Show Q ly conference at attendance better on saturday than for sometime previous interesting te session I 1 the quarterly conference held here last saturday and sunday opened with a very good attendance saturday morning prest oleen N presiding the visitors visitor from rom the quorum ot of the twelve apostles were elders rudger clawson and david 0 0 kay the choir sang come dearest lord decena and dwell prayer by elder james olsen singing sweet Is the peace the gospel brings prest oleen N stohl welcomed the saints to conference and gave his report on behalf ot of the stake presidency there are in this county now nearly souls members ot of the church there are 20 wards over which 20 bishops and 40 counselors preside there are in the neighborhood ot of acting teachers 12 high councilmen and 4 alternates high priests four our quorums quo runis ot of seventy and six quorums ot of elders in many of the wards but not all there are quorums of priests teachers and deacons all stake boards boards are fully organized there has never been a 41 time when wore of the spirit of the lord was enjoyed or when the health of the people leovie was better or their condition more prosperous prop erous erows the stake presidency and the high council have ince attlee last conference visited all the wardrin the stake awen tty four men have been called to go out into the various wards to do missionary world for of I 1 apostle e 1 D 0 mcany dwelt upon the two great ot of our actions the love of temporal things and the love of spiritual things this condition has prey prevailed since th the expulsion of adam front rom the garden of eden when he received rec elvea the word should earn his bread by the wet of his brow it la Is natural for men to love the earth from which heir bodily sustenance eusten ance comes but god made provision to feed the spirit the rite savior said seek ye first the kingdom of god and its righteous ass and all other f shall be added unto you showed from the scriptures why it Is so BO hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven ibis his heart Is naturally where his treasures are the alie righteous man maker makes wealth a means to an end the end being the kingdom ont of god the choir sang 1 I know kno that my redeemer lives elder adolph madson said that in the temple they had records of 1800 scandinavian saints who had died in the old country previous to 1893 1895 they have had these names tor for several years and have been working to find gott tiow bow many of them teem relatives had already performed work fr for they had just about completed that part of the work and were anxious now that the saints should volunteer 0 to o do work for those still left two hundred of the names have been sent to the logan temple and two hundred bundred to the mantl antl temple SI singing the lord Reig neth benediction by elder joseph it SATURDAY AFTERNOON the choir sung sang what was wll with nested in the hearons lie avons prayer by elder william horsley Hor sier singing oer the gloomy hills bills of darkness lar kness prest stohl called for a show of high priests bishops counselors and acting teachers present prest lumus luclus A snow said that all those holding the priesthood are teachers whether they are set apart as acting teachers or not he said that he was glad to see Ms ills brethren accumulating wealth where they had bad the understanding to spend it as a means to raining gaining an exaltation in the kingdom of god supt bupt 0 W snow of the religion classes class reported that in that organization there Is a superintendent in every ward in the stake about officers and workers and 1700 members the stake la Is divided into three districts the south district the north district and the west district with a superintendent and assistants for each the special work being done now Is in the way ot of te teaching aching home devotion every class has a good record book the choir sang 0 jesus the giver prest susannah P boothe reported the relief society as doing a good work in their line the members for the most part having the spirit of the work elder joseph A west of ogden said that he had noticed the groch in the centers of zion as he had been away for the most part during the past 15 fears he called attention to the periods jf persecution the church experiences but he boll believed eved they tended to do the church good rather than evil some loft left the church during these periods but it is shown that they were not fit to associate with the people of god prest alice at johnson of the primary association gave a very good report of the work of that organization tio elder fred C kelly reported the second quorum of elders which comprises the members of the and 2nd and wards they have about members and hold meetings every F friday evening they have an average attendance of per cent and have seven missionaries in t the h e field singing judges who rule apostle rudger clawson described bed the rapid growth of the teton stake of zion saying that one hearing tills report would naturally suppose that one none n but the most zealous workers could be found there but this was a mi slAke there are indifferent ones just as there are here one would think also from hearing reports that brigham city had exported upwards of IX 10 car loads of peaches that there could not be any here who were not zealously engaged in the work of the lord the choir sang the anthem they that trust in the lord benediction kiy y bp BI nichael michael SUNDAY MORNING r the se services sunday morning were conducted under the 0 of f the sunday schools supt bupt J D peters taking charge the ringing w was all dorte done by be congregation the first song was wag ill serve the lord ird prayer by elder thomas wheatley jr singing kind hind and gracious father while the bread was being passed the organist played a solo As the water was wag being passed sister lottle lottie cozier sang 0 my father elder H IV valentine discoursed upon the necessity of having our meeting houses equipped with class clasa rooms for the benefit of the auxiliary organizations and also of having someone appointed to see bee that the rooms and meeting houses are kept clean ile he urged that teachers and officers set an example of punctuality and that they should not tall fall to be always prepared said he felt that anyone who could not comply with the rules adopted by these organizations ought to be released little rudger lund sang gang the song 1 I ara am a marvion aion boy 1 nay may speak no ill was recited in chorus by the schools A concert exercise the visit of nicodemus to christ was given by the primary dl department of the third w ward a rd singing joseph smiths first prayer apostle avid 0 mckay of the fourth wise man who came car axe train froin tin the east to find the babe of dethe bethe lent lem but aisea hta his companions tal n whose company he was wao to travel and w was lett left to continue his search alone the story was very nicely told and held the attention of the until the end apostle rudger clawson spoke of the power of healing by faith giving illustrations in support of his fieg remarks singing benediction by elder peter knudson SUNDAY AFTERNOON singing all hall the glorious day prayer by elder wm win L singing if yon could afe to dolob the general and stake officers were presented and sustained J AL jenson who has moved to salt lake city was honorably horora bly released from the high council and sr M I 1 jenson of mantua va was caned called to fil fall the vacancy joseph it lilly continued 0 on n page e six QUARTERLY conference continued froma from first first page white was vas called to act as an alternate high councilman the choir sang sane thou who art faithful prest W C horsley spoke briefly of the good attendance at conference and dwelt upon the necessity of proper leadership on the part of bishops and other officers he read from the esth chapter of the doctrine covenants relating to th the e subject he commended the acting teachers very highly fo for the good work being accomplished complis hed by them lately apostle D 0 mckay said the vital principle in the gospel of jesus christ Is love and loven love implies ser vice lie he applied the principle to the work of the acting teacher he said that an acting teacher who at al lows his district to become dead by ills his neglect has not that vital spark in his soul referred to numerous instances where the savior hail had shown his love by service to his disciples and the people whom lie met in his ministry ire he was unselfish in everything thin that he dm dd even up to the time that he hung upon the cross lie he referred ferrec to the beautiful story of the prophet joseph smith who while bent upon seeking a place of refuge tor for his people was misunderstood and by some som e called a tr traitor altor it was then the prophet spoke those memorable words ir if my life is worth nothing to my friends it is worth nothing to me I 1 am going like a lamb to the slaughter but I 1 am calm as a summers morning I 1 have a conscience void of offense towards god and towards all men I 1 shall die innocent and it shall yet be said of me he was murdered in cold blood 1 singing how great the joy that promised day apostle clawson said what some men esteem of great worth others othe n despise gave illustrations to show the truthfulness of the gospel of jesus christ he also dwelt dt at some length of the wickedness of men and women who avoid the responsibility of rearing families singing grant Us peace 0 lord benediction by elder peter M hansen |