Show MOGAN COUNTY STAKE COIT irh irl i A quarterly conference of the morgan county stake of zion was held in the new school house at bouth booth morgan on saturday and sunday last and conference convened at 10 am meeting called to by president ven gsmith on thes the tho estand tand were president W G 0 smith and counselor S frands brands with the high council presidents and council of lesser lesber priesthood riest hood on their right band with the bishops and their council and soma some rome few prominent elders on their left morgan city choir sang bang th the morning breaks the shadows tice flee prayer by bishop charles turner I 1 of south morgan hymy on page was sung by the morgan city choir president W 0 SMITH talked very kind airi airl fatherly 1 to the people i e and cioe clou closed cloe d his remarks by praying F 1 g god to bless the saints with his holy spirit counselor samuel francis addressed th 1 conference for a few moment when counselor richard fry arrived in company with tA postles bfranklin lF D richards and joseph F smith and escorted them to the stand the bishops of the several wards make a verbal report of the condition of their wards with the exception of peterson Ward the bishop of that ward having concluded prior to the conference to move to another part of the territory had bad sent cent in his resignation which was accepted and the bishop honorably released I 1 from his labors president W 0 smith then read the statistical report of the several wards also referred to the business establishments that were in the stake morgan city choir sang prayer la is the th figurs sincere desire benediction by counselor bic ric richard h fry saturday afternoon services commenced at half past two pm west porterville porter vil vii ie choir sang oneo On comora morg more wo we come detore before our god prayer by counselor richard fry praise ye the lord itis good to praise was sung by the morgan city choir apostle joseph F smith then addressed the meeting by giving some borne very impressive instructions on the law of tithing and the law of marriage quoted passages from the book of doctrine covenants also read passages from the book ol 01 Malac malachi hij chap 3 dwelt upon the subject of voting for church authorities advised the people to keep the commandments of god coun selled the young men and young ivo leo women inell inezi to be cautious in making choice of a companion closed his remarks by praying god to bless the people of this stake singing by 3 west porterville choir we thank the thee 0 god for b p riphot benediction by elder john seaman sunday morning 10 opening hymn by west porter ville choir ill lii 11 11 praise my nater mater while breath prayer by robert hogg sen seb singing by morgan city choir oh god our help la in ages agres past A apostle 0 franklin D Il ichards richards said baid it was always a pleasure to him to meet meat with the saints of god and to to speak of the things of god said baid he felt particular pleasure yesterday in listening to the bishops giving in their reports he felt to congratulate the people of this place on their future prospects of having houses large enough to accommodate all the people in the stake referred to the court house that is being laid up and the grounds rounds on which a large meeting aliouse ouse Is to be completed by our next fall conference in his remarks he dwelt principally upon the subject of marriage tithing building of tanneries canneries tann eries storing up grain etc gave some very good encouragement to the relief belief societies spoke of the powerful persuasive qualities that the sisters possessed counseled them to continue in laying up grain for the men would not doit dolt do it advised the brethren if there were any grog shops in the place to do away with them by petitioning tle the court to have them dispensed with also counseled coun the young men not to t indulge in taking the first dei del drink U ar or their appetite would crave for more he also made some very interesting remarks in regard to the P PE E fund showing the people the necessity ol 01 giving this their attention invoked the blessings of god to rest upon the saints sainta in this stake west porterville choir E sang gang dg an anthem benediction by elde elder t thomas I 1 RIc hSen sunday afternoon conference met at balf half past I 1 p m morgan choir sang hali hall bright day 0 of rest re L prayer by elder edwin stratford west porterville choir bang eang god moves in a mys mysterious terloW way the sacrament was then administered prest AV W 0 smith then presented the several authorities of the church in their order when they were unanimously sustained aiDed by the conference apostle franklin D richards presented the following office s as the presidency of the morgan county stake ef zion they were sustained unanimously william G smith president with richard pry and samuel francis as his counselors president W ot smith presented the remainder ef of local authorities in their order who were also unanimously sustained the high council thomas G thurston thomas rich george criddle thomas R G welch joseph L card george W taggart john H rich frederick kingston jesse haven richard rawle rawie david robison and martin II Ll einer elner president of high priest quorum joseph mecham with wm hemmings as his counselor second not yet chosen Preal president dent of elders quorum james with charles tucker and thomas welch jr as his counselors bishops of the several wards south morgan chas turner robert hogg bogg and thomas berwil counselors north morgan W M parker olif B andersen and george heiner counselors croyden john hopkins george knight and george K X bowering counselors east porterville joseph R porter eli kilbern and james cherry counselors west porterville potterville thos brough samuel carter and 0 0 stoddard counselors richville air dickson glisple glispie waldron and W H dickson counselors milton E EH 11 thomas giles and ole gorder counselors enterprise J K hall john croft and thomas palmer counselors peterson ward was lef left t with a vacancy the presidency of the stake to appoint some person to preside priests and teachers quorums not yet organized president of first deacons quorum charles welch with samuel francis jr and henry as his counselors president ot of second deacons quorum wm win simmons with alma C smith and moroni clawson as his counselors bupt of sabbath schools J K hall with jno croft and james stuart as his bis counselors and anos barrett as secretary clerk and general historian of stake jno 8 barrett phonographic reporter W B parkinson the following names of home missionaries were then presented and sustained unanimously robert hogg thomas R G welch wm win B parkinson 3 no DO S barrett frederick kingston wm dickson Dick son aon E W phillips aaron smithers thomas rich sen li W porter jesse tesse 0 haven jr joseph L card oharles charlea boyde boyden n lars andersen C G shill M and george knight thomas brough and counselors who had been called to preside at west Porter porterville villes were then ordained ond and set apart to act in their positions by the apostles elder joseph F smith addressed the congregation the remainder of the afternoon and gave some very important instructions 1 president W G smith expressed his bis thanks to the band and reporters for their services loess icess and to the congregation at largo for their attention I 1 conference then adjourned until feb 16 and singing by morgan city choir benediction bj by elder jesse haven jonn JOHN BARnETT SC clerk of th the 6 conference |