Show c I St Georg k To the Editor Saturday morning March 121 the lie list societies of the Make began their conference under their Stake president I Ann C Woudbuty and hr counse lor lorsr Elder Abraham O Woodruff of the I Council of the Apostles lllor Seymour 1 Young ot the llnt council of hei Cattle Priist Daniel D MoArthur or the St George stake and Ills second counselor Erastus I Snow and other brethren met with the sisters olhe on Imitation addressed thosu assembled no encouraging and blessing them In their labor of love The sisters continued their I conference In the afternoon with out the ptesence of any of the brethren because the latter r engaged In the Irlethond meet Inc 01 the stake under tile Presidency of 111dor I 1 Irr Ihu and hi counselors Tile Usual In trOI of the Stake wr reported And treated Upon and a Ircular letter from the presidency And High Council to the Bishops < and olllcers and Counci her of the wards composing the wards of the Stake was read and approved Because of the Inllrmlty of our len ernble and faithful brother Elder W II llam rawcett president of the High Priests of hi George stake of thirty MX years he was honorably released Ills first counselor Elder Charles Smith was elected to preside OVer the auorum and Elders George Woodward ind George 1 Jarils n his counselors After this anti other business was illaJ v poe ot Elder Seymour i Young ipoke pke highly complimentary of the re ports and Proceedings of the meeting and concluded by delivering an meUng Ilyad4reps on matiltary iiistruc measures nlary 10 be beerved In tills 1 Irat naturally halh Elder Woodruff followed on the or Ur of the quorums e > f the Priesthood I tv I I A hL1111 I and on the duty of the presidency of the I Stake anti oilier ofllcers to see that Ihe various quorums Aver C kept In nn olganlzed condition und In active exercise exer-cise Sunday morning following n short session of Hie Sunday school hih was alo romped by Elders Woodruff n Seymour I Young the regular quarterly Stake conference began Its sessions Kith an unusually large attendance at-tendance After preliminary lenlnrk try llldcr McArthur together with n brief report of the Stake Elder Young discoursed on tile lulh and doctrn 8 of the Churh of Christ ns entertained enter-tained by Latterday Faints MeirnlnB meeting concluded by Klder John I errjB report of his twcntseien man it recent labors In the mission irrY field Sunday afternoon Tho Sacrament Was administered and the general and Stake authorities of the Church were presented > and unanimously sustained Elder Woodruff ann making n few remarks called upon Elder Samuel Knight to relate some of his experience and Observation When In Nvoo IL In ugust 1S44 Brother KnIght Raid he was nt the meeting where Sidney Illgdon set up his claim to be Guar dlan of the Church After the martyr timn of the Prophet Joseph Avid Patrl arch Hyrum Brother Knight testified that on thai occasion he lea an car And an eye Jtneps that the mantle of Joseph O lender of the Church fell upon lrgham Young Elder Woodruff resumed his address hut when It Was reported to him that there were others In the congregation who could testify to the some trnns formation 01 voice anti features of Irlgham Young Into tholit of the then recently malnd Prophet Joseph Ile Called upon such an could tUf 10 the name It 10 manlll It Twenty Iwo mn and isomen Stood up till thy were counted The speaker then con llnued Ids address by reading Iresl out Wllror Woodruffs testimony 10 tile lame mardfontatiallris Pet forth In Robert a a Succession to the Priest hooel I ile etlng concluded by Elder Bryant Ileber Jolley Jr reporting In an Interring Inter-ring manner his missionary altar Monday morning Elder David H Cannon president bf St George Temple Tem-ple Iole on the temporal condition anti duties of tile I People romuoplng the Stake rider Ernstus I Snow follower on th some subjects Ilhthup Jeter Snow of Plan Valley gave a direct and omprehnlv re port of his ward He woo followed by IllEhop lames Andrus of St George ward lllshop John a Baron of Santa Clara ward And Bishop James M Bal lard of Grafton ward Elder Woodruff Concluded by remarks marks on the benefits resulting from susta Ili Ink home Indutle anti on the Advantages o young mn devoting their labors to agriculture horticulture horticul-ture and manufacturing pursuits Instead In-stead of their going to mining camps 10 work Monday afternoon meeting was od stressed by Cider T 1 Reeves n turned missionary of Vlrgen City and Elder John T Stout of Rockville Also returned missionary The wele I wet ollowed 1 by Elder Sejrnour B Young Advocating the careful training of our children and one people Elder Woodruff resumed tire subject c f home Industries by 1 speaking on the reduction of silk and Its nmmifnc lure also of leather Ho expressed his satisfaction with the reports Anti iroceedlngs of this conference nnd 01 the good work of the choir under Its talented lender After the flinging unor of the Anthem The lord la J my Shepherd Elder Woodruff gave the parting Iwnedlctlon blessing the peo Tile their lands and rprlngs of water their homes Hocks herds and sub loc Thu ended ono of the best spirited anti largest Conferences we have hall since Sl Oeorge became 0 city ciy JAMES O LEAK Stake Clerk |