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Show Wcbcr Stake I'uiirrieiice. Tho twu daya'cunftrence mictluKt if the Wibcr Htak commenced on Hundiy morning, April llllli, There wan a full representation pnicntfrcm every ward of thuBtake, l'resldeut HliurtlllV lu hla Initial li-nurkaataled li-nurkaataled that the Btli.tt In tha ritu'ie ucri-III better itindlnii than he had before known them to bo lor Jiatl pint. Thero was a better fiullug exist. inn nmoug tho Hiliil., a greater and wanner feellug of loaetowurda each othel, tha union was alronger, aud Ihey were Hearing to a oneness lu lalth and good woiki. The prualJency weie one. They lubotud logtthtr In continued con-tinued unlsou of feelings nnd there mi no division III thilr council and dc-clsloun. dc-clsloun. The High Council, he eald, wiru ulio united with tauli other and were ouuwltu tho pusldenoy of the ritake, and labored earnestly and as. alduouily wllh Iheiu to promote aud build up the Inliresls of the bhlnti materially, morally aud iplrltually. The lllshoia alio take great lutereit lu tlio topluif their sevtrul warJr, aud a. falthtul sheiherdi niitih over aud udmlnliturto the timporalaud tterual welfare of their ilitep. They weru ever unJy and willing to mriy out the lou mull of tho Priesthood who prcsldu over thorn, lie then spuku lu ftu. Iuk uf reverence and with great furor of the conipltllou of the l'.mplo of the l.JM at Milt Lake City, uud congratulated tliu Buluta oil the Inestimable pilvllrgea lo many of them hud enjoyed In being iwimltted to pan through that tmuu aid noble edlllie, which had beeu trrtli'd to the mime of the Lire) of lieilr, mil loparllolpate la ILUeJliu. lion lo the uou ui uraei, lliaei C K Mlddletuu followed ou the lame iubocti. lie also referred lo the reformation that (ml si recently bieiiillucled among the rialuts, llirlr wllllniliiiin to (unfits their tin lu e.ich other as well a lo UoJ, to atk eauhulhei'a forglveueee, and willing, mi to etlect naonclllitlou and good fellowship. He alio believed the prtneiit reformation will be ierrnan-out, ierrnan-out, that It will ginwand Incren.e uutll the rialnli were full of goud mrdsaiid wuika. The remainder of tho. lay was occupied oc-cupied by incmlivra of the High Couo-ell, Couo-ell, who enjeda rich u.iurlng of tho Holy Hulrll, aud ipoke uudertu maapsHMg -B; ,jai agr-.-rt-.- iiulckcntng Influolice. Thetulject of their remark weie Temple building, dedication and lliepy nud peace they rxerlcnced while ennoJ Hi Mm ' votlooalcxeiclti'i, uuu lis.eulng tu the ilch instructions ill thoTemrlool the itati so recently c uplited. Their cxricrlence-s In tlmo matter wer beyond be-yond expreulon tin y felt that their language was InaiKipnte for Hum lo do it. The emotions of some of the m were stent tbat they were well-nigh well-nigh uvercomo nbll addretilng the Ha Inti. Iu the afternoon an grrat wsa tho throng tbat an uveilliw meeting wn held lu tho Third war I mottmj home which wai alio com, letely DlleJ with nnxlotis hearer. On Mnnlay, IholSlh, the hou-u was gslu filled when Iho Hainl were u0-elrvMed u0-elrvMed by Kldcr N C. Klygare ami Ih other meiubili of the presidency, mrmlirn uf the High Council, Hevtntlei nnd llliln pi. All the speaker appeared lo i"i full of tbo Hpltlttliey eijjjid lu l.io Temple of tlia l,or J the work to be perfurm 1 for the dead and their duties to Iho living. Many valuable retulnliceuna were related by some ol lux veteran speaker! speak-er! of t'ulr reoilleclloniof tho build-ln build-ln tntorlng Into every t uple that has beeu erected In t til dlicnillnn, tho tndftwnieiil ilicy recolvud and t'loumpeiknhle Joy they experlonced lu some of them. Miny propholli) utti ranees wer given relative to the future progress cf tho gleit work of salvation, aud the Immune lmwlui to hut will be glun tu II In Ih near future. As an evldenca of a great Improvement Improve-ment In another direction, the Htaku clerk annout.ied that the irtvciil atatlillcal reiwit of the Weber B ako I. tli best that has boeu made for i number of jcars paat. The ltlshop aud their clerk have thoroughly revUedaud corrected their figures, aud their present report ll clear and truthful. It Is a follows! One Aiinllc, 4 l'attlarrhi, M0 Heteuties, 23d HMh Idlest., 8 lil'.lder,SJ l'leils, 203 1'iHflieri, 490 Ue icons, 0277 mem ben, U73II ulllicia and number, SUI2 children under elht yiars ol 01(1, l:',3t total of aouli, 2.144 famllle, 23 raanlnges, 100 blrlln mile., I On blitlia females, .10 children tie in , 17V member, reeeivcd, 10) ruciulu reiiuved, 11 new meiutierK tmi. tlted, l'JJ children baplllrj, S3 deaths main, IK! eleatha feniiier. none excouimunloited,oU3Iullvlduiiii draw-lug draw-lug tjpliort. This ruinrt ll up to 4th March, lt.03. Tho Weber Htake people are now aud fortometlmei havu been aiitloui lor Ihelr lot tab restored to them upon which they can proceed to erect tbclr Hew taberuacle TI111 fjui datlun haa remained lu nt.tu quo lor a number ol years, aud tliu Balnia are irylugf'tllv ua room that may meet and hear Iho word ol Clod." The sliknei which so leverely nf-tllcled nf-tllcled the people hero tritwhllo ha. almost entirely abated. Dialbi are fencr In number, and wo ar looking forward lo an era of gfeaUr prorpcrlly under tho hand of (Jnd. Juarrit Hall. Uudh.., Utah, Airll 18, lb'W. |