Show conference AT ST GEORGE by the kindness of president george A smith we are enabled to lay before our oar leaders readers the following summary of the report forwarded by elder james G bleak of a conference of the saints held at st george washington county TJ T on the fth ath and ith inas meeting commer commenced eed ced on friday morning at 10 a m there being present elder E snow of the quorum of the twelve and president of the southern Mis uis mission Slon blon levi lev W hancock henry harriman and jacob gates of the first seven presidents of seventies joseph W young robert gardner and james G bleak of the presidency of the southern mission members of the high council and bishops of most of tiie the ae wards in the Miss mission lob iob together with a large number of visiting elders meeting was opened by singing and prayer i the speakers in the morning were presidents joseph W young erastus snow and henry harriman bishop D mcarthur elders robert gardner and james G bleak the subjects spoken upon were the building of temples and tabernacles the reception of the holy ghost the blessings of the gospel and the necessity of living so as to secure and retain them in the afternoon president jacob gates elder david H cannon bishop L roundy boundy president resi resl ent seo sio snow vi and bp N smith addressed the meeting the subjects being mining and home ma manu riu liu facture jT during which excellent ins truc tion and general counsel ivas was given on saturday morning conference convened at the usual time and andaas was opened with singing and prayer the topics of discourse were similar to those of the previous day home manufactures raising grain and fruit dra crops P 9 sustaining home institutions building temples paying tithing and other matters of vital importance to people settled in a new ebu country and profess ing the religion of jesus jesua christ the speakers were bishop wm snow and presidents joseph W young and gates in the afternoon union in n spirl spiritual effal and cooperation operation co in temporal matters the manufacture of iron cotton ac were forcibly dwelt upon by BD bt B R robinson Eo binson president snow elders eiders B S M blair and J W young mr loughery foreman and manager of the rio virgen manufacturing companas Comp anys factory was introduced to the congregation by president snow and spoke irta inta in irla a very interesting manner and in high terms of the capacity and condition of the factory its machinery ac ac he said lie he had seen as good cotton raised here as any he had seen in the east A letter from president t B young on he the 41 building of a temple in st george was read to the assembly A general priesthood meeting was held on saturday evening and was well attended on sunday morning addresses were delivered by elder robert bobert gardner president snow and elder clitis chas if N smith and in addition to this the assembly voted unanimously to sustain the general and local authorities of the church in the afternoon the speakers were president lievi leil W hancock bishops pace parker and G H crosby elders 0 B adams geo W deevy jas ii bunting james G bleak and patriarch W G perkins I 1 elder geo spencer was called to go on a mission to the eastern states and president levi lev W hancock to travel and preach in the different settlements conference adjourned until the first friday in november next |