Show BANNOCK STAKE QUARTERLY conference the bannock stake conference f arence convened in the rexburg meeting house on saturday and sundy sunda november and saturday 10 1030 30 am the president ples Pies ident of the shahe stahe stake and C counselors un members of the high C council 0 un tc PreAl presidents dents of the eHigh th priests and nd eiders quorums and bishops of the wards were present on the fiand stand also president G C parkinson counselor to president win hendricks of the oneida onelda stake of zion president dent dOnt thomas E ricks presiding choir idd led by professor win J yonna toung sang the morning breaks the shadows flee 11 prayer by president T irm T 1 1 aby singing by the choir P PreM re adent dent kicks ricks made a few opening remarks spoke of t the great b bis his asin sings s that the lord was wag bestowing u upon pon us both temporally and spiritually in this stake of zion bioti the propst during the past se season 1 ason having far superseded our expectations and notwithstanding the bitter feelings that our enemies manifest toward us we are prospering and are being blessed on every h hand band and by him who is the father of us all while his wrath and indignation is vexing ahe the nations of the earth we are engaged in the lords work and we are arc mund bound to triumph in spite of all our enemies cando can do it if we remain faithful to the covenants we have made president geo C parkinson was pleased to meet with the saints in this valley and to see the interest mani man bested by them in making themselves permanent er manent homes and bull buli ding ap and beautifying beautifying zion elder walker of Lewis lewisville ville said we cannot expect the lord to fight our bottles without any effort on our part president win wm 1 rigby was waa pleased to address this congregation mostly the sons and daughters of the pioneers of utah otah let us follow the pattern set by our parents and wok work out our own salvation we must remember thattie that the good deeds of our parents will not save us the outside world are more moire energetic in trying to overthrow us than we are in maintaining our rights adjourned till 2 pm choir sang benediction by prest r F C gunnell 2 rpm pm opening exercises prayer by president henry flamm this meeting was principally occupied in hear hearing iad reports from the different wards an and as associations which were ve very en encouraging I 1 yali yail all ali in good working or order er excellent feeling eeling prevailing and a sp spirit 1 it manifested anif ested to build up and str strengthen the borders of Zion resident president ricks eicks icks was highly pleased with the reports advised all not fiot to occupy toon tool much land promulgated promulgate d the wish of president taylor ji m n regard to the division of f our lands in 11 this stake wished to see coop co op stores started in each settlement as far as practicable i bishop jno Dona donaldson idson ldson spoke 0 upon the necessity of home manufacture and of storing up our grain he also treated upon the law of tithing and obedience to those whom the lord lias ilas s chosen to guide us bishop R L B bybee bee endorsed the remarks of bishop Pona poua ronaldson donaldson dona Doaa ldson idson and dwelt on the same subject for a few mo moments elder jas T B mason of parker exhorted the young t doall an their power to he help heip i p repay their thein parents for the good works they had accomplished for them choir sang an anthem e bless the lord benediction by jno R poole adjourned till 1030 a rd nt sunday dunpay morning s the YM and Y L al I 1 amet met conjointly saturday evening and had an excellent time I 1 sunday I 1 loa ioa in opening exercises prayer praye r by wm win troop prest G G C Parkins parkinson nu then addressed the congregation and compared this kingdom to the little stone etl eti cut t out of the mountain without hands portrayed in dream and the meaning of the great image that it crushed to powder also the stick ot judah and of joseph the stick of ephraim to come to together othen other which he showed very plainly to V be the bible and book of mormon Nl ormon and how exactly this kingdom was spoken of lof by all the ann ancient wient alent prophets and apo apostles ats ho he also spoke upon the necessity of the education of our children choir sang bless the lord prest wm I 1 RI rigby lauter lafter by spoke th the e increase of the latter day saints church exhorted all to subscribe for the church periodicals and to possess the standard works and not use trashy literature I 1 elder W G paul spoke of the greab great privileges that we enjoy li as latter da day Saints com pared to the p rd choir sang Glori glorious ous thing things V hire are sun sung of zion 19 B benediction e u e d lct iet on by john john A R poole adjourned till I 1 p m 10 t k 1 p ra a opening g exercises Pra prayer by elder D robison of lynan f the sacrament was administered by bishop jno L roberts and jno donaldson the arthu authorities of i the church ap uras as sustained at the last general semiannual conference were presented presente dand and sustained also the local authorities of the stake stade of warns elci t C 1 I elder jno R rooi poole of cebar cedar buttes ivas the dext speaker copi compared pared this kingdom king doin doln to the body of a man moan all parts r and officers being necessary to constitute a perfect body spoke of the blessing of jacob upon the heads of his bis two sons ons in blessin he promised that his posterity should extend to the tho uttermost bounds of the everlasting eber lasting hills and showed that we are now located there president Thor thomas pasE E ricks wished to see elther either 10 or 20 acres cult cultivated in each settlement for missionary purposes next season exhorted all who could to donate liberally to the tennessee martyrs fund also to assist brother A latham as much as possible who had bad the misfortune to drown his team in attempting to cross the south fork of snake river president F C gunnell exhorted all to keep the covenants we have made conference adjourned till saturday and a nd sunday february and choir sang sans san an anthem benediction by bv president T cricks T P E BASSETT stake recorder |