Show STAKE conferences UINTAH this conference convened at vernal on february ath and and was waa presided over by president Pred ident it 8 collett the meeting house bouse was well filled on each occasion the remarks of all the speakers were very interesting especially those of three or of our recently returned missionaries from the south ern states an unusually good spirit prevailed throughout the conference the bishops reported ported le a decided Improve improvement meDi in their respective spec tive wards president collett delivered the closing address urging the saints to regul regularly aily pay their tithing keep out of debt and to do their duty faithfully C C BARTLETT BANNOCK the quarterly conference of the Bati bannock nock stake convened in rex bex burg first ward on sunday feb at 10 am among those present were apostle moses thatcher president seymour B young and bishop wm win B preston president ricks hicks and counselor rigby bigby of the stake and other brethren president ricks called the conference to order and after the usual exercises bishop preston occupied the greater part of the forel forenoon loon explaining the peculiarities of the saints as from the other inhabitants of the earth aud and the duties required of them thein he said we are required to help lish att will of god GA on the earth monarch or despot but by entreaty and example he spoke also of the various callings of the priesthood and the necee necessity sity for all magnifying their callings apostle thatcher said hi bad still a testimony to bear to the saints and was not bowed do down w n by the ahe events which are daily transpiring owing to their enemies he related some remarkable recent discoveries corroborating the evidences of the book of mormon president young bore a strong testimony to the gospel encouraging the saints to faithfulness in the afternoon the sacrament apostle thatcher addressed the conference he por the opposition of the e adversary from the beginning in heaven his encounters with the savior on earth and his antagonism to ta the truth in all ages down to our day it to la not our persecutors who fight against us wt but satan whose mission it is iche speaker also discoursed upon the rise of truth the evening was occupied in hearing reports from the Y M and Y JL associations of the stake and the imparting of instructions generally by the brethren on monday forenoon the clerk presen presented tai the general authorities and boffl officers agra of the stake which were unanimously sustained the home missionaries were sustained in their labors and requested to continue their work for three months more bishop preston instructed the saints in in some of the temporal affairs pertaining to their welfare the choir sang and benediction was pronounced by patriarch arzi araa E hinckley conference then adjourned jour four ned immediately after which a priesthood meeting was held and much valuable instruction given JAS JAB GILLESPIE stake recorder |