Show QUARTERLY b of f the weber slake stake of Z zion ion in the ogden tabernacle jan 21 pm choir sang after pra prayer caloir er by elder D M stuart the choir sang ag again in god moves in a mysterious way the i bishops then continued their reports huntsville bishop F A hammond north ogden billio bishop amos maycock cock Uin uintah tali bisho bishop T I N spaulding ly ling marriotti marri otts ats bill bishop OP james Rit chic elile II hooper Oper bio bishop gilbert belnap elder E ider henry gboyle G boyle addressed the congregation he ile was pleased to hear bear such good reports from tho the bishops bi ho especially specially E was wai lie pleased with tho tile reports of the progress of the young our enemies arc are endeavoring deavo ring to carry our youg people away but their efforts will to be vain and tile young people people will grow up walking in the pat paths is of truth and become mighty in the earth it had been his lot to bo be a messenger of the tile gospel during the most of ilia his life and ha lia had always taken great pl pleasure mure in the work he had embraced the tile truth in tazewell co va many years ago amo and he lie bore his testimony to alio worth of the people in that community the county having baving furnished a great many latter day saints eints he ile compared the condition of ogden when lie first lived here with its condition today to day lie ire hoped our feelings flings regarding the gos gospel P ea had not changed on account of our increased wealth with the tile blessings blesa ble stings inga of god upon all the speaker clos closed ed his remarks A verbal report of the condition of the young mens mutual improvement pro associations was given this was followed by a report of the sunday schools given by su sunk t L F monch prest kest L J herrick spoke next occupying some time he ile thought thou glit the people of this church had been highly blessed lessed during the tile past year ho ile felt proud that zion was prospering i and the a associations ef of the nr latter t t r day saints growing from i year to year those who attended the conference last sunday could not fail to see vast improvement and could also understand that our young will grow up to do their duty never falter faltering illg or turning aside to join any other religion if wo we teach our children properly they will always stand by the truth there is hi nothing so precious as us the tile truth and it is better we should die beggars beg ars than live in luxury and den deny the tic precious principles that we have fought so hard to establish let it bo be said of us that we are grawi growing U better morally moral lyas as rapidly as we arc are growing in wealth we lack dignity we should be too proud to deliberately get drunk or to quarrel over a few dimes or dollars our children should be educated our daughters taught to gain knowledge for when we see the mothers of a community we see what class of children shall bless us in the fu future ure god bless all was the prayer of the speaker apostle F D richards ichards ll offered a few remarks on refinement ho ile or she who bows himself in in obedience to the gospel of jesus christ ia a gentleman or lady and will grow in the grace of god from time to time such S u ch are of the true aristocracy to cracy they are true ladies and gentlemen who say what they mean and live honestly honest honestly lT with their fellow men and practice true kindness kindly shown he ile exhorted all to keep the tile commandments of god and do to their fellows as the alicy y wish their fellows do to them As we had been prosperous we should thank god as we had now plenty of grain we should save it and not run into debt that when the cn cli evitable reaction came our homes should not be sold to pay our debts incurred in our prosperity choir sang glorious things are sung of zion benediction by elder samuel Ep E ggleston gleston I adjourned till sunday I la m SUNDAY jan 22 2210 10 a m a the congregation was called to order by counselor I L J herrick the choir sang the hymn sweet is the work m my lord my kin king prayer was offered efly er ed by elder E ider IT G boyle and the choir eang fang come all 11 ye saints who dwell on the earth the f first speaker was I PREST ABRAM HATCH of wasatch stake it is he said a prominent pro prominent t feature of this church that every true latter day faint whenever called upon to perform any duty cheerfully and promptly responds ads thus in the tile present occasion sion I it t is the duty of the saints present to contribute to the tile edification of the congregation by assisting the speaker with their faith and prayers the speaker then cast a retrospective s spec dee t tive IV c glance on the lii his story of the church in early carly days the oppression rw ion and per persecutions of the days ays of nauvoo when so many valiant champions stood forward to give testimony to the atut h and divine mission of the prophet joseph smith we arc are the children of those fathers and it is our inheritance to maintain maint ain the gospel and practice its principles comparing a tl alie early rl d days ansof of utah Uta bits its barrenness aej n and sterility with tho the present fertility and abundance the speaker it pointed anted out how necessary it waa was for us under all circumstances to acknowledge e tho the hand of the lord As wo lia have ve overcome the desert wastes and are now enjoying many of the tile luxuries and all of the comforts of life it is the duty of every man mail and woman to carefully scan man their lives and compare the record with the written law if we nye do 10 tins this and endeavor to bring our lives in consonance with the principles principle of truth lio honesty nety sobriety virtue and charity we will become a people a against ainest who chobo so united strength the powers of darkness dark nesa cannot prevail re prest Hat hatch chalso also defined true cd education to consist in f following ol lowing tho tile precepts and examples of jesus chri christ chrit t being kind to ono one another love and charity to our fellow beings avoiding every everything thing which would hurt a neighbors feelings in this the speaker exemplified with all the young man in the clin cli apter pter of matthew cv y 25 who was unwilling to respond to the great masters counsel to sell all ho lie possessed sed give the proceeds to the poor and fallow him great aro are the promises which the lord made to those who would forsake tho the world and follow will cn on herit berit life everlasting as well as did the saints of tho the former dispensa eions the speaker closed with a prayer that god may give us all power and wisdom that wo we may overcome ou our r appetites conquer our pap passions ions and become worthy of entering ilia his kingdom arm j E R MURDOCK of beaver stake followed with edi ing remarks lie ile wished that all aging Ertl brethren iren and sisters pr present csont today had been here tho the day before to hear the gratifying reports of the bishops which gave such excellent show allowing ing of the condition of the stake quarterly conferences arc are instituted in order that tho tile saints malcome may come together to li be posted and learn liow how the tile cause of tho the gospel is prospering and progressing in in their cause and also to be edified in tho the truth receiving me mental antal food which i is s as necessary forthe for the fullness of our stature as tile physical nourishment ish ment after breaking of the reports prest murdock pointed out how bow much we had bad need of repentance and improvement learning line upon line precept upon precept we wo have great opportunities unities tuni unities ties which no other people on earth over ever enjoyed we have the mi privilege of reading the word of arod d and learning his will and mind the world callus call us a peculiar people for this the speaker thanked god it is right that we should be different from the world and encounter opposition our principles are in contradiction to the theories odthe of the Cli christian ristian world everyman every man and woman have a right to believe ju stas as they please wo we are wiling ng to accord this privilege to all men and we have a right to claim it likewise for ourselves nelves ou the speaker hen then pointed out the fallacies and inconsistencies world showing owing sli liow how essential it is for mankind to be in continual communication with the living god always to learn earn his Ili will swill concerning us the bible isa is a true an and d sure guide far or man in all conditions of life our teachings harmonize with every law lair and principle enunciated in it while on tr tho other liand hand the tile christian world lack the light of the gospel being buried in darkness in the tile bible we have an unfailing waymark toward tho the goal of salvation this was exemplified by the speaker with the ordinance of baptism as prescribed in the scriptures and administered by the latter day saints and the reception of the tile holy ghost which is an indispensable factor of salvation referring to tho the young men the speaker repeated a prophecy made years ago that some of the greatest men that stood upon earthwell earth will emanate from these mountains we arc are the salt of the earth and if wo we should lose our savor what shall the earth be salted with wo possess in integrity teg rity honesty truthful truthfulness ness and therefore we will be su sought glit for by all who want confidential aa assistance sisa we have shown to the world that we are willing to forsake all things for the sake of tho the truth having ta given such evidence of yen our f faith at r shall I we now falter or shall our children abandon the path of their parents if the world could overthrew overthrow the truth of the gospel by proving joseph smith to have been a false prophet the speaker is willing to give it all up but we know by the spirit Cof of god that he was a true prophet and by this knowledge wo we will stand as steadfast as did the revolutionary fathers by the principles of liberty and independence in which they were ere inspired by the almighty all great scientific and political problems of this enlightened a ago are being settled by learned aai wise men calel calmly y deliberating the matter and settling upon what they d determine et ermine to be tile best but not PO so in religious matters these are too much slighted and neglected as immaterial while indeed nothing i in n mans pursuits is of such great importance as the true way of salvation it lias has been revealed to us and we arc are disseminating tl the c precious knowledge to tho the world word they receive or reject it our plan is an innovation upon the prejudices and traditions of the world hence bence their opposition and persecution this opposition is good for us as it strengthens our ur 11 faith unites our hearts purified puri ties and mid ennobles our characters charac tere there is sufficient gospel for every son and daughter of man inan the speaker hero referred to the tile baptism for the dead for which wo o find plain proof in the bible wo we arc are engaged in the noblest grandest work ever undertaken by mankind wo we want to secure to ourselves ft a record of eminence valor and virtue holding firmly tp p tho the truth once espoused ELDER CHAS 18 W rr rosr was pleas pleased d to meet with his bis old friends in fir ogden and to hear the brethren speak on principles of truth wo we ought to be the best people on earth carth for our profession on is 13 great it is ft a prof profession assion of saints ought to be holy persons full of virtue and purity we ou ought bt to aim to bo be what we claim separated al from the world a in a measure we arc are wo we ought to be separated from its vices vices wo we have lave been called out of the world not to cut off all intercourse but to bo be dif different Terent in works in motives and modes of life god is the god and father of the whole raco race of mun mankind kind but in different diff creat ages lie has bs called men for L spiritual it itu al work for some sp special ecial benefit 11 bof of the race ns as a whole even apparent present evils will finally result in g od through the overruling hand liand of providence our special work is to build u up the church and kingdom of go god that it may spread over every part of the earth until all tyranny mis misgovernment vice aad alid wickedness be removed and the planet upon which wo we live may be brought up into the presence pree ence of god and tile veil between creator and creature bo be taken away awa and we can see ws we are fire seen a and nd know know as ware we are known if we o make the righteousness of god first other things will be added to us it is light right enough for ua us to be rich ha having ng an a abundance of tbt tho things bip of the tile world but we should not set our hearts upon it but on god he ile has blessed us greatly and ho ile is willing in that the cattle on the hills tho the gold and silver should bo be given to us if we only keep the chief object of our lives in view the finding out and disseminating of truth our mission is a far greater work than any people have ever been called to do do this is the dispel dispensation zat of tho fullness of times a work which comprehends nil all ages and races if wo we will go to work and do it with all our strength we will be crowned with victory and become it great reat a holya powerful people ble die sanctified spirits behind the veil tel H b being cing ja joined iund as a unit to those before the powers from below will be crushed and righteousness established speaking of stake organizations elder penrose showed the necessity of concentrating the energies of the people those who are called to preside reside over us are not our masters aut but our brethren and wo we want to sustain and respect them mi mighty ll 11 ty influences arc are arrayed against us and in order to over overcome como them we nye must bo be heartily united satan and his powers are stirring up the nations of tho the earth against the work of the lord we leavo lave the whole world to combat I for all hell bell is stirred up against us and all earth carth I is being aroused against us but if we seek sack to sanctify ourselves putting away everything everything contrary to the lava laws of god lod pu pur our hearts from all impurities passion and bailin fa failings ilin wo we will prevail wo we must not stoop to the th evil practices of the world but shull and withstand all the temptations and let us scan our own characters and apply the standard of righteousness with an nu honest desire to do good then the lord will come nigh unto us when we ask we shall receive when we knock it will be opened unto us no greater pleasure on earth than in working f faithfully and zealously for the cause we have engaged in it gives es joy to our hearts beart peace to our families and tho the romeace might t of the god of israel to our people the speaker finished his address with a prayer that weber stake may flourish and grow ro v up towards him who is our fabj living n gu kead that wo we ina may y share bar in the glory r and reward promised to choul the faithful t I ful after an anthem by the choir and benediction by euler elder joseph josep h hall the meeting w was as adjourned until p in rpm p M the congregation was called to order by counselor L J herrick the choir sang tho the hymn stay we who w ho know the joyful song elder E stratford up prayer and the choir delivered tho the hymn great god attend while zion sings while the sacrament was being administered tho tile clerk of the stake read the thoo statistical report of the stake for the quarter ending jan 15 1882 the authorities of the church were then presented and unanimously sustained tho the first speaker was ArOST arosell LL JOHN HENRY SMITH it gave him pl pleasure muro aga again in to meet wit with h t the he saints |