| Show STAKE conferences BANNOCK the bannock stake quarterly con fereuc ewas hold held in the ibe music hall and monday february 1 and litia there were present bider s heber J grant ot of the quorum of the twelve and jonathan Q rien kiin ball of the first council of seventies the stake presidency and mott 0 or th the e high council and bishops four regular meetings mee tinga and one priesthood faceting were held all being well attended sunday MOM morning ing the bishops gave reports of their wardt bardt considerable sickness alok nesa no bai prevailed in some borne wards warda ad some death spiritually api ritually the peone SIG are progress progressing pro greasing ings and in temporal affairs are the low price of products product a beginning to got get out of 0 f debt this by reason of their being blessed with abundant aoun dant crops fedors heber J grant and jonathan G 3 kimball were the principal these brethren were inspired apa ne akere skeri to talk by the spirit and influence of the holy lhost and gave many and admonitions that were received by the people in the same bame spirit in watch they were uttered the word of cf wisdom was preached in power and a lasting impression pree aion has baa been made upon many ot of the she saints which they have resolved to remember and practice in daily lite life more in fatura than in the past the speakers pea kera were naso led to speak much to go the welfare of the young meu men and women a deal of good counsel being given to the parents how bow to guard the virtue of the youth of zion it was also very earnestly earne etly and plainly hown hewn that a partial observance of the laws jaws of god to not acceptable in his hie ight and that to inherit eternal lite ite it is absolutely necessary to keep the whole law of god one new ward has baa been organized named shelley Ys brother john F shelley beinke oallen and ordained bichop doity eight home arise were called and out bained to labor in tile the stake the abe next three months the stake presidency reviewed the given and endorsed endo raed all that bad been said aard advising the saints sainta to observe the same president ricks bloke thanked the people for their attendance and all who had participated to make our coming together enjoyable the weather was waa seasonable DAble and all the people are better tor or having attended conference the choir sang bang a concluding anthem and benediction was pronounced by patriarch arza E hinckley JAS JAB GILLESPIE stake clerk MORGAN MOKOAN the quarterly conference of the morgan stake was hold held as an elder eider franola francis marion Lymon of the quorum of the apostles was in intend anoe and there was waa a fair representation of officers and members the first in bruer was reports from 1413 hops the wards ward are in a flourishing condition there Is IB an improvement in the attendance at fast meet lost the offer ings were obtained in various ways in ID one ward the deacons received the fast fait offerings from the saints at their hornes ane people are reported to be as ae faithful as an before in the payment ol of tithing said he be noticed that the bishops are generous in reporting their people but he rather admired generosity he showed that it if we have faith in a principle we will practice the same an that records should be kept bet ter ton than they have teen been that more at should be riven given ward history tatt the duties of tue priests and ana teachers are important in fact act the people perhaps never heard board a more elaborate and inspired treatise on these duties elders robert hogg and richard rawls were ordained patriarchs jahn K hal HAI who has won so much praise as a sunday school worker now is honorably released from being kaake superintendent that he may the bitter attend to his bis duties in 11 n the bishopric frederick W dark clark takes his bis place as aa superintendent superintendent superintend eni of sunday schools of the stake slake among other things taught by elder lyman in his visiting this stake were how to pray the abe duty and importance of keeping private daily journals and public histories the ad vantage of crowding our work instead of letting jetting our work crowd us and of living free from debt he explained the settling of difficulties for the salvation of people taught that it was a reproach to the leading elders in our midst not to be reformers this reforming to be done by those who live up to what they teach nevertheless it is better to be teachers of good prino principles than not teach at all elder richard pry made a favorable report ot of the stake organizations the sunday schools are adopting the system of grading and conducting classes according to new mo methods he assured the people that as aa long as man la 18 bill bic core and seeks god he will not fail in the end and to the blessings of heaven beaven following those who pay their tithing he also recommended the reading of the history of utah by the youth elder samuel francis referred to the favorable report of the bishops and dwelt upon the progress of the times in which we live and what advantages are now furnished 0 B R CLARK clerk STAR STAB VALLEY the tenth quarterly conference lot ol star valley stake was held february ath and colb 1895 witti a very lurge large attendance the commodious mooting meeting housein A ton was filled and a good spirit prevailed i throughout both days dayse services es for the past few days the weather has been very cold but the roads were good so the first days meetings were better attended than usual thermometer 27 below zero february 11 the subjects touched upon by the speakers siad and the instructions were calculated to encourage the saints to greater diligence in the work of god the reports of the bishops were excellent only one death during the last three months that of brother andrew hink of glor coe ward formerly a resident of tooele city utah the saints generally are striving to live their religion the authorities of the he church were pres presented exited to the saints and all felt to sustain them in their high and holy callings also the stake presidency and the local organizations were presented and sustained although we are so far out of the way that we do not often have a visit from the leading authorities of the church yet we have a rich outpouring of the holy spirit and we feel built up UD in our most holy faith elder george e osmond exhorted the satiate saints to pay their tithes and offerings and above all things to be charitable towards all mankind elder A V call also gave many excellent instructions which if carried out will tend to make us no wiser and better men and women WILLIAM H stake clerk |
