| Show SEMI conference of the young he mens Mie lital went r n e associations of utah territory Terri tM ai held e ld in the assembly hall salt take city sunday oct S 1882 at rpm ral the meeting was called to order by prest wilford wilf ord woodruff the choir sang awake yc ye saints of god ac prayer was then offered by prest G geo co Q cannon choir sang oil happy is tho tile man mail who hears ac tile minutes of tho the conference which vaa was held in april last were then read by secretary 11 II J grant and accepted the committee appointed at tit the last conference to get up a new roll and record book reported their progress and stated that their labors had been approved by the general joseph F R gave some good instructions relative to conducting meetings for the winter season and advised alio officers of associations to comi commence nence their work with a will and work energetically getic ally and zealously for the advancement van cement of the young in their respective wards lie ile gave the meaning of mutual im improvement ro it embraced every thing tf that was ennobling and elevating to mankind it was wai not only tho the object to make good men of bad ones but better men osgood of good ones apostle moses thatcher Thatch cr said wit with tile aid of the spirit of god he would endeavor to give to the young a few of the many thoughts which had bad recently passed through his mind that would be for their greatest good he did not acquiesce in allowing or encouraging encouraging any of the youth of zion to leave leav elome to work in ili the mines ou on railways etc there had been young men in the church who ha had not kept themselves free from sin to such he be said there could be no real pleasure iu in this life after thug thus committing themselves they should strive to help build up the kingdom of god on earth and all would bo be well with them then lie ile hoped all would endeavor to live pure and holy lives in tile eight sight of god for in purity there is ie peace ace happiness and everlasting joy preat prost wilford woodruff felt thankful that ho lie had an association with the saints lie he looked look ell upon the association as a great nurse nursery law in which the young would be brought t up I in a the footsteps of their fathers lie ile made mention of the tile timo time nhen n hen the twelve and others traveled by team through the territory visiting the saint and how enthusiastically they were received by bv the hosts of young people who turned out to meet them at the various towns and cities he ile spoke of the necessity of tho the young to walk in in tile path of right and slid virtuoso virtue so that they might bo be worthy to receive an oil inheritance ilance ill m tho the kingdom King doin of god and also exhorted tho the officers acers to go to work with increased diligence in their associations during luring the coming season breet woolley cv of bear lake county mil milton ton it hardy and anti elder IL it C badger each made appropriate and find encouraging remarks on the occasion L elder ider junius F r wells felt grateful that t tho lie young men had the privilege of holding another a semiannual cm I conference he ile referred to the coming seasons work eaid said there thero was room for zealous work and lie felt solicitous for the advancement of f the associations during durin the next six months the labor in the past he lie thought had not been entirely satisfactory but lie hoped that all aft would be found constanel const constantly antl and f faithfully illy at striving riving to perform perform a greater work than biad been accomplished in ili the past ho ile suggested that when a president of a stake held hold a quarterly conference lie should invite the presidents of other stakes to attend that they might gain new ideas from each other and thus promote the interests of the various various associations and hoped that the reports at the next conference would be gratifying to tile authorities president george Q cannon spoke of the tile great blessings bless kings which t tho children were permitted to enjoy at the present time the they Y were bl blessed eased with primary associations mutual improvement associations ciati ons ac which were calculated to build them up tip in ili the faith and al id make honorable liono rable and trustworthy men and women of them ho ile related an all incident in ili his early life in reference to liis his disposition for study y and often thought of it now ift if the lie young oung men would devote at least tiala half an hour every day to studying something that would bo be beneficial to them how much better it would bo be than idling away the time apostle moses thatcher Thatch cr made a few remarks in regard to tho the contributor and advised the young youn people to sustain it by subscribing for it prest wilford woodruff presented the general authorities givlio were unanimously sustained in ill their positions the choir sang the anthem daughter of zion and benediction was pronounced by apostle Brig hain young x oung |
