Show JUAB STAKE conference the quarterly conference of thejuan stake of zion was held at nephi january and 15 b elder william called the om conference ference to order and after the usual oper opening king exercises reported the condition of the stake he said bald there never hail had been a time when the people responded more cheerfully to the calls calla made upon them than at the present especially had this been the case with regard to the contributing of inears to the temple elder F D richards referred to the trials and experiences which we have lately passed through as ae being of great importance to us he spoke of the union that should exist in the midst of the latter day dav saints and of the near completion of the salt lake temple and the blessings will be received by those who are worthy to enter into it elder charles sperry made a few remarks remark sasto as to the object of these oon ere ices at the afternoon meeting the missionaries who are laboring among the M 1 I A in this stake occupied i a portion of the time exhort exhorting hig the young men to prepare themselves for the aties that will reet helst upon their ders den elder F A richards referred tu to th thi first organization of the f hurch church tile me redemption of zon and the mils mission sion of jesus christ who was called to t 0 irie redeemer of the world because he loved asness and hated iniquity our calling la to preach righteousness to this generation he exhorted ail a ji to obtain wisdom to remember and digest the truths we hear bear and to sanctify our bodies and to love the truth for just as we lay our bodies down so shall we lake them up in the evening there was wag a general genera priesthood meeting at which much valuable instruction was given by local breth renand elder richards Bio hards delivered an excellent discourse upon the restora ion and of the priesthood sunday morning was devoted to th 0 sabbath schools in the afternoon the general church und and stake authorities were presented and unanimously sustained neo elder john morgan addressed the conference speaking upon the feces sity ily of our becoming a self relt sustaining people the downfall of many of our young men to la caused he said laid by the i ot of their early life and the most moat effective b barrier arter chilo for r pa parents rents to erect to protect thir their children d mn frova from the evils that are being introduced into our cities is to furnish them employment and give them to under stand the value of a dollar and of a suit of clothes elder F D richards referred to the suicidal policy of allowing ea eastern steril capital to build our mills and sell us the bread we eat he cautioned the sainte to live economically and to draw in their expenditures the speaker then delivered a powerful discourse upon the object of building temples temple ii EL and ad the blessings that are to be obtained in them he also pronounced the benediction after which conference adjourned for three months D K BROWN stake clerk |