Show quarterly stalk stake e conference Confer enne the regular quarterly conference of the uintah stake was held last saturday and sunday 1 l t before the morning session ees sion saturday morning aeo a council uncil meeting of stake officers and bishops of wards wands was wait held among other matters considered was the question of gambling and drunken ness it was decided by unanimous vote to deal with church mem members bersi who are guilty of these ices for their membership in the church unless a reformation ion in their lives can be effected it was waa decided to take a strong stand against gambling these decisions on the part of the stake and ward authorities was publicly announced during the conference by president bennion Ben mop the attendance at allitha 01 the except the one held saturday Satu iday forenoon forea oon was beyond the tha capacity of building most of the officers offie ers of the stake yard ward and auxiliary organizations wei ep present represent resent on one leading feature of the con conference conferee feren was aa the reports of pre presiding biding officers of the various organ argi iati lations ons i the stake was reported d by president S R bennion jensen ward by bishop geoage billings Li lines by bishop joseph A mckee maeser by bishop S D colton Colf con vernal by bishop john N davis davia naples by bishop james T shafter shaffer the relief vo society clety wits was reported by president sarah al colton the Y L al M I 1 A by Ples president ident cora johnson the i 1 kimary association ly by president ann at hacking and the tha Y at at I 1 A by president david ben nion the speakers and subjects treated by them were tn in part as follows I 1 president S it bention bennon spoke at some length upon the training of children and education ile he then referred to the law of tithing and complimented tho the members of tile the church in this stake upon their in complying with this law he gave much timely advice and counsel relative to the dally duties of saints and advised them strongly to keep out of debt elder nelson merkley compared the latter day saints sainta with ancient israel and called attention to the judgements judge ments which have constantly followed the breaking of gods commandments and the blessings which have always att attended erid every people who have kept them elder ward E r pack said the members of this church do not owe the world an apology for being latter day saints sainte it is a fact of which we should be justly proud when the greatness as of the mission of this people is finally comprehended by all the people of at the world this church will be regarded with as much reverence as the ancient church of christ ile he related some inci incidents dente of his hia journey to the worlds fair at chicago is 1892 with the salt lake tabernacle choir to illustrate hi hig 1 a subject ile he then urged tho the church members to be neat and band orderly in their homes and to see that their children are ara well clad and to provide wholesome amusements for them thein and thus transform their homes into attractive places president james hacking delivered quite a lengthy discourse upon the book of mormon and referred briefly to numerous dally daily duties of church mf members abers elder harden bennion spoke upon pre existence exia tonce of spirits and referred to this life as the sphere where the greatest problem is the gaining of eternal saevii tion in the great hereafter he said it Is the duty of every man to obey the law of the land because of a reverence for law not because of f fear ear of punishment advised the saints to exercise their rights as citizens in abolishing gambling and drunkenness president R S collett delivered a lengthy discourse upon a number of timely subjects ile he dealt forcibly with the subject of gambling in vernal city and hoped that it had been permanently rooted out ife he characterized the gamblers as parasites who sand no morey in the community and who are a detriment to the community from a business as much as from a moral stand point ile ho called attention to the fact that according to the laws of utah gambling is a larceny ile he advised parents to listen when informed of i on the part of their children ile he then dwelt upon the value of the prin principles of the gosele and the blessings within the reach of all who obey its pure precepts elder don B colton spoke forcibly upon the invincible position of the church before the world ile he proved that the latter day saints sustain the leaders of the church and particularly president joseph F smith first because of the pure and divinely devi nely appointed principles for which he stands and secondly because of our knovs kno ledge of his righteous character the speaker defended by a line of deer clear and forcible arguments tho the right of the latter day sainta to sustain by vote in public and by the r obedience in every day life the officers of the chuich he challenged the right of anaman akym outside of the the church to question question or interfere with chuich members niem bera in paying tithes ile he said it is the logo legel as well as moral k right of any man to div civo a a pertain of his hii means for foe the support ort of any organ felt disposed to and no one has haa the right to forbid him alder col toles tois address was one of the most in tivo tive and interesting exer exercised exercise elsea a of the conference daring the giving of the reports the officers giving them said much of value in fact the conference confer enca was characterized by the unusual of the exercises aises at the afternoon session sunday th the general end and local authorities of the church were sustained it was also a announced that there will bo be a number of missionaries called from the uintah stake in the near future MUTUAL conference the Y M and Y L at 1 I A con ference was hold held sunday evening the 13 stake lake su erih 1 of the Y at M 1 I A presiding after the opening exercises david bennion gave a brief report of the work accomplished by the organization thus for this thia season lie ile gave a number of timely instructions relative to the mutual improvement at ab work t L ile he also made a thong strong s presentation of the necessity for united action on the part of the ward bichop ricko and the tha Y at I 1 A officers of the stake mrs jane bennion rendered a beautiful vocal solo this was followed by an able lecture upon apon the progress of the world by mrs mary orser an organ solo which was well rendered was given by mina alina haws th tha subject american literature was wan the theme of an interesting interest ong deture by harden bennion after the closing exercises exer cices the conference adjourned for three months |