Show STAKE QUARTERLY conference the glorious sunshine and dry weather had the effect of bringing out the largest audience at the opening session of any quarterly conference last saturday morning by the count there were present most of whom were ere offic officers ers in the stake and ward organizations tl ons these occupied the body of the house while mille the lay mem bers of the church occupied the galleries in attendance were elders F M lyman and il 31 smith of the apostles quorum the visitors coming in after meeting lind had begun due to the fact that the train was late pres W V C Il horsley conducted the morning services which began by the choir and congregation singing the popular hymn now let Us rejoice etc prayer was offered by bishop lorenzo N stohl and the choir and congregation sang the hymn how flow firm a foundation pres oleen X N stohl was mas the first speaker and took occasion to campli ment the saints on the excellent turnout and also blessed the officers for their faithfulness ile he gave a report lot of the condition of the stake in general and urged the saints to be inbae more faithful in attending their fast meetings and sacrament meetings supt bupt J D call of the sunday school board reported his organization as being in good condition with the officers all united and working for the advancement van cement of the cause pres susannah P boothe gave a report of the labors of the relief society she said the sisters were following the council to store grain grain and were building granaries in the various wards in this city the society has bushels of grain stored and will enlarge e ni arge the building bull dl ng during the coming summer D p woodland representing the religion classes of the stake said there were 1600 1500 children officers ficera of and teachers and 13 me members idof of the ifie stake board engaged in fin the religion class movement the slogan for the past year has been be doers of tile the word not alone hearers and much has been accomplished the children found delight in carrying out in practical work the instructions received in the weekly classes ora figgins faggins gave a report of the primary association and stated that the work was progressing nicely the stake and ward workers appreciate the labors of the three high councilmen who have been appointed to assist in that work and in the entire stake there are only children of age not enrolled the reason generally given is that they are too small the choir sang count your blessings and pres lyman addressed the conference lu in reflecting on the statement that the lord does not look upon sin sia with the least degree of allowance pres lyman said that every saint should resolve to overcome sin and keep the commandments of god lie he had been delighted with ith the splendid reports male made and suggested that the officers always lakeit make lt a point to say something new in making their reports which would easily be possible in the progression P rog of the organization the box elder stake had become somewhat noted for leading out and introducing something new in the work and was making splendid progress as a result elder M smith was the concluding speaker ile he complimented tile the officers of tile the stake upon the fine showing mado made with respect to keeping tile the word of wisdom and the payment of tithes lider elder smith then preached a powerful sermon alon along this line of thought tile the choir sang the anthem let the mountains shout for joy and elder C ellas elias jensen pronounced the benediction SATURDAY AlTER alvernoon NOON the attendance Inez increased eased considerably at tile the afternoon session and the spirit or of the ine meeting eting was inspiring after the usual opening exercises pries pres L A snow spoke for a short time lits ills theme was get out and keep out of debt and amusements pres W C Il horsley was the following speaker and lie he bore testimony of the blessings accruing from following counsel both spiritually and financially anci ally bishop geo IV V watkins gave a short report of the condition of the first ward vard which showed the organizations all working nicely find and the work generally progressing al AI M jensen of mantua re continued from page two STAKE continued from first page ported his ward as being in good condition and especially the benefits derived from froin the priesthood movement bishop W J facer ot of willard was the next speaker and stated that progress was being made in the willard ward and a good feeling was existing among the saints miss hortense Horten sc evans sang lead 1 l ad kindly light and elder smith arose to address the congregation elder smith read the word of wisdom and made some interesting and forceful remarks on the subject pointing out tile the promises given in tile the revel atlon and the effects of keeping the commandment ile he urged tire the saints to be faithful dd and blessed them for their good works the choir and congregation sang guide Us 0 thou great jehovah and elder V 11 davis pronounce pronounced ad the benc benediction diction there were 7 27 present SUNDAY MORNING the tabernacle presented a beautiful sight sunday morning filled as it was vas with rosy faced children with a good of parents in the tabernacle were 1512 souls the building being pretty nearly tilled filled to its capacity one disappointment in the services was the absence of rider elder hyrum SI all smith who was taken suddenly ill during saturday evening at the home of Par Parti arch darch 0 N stohl and was unable to be at meeting suit sunday at all but returned with his wife to salt lake city in the afternoon the opening song by the schools was come lets slake make our voices ring prayer was offered by elder lawrence berg the schools then their sang scatter sunshine sacrament was administered by the bishopric of the first ward during the passing of which winnie and nola bowring sang a duette accompanied on tile the organ by their brother frank john brook rendered ari an organ solo the misses leal blackburn edith valentine florence valentine and geraldine blackburn sang a ladies chorus the schools then repeated in concert and sang the song bong utah the sar of all the west elder frank AV fishburn one of the instructors in the parents class of the second ward made some splendid remarks on the parents class work and gave many reasons why every parent douht to be in sunday school e aery ery sunday ni ornIng to take part pait in tile the delibera eions the ten department of the first ward school rendered an exercise in a most pleasing after which valc the s sang the eon song it if theres sunshine in ill your heart elder V F II at lyman then arose and talked to the children for an air hour giving some valuable and fatherly advice and telling some of the experiences incident to establishing tile sugar industry in this state lie also complimented the children on the splendid splendy id exercises of the morning and blessed them the closing song was america and the benediction was pronounced by elder apollos taylor SUNDAY AFTERNOON at the afternoon session ol of the conference there were 1283 soil souls 5 present riot not quite completely filling the tabernacle but a very large congregation never the less the meeting commenced by tile the choir singing tile alie hymn all hall hail the glorious day pr graor ayer was offered by ilder elder 1 I E blo and the choir sang t the he hymn if you could hie to dolob the authorities were presented by pres W C horsley II and unanimously sustained sister phoebe hording harding of oc willard Wll lard recently returned from the central states mission was the first speaker she gave a splendid report of the work in that mission stating that her labors had been confined to the city of st louis where she had had good success in getting into the homos homes of the people it is cit customary tomary for the elders to make the fri fi lumli then turn them over to the lady missionaries who visit frequently and teach them the principles of the gospel by this means many hornes homes bai have e been opened to the ladies and good work is being done ilass harding labored in fit st louis for 20 months and had had a glorious time thae alle away pres r II al lyman was tho the next speaker and he occupied tile the major portion of the time tits his remarks covered many subjects and were rich in good council and interpretation of many ot of the commandments contained in the doctrine and covenants pres stohl majia inai yi a few remarks speaking on the duties of the ward teachers lie ile read from the doctrine and covenants the duty ot of tile the teachers then told how the rule had been adopted of setting thursday evening apart as teachers night and urged tile the teachers to get out the first thursday of the month and continue each week until the visiting was completed when the teachers do not come the families should engage in family devotion bearing testimony to each other or reading and explaining the scriptures to the children the clodin closing song was a quartette entitled just beyond beautifully rendered by lottle lottie cozier daisy madsen sevena mad madsan sell and ray evans th the e benediction was pronounced by E elder ider jacob kensler of park valley SUNDAY EVENING the evening meeting was as usual under tile the direction of the mutual 1 1 improvement pro associations with supt bupt E P II in charge after the opening exercises reports were given by supt bupt E P horsley II and counselor minnie jenson which repealed aled a lie healthy althy condition existing in both organizations A solo was very pleasingly rendered by miss geraldine blackburn elder denmark jensen discussed the junior manual as a faith promoter for boys and made some excellent remarks A quartette quai composed of acquilla gilbert W voscoe call C C jensen and chris hoist rendered a number and pros pres lyman addressed the congregation gre ge gation gatton on oil the subject ot of marriage bulging tile the young oung people to live worthy to be married in the proper manner and joun counseling them to get gel married and riot not shirk this responsibility |