| Show WASATCH STAKE conference the wasatch stake quarterly conference was held saturday and sunday may 2 and 8 1896 saturday 10 a m after opening exercises elder hatch greeted those present sad and trusted all 11 would hare asto a good time in the course or of his remarks he be requested all who bad lived in nauvoo to arise the result was fifteen men and twelve women there were also five men and three women who had bad lived in kirtland in the early history of the church he read from the deser NEWS of march 26 au account of the burn burning irig of the nauvoo temple elders john M murdock murdoch P 0 murdoch Murdo cir william mcdonald Mo Donald and james Wi wilson livion followed relating their experience in the church and bearing testimony to the divinity of the latter aay day work 2 p m elders J golden kimball and edward stevenson of the first council of seventy having arrived elder hatch announced wat that we would bear from them mew elder eider steverson stever son read a portion of the chapter of jeremiah said it was good to search the scriptures and become acquainted with the doings and spirit of the ancient prophets Prop beti the work of god was onward anu upward and it would be 0 so o in spite ot of all opposition exhorted all to be firm and keep the command moots meats of god elder kimball ex hortein all to baili on a solid lounna tion as everything that could be shaken would be b but the work of gud god would accomplish all that was designed it should and the prophecies ot of the ancient ambots proD bets would be fulfilled saturday evening at a priest hood meeting was hold held and largely attended much valuable information was given sunday 10 a no in elder J G kimball re referred erred to patriarchal blessings and the great ambition of some of the mothers in israel we will wil losice just what we live for and merit read part of the yoth chapter of matthew in which a certain woman desired blessings ings for her two sons also read from the doctrine and covenants see sec tion many are called but few are l blessings blesa inga pronounced upon the head bead of any man by the servants of the lord would never be realized unless he lived for them elder stevenson was the next speaker reading zechariah chapter 2 and referring to the first heavenly messenger to joseph smith he will was the ouan cuan spoken of by zacha riah that the angel spoke to 2 p m after the usual ope opening alog exorcists elder stevenson addressed the be vast congregation while the dacra ment was being passed after which elder kimball karn ball read the declaration ot of the general authorities adopted at the recent conference when the vote was called for there was but one contrary vote the clerk then prevented presented the general and local authorities of the church and elder hatch tottered a brief report ot the stake speaking a good word for all after singing by the choir conference adjourned lor for three mouthy A Y DUKE duim assistant clerk |
