Show valety VALI inix iTlY STAKE OON CON the cache valley quarterly conference was held may 3rd ard and ath 1879 present upon the baand of the council of the twelve presidents a 0 0 rich kich pi F D richards albert carrington and moses thatcher counselor W B preston elder hamuel smith of brigham city and counselor james ii hart of the bear lake stake eighteen wards were represented by their several Bish bishops opsy who gave cheering and encouraging reports of their wards after which prest thatcher read the quarterly statistical report and send the donations to logan T emple temple to april 1879 president carrington spoke in the inte Inie interests rests of the P fc fund company and set forth the necessity and propriety of all indebted to that fund to cancel their obligations deprecated the condition of those who having given strong promises to pay previous to their immigration forgot to do so after they arrived here referred to the opportunity now given to pay up that indebtedness in labor upon the temples now in course of erection benediction 2 p in present on the stand in addition to those present tn in the forenoon lorenzo snow ot of the twelve end and elder lorin earr parr ot of ogden after devotional services prest F D richards ric Bic hards gave valuable instructions to the bishops in making their reports spoke in regard to the early completion of the temple and recommended a more extended effort on the part of those stakes having that work in hand to raise the walls to the square the present season nefi refi referred to the copious rains that had fallen throughout the territory notwithstanding the fears of many who thought a drouth was imminent neut nent prest frest M thatcher followed upon the subject of building up the tem tern pleana bet set forth the tho work to be performed for tho the dead who had passed away without a knowledge of the gospel bore testimony to the existence of god and his bon eon jesus christ and the mission of the prophet joseph smith saith prest frost 0 C bich rich referred to the promise of the lord that he would provide for his saints and fight their battles he be had done so in the past and would do ao in the future if we were faithful spoke strongly in regard legard to the bece necessity alty of pushing the temple tempie work to a speedy cam ion referred to the tho grest great wo work rk introduced by joseph the prophet baid said that iche had taken into consideration his hid inability he would not have accomplished th the e work he did we should go for tor forward wardin in the ed great mgt work and trust in god aji sunday mor ping may ath I 1 10 am 1 after bin ain er prest occupied the time and from reye Beye revelations lations chip chapter ter fer and arld the last verse of the ath chapter of matthew and first verse of chapter kot of Ge genesis referred to td the tha call of abraham and set forth that ho he abraham received the great bless biess blessings ingi he enjoyed through an observance of the laws jaws an and d commandments commend ments of heaven god had given ua us similar commandments mand ments monts we had left our country in obedience to the commands af god through the prophet joseph disco discoursed cursed at some length upon many glorious and important topics and alluded to the do doctrine carine of stewardship and consecration with much force and clearness clear nees benediction sunday afternoon ap m devotional services service fht Eft after which the sacrament was administered when president thatcher presented the general and local authorities of the church which were unanimously sustained with the allowing following changes in the latter william 13 preston was waa unanimously sustained as the president of this stake of zion with mariner W y merrill as his first counsellor and charles charle 0 card his second counselor thomas mcniel was sustained hs s the first counselor to george L farrell president of the high Priests quorum of this stake to nil fill the vacancy occasioned by the appointment of C 0 01 card to the presidency of the stake william L skidmore was sustained as the bishop of the richmond ward to fill the vacancy occasioned by bf the tho appointment of M W we mer jill ill lii to the presidency of this stake 0 C ormsby was waa sustained as the superintendent of sunday schools in the cache valley stake of zion with john B thatcher first assistant and oharles charles W nibley second assistant pres A carrington knew of no people more united than are the latter day saints pertaining to to doctrine but we were not so much united upon temporal matters and set adt forth that we must get rid of our selfishness alluded to the spirit inherent in mankind in their deal and traffic to overreach each other and showed the fallacy and incorrectness of such a course presidents tM thatcher requested that teachers bishops home missionaries sio sion slon narles aries presidents of Y M al 1 L As study and read all our church works and all other good books in q monne connection action with reliable history and sound newspaper suggested that we read more and work ieso less but more intelligently president FD F D richards richarda referred to the evident willingness manifest orl on the part of the saints faints in this stake of zion to perform the work assigned them thorn alluded to the great advantages now existing in the world arising from the application of steam telegraphy and many other scientific appliances and inventions vent lons ions and adverted to the blessings that god bad showered upon us touched upon tho brotherhood of man and showed that mankind was one family concluded with a few words in the interest of the ogden ogdon Jun mun junction olion clion and asked a due share olour of our patronage patrona for foi that paper president 0 0 rich bich endorsed endorsed tho the many good remarks made during this gon pon conference ference eind and called for a an e expression of the large audience t tho 0 house ouse being filled to its utmost capacity to the end that all would en endeavor eavor to their utmost to raise the walls walla of the logan temple to the square this season the vote was unanimous during the conference an excellent spirit prevailed ithe the speakers were free and animated in their remarks slid the spirit ol 01 god was senal sensibly bly felt adjourned till first saturday in IXL august lum rum JAMES A LEiS LEISHMAN miah MIAN clerk |