| Show MILLARD STAKE conference the quarterly stake conference of cf stake convened in the deseret meeting house bouse sunday monalou mo talou may 20 26 1895 at 10 oclo cli elder ira N Hl nokley presiding there were present on the stand elder F M lemau of the twelve apostles Ap oatlee the stake presidency a few of the members of the high council four patriarchs nearly all the bishops and other leading men of the he stake and an attentive audience tilled filled the large hause at every meeting after the opening exercises sunday morning bluer hinckley gave a brief report ol of the condition of the ibe stake he thought there was an improvement in observing the word or of wisdom the relief societies liea are on the lead and the j on og ladies are ahead of the young wen men the sabbath schools area an a RUG BUC am as a rule elder daniel thompson who had been engaged in assisting to frame the state constitution spoke poke interestingly of his hie experience in the constitutional convention he diliso aico spoke against the evils ot of strong drink elder F M lyman said when men speak peak or pray in public they should do so eo to be board beard spoke epou the word of wisdom and referred to the second trial in the church before the high council where the word of wisdom was involved when the prophet hot joseph decided that DO man should officiate in he hood who was breaking the word of wisdom president brig ham bam young had emphasized the be burd of wisdom as a commandment of god binding upon all the latter day saints in the afternoon meeting elder I 1 B R stevens was the first speaker he belt that he be would be willing to labor in any capacity in the church at home or abroad and exhorted the saints to faithfulness elder C anderson spoke upon the necessity of church e and reformation or that this churan may be asa aex light to the world etc elder F M lyman said that our faith is not strong enough to control the elements or to banish death we are to disease ul notwithstanding we may be honest and do a great many good when laws of nature have been broken corresponding results follow we are subject to these theae laws and we cannot defy them we cannot ablord to tale idle away our time or make bad use of it read bead good books and gain useful knowledge it to is proper to mourn for out our dead but it is wrong to say the lord killed them sickness sic kneas and death are results of broken lawr church discipline is necessary to keep the church pure at the monday morning services the general and local authorities were pro pre belted eeik fed by elder C 0 anderson and they were all unanimously sustained after which elder eider flyr au agal again 0 occupied the pulpit he fie said he did not want to talk pol politico itice but wanted to say something about our corn com ing statehood we have sought statehood six different times time and been denied as often and never before have congress and the president of the united states descended condescended con to give us an enabling act the people who have been looked upon as being out ot of harmony with the be government have changed their position sod and are now looked loikoc upon as reformed there are no marriages allowed in the church now contrary to the laws of the land and the great majority of the people have never accepted of plural marriage ga as part of their faith faiths and it has been a very small per cent of the members of the ah church that ever practiced t that bat principle there are many members of the church that never believed nor practiced all the principles of the gospel delegates have met and brought forth a constitution for our future state and although altbush it is not perfect it iw is perhaps superior ta t some other constitutions the speaker was and always bad been babo in lavor ol of statehood not dot alone for utah otah but for every territory as fast as they were strong enough to bear the expenses expense liberty is worth woith paying for the government has been generous to the now new state in land gran geantit tit etc that thai will help much in carrying the bur bar dent dens and then ben we will have bare equal suffrage frage rage which we ire all ought to favor from a principle of justice that there shall hall be no taxation without representation sen tation women need not fear that they ath be compelled to hold office for there will always be enough greedy men that will want all the offices in the country wyoming took the lead in equal suffrage and will always alway be renowned for that after the opening services monday afternoon the stake presidency again briefly addressed addre sied the congregation after which elder lyman occupied the balance of the time and spoke poke about beautifying the surroundings ot of meeting houses bouses nod and other public buildings building and the proper care of such things the bishops should lead out i and do more than anybody else alae in the ward the stake authorities and representatives ot the different organizations should attend attena conference and carry home the spirit acirit of it spoke in favor of the millard imer voir and canal project sail and sought bought earnestly to impress upon his hia hearers the import ance of that scheme of bringing the water of the sevier nver upon the thousands of acres of thirsty land io in this large county we want to be patri patriotic otio even unto death if necessary necea eary in the defense of our government A k abort myno pois cannot begin to do justice to this interesting die discourse course the services servio ea were into interspersed with report from the bishops of the different wards ward which were in the main very good the singing by the deseret deveret choir was most excellent everything was lovely except the wind which blew a hurricane botti both days daya ending with rain snow and bail C ANDERSON stake clerk |
