Show quarterly qUART EKLY ca OF TRE BEIVER oil ZION conference convened in the L LD D S meeting house sept 22 23 S at ID a m anda m present sin on tile stand 1 fill prest J R murdock counsellor douns ellor 11 L shepherd clerk IV W G atia and lips C D white and J X smith and council and patriarch 1 T clr called to order by prest J E R murdock 31 choir do what is pra prayer y er by counsellor M L shepherd choir sang fram jg pg an angel from on high prest J K R murdock felt that it devolved upon him to mccu occupy y a short time and desired to be inspired to say such things as may be of interest i it terest to 10 the work of god there are not so many present at this meeting as ho he would like to see but perhaps those who are absent have a good excuse we are here assembled in our local conference to attend to such business as may present itself it was a very wise move on the part of the authorities s to organize the people into stakes and inaugurate these quarterly conferences feren ces the more lie he sees of the condition of the world and the works of tho the latter day saints he is convinced that this is the work of god itis only with exceeding exceed exceeding in g effort that life seems seem able to be kept among the various organizations in the bagi beginning ining of this latter day wark it 3 though tt bat broome by BOme that song e before this we would all be in he heaven aven we ave have undertaken to accomplish the greatest work that has ever bei undertaken we have done so because we saw ahert was truth there and tile tho people have done exceedingly well still there are many things yet that wf we must overcome and in order that we may be taught these things minutely these stake conferences conference have been instituted tho the donations of the people art arc coming in very slowly tile the good reputation pu tation of the people is kept up by a very few men in our midst the lord sees that it is essential that we ive are continua continually ll y revived and from time to time h he visits the people and reminds thew them through trouble and difficulties their reliance upon him gods kingdon would move on very slowly if a all I 1 the labor rested upon the lat ter day saints aie is doing anim manse work outside the labors we are immediately called upon to do when the world shall fully realize the things that joseph smith taught that they were mistaken and lost the spirit of advancement that was inculcated in the teachings of that prophet if we do our duty and keep abreast with the great inventions of the day as also the great theories that are calculated to advance mankind and are prepared when god shall gather all to his glory how bow great will be our own glory in the immensity of these works if wo we can enjoy the spirit af pf god we will then be gratified as saints to fulfill the duties required of if us counsellor M L shepherd felt to realize that the hand of god has been over us during tile the past season it we will only use these there M blessings us through some gome very trying circumstances to this goodly land we have no excuse for not learning the word of god he has called men who are well qualified to teach us our duties the Latt erday saints feel that happiness for them consists in the possession of a liberal portion of the tha spirit of god it is a commandment man dment given to the saints in an early day to train their children in the principles of the gospel it is our duty to take care of the temporal blessings that god is pouring gut out upon us an individual who w 0 is is reared without knowing the good from the evil could not fully appreciate a tile the blessings of the ct good d it some of the saints seem to be ge getting eting tried and think that the time fillie of tho he lord should haye come years aeo ago one reared under these easy circa circumstances instances and not called upon to endur trial would not be prepared to withstand the temptations of satan we find the principle of unbelief is increasing in the world men have lave become dis heartened by aig is ening to the teachings of tile the amin ministers of the world they have seen that the same conditions exist since since many years ago addono better things are presenting themselves in the futie autu ro we should teach our ur children that when are 8 years old they may understand the ordinance of baptism parents who take ro no interest in themselves are arc not likely to take much interest in their children we have every every organization that is calculated to to provi provide defor for the bringing up of our children last winter we find that our academy was very much neglected the high council made a free school of it iut hut there were svere scarcely arcely tc enough children to keep the work arb going our children will be just what we make them speaker had taken a trip east cast a few weeks ago but he be had bad not found a people who seemed to be so BO well situated and comfortable as the people of these valleys tho the saints sai tits when they are negligent in the attendance upon their meetings cannot accomplish much good he found that in jackson county where the great temple of the latter days is to be built that those who abo drove out vie fie saints are much in the fame condition they were ivere when they drove tha saints out still living in huts etc some eastern energy and enterprise have come there and what js is beautiful there hat been done by them ile he felt that the present course pursued against the saints is pretty well worn out elder david williams of greenville vil le spoke of the necessity of practicing the principles of the gospel elder joseph myers of miners ville bore a strong testimony of eternity tern ity odthe of the gospel 2 p m singing from page rray prayer i or fy parl crosby choir asang front from pg 95 prest murdock explained that the time occupied by the speakers should be interesting and said that chat tae bishops would be called upon to speak to the people and iu in the he course of their remarks they ouight incorporate a report of their word vord speaker dwelt a short time apon the remark that we aregust ara just ahat we make of ourselves bishop CD C D white addressed the conference aud reported the condition ondi tion of the first ward ire he also spoke of the deceu necessity rity of properly educating our children lath both in the schools and in the arts referred to the stake academy ile he is not satisfied with the manner in which this school is being patronized there is but a very meagre support givon this is not as it should be the saints should patronize this school even at a sacrifice the people should either make up their minds to patronize aitor it or drop it spoke of sending children to outside schools and thus alienating the children from the faith of their fathers counsellor win fotheringham abe spirit is generally pointed out by the president at the opening of the conference all powerful nations have been educated they ever toole took advantage of their more ignorant neighbors through her knowledge england has been ablo able to make of herself a powerful nation out father in heaven in consequence of his superior intelligence has power to form and people worlds and to provide all things for their well being to be a latter day saint a man must court be on his guard the savior said straight is the way and few thero there be that find it ita we must this thia work it Iti is savery a very nice thing to be a saint there are many avenues avGi opened for the progress of our children today to day it if the love for virtue honesty and integrity is inculcated in our children there will ho be something turn up to awaken the sons and daughters to a realization of the positions they occupy as the children of the saints we have these of learning where theology is taught and they should be fostered anc arid havo have to be sustained by the people financially good schools of the state are in our midst good teachers etc but these belai partly sustained by taxation the government has forbidden theology tb to be taught there hence we find nd a largo large crop of infidelity in the land to 11 0 ge to catholic countries it is 8 haril to c convert the people because they h have i ace b been taught catholicism from their youth up the principles of the gospel must bo be taught to our children referred to the necessity of attending the Y 31 31 1 I A conference in october next lie ho thought that a few marriages marri each week in ia beaver would lo be a ul believed iu in the of prost george A it k wife all aud 44 a city cit v lot is a powerful power tul settler settle rw again to 10 tile tiie power of kno ho showe dhow nations took advantage of the weaker nations we have ample t to talk about here hera without soaring into the heavens and diakin making 0 bew worlds words clerk W G said eaid it was nut ottea often during tha that hd ha had bad been released frow from lis his other duties as s clerk to tall to tc the PO aej pie speaker ti bloke of the porter which the ibe faith aud and prayers of the saints in the speaker tp eaker ealier if I 1 it is that thebe conferences should be held then it 1 is 14 4 neel stary fur the saints to attend he spoke of the slack vf per solis I 1 in attending 0 epou their duties and tha excuses offered by that theli asu upun he be principle of tue tiun diun of the holy showing it ihn ih n they who this thia gac g fc could conar it it ii is highly giblyn 1 ian porta gortat t that our home missionaries shurld use alt all the time they cau call com coia maud to study tua tile principles of tub tile gospel gopel as a man inan does who goes to ile he nations to preach reach the gospel the he why cath catholics and others du nut nul receive the goepel coipel is because they lave bave not enough of the blood of Ephr ephraim sim iu in their i cius jews J awa ar an nut nul converted convened to these principle bo be cacho god has hai decreed that shall not cot receive it but shall bo be ga gah gab b tred d bcd in their iligir the time it i nut aut fur far dist distant atit when the faces nut uly af four our leaders aiji be setin it iii our but of beings we ura are caled upon nut ni a y i ate in ia the principles of 0 is he 90 gosele stile for ourselves oui ourt elves but bm that thai adlao ur fore 1 fath ers way may enjoy the saine minis if we were tu to go tt to tiie the sike aire where our pai enit die ate we mould go there to dit d the same work wo we are ara doing doin here bete but bui bedig recipients of the gospel 0 gaud we wound gifol gu 4 mure more exalted man mansion biou speaker averted to domany many doctrines doci rines contained conta inea ta iu i the be gospel and admonished the aid its to study more diligently the elief they have bave espoused chair kanan anthem by caleb baldwin bunday 10 a m congregation sung SQ C hail to ta man prayer by elder geo munford choir sang great god we wa hall hail the sacred day PREST MURDOCK many perhaps think that the sabbath day is the only one upon which we should worship at the priesthood meeting there was a great lack on the p art of the young and perhaps the mothers are much to blame for not insisting upon their sons attending bod calls upon men to do certain works they are bringing forth intelligence telli gence and the lord wants us to be in earnest why because he wants to cause a reaction tho the evil ane ne has led the children of men into by and forbidden paths and god now desires a reaction the interests of all the cl children ildren of men iner should bo be at heart by the saints the young who heard the notice of a priesthood meeting committed a wrong by not attending he insists that all who are engaged in this great work must be in earnest god has begun a work in which he is not going to be ba thwarted BP J X SUITS had no desire to hurt the feelings of any one or rep resent resend the people untruthfully all the lord wants and what we desire ourselves is that wo get rid of our evils ile he reported at length the condition of the people of the second ward ELDER WM we are weak mortals doing many things we ought 0 not to do an and 1 DO not t d doing ai ng many others we should of what avail would it be to rn en individual to receive baptism without faith it would not avail him any cannot give the testimony of the gospel god alone can givert gi veit explained the duties of the various grades of the lesser priesthood the young mon men should not feel discouraged in well doing because the prophet joseph many times fell short wf f his duties we may bo be enabled to deceive one another but god we can hannever never deceive A still tongue makes a wise head bead little said is easiest mended if we cannot forgive those who trespass trea pass against us god will never forgive us if we trea pass against him there is nothing accomplished without god is ie a it zion will rise and shine and spread forth upon tho the earth parents shou should uld el encourage their sons to to attend their priesthood meetings tile the Lat erday saints have within their reach the power of discerning spire spir ts and this should be cultivated ELDER J M EASTO ASTON of greenville represented the condition of tho the ward and added some remarks admonishing shing the saints to a strict observance vince of tho the principles of the gospel P and parents duties to lo children re n statistical report road read by clerk cloras IV V G choir sang an anthem benediction V by thos frazer 11 I 1 2 rpm p m singing from page prayer by IV W L croff singing irom from page after tile the administration of the sacrament PRES W POTHERING HAM reported the condition of the sunday of the stake and then stated staled that thero there were many of the that had seemingly wandered but bin would if niameh married and sickness entered into their families call for the elders there are many youths who have a rough exterior but good and honest hearts we all more or lessi less descend below all chinga when we arc ara born into this world speaker showed bow bov this is ia by beau tit ul drawing the picture iO of the early days of child nood and compared its helplessness with we the powers possessed by the lower animals animal showing that man is the most helpless of creatures at his birth and ana for some years after A father delights to have his sons conic come up to him in citizenship intelligence telli gence and it in all things this people god has greatly blessed and we should be proud ef cf it what people know anything about the preexistence pre existence of man showed the heo ri e of men teaching their origin if f ye ve can only keep our second estate we shall then pass to a glory prepared jor for the faithful man can only learn by experience the lie he en ii bidou bof gedwill be a success today to day because of the civilizing influences that are being to bear the law edthe gospel brin brings gs us to that narrow way lecause the there re are restrictions that narrows down the scope of evil there never was a people who lia ila greater privileges and blessings than this people have speaker showed how the natural birth oi of man is an exact type odthe of the birth mentioned by the savior tonico to nicodemus god in his mercy blesses the people according to their necessity who could have stood the test if he had been shown a panoramic view of his hia life as a latter day saint gaid aud and all the trials that the saints have passed through but the lord has blessed them at As thy day thy astren strength ath shall be and sufficient for the day is the evil thereof if we can climb the eternal heights where god is wo we will get there but if we cannot a lower place must suffice for us the following report was read by prest murdock financial report of donations Dona tiona to mafiti temple frim fram fr im april apri 1817 to bilue 1 I 1888 by donors residing in th ih af vetal ila a ds of beaver bo sake if I zion first ward beaver cit city Y total cotal cash donation 10 produce 64 a |