| Show ST JOSEPH STAKE conference the st joseph stake conference con convened venea at pima arizona meeting house sunday anil and monday june 13 and there were present on the stand aland elder wm win D johnson job neon coun elor to elder christopher layton Liay tun president of ane alno stake who is ie pow prostrated on his file bed 0 of and who bub been for some months mamberg of the high coun oil bishops of the various wards warde and other ir men meb elder johnson reported the condition ot the president of the Stake who he said was in the hands of the lord the speaker had been alone in tbt of work ever since brother laytoh Lay toi ais sick neef was instructed by the twelve tu to set the wards in order also to organ ize a ward up at dunkin which had baa been done it was wa given the name ol of franklin elder johnson reported the stake an ae being in a lair fair condition today he spoke very deiy pointedly upon the duties and res bill ties that rest upon the and all those who hold responsible positions the bishops of we the various wards reported the same as ae being in a prosperous condition both spiritually ano tempo temporally rilly crops never have been better have had some sto knea but at present the health of the people it ii good but little sickness is ia reported we lave nave started on second crop oi 01 bay and are cutting and threshing aur L ur grain we were favored with the pre sebee ol of three returned elier jsu er charles matthews who has been laboring in the southern states and robert walker and robert A smith from the samran mission mif rah sion they were all filled with the spirit of their mi mission seton aud and gave an account of their gravel gravels sou aad labors labore also the mariner manner aad an d customs oi of the people and boro bore a strong testimony to the ertith of the work A portion of the time was occupied by patriarch philemon B merrill and elder wm win J packer president ol of the young foung mews mena mutual improve merit ment APRO clation they spoke ot of missionary labors and we the conditions ol of the Lama in settling their own difficulties referred to the thuc that will take place in iii utah next month also on treating lightly the sabbath day and they spoke upon other principles of the ine gospel elder benjamin cluff reported the high priest a quorum and showed the re do poi bill ty that rested upon the high hag h priest Prie ete the general and local authorities were put before the people anu EUS bained the meeting also listened to the reading reacting of the statistical report elder W D johnson felt pleased with the me reports of the missionaries and exhorted exhort ea all to give heed to the counsel given them by those in ILI authority the excellent singing rendered by the pima choir under nader the leadership of prof peter H mcbride McBri dp our conference helped to make tte tie meetings a bucce a I 1 P F W woody MOODY clerk |
