| Show SPIRITUAL I 1 Y IN BEAR LAKE laketown Lake town utah peb feb 26 25 1898 elders james H hart and wm L rich of or the bear lake stake presidency and bishop amos R wright of bennington and elder joseph R shepard of paris idaho addressed a large audience of the laketown Lake town people with some visitors from adjacent gilr lages tonight elder shepard very elu ele portrayed the character of the people who would be gods people a people of self sacrifice and self denial ever walking in butys pathway a people who could not serve god and mammon who must serve god with I 1 their whole heart this service meaning separation from the vagaries and vices of the world to illustrate his subject he quoted counsel and requirements of joshua of israel and the terms prescribed whereby naaman the leper could and did obtain relief from his leprosy the speaker addressed himself particularly to the young people assuring them of the nobility and success of obedience to parents and counsels of the servants of the lord showed the apostasy from the primitive church to be the result of gradual deviations i viat ions from the gospel and warned the young of the danger of adopting the follies of the world he bore testimony that god does now reward all who will tor for his glory make sacrifices in behalf of his cause the remarks of bishop wright t were fraught with much wisdom and practical value his theme being the responsibility lity of instructors the necessity of gods spirit to so inspire the speakers that the spiritual needs of the people may be supplied he spoke forcibly upon the duties incumbent upon teachers in their labors among the people and gave the young people earnest admonition regarding the lives they should lead the society they should keep the alms aims in life they should have and the elili should shun which if car ried out cannot fail to very greatly benefit the hearers elder hart acknowledged gods providence in preserving his life andr and enabling him thus far to recover from the effects of the painful accident that had recently befallen him he endorsed the excellent counsels given spoke in behalf of the stake academy building and related what had been done by several of the words in is ifs it s behalf and hoped the good work would continue until the people of the stake would voon soon rejoice in its completion and benefits he expressed regret at the absence of president budge through sickness the brethren will continue on to randolph where tomorrow the they will hold a couple of meetings and on sunday will attend part at each the randolph and woodruff ward conferences the weather is very mild and fine the roads getting quite miserable mes erable for traffic some considerable colds oxe are preva prevalent Jent among the children nothing serious however county assessor samuel weston to la giving us a call feeling our financial pulse and ascertaining our belongings elder joseph hodges of the stake sunday school went over and met with the people of meadowville Meadow ville ward anat sunday and organized their sundy school with eugene cimball as superintendent and joseph gibbons and joshua eldridge as counselors and other officers there been a sunday school or other organization there for some seme time the people appeared to appreciate the reorganization as the house was well filled and all agreed to support the sunday school by their and attendance stake superintendent galloway and aids aid labored in the interests of the stake superintendent of religious bear river valley sunday schools last sunday returning to st charles on monday classes elder heber C keetch of st charles Is in town tonight the alys are hauling lots of ice fee from the lake that means several ice fee cream festivals for the coming season JOSEPH IRWIN |
