Show emery STAKE conference the quarterly conference of the emery stake otake of zion convened at castle dale saturday jec dec 5 1885 on the th estand stand wi re the presidency of the stake bishops of the various wards and other presiding and local officers representing the different associations and organizations organisations of tile the stake at 10 am the meeting was called to order by president C G larsen who after the usual opening exercises arose and welcomed all the people and said be he was very thankful for the favorable weather and every blessing enjoyed and not the least lor for the geace peace peace aud and liberty yet granted us to meet on such an occasion loi as this our neighboring settlement huntington had bad nen been put somewhat under restrictions on account of considerable sis kliess ness nesa among the people there which bad had been called contagious and as wisdom and caution dictated people deop from front that ward had been counseled course led to stay at home john K reid who had acted as stake clerk from the ithe organization of this stake was by unanimous vote of the people honorably released from said position at his own request and oluf J anderson Ander sou son was honorably released from being a member of the high council and voted in to fill the place as stake clerk orange seeley first counselor to president larse larsen n addressed the congregation gre gation gatton saying that f from rom all appearances it looked like our op posers intended to compel the resentment of the saints by heaping upon us all the wickedness and abuse possible 4 isible but thanks be to god our fedders leaders are preaching anI and teaching to us the peaceful things of the kingdom of god and if we are willing M t do our duty we shall be able to remain faithful through all trials that may meet us on our further journey in life R justesen second collus counselor elor to prest larsen was the next speaker he was exceedingly grateful for the broad plan of salvation revealed to the human family well might it be said that a heavy cloud was at the present hovering ho over this people butchen but when he thought of the many dark hours that this people have seen before he was reminded that there was never a night so dark but what a day dawned after it when the big army advanced toward utah in 1857 the ile boys were called upon to 0 and stop its further advancement E 60 ut nt it was told them that if it they would go in obedience to the call and with their hearts tilled filled with the fear of god no shooting or destruction of human life should be necessary which to him seemed rather a singular if not an impossible in outcome of the affair but the victory was thus at the time given given the people of god without even a gun being fired intent oi of shedding blood he was confident that the same would be the result in the pending controversy tro versy between this people land their declared enemies if tile the saints boniv trust in god and regard their reil rell religion glori in the afternoon the bishops of the different wards reported the condition of the same showing a good condition in ail all things pertaining to the progress and well being of the people good health beaith was enjoyed all over oyer except in huntington ward the primary associations and sabbath bath h schools were reported as effective factors in the nursery of zion the day schools received proper attention one or two being in operation in each of the wards except muddy which had t not succeeded iu in getting an efficient teacher ferron ward had hid erected a fine meeting house built from brick the roof and cornice corlice being already on up to the present the house had cost about 2800 which for a ward of about inhabitants might be pronounced extremely good but bilt a good deal of credit for that enterprise was due to Brot brother herm herH M W molen who is a resident of that place the a the first presidency of the church to president C gr larsen stating that if agreeable to all parties concerned the moab ward would be stricken off this stake and attached to san juan stake as that ward i somewhat dim cult to visit from this place on account of two troublesome rivers to cross namely green and grande rivers president larsen asked the saints to manifest their feelings on this point and the change was unanimously approved of president larsen addressed the saints in a very forcible way upon I 1 going in 11 to law ode one brother w with ich another saying every one who did so would be held accountable for it and would have to make public restitution ile he also recommended the enforcement of the law against thieves and other transgressors that may prey upon us or may be found in our midst patriarch R logan logran being called upon said the old ship zion had now for over fifty years stood the breeze and the fo foaming flamin amin sea and was still afloat and would go into the harbor of safety he encouraged to good deeds thou thought ht and kind talk and concluded byln by invoking oking the blessings of the almighty upon all the saints on sunday morning december 6 aft att after erthe the usual opening ceremonies the clerk read the statistical reports which showed a total of 2465 souls divided as follows castle dale Orang orangeville eville ferron 2 T molen 1 ia muddy an increase by births of SG 36 and by new members received of 40 the remainder of the forenoon was occupied by giving good counsel and admonition to dep nep keep firm la in the faith and aud observe the covenants made with god and one another that the divine favor be en loyed toyed which will prove the keenest sword and the most effectual shield in all the battles we shall have to cD edae engage ae la in in the afternoon the house was filled to overflowing by cauer cairer listeners alter after sin gin ving zing and prayer the sacrament was administered and then the general and local authorities of the church were presented presen preben ted to the people and unanimously sustained after alter this several speakers occupied the stand and aud bore a powerful testimony to td the divinity of the latter day work te remainder of the time vas was improved by prest larsen who breed upon the latter day saints of this stake to watch over their children and arid le xe member that the tendency of the age is to vice and corruption he warned the people against living beyond their means and charged them to be wise a and tid prudent pay honest debt debts s and not rup rut blindfolded into new obligations ligat ions before they were siire that they had bread for their families and seed gram arain for the coming season lie he concluded with the assurance that the lord will take care of his own work 0 J AN ANDERSON DERSON stake clerk |