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Show 1 bTvui: toM ni:(i: Sol ry lnmcly ltd mini. 8 Three NrMlom llelil uartrly conference ol the Summit Elsss convened in the Tabernacle, Sun-Jly Sun-Jly morning, st II o clock Tho Sunday Sun-day school met at 10 o'clock and wai in icitlon 'till 11 l'rei. Cluff ws the Grit speaker at the netting, and an followej by Frei. Ahya Eldredge, both ol whom delivered good Instroctltni to the )oung John Doyjengavta retort ol the condition olthtbomliy schools throughout the tlakTI The afternoon lesslon wai commenced t 3 o'clock ty tin choir singing from paiS6, l'rajer by llJer 1. W. March-ant, March-ant, i Continued by choir and congregation congrega-tion singing, "WeThankThee, 0 God for a 1'ronhet." Etcrament was administered by 1 Wen O.A.GalllsandWra ltoblmon, assisted assist-ed byjour other 1 IJtrs. l'retTCIuff announced tint an It was tho regular fast vday, tho blessing of children woulJ bs attended to, and accordingly ac-cordingly two were bleircd l'rts. I'ack addrrised thoconirrgatlon upon .the subject olthe sacrifices made by those who were the first to accept the prlnelpltt ol the Gospel, These same sacrifices which wtre made by the people at first, were cxptcted of them today. They were ex;ected to build temples, itake tabernaclei, meeting houiesfio pay tithing, fast offerings, tupporj missionaries, provide and look aflerAthe poor, to erect and sustain taks'acadsmln, to act as peace waken, and to assist all who are In trouble. Elder J. T. Carruth, who has recently returned from a million, spoke on the ''Restoration of tbe Gospel." Meeting closed by chair tinging an anlbjip. "Hark. List in i to the Trnm- IJeMalytion oyrwiTiittiiii... Ball, XVXXIMl SESSION. In the evening, a conjoint lesson ol tboY. M.audY. L.M.I. A, wai held, at which Llder John Calderwood ipoke on Us "History ol Christianity." Mrt. J. A, Smith tang a solo, accompanied kylllts M. Ilrundsge, Remarks were alio made by Slake 1'rssldcntO. Y, I'atk ol the Young Ladles, and Elder J. 6. Ulbbons, tho M. I. missionary, UOMOA MORMNd, Meeting was called to order by l'rcs. Olnff, and after the regular opening exercises the l'ark City branch was retried re-tried by Elder T. L. Allen. The branch.! Increasing In numbers Tltho pawihnvo Increased more than double Oi pait year. Organizations ar all In good working order. Bishop Atwood reported tho Ktmas wsrd as being about the samoas usual. More tithing paid during tho year than usual. The Henefer ward wai reported by Cooniellor M. F. Harrli. All tho or-taiiatlons or-taiiatlons are In good worklntorder. Although there was a general failure In crops, tin tithing for lait year Ineieaitd over 400 over the preylous year. Dp. Seamons reported things to be In pod working order In the llockport ward, I'toa ward was reported by Bp. Stephen Walker who said the ward had Wen organized thirty-eight years, but si yet have to hold meetings In the district dis-trict schoolhouie, ai there was no other place to meet In. Said the ward organ izations were doing good work. Frei. Cluff said that he, In company with others, had attended lo the past few months nine different ward conference!, con-ference!, and he felt that thera was a general Improvement In a religious way. Bald that It was a prlvilego and July of every Latter-Doy Saint to Ilvo so as to enjoy tho spirit of tho Gospel. He strongly adv lied tbo people of the wards who do not hsve motllng houses to erect them , that a man who w at anxious anx-ious to assist In building Zlon In Jack-ton Jack-ton county and did nothing at home to aislst In building places of worship were making a mistake. le boro his testimony testi-mony to tho love of the Gospel, and all that ho, love I his brothors ami listen and wanted them to love hltu. Ho considered It more honorable for any man to resign than to hoi I a position posi-tion that he did not magnify and fulfil ; feeling that he hid failed to make a success of the Stake Academy, he would resign ai president of the Hoard of Education. Edu-cation. Dp. Wright iriorlrd the Coalville ward. He laid that the total tithing paid was (2,101, which sicreded tbe prsvions year ol over 00O. All the ward organizations were doing well. The choir ing from pige 107, and after prayer by l'rss. Alma Kldredgo conference was adjourned for three months. At the close of the conference the regular reg-ular stake priesthood meeting wai held. |