Show STAKE conference SALT lare LAKE ammi ASSEMBLY HALL july 3rd ard 1880 10 am the semiannual semi annual conference of the stake convened this morning in in the above hall present ont oft on the stand of the twelve apostles president john taylor wilford woodruff geo Q Canno nAlbert carrington the presidency of the stake angus ir cannon 1 D 0 calder and joseph E taylor patriarch john smith IV W taylor of the first presidents of seventies president elias smith and counselors edward grove and elias morris of the high priests quorum th there ere were five presidents of seventies present the 2nd and ath ath ath loth lith and quorums of elders were represented hy by some of the presiding 1 ding authora authorities ties also all the wards N rear ds of the stake excepting the and roth wards of salt la lake e city and the granite and D draperville Drap rap erville wards the deacons quorums of theard the tho 3rd ard and loth aoth wards and the south cot herdd Herri were represented there was also a fair represents tion of the members of the above quorum 3 excepting the priests and teachers quorums Qu which were not represented the statistical report of the stake for the quarter ending may 31 1880 isso showing as follows apostles 7 counselors 1 seventies log 1093 high priests elders 1675 priests teachers teacher 18 deacons members total total off omm meers leers arid members children under 8 years total of souls families marriages 19 births males 99 births girths births females 75 children blessed officers members etc received officers members ete etc removed baptized new members 24 baptized children 58 excommunicated 6 deaths males 33 deaths females 33 individuals d drawing support increase not otherwise designated 23 total increase total decrease 1 net increase number of home missionaries 66 total number of quorums qu high priests 1 elders 10 N priests 2 teachers 4 deacons 40 number of wards in the stake 35 four of which have branches composed of small settlements under the direction of presiding priests pr lesta iesta the general authorities of the church were presented and sustained as at the late annual conference the authorities of the stake were sustained as at the late stake conference with the following exceptions burge george IV hill was sustained as a patriarch john morgan matthias PA cowley ISIl milando lando pratt geo henry walsh hy P richards ble Bic hards and robert as home missionaries th the tho 0 presidency pres pros of the first quorum of r iders eiders was sustained as follows edward davis president M F cowley first counselor in place of edward russel removed from the stake john W taylor in place of isa M F cowley in the presidency of the ath quorum of elders milson pratt was sustained as second counselor in place of john brooks removed from the ward counselor joseph E th taylor addressed the congregation making mention of the large larg ge number of wards in this stake and the heavy responsibilities devolving upon the authorities local and general spoke of sabbath breaking drunkenness and intemperance prevalent in the midst of the people the disease of diphtheria was particularly mentioned and its fearful ravages in this community commented upon and the necessity of living pure and UD upright lives in order 16 to escape thi tins 1 s and other calamities that were coming upon the earth the priesthood were exhorted strongly to attend to their duties president john taylor in reference to the prevalence rev alonce of disease in our midst said that judgments would begin at the house of god and that the scourge known as diphtheria was undoubtedly one of the judgments predicted to appear in the last days but we had been given a word of wisdom to protect us from such evils and it was noticeable ti that where so many deaths had occurred it was where the word of wisdom had been neglected and where the fewest deaths had occurred was where it had been observed we should not tam tamper r with the things of god but trust ra in him keep his commandments and he would us when disease col coi comes mes god should be appealed to and not man in respect to sabbath breakie breaking there were commandments prohibiting it and they should bo be written upon the walls of this building that all ail might see them the importance of li honesty virtue and integrity were also treated upon with illustrations meeting C adjourned till 2 p in in addition to the changes noted in in our report of saturday morning july ad ill in the authorities of the stake the following occur the names of chas chad V stayner on a 11 mission and chas St illmann engaged in labor prevents his filling his appoint appointments appointment men U were omitted from the tile home missionary list willard bergen was sustained as first counselor to the president of the elders quorum in place of john M redman bedman removed from that elders district 2 rpm p in choir sang praise ye yo the lord my heart shall join prayer by elder edvard sn elroice choir sang let bet let lot every elery mortal ear attend president A if cannon s spoke poke upon the recommendation of the tile twelve at tile the general ral rai Con cou conference conferee feren ce for the re remitting of back tithing g and i debts to the tile P E fund the de dd 1 sign in remitting delinquent tithing was not to clear off the accod ti against apostates or a against fr ainest th tw who were able to pay but wt to relm relea t the worthy poor from obliga obligation ti which they were hardly able to nt t qui date so with the P E pm delinquencies the remittances ven to be for the tile benefit of worthy pa c e sons unable to pay up their inde edness the instructions gil three months ago about furnish 11 cows to the poor ought to be cam carr 8 9 out TI the I 1 e required reports had hadi hadt come in he wished the bishope attend to it at once if cows a e sheep were not suitable gifts in P instances s the amount might 0 be 1 l bated in in something C really needed need a he regretted to eab cab icam leab cam that sonta bomea the masons masona on the 1 l been compelled to leave work cause there was wnm not stone enno brought from the tile quarry to em erok crop s them he hoped every nie vie e would do its part in quarry woi xon 0 that the masons might be consta 0 ly employed CT the speaker touched upon theca a ties of elders eiders to their quorum to their gen enal oral chur ch up si rule ruie and ordinances and rellna 11 them that ou out t of th the e th things in gs r in the books they would be i judg ti according to their works hrc arc spoke against sabbath br breaking breakie eakim fulgence durence dul dui genee gence in intoxicants and vial every kind and exhorted remer remel brance of the poor the widow buol buoi the fatherless en e elder eider E mer Wilfor walford dWoodruff said sald th thep tiep never was a people on earth V to had greater responsibilities than i m latter day saints he could f for the twelve that they never ft ois fig t themselves at liberty ma ding meeting or any auy other duty te e thought similar obligations res re sc upon others in their thein place as on tit ty twelve in theirs he related hoth loth ici instructions given by the Prop joseph to hiim him and several of offra ata twelve when they were were about ise c start for england some of the ath twelve had fallen and their had been blied filled up and the proko promo showed that they had reglee their duties and used their hood for private ends and herid nehid their overthrow joseph jpseph exhort to the brethren to profit by the tili en ence enee ce of 0 others th ers and no not t be un under der kih lih h 4 necessity of learning by su the speaker testified that this jbf doin doryl would be bp built up blit but tile tiie wl would not always bear bean with the theu then s and omissions oft of those hosp called to hgo buo it up there thero was no time towne hi in folly ve ave vve vye had every I ment to be true and nith Alth faithful ful fui gye wye 0 were under obliga obligations ti ons to preach inn ean ian lan gospel to and gather the living build temples and labor for salvat salvation iop iob of the dead gud oa tfx gathered this people from ulm eln nations for th this 18 work he fought our battle battie ernp weapon formo against us bad had prospered all fatt juial and hell liell were opposed to visa vish lis vis 1 hated bated us ais but this llis was vas gods vo and it would prevail we hadwal chosen from frona before the found tion of tho the thew borla orid to be the enste rt menta in the hands of god for tta al accomplishment of this wak work lil lii those who rejected the testimony gods servants would be damEt dameta 1 this is the last dispensation jo jose josee ate 6 when lie had finished his woin the flesh went into lato the spirit uri and unlocked the door for the dead for he be held the keth the world would have the bill 1 pay for shedding that mans biot blot lie ide did not believe that many mandof afi pot lot lif lie 01 Apostle apostles sand and elders would have hate 11 eal their testimony with tha thi alc I 1 blood neither did lie he believe ti ri they would be under the tho neep neca e to shed blood this was not W 0 01 1 calling the wicked would ala aia slay y lr wicked the signs of the times j dilated tile the coming of the se man and the voice of the p which was the greatest tes udit Unit t of the truth bore witness of tho the til jil A ti the speaker closed by e exhorting ta i saints to tp faithfulness faithful diligence jp prayerful prayerfulness ness noss ard and humility anda performance of every duty on E eider elder id 0 r eli ell ellas elias as S smith mith exp eap expressed r ess ed A thankfulness at being able to present having been prostrated some time with sickness he 33 sired to live to perform the tho worlo vortie quiren of hini him he vIllu alluded ded to toai tal tai lack of atten atton attention tion mansfi manifested sted by abi ghi to the things of god and decreeft depre eft the tho desecration of the sabbath dai uli which was so prevalent and ti u other evils ev Is NY li iel lei I 1 ho he never nev ney e r eaph e t 1 to see in zion he hoped thoi ila lla saints would hearken to the ari arl lori tori sels givenco gi vento them theirl and es capet tt troubles doming da oil the world pt t choir cj io ir I 1 sang sang an in anthem aA thein fa e adl adjourned burned till sunday at 10 dismissed by elder eider gep gaa Q uon inon tabernacle july 41 ISSO I 1 conference assembled at it 10 a m after the 0 opening penin exercises elder H 8 eldredge dredge addressed the conference the work of god vas was one in in which all should feel interested te it had begun small but had bad been propagated among the nations and continents of the earth by the servants of god to whose instrumentality the saint gaint were indebted for their knowledge of the restoration of the gospel for their testimonies had been attended by the witness of the holy spirit filling the tb e hearts ii carts of its recipients with joy and peace he took pleasure in testifying of the truth of the work he had lind spent considerable of his time in the past in laboring for the welfare of the kingdom and the time he had so spent was the happiest ha e A part of ills his life prel president ale n lt joseph young said one of the greatest blessings a person could enjoy was wa 14 the power of expressing ng his thoughts to his fel some used this power for evil others for goo good joseph smith wa one of the latter iatter class divinely appointed to minister in the things of god yet being with al humble and subject to the tile inspiration of god the servants of god in all ages cried repentance to the people then baptism and the laying on of hands bands as revealed to joseph smith but the religious reformers had not received communications from god one the greatest testimonies of the truth of the th e work was that tha t the th e saints sain ts were every wh ere evil spoken of the gospel required a humble following 0 of our lord devoting C our spirits to the keeping of lils his commandments forgiving as we expected to be forgiven entering in at the straight gate and walking in it denying ourselves that which would tend to our destruction the old and middle aged among the saints saint were doing pretty well but some of the young were buried in the pursuit of pleasure great pains were taken to instruct in them in sabbath schools and he was astonished with their aptness in leaming but in some instances tile the instructions so received seemed to bo soon forgotten ko no one could of himself withstand the temptations of the adversary lver iver sary lie fee he iee exhorted the saints to ponder the things of god in their hearts and to rear their children in the fear of godfoy it would bo be a sorrowful reflection that the possession of the bl blessings of gods kingdom should be denied to our children elder millen milieu atwood said sald the gospel had been declared in plain ness and lind simplicity to him seif self sf if and others some thirty seven years ago yet plain as it was to him and those who wilo had received it the great mass of the human family rejected it the whole religion of saints was ivas to get the holy and live so as to keep it for unless they continued to enjoy the inspiration of that spirit they were ejust just as liable to go astray as those who had never received it the lord would bless the earth and make it fruitful but hut the earth would not produce spontaneously but required the exertions as well as the faith of the saints to make the desert blossom as the rose he urged the importance of honesty in deal that confidence might be restored by retracing ret meing the steps that had bad lost it he advocated plainness of speech and of oc being fervent and en energetic emetic in the performance for forma mance manee nm of the religion we professed elder george romney said that the religion of christ wasa was a practical vork work verk profession would not savo save us the promises wo we received were made conditional upon the faithful performance of our part of tho the contract and the saints who failed to keep tile tho commandments of god were ivere in a worse condition than if they had llad never heard the gosa gospel ea for all would be judged according to their works work sand and the degree of light they enjoyed the fact that we did not enjoy the promises made to t lie the faithful did not disprove the krutiy of the principles of the tile gospel elders george emery E mery and nd B P F 1 4 cummings jun were r sustained usta ined as home ome missionaries AdjO adjourned umed till 2 p m E elder elden ider lder 2 rig pta in joseph F smith ed the conference di dwelling develling velling in a very clear and forcible manner mann er u upon pon the tho subject of the justice of go god d in regarding rewarding his cil ell children idren according to their works instead of their professions and showed the inconsistency with neason reason and the scriptures of the tile commonly christian accepted theo theory ry of tile tiie denominations of the day that the spirits of the aile vile vilo and cor bupt pt would be wafted wafred into theares the presence of god and th the P holy hols ang angeh m merely 1 y u upon art in their professing a death beye bed r repentance e p rance ranco or calling upon the lord while being executed for crimes which ina iua made de them unfit forthe for the tho so clety of men and that as we would be judged by our works and as all that we handled and possessed would have to be left when we left this earth it was important that we should enjoy the inspiration of the almighty in our so called temporal affairs as in spiritual matters for our faithfulness or negligence in either would affect our conduct in the world to come elder george Q cannon said he be felt that eliat from the influence attending the public assemblies of the saints they were improving in spirit spirit still there were many things among them that were |