Show SEVIER STAKE we have recently had a very r pleasant mant visit from apostle francis M lyman in addition to cheering aud and instructing the assembled sena bled throng of people at monroe where the stake quarterly conference was held he visited nine of our settlements going as far east as thurber in diute piute county while at loa may the venerable and active bishop elias hicks blackburn was promoted to the office of patriarch an active person in this calling was much deede neede 1 I as our other two i 1 patriarchs carito i lewis and william morrison through declining health have been een incapable of performing active labor among the saints foi fbi several years patriarch blackburn lives in the hearts of the people as few persons do in the exercise of the gift of healing with which he is greatly endowed particularly in the breadel disease of cancer many a person who might have been in the tomb years agi ag lives to praise and thank god for his blessings to them in answer to the prayers of brother blackburn A A now new bishopric consisting of willis E robinson a as s bishop isaac W pierce as first counselor and thornas honaas blackburn as second cou counselor n were unanimously sustained by the saints of loa ward after which they were ordained set apart and instructed at length in the duties and responsibilities ol of their callings this ahls feature of apostle clymans tabors labors was very much a appreciated re ted as fw few officers that have hav pobe e been e appointed to preside over the sai saints ants have lave been so carefully and intelligently instructed in relation to their labors as the loa bishopric at koosharem Koo sharem peter E olsen daib as sustained as first counselor to bishop charles jensen and john Christen seil as second counselor they i hey were ordained and set apart for their labors joseph H thurber residing at Oreen greenwich was ordained an high 1 priest riest and set apart as a missionary w the indians resident in this stake we always appreciate a visit from our oar apostles Apostle fl tu in this late one from our sympathetic and very practical mend and laborer co we have revived alved instructions which if put ito practice will result in bles blessings slugs in III time and eternity TOBOGGAN IFIELD sevier county june isse |