Show PAROWAN STAKE conference held in cedar city march and 1886 there were present apostle john H smith president T J Y jones and counselor morgan richards jr members of the high council bishops of the several wards and visiting 9 brethren elder john rider elder of kanab anthony W ivins and john mcfarlane of st george prest jones made opening remarks expressed pleasure in being permitted permit permitted tea to meet the saints in their quarterly conference assembled gave muil much instruction st to the bishops and officers in the stake in relation to exercising the necessary diligence in their watch care over the people temporally and spiritually elder C J arthur made excellent remarks upon the necessity of ef the saints being united and cultivating love and friendship towards each other for the enemies of the saints are striving to break them asunder and if possible to overthrow the work of the lord antl ana destroy the eriq priesthood from the laepe ace of the he earth the reports of the bishops indicated that the saints with few except exceptions exception io ns were a loving industrious and falth faithful f people as a rule feeling well and increasing in good works elder B R W w heyborne referred to the position the saints are called to occupy and the efforts of those not of our faith to bring brin about cabout an eruption in the midst of the latter day saints and to deprive them of all their rights as american citizens citi zeus and if possible to incarcerate tor their ille file leaders notwithstanding these thesel things the saints are encouraged and they are increasing in faith and have a greater determination to serve their god and keep his bis commandments elder john rider eider reported briefly what had been done during the last session of the territorial legislature spoke encouragingly ato thel the saints and bore his testimony to the truth of the latter day work i elder A W ivins spoke upon the first principles of the gospel faith repentance baptism the restoration to celestial marriage fulfilment fulfillment of prophecy and the great necessity of the youth in israel studying the scriptures and becoming acquainted with the doctrine laid down in the bible apostle J H smith made excellent remarks upon the subject of education instructing parents that god had bad made it obliga tery upon them to teach their children the principles of the gospel and to have faith in god and to pray to dimito him to be honest virtuous and obedient and to teach them while they are young and if parents neglect to do this they will be held responsible before god for the acts of their chi children laren he also discoursed upon the subject of remembering the sabbath day the atonement celestial marriage and the first principles of the gospel golpl and he gave much needed and timely instruct tion was suited to the pres present con condition altion of the saints in this stake of zion he bore a strong testimony that the work of god in which the saints are engaged is true and will remain when its enemies are weltering in their sins H he felt to thank god that he had hada had a father and mother that were honest enough to obey the truth when they heard it and who had obeyed the higher hig er law of marriage and that he was born within that covenant he closed by invoking gods blessings u upon on the saints in conference assem bled the house was filled fillad to its utmost capacity and many were unable to obtain admittance some beautiful hymns and anthems were rendered by the cedar choir which added materially to the en enjoyment JOY of those present prest jones adjourned conference for three months to convene in paro wan WM H HOLYOAK I 1 stake clerk |