Show MORGAN STAKE conference minutes of a conference of the moran stake of zion held in morgan to city ty may and 1887 on saturday at 1030 a m the were bishop ell eli elder clias chas kingston and high councilor fieo W taggart at 2 p m a portion of tie the bishops reported their wards fi stowing bowing a healthy and improved condition existing president W G smith said the people I 1 had assembled together to be edited rd those who were faithful in their Parts would be blessed all should ae 1 subject to those placed to preside them there aly one atlon composing F tahe a 4 stake and all re subject to th that t organ organization za t on and the leaders thereof every officer in it should enjoy the spirit of his calling to 9 that they might be the better able abl to instruct those over whom they preside ader meacham a returned return ed mission UY spoke for a short tame upon the WA aret principles of the gospel president samuel francis said god bad d ordained that his kingdom should upon apon this land by our united intelligence we can accomplish a ireat good to under it AW the will of god as given us by mac who preside over us we are minded qed with disloyalty but those who jw to rob us of our liberty are the adoral ones and we by the observe 04 of gods goda law will finally triumph levery evil eulers avez are charles harles A wells and nephi irson made some som very every spirited rei s on the first principles of the el 1 which closed the first day of c rence nee sunday at 10 am the wards that not reported on saturday were ted d by their r respective bishops IB tog ng that the people were improve generally generall alive to their 4 le e L snow show being present of his sojourn in the penitent hs rs health as also that of the awen with him had been good www attributed to the prayers of the iiga day saints he felt that his in alon on although not very pleas M been beneficial benen cial to himself himsel and brethren with him also to the it t day saints and an honor to ofle spoke of the mobs of bygone id referred to a conversation gag smith mith once had with a senator la uon on to the prospects of the ahei ft those i days the senator felt those j I 1 be no deliverance for the Sj eorge A said what you say afif liv fre true but when I 1 was am illinois to missouri bavi my property I 1 ber come off by far in missouri than ir not IL a and when driven from mis mia IOU salt t L lake ae I 1 was a hundred did a be better r off achan than in missouri and abo driven again the lord 1 WY y hows how h 0 W much muc awain I 1 would be fie the T h ei speaker f felt elt that all things could wo wark r k K together for our good the laws ope operating operatic rAtin against us cepla be ged gt and liberty would be ours by gt sacrifice acri tord go we make we woun would get mar our 0 referred to a s ina fahe 41 the united order existing in brithe the j f at R pen and jocosely cosely lo related how al dressed alike all ate mike alike all slept alike and every privilege enjoyed by one was enjoyed by all the man ot of one half million and they without one cent all were united in the commod lot in which they had been cast at ap 2 p M mi after the usual opening exercises the general and local authorities ties were presented and unanimously sustained brother campbell a visitor a missionary from the southern states related his bis experience there apostle L snow said if ever a people needed to be thankful it was the latter day saints the me bad louna found us in many instances la in foreign lands poor and in darkness through the interposition ter position of a loving father the Gospel thas been presented to us and w we being honest in heart gladly exchanged the mists of darkness for the light of truth our surroundings now wera were in almost every instance changed they are beautiful and the comforts of life surround us he spoke of the beauty of our children and congratulated the parents on so many being present which was a good sign of prosperity in that direction at least said they would become purer through living gods laws than their parents and would live to the age of a tree the future should be agreatt a great theme heme with the servants of god we should be looking for the com coming ing of our savior with his apostles and preparing ourselves to meet them president smith thanked all who bad taken a part in the proceedings the choir sang an anthem and the conference was adjourned for three months benediction by patriarch alma porter CHASLES CHARLES KINGSTON stake clerk |