Show STAKE CONFERENCES STAKE rt of ot tho time Quarterly ConY at itt Price Price Utah April 16 Tha quarterly conference of the Emery Stake of ot Zion was held hellI at ot Price Sunday and auth Monday April and 1901 1001 There Thero wore were present of the Council of or Apostles Eldera Elders F Cowley CowIe and Abraham 0 O Woodruff Woo 0 G Miller and nud John II H Pace of ot the lie Stake presidency i High Councilors Patri Patriarchs archs Bishops o ot of wards and the coun counselors counselors and a large attendance of ot officers and members of the Stake The conference convened at 11 In time the forenoon on on Sunday Elder Reu Heu Reuben ben 0 G Miller presiding HE lIe made a 1 few tew opening remarks complimenting the Saints upon their attendance and an urged them to attend to all their duties Bishop Lars Laro P F Overson of ot the Cleve Cheve Cleveland land ward referred briefly to the late General Conference and spoke of ot the tho theten thoten theten ten thousand non tithe payers which are aro found among the lie people eople professing to be bo Saints Elder I lder Alven Thayne who had Just re returned reo returned turned from a mission to Australia bore his testimony tea limon to the truth ot of the Gospel Bishop John Potter lotter of ot the Sunny ward spoke upon the sub Bub subject subJect of at Sunday school work At the afternoon session after atter the tho opening exercises and the time administration Ion tion of the Sacrament the General Church Authorities were presented and sustained after aCter which the Stake au nu authorities were presented and unanimously sustained Elder 1 lder Abraham 0 O Woodruff was the first speaker He said sold the tIme Saints In III general ore are on tho the Improve He lie re referred reo toned to the time strong character of ot President dent George Q Cannon who had just passed Into eternity and amI spoke of ot President Lorenzo Snow as being n a prophet of ot God Elder Eider Matthias F Cowley CowIe spoke up lp upon upon on the he mission of ot Jesus Christ He lie referred to the restoration of ot the Gos Oos Gospel pel and said Christopher Columbus was Inspired of ot God hod when lie discovered America and said It had been predicted by the that It would come to pass In the last Il t days He lIe said Mid Zion would be bo redeemed by the In of con consecration He exhorted the people to be obedient to the lie Priesthood and keep the commandments of ot God GodAt GodAt At 1 evening the Young Mens and Young Youn Ladles Mutual Im Improvement provement association conference was held In the Town hall hail Rider Elder Joseph E IL EJohnson Johnson presiding were made by Elder Eider Matthias F Cowley Miss Edna Darker Harker Elder Eider Hyrum Nel Nd Nelson Nelson son and Elder Abraham 0 Woodruff Monday Monda morning April 15 tile the con conference terence ference was wai again called to order by Elder Eider Reuben 3 J Miller Elder George Georgo Cluff I II rt principal of the Emery Stake academy addressed the conference He lie spoke of the work done In the Stake and referred r to tho the benefits derived by attending Church schools Elder I J 3 W tV Nixon said he could en endorse endorse dorse all nil the remarks made by Elder Cluff luff and spoke of or the tho necessity of ot young men mon schooling themselves In the time principles principle of 01 the time Gospel Elder J lder Matthias F Cowley addressed the conference upon Ulon tho the subject of education and rud the order and duties of at atthe the Priesthood Elder J Abraham 0 Woodruff called upon the tho Bishops and High Councilors to stand up anti It was noticed that only on half halt of ot them were present lIe He lIethEn liethen then said paid If It there here was any nn Bishop or High Councilor who could not attend to Stake conferences he ime wished they would hand In their resignations 1111 a trans At the Monday afternoon session Elder Eider John Jolma H n Pace of oC the Stoke Stake presidency pre I dency heney was WItH the tue first speaker He lie made mads some wry very ery encouraging remark remarks and exhorted the Saints Saint to be faithful In all alt things Elder G O Miller said he hail been called callert upon to report the condition of ot time the Stake and saId old It had hall been well welt reported this morning when whenn n R vote ole was called and It wan aOl shown that only SO m O per cent of ot the Dl DI hops and High Council were ere present He lie wild saId he hall had been called callert upon to tn preside over Stake by bv the e of ot Goil and he ho wished to do ho his hili duty He Iff said raid ha ho had not made any call aall upon the pee pea peat pe pet t C plo pie of ot the tho Stake ro B he had been hacked by his liln counselors tIme the High ISh Council the time In general Elder Ilder Abraham 0 Woodruff referred to the great labor which President Mil MIt Miller ler lee had to perform and bore hIs liU testIs testimony mony that Eldur I Miller had boon been called of ot Clod hod na liS was Willi Aaron He lie then lien of ot the time manner in III It which the lie SaInts should feist and auth said there was IB a allay day sot for that purpose He tie read train from tho Ito Doctrine and Covenants see sec section Ion tion CO GO and advised all nil the Saints to read It In III their thelt homes homas Elder l Matthias F p spoke of ot the tho people moving from one ward sard to another and said they the should hould take tak a n certificate with them t that they might be Identified Hider Elder I l er Reuben G O Miller made marto a II few tel closing remarks the time choir and congre congregation congregation gation gatlon snug pang n a hymn h mn benediction Wall pronounced by Elder I Uriah K H Curtis and conference adjourned for tot months to meet ut at Perron I erron Utah July 14 and 15 1901 1101 W Stake Clerk |