Show N news new comes come from the mission in turkey that the 1 it and the gospel is b being eina accepted by the lie mission is in numbers of people T a good condition elder eldar seymour 11 young president of all the seventies has been elected at the irrigation congress lately hold held in cheyenne first vice nee president ent for foi the ensuing year the report of tile the collections collection for tile the maine memorial fund thin thus S far shows was collected at al the that about various meetings of the mormon church held for that purpose on july etli only a fraction of tile the people who came to the funeral of president woodruff were able to get into the tiber tabe nacle all were patient however an am awaited the conclusion of tile the somewhat lengthy services and fored in file for bl blocks to witness the funeral cortege the quarterly confer conference eOLO of tile the stake ot of zion was held in ill the tabernacle sunday september 11 tile the principal discourse being delivered by bv rr or 3 E talmage in tile the course ut of his remarks prof talmage asserted that thai there were those among them who as a magicians are using in ill ian ration of the po power eriven given the priesthood the high counsel lie he said had declared against such practices eb but upon investigation it was learned that some are still practicing the black arts one such woman had been visited ile he warned the guilty ones to beware for the evil spirit would tell twenty truths in order to get in one falsehood the evilo evil one nels Is noless no less vigilant now than ever to lead latter day saints into darkness the church had been told that troublous times are near but they stand ready to meet them by unanimous vote the authorities of the church were sustained upon presentation ot the following declaration by elder C IV penrose that we sustain president lorenzo 6 banow and nd his associate apostles as the presidency of and as prophets seers and revelators revelatory to the church of jesus christ of latter day saints in all the world also that we sustain the rest of the general authorities of the church is as they were sustained at the last general conference the above created an impression among some people that lorenzo Lorenz snow had bad been elected president of the church succeeding the late president woodruff which was a m mistake i stake the quorum of apostles of which he be is president constitutes the presidency and head of the church until a new president is chosen bishop IV 11 preston delivered a discourse in which beur he urged ed the priesthood to be faithful in the performance of every duty particularly the priests and and that the people be stimulated to greater righteousness apostle J IV taylor said he had bad but recently returned from colorado w where li ere with others they had been preaching the gospel of sal salvation vaton the conference report showed that persons had been added to the church by baptism after a song by the choir the benediction was pronounced by elder theodore curtis after the address by dr talmage at the afternoon session apostle A 0 woodruff addressed the congregation expressing the soreness of his heart though he thought as a true ton son ho be should not grieve over the loss of his father lie ile pointed out the hope of the resurrection saying that his father had gone home to his reward having been advanced to a more exulted exalted position where the work of the ministry would continue lie ile expected to meet his father in the body which would be glorified five weeks before his death in conversation lie he expressed his loneliness at being almost the last one left of those who had been faithful in the trials of the prophet and t the he joy lie he would experience upon meeting t th he prophets joseph brigham and john JOI 1 no who would be anxious to hear of the things on earth lie ile seemed to have no more tear fear of death than it if he be were lying down clown to take a nap apostle woodruff slid said lie lad had never known a man who contained more of the spirit of the master if lie he had a fault it was I 1 in a bei being n g t too 0 0 trusting and licious the apostle then diverted to the gift of tongues and gave in his own testimony saying that while a missionary at frankfort on abe maln alain lie he had been able with the inspiration of god and hard bard work to read the pearl of great price in the german tongue in three weeks after the hymn god moves in a mysterious way the benediction was waa pronounced by brigham young A letter from a missionary laboring at newark ohio says the go gospel pel of jesus christ is being carried from house to house but I 1 am sorry to say gay many close their ears against the truth they are arc seel seeking cing an easier way elder william D dixon of payson I 1 utah who is back from a mission to the tha southern states his field of labor being la in the virginia conference says bays the elders ciders are doing a good work in the south being much better received than form formerly erIv |