Show h H H H HH I iI H 1 H HI HI iH H H r L CONDITION OF THE STAKES AKES OF F ZION 0 p L J Jr r 1 g 2 Jordan Morgan and arn N bo s it ports Modo nt ot tho 5 I represented by II b TheIr OI or 9 tho tha Church of ot Christ of ol Lot If U Ift I In I w Saints In the Tn bern nolo Sun Sunday I I Condition Marked m In E day tiny Suit Salt Llio Ltha City April 0 8 1003 II t 5 v Union Unton mid aid Good Works Shown 1 3 vJ I 1 1 h II ti I I II 1 I lt I J 4 I II I t r F President nt of Jordan Blake p My M dear d nr brethren n mid ulster this 13 U Ubo I bo tho ho first time In my lire life I 1110 teen been called colle upon to so O large an nn audi Dudl DudlI I rely Tel upon tho of at our Heavenly H Father l to me m for Cor I Ii I i collie that I am om surrounded by some of oC the bent men nen upon the earth In arising td ent the Jordan Stake of at Zion SMon I do BO eo o with Itt great Brent Our Is II 1 yet In III Ita i Y being only about three years mid and three months old It t H t located lo In tl the south fouth ern em end ena of this county Its It oroa aron to te about 15 by Iy 30 miles mile Wo We have U 1 i ia a d ana una I o all III tho UIO lie that wo we have hae been called upon to are fully tullY organized organIze 1 I lake toke great gat INt In representing our cur Sun iun day elny l They are ot In a very ery er good nourishing our w Mutual rm association a Those who wio upon to preside pr over ocr these ore are faIthful n and women n Tho ho Irn be 1110 law of at tithing and I belleb the Worl of Wisdom for tor or those are ore two of or the mentions of ot them We desire thosa who represent three those young poo pre plen pIe te to 10 a adhere to the o that tat they th tb may set an on ex me to jo o CJe ie I 1 had to my nn 1 R Inc tWo tn worthy men as ns c Wa W ie working ng together In perfect harmony ho Our High Coun Councilors chars are arc men of ot God who UIO me willing willingto to their time and talents to promulgate the Gospel Gosp l in our Stake Thy They are arc Milling when called upon to todo todo do missionary labor In the various Wards and aM labor with the people nt ot their firesides holding cottage meet tags etc tc bun 1011 proved n 1 great bl vo great sr ot good will wll come of ot It We Ve have hwe many canny aged nget people who nho are nrc not able abla a bIll to at nt attern tern ru much and It Is 13 our privilege to carry carr to thorn thom tho the Joy and satisfaction that we have In tic the Gospel We have hao many good faithful Sainte and wo wa have lawo some to whom It t is necessary to preach re i 1 have taken great pleasure myself In tho the homes of at the Saints Sainte In tho the various wards words I to say MY Y thai th l we l hoo bavo a II good there and ond that we wo are enjoying the spirit of ot our religion r to a n goodly goo Illy ex cx extent extent tent Wo Ve have what Is IB termed terme civil with us It R should to La Out of at our 13 wards we wo have 10 that have hae no saloons but I am sorry to report that In n the other three we wo hate hao enough to supply all nil the tho rot rc t My h f brethren and sisters I take to k pleas pleasure pleasure ure uro Jn In testing te to you that I lImo this la 18 i tho th work of at God I 1 have a ate tee tes of ot It When Wilen I 1 got sot that teti mony I 1 do not know for tor or something over oer 63 1 3 years cars ago I born In the tha Church ani that testimony seems to havo been lieen born within me I deSIre d that this testimony may moy be bo Increased Increase within me mp m and J know that It will 1111 ns ne long as 08 I am nm on tho road r ail of ot nn Intelligence The more I If am of at l w Clop I the stronger becomes my testimony fin J 1 I bellevo that Is Ic the tha case flu III ui I wish to tt t testify that It h uI tho power of ot the A iU AI mighty I I am hero today 10 1 for lor or I J mw had It not been ben for tor the power nf ot tM th Italy Holy Hal Priesthood I should have havo been gone Irone hence before now I foci feel n a desire th In n my tny heart heRt to testify t to 10 the goodness of ot uy my rather Father In this line I pray pro Clod Oot to bless tho the faithful Latter day Saint Sant to hi stir sill up who aVe ae n e not so faithful to renewed diligence I rick ask these with Ith nil all nh others othere that nrc necessary for tor us iia III to prove true to the end In the name namo of at Jesus Jelus Christ t Amen EIDEH COLLINS n II HAKES HAlma President of at Maricopa Stake My d dear brethren and sisters In standing before you ou for tor a n few tell I earnestly deslie dealie your faith and iray ra frs are to the tho end that wo we may be blessed iI the tho time ume that I occupy r l or r twenty years earll the tile of at this month I have been en connected with the Stake Slake of Zion which Is J situ In the heart of at the Arizona desert th territory that wo ve o called the im Kissed land Ian II I have learned to love loe I that land I have l to 10 love IOIe the climate I have learned to love loe many mony of ot tho people In that country our stake Is one of oC the smallest If not net the iho Smallest In all Zion we e have many Ool Staunch thorough h LAIt Saints In III that hIttl women who are seeking first the king jom of God Clod and HU lIt III righteousness and nn who have luno faith that God In Ills His mercy mere merc will add all things that arn am Hut we le are not nil all allot of ot that type HIle We Ve have hate others bat ese are not no to so Suli of at faith end and good HOO works We have hove the company compan of at almost everything In I the shape of saloon aloon and JUI orders and ond societies that Ihal are not pf Pt God to t ron Ion on tend with but lut tho majority of the List Lat Saints In our little stake Make g get gt t along with tho lii saloons by b simply letting them thern alone and we e get got along with our neighbors of ot the different societies by ly treating them with kindness and cour court t tesy tee tes but not with their or organizations c As its s ft t rule rulo they treat us In about the earns way We have h In that thai country countr I think one In I of ot the moat let fer tile and ond pIes pieces of ot land that list can be found within the th ot 1 he States W WI We ore Orf cn cit ele element ment water for tor Irrigation purposes but It certainly lo l iak Vs ks ow ns as though that question quos lion was to be solved in our aUr country and a supply of ot water pro to ma e that onn ona of ot tho the most niost beautiful spots of ot the earth I I I I IWo Wo We have Ilave every eer prospect of at having hovIng It at an on early arly slate date Lot Let mo me say SQ that while many of ot our people havo have within the past tast few tell months pulled out of ot that country and gone Kane to other parts paris I feel eel In my toy heart that It Will VIII bo be many years yearn before beCore they are 1110 any more comfortably situated for to or I making a II living for tor or them and families tam Illes than Ihan they the were In Mesa lesa Arizona Arisona This was the feeling 1 had hid tho the other othes day when I from a n company of at fourteen who came with me Ine as liS far aa DS and who wore vore going Into Inlo Montana Canada Conada unit and Idaho seeking homos homes I that they may moy be blessed so far tar as aa tho the Lord sees aces fit tit to bless bles them and to 10 give them thern better belter places than thon they have havo left Wo We sow BOW our wheat In November and ond December antI and wo We reap It In May and June and when we se have II an water we WI got Ket from tram forty to fifty bushels to the he acre Wo We put nut our stock slack upon the stubble until the middle of ot July and then hen It If we have halo water ater we plant corn coin and fall crops and In our second crop wo we can get just as 01 good a II yield of ot corn coin as Is II got ot In almost any country But Dut possibilities are lire only when the tho water supply Is I there I say to te the tho Saints that want to 10 good 00 1 warm air come down dOlln to 10 Arizona Wo V will give ghe you a 0 warm especially If It you OU come comeIn In July Jul and August I 1 came caie ca e here a n lit little littie littie tie tle early co 11 this morning stood out Hide before tho the doors were vero opened Some of my III friends were ero admiring the beau beautiful fresh Cresh and bracing breezes that wore oro coming In from Crom these utile hills and I thought that If It I only had power to 10 bring down a n few tew thousand cubic feet of at Arizona weather and spread It out here It would be ho a II great Hut hilt to me mil my brethren and sisters It does i not matter mailer where shere I live Uve II U docs dote tot not matter a n great grent deal how hall howlong howlong long 1 lIve but It does docs matter a n great deal how hall I 1 lIve lIe I believe that God Coil Is Ia Isable I able to adapt adopt us to the elements of ot the country whom where the servants of at God Clad wish us to 10 reside and I believe that the men and women who are arc filled tilled with the Spirit of ot lad God are aro filled with the spirit of contentment and ond that they the wIlt will seek after otter tho the kingdom of ot God Clod and I Ills righteousness In III any land or clime hot hut or cold If It you want a healthful clime we have It in Arizona I believe we have as many daya of at sunshine In that country as In any an land hand We will vill positively agree not to freeze you but wo vo will Ilvo you plenty of ot good warm worm air to breathe plenty of at room to labor and ond a II country that under tho blessings of oC God and tho the toll of at the tha I Saints will yield ot of Its ite ful tul I nets lisle n as results reaul ts to the farmer May 10 God Clod bless bIos nil nit Israel In every overy and prosper Hla Ills work Ills Ilia Iii with the power of tho the holy hol Priesthood that Zion may grow and anil abroad and her borders bo be IB Ia my desire and nn prayer In the tha 1 nama name of ot Jesus Amen ELDEn DANIEL DANIEll President of at Morgan lorgan Stake If the tho Lord Jord will bless blus mo ma with HU spirit and Rive give me mo strength I will vill bo be pleased to say MY a tUIl words In reporting tho the Morgan Morlan Stake Blake Th The Morgan li Is comparatively small maU Haws haRes stated that ho had om ono of ot tho the smallest I hare havo been thinking that we had almost the tho smallest In the Church We live In u II very small valley villi e but the loll coll oll Is ls very vory fertile Tho The Presidency of at tho the Stake foci that they have a 0 very ver good people Tho The Priesthood of Mor Morgan gan can Stake aro are becoming more united find end tho the prospect for tor the spiritual growth of ot the tho people Is Ie ery very favorable The rho Presidency ot of the Stake are aro united Wo We meet once a week eek My counselors understand Just about as lie much of ot the condition of at the stake as I 1 do I have hoe two to ery very good counselors counselor Tho The rams fame may be said of ot the High Council Our financial condition Is Improving Tho The people ore are Just just beginning g I believe belloe to line Una out tile tue alue or Of names i 1 think the homes In Weber valley have In the tho estimation of ot the tho people pe there Increased In value per cent within the last year ear or two It Is Ic probably duo to the tho people Nolle cultivating the land more and making better beller use usa of at their time and ond opportunities The organizations In the Stake such as the Sunday lunday school we ore are my very er proud of at We feel teel that there thero Is IA an nn extra good 00 1 work being b done In tho the Sunday schools and In the Mutual Improvement I 1 am om happy to say sa that every everything everything thing thine Is favorable In the Stake al although although though we WI have hOe some people that are a along alon along long lon way ln ort off from being as 05 good ns Os they ought to be but the Presidency cf ot the Stake are ore encouraged by the tM pros I thank the Lord lArd for Cor a living of at the Gospel I thank Him that He lie blessed bl uM me parents who ho taught mo me the thc Gospel Oo pel and find that Ho lie gave goe me faith allis In tho the Gospel so much so to that I have hare a living testimony which comforts mo me nil alt my m days I ask asic o k the I IlIr w tt It bless the people In the Morgan ail nid In the whole Church In tho the name of at Amen ELDEn J 3 S B PAGE Jit President of oC Nebo Kebo Stake Stoke My II brethren and nn for Cor a good many I 1 have ha been In the of ot attending the annual and semian semlan semiannual aunt nual conferences of ot the Church but have hae sat oat In the th congregation and look looked looked looked ed from there In thIs direction and I must confess that I had grown to feel teel much more at a t home thin than I do standing here hero facing you OU At the same time It ItIs ItIs Itis Is an nn Inspiring spectacle to io sc see stO this large huce number from among the hosts hOats of ot Israel gathered together In tho the name namo of ot the Lord It gives gins one aile some Impression iIi i I I T of oC tho the strength of ot the tho work that the Lord Is IB accomplishing upon tho the earth and wo we take tako strength from one ono another In thus titus assembling In standing before you for tor a 11 short time lIno to represent tho the in the tho Nebo 0 of ot Zion Ion toi I do doso doBO doso so BO In humility and one with a n desire to have havo utterance given mo tue nf ot the tho ho Lord for Cor this put pose Tho Priesthood l rl of that Stake ato MO engaged In preaching the tho Gospel GODel as recorded in the scriptures which wera sere written by holy titan mon of ot God as they were moved upon by the tho Holy Ghost They are endeavoring to realize the cf of of ot the atonement of at tho the Lord IAnI Jesus Christ to understand our reIn rela relationship rel to Him and our dependence upon Ills atonement and labor We Weare aro are endeavoring niso Ilso to honor the tho Prophet Jos Joseph ph Smith as aa an Instrument of ot God who was called to establish Zion In the tho last Jut las days daya and whom the tho Gospel Goepel was I restored with the Iho authority to administer Its ordinances to also alao honor those who have havo succeeded him In Inthe Inthe the tho Presidency and to realize that their words by y the Inspiration of ot tho the Holy Itoh Spirit are the tue worda vorda 0 Id II of ot God unto Ills His people In addition to this thill wo we 0 ard trying to have every man Than who holds n a portion of ot th honor the lie of at lice and station elation In which he lie Is to labor and magnify ma tho tue Priesthood that hag hns been placed upon him In doing this we so 1 ham taken allen l lain aln that not one young oun mOil mann of at years should be overlooked but that oil nil nl have MI havethe the Ito opportunity to labor to 10 capacity and desire that they h may not rise ilso up In later days an ani I my sity that the tho doorway to progress and advance advancement meat ment t had been closed In their face tace by those whoso duty It was to open It II The Tho Priesthood tire also trying tr IIII t to Inculcate the principles of at faith humility ence and a II seeking after the die things of ot God In order that they may catty have the Spirit of or God clod to be bo n a companion and guide that we wo may all realise that light has hal como come Into the tho lie world worM and that wo we o may walk according to that light licht end and continue to be In companionship with the Holy Hol Ghost I believe 1 I 1 con can canay ay pay 3 with truth that the tha yer very ery great ma mn majority of ot the Priesthood are arc striving to labor tot for tho the establishment of ot Zion UP UPen upon on en the earth and to bo ho to JIve give B a good rood report of ot tle tte work worl that la Is placed In hi their hands to ac Ilc This can bo ho lo Eald said too of those who over labor In the Iho of ot tho the Church |