| Show geber BE 11 STAKE CONFERE rioe the quarterly confer conference ence of the weber otake of zion was held io ju the tabernacle ou on saturday and sunday july and doth isit saturday Satu iday loam on the stand were eldern frank lia ila D richards and joseph F smith of the council of the twelve presidents L J El hernick herrick an and ani I 0 F middleton of the Prel Pred dency deney of the stake Prel president dent dvid david H peer is absent un on a mission in ahn th E EA elst st after singing and pre FI F monch louch addres twi lue luu meeting on the thu bigus feigns of the times and urged upon thu ihu sainta saints tib tin the necee necessity sity of their being prep hie tie kreel i for the great events which iu ju ail nil probability will transpire ia in thu tho ue liei 1101 it future and which immediate precede the coming of the son ol 01 god to reign on the earth bishop F A hammond related some of hla his experience exper lenco ienco at ht be first embraced the tho go gope pa a ud matters which at that time tinia idled tried his faith falth until ha he gained experience elder james taylor followed in his remarks he contrasted the ritu bilu 1 stion of the people lu thib thia city at thu the present plesent time lime with that of former seare when whon there bereno no biboux groga hops housed of ill um ims no profanity or drunkenness ex tating here herr elder jo joseph joeph eph F smith of the coudie COU liell ll of the also made a few pertinent remar kes feg corrected some enors and counseled and in instructed i ted eted the saints in relt reit relation ion lou to their duties ad adjourned burned ti till 12 2 p m and prayer report broin or the bishop berti were wore given n i 0 owing wing r wair daeda ua of bf t he ne 8 stae t aike gete in genera gedera general I 1 rood nood condition that thau their for crops welb much better betten than they were early in the season ogden valley lim hia been the chief chier and that through ravaged ageg agea the saints feel well in the work ork of the lord jord an and d are will ing 1139 to do all they can c an t tb advance ils lis interests in uti ail irs its alj yik female Relle belief rAf mutual and other ealm improvement pro societies were in good condition in nearly all the wards the day and sabbath schoola were in session ses fes sion slon well attended and the scholars making good progress in their secular and religious ious education meeting adjourned to sunday 10 a liy gunday SUNDAY MORNING shortly after 10 he tabernacle made wai well filled by the saints and anci others after the 0 opening peni pent n g exercises the bishops Bi reports were ero ere concluded elder B R balian Baltan tyne then reported the condition of the Sab sau ri abbath schoola in weber which wab wae very encouraging there was in most places an increase of attendance and all who are engaged in abia abla his him holy work were wore devote devoted daud dand und and earnest burnest he exhibited a specimen q py of a new now book boots entitled the rpy spy sunday school reader Is 13 got by the deseret runday school union and ought to be bb introduced in every dabb ri abbath at h school in the territory eider eiden ballantyne aiso also jn in advocacy of the juvenile instructor instruct or aud concluded with alme rem remarks buthe on the of keeping holy hoy uhe the sabbath day gay protesting against Us desecration by pleasure excursions excursion or any other kind of beert a lions rb ufa read copious extracts from a revelation given to the ihu prophet joseph smith elmerjohn leide JEide rJohn if smith then 1 addressed the meeting on tuo tho principle acl of self belr government it is j a tb the e duty of every iatter latter day saint to guard his hla honor the tho honor of his hid friend frie Irie nub nue and the honor of lils bla father and had therIt mo mother thurit thuril it is our ou r duty to love bourne our neighbor aa a ourselves ouri elves aa as far as ift lit it ia is in the nature of man to dod do so 6 an and d to p promote r mute mate the oest jest interests or 0 the it in g a om of god efe he counseled the saints to cease every practice and shu baua every pith ahr leads lends to ruin and death he spoke of the spirit of pride and undue ambition and self seir which bad had caused decay and ruin of ins titu 1 tiona tlona bouhe of the earth adjourned till 2 pm SUNDAY AFTERNOON the tabernacle was adalu again filled to ita its utmost capacity aud and many mauj mcie who could not gain admittance mit tance alcer alter banging and prayer tue the ea sa clament wab waa administered elder monch presented the general bt ike and iseal lecal authorities of the toe allot all ali ot whom were Eu stained sustained by a hearty unanimous vote of the vat elder joseph F smith read a great greal portion of the chapter of dt ut hinda zinda hud bud iud if no parl pare or this chapter would up apply ply tu to the latter iu in this vall vail eyEle ed them fo to r read ea d it lt and examine see what part of it would apply to thetna theli ho he referred thour t arrival in and settlement of or this country ire vre we ive were wore then theu contented and happy and the of god rested rented upon ua us viany many of us have changed b discontented filled with pride have h 3 ve emulated the fashions of BA bylon Y n an and aud d are ambitious to become fich rich some gome havo have ll thoice farms and their home nii nil of which b have we passed into the hands handi of th the tho str stranger anger aDger their farms orchards and the ahr r homes are gono gone and anti they arel destitute all the blessings to and the curses denounced w against ancient karael in the chap chap iut let eirean ei read are ro applicable to modern modem israel elder hider smith then spoke of the tile imperative duty of the lattur day ildy to observe and heep keep holy the sabbath day he denounced in strong terms the violation of the law on thia subject in ia auy any manner whatever and showed that no man had aay any right to dp do any other thing taing on the tho day than that which god had com lauded ile he also urged upon parents the importance or ot instructing I 1 heir hein child children ren ten at the proper age I 1 in u the tho principles of the gospel of or fal tal al lauon thac they may mft grow up in the nurture and admonition of the lord loid ile he concluded with a promise to the saints sainta that if they would be faithful and und diligent in keeping k tile commandments of the lord iii asiat aei ael 1 should prevail pr proal oai oal antl and ultimately ti become then emd ead of all nations jj TJ F monch HALL HAIA of tho |
