Show WAYNE STAKE conference loa wayne co utah aug 1897 the seventeenth quarterly conference of the wayne stake of zion convened at county utah august 22 and 23 1897 there were present on the stand the stake presidency a good representation of high councilors councillors Counci lors and bishops of the several wards and patriarch franklin ln W young president willis E robison presided after the usual opening exercises president willis E robison reported the stake as a whole in a flourishing condition harmony existed with the stake presidency and peace abounds among the saints he drew attention to the financial depression being felt in the world and among the latter day saints but if we will fear god and help build up his kingdom all will be well the lord has sanctified to the good of his people all trials through whdeh they have passed counselor mans hans M hansen said it Is just as necessary that the hearers have ears to hear asa as that the speaker have an inspired tongue if all shall be mutually edified and blest we are liable to err and be overtaken in sin but if we repent god Is willing to stretch out the arm of forgiveness by me hia grace we can overcome evil we should be of a forgiving and loving spirit counselor gearien S lB bastian said that withstanding noth our prosperous condition there is much room for im por we should be satisfied with our location and not get a restless spirit we should be content to stay where our lot has been cast and consider it a great honor to be a pioneer orthis of this blue valley elder ole related hla his experience peri Ver fence ence in the church and aid bore testimony ta the truth ruth of the gospel at the afternoon session the sacrament was administered counselor gearien S bastian presented the general and stake authorities all of whom were sustained by unanimous vote of the people all the wards in the stake were re ported by the respective bishops or one of their representatives in good order meetings well attended and the people prospering elder franklin W young related some of his experiences at J jubilee chich bilee dwelt upon the object for which the brigham young pioneer monument had been erected and spoke sooke at length upon the early pioneers neeri of utah and the marvellous marcellous marv ellous work accomplished accomplish bd by them elder george 13 rush rejoiced in the knowledge that he was one of the boblo band of pioneers who came to utah in 1847 the grandest thing he ever saw was childrens day at the utah he spoke of early pioneer life contrasted those days with tho the present and showed that as a w people we do not appreciate present conditions as we should do the first speaker on monday morn ing was elder joseph eckersly he treated the subject of faith pointing out that in order for a person i to have a living active saving f faith a ith it is necessary that his life be agreeable to the will of god counselor H M hansen spoke upon the doctrine of free agency and the necessity of latter day saints upholding d and sustaining the priesthood of god the evil of excessive dancing was also treated on by the speaker counselor G S bastian spoke upon the object and purpose of conference meetings unity the necessity of young people marrying in the temples and the necessity of purity of life and good manners president willis E robison offered the closing remarks of conference after thanking the saints who had come from afar some for sixty miles by team over the roughest roads in the stake and complimenting the loa choir for their good singing as well as remembering the saints of Cat neville for their hospitality he discoursed for some time upon the growth of the work of god exhort exhorted ed the saints to diligence and faithfulness and invoked the divine blessing upon all present benediction by patriarch franklin W young at 2 pm the relief societies of the stake met in conference president jane S coleman presided the various societies were reported by the presidents to be in good condition timely instructions upon the great relief work were given by jane S coleman mary E hanks and sister robison and elders W E robison H M hansen G S bastian and bishop W E hanks elder joseph eckersley pronounced the benediction JOSEPH ECKERSLEY stake clerk |