| Show MARBLY at the opening ot of the quarterly cont crenco last saturday morning it at 10 quite a large audience was present the attendance increased in the afternoon and sunday saw record breaking crowds by a count there were 1692 present at the sun sul morning session and 1465 at the afternoon meeting the tabernacle was filled full many were standing and mariy many turned away the spirit of the conference was heavenly in its nature and instructions along almost every every line lor for the betterment ot at the saints sain Is as well as splendid sermons on the first principles of oc the gospel were given by the speakers on account of the fine weather and excellent condition of the roads visitors come ill in from outside settlements by the score the visitors present saturday were apostle hyrum M smith and pres toulon rulon S wells ot of the first presidency of seventy saturday evening apostle heber bieber J grant and bishop david A smith of the pr C sid ing bishopric came up and were in attendance at the sunday meetings pros pres oleen N stohl presided and the meeting began katurd saturday ay naming by the c heir choir singing the hymn the ni morning orning breaks prayer was offered by elder james olsen choir bang aang the hymn comic come we that love the lord pres oleen N stohl was the first ts speaker welcomed tile the saints present and was glad to see so many read from the sec of the doctrine and covenants pertaining to duties of parents to children some latter day saints expressed themselves x es that the they do not believe believe in teaching their children the gospel in their youth and having them baptized at 8 1 e eais ais of age but rather let them grow up learn and choose for themselves some latter day saints do not attend to their family prayers I 1 WL lim ot o t 1 y X aua tai child all e r to pray prayer Is a power and nothing will give greater peace and consolation than humble prayer it is possible for parents to teach leach their children to have faith in god and a desire to approach him in humble prayer parents can also teach their children the nature of sin and the mission of holy prophets children can tie be taught and understand the early history of this church and the raising up of tho prophet joseph smith they can also lie be taught the first principles of the gospel so that they will have a desire to obey them it if parents do not teach their children these things the sin will be upon their heads elder peter P r madsen felt to heartily endorse the remarks of 0 pres stohl believed that the latter day saints were more or less indifferent to the responsibilities of the gospel referred to his bis recent missionary labors among the saints of oe the 1st ast ward had found maily many good faithful people tint but believed the one great fault ot of the latter day saints is that of neglecting their prayers in many cases the mother was the real lead head of the lome home because she took the responsibility of rearing and teaching the children the principles of salvation we can only attain to the celestial kingdom by keeping the celestial law elder nels jenson reported the quorum of 0 seventy as being in good condition spoke of the teachings or of the latter day saints and felt that as a people we should be honest in our worship never wavering in our trust and confidence in the lord elder john W phillips reported liia iia missionary labors in the 2nd and ward of 0 this city had found a good and noble people the gospel of jeus jenus christ is and always has been a great joy to those who have accepted its message related the experience at 0 alma and has brethren in preaching among the Lama La manUes and some of the marvelous results which accompanied their ministry Y these same blessings and results follow the proclamation of the gospel gospe I 1 today choir sang prayer Js is the souls sincere desire elder rulon S wells was the concluding ic speaker would rather preach the first principles of the iho gospel than anything else and yet he could not understand why they were called the first principles tor for there never comes a time when faith and repentance do not enter into the everyday every day ue life ot of man it is impossible tor for us to be saved in ignorance hence we must to repent of our evil lives and learn of 0 god and the plan 0 salvation whereto Wh where ereno no law is known there hero is no condemnation the he athens cannot be saved in I 1 ignorance gu orance although they are not hold held responsible for their sins but they will have to learn of the gospel sonic some lay day we must be honest in secret as well as any other time and repentance must be our watchword A simple assent to tile the good is not repentance pen tance but arl an ac of error and a forsaking fois aking of sin is true repentance there is no stopping point in this gospel it Is eternal and we wa will find ourselves just where we leave off we ire are saved by grace but just in the th condition which we prepare ourselves for choir sang th the anthem Pr aisi seYe ye the father benediction by elder john hansen SATURDAY 2 2 2 P M the meeting began by the ca choir loir singing the hymn come darrest Li arest lord prayer was offered 1 by dp at I 1 singing all hall hail the glorious day pres W C horsley was the first speaker related an experience of its his boyhood relatives relative to a promise made to him by a patriarch I 1 we do not appreciate th office of the patriarch and his influence in our midst parents do not visit the organizations where the chil children drell ire arc being trained in in the of the gospel read head in an article entitled the tha temple of success felt a pleasure in laboring among the people of this stake dp bp J C cutler felt a little lost ir ic attempting to preach the first principles of the gospel for the reason that one becomes j usty rusty by not malc making it a practice to speak on oil these principles the latter day i 1 saints today do not have the pure filth faith possessed by the early saints we ve should keep the laws of god fully and thereby add unto ourselves the blessings of our father in heaven dishop bishop wm win J facer the gospel is very sweet to me when wo ave walk in the light as lie he Is the light then and the blood of christ cle anseth us from all sin the saviors words to ills his disciples were to go and teach all nations excepting none not even an individual and all mankind must abide by the doctrine taught by the apostles the savior was very explicit in ills his instructions to the Nep hites regarding baptism and tile the gist of I 1 his teachings are there Is but one faith one baptism one lord who is the father of all elder juseph joseph F r hanson was the next ext speaker and he ha began hla his remarks by relating in an experience showing how the spirit ol of god will operate upon ills servants qualifying quality them for the work which they are called to do the people ot or the world condemn tile the doctrine of baptism as preached by the latter day saints told of an incident where a meeting disturber upon the streets of london was silenced had received many testimonies while on his mission and felt proud ol of his bis parentage proud of his brethren and proud that lie he was a mormon the choir sang glory to god on oh high elder hyrum M smith was tile the concluding speaker quoted the first article of faith taking tor for his text the holy ghost when the savior was upon the earth ile he frequently told his disciples of a time when he would no longer be among them but promised a comforter saying that if lie he did not go tile the comforter would not come while he was in their midst they stood faithfully by him but when he was not near the apostles wavered because they had noe not sufficient ianth peter even denied his master alaster at the critical moment attar after his crucifixion the apostles turned again to their fishing feeling that the true redeemer had not been with them in as much as man had had the power t to put him to death after ills his resurrection 1 he le appeared to them gave them instruction laid his hands upon them and breathed upon them promising them again that the holy spirit would descend the lay day of saw sav the realization of their promise and atter after this experience so long as the holy spirit was upon and with the apostles they could no longer doubt the divinity of jesus christ jesus and ills his disciples taught the first principles of the gospel joseph smith taught the very same principles and there is no other way whereby man mail may receive eternal life no continued on page two QUARTERLY conference continued conal aued from first page man filled with the I ghost can deny that jesus is the christ and by the nature of a mans testimony can it be known what kind of a spirit lie he is in possession of elder smith counseled the saints to teach the gospel gospe 1 the choir sang love divine and benediction was pronounced by dp bp thos wheatley Wh catley SUNDAY MORNING 1 10 0 A al stake supt bupt of sunday schools school J D call took charge the schools sang hope of israel prayer was offered by F D welling singing by the schools seli christmas coral sacrament was administered by the bishopric of tho the ward waid during the passing a ot of which instrumental music was played and a quartette entitled jesus me was sung sting by lottle lottie cozier daisy madsen madsea 1 I jeu jen sen and C E jensen ephraim john son of the 3rd ard ward schools gadea short tall talk on the children ot of japan an exercise was rende redby the kindergarten er department of the ast 1st ward ella iverson of bear river city gave a biographical sketch of the life of john fohn taylor after which the schools repeated in concert and sang the song the lord is my light elder eider rulon S wells tells was the first speaker our children have wonderful j opportunities and they are arc making splendid progress quoted the ith article of faith and mado made colu ment on same impressing upon the minds of 0 the children the fact that the bible contains the avo word r d of god as also the book of mormon and how important it is to love the lord and show that love by keeping ills commandments F elder hyrum M smith illusto illustrated rated by questioning the children how and why they love their father and me mother we love tho the lord because ile he has given us ail all that we possess elder heber J grant made maae a few preliminary remarks to the hymn truth reflects upon on ouli senses then sang it elder david A smith was the concluding speaker felt to rejoice in the good spirit present and in the association of children taught a lesson on the sacrament and the necessity of keeping our hands and our clearts heards clean and pure the schools sang count your blessings and benediction was pronounced by elder ar L nichols Nl chols SUNDAY 2 P SI af the tabernacle was packed to its capacity and many were turned away the choir sang lord let thy holy spirit prayer was offered by patriarch win L watkins tho the choir sang the anthem gulda me pros W C horsley presented the general and local authorities all of I 1 whom were unanimously sustained victor E madsen sang 1 I know that my redeemer lives pres milton 11 II welling ol of the malad stake was the first speaker me he said it is too bad it some of the young people deny tho the testimony of this gospel and if they will be faithful in carrying out the teachings received in the auxiliary organizations 1 izat z a t io ions i is alie they y ne never v e r need to fall li in into to albed tsoyin d darkness a r k n e s s W we e a are r e all en enjoying g today toto that portion for which our parents gave up their friends and pleasant surroundings and some their lives ile he who Is ashamed of the gospel of jesus christ the lord will be shamel ashamed of elder hyrum al smith read a part of section 89 of the doctrine and covenants also the words of solomon on the drining drini dri nr of wine and eating of meats referred Kers to the evil results of using drink and felt that it was lime ime the latter day saints ceased to tolerate saloons in their midst utah should be a pioneer in enacting prohibition laws there Is an anti saloon league organized in this state and it should not be sectarian but sil it if we are lattea day sainte and cannot close the saloons by keeping the commandments of god we should enact laws and have this curse driven from our midst five per cent of the crime existing in the world Is caused by the influence of saloons for my part I 1 am at eternal enmity with the liquor traffic god has given a law against the use of strong arink drink and never has one drop of liquor ever passed my lips and never yet has my toot foot crossed the threshold of a dram shop I 1 prefer that me and my family shall obey the ine I 1 laws of god commended to the saints of brigham the labor of eliminating the saloons from 0 our lir city the word of wisdom was given for the temporal as well vell as spiritual salvation of the children of god elder rulon S wells felt to heartily lipare heare endorse t the e remarks of elder smith and rejoiced in the fact that a mighty wave of disapproval against the saloon evil was sweeping over the land and that there were nearly one half of the people who have said that the liquor traffic is unlawful there aro are two ways of committing sin one is by doing a wicked illing thing the other by not doing the right thing the liquor traffic is one of the greatest curses of these two evils we all have liberty and we live in a landof land of liberty and we sustain each other in the lawful exercise of our free ag agency geney gency but shall we pi emit anything which ruins our young people what about the murderer the thief the libertine shall they be given liber ty it if we work for the suppression of these evils are we bigoted and illiberal liberat libe raf we have the right to protect ourselves against anything which tends to destroy our lives and morals elder heber J grant was the concluding speaker heartily endorsed the remarks of the previous speakers was surprised at the lack of good sense on oil the part of the people in sending away from this state tor for thi old importation of liquor and other strong drinks if we kept the word of wisdom our state would be the wealthiest state west of the mississippi river in one year we burn up 14 1 4 oi of a million bushels of wheat for durham smoking tobacco read the bilth see sec of the doc cov when we keep the commandments mand ments of the lord then and then only will we have power with god the man and woman who have the franchise are more or less cespon respond sible for the fhe crimes oc curing from the sale of liquor the money wast t sd ed for liquor would keep all the pau pers in first class hotels if you would have riches liberty and the 1 blessings of god keep the word of wisdom the first great commandment was to love the lord with all our might mind and strength and the second like unto it and thy neighbor as thyself who loves his neighbor who hands out liquor to him which will damn him body and soul if we would desire to have our name written at the head of the list we must earn it by loving our fellow men president oleen ny stohl made a few closing remarks the choir sang song of the re deemed the benediction was pronounced by elder D 0 hubbard SUNDAY EVENING P aa M the meeting was conducted under the direction ot of the Mutu als with john P christensen Chrls taking charge the choir sang the hymn high on the mountain tops prayer was offered by elder joseph F hansen singing glorious things are sung of zion II 11 al and francis sheffield were released as members ot of the stake board elder david A smith was the first speaker had been a mutual worker for many years an and 1 I always tried to have a good record believed Dell eved that his labors in this organization had been of very great value to him the young ladles lead in mutual work 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