Show CACHE VALLEY STAKE lelie FEItE rE ference RENCE iTOE iroe quarterly conference of cache valley stake of zion logan M may ry lih rih 1878 10 pm present of the twelve apostles president john taylor NV Ilford wilford wo woodruff 0 C rich eich E snow P F D A richards drub ich ieh r ds brigham Brig liam llam young and joseph F smith elders W budge and L J nuttall the presidents of this stake of zion and the bishops ot the stake generally after singing and prayer elder erastus snow con congratulated matulat the hainta sainta upon the davo Tavo favorable favorable rable rabie circumstances by which they were surrounded in this beautiful valley touched upon the spirit and genius of the government under which we live the power and author authority it y bel bei being n vested in the peo people plema making ag t the b voice of the people the voice of god which motto was good and right so long as the people did right spoke of the use and benefit of me and to the ancients and treated upon the priesthood held by moses touched on the vote usually taken for the president of the church as prophets seers and revelators revelatory which vote did not make them BO so remarked that every man may maybe be a seer and revelator for himself and faff family illy elicited tho the danger of dead branches being allowed to remain attached to the tree referred to the organization of the lesser priesthood as being the means god had instituted to keep alive the body of the church and keep the tho same in order elder AV woodruff set forth the necessity of being possessed con eon continually tia tin of the spirit of revelation referred to the recent death of some of the brethren he had bad asked the lord why they were taken away and it was made known to him that the lord had need of them in the spirit world to labor in the redemption demp tion of the dead we were laboring here this side of the vail vati and they on the other side in the same great work prest M thatcher read the statistical list cal cai report of the stake which showed 8 patriarchs Patriarch sr seventies high priests 1234 elders priests teachers deacons members members and officers children under I 1 total of souls benediction 0 P in singing and prayer elder B young referred to the subject of revelation to guide us in all our doings spoke of the interests of the saints spreading and increasing the blessings that god has showered upon the beautiful valley and the saints here and portrayed the futility of the efforts of the world in fighting against the kingdom of god prest george I 1 farrell reported the yar M 1 A of this stake there were five organizations ia in logan and one in each settlement with a total membership of with an average attendance of had six districts distri ats in the stake with missionaries from and to each they had very good meetings sister bister louise B benson reported the kellet relief society of at glogau had working meetings every two weeks and general meetings monthly were doing their thein utmost to fill the object of that organization ester A Lel lei Jj eishman made a short report of df the Y ii M 1 I A ef of the first ward Preel dent john taylor spoke of the propriety of all our organizations being represented at our meetings and commended the operations of our sisters spoke of our advance in sunday schools over overall all ail the neighboring territories showed that our district sch schools bols In teresta interests and status compared favorably with old states encouraged the saints and showed that zion will yet become the pride of all the earth eider elder C 0 rich bich spoke of the protecting care of the almighty over all our labors treated upon the nature of our miss mission 0 n upon the I 1 earth which it well directed would prepare us to fill important stations ill in the next world bishop E F sheets adverted to the building of our temple as aso also others in course of erection and noticed the willingness and alacrity of at the saints to assist in labors benediction sunday Foren forenoon may 5 10 loam a M singing and prayer elder F D richards spoke on the subject sot prayer and revelation the blessi blessings rigs we obtained through the exer cisa of faith and being mindful of our oui duties and upon a variety of topics pertaining to the gospel all of which were interesting and profitable president M Thatch thatcher rr presented the general authorities of the church and of this stake which were unanimously sustained T 0 angell jr was sustained as assistant architect of the logan temple provided he will come t to 0 logan and aid in forwarding the work on the temple with reasonable diligence C 0 card was unanimously sustained as superintendent of the L logan temple john parry was sustained jas as master mason of the logan temple and james quayle as master carpenter pen ter elder joseph P F smith congratulated the people of cache upon the good surroundings surrounding a on every hand band spoke of the propriety of keeping beeping the commandments of god on the pr principle I 1 of plural marriage and its observance and set forth the great blessings that would accrue to those who kept that jaw law and the great curse that would befall berall those who did not enter into it with pure motives as also aho to those who rejected it s benediction |