Show MILLARD STAKE conference 7 the be regular quarterly conference of the millard stake of Z on convened in the large hall ball in tue the district school house at 10 a m sunday aug 26 ic 1895 present on the stand wort were elders juhn john he ry smith and heber J grant of the quorum of the twelve aps apfl let le C J D fjald ted ot of the ira N hinckley and daniel Thomp SOD of the stake presidency and other leaning leading riders elders of the stake otake after iter singing and prayer president tilt bunckley Unc kley mode made a few opening to re laran ind and reported the condition ol of the stake said gild we have all kinds kinda of people irom from the very best beet to some rome of 01 the wore spoke in terms of praise of 01 some soine of the societies and organizations organization but said eald it appeared very tory hard for dome to be consistent latter day bishops abor yates of scipio anu anc II 11 B bennett ol of meadow and T C callister Cal llster of fillmore gave reports of 01 their respective wards which agree 1 with the report already given toy by president hinckley elder C D then addressed the conference he referred to the time rime when tie pioneers arrived iu salt lake valley when prest baht ham young called upon eljer elder orson pratt to dedicate this land for the gathering or of the saints sainte who there and then in humble bumble prayer covenanted with the lord in behalf of the people that it if he be would bless blesa the land mind anil make it fruitful temper the elements and increase the water that the saints would pay their tithing observe the sabbath day and keep his hia command mania the speaker eked asked how bow the people kept their side of the bargain irbe lord never tails fails to keep his covenants but it Is IB differ different eDt with the majority of the people how are we observing the sabbath day are we gambling gamblin ji are we swearing are we drinking drin xing sing strong drinks we cannot indulge in these things without breaking out our covenant with the ard hider john henry smith congratulated the people of scipio on their public enterprise and advised the saints sainte to copy every tb tug that is good re ic ardless of where we find it he spoke about persecution and said it bad sometimes been caused by unwise zeal on the part ot of the eluere our missionaries have no right to lo persuade perau ade wives to leave their husbands or cull dren to yuri run away from their parente paren tp after singing and prayer cou farence adjourned u gitil 2 p m at 2 conference was again called to bruer by president Pree luent hinckley sod and after the opening exercises the sacrament was wae administered eider bider daniel Tn ompson of we sak presidency then addressed the con rogation lor for a abort time on the gathering ot israel and the duties ol of the be saints elder heber J grant said it requires require a ellort to 11 the lives livee of salute saint we all find excuses for our wrong doing we should not quarto quarrel J over polities politics or anything else we are under obligations to try and d oT croome four weaknesses equal suf suffrage he thought would purify purfy politics here an aa it iad i ad done in wyoming elder eider J joseph W darrow Oar row a returned missionary from the south sea if ilande dif gave a very interesting erecting int report on hiu hio labors labon and experiences while on bib mission at we be evening meeting the resignation of alms alma greenwood as 8 stake su pert ent ot of the young men mens s mutual improvement association was wae read an aej accepted elder john henry smith spoke about the duties of ward teachers and other of ficera in the be church many teachers fall far abbit of performing their heir duties as they should there is IB too muon Ign ignorance oranee and ami indifference among the laboring priesthood wp we send hundreds hun Ureda and thousands ot of mr lon arlei narles to ta tile the nations ol of the earth and many thousands of dollars dollan wt expended on missions minions in other laria at the same flame time the youth of cziep are not reached and lo in many oases cages MM are neglected by the laboring Pret hood and parents at home our girls and coys should be instructed in regard tp to the soared sacred responsibilities that are before them teem there la Is too much false delicacy on the part of parents res respecting the evils into which maity of the voting are falling with the youth of Z oo honor and virtue should be dearer lire life the blighting curse or of god will fall upon we the libertine libert loe elder reber heber J grant suggested we ul antio of trees and the beautifying beautify log of the he surroundings of our public butte ings inge he reminded the people of the pioneer monument and thought we ought to feel liberal towards that mark of honor he spoke also at sumi buia length against hypocrisy and decap tion it was decided to have but one meeting next day as an elders smith and grant had to travel about forty mil to lo fill another call at 10 monday morning the saints again assembled after ringing singing a and tid prayer the general and local au thorit thor ittes iea of tile the church were presented by elder C anderson Anfe raon aud they were sustained jseph W damron jr was wag chosen to succeed alma greenwood an aa stake superintendent of abe Y M M L I 1 association all the vot ine was una unanimous elder C B D fjelsted Fj elated likened the to a large garden witt with a head bead gardener and a great many gardeneer garde nerr each with his bia part to look afler afier and care for ad a id spoke upon the letitit g upon abe various officers ficere of in the stake elder heber J grant proved in the tha course of hla bin remarks how bow a number of euries th thou rits bad boen been arven pr ven to be false alee positive knowledge in ig better than theory he related a number of instances at 01 remarkable manite aia eions of tia ti power of gud god course was very faith inspiring and aad instructive elder bider john henry smith sinith referred to the clear anti aad practical made maae by elders flold fjeldsted eted a and dd grant which he thought could not fall fail to carry conviction to friends and aad stra ogen he spoke with great power and eloquence upon api upi n we great grea tuese new and importance of the missionary work done by the elders the gathering gat herlog ol of the be saints sainte and establishing them in ID the mountains where they through industry sod and skill aided by we inspiration tion ot of the almighty had bad made toe the the wilderness wilder to blossom as an the rose he advocated with much earnestness the ibe erection of the pioneer mono mong ment conference adjourned at I 1 pm with staging singing and benediction and it was remarked by president hinckley Hi nokley and aad others albere at the close that bat this was waa the best conference we have ever had bad the speakers enjoyed much freedom and seemed to be specially inspire ins pird for the occasion the beautiful staging singing by th elarge scipio oher oh ir lead by elder eider thomas mammoth was charming lend and added greatly to the enjoyment enjoy ment of ot the occasion C stake aai aug 27 1998 |