Show M I 1 I 1 1 FERE 1 tn U I 1 i Y 0 excellent reports of work made or OF ON remarks by b president Ls P f smith and apostle george teasdale saturday I 1 business meet meetings iniza of the officers of the Y al M MI AT I 1 A were held on satur day president joseph F smith and bishop 0 F whitney were present and apone at the meetings Rg sunday morning the Y M at M I 1 A stake conference convened in the ra Ira bernacle on sunday morning there were present pr president joseph jos ph F smith agosti george georga teasdale president A 0 smoot and ill 31 1 I A officers PreBi president cent G 11 brimhall Brim liall iresia dreamed ed after tile the usual opening exercises a umber number n ot of the it 1 I A general missionaries i siona sion aries iea made reports of their mission of lacot winter ELDER was the first sneaker ao easer in company with brother jex he had traveled in sanpete stake of zion when he started on his bis mission he had faith in the gospel but he be did not possess a knowledge of its ita truth he ha obtained that knowl through being miraculously mirac louain healed from a sudden and sever u sick nesa does which had come upon him and through other in manifestations of the spirit of god ELDES ELDER H OLUFF CLUFF related a number ol of his experiences in in the arizona mission where he had bad laho ed in connection with brother daton of Spring springville ville A good work was wa being accomplished in in arizona among the In indians lians associations nave have been organ organized izAd with off officers and singers throughout the saints in in arizona wore were very zealous in the work of god the number of saints in a ward could be del determined by the number of people in in attendance a church although many had to walk A reat distance to attend servie q rha pia people in the snowflake stakes were especially righteous there were none there who used need either whisky or tobacco there waa wa not a drugs drugstore fore or a doctor in the place the people when healed by fasting and and by the administration of the elders on the sabbath day there are to be seen no na moraes and cars car nages nor persons seeking pleasure the bembe membership r ich ip of the stake is is about gearde related some of the experiences of his conversion to the truth forty years since and nub subsequent sequent experiences in the church he compared the church of jesus christ of latter day dav saints sainta with the church of the fonner day saints sainta reye alina a similitude which nowhere elia in tha religious world the beci neca ity of havi having nl a correct ol of the principles of the goaded wad waa shown fr man cannot ba bavei save i on oa false belief the discord aang the people of the world was ae ac counte I 1 for on jhb ground that they were not possessed of the spirit of god for if they had that spirit tha they would have the spirit of truth and would see alike it was prized that the principles prin caples of the gospel should be shown in the elivea of the latter day dainis as well as by precept pre cont in pr acting tint these orin drin ciple caplea a in liying hying near unto god and possessing possess i ng the spirit ot of me holy haly ghost was waa to be found true trite happiness and not in th duplicity of and wealth which BO so many in the world word strive for statistical CAL the M I 1 A statistical report tor for the half year ending april ath w was s read by secretary dixon the following showing was made number of members 1455 wei aade in membership between I 1 the ages agea of 14 and 45 in the stake not members 1343 hamder of meeting hold 1328 number of exercises carried ont number of libraries 23 with 2412 volumes limes and pamphlets valued at 2502 OFFICERS the general and stake i am M 11 I 1 A officers ficera of were presented and unanimously sustained president Q G U of the Y M M 1 I A stake organization having been chosen choden as an assistant to the general Y M M I 1 A he be was wag hono honorably raMy released as stake superintendent which office ha has filled tor for five year joseph B kepler keeler was waa sustained as the stake president of the association with i IV ciufo and B 8 I 1 hinkley Elin klev respectively as his first and second counselors the other stake officers of tle the association are as follows aida to the presidency abel i I 1 evans evana samuel brock wiliam fiffia H ki king g W H robinson and john corresponding secretary john D dixon record ing secretary john foote assistant walter waller corbett treasure treasur erE r L parker chorister H E giles assistant choris chorister terp john gibbs JOSEPH F V addressed the c congregation ile he had bad listened with fa satisfaction faction to the various reports made with one exception and tala that t was in regard to the fina finances aces the a expense 0 of f publia banho hine be manual mannai and other printed matter had been baen borne by i the church and not by the Y 1111 M M I 1 associations etwas it was urged that they 8 should hould meet these financial obligations and be ba independent the small sum eum of 50 cents per annum from each mem her ber would do this president rs ident smith spoke at 0 tile the beat mission of Y nt M na L A the va bringing of the principles of the gospel before the ile he related an incident which had recently occurred 0 burred cu as an example of the condition of many young nien men in the ilia territory orv who need in in st ruction in the principles plea of the gospel ana it is the mission ot at the mutual improvement associations to accomplish this thia work attention was called to the principle pl of forgiveness before entering the temple it was a duty to forgive all enemies wipe the grievance from memory e ory as far as aa possible 0 o and aipa it t out of the heart to be m e red against them no more after navier cone through the temple it is a duty bot to allow tatie th ae grievances to return azain avain to our hearts the kounz men were arged to make a e effort to accomplish in the ill e world w orld do some good let the world be better tor for their having been in it politeness was urged amone the tb e young yo u ng people also consideration for t the he feelings and the property of others Bs be a true gentleman and a true lady ladylike Y and gentlemanly conduct consists cons iata in ia saying the best the kindest icinda at and the nicest things in the best kindest and ana nicest way made a few clo closing clodin remarks he spoke of the good fellowship wh ati had bad existed between himself and his c ci laborers la lalor orera ers in the wo ko mutual I 1 improve tuella iiii ait his hia heart wa woi in the tha ruti mutual irn hn provement pro work ile ha felt flat the a more mole than th an warning they needed wooi wooing liz winn winning ng and working the conference closed the flinging of a sublime anthem bw bv the choir and benediction 1 by elder B 8 hinckley E evening lesture in the evening elder david mckinzie lectured on the subject objections to the biblo bible considered the ane subject was bandied in a masterly manner Hs ha took as aa a starting point the statement truth cannot conflict with truth the bible was not held to be infallible able errora had crept in through mis translation but ia the main it may be ba con a true record of gods dealing with his people Fx extracts tracts were given of ur dr nelsons belsons Nel sons review of the tha great Volt aires work on an the of the bible dr nelson kelson had examined the work closely and had found not one solitary truth the theories that the lo 10 lowest t 1 saraa of lava from mt etna must wes haya a ve been formed years ago that the delta must have been veara years in formation and the nile and numerous other scientific theories were taken up tip and the lecture was listened to with the closest attention and at its close elder Me mckinzie Kinzle was warm warmly ay thanked by president keeler in behalf of tho the association |