Show DAVIS STAKE conference the quarterly conference of alte nl davis stake convened at farmin on saturday and sunday sep Septem in liw 1 11 and 12 1897 it was held under a large bowery the stake presidency ca fl all of the members of the high boua 3 ell cil all of the bishops of the twell wards and a large number of salu saintil were present during the two days fit conference of the general authorities of the church elder george teasdale of the council of the twelve was present on saturday and sunday and t elder eider B H roberts of the council ot or seventies on saturday a on saturday at 10 am after opening exercises president john I less iless gave a report of the stake said the stake presidency were un enli and all organizations and alsoc assoc associate were doing well especially the schools which are doing dextre well A great interest in this was shown by the superintendents 1144 atz teachers throughout the stake al N dent hess said he could not give W very favorable report of the IM elder quorums qu for there were a great gawf in this body of the priesthood 1 were very careless and indifferent inac a labor was being taken with th thearty try and reclaim them and if that aff f impossible to drop them from tirier quorums qu A elder B H roberts then add addressee rem 1 the congregation spoke briefly ot of abbt IV I V experience since last he met with ate saints in farmington four years oam at and the additional testimony that had received of the divinity of alm gospel of christ he referred to tf young mens mutual improvement improved ent a soc lations and asked the support b bt the parents and priesthood in beava beha of them r the high council convened directly a after the close of the morning ge service a and thomas thoma 0 of r farming af ton was sustained by them to stake superintendent of the to mens mutual improvement asso eions brother M thomas was orm bained a high priest and set apart laia W v preside over the Y YM M M I 1 associations of the davis davis stake by elder george teasdale elder william 0 lee 40 v west bountiful was set apart as arst assistant to superintendent M thomas thom by elder B H roberts and elder jelt la vid C hess of farmington wast was Y apart as second assistant to M thomas by ay elder ger teasdale at the afternoon services icess on day elders J H grant and J S coun councillors councilors counci eldors lors to president hess ma few remarks testifying to the t r the gospel and exhorting the 4 fy f bok after their children and as ofa as 88 possible to accompany their A Sy idren dren to the associations to which fe tac may belong er teasdale occupied the rest of 4 i 4 oon the subjects on which J j 16 spoke were the proper training of children family prayer the efficacy of t t and children honoring their parents n sunday at 9 a m the members of the three sunday schools of farm 31 ington assembled in the bowery and after the opening exercises and the administering of the sacrament were addressed by elder geo teasdale whose talk to the children was very plain and fatherly and greatly appreciated vi precia ted by them conference reconvened at 1030 a m teasdale read and commented awer of from the on n a number passages t Dm doctrine trine and covenants and bible I 1 sunday 2 p m sacrament admin adain fc inured fot ered the general and stake auk were presented and anani motoi Bly sustained elders D 0 willey ezra bara T dark clark john N woolley flies J hos J steed john walsh starns y heatch HEat cb joseph smith richard duer olf aft walter W steed harry perkins am axed amos cook members of the high s 40 ac 11 testified to the truth of the ter day ay work and expressed their ire beer to 0 be faithful to the end el as af thomas also spoke for a short e quoting many passages from the ff to show that mormonism is not tt or unspiritual spiritual un 1 ference adjourned for three ills hs to meet at kaysville Kays ville JOHN J SMITH stake clerk |