Show denIedSt St George Slake The quarterly conference cf thIs take was held on the lath and lfilh December Notwithstanding the unfav orable weather goodly num lierof visitors began to arrive on the rrid yprevious preparatory to attending at-tending the conferences of the lIelieC Societies High nests Sunday Schools Prlmar and Improvement Associations and the Sunday and Monday < ions of the Stake conference con-ference At the last named President D D McArtlmr presided Noun of the general authorities were unsent Among those of the mluistry in attendance at-tendance were President Jesse W Crosby jumi of 1III1Iullch Jams Wlilteluead Jun of Spningvlhle YN W Willard Burton of Salt Lake City besides the Presidency of this Stake irith r A George Temple President l McAllister High Councilors Chin Smith and David IL Cannon returned re-turned Maori missionaries IL J Burgess and John W Platt and a number Bishops The themes dwelt upon by the speakers included the necessity of union in spiritual and temporal things the keeping the Word of Wisdom and otherwise living aright before the Lord the duty of all to pay tithes and otrerlD tile duty of those holding cfllces in the holy Priesthood to mnjulfv their calling home missionaries to preach the first principles of the Gospel the obligation resting upon all saints to so live tint they may obtain the mind and w ill of the Lord to guide them from day to day the fulfilment of ancient and modern prophecy and the necessity of torn 1 log unto tile Lord with full purpose of heart I I The circular of the First Presidency I Presi-dency setting apart the Snl December De-cember for fasting and prayer vris i I i i reid and produced a profound im lu rr prcs un The genets and Stake authcrljco seem presented and uiaiilni sI 1 Eusiain I JAMES G ULKAK Stake Clerk |