Show SEVIER STAKE conference oon CON FERENCY I 1 D sevier co march 1881 editor deserea news I 1 it Is with much pleak pleas pleasure suro sure that I 1 forward you some particulars of the quarterly conference con Cou ference held on oz the and 1 uit uil visited as w T have been by P F M lyman av axi john johnh H smith of the twelve ap apo ties john van cott of the I 1 first insi presidency of the seventies hillo andrus on his way to a new location president peterson of sanpete stake supt bupt Fo folsom folsom isom of or mantl manti tem tern pie financial agent bishop earns farns worth bishop madsen madgen of Gunnison pre presidents ints thurber and of our own stake organization the bishops and home authorities together with a house go so crowded that admission for all was impossible after the usual preliminaries and introductory remarks by president thurber gurber the conference was addressed by president peterson and supt bupt folsom in the forenoon of saturday and by president F john van cott and F M lyman in the afternoon and on the sabbath by milo andru andrus after whose able testimony and address the statistical cal eal report was read by the clerk showing as follows 3 patriarch patriarchs 83 seventies high priests elders 44 priests 89 sg 89 teacher teachers 92 91 deacons 1887 members 2738 total officers and members 1347 children under 8 years total soul souls families 2 marriages 20 births males 24 births fer female nalea etc at 2 pm H P miller superintendent of sabbath schools school presented his report illustrative of the interest taken in sabbath schools throughout the stake apontes lyman and smith spoke under the influence and of the holy spirit to an attentive audience of old young and middle aged they are a personal exemplification of the result of obedience to the words of in the revelations of god to this generation nome Home missionaries wee appointed to labor in the sevier stake at this conference as follows the members of the high council win morrison lars P christensen thos cooper harry payne erastus durfee to labor under the direction of val morrison and lars P christ christensen eliseu WM 1 lorris JORRIS orn clerk and historian of sevier stake P S during the past months of winter we have had enjoyable times what with our social dances well conducted and surprise parties in honor of our friends in the fellowship and spirit of the gospel and some dramatic performances of considerable sid erable merit all belongs probably to a place in your columns WM M |