Show PAROWAN STAKE conference the quarterly confer conference enoe of the parowan carowan stake of zion convened in parowan carowan Pa rowan Dc december cember 21 and 22 present on the stand apostle john W raylor faylor the stake presidency numbers members of the high council and bishops of the several wards in the stake on sunday morning after the usual opening exercises president thomaa jjones made a few opening remarks he reported briefly the condition or of the stake which was satisfactory and made special mention of the church schools in the stake these are doing an excellent work and have a good at tei daice re bishop charles adams reported parowan carowan ward A general good spirit prevails there the church school has an enrolment of one hundred anti and two lars B R maeser was the next speaker he Here ferrel I 1 i to 0 the many scones scenes of persecution trial and bloodshed through which the saints had been called upon to paw pass as ae a test of their faith A pestle apostle john W taylors discourse was devoted principally to instructing the various quorums of the priesthood in regard to their duties at 2 p m bro charles D adams spoke U upon POD the subject of pre exist ence and compared the gospel as a taught by the latter jay hal ote ate with that believed in by other ather hect the general and local authorities were presented and unanimously sustained apostle taylor then spoke upon some of the fundamental principles of the gospel and com compared red them with doctrines taught iry by various denominations at the present time he touched upon the subject of cooperation op operation emdon aud and instructed the young men in regard to certain qualifications that they should seek to obtain in order to become successful in the various business avocations of life at 6 pm p m the usual priesthood Priest bood meeting was held and business pertaining to the stake transacted circulars were read and Instruct instructions ious given by apostle taylor with regard to fostering the sugar industry in utah bishop wm curry corry reported as to cedar ward he spoke upon the law of tithing the settling of difficulties and the sustaining of church schools elder jas jae P F mcgregor regor bore teb to the divinity of the work in which the saints are engaged the fact that all other christian denominations are opposed to the lat ter day dav saints he said is a strong proof that the latter day 8 saints tints were right and that the doctrines doot rinea taught by them were true president morgan richards charde Ki jr desire I 1 to impress upon the saints the necessity of remembering and putting in practice the instructions which they received from time to time obedience to the gospel of jesus christ would bring blessings of more value than gold and silver at 2 pm president francis webster spoke upon the necessity of parents attend attending Log the sabbath school it was also a good place for some of our elders and seventies to spend a portion of their time the speaker referred to the word of wisdom and the blessings promised to those who would observe it apostle raylor faylor spoke upon the subject of matrimony he advised the young to marry when they became of suitable age and tobe very careful in the selection of their companion so that their afterlife after life might be one of happiness president jones hoped the saints would put in practice what they had heard during conference the singing by the carowan parowan choir under the leadership of professor Pre fessor durham was an interesting feature of the conference coi inference and was appreciated by all present tho the meetings were well attended and a good spirit prevailed throughout conference adjourned for three months to convene in cedar city WM H HOLYOAK clerk |