Show STAKE conference in ID quarterly session in ia login tabernacle icle presidents cannon snow eaon young and merrill present on OB sunday well attended tinga and timely and in IB sermons the quarterly conference of al cache stake of zion converted convened in logan tabernacle sunday august 4 1895 president presiding there n v eye ere present on the stand of the first presidency george Q cannon of the quorum of the apostles president lomenzo lot enzo snow brigham hain young and M W merrill of the presidency of seventies J golden kimball of presiding bishopric wm bereston BP reston odthe of the stake presidency S tl anil and isaac smith and a number of bishops patriarchs and hi aih h coun cifors meeting was opened by singing by choir and congregation dishop preston offered prayer choir r en e sung n APOSTLE YOUNG YOL I 1 appreciate the privilege of standing before such a large congregation at our morning session fes sion it is a good indication and shows chows that our intentions are good there is no people on earth that needs gods blessings more than ve ire do and I 1 may say there is no people that enjoys them more than do the latter dv day saints there is 3 a gradual change c ev evoking oling in n the midst of zion which is more discernible nible by the elder brethren not that god is nearer to the elder abroad than to the elder at home provided the elder seeks him at home with the same diligence there is no people that needs the preaching of the gospel more than do the latter day saints I 1 do not say this because we ine have not advanced in the work no but the C cutrary because we ire have advanced if ne as prejudged are judged by the deeds in the body there is no mant man that n nill ill be saved in ili the kingdom of god and yet we ire shall be judged fudged and receive salvation according to the deeds done in the body that seems queer does it I 1 I 1 not ifancy if any man mail thinks he be boeth good and not evil the truth is not in him we serve god in our heart when we would do good glod eil is aliaus present and sometimes when we would save a life JR we e sacrifice tac a life if I 1 were to attempt to help a man on his way by asking lim him to take a ride in my buggy and my horse should ruu run away and kill him and injure me be held responsible for that mans death no I 1 intended t to d do good although seeming evil came of f it and therefore we shall be judged according to our intentions and the good we accomplish tile the speaker quoted from the epistle ot of the apostle peter show hag that the latter day saints are just as much particular people as were those to whoa peter spoke in olden times the speaker paid a tribute to the people of login niobe w hobe reputation is extended far beyond the confines of this territory not alone for the ices of the people and beauty of location but also as a place of desirability for the evil portion of the class of those peculiar people called drummers people of logan and of zion the question is this where are my children tonight to night have I 1 a son about 16 years years oil and a young daughter who are ar possibly headstrong and know more than their parents yes t have now where are these child ren do we know they are at home or in good company let every man inan anil and woman know their children are every night if the children know mole moie than their parents let them look after their parent and see that they are at home 4 evenings vell ings and that they conduct themselves with be corning comin deco decorum ruca let us purify tho the inside of the PI platter atter beffie we s att attempt ellirt to purify the nations of the earth and t them iena the gopel amen rilES PRESIDENT IDENT MOLEN by reque request I 1 will inake a fen remarks as to the condition of if the tle tile cache stale stake the pres presidency ideno since isiace last conference have not visited all the wards in the stake the high council has been called as missionaries and a good re result alt has been accomplished the presidency is united also the high council As to v n hat bit brother young has referred to 10 regarding tile the glowing tendency in lolan toward immorality I 1 aina am afraid that logan loean is not the only city in this county that is cursed burred with this evil there are a number of poor in this county who have haie probably on account of pride suffered buffered somewhat for the necessities of lire life but they have been few and not much complaint has been made as a general abin thing APOSTLE M W MERRILL I 1 am ranch much pleased to meet with you you apin again on account of a bad attack of lagrippe I 1 was unable to be present at our last conference buethe but the warm weather has driven the tha attack from me anve e are assembled for the purpose of commingling com mingling with each other becoming acquainted with each other and enjoying tile the spit it of god frest idol iolen en has tendered rendered a fair report of the condition of the people in this stake I 1 as fir far as I 1 am personally acquainted with those conditions no lie have list bad early and late frosts to bontena contend d against the fields of the saints sainta biern seem to be full of grain president I 1 brigham young told us no of thin things s I 1 that would surely come that grass 1 hoppers and frost might coule come and I 1 deprive us of our oar crops and lie I 1 counseled us to store away a little wheat each year against a time of need ilis his are of effect today and nhen tile the host cattle came in the middle of june and much of I 1 our crops was destroyed holy easy would it have been for the frost to I 1 have come a little hauler balder i when lien all of our crops would have been destroyed Bt st spoke of the necessity of of taking cognizance of these words of warning and advice and laying up I 1 some provision iu ill this time tim of plenty for the time does when it ita is needed ve should do this for on our r own benefit and for the benefit of our kindred who may be found within our gates we me should see eee to it as husband menas I 1 I 1 that our grain is care I 1 fully harvested and gathered in and when it is harvested do not be in too big a hurry to di of all of it I 1 believe that we ue are becoming extricated to a gi gibat eat extent fiam i the bondage of debt and via will mill therefore nut not hae to dispose cfall of all our wheat this searon to discharge our obligations and will have some to store etore a anay ay it has been my custom for years to treas treasure nic the counsels of tile the priesthood of god I 1 have thirty years ago and ince taken down the sayings and counse counsels 15 of tile priesthood in writing I 1 look over those memorandums of the couns counse l of our leaders I 1 find there has hab riot not been one single instance where inhere the brethren have given counsel that was not necessary yand and I 1 I 1 want to remind you my brethren aud and sister that counsel now BOW is that now is a good time to store wheat away put some wheat in a private bin and put a lock upon it and se see e that is remains until the time comes to use it gather it up clean there is doubt less lees enough wheat wasted everl ever year to keep keel us doriner that year th the e crop is heavy and the wheat is ia fal fallen a di diaan 0 YA every way and it is hard bard to gather but ut let us do the best we ne van ran and glean up all the trag straggling gling leads heads I 1 repeat that we should not di dispose pose of all our giacin and breadstuff i because mccau e alio pi in ice goes up a little nor hold it I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 A il alp ilp hn xo 1 b V f ff ol 01 she does hi boino to yort yon at any particular tuno mr scribbler who britos yes it usually coul coias with tile oilla billa about abool tho the first of tile mouth lito life I 1 arcaute he price goes down but keep 11 anil and treasure it bemuse be raue wo we need it anil and will need it hereafter the lord condescended con descended to speak to lo president PreL ident taylor thirteen or fourteen 5 3 ears cars ago B lien hen the people were admonished to put their houses in order it seemed rather strange st iange perhaps that hat such a revelation should have been given for i ve lie thought that ine e were pretty good and there gamed to lie be ro GO necessity for the revelation but look over that period of time and it can be seen that tile the necessity exists today the bishops are catlett called to 0 o look after f t t the I 1 welfare elf ie of tte the people and il C th the epe people e ful fail to seek councel from our bishops and perform per forin their portion ean can the bishops do their duty I 1 say no and so it is with all the Niest hood for each is dependent upon the olber of her and we moet help and sustain each other when we treat the counsel of the leaders eader of the church lightly we ve treat lightly the counsels coun selb of god himself rnest PREST gro y Q CANNON I 1 will take the liberty of speaking acal to you upon a practical question the latter day saints believe in a practical religion find and this question is of the utmost importance to us it is asin in begard to the preservation of breadstuffs bread stuffs ikeie are we the people of rod god blessed ble sed every year nith abundant harvests and fields of gra grain i n and we have scarcely made a move the preservation as lias has been counse counseled lel of a portion of the same against times of famine and distress di we Ve should be ashamed of our conduct ill il those mattera mattele we WC do not units unite as we ne should we ave should rense cense the importance Dor tance of operation cooperation co and in many things we do V e have been held up as examples in many things irrigation for instance but we have hae riot not been in regard to the grain rain matter cache valley is almost the granai y of utah I 1 and what is the policy of the farmers fa 1 i here concertin con concerning cernin their grain every man harvests harves t s his crop and stores some anay alsay or fails to do so I 1 puts it in man many instances instance likely in some old rickety shanty where mice chickens chic Lens etc eat it and there is a continued contic ined waste now what is to be done wisdom would dictate that ne get together i in the community and organize and build a gran granary ilay large enough to feore all the grain in the valley isaie ila e your company and regularly organized ho BO it will have a commercial standing let each man take his wheat to the elevator deposit depo it it and i leneive a receipt for same from the sec I 1 appeal to the people i here to organize in such a manner that 3 our grain may be and that each may have an int eiert st therein A man may have ever so much wheat in his own private A te bin b J but were he to kiy to borrow bor money e on it he be would find that no safe I 1 i man inan or lank bank would loan him I 1 money on his mere statement but bul t should lie depolite depo sile that V wheat I 1 leat in in the elevator and go to the bank with a receipt from that institution u tion certifying that lie he had so BO much grain to his credit any bank would talce lake it as aa collateral and it would be bej worth its face i now you here herd in cache valley are practical men why chy go on in this loose way org arganie Or ganie inie and build now lumber was never cheaper and circumstances were never more propitious for the lie ac of such euch an object it is is not the object of eo co operation that a few men should get I 1 hold of everything and freeze others out as has hab been done clone so many times in th the co op stores but the dea la is to diffuse the stock if I 1 may be allowed to use uee the term among the people my counsel is to build elevators and preserve your grain I 1 hope you and your people wit will like ae the matter up and carry it out look at the terrible condition of the drouth stricken portions of kansas and N As I 1 passed through those tates I 1 was more than ever impressed impi essed with our blessed condition and the necessity for preserving our oun onn grain if we do riot not vie le way may be called calle to regret that we neglected to regard degn tile the counsel that we have hac listened to for 50 years in all of which time ve live have accomplished practically nothing in this particular ie leppe ct go to now ledoina and organize men an and io bonien nien and especially tile the young men if your fathers are too indifferent to take this matter up you who NN ho are and strong make it a point to do so and god will bless you in the name of lesus amen the choir sang an anthem and benediction was pronounced by president isaac smith |