Show WASATCH STAKE conference the quarterly conference of the h stake of zion convened on the ath and etli instants giving general satisfaction to all participating tia rating enting therein dewpre visited an th by john pta hii p od art much ranch esteemed brother and apostle george A smith and an old and well tried veteran in the church I 1 counselor D H wells both of whom gave us the very best of counsel and instruction had it not been for the illness of the wife of our president in which the tile entire community deeply sympathize we would have had every reason for pure enjoyment inasmuch as reports of stake conferences feren ces have become monotonous to some I 1 shall forbear from trying to give to the public much of the instructions given to us by our respected visitors I 1 will however mention a portion of the instructions given by apostle J H smith in regard to the relative positions of the presidents and bishops in the stakes stages of zion giving us to understand that the presidents are not indebted to us for their positions nor yet to the bishops but are appointed by a higher power powe and that we covenant and a agree 0 to uphold and sustain t them em in their heir positions neither can we remove them the bishops of the wards are appointed in the same way and by bythe I 1 the same au authority thorit T looking to the presidents of their stakes for their instructions and inasmuch as the members of the church in a stake do not appoint they cannot remove but are bound by a solemn covenant to sustain them so long as that higher power think proper to sustain them in the afternoon of the ath the sacrament was partaken partaker par taken 0 of f and as a vacancy had occurred in t the e high agh council by the death of brother ther elisha jones brother isaac baum was called ordained and set apart for that position brother thomas hicken formerly president of the teachers quorum was called and ordained a patriarch for this stake and brother frederick gil giles 1 ea w was m aa appointed ltv to the presidency enc y of th the e teachers he quorum the tho general and local authorities were presented by the clerk and unanimously sustained by the united voice of the conference our choir as heretofore deserve the highest praise for their efforts to make music to cheer and enliven our meeting together SHELTON clerk of conference |