Show Ca raston clippings clipping EDITOR JO JOURNAL your humble scribe Fc rile notwithstanding the u upon pon bi his tittle time feels it i incur icum i 1 bant at upon hina him to pen tire the epistle to inform elie readers i f THE T HE JOUR SAL bow things are aie in gentral gi ferdl in ill the north muce luce my my last I 1 regret to say we have ha ata lii att t through death two faithful rn inberg of the church in the of brochert Brot hert J bebb bb and Lav lavridson idson of mountain view the health of the people is rood gook I 1 weather rather wf glor glorious ous harvest abuid wit ant work plenty future prospects blight nw I 1 must mast deal with spiritual epi ritual nf fairs on the 21 aud and 2 we held field su day school conference confer euce and had a glorious glori lorus ius time we were honored with the presence pre seree of elders sum hays and tanner ot of S S U B p ohp though thong h few in number were well given and t h e e with ibe reports very clearly show the progress that la is being ninde made mah ith boi anih h teachers tea chera and after afier sunday mornings mor ninga meeting elder eider gave louie god e faud counsel CO uns 1 to those engaged I 1 in sunday if work following this conference w was as the stake slake c conference which was wag well attended anal much enjoyed 5 by all present the opening exer ui el uie e v neiti ere as usual a president C 0 card congratulated the stints saints and felt that through the conference that had ix iken en feld the spirit of the lord had b en ea present was wag grateful for tilt privilege the gospel afford us h ii aed ed all would take lake time to serve the lord patriarch 11 II L srinuan referred to the gifts of the spirit and fruits of pame acne expressed his appreciation of the remarks made and advice given to the young youn upon practical joking in in its various forms cited some of if the enacts upon himself in the past the should assoni ate together and parents should not in any way hinder them we can learn by experience felt it was better to learn by the spirit it realized that the experience of older persons parson had little littlefi deflect upon the young now m ich wiser it was to lean to ahm th co counsel unel of others as a people we might have escaped much trouble its as mth the people bo with the individual individual urged the parents to to listen to the priesthood president nt N of the manitoba Mani toLu Sli mabion chion reported the labors of the missionaries in that field referred to the spirit of unbelief existing among the people many had beard the voice of the servants of god and heard the truths of the gospel believed the time would come when the same would receive the truth urged all to 6 ho honorable to each other and live their religion the ailigh seventies and elders quorums were alpo alfo etna rid and wards eich each and all felt like pressing onward and upward in the llie work of the lord ber benediction Bece diction by prest creft f L williams wilI LIms sunday afternoon noon elder tanner had listened with plea pleasure enre to the reports re rs made realized that the lt labor or pi in ti thi 11 part ol 01 of athe the vine y aid teto labors labor of love and that the faint here are willing to do all io in thir power that the pur purports of bod night might be 10 fulfilled tile he preisur eg of home inuss list be sundered alade red that abo associations of the sailly may anav be attended tu to we are led to ask bursel ALS in ill attending to those duties if we le do not lose loee some of our independence are we Is do of our liberty had jbard haia was lili eity liberty vasa was a god givia privilege and right as we become more inore useful in the world we become more bo bound und referred to his boyhood and the teachings of hi his mother liberty is the right to bp be or do all that god made it foible pos ible to be it is a sacred god given light ight lor for a woman to he a mother man inan baa his liberty be cauce ca U god tave gave bini the right to be a father obediente obedi enre is the ley key note of our liberty it was a aright and privilege to consult the priesthood there was a blessing ble ain in so doing advised ill all to get the blessing and not fear what man might inight say ba y elder in a few brief remarks beautifully depleted depicted the liberty of the ibe gospel the ani guich of tho the young mother over the loss of ct bar loved one death bad aten robbed of its sting and the gra grave e of its its victory benediction by bv prest john A woolf monday inor morning nin irest J A woolf knew ew that it was by revelation that thai the saints were in this land ai latter lay day saints we should be exer exemplary in all ti things ings the young ladies should not be ba too free aith young men and t ahe b e oung noung men ph should not be too free W with th the young ladies burred tilt th young men to keep the word of wisdom parents that do not keep tile the laws of god cannot expect their cb children ildren to do PO pres S williams in looking upon the new faces led him to think for what purpose have they come here have they come simply tu benefit themselves or havo have they conle come to 0 o strengthen those that are already here the hearts desire of those in author authority ity is for the tha n ael elfare of the people re ople believed thre th re was nas a tendency among the young 0 people to spend too much upon cari s feared that when the young people came to me meeting etleo it wa 11 to too much of a dress parade believed in all dresin dressing g well especially 1 ally aily if they kept out of debt we should choose to live so BO that the spirit of god can operate through in exhorted all to seek first the kingdom of god and all ele ee e e bould ud be added unto them president C 0 card in commenting upon the ihu topics topes spoken upon during the confere rence tice said it was that which we remembered remember td that would do us the roost most good what a blessing it would be if every man and woman would leand in their lot and calling urged all to relied reflect upon their cil cillius lilio no matter in what sphere it inia might ht te we ire wan lantto t to come just as near to the commands corono anda of god as we possibly can the more we think upon the commands of god the more we understand them we want to be very careful how we judge each other anti and so con conduct act our lives so BO that we ire have con confidence confided fiden ce in each other if called to attend the sick he liked to go with he had bad confidence in all to show their thankfulness arai for the bounteous harvest and pay their tithing til hins against any man or woman woman bringing dibe discredit dib credit upon this people all should so eo conduct themselves so as to bs be above bup suspicion cion we do not want to do anything in the dark what we lye do should d at all 1111 times bear the li light of god the man manor or woman that want the pies and cakes of the gospel will die a spiritual death the man who uses strong drink or tobacco can afford to 10 listen to his hia bishop preach the word of wisdom till doomsday till he repents of his sins sins until we know how to govern our homes and govern our ourselves it will pay us to go and listen to our bishop until our lives and actions are above suspicion wo we can ufford afford to go and listen to one of the humblest servants of god preach virtue benediction by bishop hammer monday afternoon elder I 1 lder tanner gave a masterly address upon education showing the effect of ambitionless parents huron con their offspring pring this address together with those given by the same speaker during the he S S c coofer 0 afert enar upon the evils arising from the young seeking the company of the practical joker and the effect of lome home influence could not in any way by your humble bumble scribe be treated 0 so o as to do the speaker j justies justice ug they were grand in every respect and have left a bastin lasting impression impre pre assion upon the bearth of wana many without a thought t these were the tl best conferences be held in Cards too such as was wa the opinion of all on monday evening a special meeting was held in leavitt ward madei addressing the saints there assembled said paid he sincerely r ince rely desired the faith and prayers of tho those thoe e present if wo we want god to bless ui ug and his spirit to be with us then our hearts should go up up in IK fervent dervent prayer drayer ve do riot not all 11 understand w what at it is to be spiritually built up lip every ine meeting eting we go go to is a mile stone past on oil lifes journey as we grow in the principles of the gospel knowledge is ours as fast j as we appreciate it if ae we ever gain eternal life we will gain ga in it here a little and there a little line upon line precept upon precept is as the lamp of the spirit of goj god makes known unto us our imperfections we need to repent when a man or woman ceases to walk in that straight and narrow way and cease to hold communion with wilh glod they cease to progress pro 0 grees if we have never prayed it is time we beran began if any calling himself a latter day saint never raibel his finger to roll on the work of god he is going to perdition we hav have just ejust what we work for 1 if we try to serve god lie ile will div give us strength a ai our day elder tanner asked what is prayer the prayers that have not been ansi answered vered are those thoe uttered with an heart the tha prayers that give the most comfort are those uttered by a sincere heart gave some lorne powerful instances PC of answer to prayer the prayers that thai built him up moet ajo t were r those when nhen lie ha felt he be hid had eam communion munion with gd as one man talks to another the spirit of god can give more light and knowledge in one moment than disciples gained luring during all the time they were with the savior quoted the day of pentecost the hest best answer we can get to prayer is ig the p prayer e r it itself s s 1 f it is a sweet thing thin they to ray have the spirit of prayer pr prayer er is s a s spiritual p i r i communion it purifies the heart the lie knowledge of god requires patience and continual la ia bor it if we never lose the spirit of prayer w wr will never lose tile the faith yours truly F V A 1 Car datoo aug 30 1897 1807 |