Show utah stake conference the tea quarterly conference of utah stake 0 convened in the sleet meet ing ho in this city on dorair morning g last president e ot A 0 smoot presided choir sang bang va other father how vide thy glory shines prayer liy by pros prea ir 11 U H alno Hio gina 9 all praise to our redeem j ing D g lo 10 loril d J 13 of 0 payson that the spirit blint ot of our calling might rest lest upon us while gebber some of the people of payson are trying to perform their duties some so me aro are rather slack in in attending meeting 1 I 1 on account of labors wo we will not hot forget forgat that they are latter day saints bombol some of the have bave adjourned adjourn td tor for the summer bummer the primary association and the sunday school are well attended we are to carry cany out the principles of the gospel to the best of 0 our oar ability some bome are doing better than in times past we also have an out side element that stirs us up to our duty dirty others are slothful but t still wibb to be numbered among us na we mus tapply works with our oar fait bor it will not do us the good it otherwise would when we see gee missionaries return who have been successful we find and that they have labored and stud iod as aa well se as applied their faith we have bare many things that should strengthen us if we forget our duties dutie at home it is more injurious to ourselves than 1111 any body else also the teachers teacher it if neglectful riot not only en danger themselves but others look up u p to the them 0 3 and many timis are led astray through not being properly taught the counsel we wa give our children should be ol of the right kind that they may be brought up as they st PATRIARCH Z cormis COLTRIN was thankful to have the privilege of ones once more hearin beauna ibis bis testimony it is ia highly necessary that ws study the principles of the gospel seek wisdom from god that we may have ilia his spirit to enable us 08 to live by those principles the name merely of a latter it ater day saint will not amount to much unless aniess we keep the laws ol of god and forsake every thing that la is evil we VB have preaching enough to keep our minds mind active and fruitful it we will take hold of the things taught and do our part it was waa taught us in in an early day that we should assist our leaders to build up the kingdom of god some apostatized but others still live lira and are yet a able ble to bear their testimony we 18 have the tha most complete organ nation ever established on t the h 0 earth the ibe kingdom has been KW to us and joseph health proclaimed that it should never be ba riven given to another people I 1 V aben ban the older elder came to me fa 1 did not not need to study for week abut but went w t and id was baptized at ones once I 1 h have a e ril never e ver refused to preach reach when called upon since then i I 1 still delight to bear testimony to the saints when we are in IQ a conference we should call upon the lord to dictate unto those who speak such things as we are in need of of I 1 delight to meet with the saints sainta in in our oar conferences our u ward rd meetings and aap all places cices where the righteous assem ble PRESIDENT A 0 SMOOT SHOOT eaid it would be necessary to adjourn nailer to enable those who desired to do sot so to 0 attend a mass meeting in the thea tre ire this people lava have seen pr ask for their rights lights again we have asked congress several times to grant n us the right to statehood the con cen aral committee had bad not thought of the conference when th their a ir meeting I 1 was appointed so go it is now proper to give them a portion of the day we are happy while dischar g na our duties all that tue the world mal may y da 0 will red redound aund to the good of israel W wa have been as the mustard seed when lot let grow until the seed is is ape pe it if t they boy try to uproot it the keedo are scattered and in many a y more spring evring up from it htwa we ma must at not beg apprised that the wicked lie about us ua for their lather father is is the greatest liar that ever was aud and they partake of his hia spirit it is is D natural for a saint or a cb christian ristian to tell thy the truth troth but with the tha adversary it is the i Is pbs H H cluer we presume th that other and aad other da ties are ara the tha cause of there not being more present ent ift if the greo e lord directs that we shall be ba comia coma a state it will be ba for the host best there is is a great contest going on w which aich will not cease until the tha saints shall lave have the kingdom given to them to possess it forever and ever we tat can see ea how the lord the wicked and preserves his people we can not biot help but see that our deliver ance 0 has been miraculous when we oc first B ast 1st settled in in these valleys it was one of the most moat uninviting places on the ile earth IV we were destitute of everything and still were delivered from our edlwiss enemies in in a wonderful manner we have been toll told that the more they oppose us ua the faster we will grow an and it has been verified I 1 in a our past history we know that the tares bave cave to be separated and while this 1 ia being done we ought to ap pronte t toward ower that condition bat it is ia designed desiga ed we should bo be in conference salou adjourned rnea until 4 p in C choir sang the anthem be clad ad in ia the lord Dezie benediction diction by elder 1 labac aae bullock I 1 saturday afternoon the choir what glou rigus things mine eyes be what leold loti what R glories ies burst burat upon maydew my view W prayer by elder william green wood choir sang my ily soul is lull alje 0 peace e and in love I 1 soon B hall see sea r t from above BISHOP gelnaz HALLIDAY of santa gin nning juab before I 1 felt that t it if I 1 hai any of heavens choice blessings I 1 would distribute them among those who have been at meet jog to day clay if WO we bad all stayed away there would have hare been no meeting in my early days I 1 thought it sibia to pretend to be a latter day saint and rot cot live liro consistently with that profession the idea of the live five out of 0 ton ten virgins being foolish seem ed something beyond my comprehend compre hen sion but today to day it seems true adlof all of us need preaching to the high as well as low the preachers and hear er alike we aril are very apt to sit in judgment on one another the scripture says mark the perfect man and behold the upright but it is la very hard bard to find a perfect man A man is is vat fit to be a bishop or other officer if i he be cannot deal justly with other people the same as his own the people of 0 the world have a claim upon us ua for although we very seldom bear elders pray tor for them there are thousand of peo pie just as good as we are the only if ference being that they have not beard the gospel all the missionary work awl anil converting the world have not been accomplished we are looking for a great influx to this poo peo pie pl in in the future we have got to change or it will bo be a very great while before we redeem zion we are governed in in what we want not by necessity but bat by what aur our neigh hors bors possess if wo want to be bless pd ed we will have to consolidate our efforts we must take care of that which is la given to as aa those who hove so BO much work to do that they cannot attend their meetings will be worse off in in the ibo end than we are bignor of lalo lake shore schore we all have a labor to perform and the responsibilities that rest upon us ua are great and the question is are we B e liang liv ng in accordance with those thosa responsibilities a ties and requirements we lind find a great deal of faultfinding among us T this ills is is one ot of the great evils it II we could see as we mie seen such things would not be among us we are very apt to see bee the mote lut in our brothers eye and arawill are will ing to pull 11 it out we are ignorant ol of the tha existence once of tile the beam in our own we ave will be held accountable account ablo for the injury r y we do to our neighbor our leaders have 1 awve been eert called to their positions by the lord and we have no right to disregard their callins calling there is no ito blessing promised to the latter day saints except on conditions it if those conditions are not complido with we cannot expect to obtain thead them W we should live so that it can be sai of a us well done thou good and faithful servant enter into the joy of thy Lord 11 we will ait have a knowledge of our works whether they have been good or evil and those m alio ito df do evil will be sorely tormented when callad up in the day of the redi clerk JW bean then i n ead id lle statistical report rl odthe of the stake for the four mon months t las ending ding june 30 1887 following are some of the totals total number of officers ond and mem members berst children under eight years total number ol of souls bouls number of families amiliea births 16 baptisms new members mem bera 20 baptisms children 24 excommunicated 10 16 deaths 60 pit ims II 11 11 II according to the 6 statement tat ement just read we find there is a great variety of officers officer each one ot of whom has certain functions it is somewhat difficult to 0 find officers who will faithfully and earnestly give a portion of 0 their time to the welfare ol of the leonle people we have deacons who are suppose supposed to be faithful in the duties devolving upon them we also have a host of 0 teachers who should bo be alive to their callings but from appearances arana aranc many are not there abreo areo are other er officers r ice r bah 8 hie 1 her hero so that when all are doing as required it is one of the most complete that ever existed on t a eartha earth lvery very officer in the church should be as diligent as possible poi as much will rest upon epou his hia shoulders this is a great agrest work we are te tile most moat liberal people on the earth there can be no roiling mixing of the saints and sinners Bin ners anil and I 1 if f the baines do tot not separate themselves the lord will do so the gospel is very broad in its workings but we still ill have te to maintain our identity from the world choir sang gang the anthem It blessed lessed bo be the lord bod of israel benediction by bishop loveless sunday morning the choir sang 0 god 1 our help in ages past our hope for years to come prayer by bishop tanner choir sang alow illow beauteous are their le feet who ho stand on zions ziona hill lae the general and stake ataka authorities were presented by clerk J IV bean and by the conference BISHOP C D EVAS evaa of 0 salem it Is pleasing easing to reflect that we live in this fleaming Fl important period when the lord I 1 has 1 8 set t up life his kingdom never to bo be t thrown h 1 0 wn down viewing this from a standpoint of truth it is very gratifying to think that we have such a power lt it is very mach different from arje the li biane or of It martin lartin luther and of john wesley they did not have the authority alt although Lough wesley ordained bishops but he be had n no divine right to do so neither had they 0 tha ilia assurance that they were in the right path we should not allow trifles to exist east between us and our brothers wo we sheild look with disdain on such things we wa ought to have havil advanced beyond such but it seems wo we have not we are in our infancy as yet there are better days dawning dan upon us behave W have been persecuted for two or three years but we look for deliverance in the near future such rich things are only ceped repetitions repetition ions a of hw tory we ne have been looking looking for them b but t we look for periods of 0 rest there are ara not always threatening threat ming clouds hanging banning over ns no I 1 hope every man will el exert ifie lna privileges there a no excuse for fora a man who juis jias been in in the country for or a dozen years aitra and luts haa not yet been natural led these are duties eliat t every one should attend to continued on jagd |