| Show MORGAN STAKE stane conference binm tb tile tiie e quarterly Quart eriv conference of the thy morgan stake ot of lon zion ion convened in the stake bousi hou nou morgan city may icah and 1885 abbo saturday 10 am a ro the stake presidency and most mosi of the leading priesthood were present 0 on the stand after the usual opening exercises president smith address addressed edhe the conference at some home length upon nhe the present pres ceni cent position of the saints and the s of the prophets in relation to our ou r dav day d av he thought the present trouble troubie 1 w would 0 prove a to the people I 1 the remainder of the forenoon was taken up by elder thos grover who said there never llever was a time when the sai sal saints n ts needed to be more diligent dill ent la in keeping keepin the commandments OF of god and the covenants they had made than at the present time the Seventies he said had no right light to involve themselves in any way that they could not respond to any call made upon them at a moments notice saturday 2 1 p in during the afternoon meeting the bishops reported their wards as bein beld beins in 1 good condition generally and expressed the opinion that the present persecution tended to drav draw the people c closer loser together and that their diligence gence in serving god was increasing eider hider ed A steed a returned missionary t siona slona sio nary related some of his experience chile preaching tile tiie gospel toa tog to a benighted world an and was followed by elders G GW W taggart chas unas criddle i and president fry the time during the sunday y morn ing meeting was occupied by elders I 1 W corbett frederick clark dark and henry eddington in the afternoon after the sacra merit ment was administered the general and 1 local authorities were presented and unanimously sustained chas cius welsh a returned missionary mad made some esome very interesting rem remarks in relation to his mission he was followed by brother stuart who delivered a ermon tennon t long iong to be remembered by all present upon the condition of the world religiously socially and politically and our relation to the ame the ax he said was laid at the r oot root of all the systems of men inen which must knust succumb to the laws and kindom of god which when established W would ouid stand forever the conference was adjourned for three months with benediction benedicti onby bj jesse Jess ellaven haven clias CHAS KINGSTON clerk of stake |
