Show STAKE conferences BANNOCK the quarterly conference odthe of the bannock stake convened iu in rex bex burg first ward on sunday and monday nov 17 and 18 president thomas E ricks presiding there was a good attendance from nearly all the wards at 10 am on sunday the meeting was called to order and the bishops gave reports of their various varius us wards in the afternoon bishop donaldson Donald sou and others gave some good and useful instructions to the saints concerning thel their duties elder jacob sport principal of ban nook stake academy made a very encouraging report of that institution 0 on u monday forenoon several of the leading brethren addressed the conference sixteen home missionaries were called and set apart to travel throughout the stake from house to house during the winter preaching the gospel without purse or scrip on the afternoon of monday the general authorities of the church and stake were presented and unanimously sustained president ricks presented abed bishop steele as his second counselor in place of francis C gunnell deceased and he was sustained unanimously pres ricks in the course of an interesting address reviewed the instructions instruct ious given to the saints dur during conference and counselled counseller coun selled them hem to renewed energy in magnifying their callings the choir sang an n anthem benediction by ar arza 7 A ja P ley J JAS GILLESI ft rk in rt EMERY the conference of the sanpete stake commenced at moroni at 10 am on the dinst it lasted two days during which time five meetings were held there were present apostle moses thatcher president canute peterson counselors henry beal and john B malben mat ben a good representation of the high council bishops of the wards with a good attendance of saints the general and stake authorities were pre presented dented and sustained by unanimous vote the bishops were not presented to the conference but the bishop of each ward will be duly presented to the members thereof for sanction christian L thorp was sustained as high Couf taelor to fill a vacancy in that body and C W peterson as assistant stake superintendent of sunday schools the speakers during conference were in the following order president peterson made a few opening remarks and atle apostle thatcher occupied the remainder of tho time of the first meeting in the afternoon C H wheelock spoke and next apostle thatcher addressed the saints at the evening meetie meeting bishops W T reid C C N dorius and J W irons were the speakers counselor C P lund and bishop C A madsen each made a report of his ward and of forred berred words of encouragement to the saints elder C C A christensen president beal and president peterson elder alm greenwood nud and president maiben also addressed the wn conference ference the instructions generally given were timely and good and full of encouragement coura gement conference adjourned to meet on the of february 1890 at ephraim TAYLOR clerk of conference |