Show A R keal eal spiritual feast I 1 quarterly conference of the panguitch stake of zion was held in ig panguitch december 1 and 2 I 1 possibly a more successful conference has never been held in the panguitch stake many of those who were in attendance have expressed themselves as being very well pleased and greatly g benefit ted by being present the presiding auchoi authorities aties of tile the stake all of the bishops and many of their counselors and a good representation from many of tile the wards were present at the meetings reports from ward officers indicated that all of the wards of the stake were in splendid working order and rendering to the church and stake very efficient service it was clearly pointed rot out that the auxiliary organizations of the wards were officered by able and efficient men and women who arc striving with all the he power and energy they pos sess to have these fundamental yard ward units measure up to the standard required of them by the hurch church when it was learned that apostle kelvin J ballard of the presiding authorities of the church was to be ie present at the conference the saints rejoiced elder ballard is a man of wide experience and a very ery able sincere and enthusiastic speaker the thirteen yea years rs he spent pent in the mission fields of the hurch church gave him a rare opportune ity ato to study the gospel of oc jesus jesua christ and human nature one cannot annot listen to this man speak without inthout being impressed with the treat great of character lie he possesses the sincerity he be manifests and the ibe sympathy he be feels for mankind elder ballard explained that the church ot the jesus christ of latter day saints had three big fields of human endeavor in which to serve viz to preach the gospel to the inhabitants of the earth to perform the necessary work in the temples of the lord for the living and the dead and to strengthen and purify through righteous endeavor and living the membership of the church he stressed the necessity of a clean life and pleaded with the saints to daily live their religion he madl made e plain the fact that activity means life and that inactivity means death he he remarked that rest ing very likely meant rusting the va various rions meetings of the conference were well attended congregational singing was had bad in all the meetings the visiting brother from salt la lake ke city sang a number of selections which were viere enjoyed possibly as much as the splendid sermons which he preached it ii is hoped and believed that the conference will result in a renewed determination the part of the 1 people of the st staffe keto to mote moie vigorously pur pursue sue their labors as church members the needed stimulation and encouragement coura gement long felt and wished for cattle came to the saints aaring this splendid and successful conferences conference milli I 1 |