Show SEVIER STAKE the quarterly conference of the befit r stake of zion convened in richfield on sunday and monday novem ber and apostle john henry smith president henry beat beal of sanpete stake the presidency and many of the bishops and leading brethren of sevier stake were on the stand four public and one priesthood priest hoods meeting were held during poetic apostle john henry smith presidents henry beal william H counselors george W bean and wm H clark clarh bishops james 1 I jensen of elsinore EI joseph 8 horne home of richfield rich field second ward and franklin W young of teasdale elders sheridan jacobs william ogden and theo brandley addressed addres seu the congregations the principal topics dwelt upon by the speakers were the conditions surrounding the saints saint at the present time the necessity of living bonear so near to god that we might enjoy the companionship panion ship of the holy spirit which would lead us into all truth and bear tt t unto us that the purposes of god would be accomplished the way in which we should treat all mem members bera of our families and the proper training and educating of our children religiously and morally the necessity of be liberal and broad in our views regarding all mankind and dealing justly with all alf the sons and daughters of adam regardless of creed or color the preaching of the gospel at home and abroad the work in the temples of our lord for the living jiving an i the dead the building of suitable to ble houses bouses for the worship of god and their being dedicated and used for that purpose only the payment of our tithes and offerings and looking well after the poor and needy in our midst the necessity of being merciful and forgiving to each other and not harboring ill feeling or bitterness of hearth on account of differences in regard to our political faith the atonement of our lord jesus christ and our dependency our cy upon goethe eternal father and the practical duties of the latter day saints in general so great was the power of the holy spirit made manifest that the words of comfort encouragement and admonition which fell from the lips of the servants of god d during all the meetings caused every heart to rejoice and be filled with gratitude to god our heavenly father the general and local authorities of the church were presented and unanimously ani sustained apostle john henry smith congratulated the people of sevier stake upon the elegant structure now in bourke of erection which is to be the stake tabernacle and the necessity of a speedy completion of the same is ie apparent to all the health of the people throughout sevier is good and having been blessed with a bountiful harvest of fruits and gra inthe te temporal ral prospects MCI are very fair T THEO bea stake clerk RICHFIELD nov 26 1891 |