Show or or cheji athern mission heia held in st rt y george FRIDAY JUNE ad 1870 loam elder erastus snow presiding on the stand were erastus snow president of th the eMission mission levi W hancock henry harriman and jacob iacob gates of the first seven presidents of the seventies joseph W young nobert hobert gardner and james G bleak of IN the presidency of this stake of zion william 0 perkins patriarch and I 1 the bishops and presiding elders eldera of ri of the settlements of the southern mission the meeting was called to order and conference opened by the choir singing lift lift up a standard prayer by president H harriman singing guide us 0 thou great jehovah le hovah 1 president jacob gates delivered a few introductory remarks on the our meeting together at confer conference ence times president snow addressed the meeting t and in the course of his remarks wd eaid there are many who mean to be good latter day saints choby who by and by will have to acknowledge to themselves IC akey do not express it openly 1 I havo have be ibn en a little willful and heady not sub hect act to good wholesome order and government ern rement ment I 1 have not heeded the counsels boiven hven I 1 have not been sufficiently A anxious annious to learntee learn the ways of the lord and have let many golden opportunities pass ayme by me this will be the sense judgment and aud feeling of many men asci hey grow older and wiser r it Is impale for the great mass of the people to 0 o feel what their leaders feel ahey they athey ruay say their leaders are but amen like themselves true so is the A father like the sap son bon yet jet the child cannot I nou cannou feel the responsibility same that the 1 fath erdoes I 1 choir fj ban ean n g come oh thou king of kings rings benediction by elfar henry harri man cr 0 16 il 16 a f t 2 PM S singing I 1 I 1 fg I 1 n g prayer by elder eider levi lev W singing i j i i elder henry harrill harriman aan prea preached ched chea d a gospel sermon showing that faith and works are both necessary elder levi W hancock bore strong strond testimony to the truth of the gospel 64 a revealed to joseph smith in this gener i ate ati agioni on and briefly reviewed his expert tace tuce fifee in the Chur church cli cil for nearly forty lorty years t rits 1174 EIder relder joseph NV young toung spoke of the work which god us to do arid and said in speaking of bf co Lopera operative tive jeaa 13 ures that when the kingdom of ada gd is fully set up that kingdom wiil will 44 n elude clude everything for the good pe peace ac and prosperity of the people Pre bre president snow appointed a meeting for the seventies aud and elders eiders at 6 pm benediction bye snow A A lada rada Y JUNE ath 10 am f r st george deorge choir i prayer by elder rj J covington singing by the swiss choir hoir bishop edward bunker spoke of the opposition oil of bf the wicked to the kingdom of god and said that forlis part he fae would rather fall fali into the hands bands of the living orthan God G thau j than into the hands bands of the wicked I 1 I 1 a i p A P W ier pret D C hd co 60 vAe ser sen in on go corp rp lap meltiah mel Kel hatch ine lne lepor t ing I 1 leville evilie ward said the p people an fn opie ople are uh ted welin ve operated cooperated co m a small smail field and lean ican bear my testimony that thai it works admirably well elder robert bobert gardner spoke upon cooperative associations in general 1 elder james G bleak addressed the people on the operative cooperative co spirit of the dily dlly day itu iti n all his experience in the church getaw that every measure proposed by sour tour caf oyt leaders had been productive of good la in proportion to the obedience rendered t thereto by the people jP V president resident E snow continued on the mn ciple elpie of operation cooperation co in speaking of the mines in the territory he said if ther theT mines thines must be worked it is better for foi the saints to work them than for others to do it but we have all the time prayed atthe thattie th lord would shut up the mines it is better for us to live in ip peace peace and good order and to raise wheat corn potatoes and fruit than to summer differ the evils of amiling life and do no more tha a living at last et us have hive peace by st george choir chat benediction 33 by elder levi stewart 1 41 2 PM singing by ch 0 ar sc crayer rayer nayer by elder eider dav baa david ld H cannon anthem bast george choir r bp 5 T willis reviewed the principles of operation cooperation co bp william snow showed our dependence upon revelation and the necessity of our obeying the principles of the gospel and then talked of the advantages of co operation elder joseph birch reviewed the disadvantages of uncombined labor and spoke of the decided advantages attending an intelligent combination thereof singing by the swiss choir president snow said the time during the past two days has been devoted to speaking on the arinel principles piea plea of co opera tion and upon the best way to discharge our every day duties but that tomorrow to morrow will be devoted to discoursing upon principle and doctrine that spirit as well wel hits Lits w bidy may be properly cared for a meeting for the brethren in the evening to take into consideration articles of agreement for the rio eio virgen operative cooperative co manufacturing association singing come ye that love the lord I 1 Benedict benediction ibn by elder jos W young t SUNDAY juno june oth 10 arl ari am st deira choir sang bang awake ye saints prayer geo H crosby singing by the swiss choir eld elder er john bennion felt blest in attending conference and spoke an on cooperative sheep raising elder james A little said I 1 1 I was formerly a citizen of st george ing myself growing poor I 1 wanted to alove move to where I 1 would do myself some bome good I 1 went to eagle valley with brother snows consent and thought that at least in five years I 1 should be as well off as the br ethien brethren in st george would be but but bat I 1 find many of the brethren here that have stayed are far ahead of me the lesson I 1 draw from this is that it matters not where we are called to labor we are bound to do well if we serve the lord and do our duty 11 he bore testimony to the wisdom manifested b bj y snow ing log over the bouth South southern dih settlements elder samuel hamar said it is a feast to me ne to assemble with the saints in st george ho he then spoke of the pe peace ace prevailing among us and the admi admiration ration of travelers passing through who think it a miracle that such a beautiful city should be built in the desert elder levi stewart said he had come to live in this migon mission and had settled in the extreme ea eastern sterll sterli borders of our settlements he bore testimony to the progress made by the people through adhering to the counsels of or the priest chood 1 i fcc l i bishop charles N smith kawa kiwa gave good report of the people of Rockville boe Boc kville and advocated in farming I 1 the swiss choir president E snow felic that since he had been presiding in this mission his mind has taken a very practical turn dibut he did not feel to nind find fault w with ith himself as be he believed that the lord had directed him thus but wo we have appointed a presidency to this stake of zion to help me in my labors and I 1 will always be ready to give counsel and advice to those seeking for it I 1 wish the people to 6 sustain me by their faith falth and prayers and also to sustain the presidency dincy of at the h ria kia stake k e and the bish bishops OPs and presiding Iligo officers 1 cers in the same manner ner in the value of constitutions tp societies he sald said the faith and prayers A of the saints are better than all the constitutions that can be adopted after singing how beautiful beau tifai upon q 6 tha meeting wab was dis IS mis ay elder eldir Jacob Gates t PM singing prayer by bishop wm snow singing i the sacrament vas was yas administered the general authorities of the church were presented andin each ani sustained the following local authorities were then presented resented alad and unanimously sus sila SUB avia talner talked Eg IN Erastus snow president of the southern mission joseph W young president of this stake of zion and robert gardner and james G bleak his counselors walter E dodge john 0 angus taylor E R bird wm empey E W mcintyre samuel miles john it E young marius ensign joeph joseph birch jesse W cros crosby jr richard riehard ben nen bentley i 17 y and miles P romney members of the high council 40 A william G gherkins GP perkins erkins Pir patriarch larch of this stake of zion william fawcett yaw Faw celt local Prel president dent of the high priests quorum daniel D Me mcarthur mcarthur Arthur presiding bish ush op dast of st georgei ward with witham wm carter and david H cannon his counselors david milne bishop of the first henry eyring bishop of the second walter granger bishop odthe of the third and nathaniel ashby bishop of the fourth wards st george john woodruff fr freeman Bishop of lof washington ward edward banker bishop of santa clara ward joshua T willis bishop of boquer ville ward john parker bishop of virgen city ward charles N smith bishop of rocky Bocky ilie ille ward 4 lorenzo IV roud roundy rounds bishop J of rea fea ka narra ward I 1 william D price bishop of harmony ward I 1 i richard S robinson bishop of pinto ward 5 william snow bishop of albe pi he valley ward james henrie bishop of panacea ward meltiah hatch bishop of eagleville eville ward waro george H C crosby rasby bishop of or hebron ward i 1 3 y 1 ja james 1 ea L d of gath MR ward and presiding bishop yn jaive ver tap settlements on the D city f george leavitt bishop of west westpoint ward I 1 daniel stark bishop of st joseph ward helaman pratt bishop of overton ward I 1 I 1 hen henry lu lunt a t buhot bubbi of cedar ward jaco jacob hamblin president of the indian missions east I 1 and southeast south east 0 of f the rio virgen I 1 the presiding elders and thi the bishops counselors as far as they are sustained by their respective bishops walter granger president of the elders quorum henry eyring president of the priests quorum john larson president of the Teachers rea fea chers quorum ephraim wilson president of the deacons confal quorum the bishops of the several wards as assistants and agents for and in behalf of the perpetual emigration fund to gather the poor warren johnson Preal president dent of the elders quorum on the tha muddy 1 luke syphus pr a the elders eldera quorum for the western valleys charles jr president of tue the elders quorum for rane kane county 4 t james G bleak ag 63 clerk and ana historian for the southern mission the following names were called to ogo igo 6 and strengthen the Western valleys james lewis his and sons bons in law having ar permission mission to go with him oliver elmer geo W lufkin lulkin geo W gould benj el brown Rober robert smith john adair i james clark dark lorenzo Lorenz johnson i john AL thomas W J lmcallister FM cAllister ta taylor ion lon R B bird henry riding biding W J T spencer licer ticer wm wood edward bunker banker jr wm pratt charles claries lytle after some closing remarks frona jam president snow conference casad journea till the fist friday ln ber next at 10 am I 1 benedictions Benedicti one ont by father william G perkins JAMES d G BLEAK clerk |