| Show conference AT PARIS A conference was heidin held heid in duffins hall paris oneida county idaho territory on saturday and sunday jan 9 and 10 1875 on ou the stand were resident Nes president ident C 0 rich bich of the twelve apostles Apo presiding bishop wm win budge and bishops henry J home horne of paris george osmond of bloom inton john A hunt of st charles E N austin of liberty and peter jensen Jens enof of ovid wards president ident C C eich elch bieh bich stated that in order to complete the organization of this stake of zion it would be necessary to organize the high priests elders I 1 priests teachers and deacons inte into their several quorums qu which he desired to have accomplished forthwith and ho be wished the bishops of each settlement to make out a list of the names of all those holding the priesthood in their wards and arld to what quorum and office they had been ordained and forward them to bishop budge and an organization would be effected as son soon as these names were handed in ili t elder dudley Bl merrill errill represented Ben bennington hington the people mostly were living their religion bishop peter jensen represented ovid 40 families generally striving to do right expected to start a day school in a short f aime rne the bellef belief society was in active opera lion bishop E N austin represented liberty the people were doing wil well wll had meetings on sundays and an on nu thursday evenings bew kew scho feho ahouse nearly completed day cleoo t well veil attended 11 J howe represented panno paria many blany were trying to li live v e their religion while oze one others arso w weme were e r 0 careless carel earel ess rss had regular meetings a good and large targe sunday school a and nd a day school well attended with expectation of starting another in a few days had a operative cooperative co store on a good basis with upwards of seventy stockholders and doing a good business A large frame framp schoolhouse was being built in the south end of town 1 also a ace nce co opera tive tannery in connection with other settlements the relief belief society was in a flourishing 0 condition bishop geo osmond le presented represented bloomington 68 families and inhabitants nine births four deaths and one marriage during 1874 grain raised last year 22 bushels mostly oats good good large irge schoolhouse buh built bul sunday school scholars day and night schools fully attended relief belief society in active operation people improving no cases before the high council and few teachers trials had no blacksmiths or carpenters in the ward young men were averse to learning trades bish bishop op john job n A hu hunt u t re represented presen ted st charles had regular meet ings on sundays and on thursday evenings had a prosperous sunday school a day school in operation and another about to start relief belief society was doing good majority of the people attended meetings raised good crops the past pas season and tithing paid pre pretty tty punctually in kind hind people generally felt well A operative cooperative co sawmill established the past season and it was intended to build a meetinghouse and some good dwelling houses as fast as circumstances would permit had plenty of carpenters and joiners bp H H dalrymple represented preston the settlement was small had no regular meetings had not raised a crop but would continue trying the people were poor but desired to do right bishop hyrum S rich bich represented fish haven he had bad but recently moved there and the pe people 0 appeared to be trying to live their religion bishop george osmond omond O mond addressed the congregation bishop charles charies Bo binson represented mont Wont montpelier peller pelier people generally felt nelt well and were prospering meetings well attended had a day school relief belief society was doing I 1 n good bishop wm budge confirmed the reports of the bishops but a reformation was needed many were careless and did not properly value their standing there was too much drinking and although the elders had endeavor ted tid cd to prevent wit fit it our young men W were re in many respects good brave and intelligent but they yielded to the corrupting influence of strong drink smoking and swearing in opposition better counsels and influences president rich also addressed the congregation on the second day of the confer enco cuco president C 0 rich said the priesthood wbk was was communicated to man from heaven and bo be honored by all those who professed to be saints in everyday life it should be lio iio honored nored in our dancing halls at public entertainments and elsewhere there was too much whisky drinking and other irregulars irregularities ties r and fand improprieties and confusion generally dances should be conducted in order and sobriety and it would enhance the enjoyment of all present the man was the head of the family and he should honor his priesthood it was a cifes duty to obey her husband and children childrens duty to obey their parents in most cases good and holy men had good mothers who enjoyed the spirit of god but a wife who gave way to an evil spirit i rit might expect her children to sal be acqua actuated ted by the sam same espirit spirit in the best beat regulated families kindness and affection prevailed and it should bethe be the aim of every individual to do no evil in the community efforts were being made in two wards to introduce whisky shops if any persons in the church were engaged in that business it would be doing a good thing for them and the community to cut them off from the church gehad we had too much the bishops had been too lenient the dead branches must be trimmed off or we should not be justified A man who got drunk deprived himself of his reasoning faculties dishonored his priesthood and would ultimately fall under condemnation the priesthood required n nothing of anybody any body but to do right the operative cooperative co tannery was an experiment and when it was proved a success lie he wanted to see a operative cooperative co sheep herd organized for something must be done to top stop the destruction of sheep as they were depended on for clothing it would be more profitable to raise wool and manufacture it into clothing than tharl to dispose of grain at past ruinous prices to purchase goods manufactured thousands of miles away he trusted the people would operate cooperate co in taking care of their stock bishop budge spoke on ithe respect reaped due to the priesthood it being the authority of god invested in men it should have a bearing upon all cla cia classes saes stes young and old and in all the social and domestic relations nf of the latter day saints the dances of late had been of a very disorderly kind and he was directly opposed to such exhibitions the temples were bein being ani pushed ahead with vigor and means were needed to assist the brethren in their labors prest rich proposed that those contributing to the fund for the temples should send their contributions to bishop budge the several authorities of the church were presented and unanimously sustained also thie the following local officers charles C rich bieh as president in that region win wm budge as presiding bishop and the following bishops in their several wards wm burton of evanston ward saml sami pike of almy win wm H lee of woodruff randolph H stewart of randolph ira lm of lake town josiah tufts of meadow ville hyrum brich of ofFish Fish eish haven john A hunt of st charles geo 0 osmond mond of bloomington henry J horn of paris peter jensen of ovid E N austin of liberty H H dalrymple of preston chas E robinson of montpelier 2 joseph W moore of bennington and H A lewis of georgetown the high council were then presented and sustained as follows G W sirrine john A hunt neils neila CEd lefson alonzo bingham thomas sleight EN aust austin in mi all nor wilcox neis nets Geo osya osmond orld andrus beck beek solomon wixom john D U stuck Hyrum S rich the following names were presented and sustained as home missionaries sion aries lake T town own ward john and ira fish haven hyrum S rich and hugh findlay st SL charles john A hunt awil helmson nathan P va s moslah mosiah booth and daniel jao Jf oll uli ln bloomington george and wm will hulme paris H J home horne thos sleight and robert price liberty E N austin ard and bro morgan montpelier ilont pelier peller Chas Robinson and C hagerson bennington joseph W moore and dudley merrill Pres Pr preston eston ealon toni tonj H H dairymple dalrymple president Pre aident rich said he expected the missionaries would bo be actively engaged during the winter and he wished them to preach by tile the of the holy spirit not to be tedious in their disco discourses but to speak what the spirit dictated and then stop bishop budge spoke upon the importance of temporal matters the erection of temples payment of tithing public works generally last year between 2000 and back tithing had been paid in that stake surplus stock would pay most kinds of tithing and such disposal of stock would be a relief to those indebted and a benefit benefi tto to the church those indebted to the P E fund should exert themselves to the utmost to pay the same it was a debt of gratitude and on its payment depended the emigration of hundreds of poor and faithful saints he recommended the observance of the advice of prest rich bich in regard to obtaining records and enrolling the names of all members of the church in the respective branches some rules we were reread read for the controlling of dancing parties in paris prest rich advised the saints not to sustain or sympathize with any man who took a course leading to evil otherwise the power of such would be increased to their own injury and that of those who sympathized zed with or sustained them if a man was given to drinking swearing or smoking and was as well treated as those who abstained from such things the influence would be evil every good person would sustain a young lady who would refuse to dance with a man in liquor if they would do this thia there would soon be a reformation amongst our young men thoe those who were guilty of such evils were not safe companions for a woman in time or in eternity unless they ref ormand there was a great risk in that our young people read too many love stories the love that came from god loves everything that was good that was the love we should cultivate our fur there was wasa good deal of so called love th atas not good but was the exhibition of an intemperate passion the most accomplished scamp could make love to a young woman just as well as a good man could but that should not be buffi sufficient elent clent for a young lady she should scrutinize the man weigh his moral character and ascertain how well he would fulfill fulfil his promises we should have an eye on our future prospects for we had the power in this life to damage them for ever evens he recommended the people to sustain the DESERET NEWS and the juvenile instructor and not sustain papers which had no interest in sustaining the people we should abstain from the use of bad and foul language and cultivate refined feelings which were a source of joy and happiness much more so than vulgarity and we should not allow ourselves to f 0 be run over by evil characters we should be to blame if we submitted to an evil principle we should not circulate evil reports A man who would not honor his brother would not honor god wo we had it in our power to be the happiest people on the face of the earth if we would but embrace those principles that led to happiness it was resolved that the conference sustain bishop geo osmond as superintendent of sunday schools for the stake bishop osmond urged the saints tor t to patronize the juvenile instructor A priesthood meeting was appointed a week from katurd saturday ay ROBERT PRICE clerk of conference |
