Show MALAD STAKE conference the quarterly conference of the malad blake of zion convened at part portage utah marob march and 1896 and although the weather was unpleasant and the travel bad the attendance of officers and members was very large the people were delighted to have Prealie nt george Q cannon visit them again and also rider elder S B young who comprised the g brethren during this conference th the e 3 were the principal speakers abera and the their ll 11 remarks were warp much enjoyed music by the choir under the tbt leadership ot of brother broiher D P jones and of the brass braes band led by brother charles wright was greatly abed and did much to make the occasion one to be thoroughly enjoyed there were four meetings held and conference adjourned at 12 m mon on monday sunday morning mor was partly occupied by brother W H gibbs gibbe in riving giving a report of the condition of the stake which was very favorable bluer 8 13 young occupied the remainder of the time on a number of subjects of worth to the people the afternoon meeting was addressed oy by president 0 C hoskins in further reporting the condition of the stake he said that the stake received enough from the fast offerings to supply the needs of the poor he was wae followed by president cannon who spoke upon cue beauly beaudy and great worth of the dospel an aej i what a strong testimony it bore to the corli constantly of its if genuineness in various ways said the he lord would surely come some had grown it behooved every to live a virtuous life and be prepared arwe as we know not the day nor the hour sunday evening there was a priesthood meeting to which the sisters were invited as well much good instructions were given by elders cannon rod and young monday morning was mostly occupied by president deot cannon OU on practical aft affairs airs showing the necessity of doing whatever we do in the she test best way ad the young to set bet their mark high the young men should educate themselves and add to that skill in order to prepare for the battle of life shun idle ness and tile the use of tobacco it they winced to be men W H richards was ordained a bishop to precide over the malad ward in place of jankin jones resigned ii D JONES clerk pro tern tem |