Show MALAD STAKE conference I 1 the malad stake quarterly conference convened at as malad city idaho idabo sunday and monday MOD day june anti aud and 1896 1895 president oliver C hoskins presiding preal dinK there were pros pree eat on the stand elders eldera heber J grant 31 rant of the twelve apostles Ap oatlee seymour B young of the farat council ot of seventies and george F gibbs of salt lake the stake presidency nearly all of the bishops and members ot of the high council a good representation of 0 the presiding officers throughout the stake and a good attendance ot of members after abe opening exercised sunday morning brief reports were made by a number of bishops of the condition of their warda ward which in the main were encouraging too the remainder of the forenoon fore was wai occupied by elders W H gibba of the wase otare presidency tf A young and heber J grant elder young spoke upon tile fulfillment fulfilment of prophecy referring in particular to the revelation ion on war contained in the doctrine and covenants covenant elder grant spoke upon the favorable condition that we as ae a people occupy through the blessings of godi god and thought it strange that ROY any one could fall fail to bee the hand band of god in the history of the dainto the afternoon was wa occupied in the of at the the presentation of the san gen ora oral and ana stake authorities who were unanimously sustained as an war wall also john RAynol delas patriarch and discourses by elder eluters george F ulbia and heber J grant elder bider gibbs dwelt upon the importance of sustaining the brethren that were voted tor for this afternoon elder grant occupied the remainder of the afternoon in a very pointed and powerful discourse on an practical religion pointing out clearly that a salvation could not be gained with good alone meeting convened in the evening at 7 president 0 C hoskins reported the stake as aft in a prosperous oua coRdi condition tion he urged the saints to continued faithfulness in paying their bitties and ofte offerings rings and in attending fast meetings etc he was followed by elder young on the importance of the saints leading pure lives and having faith in the lord liora jesus christ elder arant spoke epode upon fa daae se faith an aa round found in the world and showed allowed the fallacy of the doctrine that belief iu in christ chnat would alone bring salvation monday morning was waa partly occupied by reports from the bishops and the remainder was occupied by elders eldera young and grant on he flie power of example and the advantages to be derived through the keeping of toe word ot of wisdom both financially and otherwise brother grant suggested that the tabernacle should be finished and it could easily be done it if we would keep the word of wisdom and use uee the means thus saved and apply it in that hat direction at the convening of conference at I 1 p m w elder young continued the sub ab feet fact of observing Berving ob the word of window ex explaining p joining the effects of tobacco on the h human u m the lord required that t roo sat DV do now observe the word of wisdom the next speaker was elder goo geo F who referred to the great amount of good tiona that the salata saints receive from time I 1 to time and it if they would only put them into practice we would become a great people the closing remarks remark were made by elder grant who dwelt 0 on a tile the necessity of leading pure lives a and nd living our religion guarding against a self feeling aben we bear the servants of god expound the truths of hea beaven fand we go away and disregard their heir teachings teaching we be come under condemnation thus closed a very interesting and instructive confer nce muce which was waa fairly well attended considering the weather and the open condition of the tha unfinished tabernacle it la Is to be bd hoped that it will be finished in the near future and avoid exposing the health of the people and the visiting brethren as aa we live in a very changeable clime sunday evening we were visited by a killing frost which destroyed most of the fruit and it is eared that the early wheat haa ban been badly damaged li D jonza acting clerk clark |