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Show S.iu Jn.ia Stike Conference. The Qjartcrly Conference of the fcau Jum btaiio of Zlon vras held at this pla'-e on the 22nd and 23rd of Xovuaiber. Thero wero iprei-catAposlIo iprei-catAposlIo r. M. Ijyman, Elder B. H. I;)uerts, of tbe Firat Seven Pre-Meub of the Seventies; Presl-deut Presl-deut F. A. Hammond and Counselors Counsel-ors ar"l 3 fair representatisn of the lib-hops an J leading brethren from the various Wards of the Stake. The speakers during the conference confer-ence trero .Apostln F. M. I.ymao, Elder IV II. Robert?, PresidenU F. A. Hammond, Wm. HalLi, and I'lalte D. Lyman, of tho State Presidency, and the Jttibops and representative brethren, who reported re-ported their various wards and branihrs. Tbe instructions given wire of a practical nature, the .Saints present being exhorted to leal liouet, virtuous hej. Tbo Priesthood and other leaiinz; mem-beta mem-beta of tho Church were also ad-drufed ad-drufed on the manner in which they fhould discharge the rejpou-aibilities rejpou-aibilities retting upon ttie.11. J-I.iir I'latto D. Lyuiiu was fus-Uiueil fus-Uiueil as Second Counselor to President Pres-ident Hammond, In the place of l.ldtr Wm. Adams, who bad resigned re-signed on account of failing health, and was honorably released. KUur Hiram M. Taylor was sustained sus-tained as Second Counselor to Bishop Bish-op George Halls, of Mancos Ward, in fie place of Elder Samuel S. Hammoud, who Is absent on a mission mis-sion to the Saudwicli Islands. ASjVclil feature of tbe conference confer-ence wa the meeting at two o'clock p. m. on Sunday, which was held la the Miuroj Union bchnol build lng, which had Loeu kindly furnished fur-nished by the trustees for the occasion. occa-sion. The meeting was largely attended at-tended by ouUIdu friends, among whom were many of the mosliuriu-emial mosliuriu-emial men of tbe vlclnitt . j The lirst speaker was Elder B. II Rob-rtf, lio delivered a pow-urf pow-urf ii dHMurs-, explaining to those present that, what the world calk 'iiormonlsm" is 110 new religion, but Is the earns Gopel that was taught by our Savior. Jleftt forth a ttrong array of evidence in favor of thu truth of the Boole of Mormon and of the restoration of the true Gosp-1 to the earth tlirongh tbe Instrumentality In-strumentality of tbe Prophet Jo-Mli Jo-Mli Smith. Apo'tle r. M. Lynim bo re a pow crful tcatimony. to tho truth of Elder Bolerts' remarks and to the truth of the. Cio-ptJ as revealed through tiie Prophet Joeph. The ciiolr of Mancos Ward acquitted ac-quitted themselves In a very com-mendtblo com-mendtblo manner, furnishing some excellent ruu-!c throughout Conference. Confer-ence. Ail tho mcctiugs were accompanied accom-panied by a rich outpouring of the Spirit of God auJ all had an enjoyable en-joyable time w liich will long bo ro membcred. Conference atljourned for three mouth", to meet at Bluff", gan Juau Co., Utah. Tha reiotts given during the Conference by tbo .Bishops of the jteveral Wards tended to snow that the work I growing In this large though ppjrffly settled State, and the Stints are being prospered both temporally nnd Bplritually. On rfaturday evening a conference confer-ence oi the V..M. on J V. L. M I. A. was held, and on Monday a meeting or the Primary Association Associa-tion ef Mtnro, at which a programme pro-gramme of songs recitations, etc., was very creditably rendered try the children. Apostlcr Lyman, tlder .Roberts and IrclJent Hammonil aifdrcSicd tho children and gave them soifce" thntly Iatruclioa. j. J'ETEn AIAEX, Clerk of Conferencf, pro tern. Uam3, CoIn Jfor.iBth, ItOJ. |