| Show MARICOPA STAKE conference our quarterly conference was wa s held on the and of march 1898 1698 C J robson bobson presiding elder eider B H roberts roberta was the only visiting elder w with ith us elder bider robson bobson president of the stake maile made few opening remarks then gave the time to elder roberts roberta who showed that the revelation calling for these quarterly conferences made no distinction between the sabbath and other days day upon which they were held and we were under as great obligation to attend on one day as the other he dwelt upon the principle of mm men being appointed to office by common consent of tho the people and declared the latter day saints to be the least priest ridden of any people extant he referred to the downfall ut of those men who departed from the truth and raised their voices against god gods Is servants in contrast to the brilliant career of those who listened to the words of inspiration from our leaders elder H C rogers exhorted the saints to heed the good counsel given us the usual ward and other reports were given showing the stake as a whole pro progressing spiritually I 1 elder roberts spoke of the rise and progress of the church a d invited those who were not of us ulm to invests g agte te dormi cism he read irom from rev bev xiv then treated upon the apostasy apo stacy of the primitive church and tile the restoration of the gospel elder eider C 1 I robson bobson made special mention of the good being baing done by our sabbath schools and church academy eider roberts then dwelt upon the duties ot of priests readers and deacons and spoke of the liberal response by tue the various stakes to the call for means meana to complete the temple as pleasing to god goa who would abundantly bless us for so doing elder R berts also held meetings with the seventies and add mutual improvement pro associations GEO clerk |
