Show JUAB STAKE conference the quarterly COD conference forence of the juab stake stage of zion was waa hold held at nephis nephi january JaLi uary aud and present on the stand were president jon joseph aph F smith and elder elward S evenaun of the presidency of seventies presidency 0 of the atsie and bishops at 10 u am president called the conference to order atia after singing tie offered the ine open opening ing prayer an aej dedicated to the service of the lord a cimpl eLe yet bet of books which hail had been bean purchased for the stand he then the geeting ue ne eting ex expressing 0 9 bla bits pleasure sure at seeing iso eo many of the latte rd day saints present it showed that they were interest eu in the work word of god the tide line has changed to a great efteni extent ii T in regard to nhim chube who are not of us are beginning to read the other side bide ot of the chapter the speaker compared pared the doctrines taught uy by man WILD tue lae true ples of the gospel as aa taught by tile apostles Apost leB and showed how god has bag sustained the testimony tea of his hia nor and promised the it flaey would live their religion DO goo J thing should be withheld lum f um them P elder steventon Steven Bon expressed hla his joy 0 s in ia living jiving in t na day and dispensation apolen of by the holy prophets of a day when god was going to per form a marvelous marve loua work among the ca ildron of meo men this the speaker read the he second chapter of zechariah aau A showed very clearly ole irly how bow the prop hita words have been fulfilled in regard to tile he ring of israel and bow he would malaer them again in tae last days la in the day 0 at tile the lord lorda a pro parati 0 thin work or of the lordly preparation began in t ie feiar 1820 when atie lord and tile ilia lion ap r feared unto joseph smith this the speaker quoted other passages pasa agea of au ure re and proved their fu 1111 ment that the invention of steam power was to be in the day of the fiort lor preparation that his people might come with speed swiftly he exhorted the Sevont seventies leg to prepare themselves to bear the goabel 10 abe nations of the earth this his la ill a 14 mighty work rolling on rapidly and great power would be given to the elders that the winds and mouths of wicked men would stand rebuked bit fore them president Pre eident joseph P F smith said tie he had bud been interested in liate listening ning to elder stevenson expound the ful ailment of scripture and he exhorted tino cue saints to study the fulfillment of prophecy concerning the lattur days many predictions are being fulfilled I 1 and we do not observe them our minus are led in other directions some men mea are natural born latter lay alinte whenever a principle is advanced they understand it and drink it iti in bruther brother ht ivenson Is one of these while there are others who do not understand and oppose every principle thai is not clear to their and this thia can be accounted for that wears ahre are natall not all pure blooded for ephraim became foolish and mixed up with the gentiles Oen tiles when we find the purr pure blood of ephraim we find a natural born child of gd 0 d and there is nothing la in the gospel that to ia objectionable to lo them I 1 buethe but the others have to exercise faith in god and humble themselves before him and live for it joseph smith was a natural born Ephrat mite brigham young john taylor and wilford woodruff are also alao of the be cure pure blood of ephraim how great will be tue the reward of those who overcome and rise above these prejudiced the holy will purge pure out the gentile blood and make of them the literal seed of abraham the law jaw of god meets with the mind of every f man who has the spirit of f god in him thou shall not 1 teal deal thou not commit adultery who is opposed to lo these principles and finds them re to his bis soul soui not be who is ia honest and lives a virtuous lif and so ha atia it is with us if we put ourselves in I 1 unison with joli goj we will understand ag i R y the truth atud the road we travel will I 1 f be a peace peaceful fal joyous road that will lc H lead us back into the cue presence of god ta and when the spirit speaks we will f y yea lord borl I 1 know it is true 2 p m altar the u usual sual opening ex roises counselors charles sperry and y james W spoke at length t adon apon the mas duties devolving upon the he p jolders in warDi nir the people at home and and abroad we are being warned of he judgments that are to be poured s 6 oat upon the earth we wrath of god poured out on the Inhabit sats of the earth and aad the predictions of the prophets are being fulfilled president joseph F smith followed absi ud delivered Uell vered an interesting discourse upon pon the first principles of the gospel ad showed that though a man do not believe I 1 in D the gospel be will at least A cledge that its principles are and it a man would only open the window of his bis soul tae light acu d pour in and he be be oiled filled with them the spirit s of bod these principles will prepare v 40 to come forth in the morning of fr Us the resurrection and to dwell among the 0 heavenly hosts boats in the celestial kingdom of god in the evening there was a general meeting eloer elder stevenson AM president joseph F smith were the duties of the biffar amt aud and also aleo the members of abe charob were fully explained par jtb atte were exhorted to take moro more int 1409 r kt in their children in giving them a training they should be taught laught to attend tie meetings and always eways be made welcome in the he house of the lord sunday 10 a m president joseph AP smith read a portion of section af t the doctrine and covenant and explained how a man can sin against the holy ghost no do man can do it 11 unless he boo baa received the light of the gospel men will be judged to the light they possess the heathen who do not know the law will not be judged by it and many will rise up in the lug of toe tae first resurrection those who have rejected the gospel and are having the work done lor for them ilithe temples will have to pay the penalty before they receive th that t re ward lor for it to ii the work and not the re ligion that will count when we stand before the judgment bar of god and we will be rewarded accordingly he spoke of toe the fall all of adam and that he became subject to the power of satan by his bia own act himself from the power of god to the power of satan and was thrust out from the presence pree enee of god and became dead which is ie the first death without auy any power to release himself from the condition he be was wai in also that by the blood of jesus christ he be adam was redeemed from the fall and the power of satin sat in and that we are ale indebted fir our redemption to jesus jesua our lord and our deliverer elder stevenson occupied the re bainder of the time bore testimony to the remarks of president smith referred to the sion bion of david and warned the people against bin BID though david received tho promise that his hie soul should not dot always remain in bell the speaker heard beard the prophet joseph say abat david would be saved but the crown he had would be lost and given to another and that his bis priesthood was also taken from him and at that time bib soul was still in bell he spoke of the danger of rejecting the gospel and the fearful consequences of rejecting the laws of god at 2 p m counselor J jas as W presented the general authorities of the czuroh and stake they were sustained after which elder edward stevenson delivered a forcible address upon the gathering of israel in the last days and the fulfill fulfil ment of prophecy too much cannot be said in praise of prof chappell Chappe Jl and his excellent choir for the beautiful full singing rendered after the closing exercises conference adjourned for three mouths months D K BROWN stake slake clerk |