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Show JUAB STAKE COXFEUENl'E. Tlio iiuarterly conference of the Juab SLtku of 5Cion convened at Xeplil, October ISth andtI0tb. The Slake rires! Jeucy occupied the stand. At 10 a. m, President Paxman called the meeting to order and after the usual exercises bneily addressed those prt8eut, esfcclally tiwelliug ojion tho Word of WlsJom. PrpsIdentC. Sperry and Eider II. P. McCune next spoke, the Utter referring to the late general confer, enceosoneof the mast importaut ever held. Elder V. II. King, of Provo, felt pleased to meet with tho Saints In coufereuce. Their testimonies needed need-ed to bo strengthened, aud their lallh Increased. We were living in an ago of skepticism and doult. He did not believe that any 'Ism" or goverumeut could long exist where faith and dsubt prevailed. The worl J today did net seem to favor revelation. Too long they had drifted by the wisdom of men, but as the child ueeded tuu guidance o' it tareuts, s ilid we need the reve latloni of QjJ. Tho Church of Christ was founded upon revelation, and when a uian's faltii was not o founded, tlio gates of hell would prevail. At the afternoon meeting Presi-ieut Presi-ieut Paxman reported Iho condl-ton condl-ton uf the Stake. Tlio Ilelief Sj ell-ties aiufV. L. SI. . A., lie laid were a credit to the Slake. Apostle P. SI. Lyman addns'cu ;hu coufereuco. He urged all to itrivc to do good, love one anotlicr iy Uitir prayers regtilaily, pa their tltlilnn, and tut llieuisL-lves ii ueli a Ronditioii that when til. --rvants of the Lord were presen they could receive thu won! of the lxrd. There was uu satlsTactlou its doing wrong, Lut there was much in Uuing right. We would bejujgeu yourworke. Wo ought not onlj to lie workers leniorally, but in -llritual atrairs also. Tbe work lioulj be tho butter for our living hi iL Trie Lanl smiled upon lu wlien we were fctrlving to nuke His c uiurcu belter, uud e wanted I a -knowledge His hand la all tilings Oar faith should Increase by tin ho o we poii t,.by the kcowlcdgi which He iiad given tis. The more faithful wo were (he btronger we i-ecame and the k likely we were to be shaken. The devil knew our uenlc iIut9, and where wo were the weakest there he would attack us. Apostle A. II. I.uud said tlier. .as not a latfer.Jay Saint who ha. rayed to the Lord In faith but wh ad received nn answer. Wewur. old that we should pray without' stiiir Tlio world had driftei: intointldelity. No wonder, thtre-ure, thtre-ure, that wnen they prayed tliey Jid not receive an answer, not having hav-ing faith In a Supremo Being. The -poiker reierreU to the Church -cliool wlileli had been organize! n tliat place aud the effects it would lave ujioii our ciuldreti in teachii g hum to grow up In the fear uf the Lord. I tithe evening thero was a gen -ral Priesthood meeting. Slucl valuable Instruction was given by Apostles Lund and Lyman. The uijecls of the Worj of Wisdot. and the necrei-ity of the Saints doing ill they could for the dead were nrescnted In Mich a maimer as to touch tile hearts of all present. On Sunday morniu"; the members f the Sabbath chools held theii oufereiice. An intcreitlng programme pro-gramme was rendered by the Xephi junday school. In tbealteruoon the room was roudtd. After the opening exei-isec, exei-isec, Astlo P. SI. Lymati took he stand auj said lie was pleated tc fee so many present, he having traveled several hundreds o! tulles to attend that conference. HieHeiuU should never stay away rom the lord's table. The Lotu mils j organized His Church that til the Saints could be cared for. They did not come there to teach iiithing new, lmtto clir up tin .ure mlnda cf thu jieople to the Magnifying nf their callings, so that tliey might Iiave "oil in their .itnv at the coming of the Savior. They were expected to he a pureand righteous people, and they must be 3 or they wcul J stand condemned before tho Lord. There were saloons in all tho large settlements, aud he Jesired to warn hli brethren against entering them. If they did so tliey were robbing their wives and child-.'en child-.'en of tho cnmfcrU of home. The peakcr dwelt upon tho law of tithing tith-ing and Ilia Word of Whdom.show-Ingthe Whdom.show-Ingthe blessings thai were to be litniueil by olwerving them. AiostIe A. If. Lund hoped every S:i'it would remember what Ilro-linr Ilro-linr Lyman had said. When they ra-rc together to pirtake of the sacrament they th:uld be careful care-ful that they didso worthily. Let :lie Saints bo careful In small tniugs; the greater onis would take care of tlicmselvcs. President Jas. W. Paxman then pref cnted the general authorities of the Church and Stake. These were uuanimouslysuslained, and confer-'euct. confer-'euct. adjourneil for three month". Daniel K. Hnow.v. Stake Clerk. |