Show conferences OF THE CHURCH EMERY STAKE the quarterly conference of th the e emery stake vt of zion convened at castle dale Nov november emter 4 and 59 5 1893 present on the atsuo C J 0 larsen and william howard of the stake presidency elder francis M lyman of the council ot of the apostles the bishops and most moat of the leading priesthood of the stake after the usual opening exercises Preat president tient C G larsen reported the condition of the stake he be said bald the people as a whole were trying tu toleah lead consistent lives but some were careless about attending ther meetings anu performing per arming other duties incumbent on the saints of god he exhorted such to repent the organizations of the stake wre were w re nearly complete the health of the people la Is good the crops are abundant but there la Is no market for grain hence very little money Is in circulation good schools are knoper in operation lu in all the but the church schools are not so well attended as aa could be wished the following bishops reported their wards corroborating the statements ot of president larmeu Lar peter johnson huntington henning olson olsen castle dale frederick olson oleen For berrun roti wm win L mph cabale gate geor george e franu sea gen price E 0 D fulmer spring gleo glen and H P molen elder lyman then add addre romed fed the conference on punctuality and order iu in meetings he said eaid much contusion confusion could be avoided by a proper arr arrange auge jaent of the seats before meeting he explained the necessity ot of keeping ward records anu of each person keeping ing a diary in the afternoon after the administration of the sacrament by the priesthood of cabote gate elder eider lyman uc cupler the time in giving general counsel to the sa 89 nta 1010 he thought it 11 better to speak of tho the virtues of the people than of 0 their vices As a people are we do n u t sin because we love jove wickedness but are always sorry when we make a false step church discipline was explained by the speaker speak tir persons doing wrong in a strange waru ward should bould be dealt with in the ward where the acts were committed and then reported to their own ward nov alb the bishops continued their reports as follow follo wt A E me mullin Wellingt L P cleveland I eveland jasper Rb ertson orange ville calvin moore lawrence and Emery ward was reported by coun aou n hans hang C wakeman all were to in a fairly prosperous condition elder eider lyman advised the he bishops and counselors to lead out in amteau lug meetings meet lags by taking at least two members of their families to sunday and fast meetings he continued on church discipline PY elders orange seely and wm win howard spoke briefly in the afternoon meeting a ter which the general and stake authorities were sustained elder lyman then defined the du ties of missionaries high councilor and the stake presidency lie he explained that thai politics did not form part pan of our religion gave excellent ad vice to the young on a marri marriage sige and chastity A elder larsen lareen made closing remarks admonish li g the saints to follow the excellent council given conference fe renoe the weather was fine the meetings were crowded and au an enjoyable spirit prevailed the castle dale choir furnished sweet music lor for all the meet ines inas elder lyman held Inee tings at orangeville Orang eville on the evening of the ath anti abdat at huntington on the ath in which excelle excel ie t advice ad vie 3 was given especially to the young A E WALL clerk mississippi on the and oi of october the mississippi conference of the church of jesus chatot or of latter day saints was held in a large ware warehouse hoube fitted up forthe for the purpose at the home or of william J Pater Pat tereon sOD on greens greenas creek lawrence co miss there were present J 0 kimball of the southern states mission W D rencher bencher president of the conference J 1 may J H euco euce A D J J holbrook Holbro oti J M phelps J F haycock A J blackwell S H nicholson J W walker D H doxey E J bjanes JJ janes anes as N A Hei heiselt self and james E grantham traveling aldere elder rencher bencher made a few opening remarks on our object of meeting together ether and the le testimony we were bearing to the world elder euce followed briefly on the principle of faith elder jants janes spoke on faith and repentance pen tance and was followed by elder eider showing thu the necessity of works as well as aita faith which he proved t ty ry y numerous quotations irom the scripture elder eider helsel bore a faithful testimony ti 0 the truthfulness of our message elder dexey dwelt upon the first principles and elder may delivered an interesting address on the mission of john the baptist and showed that it was nut not completed tul till he had conferred his authority upon chosen instruments iu in this bis dispensation afternoon Ater noun noon meeting elder eider phelps spoke on the subject of the office work of the hoid ghost elder eider walker spoke upon the temporal and spiritual conditions of our pec pie at home elder eider haycock followed on the proper manner of preaching the gospel without purse or scrip and bore testimony to the divinity of what the world calls mormonism elder rencher bencher spoke from rob heb ix 1418 14 18 tue the new testament to a fathers last will aud and testament hence whatever of promised blessings we found written therein we have a right to claim as our own and no one has a right eight to debar us from those blessings unless he be brear breace the will destroy the now new testament elder newoker showed bow faith is produced by evidence whether it be true or false nd ad exhorted all to contend ear estly for the faith that once was livered ile to the saints on sunday morning elder son on was the be first speaker he dwelt upon the plan of redemption as wrought out by our savior he was followed by brother W J Patter soo sov president of tte tie branch at this place who abo spoke of the covenant established through jesus christ between god and man and bore an impressive pree eive testimony to the truthfulness of ane goppel goi pel elder blackwell spoke upon repentance aud the judgments which follow the testimony of the elders and cited several instances losta noes of recent date eldr eider holbrook occupied the re bainder of the time upon the slane sinns that our savior promised should follow the believer and the necessity of fo following the narrow way that leads to life all then partook of a bounteous repast prepared and brought by the saints and friends at I 1 rpm rpm elder eider joseph M philips baptized three souls who applied for that ordinance meeting was called at 2 president kimball was the speaker he sought to show why he be was A mormon first fl rat touch touching I 1 ag the organization of the primitive church charch with its gifts and blessings and asked could be found he then proved an apostasy apo staey from the scrip scriptures followed loll owed by a restoration which he n testified aad taken place and read several ot of joseph stultz s prophecies showing him to nave been a tille prophet Dro phet council meetings were held on both days at 8 am anu 4 pm showing six counties closed and sixty two iwo baptisms since last conference much valuable counsel was given which was appreciated by the elders asa As a whole the conference to is in a prosperous condition the elders all feel well in their labors and are et joy ing good health as a rule 8 clerk HAWAIIAN heretofore it has been customary on these islands to encourage sit all the saints who possibly could do so to gather from the various holds fields to headquarters late for the general hold held here each april and october but buc during this tt arm rm a different plan has been followed and district conferences were hold held at the close of the term on OB all the large islands of the group wat that the salmi might remain m ln on their respective islands and attend conference the two main reasons for this departure from the established rule were first that a much greater greaser proportion of the he saints might have the privilege of attending the meetings meeting and second that the least possible pok sible expense to the people be incurred during these stringent times limes ate natural result of this thin vas iras a much lighter attendance at our general conference here at late laie three district conferences were hold held on the large leland island of hawaii oue oie at giulli niulii for the kahala and kamakua districts one at kahawa for the hilo district and one at naalehu for the three lb ree districts of kona Kon konakas aKau kau and puns puna these were all ail well attendee there being about at the nield hui and greatly by the people as also were those hold held antho on the et at er is lands land rhe ilie maul maui con conference ferenee was hold held at the kaikapu waikapu branch the kauai at aolua and the babu which was we the closing one before the general hu at late laie was held in honolulu on OD sept and out oct lot and 2nd and the conference in honolulu was favored this time by an unusually large attendance of the foreign elders eleven of whom together with three st sisters aters were present pree ent during this conference also two evening sessions were held on saturday and sunday evenings at which reviews were given by the sabbath schools and young peopled people i associations of the late laie and honolulu branches the programs prepared were replete with instructive gospel lessons lemons were well arranged and admirably intra bly rendered before an overflow ing and appreciative house bouse these associations association together gether tu with the honolulu branch choir of over 30 voices are deserving of worthy commendation for their untiring zeal and ana diligence in the preparation of those these exercises and for the marked aggree ot of improvement and success ach achieved loved thereby I 1 general conference of the relief societies of the hawaiian mission was also held in honolulu on the corenon fo foren renon on of sept witti with the general president and a goodly number ol of the leading officers of the ahe society lu ia attendance the general officers sustained at this conference for the cuming six months are as follows sister libbie duall jent with all of the missionary missi sisters as her counselors together with Ko kekuewa kuewa kahuhu and as aids anu and kekuewa as secretary with ruth kashine as assistant and matthew noall treasurer the general conference of sabbath schools and young peopled People le ass uia cia eions of we the islands was likewise hold held at honolulu this time convening on the a vernoon ot of october 2nd and anu was moderately well attended ul the officers of these sustained tor for the ensuing terms are elder H hi buffinga Buff ings t a general president of sunday schools schoola with elders elder H do be fries and M M harmon charmon MH armon as h his 18 COU counselors elors bubes as secretary samuel lua juliua resistant assistant secretary and M U treasurer for the young young peeples As floo soo lation elder A J davis bavis was sustained as general president with elders jolders I 1 H grace and thomas brina brim ley as his bis nahuman so as general secretary samuel lu assistant secretary and M noall as aa treasurer the general october the Ha hawaiian wallan mission convened at law laie on the ath of at as 19 am president matthew noall called the be conference to order there was a full attendance of the foreign and native missionaries from the beginning buts but a light attendance of lay jay members during the first daya meetings A number ot of native missionaries gave brief reports of their labors during the past term the balance odthe of the time being occupied by elders walter ri choles and wm H thompson the greater part of the afternoon session was also occupied by native missionaries in giving in brief reports of their labors bidets H do be fries and H N Hotten Hot tendon clort spoke briefly during the meeting and elder noali presented before the conference the names of the general author authorities ldes of the church which were ware sue SUB gained by the vote of the people october 7 A primary association the first on the islands was here at late laie at the begin nog of this term and this abla forenoon fore noun was devoted to we the interests interest of that organization the children chi idren and their parents began to assemble at the new mission house bouse at a m w and at 10 marched to the meeting house where services were opened by the children staging singing the primary hymn come children come 00 prayer was waa offered by one of their number adolph hohendorf Hoti HoU endorf in our lovely deseret was waa sung by the children toe roll was waa called and the minutes of the first primary meeting hold held on th se ae islands were read react A number of exercised were then rendered by the children in a very satisfactory manner before a large and highly interested ed audience audi the general officers at home and the local officers here of these associations were then presented and sustained the local officers being as follows ful lowa sister bister bibble noall president with all toe missionary slaters sisters as houi delors and miliama as assistant john kumukau as secretary ecret ary and kepa as distant secretary tillie Tilli brown eBrown treas treasurer U and helen grace librarian the term report was read and a approved p a few encouraging remarks were made in ade by elders noall and fish er we are the children of the saints was tuen then sung prayer was offered by one f the child children ren 1 Hamana and then closed the first it rat primary conference on these islands sunday october ath closing day general conference convened at 10 a m after the usual bual opening exer olaes aises two children were blessed five native elders ifil ders together with elder brown were the speakers of the forenoon A t 1230 p in the closing and most interesting session of conference was called to braer by eloer bluer brown and after the usual opening exercises the tol following lowing speakers addressed the congregation gre gation H E duffin 1 I H grace jno T giles J J joenson Job JOh J B hawks and 1 I F fisher elder noall then read the financial and statistical reports for the term elder matthew noall was sustained as president of the church of jesus christ of libatter Latt erday day saints to lo the hawaiian lalands islands with john brown lease isaac H grace A J davis melvln melvin harmon walter scholes Sou oles thop thoc brimley brim ley i wm thompson bibble noall maggie davis davie helen grace ansill tants lams and as missionaries of the church of jesus christ of latter day in the hawaiian islands melvln melvin har mon clerk of oun terence the ecclesiastical appointments for the coming term were then unanimously sustained as follows follo wt elder bider H do de fries as president of the conference fe retice on the island of hawaii with thos brimley and B S kailimal kailimai as assistants in the districts of hilo and puns puna beni paahao in kamakua Ha makua makus A in bobala and james W bush in kona and kau elder A J davis da vis as president of the maul maui and kauai conferences with elders elden W wn a H thompson and J kapal pal as assistants on west maui J jobo oh 0 smith on east bast maui mau i lima on north kauai and palt on south kauai kapai elder H E R dumn as president pros dent ident of the bahu babu conference with elder walter scholes So boleo M and kajo kaio a as traveling assistants on bahu oahu rider duffin was also appointed as president of the honolulu branch with charles broad as his bis counselor and peter makla as an assistant missionary for honolulu john brown as aa president of the late branch with isaac H grace as first and melvin harmon as second counselor melvin harmon clerk samuel lus music 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