Show ST GEORGE STAKE conference june conference has baa just closed with us preliminary stake meetings ol 01 relief belief society and high priests conference preceded our stake priesthood meet meeting ng on saturday the ath dinst the general conference of the stake under presidency of alder daniel D mcarthur Mo Arthur and counselors held four sessions occupying sunday and monday awl and alth lasts in addition to these stake conferences of sabbath schools young mens and young ladles M 1 I associations were hold held under the presidency of their respective stake officers officer although this is our busiest part of the year the atte attendance from the wards including the remotest miles distant was unusually large and this without the advantage of a foot of railroad to aid the people in reaching st george the usual conference business including the voting for the general authorities ties and local officers was transacted without a dissenting disa dies enting voice or of vote we were not favored with the presence of any of the general authorities but by our fathers blessing the broad bread of life was freely dispensed to the edification fi encouragement and blessing of the saints and a time of refreshing from the presence of the lord was a evidently vi dently experienced by those present presa the principal themes being the scriptural difference between the gospel goepel of christ as revealed to and accepted by latter day saints and the so called christianity of the present age the responsibility resting upon the saints to attend to saving ordinances for and in behalf of the dead the duty of latter day saints to be self sustain ing and to prepare to live under the divine plan ot of union in temporal as 88 well as spiritual things reports made by the presidency of the stake and by the bishops showed a general spirit of improvement AMO among 0 9 the sainta and a determination to more diligently serve the lord JAXES JAMBS 0 BLEAK stake clerk |