Show UTAH COUNTY conference 4 minutes of conference of the utah sta sla stake ke of zion held in the me meeting hoube house provo city noat no at 10 ii a nl jannary uary nary 1878 present jos JOB F emith smith af pf the 1116 twelve Apo apostles atles the pres presidency 1 i dency deney 0 of t the stake patriarch zebedee jodl f sr an ab da d A great maj arity of the tifai shops s of the wards of ihei the stake ti el tho the choir of spanish in attendance by invitation conference opened edth sinking s and prayer I 1 jl 1 apostle joseph josaph P asmith address fed add led the meeting showing that the ahe saints hold the keys of lithe holy priesthood and are au auz i thorl zed to receive revelation from god for their own personal guid guld nanco nance angheld and held heid the power to J judge i 1 truth from error and to discern the to intents and p purposes 1 ur poses posos of the heart anthe speaker then referred to the j handling of oft the wealth of the corid the deceitfulness deceitful neha nesa of richea riches led led the hearts of men merl from god annd arid j puffed themus them up in their own conceit concel celt t ho he read the revelation given to the prophet joseph smith in 1835 at kirtland on ohi the priesthood r commenting on the same and auci ad the holders of the priesthood to make it their study to knoye the powers of the office they held that they might not infringe upon ithe rights n rights of 01 roth loth others lothers ers eTs but hut that alij in feht ae be respected eted in their positions and cal callings lingg adjourned until p ma tl singing benediction sunday bunday 2 0 30 30 ism 1 singing and prayer after the reading of br the 1 ly report of the stake thene the general II 11 eral I 1 officers of the he church and the oddi cers of utah stake of zion were werd 14 presented andisi and sustained stained ti by mods vote Apost apostle lb erastus enow snow asked while willing to sustain iii lri certain officers a as kroph prophets ets seers SeerA did anid arid fid revel 1 vela a tors unto them did the heads of families present consider that le it was necessary that they should so jive that they might be bd prophets ibers iberg beers seers nud arid revelatory revelators to their own farhi fathi families alio the speaker refe referred ired to the great responsibility resting upon who bet set I 1 themselves dp lip as judges of atho the counsels of tho priesthood many were word hi capable incapable of bf judging ts oi i themselves and aad their own selfish yet et took upon thern thera themselves deives delves tto criticism criticise critic lse ise the tho action and counsel of god gods Is to their own T condemnation men are also aiso found r i who step over those lap pointed appointed as their counselors and guides and i t those too whom they have m raised ased I 1 their hands to sustain as such fl Adjourn adjourned cd until loh 10 a in january mOa nuary 10 a ma m singing gand and prayers eider erder A K Y thur thurber ban bar addressed i dhe ithe 1 congregation inre in ference reference to the tha th great amount of information being bein f given to the people consequent up on the movement of the further s organization of the priesthood tho the saints should cultivate the spirit of humility and educate themselves sin in the genius of their religion elder eiden franklin spencer considered the thi latter day saints as tig the most ambitious people in the world and if bless biess ged fed with this woolda goods they are pre the noble ones who luse uke juse uie the bame same for the up building g of the kingdom of on 64 earth apostle erastus naw snail now spoke of Q teb the great I 1 cledge of by mad to the beav lens bens 1 ens as acreve revealed athe the of fhe fue the ordinances for forthe the Isaa tion tron on ot A thag thai edea dead d and iid jad 1 tha 6 sealing whereby rpy saih sath rand laon inon are re v lini ted welding weiding the links eliat llave have been broken by the siu of the L children of meni referred to the vastness of tho the thag great reat zeat work to be performed ad in lif thie temples now in counse course of construe con to the alib app oppression r asilo n vf 0 af the the poor poon p 0 or by the tha wealthy an continued on ta the duties of itlie of ta lue tue churche apostle joseph P F smith 47 raiding a abr portion 1 floii of f the uth clap chap wad co bori n commencing abe be ye so not pot I 1 up equally joked together i u ucb el fevers ers for foi what wha t fellowship 0 f hath righteousness with with delivered h a short ad aress dresa ot age covenant po venant ant ani r president A 0 10 opt oot after a brief brier but bat pointed exhortation to the congregation to follow out put in n thelno lives tho the valuable coun boun L sels and instructions instruction s imparted adjourned th tho e conference until the iasi jasi saturday in april or first saturday in may singing benediction 1 j A JONES clerk |