| Show qt artterly all Alt TERLY tenly conference of the salt lake stake of zion xion held in tile tiie assembly hall salt lake city saturday march commencing 1885 at 10 a in sin singing ing by the choir prayer by bishop millen milieu atwood singing the roll was wak called there were present counselors edward and L elias bilas nas has morns morris of the high Tri erl priests ests quorum three high councilors councillors Counci lors eleven blome missionaries anda and a good representation sen tation ot of the seventies alt all of the elders quorums of the stake stace were represented by their presiding officers excepting the and U ilin liun ln quorums qu all the tile wards of the stake were represented by their bishopric except utie idin iotti 17 th city wards and tiie the farmers union north jordan brighton Aloun mountain tain dell deft and pleasant greep creep of the country the statistical report of the stake for the tile six months mouths ending feb was read and accepted president angus AL cannon stated that some so me of the tile wards had not reported for six months and that one ward ivard in this stake had never sent in a fuld report and urged the necessity on the tile part of the tho bishops attending promptly to this matter john C cutler superintendent of sunday schools for tuis stake then read a report of those organizations for the year ending dec 31 showing a total enrollment of ahsu off omm meers officers teachers and pupils the enrollment in the sunday schools for the past three years has lias had bad ail an annual increase in numbers of about tell ten per cent the clerk read the report of the relief societies for tor tile the six months ending benain march 5 mso it was accepted aud and aud and sister at 1 I 1 home horne president of the li it lief societies made a few interesting remarks upon the tile condition and aud labors of those benevolent institutions 3 the tenth first fifth sixth and second quorums of elders were represented by their respective prebi presiding dlug diug officers olric ers who stated that their meetings were tolerably well attended ani and that teachers had been appointed to visit and labor with such elders as do not nod attend the effects of these labors in egme some instances were most gratifying b but ut in others little good deemed to result some complained that many of the persons who had been ordained E elders iders to the blessings of the lords house had soon become dilatory and nee net negligent to all the duties of the brother C K R savage spoke of the necessity of dakill making the meetings of quorums quor urns uras and other organizations interesting aud instructive the presiding officers should be careful not to allow thu meetie meetings s t tobe 0 b e come dry there are many subjects that could bo be handled by the elders in an interesting manner such a pro gramme of exercises should be arranged as will create an interest in the meeting ine lne eting and insure a good time to all who attend in this vay way the quorums will enc encourage ouram oural c the attendance of tile y 0 ling men inen more inore than any effort ff the teachers who may be sent to visit and labor with them of course wb we cannot expect everything to move along without friction many diany difficulties will be met and must be overcome this gives us an experience which vh ich it is a part of our mission oil on the earth to obtain the speaker also referred to the marcil march of f infidelity nold lity and the growing disregard of the sabbath and the necessity of restrain restraining ill lil the ten dence of our young people e in these directions choir sang an anthem and the meeting adjourned until 2 pm prayer by elder peter hansen AI AFTERNOON singing by the choir prayer by E edward singing the clerk read reach I 1 the quarterly report of the primary associations and sister ellen clawson gave s verbal account of their labors and condition she said they are arc doing well and pre preparing parin 11 the children for advancement into th the 16 1 al and Y L al 1 I A the report ww accepted the presiding officers of the eleventh twelfth and thirteenth quorums of 01 E eiders elders iders gave verbal reports of the conditions of the bodies over which they pr preside eMde the aver average alge membership is about and the attendance about 30 meetings blee Niec tings are held i 1 and are very interesting to those who attend it tend they all ali complained that the young men who prom promise isiS in priesthood meetings that they will perform the duties of i elders eiders and then are ordained become careless and indifferent forgetting their obil lations gat ions this is the worst class with which they have to deal the president of the fourteenth quorum of aalde elders eiders rs reported the condition of that body after which the clerk read reports from the first fourteenth and eleventh quorums of elders the Y al and Y L al I 1 associations all of which were accepted the names odthe of the general authorities of the church and those of the salt lake stake of zion were presented taud land and unanimously sustained among the stake authorities the names ot of elias A smith jessie jr and alonzo II 11 raleigh were sustained as new alternate members of etc the ithe 1 ligh high I Counci land sister lydia dydia ann wells eils elis ells was sustained as second counselor to president BC E CS S clawson of the primary associations these were the only changes made the home missionaries were also unanimously sustained and the names of william NV willes and john johnjr 1 jC C young were added to the list J elder eider ider lder george georgi CL C ambert lambert gave a brief verbal report of the Y it M af I 1 A ile he said the work of the associations Is one of vast importance and was accomplishing comp lishing great good most alost of the organizations were in good running order and ard fairly attended there are however many wild thoughtless boys who have not yet been enrolled but they are gradually coming in the active season of their labors Is fast drawing to a close but it is to be hoped that thata as s many associations as possible will continue to meet at least once a month during the summer season brother george halliday tile the bishop of santaquin San said be he had come to 1 visit I it our conference for the purpose of taking notes and had been much inter ested and benefited it would seem by the unanimous way in which the assembly had just voted that they are all latter day saints and be he hoped that i such was the case for he despised hypocrisy po crisy ile he said we live in a chri christian alan afan land nere here where many of the pope imagine themselves to be the especial and exclusive favorites of heaven notwithstanding meir weir corruptions corrupt ions lons would find lind that god has arranged things so that all will get their merited reward ile he regretted that some who pretend to be saints have removed their hearts far from god and placed their minds upon the things ol 01 this world the latter day clay saints should seek by earnest pay r for the spirit 0 god not only in secret but in quorum and other inde tings they should contend tor for that spirit until god poured it out upon them as he did upon afi his nis servants in days of old in this way rs would become more interesting and enjoyable choir sang and the meeting adjourned until benediction by elder abram hatch SATURDAY EVENING meeting ni was called to order by president A al cannon prayer by elder edward stevenson brother bohu oliu coulam president of the ninth quorum of elders gave a verbal report of that quorum which did not differ materially from othe reports already given brother elias ellas morris in behalf of the III high nigh ti Priests Quorum of this stake reported the condition of that organization iza tion ile he regretted that through ill health brother elias smith the president of the quorum was still unable to attebe the meetings ile he thought that they were not aj at all behind the other branches of tl the priesthood as their meetings were quite interesting te and well attended bishop bishof win wm thorn of the seventh ward made a few remarks ile he took great areat pleasure in studying and com D aring paring ancient and modern prophecies for or many years the saints have been living in peace and almost unconscious of the great events about to transpire we had been beriou seriously sly siy disturbed only once by y our enemies in 1838 bythe the echo canon callon war this amounted to but little if any harm but much good our enemies however are not discouraged but still are working for our destruction ile he reported his ward as being in a nourishing flourishing condition and most of the quorums and organizations held hold their meetings regularly larl iari and were tolerably well attended the lesser priesthood however was not as well organized as ile he could wish bishop adain adam of the tenth ward gave wave a short account of the condition of things under hl 3 jurisdiction al although t 0 the he ward contains members of a all ail 1 kinds s he rejoiced that he had been able to receive the aid of a faithful and efficient corps of teachers the associations etc were all in goo good 1 I working order bishop mcrae of the eleventh ward was the next speaker ile he referred to his association wild witti the prophet joseph smith and the persecution in the early days of the church ile he looked upon persecution as necessary for the goo gool and experience of the saints opposition binds us to together ether and tends to purl puri purify fy us ile he related some very I 1 interesting te incidents in the life ilfe of joseph smith showing the pow power er of god which he enjoyed and which pertains to the priesthood the clerk read reports from the third seventh anti and seventeenth quorums of elders which were accepted bishop atwood of the ward spoke of the obstacles met with in his ward they were mixed with all kinds of persons and religions religious tile various meetings of the taints saints however 1 are dure well weil attended many had recently put away bad habits babits and were returning ta to lead better lives singing 40 abw rss 1 1 benediction by elder eider George ge goddard dard y 4 j |
