Show PAROWAN STAKE MY conference the quarterly conference 0 of the parowan carowan stake of zion was held in the cedar city meeting house saturday and sunday march and 1879 present on the stand erastus snow of the council of the tho twelve jacob gates of the presidency of the seventies wm H dame and henry lunt imant of the presidency of the stake the bishops and most of the high council president dame nade made a few opening remarks when the following quarterly statistical reports were read showing as follows one patriarch seventies 50 high priests eiders 3 priest u 5 teachers 31 deacon deacons dea cons conk 1072 I 1 mem bers bore onn off officers leers and members children under 8 years of age 1957 total of bous families 6 mar biages 14 births of males 1 8 1 births birthl s of female females 19 children b blessed ased 4 members removed 3 members received 11 baptized 4 deaths males 5 deaths females 8 individuals drawing support 2519 2519 25 19 amount of fast day donations following the tho above were the verbal reports of the bishops of the several wards representing the condition faith and standing of their wards which wore ware very satisfactory as they represented the people on the improve in faith and good works president snow expressed himself as pleased with the tha good reports or of the tho bishops urged the tho young men to prepare themselves for the ot of carrying this gospel message to those that lie jie in darkness and to bear this kingdom off triumphantly when their fathers are called to another probation after which the meeting adjourned to 2 pm 2 rpm pm very encouraging reports were made of the seventies high priests elders female relief belief societies eie cie ties Y al and Y li ivl 1 I associations ciati ons and the tho sunday schools the jast last showing as follows amount of funds five schools ls 54 male teachers 97 female teachers teacher male pupils female pupils total ot of pupils I 1 theolo gica class 20 bible and testament ceass es six book boob of Mori morr mormon fion classes four juvenile instructor classes 19 history classes 02 32 total classes three libraries containing looks hooks SECOND DAY 10 a m the forenoon was waa occupied by president snow on the order of the priesthood which was listened to by the Saint saints with deep interest the speaker read a portion of the the third section of the ther old edition of the doctrine and covenants and quoted from the biblo bible and book of bl mormon ormon 2 p m the afternoon was occupied first by bro silas S smith who felt the necessity of settling up the waste places that the saints manhave may have room to dwell 2nd and by president yates upon the tha importance of the sainta saints learning and performing their duties and upholding the authorities ties ard 3rd by counselor lunt who spoke of the beauties of the tho gospel and the necessity of sacrificing till all when necessary for the gospels sake ath by president dame urging the people to faithfulness ful ness and to ponder on the instructions of this conference the following names were presented and unanimously sustained ined as missionaries to arizona jesso N smith smith D rogers amos rogers joseph fish john it hulet john H rollins cornelius decker lehi west bister sister west john A west Z B decker jr N P warden Janel Jane Perkins sarah J perkins jens nielsen Ji elben eleen silas S smith jr samuel cox and lais lisis christensen T to 0 canada andrew corry of cedar city this thia ended a very instructive and interesting 0 conference JOHN jolin E D daubey A ta clark clerk the denver tribune of march 30 says igan ifan an application has been received at the state house from the colony of mormons cormons in southern colorado to purchase hase haEo the whole or part of the state lands near dei del norte county in the blo bio grande granda valley the land consists of ton sections if the project of selling it is favorably received by the board of land commissioners it will bo surveyed and appraised and tho the colony will doubtless take the whole of it if the price suits tho the executive committee commit teo tee |