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Show Quarterly O.Mifjivnco. Owing to the absence of the Demo-cuat Demo-cuat rep.irter wecllpfroui tho Tribune correspajidonco from Provo thu report of the. quarterly stake conference last Sunday which Is as follows! The morning of the second day pf the quarterly conference- of Utah stake wits oot apart for lho giuiilay school children, and they showed t'nelrup-preciatiou t'nelrup-preciatiou of thu fact by attending in largo numbers. Reports of Sunday school work, exercises, sinking by a choir of, children and Interesting speechcb nutdn thu morning one pro 11 1-abloaud 1-abloaud onjoynblu to all. In the afternoon after-noon tho plder people occupied tho pews, tho congregation being larger than that of thu morning. Thu Hi s.t speaker, Superlntcudnnt of Sunday cchools William Rawlins, reported re-ported the condition of thu schools. He said that tiny aru in u belter condition condi-tion this year than ever before; spnko of the innl huils nnd told what great advancement cin Lo ma.do i the future. Superintendent fyiwllns wns. followed by an exercise givn ny boys from the Second ward. Tho oxerclso was u. chapter from tho church history In dlolog-.io farm, and told of tho early days In thu cast about tho time Jotoph Smith wns killed. Some of tho boyu Impersonated Gontilcs,other Mormons. Tho aim of lho exercise was to portray tho way lu which men talked lu the early 40s, how they felt toward tho Saints, und tho many pcisecutlnns tho latter underwent. Besides this thu dialogue brought mil an account of tho church orguniz.aton as tola by an older to a nnu-Moriiiiiti. Hoed Smoot paid n beautiful tribute to Elder GeoigeGoddard. Horeealled tbo go-id work that lias been done In the year J08, and 'In closing lliankod the poopluon the part. of the piesldency for their prompt nnswer to call for aid nnd blessed ll.eni for ttielr goodness .iti.l utrtliril 111. .......... I A second chapter of church history , was given by several hoys of tho Fourth ward. Tho exorcise wus similar to the tlrst, only that the tlmu was different, Tho dluloguo dealt wjlh tho days of NallVOO. Apostlo Johp W, Taylor next spoke. His ecruion was niblre-scd directly lo tho children, llu spoke to hum of the persecutliiu of Josuph an 1 tlm Saints und the similar persecution of Jesus and hs dlcclphiS how ho was hunted, cursed and nailed to the cross; how ono of Ids disciples was boiled lu u caldron of oil and all Ui others except one wcro killed. llu told the chlldrou "ibout the prophet Satnu'il, of thu book of Mormon, and the prophesies ho ' imt(l9 concerning thu coming of Jesus. In the afternoon Apo.iile Taylor continued con-tinued bis romuiks. Speaking on revelation re-velation and tho gift of prophesv.. P.rof, Goorgo H. Brlmhall, thu last speukuror the day, uliulvered an eloquent elo-quent address on tho subject of "Uur Boys In lho Transition Purlod." Conference wns hi ought to nclosn by thu choir singing "Daughtor of .Zlun Rejolco." |