| Show w A t ix FN C 0 V F r J 71 1 rj I 1 WE are indebted to the courtesy of elder albert carrington church historian for the following minutes of the sil SIE semy SEMI conference OF THE IOu tou plERN MISSION ftc fpx w A Tr GEORGE GEORGE UTAH UT lyv irv friday rao wao nov ath 1870 J 10 am meeting bie Ble eting called to order byeller by elder eider joseph W r ya young ahk g vey vly singing prayer by elder henry marriman singing elder joseph josepy W V young delivered some preliminary remarks setting forth the benefits bene fits fita resulting from froda the saints balnas assembling themselves in conferences fei feren endes ces and other meetings elder james G bleak spoke of the individual responsibilities resting upon the latter day saints president E snow among other things referred to some of the subjects at tha the recent Con conference fience flence held in salt lake city sofig singing hing fing I 1 s benediction by elder joseph W ta I 1 i 10 it 0 I 1 W r 91 MI 1 g mgt ios a it ill i rpm PM A kingings singings Sing eing ings i r i prayer by bishop jot willis ii i sing singing ing I 1 1 eiden elder harrison burgess spoke of the provi dences of the lord exhibited in the history of the Latte latter roday day saints he F referred to several incidents occurring in in liis las exp eap experience eil ell e nce of thirty eight years in the church elder eider milea romney stated abed that he ho had been in the church since bince 1837 having baving been baptized among the first in E england ano and he bore testimony to the truth of the ahe work of god in thelast the last days bishop edward bunker spoke of the manifest goodness of god in preserving the latter day saints from the wiles of their enemies I 1 he warmly exhorted the people to pay their just debts pr promptly v eider elder joseph W young of mhd necessity of the youthful portion odthe of the community keeping themselves e subject to the wholesome restraints of their parents and guardians singing benediction by elder charles smith saturday satur day rov lov hov bov 9 0 amt am ami singing 1 prayer by elder john singing 1 I 1 y elder eldek leva levi lev lex W hancock ha c OA re ladeda of hig his forty ye years ral experience in the church concluding by expressing an earnest desire to continue in well doing president E snow said 11 ho would like the speakers to instruct the assembled people on the principle of operation cooperation co he ile reviewed the exertions of the people of the southern mission in enlarging th e Cotton factory and in procuring east a large importation of chinery machinery nia for the purpose of making cotton and woollen goods he invited the bishops and others present to hand in lists of names of good faithful and industrious men living in the north for submission to the first presidency for the purpose of having them called as missionaries tosi to st george georgo santa clara and washington he concluded by instructing strud ting the people in the duty of paying their tithing county and other taxes and all just dues promptly elder jacob gates said sald he had bad been in the church more than thirty five years and reviewed sins bine of the evidences of spiritual growth among the people after which he urged the necessity of operation cooperation co in temporal affairs that we may increase material wealth he concluded by earnestly ex horting porting the people to increased faith singing benediction by elder joseph W young 2 ami pru singing prayer by elder jacob gates singing elder henry harriman spoke of the protecting power of god that has been over his people in the present age he exhorted the people to unite their temporal interests especially in manufactures and in stock raising elder eider john Bei bel bennion expressed his appreciation odthe of the privilege of meeting with the people in conference he spoke of th the e ad advantages van vad takes tabes of operative cooperative co eo operate lre ete ire i re sheep culture and of the improved state of the wool market consequent upon the factories in elder joseph W young said the people 1 should be encouraged spiritually aud nud and fallk temporally aby by the iz progress ogress progress they had made in obeying the gospel he gave wholesome counsel to the youth of the community to rightly order their lives ilves advising that they do unto others as they would have others do unto them he referred to the benefits resulting from operation cooperation co in merch anodizing and izing manufacturing and stock raising and advocated the increased raising of cotton he spoke strongly against the youth of the community reading the trashy novels and periodicals issued 00 so largely by the cheap press of the country singing benediction by Pres president erastus snow 1 6 pm A A priesthood meeting convened which after singing and prayer by bishop edward bunker was addressed by bishop W W mcarthur elder wm win carter bishop J T willis and pesi president dent E snow I 1 I 1 bunday sunday no november vember ath I 1 f Y V I 1 aln sin 10 ain i 1 sing singing ilig 1139 I 1 t prayer by elder jamea jamsa G bleak bid SiD 1 17 1 singing ging elder james G bleak spoke of the 0 object of the gathering of the people t to utah and of the necessity of bf their con to allow show the character of their falth faith by increased good works he taught them icci to the law QT 0 tithing and con concluded e luied by ex exhorting hortin bortin g them to elevate themselves socially and morally aa As well as religiously according pg to td the tand requirements of the golip gospel el I 1 patriarch william Yi lliam G perkins fol lowed and expressed his bis gratitude for foi and imd appreciation of the privilege of heaning hearing the will of godas revealed in this 0 our oun day dy arid da dallo exhorted arted the people to be 1 in the lord of hosts s singing t i benediction by elder joseph W young doubt 1 ra 2 pm ru singing prayer by E der day d H Cari cail cannen ngn singing i the following general a authorities uth ar of the church were waa unanimously sustained by the vote voie of the conference L brigham young president of the them church of jesus christ of latter da day V saints george A smith his first and daniel H wells hs second couns counselor dior dion ilor h orson hyde president of the quorum of the twelve apostles and orson prat pratt t sen john taylor wilford woodruff fr cha charies charles ri es 0 rich rieb lorenzo snow erastus arastu snow franklin J D richards geurge george Q cannon brigham young jr joseph B F smith and albert Carr carn carrington ington lugton members of said quorum john smith PAtri patriarch arth of the church elias smith president of the high priests quorum and Edwardi edwardl and elias morris as lils his couns counselors elors joseph young president of the first seven presidents of the seventies and levi lev W hancock henry Harr Har imail albert P rockwood boek Bock wood horace S eldredge jacob gates and john van cott members of the first seven presidents of the seventies seven ties edward ed ward hunter presiding bishop of the church and leonard W hardy and jesse C little his counselors brigham Brigha mYoung young trustee in trust of the tho church I 1 truman 0 angell architect for the church horace S eldredge president of the perpetual emigration fund to gather the poor albert carrington historian and general church Re recorder dorder and wilford woodruff his assistant the following local authorities were ere unanimously sustained by the vote of the assembled conference don Uon ference erastus snow president of the southern mi sion bion joseph W young president of this stake of zion robert gardner and james G bleak his counselors walter E dodge john 0 angus william calpey erast erastis erases is W mcintire samuel myres john R young marias marias Marlas ensign joseph birch richard bentley I 1 miles P romney john M mcfarlane and erastus erastue W snow as high this stake of zion william G gherkins GP perkins erkins patriarch in this stake william fawcett local president of the high priests quorum walter granger grangr president of the elders quorum dahiel ti D mcarthur meart McArt bur hur presiding bishop of st stgeorge george Ward with wm carter and david H cannon his counselors david wart st george heury eyring bishop af the acl 1 I d ward st george walter granger bishop of ad ward bt st george Is nathaniel ashby bishop of ath ward st george john woodruff freeman bishop of washington ward edward bunker bishop of santa clara joshua F willi willis 8 bishop of toker 1 ville john parker bishop of virgen city charles N smith bishop of rockville lorenzo Ii orenzo W roundy boundy bishop of kan arra wilson D pace bishop of harmony richard S bod Boo inson bishop of pinto willam wlliam snow bishop of pine valley vailey i james henrie hennie bishop of panacea meltiar meiti ar hatch bishop of eagleville ragi evilie eville george H crosby bishop of hebron james Lel leithead thead bishop of st thomas and presiding bishop over the settlements on the muddy and junction city at the mouth of the rio virgen george leavitt bishop of west point ward daniel stark bishop of st joseph ward Hela heia helaman mail maii pratt bishop of overton levi stewart bishop of knab henry lunt bishop of cedar ward jacob hamblin president of the indian missions east and southeast of the rio virgen andrew S gibbons president ident of the indian mission on the muddy warren al johnsoh president of the elders quorum on the muddy luke syphus president of the elders eiders quorum in the western valleys charle charles i jun president president dent denV 0 d O the eiders elders deral quorum in kane co i john larsen president of the teachers I 1 berj quorum st george I 1 henry eyring ering president of the priests quorum st george i eaf ephriam am wilson preside president nto of the deacons quorum st george 4 erastus snow trustee Tri latee for the building of the st george tabernacle and james G bleak and aud dsniel daniel P miel D mcarthur his assistants i miles romney architect f and edward L parry chief masod mason 0 of f chest th the eSt sst fit george tabernacle le the presiding elders eiders of branches and the bishops counselors fas as they are sustained by their respective bishops tie tle bishops of the several wards as ak assistants for aud and in behalf of the perpetual emigration fund to eather gather the poon poor A lj james G Q bleak bieak clerk and historian His taTian tarlan of the southern mission S on motion of president E snow james G bleak john joliff amz M and miles allies P F romney were appoint appointed d a committee to conduct a courso course of lectures to the public during the tho ensuing winter president snow spoke forcibly of the necessity of parents and guardians affording full educational facilities to the rising generation he askel the local officers who had been sustained by the vote of the present conference to be sure and sustain themselves by their works in the midst of the people he exhorted them to seek diligently after the spirit of their respective callings and to faithfully discharge their duties as servants of god on motion edward covington was cutoff cut ont oft the church for adultery y in the Harmony Ward on motion john iverson of pinto ward was cut off the church for total inattention to his duties as a latter latmer day saint on motion conference adjourned till 10 am the first friday in may 1871 benediction by resident Pes P ident E snow JAMES jaxes G BLEAK BIEAK clerk of conference |
