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Show LAPGE CROWDS ATTEND CONFERENCE AT CLEVELAND Regular Quarterly Conference of Emery Stake Proves to be One of the Best-Apostle Jas. E. Talmage and Pres. Rulon S. Wells Were Present Regular qilarUy conference, held nt Clevelan 1 la-t S.iturd iy tn.l S 1.1 1 iv a : p o lounced by m my to be the iKst t iat has ever been hold i;i the s'ake:- Perhaps Per-haps the omission of t de last conference, confer-ence, appointed to le held at Castledale, Castle-dale, had something to do with the umi.-ual warm resei.tien. A Irief s nopis of the meetings follows: Saturday Moknixg I'res. Lars P. Oveson greeted the asr-einhly and i ported the condition of the stake. He referred to the post-- post-- p mement of the conference that should h. v? been hell three months previous on account of c ntagious deseases prevalent pre-valent at that tine in most of !he wards. Tne staite presidency has visited visit-ed all of the wards of the stake and everything was . p ogres.i.ig nicely. A .-o referred to the past year at the Aeaden.y ;.s being the best in its his-( tory without q i -. stion. j E.dcr J amcs E. Talmage, upon being I introduced by 1 re--. O.-eso.:, spoke of j tVeiiiig tnorougniy at home anions the! : a :u.-. tie prop: e ied a good spirit at ! a , .ne meetings if he people came to- 1 gether with the right spirit. j B -hop A:. ton NioUon rep irted every- j tui .g g i ig w.-il in ti e Huiitiiig!.-'. ! v.i.rd. Ward teac.iers ad doing their (iuv. I El e: Vell-, s!oke upon the spirit oi inedoiii i!.h..bi .ing ti.e land ami dec area that tne Gospel raises a . inaninu to the highest standard in life. rres. iury S. roa e.- reported the Piimary work as in better co.idici.m tfi a. -ver ior the past three years. About 1500 enrollment in tne eleven o: ganizalions. . aturday Afternoon Pres. Aima G. Jewkes expres-ed himself ; s havii g enjoyed t:ie pint of .lie mor un; injet.nj; immensely. - A; p -eclated the many blessings that have come to him, especially the fact that he is again able to walk about without crutches. Bishop Jos. J. Larsen reported the I Cleveland ward. Ihere is now a chuic'.i membership cH' 450 s nee the organization organiza-tion of the Elmo branch. AIsj increase i in payment of tithes. Pres. Louisa CKe on rep; red the Relief society. All wards visited and I all . with full organisations. ' Societies I are. working hard to put down card playing. I Pres. Wells spoke of the manifestations manifesta-tions of the Lord to tie saints, which! apparently have become commonplace ! and therefore"; noticed by thesain's. He touched upon the duties of the ward . teacher. Dr. Talmage contrasted the blessings coming from performed labor unper- T formed labor tiri ig the very soul. Discouraged the unrest among the peo- : pie and urged them to settle down and buil) homes and ' enjoy them. The seeking of counsel from the Lord and j from presiding authoiity is always a! safe proposition. j Among the matters acted up in at! tne priesthood meeting was the ordi- nation of Andrew P. NieUon to take 1 ti e place ot Lars P. Larso l as sect n I counselor in the Cleveland .ward; the o oination of W. Arthur Maxfield as bishop and Robert E. King and J. Orson barney as counselor in the Clawson b'shopric; and ordination of George H. Cviatt as bisnop and Samuel N. Alger jr. and Wm. J. Atwood as counselors in the Elmo ward bishopric. M. I. A. Session At the regular M. I. A. session of the conference, Pres. Lars P. Oveson was forced to preside in the absence of any but the secretaries of either the Young Mens or Youug Ladies stake presidencies. Elder A. Anderson as secretary of same, reportc I the Yoiinjf Mns st ,ke V I officers, who are, however, new to I their offices, as all working harmoniously harmonious-ly and a good work being accomplished. Increases in M. I. A. fund and Improvement Im-provement Era subscriptions were reported. re-ported. Miss Sarah Larsen, reported the Young Ladies association in excellent -hape, notable increases in membership anil other good work having been ac-' ac-' coinplished. j Elder Wells, then speaking, compli-j compli-j mented the stake on the improvement , in the associations to he gauged by l he j.-plt-ndij reports. Spoke of the good cnaracter of the Era and Journal as reading matter, and t'len took up the subj.ct of tne change in the courses of study from thejiogical study to the pursuit of athletics of every kind. The change was being found to be working exceptionally well, a living religion still p!,t ing a prominent pait in the whole of tne activities. We must keep otirselyes clean and unspotted, however, and thereby live t he genuine religion of life. Whatever you're going go-ing to oe, be a good one! Eld -r Tai.nagc, taking up the balance bal-ance of tne time, spoke of his regard of the whole church as being one vast J mutual improvement association. There j is a great difference between theol eic religion anil rJiglous living. The latter lat-ter is demanded in every activity of I man, for tile better and more tnorough performance of duties while theology concerns the study of religious theory and is not to essential. Prayed for mure practical religion in legislative, ; business and social life. Strive for a I sane, pure mind in a clean, pjre body. Sunday Morning -I Stake Supt. N. L. Williams presided : at the Sunday morning session, and (after the preliminary exercises and i the administration of tne sacrament . he gave his report. The officers and teachers of e.ch ward are regularly i holding their prayer meetings and all seem to be doing their duty. Inasmuch Inas-much as he is about to leave on a mis-sio.i mis-sio.i to Scandinavia, he prayed the blessings of the Lord on his succersors and on the Su day school work in general. Pres. A. E. Wall spoke of his pleasure plea-sure in Sunday scnoof work and compared com-pared the Sunday school as being the Lord's flower garden, each particular boy and girl being as a Deautiful flower HI tne same. Mother is your dearest ; friend and the path should be made as dear and comfortable for her as possible. I Elder Wells declared the good hoy meant the good, upright man. Whatever What-ever you're going to be, be a good one, not a scrub. The indifferent, in whatever phase of Hie you find them; are the very worst class to deal with a continual source of hindrance and ; bother. I Eld r Talmage, speaking, declared j the sacrament to be the direct signal j between God and the participant that j all is well and that this remembrance of Christ's sacrifice is partaken of in purity of heart, making the point with one of his most apt illustrations. Laziness Lazi-ness is a di;:ease more catching than smallpox! There are three classes of mankind; the Lord's poor, the devil's poor, and the poor devils. The brother bro-ther did not believe in excuses, and par. nts should not stay away from all parents classes because they are fearful fear-ful of not being able to attend but a few, but, rather, go as much as possible, possi-ble, the effort not being to make a record, but to get all the good possible. ! Sunday Afternoon Prin. G. F. Hickman of the Emery 1 Stake Academy spoke of the gratitude 1 he felt at having such excellent ser- I (Continued on last page) I |