| Show STAKE CONFER ence enoe the regular quarterly conre conference renco rence of bf millard stake of zion was held at scipio saturday and sunday nov and 1882 presents presen riesen fr apostle F M W lyman iyman the presidency of the thes stake gudall and nil all the bishops and other leding leading eldors of the stake saturday Batur day 10 am after singing and prayer president 1 I N at hinckley sald eald he had nothing but good to report about the condition of the stake salte and the feelings existing existing g between himself and his brethren who were laboring with him had visited all the wards warda in the stake since last conference and found the saints willing as am a general thing to hearken to tho the counsels of the priesthood bishop joseph D smith of eill elii more ward bishop A A kimball of kanosh ward and bishop joa jos S black of deseret ward wards gave en cou raging reports of their wards after which elder john cooper de livered a f E touching upon many points ot of vital imp import anco ance to the people 2 pm P m after atter singing ond nd prayer bishop EL M B bennett of meadow ward bishop D B R stevens Bt evens ovens of holden ward bishop peter anderson And erbon ereon of oak creek ward and bishop tho thai yates X of scipio their wards warda in a prosperous condition after which elder J ii robison addressed tha tho meeting in m an inte resting manner on the firs first t principles of the gospel and also spoke about the two opposing powers ot of good and evil which ha he saw baw would koon boon soon be made manifest as they never neve i r have before P F M layman delivered a discourse replete with philosophical re reasoning moning on what the gospel will do adfor for sor the human family if they will obey its teachings t sunday 10 a am m after hinging singing lalu ilin ging and prayer frost prost dent daniel thompson spoke about the power of god which had been made manifest meni fest test in behalf of his people and would bo be again eiso also of the necessity of bang united that we may have strength with the lord president joseph V robison Bo bison caid cald the first important thing for us to learn ia la that this is the work of god then we need have no fear or doubt about the outcome spoke about the ex c tating between our roll rell ro ligian glan and true science L brunson pre aident of the high Pr priest lestr spoke on the tho duties of the brethren bearing the high priests hood apostle P F M X tayman lyman then presented the general authorities of the church and the presidency of this stake 0 0 anderson presented thereat of the local authorities and anck all were unanimously sustained including the filling of vacancies as follows samuel W western second counselor to bishop black of deseret in place of is on a m mission salon J L robison Bo bison president of the elders in m millard stake with N S bishop as his first and P E olson as his second counselor P F A Robi robison sony song superintendent of the Y M M 1 I associations with johua greenwood as his first and J L robison ns his him second assistant delilah Olson oison president of the primary associations apostle F if lyman then re ferrod fo to the many and varied organizations in this church and how they should work explained how the different quo rums arums of the lesser leeser priesthood should be organized and each quorum pre pro sided over by a president and two counselors of their own all bo be presided over by the bishop and his counselors in their tive wards the bishop of A ward presides over every member in that ward and no authority is exempt from his jurisdiction and when the bishop or his bis counselors visits tle tte the meetings of the various associations in their ward vard they should ba be respected and the same should be the case with the higher authorities when they visit tho tha bishops meetings no presiding officer should le exposed or eat down on in public but should be told of his errors in private and then lot him correct them himself we should have regard for each othera otheta feci feel fags sags sunday 2 pm after singing and prayer the tho sacrament was was aa ministered administered mider elder C anderson And ereon erson spoke on the necessity of obey obes obeying ingall all ail the ples pies of the gospel commencing pith faith and repentance and sad con onward and upward they are all revealed for the salvation paid i exaltation of the human family prest 1 I igi N hinckley expressed his satisfaction with the many good things which he had herd during their thelt conference and hoped that we would all treasure them up and profit thereby bo united live our re 11 ligion a conand and trust jn mhd lond lord apo apa ta le JF M Lyman read from tho the book of doctrine and covenants sec gec 68 commencing with the terse versa and apol ke with much earnestness about tho the auti duties s of parents toward ward wara their children etc this pao poo pio plo havo have been gathered from 25 different nationalities and are of the moat in Jn dependant and determinate class claas of people peoples having embraced unpopular as I 1 ibia ibis t is of their own free will wiil nud and choice in the face of great opposition and showed what kind of children can caa be expected of such parents conference adjourned for three months 0 andersodn clerk |
