Show BOX elber ELDER STAKE conference waa wat held in the tabernacle at Brig brigham hain harn city saturday and banday oct and 1883 preb pres 0 0 snow pres preb presiding iding the weather during daring conference was quite unfavorable and the saturday meetings were thinly attend ed nevertheless there was a rich flow of the holy spirit resting on the speakers and congregation and the mos most t valuable instructions were given unto the subjects were chiefly the weakness ta of humanity proneness to vanity vaulty and the ten dency to yield to appetites and passions which in general terms are common to all mankind the necessity of a wise exercise of charity and forbearance for each other and of wielding the influence of persuasion and long suffering on the afternoon ot of saturday we were pleased to eee see in the stand apostle A carrington carr Cair ington who delivered in the foren forenoon bon of sunday an instructive tive discourse full of the choicest counsels and exhortations delivered with childlike child liuo ilko simplicity enid the israel of ou our oar r god is increasing in faith exhorted all to pursue an active earnest and energetic course in the great work of 0 our god and guard against the spirit of cove and their attendant evils the love of money and weal wesl wealth tb incites to its worship and the sequence is idolatry I 1 1 pity a wealthy man nas nna ma many my spiritually in riches alone there is not harm but the evil lies in the love of them exhorted all to bekind behind be kind hind m merciful perciful and and contribute of their means to aid and assist each other others build up one another not oppress and pull down be long suffering and exercise the power of persuasion towards those who ed err we should be careful and not take our brethren severely and un widely to laskor or infringe on the rights of any one apostle lorenz snow delivered on an sunday afternoon an excellent baing tor for bis bib texts the verse verbe on page doe doc cov gri agi 1 I give you yon these sayings that ye may understand to worship etc he desired by the i spirit of god to say baj a jew words to the saints sainta on the preparation necessary to behold the bon son of god and live with him here when be comes and dwells with his people he will be a stumbling block to the gentiles as he was unto the jews when he sojourn sojourned ed iu in the land of judea he then gave a description of hia his glorious appearance in the kirtland i temple tempie and also on another oc c a bore b oie ose testimony to those present of jesnak identity spoke of the three glories and said those hose who receive of the glory suffered the wrath of 0 god loci on tho the earth and the torments of hell they were those who loved and made lies etc related a dream a prominent elder had had bad of a noted man who had bad departed this life but who in life was not v hat he appeared to be like some elders probably who are listening to me whose hearts if opened would astonish their neigh bors and his portion on the other side was with sceptics skeptics etc gave some bome excellent counsel to the young joung respecting marriage the willard city choir was in attendance and the sweet music ze tendered u by it and the home choir was feature of the confer ence the usual reports were read the general church and sinko stake ties were presented and unanimously sustained A new ward waa laid off on warm and rock nock creeks with elder wm as at the close of the conference conre Coure rence several ordinations were attended to filling up vacancies etc conference adjourned for three monter JAMES BYWATE bywater it clerk clette |