Show er stake conference st george stake of zion I 1 I 1 ahe he regular quarter quarterly conference of the st george stake of zion con in the tabernacle tiler tater nacle saturday maich 4 it at 10 a in president I 1 II 11 snow sno presiding with all of the stale pre a rood good re presen tation of the high council and visiting saints pre present ent the proceedings opened with the choir sinking singing arise 0 glorius zion i prayer was by el der NN G miles allies choir sang the tile morning breaks I 1 pros prel E H snow welcomed the saints and stated he haq was anxious and deeply concerned at these times and hoped the good things would be dwelt upon and the evil things not overlooked spoke of his being sent to provo where he be learned much from doctor maeser dwelton dwelt on the greit benefit a good set of teach ers are to the young reterre i to the progress the people had made here spiritually intellectually and financially the speaker mention ei el a letter horn hom A W ivins to the bishops of this stake stale in the matter of the use of tobacco in this stake 20 years ao and now a letter in answer anser to an inquiry on this matter from pres E H snow read show ing a very gratifying decrease oi of users mentioned wards having a percentage of of u berz this elder ivin stated was very pleading pleasing the world at large said elder snow la is nonn no coming to a stage where it refuses to employ users of tobacco and some of the great newspapers and magazines are refusing to take advertising pertaining to tobacco these figures of tobacco users in the stake are to be recorded and fres pres snow hoped that in 25 years from now that ne ie may make a gain of 60 50 or 75 per cent of non users he is proud of the gain made in tithes teaching and attendance at meetings when nie vi e see the ery erv benefi cial uses made oi of the tithes bv by the church NN ve e should all feel constrain ed to pay an honest tithing ex hooted the saints to be abstainers and keep leep themselves es clean the choir ang sang an anthem let the heavens resound Pie sound fider 1 Isi chole spoke of the bili ties of oung young men and women with and without the tile advantages spoken of by prea pres E H 1 snow told of the survival of mormonism thru nearly years thru its plas tic power spoke of the growth of the church in christs time and in our time as with the organization of the priesthood sunda school etc also the church school system which is now so large and helpful heln tui elder D H cannon of the high council spoke of his pleasure in tile awakening in spirit and attendance he lie told of exhortation of brigham young to the people in the matter of the word of wisdom stating how men who were user of tobacco were excluded from holding the priesthood or being ordained for same told of the effect ot of ice lee cof fee on a certain home missionary and how he stopped topped the use of it mentioned the dedications of the first temples and the manifestations given them by visitations of holy men of god and the growth till now in the church the first en dow ments for the dead were given in the st george temple in 1877 and has increased very greatly since that tune time the largest company be ng ing over and the sm gillest seve i 1 only testified that this temple vi lierk ork is necessary to the salvation of this people bore testimony to the truth of the g apel and asked the young men to go to the temple to marry their wives choir sing sang memories I 1 of galilee A i V and benediction ansas a as pronounced by jaa mcarthur al pres thos P cottam a haq the first speaker it this u assion ion ot of the conference he exp ewd hia his ap of the goo ly number in attendance al 0 of tb loyal rt of the people of the different wards ards in doing their duty especially in ward tei teaching ching and it at sacrament ac meetings we should hanoi the calls call made upon us bv by the bishop he h b id no right to refuse a call made upon him by his bishop we feel much better if we do our duty the spirit will not depart from us if we do so children reared up in this way will not gen brally go astray in d ys vs to come spoke on tithing sayi ig tithe pay ing is not alone for t tl e blessings of this life but for the bl ill 3 incys of the life to come he hoped to see all his bi ethern and sisters i i the heavens above we should be a good people having been correctly taught for many years made mention of the beautiful work nork that could be done in the temple exhorted the young men to go to then bishop and ask permission to enter the temple when about to marry spoke of the mony of dr karl gr G maeser when in germany also of the gleat heal ing work of joseph smith at corn coin merce lider john catam reported his mission in holland in which h coun try he remained one year and then came back to america and labored one year in him illin is he spoke of the dutch as a good people religious ly iv and susceptible able to the gitts gifts ot of the spirit fider D H morns morris addressed the conference and hoped the good spirit now present might continue stated the fulfilment fulfillment of prophecy was rife in this moment ious tune time and could now see the walls of poeju dice falling when he was in eng land ona on a mission a mirmon could not get a passport to germany be cause of prejudice mentioned the far reaching effects of treating all people courteously and kin ily re berred to the good flork 5 ork done by the saints in donating tor for the relief of the tile belgians and also the good ft aik oik done by the society in england it la is our duty to make good and work for the uplift and betterment of mankind could not understand how bon men could refrain from paying tithing when TO go much inch is refunded for high schools etc bishop ed R frel frei said when we ve wish real joy and contentment we ve get it by serving god and man kind is a gradual imp improve ment trient in the people of santa clara especially in teaching and meeting attendance all of the priesthood of the ward NN is ts engaged except those totally unable all the auxiliary aux ilary departments were in good condition david hirschi reported the rockville ward felt that the people were N ere growing better spiritual ly iv and morally thought the tile schools school nere doing a great deal of good thought that all latter day faints saints should be married in the temple A meeting ot of the take stake Pries priesthood thod N was as held at 4 p m at which david R forsha nias released as stake clerk with a vote of thanks and george E miles allies was unanimously sustained as stake clerk P SUNDAY thia meeting was nas a sunday school conference of the stake and the service was conducted by supt bupt geo E miles there wis was a good attendance the count showing present all members of thel the stake presidency were present also a good representation of stake and ward nard officers after singing prayer conceit recitation of the sacrament gem administration of the aicra ment etc apt supt allies ballel fir fr the attendance of sunday school ot of t fic fineis els which were as follows en J ruri Alg lock look 41 I 1 la U verlin 4 pine N alley d 6 rockville 1 2 santa clara 12 springdale 1 st george east 26 st george esic 23 loa berville 6 washington 4 supt bupt miles id td dressed the confer ence relative reli tive to obedience to the aspel G aspel and showed the value ind and importance of the principle plez of obedience made comments in a an n interesting wan on the duties and responsibilities of sunday school N officers after singing music etc the con gration was dismissed with a bene diction pronounced by aldel david st DA aftel singing and prayer the general and docil authorities of the church were presented lor for the vote of the conference all being un in mi 1 sustained pres geo F wh I 1 acid addressed the cinfel conference ence ingoe prophecies made in latter litter dag and their liter il fulfillment he gave statistics f turm arni he hel I 1 by the presiding bish ip p s office relative to the stan standing allig f P of the various a riou stakes A fe the statistics only 5 stakes ot of the twelve having a better show ing than st george elder walter cannon oi of st george east ward recently return ed from the british mastion mi mis stion zion related some of his experiences in england giving concerning his work elder hugh M odward ad dres ed the conference and in a very interesting way spoke of NN what hat he considered worth while in the lives of latter day sainta saints after zinging by the choir the conference was dismissed with a benediction by elder cha chat W seeg willer |