| Show STAKE conference AT af MORGAN CITY the morgan stake conference convened in the stake house nov and 1885 there were present on the stand willard G smith richard fry and samuel francis of the stake presidency the high council presidents of quorums and bishops of of wards during the forenoon meeting on saturday president smith was the princia principal al speaker the attendance was ver vet very v small and apol he hoped th that at a sp spirit at of lethargy was not creeping over t the he saints hinde hindering them from attend attending I 1 ng to 0 o their duties spoke of the thee trials t the he saints were pass passing itil through and the desire our enemies nad ad to kee gee see harsher measures passed to put down our religion those professing to be saints must put on the armor of righteousness and set eveni everi everything thing in order that the blessings of god and his protection might rest best upon this people lyman 0 porter a returned missionary sio nary released through ill lil health made a few interesting remarks in relation to his briet brief sojourn I 1 in a the southern states during the afternoon meeting part of the bishops reported the wards prest smith read an article from the dese DESERET RET NEWS on chastity prest fry asked the saints what they had allowed the gospel to do for them it bad the power to save or damn us we could live so as to have the spirit of the lord always with us or vice versa we are placed here in these mountains to be purified and we must realize that god is at the head ills his power is in the church and his kingdom Is being established the world generally are wallow wallowing Ln in vice but we are on the road to the tho godhead we are in a school and we must learn the laws of god and become practical workers in his kingdom god moves in a mysterious way ills his wonders to perform and no power can stay his hand band he could hold our persecutors in check but this would thwart his almighty purposes at the sunday morning meeting the remaining bishops reports ts were given in all of which were favorable except as to the existence of a slight spirit of infidelity among some of the young president smith occupied the re bainder of the forenoon exhorting the saints to faithfulness in the afternoon the sacrament was administered and the general and local authorities were presented and anani sustained I 1 robert cambell spoke upon the 1 tion and callin calling of a seventy and read a list showing what each quor quo rura urn had paid to the general seventies fund seymour B young referred to the lawmakers of the land and said we have everything to hope for but nothing to fear god controls all lawsond law sand it we are living so as to have the spirit SpI of the lord lor d with us we have the majority on our side our heavenly father is is greater than all our enemies ha he asked what improvement had been made la in the last three months among the keople people of zion we had promised too to observe serve the law liw of chastity to be honest and truthful to be faithful to love each other and to keep the commandments mand ments of god were we doing it these are vital and important questions question sand and must be observed as there is no stand still with the latter day saints we must either advance or retrocede retrocede the choir sang an anthem and con ference was adjourned for three months mouth with benediction by Patr arch alma porter |
