| Show CHURCH MARRIAGES URGED BY LYMAN the quarterly conference in ulu tah stake just closed was waa one of the most interesting that has haa been held here the visiting church ruen men from froin salt lake city arancis al ly man of the of the twelve apostles and james W ln of the presiding quorum of seven ties gave out a great deal of timely instruction among other doctrinal subjects referred to during the conference president lyman was particularly emphatic on the question of marriage for time and eternity it is a cardin tal al belief of the latter day saints saint that a marriage solemnized in the temples by proper authority b together husband and wife the co tr acting parties while they are in III this world and throughout all eternity it Is held to be true that marriage after this manner the participants to greater advantages advant agee than are to be obtained in any other marriage arrangement it la Is held to be a distinct loss to each member of the church to not avail biall thorn them selves of privileges in this regard in tact fact president lyman said eald it Is not right tor for marriages to be solem nihed by the civil law it Is honorable enough and all that tor for people who do not belong to the church but for latter day sainte it is not right to bring children unto the world under the civil marriage contract and deny them the blessings of being born under the covenant which unites parents and children together by a bond boad that cannot bo be broken except through sin eln and trans egression gres sion in this world or in the eternities to come the speaker deleted much time and consideration to record work urging the people of vernal to keep a genealogy of their families 1 I want ant one man in each family to have the spirit of Cene genealogy keeping president lyman announced that the general authorities of salt lake would not visit vernal as often as they had done on account of so many calls being made of them from the new stakes and branches branc bea of the church that are being organized another matter the speaker urged was the parking of the tabernacle block we want this church block parked filled with beautiful trees with walks and plants lie ile want it to bo be made one of the most beautt ful parks in the state of 0 utah among the other sPeak speakers pra of the conference was president willio 11 II smart of the duchesne DuC besne stake during his bis remarks he referred to the ouray valley a beautiful tract of land east and north of fort du chesne the irrigation company in te tere rested eted in this land has already completed its canal into the valley but strange as aa it may sound there Is not a tent or cabin upon the entire tract it Is one of the prettiest valleys in the entire uintah basin president smart urged the develop ment of this land that it might be rome come fruitful through the labors of the husbandman new officers the following new officers wore were sustained at the last quarterly con ference pontha calder and sylvanus col leit jett alternate high counselors su continued on page six |
