| Show BOX ELDER STAKE the quarterly cori conference ference ol of the box elder otake was hald IQ in the rabecca cle brigham city J uly 8 and 1888 president rudger badger clawson presiding the following brethren occupied the time during the first days daya sean jas may mav counselor to the bill bisop 14 61 i the north ward bishop carl J Jeu seu W L watkins bishop jens hansen elder A norton bishop perry elder samuel smith bishop P C jensen bishop henry and counselor A madsen their remarks were brief aut pointed edana Kand were replete with gool instruction st the saints were urged to pay their tithes tithe j and offerings offa nags rings n and aad be blessed the he young were counseled to seek the advice ot 01 the elars and presiding men who bear the holy Pries priesthood thoo that they might not go astray t snow and F D richards B young and elder franklin a were present during the second days daya session elder franklin S richards was the first speaker lie he related related his experience in connection with the a aspect ot of affairs which was deeply interesting t te er to the saints assembled especially ally that part abat tta related to thu the supreme court ot of the united states beatea before which he riad nad had ille privilege ot of appearing a number ot times in bohall of his br brethren ethrea who nad cad been cat into prison showed that the opposition nad opened the way for th the he to be explained to leadies men of tile the nation president seymour B young was vas the next sp speaker eaker he referred to the persecution suffered by former oay day saints and said that they believed lu iii and taught the same principles that are promulgated by ahe latter day saints thought that it the people of this nation cation could understand the lat ter day saints and aad know what was in their hearts they would not bs be disposed to persecute them this gospel must be preached pre to all people before the end shall come apostle lorenzo snow occupied a portion of the afternoon Eer service vice he dwelt strongly and ferval ay upon the subject of stake academies one of which would be in box elder at an early day arrangements had deen been made to that end laade nt se academies nere to be established more particularly for the yeullis of the young and rising generation who would be enabled to get gel among other thin things gs a knowledge ot of the gospel and thus be prepared to go to tile tao nations of the earth and preach vie the same saine ile he exhorted the saints to sue sustain tain this worthy movement apostle franklin D richards was wab the next speaker ho he thought thu the people of brigham cily were much more greatly blessed blessed and were a better people than those in any ota othar r district As an evidence of this thi sou you lave have not got as many rj S shops here as we have in ogden prest rudger clawson made a few closing remarks said I 1 that bat since our last quarterly conference con terence avery settlement and ward in the stake haa been visited by tue ibe twy or some member thereof there cf burri vill I 1 I 1 re ic calved and treated kindly evary everywhere chere the saints owing to the opposition brought to bear daoa them were drawing nearer the L lt r i aulk and endeavoring in to serve him he exhorted the saints to patronize the Acad academy ebuy about tv to ve DC established in box elder baak the conference was adjo adjourned arned for three months 0 PETERSON clerk pro tern tem |
