Show SANPETE STAKE conference EPHRAIM sanpete county utah may the conference of the sanpete pote stake was held in ID manti on the lith anu and of may 1896 there were present of the apostles elders F M lyman and heber J grant gram of the stake henry beal and J B maiben president peterson Peler Peter soo soD prevented being present by the severe of his hie wile wife high councillors councilors Counci lors bishops ot of the wards A very large congregation was in attendance at all the meetings alter after the opening exercises elder lyman said he desired all the bishops to give a concise report of the faith god and condition of their wards thirteen wards were reported three made no report peace generally pro pre valls vaile no difficulties among the sainte sacrament meetings generally weli attended fast meetings not so well attended as they should be the poor well provided a liberal feeling tu to help the missionaries young men not quite as ae zealous AS aa the young Is ladet fips health generally good at the present time elder henry bean said many who had bad been careless in years yeara past never mover attending meetings were now quite earnestin earnest in their dutler duties sider elder J B malben maiben said bald this was the conference of this his stake he was pleased to note the growth of the bain saints to la in the principles of the gospel and that tai notwithstanding their weaknesses they are growing in the knowledge of 0 god elder eider lyman said eald he was pleased to hear beat the reports of the be bishops bishope the solute are becoming so DU numerous that the leaning leading quorums cannot visit them in their homes and maids so are largely ly dependent on en anu ana presidents oi of stakes who are always with we the people he spoke on church discipline said there here is in not ration writ ton ten although there is a great deal of unwritten discipline that is well understood der stood we have but few forms of ordinances ordin auces in the church have a written form of prayer for the sacrament thought it we had more forms written it might be well he spoke on tike the magnitude of the labor involved in effecting we the salvation of mao that it ik la Is a great gnat thing to aske bk man in his bis fallen state mats and prepare him to into the presence ot of his god he fie also spoke on an the lite life sufferings anu death oi 01 the bavier Babor tou tue saints to J be ut agent as everyone will be re ee warder lot for what they dot do and not lor bat they may have In inie Lenued aued to dep do but bat did not A priesthood meeting was hold held at 8 p in 0 ou the which was well attended A great deal of instructions were given by which the sainte may profit sunday 10 a m melder bider mcallister elbot exhorted ted the saints to 90 avail themselves of the opportunities offo raea in laborin sigf f r and chev dead lider elder J john ohn B malben maiben presented the general ano Stake all sustained by unanimous una vote eder grant spoke on the he teney of praying for the authorities ol of the th church when by out our sots acts we snow show we do not believe our prayers will be answered said that those who kept the commandments of god never become tired in their labors labore or of hearing bearing the duties of the saints saint d dwelt welt upon 2 p m elder heber haber J grant again addressed the conference he oaid haild there were many young people present who had not an absolute knowledge of the divinity ot of the work it was just as necessary Dece seary that the they should have the testimony as that their fathers and mothers should theford the lord said that he that boeth the will of the be father shall know of the doctrine doo trine whether it be ot of god or not anere to is no if about li it the statement to la an absolute promise to those who keep the commandments of god that they hey should know of the doctrine doo trine the gospel must be studied as we would study any other problem study the ancient prophets study eludy the prophecies of the prophet joseph and witness their fulfillment and ask god in the name of jesus christ to give his ais holy spirit which will kive give you a knowledge as 88 to whether it be of god or not he said he knew the signs as promised do follow the believer related belated the promise in his patriarchal blessing and also in that of rider elder lyman in his hie blessing being promised the apostle ship some years before they atie called thereto also of john henry smith receiving a promise of the priesthood while his brother george A jr received no such promise in his bis blessing and was afterward killed by the indiana In diane elder lyman read the parable ol of ten virgins he referred to his blis being called holthe said he did not believe that the patriarch laying his bis hands bands upon him believed it to be among the most remote ater his father having been unfortunate he told of laying his bis hands on the daughter of samuel pitch orth or th of nephi who was stone blind and she received her sight of benjamin hancock who was stone blind who received his sight by the anointing anoia ting of oil and the laying on of hands bands he be being a believer in the gospel said be was pleased to announce to this conference that the people in this stake in their ward conferences had voted unanimously to sustain the ad address asked god to bless blees the people leopld of this stake after and benediction conference adjourned for three mont months lie to moot meet in mount pleasant TAYLOR clerk of Couie Coute renoe |