Show THE SUMMIT STAKE QUARTERLY conference was held beldin I 1 in saturday and sunday ma may y ath and ath 1886 saturday 10 a m present on the stand president W W cluff and several bishops besides i patriarch thomas ball and others others 1 after the usual opening exercises president W W cluff addressed the congregation he felt that they should congratulate themselves on their good health and though the season was somewhat I 1 1 backward the favorable prospects for the future spoke e briefly ion on the crusade t being waged against the saints and sai said denit it was what had been spoken spoke of by prophets both ancient and modern trusted all would be firm enough to stand the test an and endure to the end also that we might have a time of re joicine durins during the conference con terence patriarch thomas ball followed he delivered an interesting and instructive discourse on the necessity of the saints becoming a self sustaining people citing some illustrious examples worthy ot of imitation sin singing ang by the choir conference adjo adjourned irined till 2 p pm in benediction by T elder andrew peterson sunday 3 2 p in singing neing Si prayer by josiah ud ahead singing bishops S P F atwood E asper S walker juo jno dark clark and E R saloon salmon reported their respective wards in a good active and healthy condition A 4 marked improvement was manifest among the saints both temporally iad and oi spiritually ritually especially in the spiritual improvement witnessed in the young prest thomas copley next reported the quorum of seventies which he said was full of good active men who were doing a good work sala said the theological classes were the means of much needful knowledge being gained by the brethren of the quorum singing Adjo adjourned arned till tomorrow to morrow at 10 a am m benediction by babp bp A L smith at p m saturday a meeting of the conven convened edat at which the subject of how bow to raise means to carry on the work on the stake tabernacle was discussed and a proposition to put it into the hands of the quorums was finally agreed upon sunday 10 a m opening exercises bishops brown of aa almy malin of rockfort lockport Pock Rock port young of anshie wanship Wan ship and sargent of hoytsville a and nd jones of Hennefer ville reported the condition of their wards as being good both temporally and spiritually elders alonzo A brim and george cluff then gave very interesting accounts of their late missions to the sandwich islands whence they had returned lut but a couple of weeks ago after a lapse of three and a half years they felt that the experience gained was of priceless less value especially the testimonies es of the truth of the gospel elder seymour B young who arrived late last evening next addressed the congregation briefly on the duties organization authority and powers of the tae priesthood choir sang an anthem adjourned till 2 pm p m benediction by george ruff kuff 2 pm after the opening exercises t the he sacrament was administered by bishops robert salmon and A L smith following which the general church and stake authorities were presented and unanimously sustained notice of relief societies and primary and young ladies conferences at kamas was given out for may and also two days meigs at kamas commencing may and at alray almy june and president W W cluff then presented the sense of the priesthood meeting held last evening relative to the oke stake tabernacle which was unanimously ani adopted elder seymour B young then delivered an interesting discourse disco uree on various subjects viz the order of the priesthood mode of administering ordinances ordin arices etc stating that they should be well any carefully studied and strictly observed transgression he said was the great prevailing cause of apostasy apo stacy and making bad men worse while strict observance of the gospel practically as well as theoretically cally would make bad men good and good men better of men having stood high in the church received marvelous testimonies za and then apostatized who afterwards lle like the prodigal son returned to die and lay jay their bones with those of the saints he exhorted all to let their prayers ascend fervently in behalf of our brethren who are exiled for the gospels sake that they may escape the hands of their enemies the choir sang an anthem conference adjourned for three months benediction by patriarch thos ball J ALMA SMITH clerk of conference |