Show ST geoege GEORGE TERLY conference the proceedings of conference commenced at priesthood meeting at rpm 4 ami on friday the at IQ am and 2 pm pta of batur day 1511 and sunday meetings continued we were favored with the presence and instruction of brother erastus snow of the twelve apos bjes and of the other general authorities thorit les ties we had with us presidents levi W Hancock nanco Hanco cb 3 henry nard harrl man and jacob gates of the first seven presidents of seventies every ward in the stake wap bise alse represented the meetings were addressed by presidents E snow jacob gates J D T mcallister TJ T J jones and I 1 henry eyring by bishops william snow stobert robert bobert knell knel 1 luke ljuke syphus george H robby nobby rosby wm A bringhurst Bring hurst hurat tho thos B terry and chas N smith and by elders W wm m fawcett president ol 01 the high priests quorum wm win squire president of the first quorum of eiders elders and henry W miller the chief subjects treated upon by the speakers were the neceE necessity sity of the people accepting and living according to the principles of the holy united order the faithful observance of the law of tithing the making of freewill free will offerings ings for the building of temples our encouraging experience in the progress and intellectual development of the youth of both sexes the advisability of reasonably early marriages according to the law jaw of god among our young people the necessity of our people keeping themselves from adopting the wicked ways of the tho world the payment of P E fund indebtedness and of donating to that fund and general exhortation to increased faithfulness in our cur daily walk and conversation before the lord fall and very satisfactory reports were read statistical relief belief society youn young mens and young ladies M I 1 L associations and sunday L schools c bools also tithing exhibit of all the wards in the stake for 1878 with we average per tithing payer of each ward also report of the receipts and disbursements of st george temple treasury for 1878 and a statement of the ordinance work administered together with a report of the time spent by bv the brethren and slaters who officiate in the temple which showed a it total of nearly eight thousand days labor for 1878 the following were called on missions to europe wm win barnes john M moody bloody jr elastus B snow and moroni snow all of st george charles westover J Jun u u of bf leeds james knell of pinto w X A number of missionaries were also called for flat in the lower valley of the rio virgen and for arizona and bow hew mexico we had a very lively good profitable time the g general ener al feeling appeared to be that we ought to be together at least another day gods good spirit evidently prompted the administrations of the speaker brooded blooded over the minds of the hearers hear eme ere it was the general judgment men t that the conference was a good one and its spirit a blessing and encouragement to the saints JAS G BLEAK clerk |