Show STAKE conferences ST JOSEPH the quarterly conference of the st 81 joseph stake blake or of zion at arizona convened at pima marou march AL ai the forenoon services interesting and instructive remarks were maue by elder B roberts roberta recently irom from tle the north he ot of the growth ot of zion and how we were spreading over the walls walla of utah into the but states and after wale wiloh h the bishops reported report eJ the wards marcta to be in a prosperous condition elder roberts roberta during the afternoon atter spoke of the early 4 exi aLence of cower conier ancee and impressed on the mind 01 the latter jay saints kneir importance elder bider C layton lay ton a spoke poke of our future welfare and felt thankful that things th ds were so BO prosperous with us in this land at the beginning bug luning 01 the set bet vices on march the general authorities of the church and stake blake were presented before the people auci baly sustained alter after which a lull and complete statistical report ot 01 the various wards was read elder george cluff reported the condition of the academy and urged upon the people the necessity of sus ihl institution elder P C merrill bore a strong testimony to the truth of the he latter day work and elder wm D johnson pointed out the duties of the latter day saints in the afternoon after listening to a full report of the sunday thelast school erast elder roberts roberta was given th the rest of the afternoon he touched upon many interesting subjects in regard to the priesthood exhorting the saints to obe those placed over them etc the speaker was full of blessings for the eople cepl in this land for being so generous in donating to the temple and prophesied that this would be a prosperous year for the latter day saints all went home feeling that they had had a feast of tat fat things F W MOODY clerk MALAD A quarterly conference of the malad stake of zion was hold held at portage commencing sunday march 12 at 10 am a m and continuing during that and the following day the stand was occupied by elder seymour B young of the presidency of the seventies and elder crandall Cra dunno dunn especial as visit ors and a goodly number of stake officers president oliver P hoskins presiding during the conference the stake was represented as 98 being in a progressive ive condition by elder wm win A gibbs elder seymour B young on th subject of persecution his arguments were logical anu and conclusive clu sive the stake presidency brothers crandall dunn and others gave gen eral instructions which were received wl wi h appreciation considering the inclemency of the weather the attendance was good there being in attendance MODY many from malad city and samaria prof jones choir rendered the sweetest or of music WM ANTHONY AMTHONY secretary |