Show quarterly conference st george stake the regular conference of the st george stake of zion wag held in the stake tabernacle saturday and sunday juno 16 and 17 pres jos W of seventy represented alie general authorities and all of the stake presidency were present the speakers at the saturday forenoon session were elders P cottam david H cannon N J wadsworth and jos W pres cottam gave a good report of the st george stake showing how it was blessed in many ways pres cannon made a report of the work being done in the st george temple showing that it had greatly increased lately made special mention of the good work done by the relief society the temple is now undergoing some re pairs and ill bo closed for some time elder N J wadsworth spoke of his mission work in the central states had enjoyed his mission very much and been blessed in doing his duty pres said he was borry that apostle jos F smith could not be heie at this time was pleased at the good report that had been made spoke of hiving seen a woman on the the way down watering some land on a new homestead and commented on the true courage required for eccli work referred to the tabernacle block as notable for its fine buildings advised all to listen to counsel and obey we should dedicate our time and means in doing the work of the gospel at the afternoon session the speakers etere elders geo F whitehead geo F jarvis david gourley and sister sarah pres whitehead spoke of the courage of the people in making the farms produce in this birren country and of the splendid response of the people to our count rys call advised care in growing and conserving crops and to leave no ground uncultivated for prices will be high elder jarvis told of the goodness of the lord to his people how he is willing to help them at all times if they but do hib will we should all bo as one loving one another doing our duty steadily at all times stated that lie bad received an almost restoration to herlth this summer by the blessings of the lord elder gourley emoke of his ano missions one working with abo boung people of the stake the other food and the growth of crops in the county waa sorry the elderly people did not take more interest in the loung people thought there was nothing better than scout work among the boys made a good report on the growing of chopa in the county beans being grown to a great extent sister eddington of tife R 8 general board took thrift as her slogan and commended it to ohp sisters spoke of visitors coming to zion canyon and paid the people of and rockville should be prepared to shoy forth the good fleets of the gospel to these strangers at the stalo priesthood meeting saturday afternoon pres E H snow spoke of the necessity in this great crisis for all to help to the fullest extent c must sacrifice of time foodstuff and life if wary we must double crops here and must not fail to take care fit so that none is wasted was much pleased with efforts made so far we must help in thi red fund there must be no blacker among us we must be ready to parietal Peri etal all times no matter what on fifth w quarterly conference continued from first we roust have freedom the hand of god is in it all this county had to the liberty bond asked the lord to bless us all in our efforts of duty elder jos W mcmurry commended to the priesthood the words spoken by pros snow said this war will not only tako from our pockets but from our families also no nation ever went to wai with a higher adeil than the american nation and we must bear our portion of the responsibility at all times there is no place among us for men who will not do their duly for their country at the sunday forenoon session elder orson hall of hurricane told of his mission to the cental states rider F pendleton also spoke of his experiences in tho same field sister eddington told the children a story of the pyramids prea emily C brooks of the relief society also told the children a story pres mcmurrin spoke very favorably of the work of the relief society in the purchasing of wheat as instructed to do by pres brigham young ears ago the feeling now being that better attention to this instruction should have been given spoke of the scarcity and high price of sugar meats and other foods in france england and other european counties these things ft ere prophesied long ago we here are greatly blessed while many in europe aie starving to death many nations are looking to america for food both those at war and those neutral it is not only the call of the president of this nation but it is also the call of the lord through the church to make an effort to assist in the production of foodstuffs and see that there is no waste at all and prepare for famine if we will give heed to the biord of the lord we will find ourselves in eafe places sunday afternoon the speakers ft ere snow elders duncan mcalaster thomas judd grant ivans and J W mcmurrin prea snow was very much gratified at the loyal support the people aavo the authorities and was much pleased with the high degree of honesty and integrity that obtained among us it is as futural as eife that we should be loyal to our government in avery crisis when the government has been in je irardy the Church ard its have been loyal and come to its aid made mention of our duty to the red cross society of america no roan could do better than to aub we in this county are requested to pay 2000 which has been apportioned among the wards and must before june we must all anko sacrifices we lant iou to give liberally we must produce all we can and con erne all possible farmers must not neglect to double crop must hot keep and feed worthless anini ale we have not as yet had to ask for any seed but have sent these things north nivea must not waste or cook more thin is needed no nation can overcome with god and this great nation on our ede eldar duncan said lie was delighted with what had been said and was proud to be a latter day saint and gl id to do his pirt with felt that the lord had been very kind to the people 1 he doing of pur duties will develop in the attribute of love and service and entitle us to eterei life elder thomas judd suid that he felt we were living in a very momentous time I 1 am glad to stand b pres banow in his every request was glad of his experiences in dixie during it early settlement when vre ill knew what it was to be short of food I 1 am fully in accord with tho klaif hid out by the church elder grant ivine spoke of tho lem faced by the young men of america e must turn to the go pel for aid and guidance and once our duty is clearly econ it 19 the only thing to do we should all lire so that our lives may further tw work f the boril no matter aliat mav bome our religion male of u the patriotic and faithful of all people elder J W irrin said he aa most heartily in accord ith the emde by pres snow of our needs and duties spoke of the genera spirit of support of the government we should be willing to give most freely to tho red cross and every other institution of the government WP must do our duty and not withhold our u or the bodice of our we do not desire to shed blood out mission is to the gospel and teach righteousness we believe eliat god planned the constitution of this country to bung forth his purposes wished all to read the address recently made by pros joseph smith men going into the army must be clean and moral soldiers 0 christ as well as the government we have hatred for no man and wish all to he gaved vie ant liberty for all men quoted from doc L cov of these times that are with us and to come we should appreciate our parents for what they have done for we should be more concerned about slickers in the work of god may help us to be true to all our obligations |