Show CONFERE fiCE some days before the quarterly drift ci in ference of the vox box elder stake convened pros pres oleen N stohl made a statement that this conference would be ie tile the best one yet held in ill this stake that was a pretty strong assertion to 0 make in view of tile the many spirit val jal feasts which have been enjoyed at it various quarterly conference of this stake but vies pres Sto lils words partook of t the nature of a prophesy and he never missed it either for despite the unfavorable favorable in weather and the under tinder attendance as compared with the crowds crowd bich jant jam the tabernacle when the sull un ii shirting shining brightly the on an last saturday and sunday will aill always remain in the memory of those who atten attended dej as occasions wh en the inspiration of the holy spirit was exercised in a most remarkable degree by the speakers and felt in the same manner by those who listened the visitors were elders lifeber J grant of the apostles quorum and joseph W inic Mci murren lurren of 0 tile the firt first council of seventy saturday morning of tite stake and ward vard officers met in their regular monthly meeting digressing somewhat from the usual program by first listening to splendid talks by pros pres stohl elders and grant after which the various groups of 0 officers went into their departments to transact what business they ila had needing ng attention saturday 2 p m saturday afternoon the attendance was vaa a little greater than the morning session although 1 1 the weather was very disagree disagreeable e 1 ble the choir sang the hymn lord let thy holy spirit and the invocation was offered by patriarch 0 N stohl the Cori Cor anton lanton male quartette then rendered in a very pleasing manner 0 father of mercy pres L A snow was the first speaker referring to the blessings of the earth which the lord was pouring out upon iiii ili people the speaker urged the lecessi ty for abiding faith ia fix the gospel in order that the people might not be led away by the wealth of the world which experience was as one oz or the many passed thru by the early christian saints sian man is prone to forget god when surrounded with prosperity the spirit of amusements has taken a grasp upon the people ind and the speaker advised parents to assist their children in retraining refraining from e ifa a olithia character as aa well ell ii ai i 21 2 1 amusements pres sno snow reported the success which the priesthood weekly meetings are having aud and urged the people to always set proper examples to one another in all the walks of life the Cori Cor anton lanton hale quartette then sang very sweetly while I 1 have you elder heber J grant was the next speaker referring to the hymns in n the L D S hymn book elder grant told how the early saints had taken comfort from the hymns and he deplored the fact that it is customary to sing only three verses while many times the real kernel of the song is in the fourth or other verses which are never sung related incidents where a verse and even a whole hymn had been given as an assurance to sick persons that they would be made well elder grint grant expressed his pleasure that the cli church wits was setting getting a foothold in the world that splendid houses haie am e been and aie being erected in the various missions nud and that the noble ones of the earth are beginning to study the gospel told of the work being done by the chuich chinch in supporting schools the worthy poor and lit in erecting suitable places of worship the power of the adversary vill bill not be a 1 factor any longer in holding down the latter ay day bows ailina this vorhis progressing naith leaps ani bounds the carlli fiut agn n ly 13 the disloyalty of those within the pale of the church can hinder its advancement van cement prejudice is being allay 1 0 I bitterness is being banished and the work ot of god Is marching triumphantly onward i W elder joseph W was tho last speaker ile he said the po aofter of the can only be exercised in the spirit of 0 god referred to te ta counsel of the servants of goa given from tinie time to time and which to be heeded iery little these testimonies are scripture to the saints just as much as the doctrine contained within the lids of the bible and other church works every eiery person of the church when speaking under tinder the inspiration of the holy spirit preaches the word of god and it should be b heeded this principle is the great strength of ali ahe church for if tills this worl work had to depend entirely upon tile the twelve or fifteen i men u w who ho 0 occupy c e u t the ll 11 e en alpy leading positions 1 in tb the e or organization g i n a ti 0 n for the inspire inspiration tion to siide guide it it would have perished long ago every man is 1 a I judge and counselor to himself him sell when endowed with the holy ghost elder Ici lurren then preached a PO powerful w erful sermon on oil the necessity sity oi of get getting ting out of debt and keeping out ile he stated that no man mail can work properly in the kingdom of god who is encumbered with ith debt because lie he might be wanted elsewhere and could not go because of his obligations tic ing ng him down at home urged the people to live frugally and always within their means there Is a special work for each and every one to perform per forin ind and he be should feel an all interest in ill lt it the choir sang aang the anthem sing ye Jehova hs Pr alses and the benediction was pronounced by elder jos hubbard sunday 10 a m tile the attendance sunday mo morals rubit was undoubtedly tile the smallest ever seen at a conference meeting of a alir similar character the wind and swirl ing snow kept the children home but yet the session was roost most interesting and instructive As is customary the sunday schools had the first hour in which to carry out a program the opening song was hope of israel prayer was offered by bp G AV watkins after if ter which the schools sang the joy and the song sacrament was administered by the bishopric of the second ward during the passing of which hiss callie lund sang a solo and misses grace abc mcmaster alas gladys hoist inez forsgren and mirl stoney sang oc a quartette victor E madsen gave a short talk on the subject of loyalty the primary primar class ot of the second ward ward school gave an exercise after which the schools repeated in concert and sang the song put your shoulder to the wheel the first intermediate department ol of the third ward school gave an exercise entitled work brings happiness and the schools sang the song angry angry words elder heber J grant was tile the next speaker and he be prefaced his remarks by singing 0 0 my rather father to the original melody he then explained why lie always preferred the old original melodies saying that they were pure gold while some of the later tunes were ofa of a shoddy character the speaker then gavia gave a lesson on how to sins stating that he would charge nothing jor for it and the suggestions offered were 0 of a valuable nature urged singers to always en litin clate the words plainly because many times halt the value of the song son is in the words elder followed and spoke upon the power of example giving some beautiful illustrations from experience peri ence referring to the subject of loyalty he said that the principle should begin in the home then when children had grown to man and womanhood they would be loyal citizens the speaker complimented the sunday schools upon the splendid success they are making and spoke his pleasure with the program rendered the closing song was the bees of deseret and the benediction was offered by john W peters sunday 2 p rn continued stormy weather kept many at home so that tile the afternoon audience was not large enough to fill the main auditorium and galleries after the opening exercises the general arid local authorities were presented and sustained A number of changes cli anges were made in some of the quorums qu and organizations among them being the addition of elders J al hess and peter C jensen to the stake religion class board T 11 blackburn jr to the stare stake sunday school board 1 I E U dutten duffen and EM EL tyson to the stake Y af tl al f t A board N A macdonald secretary and nals jenson treasurer of the same board after the presentation of the authorities ties a quartette composed of A AV ensign isaac H jensen victor E madsen and C ellas elias jensen sang praying for you elder as the zi arst st speaker ker lie he begun by contrasting the continued on page three QUARTERLY conference continued from page two faith of the latter day saints wit with it that of other denominations stating that the great difference lies in the fact as to whether or not the story is true that god has spoken in person to ills servant joseph smith the speaker then explained in beautiful illustrations how the spirit gives a testimony when hen sight and perhaps understanding der would not give that knowledge A man can hear the wind blow but lie he cannot tell whence hence it corneth cometh nor whither it goeth so it is with the operations of the holy ghost A man standing out in the wind knows that it blows but he cannot make another man who nho is shielded flout the same feel the hie same sensations that he does so with the impress of the holy spirit when ihen it moves upon a person it gives evidence beyond a doubt as to its effects and by that evidence the latter day saints bear testimony that god has spoken again and that joseph smith was as a prophet of god when the latter day saints make this claim claici they say in the same breath that all other churches are not in the way ay of salvation the speaker then pointed out how jesus the son of god was hated ma ifon ed disbelieved and finally crucified simply because he made the professions fes which he did the fact that the whole world was arrayed against him did not alter the fact that he was the redeemer of the world neither did it disprove his teachings no gi beater eater persecutions were heaped upon the saviour of the abild than have been hurled against the latter day saints and all this is no evidence that mormonism sill is a falsehood related a visit lie he had once made to 10 a meeting at which the great infidel sir mr bradlaw tried to explain that there was as no such thing as is the iland of god being over ills his people using as a clincher for his argument the history of the mormons cormons Mor mons who nho had been driven from the civilized borders of tile the united states to the great wilderness the idea was that hat it was preposterous to believe that the mormons cormons were the people of god cod elder mc murren then bore ills his testimony to the truthfulness of the gospel and the divinity of the mission of joseph smith in words that stirred the large congregation to the very center the power accompanying his words was as of such a character that all within the building could not help but feel it tor for it was a most wonderful manifestation the choir sang the anthem nearer my god to thee and elder grant N was as the concluding speaker following in th the same line of thought as that expressed by tile the previous speaker elder grant said that it if a man and woman will live properly in their family relations the more they will love the work ol of god only those who fail to do their duty who are sinful and neglectful in performing the work assigned them ever lose tile the faith and die spiritually lie he read front from great truths what the author has to say about the unreasonable position of the infidel commenting upon same when once the testimony of the truth takes hold of a person it cannot be shaken off but even if not accepted it will ring in the cars of the person till his lying dying day related some instance where this had been the fact only a fool says there is no god the speaker then read extracts front from a work vork written by senator A J beveridge in ill which lie he asked three questions to a body of ministers as to whether hether they believed in a living god Nh whether ether they believed that jesus was the actual son of god and whether they believed in a tile hereafter he not one of the ministers answered yes but sought to make explanations elder grant stated that any mormon boy or girl could answer yes to all these questions at the same time giving a reason for his belief the speaker then bore witness to what had been said by the previous aptaker at the same time adding his testimony that this work is true ile he related personal experiences with respect to being restored to health tile the choir sang the anthem in our redeemers name and the benediction was offered b pros pres NV W C hors ley sunday p m the meeting at 70 0 0 clock in the evening was under the direction of the mutual improvement associations besides tile the opening exercises miss blanche boier sang a solo sylvanus iverson gave it 11 talk on bathing and clothing eliza thomson reported the Y L M 1 I A E P horsley II reported the Y al INI 1 I A cleo olsen sang a solo russel ensign sang sang a solo and elders grant and mc burren delivered splendid discourses on the subjects ot of and marriages respectively ti vely the closing song was god be with you and the benediction was vias pronounced by vie R blackburn |