| Show MILLARD STAKE STARE conference I 1 the regular quarterly conference of millard stake of zion was held in fillmore city saturday and sunday july ad and ad 1881 1831 present of the apostles ler leq F mi lyman and john H smith b P th tb prell presidency dency of the stake and the bishops oc or other representative from every ward in the stake 1 saturday 10 am after alfter the usual devotional exercises apostle F M lyman said we jave bat met in conference together to receive instruction and nd information from the servants of god it is proper on such occa occasions lons Ions for tho the pr president 1 19 to make the opening remarks and report the cond condition j tion of the stake state ovet ove which he presides pes fes the feelings of himself his counselors and the v vadious various officers of the priesthood a and nd next the bishops should report theli their wards said reports should lie ie correct and truthful prest ii 1 N hinckley then reported that hat he had iio ilo no jault to find ath vit his counselors nor any of the r est of tha the brethren that were working with hi ii i in the mun stry could nind find alija more mare fault wih wish bizieff himself than anyone yon son 6 elbe elee thou though his s ass associates oc at ca JQ 16 the priesthood had bad the Inte interests reits of the people at heart etc after D of helpio bishop D K ak stevens of of olden holden Er bishop peter anderson of oak creek counselor H dewsnup Dewe of deseret bishop 11 11 bennett of meadow creek all ail al reported their belr wards hi a a goor good goof condition in 1 tho afternoon bishops T J D jl tb of Fl Ilmore fillmore and A A kimball kimbull ball bull of iea ICa nosh gave good reports of their wada wadi bards at the same time 9 giving wing their views ws oh cert in sub ab afterwards after warda more fully explain ed by the apostles 1 prest J V made a mw few remarks and asked questions antho on the law of tithing apostle IT M tryman read the tho i revelation on tithing ln in the doc trine and covenants page pago and add spoke in a clear and pointed mauner I 1 oll on the subject in regard to adultery he said that when young soung people are ln in that sin they should be forgiven for the first lense otense of pr aided that they nahn acknowledge thelt theli sin ask nes and are if a married man who lia ha had his ln s endow merits m ts in tha houge house e of adultery he lie should be cut off from the church parents pao should wa warn rn their children the sin of adultery as lost virtue can qan never le be rt regained and it is far better for them to su suffer fier ller any kind of death olan qian to fall hi in to that sin at 6 p m the priesthood met in the bowery pursuant to a call of tb the e ng apostles and received many and valuable instruct and explanations pla nations on various subjects sunday 10 a rn bishop B bennet bonnet of frisco beaver stake was called and spoke spoken a short time referring to the fact that a ward award organization had fiad been e effected a few days ago by the apostles lyman and smith in that place pres edward VP Y partridge artridge spoke of the perfection of the org organization animation aniza tion of the church of jesus christof latter i day saints no heed of the saints sain ts going law one against another as the church organization hag has all the remedies requisite for the settlement thereof vrest toselli robison referred to the law on celestial marriage and said lie he understood that it is impossible for man or woman to be fully proven except by that law H smith referred to gome of the labors of himself and bro lyman since they visited us jast last spoke niso also of the unceasing labors of the other members of the quorum of the twelve and the first presidency each a according cc to his health and strength 1 said sald ea each ch stake organization was like jike a little community in itself so that the con zon stant presence of the apostles is not necessary jn in tha afternoon the sacrament was administered the general authorities thorl ties of the church and the pre pro of millard stake were presented by J H smith and the rao local authorities by E partridge all were unanimously sustained apostle F 11 lyman then addressed the people and although he complained of his hangs lungs feeling tired on account of so much speaking on this trip he be spoke at considerable length and with much power on various subjects t viz priesthood and I 1 the different callings and positions 1 in the church celestial 11 marriage ribs ring and sealing by the holy spirit of or promise to marry more than one wife in the flesh is ii the tho crowning trial without wb which ich a man roan never can fully leam learn to know hisoire his wife nor the wife hier her fier husband and if anyone flatters himself that he can slide aloag along and avoid that trial and yet obtain tho the highest glory in the kingdom t of god he deceives himself ho he alo al o warned the brethren of the priesthood against their aut authority hority bority and read yead from the book if f doctrine and covenants covenant page 3 1 many are called but few are arp chosen etc u apostle john H smith mith endorsed all thab that brother jyman lyman afa sa sad bad aad d and made forne pome further remarks on ecial marriage marring e prayer ete etc conference was then adlour ned till october and 2nd and 1881 and the in hainta scatter en t vera eera laces places of abode pondering and ano r rr joicine over the many good thing they had heard I 1 I 1 C d ANDE AVD anderson elc FIk clerk |
