take an Interests in the B temporal affairs of their wards, mid BJ co mi be 1 and advise their people therein, J and tliu people should lie willlnjr to H listen to the advice of tlieso men; H The calllnc; of a bishop is largely H of a tcmperal nature, and It is H by virtue of his hle;h pilcbthod H that ha presides in i elisions ath H erlngs. The temporal calllii),' of our H liisliops Is too often lokt bl(,'ht of by H them in dlschartfo of tho spiritual part H of their duties. They should collect BJJ around them thu wisest men in their H wards, and counsel wlt'i them devising M means for thu advancement and weltnre H of the people; making' of llic-e men n H sort of cabinet. Advised the people to H stay at home and work, that Is those H that would wprk and those that were H too Idle to work, he advised, in the lui.- BJ 1,'unge of Jlarl; Twain, to go away BJ where they would have to work. The H settlements of Cedurund l'aiuwun had H licon in cxlsteticu over llfty years, dur- H inff that time they had been blessed by H tliu Lord in inauy ways, which thu H speaker dwelt upon at considerable H length, and no serious calamity had be H falllen them to dcluy or retard their H progress. Now In view of all this were H they satisfied with the progress they H liud made? (an ominous silence fol- I BBBBBBB. ii ' r - t lowed tho asking of this question broken brok-en only by one voice in too oungtvga-tion oungtvga-tion saying no) It was evident Unit Ihoy were not satisfied. On the subject of cducatlou the speaker mid that Unpeople Un-people of Cedar were entitled to inoeli credit for their enterprise and wimIuiii In securing the bruneh of thu siilei unlvcjslty that is located among tlnni: I and whll.i passing paid a Kh'-vingj tribute of praise to IViii-npal I'n-tn- I wliom ho said he had known fiom lis chlluhood nml who enme of u noble I race there being few If any boiler men ' than his father, N. T. I'oitet- sr. Cm gra minted J'arowan on the line SjIi.miI building which tlu-y had recently eie- , fttd which he said was not only a eiedit to tho town and county, but also to the tho state. Commening onlthe concert recitation re-citation at the meeting with the Sun day School which consisted of ihe Lord's l'rayer tlie speaker mi Id he liked that prayer for several reasons. First It was short. Second It mis poluied and eoutained no "Vain lepelttlonV and not least among thu rciiMius he had for liking It was the fact that it Is the universal prayer of the nice: the 'one petition to (lod in which nil religionists religion-ists could Join At the world's parliament parlia-ment of religious in lii'.K; tho whole as-semblege as-semblege from lluddist to Christian joined in saying amen to It. The subject sub-ject of prayer is one Unit requires cniti lest it becomes more or less a nuut.-r of form, and we gel in the hiblt of re j peating the same words or nearly the j biunu words eveiy lime we attempt to J pm'y The speaker found considerable , dillleuliy in avoiding this himself, nod found that, the reading of a fi-w eises ofsoripture befoie kneeling of great usjn (inaliling him to iutu.duee new matter Into his petition M the Al-miirhlv. Al-miirhlv. Uec6mmetided this pnictiee to the saints, not only fm-t be reasons' meiilliiueil but as an excellent tniiuiiig for the children. Said that 'under such Intluenees thu hoy propln-t of the last dlspeiisadou was rai-iMl. The bible wiis leml rvnbirly In i'k- fi'iU'rjyi'JV-'nV'' "r'-.)Kii uf lulliieuee. v The uhllilreii i7ir,TW.if young uuougli to be iiiilueueeil li.v such training. Sonday school teiiclierssl.niild miiku compiinionN of their seUnlars nut of the selioyl and win and bold the their love mid esteem. Speaking to the aged he said they shouhl give up the Mea of growing oid. Instead of the expression Jul veins old lie would recnmiiiend that we miv (10 years young, and this idea Is founded found-ed on sound phihii-nphy, Inasmuch as it Is not thu body which constitutes tin-individual, tin-individual, any more tlmn it is the clothing that composes thu person. Ii Is l!iu immnrliil spirit that Is the man or woman "ml that never guiwsnbl Asan illusfrattoii of the powi-rof thcj-plrlt, to li iinnpli over the Influence of tlie lio.H-l.V lio.H-l.V disabilities, he instanced the faet that all the liuiliN emi lie leinoved, the siglitaud hearing disabled mid Mill the spirit has lost none of its poweis; but only the means of making those imcrs manifest. Answering a question which counselor Webfti-r suggest- d lis to whether tho people had retrograded rather than piogtessed in the last no years, the speaker said tlmt hu thought they hail not tetrogri.ded, bm tln-y had not progressed as lln-y should liaye done. We often liud that our missionaries mission-aries v ho come home full of the gospel Are soon grow cold mid lose thu spirit. Why Is this'.' There are various reasons. rea-sons. While out In the mission field they are -often ihe principal iignii-, when I hey get home there are others to share this distinction: they feel that they are not appreciated; they think thev are slighted; they are not called to the stand as often as they think they ought lo be mid they get the Idea that there is nothing for them lo do. Then-is Then-is u large Held for missionary labor in tho midst of the church, mid one too that is right in line with the la bo is to which our missionaries aiu accustomed, Hut few converts nru made by public pieaehlng. Thu publlu discourse serves to mouse the iutreiest, but it leqiiires labor at the home by tlie (Ireslclu to con-vet con-vet t;therenrethoiisinds of our sons and duughteis who requliu this sou of missionary mis-sionary help, and Utah contains thousands thous-ands of people who do not belong to our chuich among whom the missionary mission-ary who desires to labor for .Ion will find ample scope for his energy and zeal, lie explained how this muy bo done by relating his experlonco in the case of a son of one prominent man who had fallenjnto durlcness and trungres-slon, trungres-slon, and who has been restored to tho (Continued on Fot'th l'ugc.) (Continued from first pago.) light of truth through the friendly and timely help extended to him. In conclusion Elder Uoberts urged the bishops nnd visiting brethcrn and sisters to carry home tho spirit of tho conference and bei'li to carry out tho instructions that had been given. President U. T. Jones, Ueferrlnir to the question usrfcd by Elder El-der Uoberts ns to whether tho peoplo hud made satisfactory progresi In the past 50 years, said that a better class of peoplo lived hero at that tlmo than now and that tho results of tho labors of the past fiO years were not satisfactory. Was not satisfied with tho material outlook; the sheep Industry is keeping our county alive, and If It were not for tho mines of Utah the stato would be In a very poor condition. Only one woolen factory Is in operation In the state, and that ls Indebted in a considerable consid-erable degree to outside patronage for Its success. Ilishops should pav moie attfiitlou to the material interests of people and seel; to advise them un ten-niiriil ten-niiriil matters. P.irmers and stoeh- men should take time to visit other settlements, set-tlements, counties and states if possible and learn thu'bv'st methods Unit rc m vogue in their lines. Believe that this would broaden their views and greatly benefit their Interests and tend to destroy de-stroy the petty jealousies that too often exist among communities Hint arc more or less isolated. The principle of love seems to be dying out of the family circle, cir-cle, parents depend too much upon the public institutions of learning for the training of their children. Advisi-d I'oinpliiiuco wlili the smrircstion of' "Til dcr Uoberts of leading a portion ot Mji'lpturo bi'furo attending lo famih prayers to ns1st in tho training of om children and heepinif alhc in tln-ii hearts a love for the scriptures, foi their parents and for encli other. Counselor .lohn J. (J. Webster Enquired if wo are to understand in the light of the question suggested by (Cider (Ci-der Roberts, Unit we are retrograding? Suggested that if tho older ones among us wi'ro to bo more exemplary the young ones would lead a better life. |