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Show SOUTH SANPETE STAKE QUARTERLY CONFERENCE. Dae Held at Gunnison last Week Among Best Stake Has Known. I Reported, by Peter A. Poulson, Stake Olnrk.1 The quarterly conference of the south Sanpete Rtake was held in this city Saturday and Sunday Just, which resulted in one of the best confer red to the condition mentioned by Bishop Rasmusson, and stated that the Latter-day Saints who wilfully signed this petition were iu direct opposition to the Fir9t Presidency and Apostles of the church, and recommended re-commended that they repent by having hav-ing their names withdrawn from the petition. Elder Grant also spoke of the evils of intoxicating liquors and the downfall, spiritually, of any comcunnity that will sustain the saloon. encei held in the stake. Jiiiaers Heber J. Grant of the Council of Twelve and Hyrum G. Smith, patriarch patri-arch to the church were present of the general authorities, also a goodly number of the officers in the stake organizations, and citizens throughout through-out the stake, both members and non-members. non-members. The attendance at all the sessions was exceptionally good and the Bpirit that prevailed most excellent. excel-lent. President Lewis Anderson reported good work performed by the different differ-ent organisations of the stake and a spirit of union and love for the work of God existing among the officers. The visiting brethren spoke at all I In his concluding remarks Sunday ' aftemoou, Elder Grant gave a powerful pow-erful sermon upon the healiug of the sick through the power of the priesthood priest-hood of God revealed in this dispensation, dispen-sation, relating a number of instan ces where believers have been moat wonderfully blessed and miraculously miraculous-ly healed by the power of God. During all the sessions of the conference con-ference the weather was ideal, the singing by the Guunisou ward choir under the direction of Elder Erneht L. Swalberg was moat excellent and inspiring, and the accommodating and congenial Rpirit of the 'good people of Guunison, together with the open air meetings under the commodious bowery provided lor tho occasion, all aided in thiB most excellent conference. me sessions oi tne conierence out one, the Saturday morning meeting, aud gave advice along lines of qualifications qualifica-tions of usefulness in the church; to be attuned to the spirit of God, that we may ba ready and willing to take counsel ; remember our tithes and AJerings; observe the Sabbath day ; have a watchful eye over the youth of Zha and teach them to walk in the trays of the Lord, that they may grow la wisdom and understanding spiritually spirit-ually hs well as temporally. Bishop James Rasmusson, in his report, mentioned some unusual conditions con-ditions exiiting, iu which a number of tbe Latter day Saints were induced to sign a petition to be presented to the city council, granting a Sunday picture show performance. Bishop j Rasmusson stated that tbe petitioners were successful in their desires, and the result is that Gunnison is "up-to-date" with some of tbe largs cities of tLestrte in this particular, running the Qpeu picture show upon the Sabbath day. Elder Grant in his remarks refer- |