| Show on aie nie account count of having met with an ac eldont accident the roll was called of the seven patriarchs residing in this stake the presiding patriarch only was present all the tho wards of tho the stake were represented by some bome of the pres pret presiding id authorities excepting the iet let atif allf and yards of the city and east mill creek create and big cottonwood wards of the county neither the mountain dell Sandy nor pleasa pleasant ut green branche branches 3 were rep resented by their heir respect ya president of if the 45 presiding officers of elders eldero quorums Qu ficq r only were present none of the presiding officers of the teachers or deacons De acona quorums were present ereal Preal president dent angus augus 21 cannon addressed the conference showing the importance of the priesthood being prompt and faithful in the discharge of their duties especially referring to the young and that those thosa who were negligent should be dropped that the callings gS of the priesthood might be properly appreciated aud and not trifled with the following reports were read A statistical report ot of this stake of ofelon zion for the quarter ending may 31 1879 showing as follows apostles 3 7 counselors to the apostles 1 patriarchs 7 seventies 1087 high eiders elders 1619 priests teachers deacon deacons members 10 total officer officers saud and members children under 8 years total of souls sou aou s families marriages 27 births males 81 births female fema les lep 93 03 children blessed members received 0 03 03 members ra rO moved removed baptized 57 exco excommunicated m munica ted 6 males 51 deaths females 53 individuals drawing support A report of the lith quorum of elders which was in all respects satisfactory I 1 A report of belief societies for the quarter ending june 1879 statistical teachers members 1612 total officers and inema members ers 2058 meetings held 78 comans womans exponent taken financial on hand houd at the tho date of last report cash cabb ri property tys wheat bug bue bushels heis hels 2674 receipts cash 1023 80 proper property ty disbursements to the poor cash caan Prel parts party sig 0 1 emi emigration ratios eash cash 2413 2613 2110 2413 temple tempie cah property 9 home homo industries iadus ladus trIes proper ty books cash eash 35 50 Buil buli building dlag diar cash I property on branz cash properly property wheat bu bushels 2674 2 A communication from the tho su eats of the young mens mutual improvement associations stating that the weekly weakly meetings had been discontinued and the associations boc soc lations meet conjointly don dou jointly monthly with young ladies mutual improvement pro quito a number of the officers of the associations of the stake bad had been called to go out into the field to labor as missionaries narlee elder george goddard of the tabernacle committee reported that the committee were receiving encouraging support from the saints of the stake the committee having le out of an apportionment of and the means menus was coming steadily stead ily lly in carpenters were very much needed to hasten on the work ho he also reported that the sabbath schools of the stake were in a flourishing condition the interest being greatly enhanced by quarterly reviews hela heia hela heia at tho the regular ward in meetings president david 0 calder addressed the conference he regret ed the absen absence ce of 6 many of who were called toa labor in presiding 1 of the priesthood their indifference Indi indicating that they loved pleasure and the pursuit of wealth better than the duties of their calling tulsi should not be the case for the priesthood Prie Abood were not acting for themselves but were acting in the name of the lord and should value their portions accordingly bishop erd woolley addressed addre ased the tho conference our reports were j not as encouraging as could be desired many things that bad had been looked upon as evils had resulted in blessings to the people elder robert haslam bore mony to the work of god elder E W davis remarked that the only remedy for neglect of duty was to seek for and obtain the spirit of god then all the duties of the priesthood would faithfully be performed elder henry grow in behalf of the tabernacle committee baid eaid that the tho committee were in immediate need of some tenor ten ton or twelve carpenters to prepare tho the b building for plastering this was especially dos desired nod as it would be necessary to have the building plastered before the new organ which would soon bo be completed could ba put in carpenters who were indebted to the perpetual emigration fund could liquidate their indebtedness by labori laboring bg on that building besides some pay on the general tithing store to meet their present necessities choir sang con conference ference ada adjourned curried till 2 pm benediction by patriarch john smith I 1 2 pm july ath 1879 after the opening services bishop thomaa thomis taylor addressed address ed the conference showing the importance of the saints who had been gathered from rom the of the earth for tho the purpose of learning the will of the lord nd building up bia hia kingdom being prompt antl and energetic in the performance ef guf their dubief elder aurelius miner minor net next addressed di the conference reasoning upon the object and purpose of the saints in gathering here many seemed to have lost sight of the advantages to bo be gained by the establishment of gods goda kingdom and some seemed indifferent even to their own salvation b the principles of tho the gospel had been revealed gnew anew anew in our day and by their application the saints would become a united people A report of the young ladies mutual improvement associations for th quarter guarter ending june juno 1879 was showing as follows fol foi lowb lowe statistical officers and mem bere meetings held hold 77 average attendance church papers taken guon 2 comans womans exponent taken 30 papera edited by the young ladies I 1 3 engaged in silk culture 1 disbursed to the temple 16 60 home industries books 2815 narie narle 1 9 25 granary 5 president A M cannon requested I 1 est the saints sainta in voting for the authorities ties of the church to do so freely manifesting it when they objected to any but fully i and sincerely inu IDU those who were worthy the genera general authorities of the church and the tho authorities of the salt lake stake of p zion and the meers officers off of the As organizations and associations thereof were presented E and sustained as at the previous conference with th following except exceptions fons and changes bauges wm W taylor was vas enu riu sustained stained as cl cerk erk ork of the conference and wm mclachlan as his the names of eudger rudger crawson Ci awson thomas harris and VV in G young were omitted from tho home missionary mi Z lats list thesa brethren being d and an 4 appointee and geo reynolds imprisoned for ford obedience to his religious the following names were wera added to the homo home missionary list wm win B S burton barton jabez W taylor royal B young walter waiter J T beatle john morgan edward A H raleigh and george romney the presidency of the teachers quorum of the mill creek ward were sustained as fol foi follows lowe richard C wilcken as president and jos W and ands wm win P F mur phy as his counselor the counselors to the tha President of the quorum of deacons of thid tho ward were not presented one ono of them having been ordained an 1 1 A elder wm winder was sustained as firsti first antl and edward rdward maycock as second counselors to the tho president at quorum of deacons of the mill creek ward and henry B williams as first and mark murphy as second counselor to the president of the 2nd and quorum the presidency of the deacons quorum of east N mill ill lii creek ward was not presented the president having been ordained an elder president dent debt A M cannon in made i ado a few concluding re remar marka marki kp ve regretted the negligence of many of the presiding officers of the 0 in attending these meetings ho he urged the importance of the saints sustaining each other instead of 1 their enemies enem leb lem and being consistent conel stent with their profession as citizens ana and saints not being willing to condemn their brethren unum unjustly atly for fok the bake aake of proving to their ene one 1 that they were impartial Jm partiaL adjourned to meet at 10 amion sunday june ath 10 am sunday july juey 1879 elder john morgan stated that as a 11 people we bad not gathered here simply beca because use we have not had the tho opportunity of coming in contact with the ideas and sentiments of other religious or theological societies as no people of thet same bam number had met mot with so ro r o much opposition in the procla procia proclamation md of the gospel as had haa the lat ter day saints spoke of the anti and unchangeable ness nesa of the and delivered an excellent discourse upon the first principles and the order in which they should be received elder T B lewis addressed the conference stated that our doctrines were not new although they were unpopular in the world but realized that every truth in existence although new now to us was eternal and therefore old Adin admired ired tred the gospel and priesthood restored through joseph smith for the blessings confer conferred red jed upon individual man who received them elder george was sus SUB bained as a home mis missionary 1 choir bung eung an anthem adjourned till 3 9 pm benediction by da 0 calder caider t 2 rpm PM sacrament administered elder erastue tab anaw w addressed jhb conference stated that during bo the last two months ho he had v visited cited all the prominent settlements south of utah county and attended a number of quarterly stake conferences que es bore testimony to the fulfill fulfil ment of or the promises of tho the lord to the believer and tho ef efficacy fleacy and power of the gospel to save from siu sin when applied to the lives of 0 the people president john the conference in a powerful die dle upon the principles of lation lalion as made manifest through th the I gospel in all ages and despen sat 1 ions lons I 1 conference adjourned nill tho the ath october at 10 itam atam am bene bent diction by elder J D DT T |
