| Show Bannock Stake Conference The Quarterly Conference uf the Bannock Stake convened In Itex burg First Ward on Sunday Feb iou at 10 am Among those pres ent were Apostle Moses Thatcher resident Seymour 1 Young and Bishop Wm B Ireston President licks and Counselor RIgby of the Stake and other brethren President lurks called tile Conference Confer-ence to order and after the usual enc oner exercises Bishop Preston occupied Uie greater part of the forenoon explaining the peculiarities of the Saints as distinguished from the other inhabitants of the earth and the duties required of them He said we are required to help establish estab-lish the will of God on the earth not as i monarch or despot but by entreatynnd example Ho spoke also of the various callings of the Priesthood and the necessity for all magnifying their callings Apbstje Thatcher said lie had still a testimony to bear to the Saints and was not bowed down by the events which are daily transpiring owing to their enemies He related same remarkable recent discoveries corroborating the evidences of the Book of Mormon Youn boreastronc testimony President Young a sin te to the Gospel timony t pl encouraging the Saints t faithfulness In the afternoon the Sacrament was administered ApostieThatcher addressed the conference He per to pr trjyed opposition of the adversary adver-sary from the beginning In heaven his encounters with the Savior on earth and his antagonism t the truth in all ages down to our day His not our persecutors who fight against us but Satan whO mission It is u speaker alto discoursed upon the rise of truth The evenlng was occupied In hearing reports from the Y M andY and-Y IZ Associations of the Stake and the imparting of Instructions generally gener-ally by the brethren i On Monday forenoon the clerk I presented the General Authorities and officers of UioStake which were unanimously sustained The homo missionaries were sustained in their labors and requested to continue their work for three mouths more Bishop Preston Instructed tho Saints in some of the temporal affairs pertaining to their welfare The choir sang and benediction was pronounced by Patriarch Area E llluckley Conference then ad irjurned l immediately after which a Priesthood meetlng was held and much valuable instruction l given muc e JAB GlMJSME r Stake Recorder |
