Show 1 BANNOCK STAKE conference the bannock stake quarterly conference was waa held in the music hall rexburg Rex burg sunday and monday sept and lath there were present elders geo reynolds and thomas hull from salt lake city the stake presidency and most of the bishops sunday 10 am elder geo reynolds spoke of the evils that are among us which he regarded to some extent as the mercy of god in order that the saints might be tried a virtuous people are strong in body and mind but whenever a people cease to be virtuous they dwindle to nothing as has many times been exemplified in the history of the world we must also be united and respect the rights of others and when wrong is done make restitution elder thomas hull said the purpose of our father in heaven is to make us a people that shall be known throughout gout the earth for purity virtue and power with god and they we may become the kings and rulers of the earth a people led and taught by revelation brought out of the evil of the world have no business to partake of evil men have no right to expect virtue from women if not themselves virtuous young men going from home have no right to go seeing the sights as it is called after visiting and witnessing the doings in places of evil even if not partaking thereof it is not possible ever again to be as pure in mind 9 2 pm elder pred fred smith returned missionary from the southern states reported his labors there he had enjoyed his mission and realized the im of the duties of the me elders to go forth and preach the gospel whenever cal called led elder thomas hull treated upon a the virtues of love peace and goodwim goodw tB and wished to inculcate in the hearts of the saints a desire for mutual pro motion and not the engendering or of j foolish strafes and contentions ext ex t the advantages this people possess of settling difficulties our troubles should not reach the teachers tea chera but certainly never further elder i george reynolds said we have to be tried and proven it is of often ten asked in the world what life is and the learned i cannot solve the problem but god has ban revealed it unto us we are the sons and daughters of god sent here to de celop our former existence t taking ki bodies up and spirits to fit us b toy future progress the speaker also dis coursed upon the proper training of i children and said parents who im kney J the work engaged in to be of god and j who neglect the training of their cima A dren aright are traitors to the cause 31 monday 10 am the bishops re ll 11 ported their wards in satisfactory cai con at elders W T rigby and thos tp E bassett of the stake presidency pre sideney spoke upon topics of interest to saints both from temporal and ap ual standpoints as the develops of the country building of townsite towns tte duty in rendering of our means for support of schools and missions conw of the priesthood etc 1 2 pm elder george reynolds pate of undivided allegiance to god ax and tt r promises predicted thereon and oke tte doctrine of the fatherhood which 38 nines us above all other religions should not belittle the work of father and his son jesus cr V jbv nor be vain of the ask hood seeking to usurp our fellows but we should bl not curse elder thomas hull w avlo the young men and women aa COV I 1 the efforts that are being made to lure away from the paths of M tn 1 11 and virtue he wanted a defor retort fl 1 1 amusements our and a return toju to old times when the aged were wont to associate in the dance with tak A 4 young y elder thomas E ricks ricke had betea blessed during the conference and tass renewed for his work in the stake aw the next three months counseled abal tbs A people to retain grain for bread aaa xa seed and those who are able aboin lay away for future years of gr he thanked the visiting brethren the choir and the proprietors of the usa tu for the parts all had taken in conference a success choir sang we thank thee 0 bod for a prophet I 1 benediction by patriarch A SL hinckley JAMES stake clerk |