Show QUARTERLY CONrE conference RENCE of the weber JV aber blau c of zon xon in ogden tabernacle SATURDAY july 16 p ro the electing ting was opened by singing let zion in her ter beauty rise PI prayer lil y er by elder joseph stanford choir sang how sweet aliv work my lord my king reports were heard from hooper by bishon bishop belnap and hu huntsville Hunt aville bishop F P A hammond th clerk read tho the totals of the statistical report of the weber stake of zion blon after which elder E H anderson gave a brief report of the Y I AL M I associations of the county PRESIDENT I HERRICK J I addressed the congregation stating he had been liten gratified with the reports PO arts of the bishops and with the report of the sunday schools the spirit of advancement and progress is is among the people and we feel that we arc are all interested in the education of our children the first thing the saints thought of in making their early settlements waste was to build a school house and standing P the tho assertions of the outside world to tho the contrary the lat ter tel day saints arc are first and foremost in deduc educational interests in this territory the people in this county were among many other good things endeavoring to sustain a newspaper to represent their interests te this was a most important move and all who are interested in the kingdom of god should render assistance to this noble nobl work it is one of the most important that exists and tho the saints who are always interested in education should aid in its development by subscribing for our papers in view of the coming elections ho he wished to state that it was necessary to vote w hether whether there be opposition or not it is a duty the world call us Irai traitors tors because we alliote all yote one way do not the republicans or democrats vote one way if they do not they should and is it more wicked for the latter day saints than for tho the republicans and democrats if the mormons cormons Mor mons were as deluded as the ministers of thedac the day call them why is it means arc are not devised to elevate them from their wicked paths to something nobler but instead of doing this they steadily offer prayers to haye have the cormons mormons Mor mons crushed out of existence this was not his idea of good religion I APOSTLE JOHN HENRY SMITH next addressed the audience ho he was made aware by br tho the reports given that the condition of this stake of zion was similar to that efad of adjacent counties the sainta saints differ widely in their of life thus we find some who pay their tithing strictly others who strictly observe the word of wisdom some are good theorists others arc are practical fence hence when we do not seo no alike wo we should have fore forebear bearance anco one f for or the other ho he was interested in the political remarks of president herrick and asit as it was saturday lie would make a few observations on this sub subject act there are two parties its in mb utah as much so as there arc are in new york the peoples party who have built up the country ry and make it fruitful this party is is greatly in the ma majority j arity the second party is compos composed of federal officials who come here not to devote their time to the interest of the people but to interfere with tabeh rights from these in connection with apostates and miners and business men many of whom are in indeed leed gentlemen a party has been formed which is ver perfectly c estly right just as much so as it is for us to do so there exist then in in utah two distinct parties if the speaker were a liberal he said he should sustain that party and as he is a member of tho the peoples party he expects to labor for the of that party all AU the offices where a decent salary is obtained are given to the small party all the poat post offices where the salary is worth anything are given to those who whon are rethe the bitterest assailants of the people everyone has a right to his religion but when they assail us and charge us with the vile deeds that they themselves have brought into our midst it shows the weakness of their cause and teaches j us to look well to our interests and I to our children it w would bo be better to carry ca iclet your dear ones to the grave than to let them bo be taught by such men as have no hesitation in planting the seeds of infidelity in their minds he prayed that the bless bl ess sings of god would be with all who strive for the building g up of truth ye and righteousness upon the earth the choir sang lord dismiss us with thy blessings and end tho the conference adjourned till sunday moran morning at 10 benz benediction action was pronounced by elder L F monch SUNDAY july 17 1710 t 10 a ni after the usual opening exercises APOSTLE LORENZO SNOW first addressed add the jo congregation ti n ho he started out to speak on those things that relate to the business in which the saints are engaged worship worshiping ilig the lord loid and preparing ourselves 41 for the great reat scenes lying before us alio character of occo occasions lilethe like alie present print depends greatly upon the spirit sprit in in which the congregation receive ceide the instructions given them wo we are the saints of god and must do our labor with an eye single to the glory of god and for tho the accomplishment ment of the great purposes of the almighty we have set out to serve the lord our god willingly and to obey the dictates of his holy spirit in his imago image we have been formed and ho he has actually manifested himself in various periods of the worlds history he showed himself to abraham to isaac isoac noah moses and to diffie different rent prophets in these latter days he ile haa has revealed himself to persons who yet live in all his glory as a being that once traveled upon the earth preaching the gospel and being persecuted by thoo those calling themselves his friend friends the house of israel they even slew him when he returned to the throne of glory he has again made himself manifest in these latter days aa as he did in the temple of kirtland of which we have irrefutable testimony that he lie stood upon tho the breastwork odthe of tho pul pulpit I it t his eye being like flames of tr fire e and his voice sounding like the rushing of mighty waters it is is no now the privilege of latter day saints to have a knowledge facts to know that jesus fives lives to know this is life but temporal cares and anxieties cast away or obscure such reflections in our mind BO so that we oftentimes forget the covenants we have entered into with our heavenly father we expect that eventually our bodies will be glorified to be like unto jesus and immortalized but bat inasmuch aa as wo we elect neglect our duties wo we cannot reamona reasonably ly expect that we shall receive these mighty blessings in if however hott ever we live humble b before or e him our prospects will bo be brightened tho faints saints I of former days took joyfully the persecutions to which they were subjected through their religion and unless we go through the same ordeal wo we cannot anticipate the th e promised romis ed blessings and exaltation ae we should not think it ie strange if heavy pressure is is going to bear down upon us hence we should prepare ourselves for tho the probation to come it is an unpleasant thing for a saint to serve mammon and god at the same time the world can do it fora for A time but we ca cannot ot be halfway half way saints things como come in our progress through life with which we cannot cope successfully unless we are instructed ted by a light from power divine we ought to live BO so that we show and realize that the hand of tho the lord is over us all the time not only at stated seasons reasons and hours wo we ought to live so that we never need be ashamed for the eye of god to see us and our actions and penetrate our inmost thoughts we look for great things to transpire shortly I therefore we ought of a necessity to educate ourselves the a spirit odthe of the gospel and in the things of god it becomes necessary aliat that we be well informed on the principles pl of righteousness and an d godliness like abraham isaac and jacob did who are sitting as gods upon the thrones that were prepared for them we are told again a ain that when jesus appears wo shall bo be like him therefore wo we ought to have this object t constantly before us and purl purify y our U r lives in truth and virtue we never shall establish those holy principles ki n c ip les urless we practice the duties t ie incumbent upon us the speaker has been engaged 45 years in this work and he be feels just as eager and earnest in it as he ever did and even more so in in proportion ro portion to the increased light he lie U has acquired apostle snow c closed ased by praying to god that he bless every saint and c every very honest man and that we always have the spirit of revelation within us APOSTLE r D RICHARDS felt it a blessing to contribute in in the labor of the gospel the excellent principles of the gospel arc are only like the crackling of the thorns under the pot if we do not practice them and embody them in our every day life one thing that was uppermost in hie his mind was the subject of tithing some find it an old threadbare topic but the speaker never turns his mind to it but ho he finds a blessing connected with it the great reasons why the saints fail to realize tho the beauty of tho the principle of tithing is that they do not properly consider the subject k whereas we think that the property we gather around us houses lota lots lands farms cattle money or merchandise is our own we ought to realize and understand that the earth is the lords and the fullness thereof if wo we can frame our minds to the correct understanding of the words encompass tho the fact that neither is the earth any part of it ours nor are we ourselves our own as the apostle says we aro are bought with the precious blood of jesus we are here here on earth only as the stewards of the lords own pro property and if we bring our minds to this understanding stand ing wo we will realize the true malampy principle od of tithing the prophet malachi ad chapter verses to 12 says ye have robbed god in n tithes and offerings etc tho the peo I pic adof of israel had robbed god in in refusing their tithes and oue rings and so we nye in withholding our timit ings rob god we dont give to the lord urd as everything we possess is the lords and we only it hold distrust din in trust what is his the true fair square one tenth of our sub substance and if we have paid this portion of our substance one tenth of our increase is the tithing required bf by the law of the lord ana and anything less ess is mockery before him like lio lie trick attempted by ananias of old the speaker then showed forth the blessings attending those who faithfully pay due tithes unto the lord and quoted from the revelation given in 1838 at far par west doc doe Cov coved Co vec sec ath paragraph the land shall be sanctified by the people inhabiting it and find this ia is done by faithfully observing the law of tithing tho the brethren ortho presidency and of the twelve pay their tithing eare carefully full year ear by year as the records show they subtract nothing from their years income income for living expenses or other contingencies gen cies but loyally and honestly pay one full tenth cfall of all they receive I irom rom the hand of the lord and his people now we are i in a season of abundance the fields are laden with train grain that there arc are hardly enough hands ands to store it this therefore ia is the very time to take into our hearts the true understanding of the law of tithing and observe it A day of reckoning will come when we shall have to give an au account of cur stewardship when we a apply to enter into high lit li and holy places to receive our b blessings I we will be inquired after as to our paying the tithes apostle richards Eich arda here stated how deeply ho he realized the Iles blessings sings and gratification that have attended him for being prompt and punctual in paying paying his tithing ever ince the establishment of the law and he wanted all his children to do likewise and secure the attendant blessings by bv and byo bye abraham will aphea and aid ho lie and his generation will receive the great inheritances promised to him and his seed and wo we ought to prepare for the time that wo we can claim our share the speaker closed with exhorting tho the latter day saints to deal honestly and loyally in the matter of bitting titting tit tithing ting which is is a commandment from the lord on high AroST APOSTLE Lr jony HENRY SMITH expressed p his s gratification nt at the large g e number present and endorsed the e exhortation with regard to the observance of the law of tithing which was one of the laws of sacrifice to the lord there is no law aw of god that ia is not predicated upon our fulfilling it it rests upon us with tending linding force that we look well over our course in fife and learn all about the requirements of the gospel we are incomplete in our ur physical system if we lose one of our limbs likewise a clockwork is incomplete if the least wheel is is removed precisely the same thing is the ease case with the principles of the gospel of jesus christ faith without repentance repentance without reformation is incomplete wo we can in no wise expect to be benefited if wo we fail to comply with an any single e required requirement ent of the gospel gosp IT this the speaker showed clearly in the various various principles of our fiti faith alth refe referring arin with especial emphasis to the inga words of wisdom whose observers are passed over by the destroyer unharmed while the those who are in the habit of breaking the laws of life are broken down none of us will obtain a blessing of the gospel unless we live for it performing the duties required at our hand there is a necess necessity for necessity iti honesty truthfulness fran frankness ness candor and every other virtuous godlike god like quality all who are neglecting their duties will fail in their life as servants and hand maidens of the lord therefore the speaker earnestly exhorted the saints to observe all the laws given to the people of israel that the blessings glories and exaltations promised to us might bo be secured to us the meeting adjourned for the afternoon with an anthem by the choir and benediction QUARTERLY conference CONFER ENOE Ont cummi linued from first page ge r M after tho the usual opening exercises and during the administering of the sacrament the clerk of ofilio the stake presented the general of the church and ani those of weber stake to the vote of the congregation which unanimously sustained all the nominations na tiona A communication was also read from elder jos A west resign anghis poRi position tion in the hiigli council of weber stake and his office as president of afy Y ina M 31 I L A in ili this county the former resignation was unanimously accepted and sr sustained aslies successor in ili the high council after this PRESIDENT JOS F SMITH arose desiring desi ring an interest in ill the faith and prayers of odthe alio saints apportion A ofilio of the legitimate business of the all e conference had already been transacted which by byno no moans means was unimportant there is no member of the church who is not personally and deeply interested in the exercises of this meeting the presentation of officers in ili this stake of zion is of the utmost importance for the peace prosperity and progress of orthis this part ofilio r lords ads vineyard vine I ard inasmuch as wo we arc are commanded to meet together often as conferences and the church being represented all important matters be brought before the members odthe of the stakes to meet their sanction or disapproval those conferences arc are by by no means mean only sonly 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