Show DUCHESNE STAKE conference WAS WELL ATTENDED ATTERN MErD I 1 the quarterly conference of the duchesne stake of zion convened at 1 1 saturday and sunday june 28 29 elder melvln J ballard if c tile the council of the twelve bishop david A smith of the presiding bishopric slater sister susa Y gates ol of tile the general board of relief society ind rid sister zina Y card of 0 the general board of the primary were in attendance president william smart was away upon important matters and in liis his absence first counselor paul S hanson presided second counselor owen bennion was also in attend crice and patriarch ephraim lambert were vere also in attendance president don 13 colton of 0 the uli uh tah stake was present by special invitation and delivered an all address on oil sunday afternoon the attendance record ranged from on oil saturday morning to GS on oil sunday afternoon the later is 13 he largest attendance at any separate session tor for many years the bishopric of each of the twenty three wards of this stake was represented nineteen ot of the bishops being present in person most alost of the high councilors councillors Counci lors and many of the other slake and ward officers were in attendance the conference was characterized by a most wonderful outpouring of the spirit of the lord the gospel sermons sen words of encouragement and strong testimonies of the speakers had a most impressive effect upon all who attended kanaru KAU BA ArU SPEAKS elder melvln melvin J ballard spoke at each caca ot of the sessions of conference and also tendered three beautiful vocal solos viz the seer with new introduction just written 1 I stand all amazed at the love jesus offered te ble and ill go webre ahers you want me to go dear lord this being his first trip into the uintah basin he expressed his pleasure at the manifest growth and development of the country and said that the lord was bl ersing the labors of this pioneer people pointed out that the tim time e would come when the crops of the earth would tall fall but the god cod who preer preserved ved the children of israel would also preserve his people of today it if they would only keep his commandments mand ments ile he related visits to various places of historic inderst to th the e church a story told to him by an eye witness of the martyrdom of tile the prophet joseph and pa erlach hyrum smith the birth of joseph F smith and how hov the mob nearly destroyed ills bis life when but small he also bore a strong testimony to the divine appointment ot of ell all the men who have stood at the head ot of the church and said that president grant had been schooled by the lord tor for the position he be now holds in commenting upon tile the remarks of sister susa Y gates pertaining to relief society work elder ballard related the experience of his own mother as a relief society worker who had bad spent forty years in tills this service and while doing so had raised ten tell children ile he admonished the brethren to see that their wives had opportunity to grow intellectually as well veil as they so 0 that they woud be real companions in life and understand each others problems in the sunday morning meeting elder ballard explained the nature 0 of f the sacrament how people should always partake worthy or it if the they y do not they cat and drink damnation to their own souls the law of 0 tithing he said had been recognized by many of the churches as the best means of accomplishing their ends and some are adopting it in au an attempt to raise means to defray expenses ot of converting the world many prominent men of the world are recognizing tho the strength of the pure virtuous teachings of the mormon church many of world do not live such lives and it makes him feel all the more the blessing 0 of having a mother that had taught him that it is better to die than surrender the principle of ch chastity aMity elder dalard promised the p people eople that it if they would keep the commandments mand mandi ments rients ot of god they would not have to leave their homes that they would yet have several stakes here I 1 that the mountains would yield water tor for the land and that many other choice blessings would come unto them ire he further admonished admonish e d all to observe the sabbath day to tc teach their children according to the spirit of 0 the section of the doctrine and covenants one of 0 the secrets of the strength of the church leaders he said is that the minority abide the decision of 0 the majority he pointed out that the people were upon this world to learn certain lessons from the lord that it if they did not pass their grade they would have to go back and take the lesson over as the school child ile he read the doctrine and covenants of the things that were to come upon the earth that the epidemic that had been among the people was but a fore ore runner sent to warn the people and cause them to repent the lord would continue to pour out such scourges urges giving the people a time for repentance after each until the earth should be cleansed it if those who will not obey ills his laws the only escape front from calamities Is through obedience ire he bore a strong testimony that the redeemer lives and of 0 ills his absolute knowledge of that fact sunday evening elder ballard held a meeting with the people of there was a good crowd out among whom were many prominent citizens of that place ills his subject was the apostasy Apo stacy the story of the restoration and lie he also bore a powerful testimony to the divinity of the work of the prophet joseph smith all delivered in a most impressive manner bishop smith speaks 1 at the meeting saturday morning bishop david A smith delivered a sermon upon the subject sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven taken from one of our L D S songs some had pointed out the fact he be said that we as a people are getting away from the spirit of sacrifice commented upon the great blessings we all enjoy from the great sacrifice made by the prophet joseph and pointed out that all blessings from god are predicated upon sacrifice by which they are obtained while traveling on the southern trip wit with president smiths party two years ago lie he had noticed how the people left their work in the busy time of the year and sacrificed their time to come and receive the blessings of their church leaders many people the speaker said did not seem to realize that the inal influenza benza epidemic was a chast chastisement chastised isem ent from the lord and were prone to attribute it to natural causes but he warned them that only through 0 obedience bed lence would they be spared such plagues besin in the future let he that is warned warn ills his neighbor no man he sa said id who has received the light of the gospel of jesus christ can prosper and defy the laws of that go gospel on sunday morning in ill speaking bishop smith related his first trip into tills this country with president lyman how president lyman had informed i president smart at that time that they had chosen him to be the 1 re resident ident of 0 stake then to aie lie organized ever since that time he said lie had a love for president smart and a sympathetic interest in his work out here regarding the observance of the word of wisdom the speaker illustrated the effect of the smoker as revealed in two cases that had come inder his observation a at the L D S hospital one very bad case tor for which the doctors had no hope holic at all fully recovered another riot not so bad in the commencement finally resulted in the patient loosing all ot of one leg in the first instance the man was a strict observer of 0 the word offis ot wisdom but in the other a heavy smoker the church is a great training school and those who will qualify for higher work must have steady nerves clear brains etc sunday evening bishop smith held a meeting with the people ot of duchesne the saturday afternoon session of conference was given over principally to the relief belief society and primary organizations reports where were given by the stake presidents ot of each followed by addresses by the representatives from the general boards boards the roosevelt ward choir furnished music on sunday patriarch ephraim lambert offered the benediction at the close or the conference sisters gates and card held a meeting at roosevelt sunday evening the bu business sirless features of the conference were as follows reorganization of the mt aft emmons ward bishopric with ira W cannon frederick E case and leroy W rust succeeding jesse L smith frederick A case and ira B D cannon as bishopric appointment of emanuel S eksund as a member ot of the mt bit home ward bishopric appoint ment of J clifton moffitt as a member of the boneta ward bishopric appointment of elmer sweat in the strawberry bishopric appointment of jesse L as a high coun ellor of fredk S as alternate high councilor alphonzo phonzo AI B madsen as clerk of boneta ward D AT M TODD jr stake clerk |