| Show QUARTERLY CONrE RENOE of the Y M JT A of weber treber county SUNDAY july 1010 10 10 AM the meeting was called to order b by tweet counselor lester A herrick sweet is the work ray my god my in king was v a s sung by the choir elder clift charles lr e s offered up tip prayer and the choir sang the hymn hymn let zion in her beauty rise A IM counselor L A herrick first addressed the congregation announcing noun cing that a special vecial pro gramme had been arranged for comprising various various exercises by the din dil crent organizations animations in the stake T the be first exercise vas was lecture on faith by the fourth wa ward rd of ogden through elder wm win jackson A short lecture on oil repentance was delivered by elder J jas JU U england of plain city he took as liis his text the oth chapter of hebrews the commencement of which leaving the first principles of the gospel as apostle woodruff stated liaa has been incorrectly rendered by king james translators while the prophet joseph in hig his inspired translation puts it correct correctly and consistently having received etc the choir rendered the anthem lift up your heads leads eternal gates unfold to entertain tile I king ing of glory I elmerjohn elder Elde john rJohn anderson of huntsville deli delivered vereda a brief address on baptism handling the subject well elder noah L shurtliff of harrisville ris ville spoke on the gifts of the holy ghost in an all impressive impress i ive manner elder F frank rank greenwell of the third ward gave an interesting short sketch of the ancient history of rome the houna young man deli delivered Y himself of his ills task in in a highly highl y creditable manner con counselor rise lor L J herrick expressed his high delight with the exercises of the forenoon and gave it as as his conviction that the young toting elders elden who had bad spoken had done splendidly and the spirit of the lord erd had manifested itself through through their utterances the speaker rejoiced before god that there were such young men growing up among the latter day saints who were not afraid to stand up before the world and testify to their knowledge of the truth of the gospel the forenoon meeting was adjourned journea with the tile anthem glorybe to the lord by the tabernacle Tabe macle choir and benediction by elder gilbert IL belnap PM the afternoon exercises were opened by the north ogden choir w which aich rendered the hymn ye yo sonson men a feeble rice race in a style counselor C praiseworthy middleton offered ered up the prayer and the hymn ye children of our god was sung by the north ogden choir while the sacrament was bein being administered elder chas wright of Hunt huntsville iville read a few essays from the manu manuscript serl t papers of the various Y at 31 M I associations in i n weber county they were creditable productions and received with great interest by the large congre gration A brave battle poetry from the north ogden review A dream from the same paper editorial of the third ward advocate june frank greenwell Grcen well editor elberg elder G R belnap next arose to give give a brief lecture on the rise an and progress of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints elder E H anderson delineated the origin and development of the Y M AL I A in I in the weber stake of zion tho tile first organization in ogden was started on 1873 under the auspices auspices of apostle FD F D richards T this his organization aaion continued to contribute atiz in materially te ri ally to the elevation of the moral and intellectual tone of the young on june 1877 after the reorganization of weber stake of zion the young mens mutual improvement im pro associations of weber stake were also more fully organized with elder joseph A west president the county is today to day divided into seven circuits of two and three societies each making a total of 21 societies with a number of over these circuits have a conference quarterly time the central board meets with them giving useful instruction concerning deiv anlie g the topic of mutual improvement the meetings are held in the wards alternately ty so that each ward has the privilege of having a quarterly conf conference irence in its turn an am inter missionary labor is also kept up p between the wards of the circuit which has a tendency to exercise the young in in public speaking quarterly stake conferences are also held in ogden where all the societies arc are represented and make their reports there are eight ci lit libraries B in the county ant and eight III manuscript anu script papers are published during the tile last year chapters were read lectures lec turoa given and testimonies borne after the delivery of an aff anthem by the north ogden choir APOSTLE WILFORD WOODRUFF ave ve utterance great pleasure ve e had derived from the exercises of f the tile day he also paid a tribute to the ilie efficiency of the services of elder lder jos A west IV cst whose absence at this meeting he regretted referring to the testimonies borne born e by the young yo ung elders and their counsel on rel religious IOUs topics he compared them favorably favorably with the learned rhetorical sermons which a henry IV beecher and other worldly worldly y divines might deliver but without interesting or edifying tile saints of god the mutual improvement asso ciati citations cia tiona ons are powerful contributors to the welfare of the p people pie of israel and the promotion of the interests of the kingdom apostle woodruff then declared that there ia is no people on oil earth that can less afford to waste time i in 11 reading novels stories and other trashy valueless literature than the latter day saints their ioleon sole occupation cu should be the pursuit of truth and the acquisition of knowledge if a saint gets tired reading the bible and BOOK of f mormon let him obtain historical works such as rollins ancient bistor history y where they can learn of the ways in m which the lord dealt with the various nations eions of the earth in the tile days lays of old many useful lessons can be learned from the history of old babylon nineveh tyre sidon thebes memphis and other great grea and tand powerful ral cities and peoples of ancient days study of history is beneficial because instructing while reach reading g of fiction is detrimental because demoralizing moral izing the work of improvement in these associations is greatly needed to assist in building up the last kingdom of god in the dispensation tio of times somebody has got to bear it off oft amidst all these those tremendous events hovering on the threshold of tho the future it is our young youn men that have got to do it and th therefore e r afore the speaker takes a great interest in their work joseph smith had all this in h his is mi mind nd and he lie often spoke about the kingdom of god to be established in the rocky mountains how great and astound astounding I n the contrast between 1847 and a nt nowadays sl and as it grew and increased developed and progressed in the past it will develop and expand in the fu all the powers of earth and hell bell cannot hinder it this these young elders havo lave to help bring about therefore they have no timeto waste in foolishness and adlen idleness ess they are heirs of the priesthood and the instruments in the hands bands of the almighty to accomplish his great purposes he ile felt to say to the young men and women god bless youl you 11 they ta ey would be clothed with the pow power er and glory of god and would have a great work to do amid all the wars bloodshed pestilence earthquakes eart tempests and devastations about to come the speaker closed with a prayer that the lord may continue to bless and prosper the associations of the young APOSTLE F D RICHARDS idail been very forcibly aern reminded i by the mornings exercises of his own experience experienc i in quincy 41 years ago when he was for the first tune time called upon to address the saints in public he counseled the young elders how rightly to divide the word of truth to dispense words of comfort to the afflicted of instruction to the ignorant and sometimes even words of rebuke to the haughty this kingdom is opening on a sphere of grand action adion and labor there are among th the little eittle children now being blessed some who will never die and when the priesthood administer the ordinances they realize the nearness of the great reat events about to be consummates consummated the redemption of zion gathering of the remnant of israel and building of the new jerusalem are works near at hand hence we should not allow our mins minas to be polluted by the unclean spirits of the world and the unrighteousness of mammon the speaker gate cave a graphic description of the terrible judgments pi promised soon to be poured out upon the world thia if is the time for the parents to be most careful in bringing their children up in the fear of oy god and the love of the gospel they should read the early history of the church and aud learn odthe deep earnest earliest and fervent spirit in which the saints were then laboring surrounded by evil designing ener enemies nies apostle richards a also admonished admonis lied the th e young elders to make efforts in caving saving those of their comrades who are liable to go astray as trayon on the tile paths of iniquity transgression and sin he also remembered prest jos A west who was absent and unable to meet with the saints much though his heart desired it and closed by praying that the bl blessings jessings of the lord urd may mayde be upon all israel isra that the people peo ae may continually have the gou good spirit within them the pro r mine for the next quarterly conference of the Y al 31 I A in october was presented and the present occupants of the tile various offices of the Central board were confirmed elder L A herrick made a few closing remarks the north ogden choir rendered the beautiful anthem how beautiful upon the mountains and apostle wilford woodruff pronounced the benediction with which one of the most interests inte interesting resti and pleasing leasin conferences of the ki kind was W erwel brought it to a dose close |
