| Show VALLEY STAKE conference the cache valley quarterly conference convened in the upper room of the new tabernacle that yo room oln orn having been finished sufficiently to hold meeting august 3 and there were present upon the stand bland cistand ot 01 tb the twelve apostles I 1 resident president jphn taylor wilford woodruff oraon orson pratt C C rich lorenzo snow erastus eras snow F D richards george Q cannon and joseph F smith elders C W anrose penrose W C St ainee alnee bishops L W hardy orson oraon K whitney of the presidency of the stake M A thatcher W B preston and MD hammond and reporter G P F gibbs after the opening services den thatcher read the report of t the tho he total cost of the Ta tabernacle bernIt bernie which amounted to also read the donations of the three stakes int interested e in the building buil bufi dlug diug of the logan temple which showed that cache valley stake had donated bear lake stake box elder stake aggregating to july lat 1878 elders wilford woodruff OA oiiver oliver lver iver S snow and 0 W penrose addressed the congregation ina in a spirited and appropriate manner 2 p m president thatcher read there the re port of the cache valley huud sunday ay school donations to the logan temple amounting to the sum of in cash which amount ia is included in the aforementioned president Th thatcher archer next read the stake statistical report which showed there were in this stake 8 patriarchs seventies high priests i 1227 elders priests teachers deacons members off meers officers and members 2 children under eight years total of souls families 2191 baptized since last conference elders orson pratt and erastus snow occupied the of the time sunday aug 4 10 a m after devotional ber services vices prest preat AT thatcher presented the general f authorities of the hurch and of rif g this Sta keall of which were sustained elders george Q cannon and F D richards addressed 2 P M devotional services being over eider eiden elder elden joseph F smith addressed the saints in the u n meantime the sacrament was dispensed to tile the congregation president john taylor next occupied the time in an able eloquent fand fatherly manner the various discourses delivered were all reported and will be of great interest to the saints the conference was largely attend especially on the second day the commodious house being filled to overflowing the aped beia were highly entertaining and edifying in their rp remarks marks an am ex excellent celien cellen t spirit pre prevailed throughout the en tire conference and much good instruction st was imparted to the saints the music rendered yby aby the choir under the able abie and eili elli efficient clent elent supervision of or bro alex lewis contributed greatly to the ar enjoyment of the congregation nin uin in this connection it ia Is but just to state that much credit ia is due to bro lewis and his com company parly pirly of singers and musicians lor their union and assiduity in attaining to j the rank of a first class clasa choir J A JAL LEISHMAN i lerk of stake |
