Show QUARTERLY conference BOZ BOX ELDER EIDER STAKE OF SATURDAY AND SUNDAY PROMINENT attendance large inge on om the stake it is reported to be in good condition stake conference opened saturday morning at 10 ocl ocla ertl a very slim atte attendance due to the that every family ln fix brigham owns a peach orchard of 0 some borne siz and the elberta peaches must be taken care of right away or be lost president oteen oreen IV stohl presided the choir and congregation sang how firm a foundation prayer by elder lewis boothe singing by the choir and congregation cong rega redeemer of israel president 17 francis rancis INI 31 lyman introduced to the congregation thinking that perhaps some of the younger people would not know him expressed himself as being agreeably surprised ed at the attendance notwithstanding tt it was small he understands ape the situation at this time of the year yeah and hardly hardly looked forso many to be present a count just before dorethe the close ot of the meeting showed y present prest preat lyman gave several suggestions to the bishops re gerding the manner in hi which he wound td like to have them report when they wert were fled upon As t to 0 the quorum of apostles they met every Thurs thursday dar without fall and have bare done so for many years in these meetings they sing and pray and deliberate up on the affairs of zion and always find plenty of business to take up tip their attention he felt that the saints throughout the church should be wakeful and watchful in the work of the lord he asked particularly for reports of the number that had been converted in the he different walks by the work of the people both as individuals divi duals and organizations prest oleen N X stohl reported the box elder stake saying that ali the presidency worked in absolute harmony endeavoring to do their whole duty by the people said that the auxiliary organizations in the stake manifest more interest in their work than do the quorums of the priesthood there Is a growing indifference to spiritual things which con is attributed to the fact that god had so blessed the inhabitants of this section of the country that they feel like fike they had no time to j devote to spiritual things but were kept busy looking after the things of the world with which they are surrounded there are not quite as many missionaries out from this stake as usual but there are a few who will leave in the near f future u etire to so that the number will be just about on a par with what it has been one thing that the speaker deplored ary very mu much Is the disinclination disinclination im among 0 g people to take upon themselves the responsibility of marriage he believed that tile the feeling existed among the women as well as among the men the population has increased wonderfully der fully during the past few years our main deficiency la Is in individual work with those who are careless and indifferent or wayward but we i hope to correct th this ls mistake in fu tui tuie e singing by the choir high on the mount mountain airl top ton I 1 bishop J B mcmaster cSIa ster of the first ward was called on to report the members of the bishopric in that ward are united they make it ii a rule to meet once a a week and talk over the affairs of th eward eward and the condition of the people lie he spoke well of the work of tiie the auxiliary continued on page throe three a you vou pau cat y rs x QUARTERLY conference continued from first page organizations there are but few members in that ward who do not day any tithing but those who do attend pretty strictly to that law there are arc some who frequent saloons but they are being worked with there are a few people who reside in the ward who do not belong to the church but they are given any comfort or aid necessary in case of trouble and it if they are arc poor they are assisted from the fast offering fund bishop lorenzo N X stohl of the third ward reported that his counselors worked with him lit in everything pertaining to the ward and they appreciated the honor of their calling there are 21 districts and 42 teachers in the ward they hold meetings monthly and report their visits which are almost without exception highly gratifying during the last seven years there has only onix been one time when the teachers had not met according to appointment A prayer circle has been organized gani zed and meetings kept up for the last four years to this meeting the bishop attributes the love loie and unify y that exists among the teachers reported 13 baptisms of what are commonly called outsiders meaning those who do not belong to the mormon families These have taken place during this year and two more heads of families have applied for baptism in these families six children who were two young to be baptized were blessed according to the custom of the church the bishopric has met with the lesser priesthood regularly for some years past there are some people who disregard the sabbath break the word of wisdom fall to pay tithing and do not attend sacrament meetings but they are the minority he had noted an average attendance of somewhat better than 30 50 per cent of the acting teachers at sacrament meetings during the present year and believed that as with the priests so with the people bishop wright ic ie ported that he be and his counselors had never had any difficulty in getting along and believed they were in possession of the spirit of the lord as a bishopric they hold meetings every saturday night the acting teachers in that tto ito their work but the majority of them do out of 0 in ALI ahli ward sikho not belong to th ant they are good people and some of them aid in the affairs of the ward such as fast offerings and donations bishop francillo durfey of beaver said that his ward was located right along the county road and was about eight miles long lie he believed that people there were living their religion as well at present or better than they had ever done before the mishop and lils ills counselors worked with the teachers and much good was being the young people in the ward waid attend meeting better than the old folks and one thing that he was very gratified to report was that there was no work lone done there on the sabbath and that very few ir if any under 20 years of age used to dibacco bishop peter M hansen of elwood gave the enrollment of the various i auxiliary organizations in the ward and said they had two on oil ml missions and three would leave within two months the population of his ward is about half cormons mormons and half outsiders the outsiders he found to be very sociable people there had never been and trouble between them and the members of the ward the ceci and congregation 1 AGu cume itle ux us 0 thou Gr ratJe ea e t J e tovah horah Ben benedict idlet lon donby by Eld eldera f D lewis levla SATURDAY meeting opened by the choir singing lord ift lt thy holy spirit now prayer by patriarch r edwin P corion cordon singing bearth barth with her ten tell thousand flowers prest luclus A snow was v as tile th first speaker lie he felt very verb thankful indeed for the assistance that the take stake presidency enc y received from the hl high h council in visiting the many wards beards of the stake these visits ire are made mostly on fast day the stake presidency recommended that not more than eight families be included in fit one teachers district and that suggestion gest idon had been pretty generally complied compiled with thought that teachers should keep keel tab on the atter attendance dance of the members of their district at tast fast meetings and general meetings ile he spoke upon the necessity of amusements for our young deop people le being e conducted by bv those who have th their ir welfare at heart and deplored deflor ed the e habit of so many young people living at a distance from brigham city coming here to dances thought that these amusements ought to be supplied and controlled in the towns where tile they lived lit in his opinion the excellent report made of the deaver ward was due very largely to this one fact alone also he thought that it was a very important thing tor for our young girls to refrain from going to dances without an escort bishop thomas H blackburn 0 of the second ward reported that breaking b of the sabbath lay day was less prevalent in his ward than it was a year ago and accorded this to the tact fact that the teachers had taken up the matter in their visits to the homes of the saints chete are as districts district sand and 56 teachers they have nearly inhabitants he also spoke of the bad practice of bivs and girls being allowed to run about at night bishop john W larson of the east garland ward said that he believed his ward was the smallest in the stake it has but 23 25 families there are 11 deacons 3 teachers and 1 priest they have eight ward teachers and nearly all of them enjoy the spirit of their calling the saints are doing better this dear than last in almost every respect they have a good class of oung people none of the boys use tise tobacco or visit saloons walter L grover of garland ward said that they had a large floating population but that bemb members ers of the church resided there in sufficient numbers to furnish material for officers in all of the auxiliary organizations twenty two families in the ward are not members of the church and 53 55 members of the church residing in the ward do not belong but they have been worked with The there is 13 less sabbath breaking than formerly better attendance at meetings and fast otterina ottering ott ering ng donations donation s ire ar g greater than ahey avei been heretofore c the choir sans sang all hall the glorious lot day apostle Re edSoL was wast pleased to again meet with tile the saints in the box elder stake it has been two years since he was here referring to the conversion of people who live among us he said these souls were certainly as dear to the lord as those who come from the farther est corner of the globe and that it was indication that the teachers in wards where this had been done active and alive to their duty ditty acting teachers te arc energetic en ergeti have the spirit of their failing had observed verl that there was faith and good work woric said he had heard one bishop make nia ke k e the remark that lie he would rather have two live teachers in his ward than 20 it if 19 of the 20 were dilatory in performance of their work then again he said there Is too much of the spirit of cain in us its all as exhibited when the lord asked him where his brother abel was and he answered 1 I am not my brothers keeper bishop blackburn reported that one of their missionaries had bad just returned discouraged with without olif ing his mission the speaker speak ei thought though that we ought to 10 show this boy all the love and kindness possible a and n d encourage him blar yo that av at some future time he might comp rede tile hie W v orl that thai he had bad for up ile he laid special t trejo EHM the he je ie pork made by pret pre t nil hz the he morning session upon tile the r fad that hat so many ot of our young people are inclined disinclined dis to enter the anant and referring to ancient history said that the decay of many prominent nations could be traced to this one defect in society god said to the first inhabitants of the earth multiply and replenish the tha earth he did not place much faith in the ex asue made by users of tobacco and whiskey lit s key that they could not help it because it had been inherited said that it if men could hide behind such flimsy subterfuge why cannot women who are born of the same parents the fact that women did not do it was a testimony to him that there Is not much in the argument finished his sermon by admonishing tile the saints to avold avoid evils that possess so biety today the greatest evils agrenot are not in the lower strata but in em the upper circles where tile the people are so able to keep their actions secret the choir sang the anthem god be with you benediction by elder james pett SUNDAY MORNING the meeting was glien glen over to th the sunday schools and bivas asas presided over by stake bupt supt john D petea singing sing and pray prayer by elder J W V palmer singing beautiful day of rest elder august F jeppson spoke on the subject of wort work the keynote of his talk was nothing great is ci ever er achieved either spiritually or temporally without good earnest work singing for the strength of the hills exercises front from the kindergarten k department of the ward giving the story of daniel elfleda lund and asane isaac 11 jensen of the ath ward sang a duet little george baard baard of the 3rd ard ward recited a temperance piece singing hark listen to the trumpeters Trum peters apostle C W penrose was dell delighted lit m e ed to look into the faces of so many I 1 children lie he complimented the lit little lad ad who had just recited upon pon u I 1 the clear and distinct tone of voice he had commanded lie he said some I 1 people tall talk and whisper too much in meeting we come to be instructed land learn of the things of god and not to engage in conversation admonished moni shed those present to observe the sabbath as commanded in the ants anve ve assemble not for 0 our own pleasure alone but because it Is a u all the organizations of the church are for the instruction of the saints land and none do more than the sunday schools the speaker complimented the box elder stake for the good work done nere he suggested that it would be a good idea in future conferences to administer the sacy ment in the morning enste ln stai ill V h afternoon there isi t itu nothing thing robit i important than pt of the sac I 1 and lie he grieved that the the calill illen dren ill en had been deprived dei rived af pf rhe bles ing lie bald chis aniess I 1 the great love that the present kroph et has tor for the children singing to ilaya benediction by elder wm vm facer SUNDAY AFTERNOON singing glorious things an sung of zion prayer by elder J 11 dalton dal ton singing araso my soul arise the sacrament was administered by the 31 ard 3rd d ward prest lyman thought it would f b proper for every latter day t she give sh e himself a thorough examination at leaba bait once a week and deter I 1 mine whether the life he ha had lead had bad been suh that god would approve of it othere ethere Is one alft t that every latter day saint is entitled to which is the awer power to lo discern spir spirits iggi every head of 0 a family should seek to have this power ower so that lie he can determine whal ter mitie wha manner or of people enter his homec while letl tb sacrament was being ai ministered the speaker dwelt upon the nhe importance of the lying ordinance there IS Es no ordinance I 1 in the fur church b cheven even in the temple more sacred than this although it seems ille a very vera simple thing referring d td the priesthood meeting held saturday evening said that every I 1 man present had agreed with him to do better betterly in ln the rulure tai than lie he had done in thep chich act on their part was a renewal of obligations already resting r ulon upon them which they the had asaumi d upon identifying themselves with the ike of jesus christ these thinks things that they agreed to do 10 will earni earm or thein their salvation 1 I am very ven anxious to be saved with all a 11 my family fani ir and I 1 shall pot be jeal ous of my brethren who receive just I 1 as gre great at blessings as I 1 do the re AI af V manader pf af his address le s was given to I 1 exhortation and the delineation of worl work belou belonging ging to each degree of the priesthood he read and commented comment eZ upon the chapter in the doctrine at Coye covenants nants specifying the province of those who hold the priesthood front from the deacon up to the apostle particular emphasis was laid upon the duties of acting teachers one remark that he made wars wais |