Show thea THE WASATCH STAKE CON FERENCE meetings in are given good counsel and ana encourage nent HEBER CITY aug 1888 editor deseret news the Forty fourth quarterly conference of the wasatch stake of zion was held saturday day and sunday Sunda 79 aug ath and in the new stake house lit couse at heber city president A batch presiding saturday tore forenoon lo nooD after the usual opening exercises thie the congregation was addressed by president hatch hach who congratulated the stints upon their privilege of meeting together r under very favorable circumstances he was pleased to say aay that we have had only two I 1 trials during toe last eleven eleven and advised advise athe the saints in ad their later cour 8 e a and nd conversation to say nothing about one another only what they would be willing to say to their faces he felt thankful for the prospects p acts of an abundant harvest and had bad hopes bopes that we might realize an enjoyable time throughout the conference bishops reports occupied much of the time of the forenoon benediction was pronounced by elder john W witt at 2 p m the conference again convened an datter dafter bishops reports were all given was addressed by JOHN W TAYLOR who was delighted with the comfortable and elegant new stake house he believed he be was much more generous towards the peoples weaknesses t than ban be was formerly in his younger years god would open up a way for those who had sinned it if they would so co forth and repent of those sins be baptized and thenceforth live lives of righteous ness the saints must remember the sabbath day to keep it holy or else the judgments of the lord will I 1 tall 11 upon us as he advised the young m men n to keep the commandments ot god and to receive tor for themselves a S testimony of the truth of the gospel that they might be able to stand with integrity in a day qt of trial and temptation persecution he believed would not cease but would become more and more severe until tile coming of the savior atter after singing benediction by elder B U lindsay in la the evening valuable instruction was imparted by the visiting elders to a priesthood meeting sunday morning the conference again opened at 10 and B YOUNG was the he first speaker man requires a jay day of rest and in no way could he be obtain it better than in meet ing ng together on a sunday to to worship arod speaking upon the foreknowledge of god he remarked that in the different dispensations god bad selected choice spirits to fulfill and bring about his purposes mercy had been a strikingly characteristic attribute of the ancient Prop prophets hiAs and the savior of mankind maB kiad during the administration of the sacrament Sacra menkin aln the afternoon services ROBT S LINDSAY bore his testimony to the rescola restoration tio n of the gospel and gave instructive re marks he had proved while on a mission to australia that by living more humble and forgiving life an elder would enjoy more of the spirit ot of god PRESIDENT HATCH with concluding remarks thanked the saints for their liberal contributions to the erection of the stake house referring to the good feeling general health and prosperity existing in all the wards of theA take he considered the present contrasted with past conditions a fit cause to give us satis fac face tion and happiness the remainder of the time of the afternoon meeting was occupied by apostle john W taylor in a discourse upon the first principles of 0 the gospel which will long be remembered after singing aging si benediction was pronounced by patriarch thomas hicken the good at the meetings and the efforts of the heber brass band without were features worthy of special mention sundays meetings drew out the largest congregations con negations that have ever assembled bler in wasatch county the saints went home rejoicing ina in a good spirit feeling proud they had all helped to erect so elegant and commodious a building to meet in HENRY CLEGG stake clerk |