| Show THE conference AT LOGAN tu THE P cache V valley alley stake conf couf conference arence held in the logan tabernacle november and 2nd and was very interesting in addition to the usual business of such occasions brief reports were given by several bishops showing that the people are abe progressing and prospering spiritually and temporally grain is very plentiful and though the demand is light causing a depression in the wheat market breadstuff Is good property and mea measures suros are belag provided to take care of it among the bishops who addressed the conference was G L arrell earrell JF ol of Smith neld who gave ave some practical advice showing fow tow how farmers could raise other products than so much wheat how lucern could be planted in places where weeds now grow and a f few ew sheep be kept kepl at home and fed by children who could cut the watha knife if too small to use a scythe or a sickle and thus while the children were trained to be industry ous ois ous wool could be produced to help clothe them and meat to feed them elder C W penrose addressed the Con conference ferenee on saturday morning on the duties of parents and children the effects of early impressions the time when accountability commences viz viza an understanding of right and wrong begins and thi the degree of accountability being in proportion ro portion to that understanding der standing goe toe ane responsibilities of parents were dwelt upon as declared in the revelations ot of god 0 on n saturday Satu aday afternoon the presidency of the stake aa dressed addressed the conference and were followed by apostle george teasdale in wise and fatherly counsel to the saints and in definition of the duties of of bishops in recommending people to the house of the lord enjoining them to be careful whom they allowed to enter that holy place lie he strongly depicted the consequences of sending unfit persons to partake of the blessings which belong only to the faithful tul ful elder samuel skelley roskelley Bo read to the congregation a very interesting extract fron from the history of the temple I 1 it t appe appeared a red or originally I 1 gi nal nai 1 in the journal of president wilford N woodruff oo druff and relates to a circumstance in the memory of many of the older residents of logan city it is copied here as an item ofin otin of interest tere sty showing prophecy that has been fulfilled and some that has as yet to be fulfilled the complete accomplishment ment of some predictions therein augurs the f fulfillment fulfilment of the rest this lathe EXTRACT tract FROM PREST W WOODRUFFS JOURNAL gion ghon on the of august 1863 in company with the president of the church the twelve apostles and a large number of elders and a large train of carriages we entered the town of logan aun ann aud nud we meta met a large number of boys and girls giris young men and maidens paya pata a rading dlug diug in the streets the f females all ali dressed res sedia to white on one side of the road and males in their be best st attire on the other si sl deall deail to celebrate the com indof president young and his company pan august sunday morning we met mot in a large bowery E esbenson ET T benson larie larde president an and peter maughan bishop there were ere present of the author ties of the church brigham young H C kimball D 11 ewens wells J taylor W woodruff GA snow P F D richards C C rich and president joseph young and a large congregation gregat gre gation lon ion of elders and saints after prayer ver yer president young called upon wr W woodruff to speak AsIa asla As I 1 arose roseI rosel I 1 was clothed upon with the spirit ot oi god and my mind was turn turned ed toward the young oung people who 11 had met us the ev evening ng before and the following lk ik is 14 a synopsis of some of the remarks which I 1 made As I 1 am called upon this morning to address this assemblage my mind leads me to speak to the young toung people who are before me 1 I wish to say to my young friends last evening as we came into this town we met you parading in the street to pay pro proper er respect to president youl young and hs party you met to gr gre et Prop prophets liets apostles aud and inspired men this is a privilege which no other generation of young people have enjoyed tor fon eighteen hundred years until joseph smith the prophet was raised up to lay the foundation of the church and kingdom of god on the earth a privilege for which I 1 would ifould nave felt amply repaid if I 1 had had to 10 travel a thousand miles in the days of in my low kow boyhood on foot to have witnessed now my young friends I 1 wish you to remember these scenes which you ott are witnessing during the tho visit or fresl dent tent young and his or Dr ethren yua yea my iny young friends treasure up the teachings and sayings of thes thesty prophets and apostles as precious treasure while they are living men and do not wait until they th are dead A few days and prest president Y ent young and his bis brethren the prophets and aps apos ties and brothers benson and maughan Mau glian will be in the spirit world you should never forget forged this visitation you are to become men and women fathers and mothers yea the dav day dax day will come after your fatherland lather father sand these prophets and apostles are dead you will have the privilege of aping into the towers of a glorious lempie temple emple i built unto the name of the most high pointing in the direction of the bench east of us upon the logan bench and while you stand in the towers ot 01 that temple tempie and your eyes eves survey this glorious valley filled with cities and villages occupied by tens tells of thousands of the the latter day saints you will then call to mind this visitation tation tatton of president young alid arnd his coin coln company compans an you on will say that was in the days avow when eu presidents benson and yla yia maughan an presided resi rest ed over us that was belo before new ew york or was destroyed by an earthquake it was before boston was swept into the sea by th sea heaving itself beyond its bounds it was before albany was destroyed by tire fire yea at that time you will remember the scenes of this day treasure them up and forzet forget foret then them the n not 12 president young followed and sall sail what brother woodruff has sam sart is and will be fulfilled on sunday morning apostle george teasdale spoke at length on the responsibilities of those who who receive the sacred covenants of the holy temple and the sin of revealing the secrets of of the lord he denounced the glibness of tongue indulged in by some sonae and descanted des canted upon the mormon creed mind your own business the necessity of holiness in order to abide the presence ot of the lord and the folly of expecting to obtain enduring blessings ius without personal righteousness wats was strong strongly iv impressed impressed upon all the saints present elder C W penrose followed on the necessity of obedience to law introducing the word of the lord concern i ing the observance of both divine and hanan law the subject of constitutional law lavy the jurisdiction of courts and the tiie limit of the power of the vari var i ious lous departments of the national government were elucidated and the du duuck ot of the saints in hi relation thereto were pointed out lu in the afternoon after the general and local ecclesiastical authorities were sustained president wilbord lY ilford liford woodruff delivered a discourse on the mysteries of the kingdom which consisted firstly of practical lactic al suggestions as to cultivating tte the earth wisely keeping out of debt living within our means industry economy and honesty the speaker t then econome toofe up the subject of the ordinances for the dead related some of his experiences perien ces in the st george temple and the manifestations he received in thau thac holy house touched on the question questioner of dealings sea lings and adoptions cautioned thes people in regard to haste in the latter and deprecated the anxiety of sonie some to iret men adopted into their families exhorted the saints to righteous lives ilves ile he also touched 06 oa the necessity of young men preparing thetus therus themselves elves for missions abroad and closed with a general exhortation to righteousness and faithfulness by which alone true exaltation could be secured the conference was largely atten axten attended qed on sunday the tabernacle was densely crowded and in the afternoon the building would not hold the saints ano gathered from all parts of the stake the spirit enjoyed was most excellent and the singing under professor lewis was characteristic of phe the he logan locan choir sweet harmon lb us and in perfect time A splendid conference Is the popular verdict meetings were held as follows on oti sunday e evening president woodruff went to smithfield apostle george teasdale to millville milleville Mill ville and elder C W penrose to providence president woodruff returns on monday lon ion elders teasdale and Penrose remain mai mat a a few days lui lun the lovely valley of cache |
