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Show The Conference, j A Synopsis oftlio late (uat-1 erlj Conference At .Moroni, What was said ; A ltd ott' Items from "Founts jj. Green ' and Ilayfitli O'JARTERLY CONFERENCE, j The Ouaiteily Conference for the San j Pete Stke was bed as per announce-' nient. at .M roni; mi S.it'.ud.i and Sunday Sun-day N .v., 15. 16; iyo. 1 There were present m tlm stand : AposileJ F I). Richards and A 11.! Lund; 1'res, C I'elc-isoii J. li.M.iibetr and a number of llishops, Seventies etc., ! PleS Pete 1 sou prestd.iig. j Singing by the Moroni Tabernacle j choii. Opening Prayer by J U. Maibeii of 1 Muni. I S nging j The opening teniiiks were m ule by t Pres. IV'tuU in, wh i exorc-ssd h.s pleas-; lite in being permitted lo meet With ihe Stints of that place and ho.v verv slioit the time seemed s.nre toe Conference at Mt. Pleasant Rek-ned to the general gener-al prosperity nn-v 11I111 g a n mgthe pen- I5P 'tT'i'A'A.Rn I of die M llvirn ward said: The health' ot Hie pjple in my ward is good. We : have been su ha short t me established, j at. our organiz nions are not complete, j I he Relief Society is in running older, j but w h ive 11 j Young Ladies or'Pr rn.i'jr , Associations. i The Young Ladies for lack of suffici-; en number; to make a seperate orgini- j rraiioii have become members of the j K:r!ii f Society. 1 Here is plenty of w ork up our way. we have'r.used a good crop i and are generally prosperous. My desire de-sire is that I may lie found faitluul as a Laite.-day S nil. Amen. Apostle Lund then delivered a fine discourse, waieh will appear hereafter. Ch nr sang mi anthem, Benediction by G. V. lhadley SATI.'KDAV AKTI-KXOOS. The house was well tilled as it had Leen in the morning, and meeting was opened promptly at 2 o'clock. Singing hv Choir 'teat i. lit; t. r J 'li s xl K p ' i Ifiih.ctl snot h ily name; WVtl may liie Saint m I.nller-d;iy ilis woiiilertiu.. love proiLim. Opening tuayer by C. H. U'heeluck. Choir sang K.irh wnii her Irn lhousani Hower Air villi ail its be am and Kiioweis, w l!-;i!M ibis re ord Ijo'I ti tove Ap istle K. li. Rich uds delivered an ad liess which will appear in a subsequent subse-quent number. At half past thtee Apostle Snow got into Moroni, and came into meeting a few minutes before dinvs?ing time. He adJtesstd the meet iig on that day. HJKS PKTkRSON : of Kph'aim occupied the few remaining minutes. Bietheren and sisters rise to occupy a norliuu ot time, but how profitable profi-table it may be depends as much upon you as upon me. 1 would prefer to hear i m re from our visiting bretheren, for we ! can hear each other speak when they are not with us A man to ed'ly a Con-; Con-; gre gallon must not only spek truth but speak it by the proper spirit. "For the wold alone killelh b it the spirit maketll to liv.' 'We have listened U some very inteietiug discourses. butimany will have study and lead considerable before they will bet able to understand all that has pie of this Slake. Considered the Manifesto piessnted to tile people at the seuii-.innual c iiiterence m the g eatest mov.- ov- r tiud Turn e?ilie move ot Hie Lattei-il.iv Sain.s 11 1 le Valleys ol the Rocky .Mountains. T ill: seemed to pass along bringing our conferen es from tun ; t 1 time and they seemed vei v nun.:i alike. There Seemed to bi a g neial spirit of p?.tce, and k ndness, and unity ani nig the people. peo-ple. 1 1 id not li ir I ol any d ni : liiv between be-tween waul ,01 the oiiicers of wat Is and the members. It w is t.tt d ity of lii'J te icii-rs 1 1 visi' mine Ire jiieutlv en ui fie 111; nb-.rrs of their w ilii S.) ; . l th ; waid conler-ence conler-ence s juii to b '. in: d 111 tne wn.U of M ironi. and tin- gu-.n nil no.tr of c in lerarcesheld 111 Sin l'e:e C uii.uig the 1 year, so ne ill rn-live in all. K-j dc-.-.I ' in the general prosper tv. T le people j are pie;iy g 10 I it 1: 111 b b.iti.1 I'neie was one asuir nice tin: .him. i. 1.1 always had wh ;n thevc: i u-. t 1 Sj.i I'ete, tiley w mid not pie.ic.i to empiv bo.ic'vs. F.uoied the a 1 inr.ii.le plan ot lidding conieu in e- 111 tue v 11 1 -os Urge settle-nieiii-, iniiier tli in hiving one l.ilge S ake Tibcinicle, a id ii dd.ng all tne comer -.nces in o 1 ;d 1 1. g v-s t'lo-'e (1 . are'o 1 in.ir 11 lo ;r n jl.-iu I t!i .e ' i 1 ' I r aav o liri ii .i-.i.ii c i.uioi le-ive ho in", an opp itiinilv lo oi nt.'l coi.leiei ce one; a ye. 11 .11 I - 1 ; i Rep r;s ol !. 1 1 : I'.s.i.i'H wero c 1 lied r for wit 1 did 1 'i ic, r; .1- t i-' 'a ;t en- I ference" , V,i: iK'i.-.-o j of Morom siiid: "I f.-ul 11 1 .'cT'd I it t ie I piivilege cf giving in this ie.)nt T'i.i liealtll ol 'the pn iole Ivre U good, and that makes 11. feel well. W.iuu tnen; is s.ckness in our .ui lu, ai'i 1 i.;,i it 111 ly not be 111 o.ir 1111 n- f 1 ml es.it c.is s a g-iui,il g!o mu over tin .entire com iiiun tv. Tae i M.iKi of tics n! ica have been drawn from rec rds bearing upon the subject d.seusse I. It seems that lor eveiv thing there must be s.icntice, and that in order that tins Judges of the Supreme Cumt, U. members ol congress ol bi.th houses, the various commit-teei.attoinevs commit-teei.attoinevs etcbhould be ihoroiighiy iuf.iiii'd oil the plan of silvaiiou, ami ne brought face to face with Hie lestiiun.jv of Jesus Christ, these 111-uit wii have srtfjred lui.iiisioii-me lui.iiisioii-me nt oid these women who have been in exil mu-ii b j accused. In defending these cases every principal of the gospel li.e. been bioiighl lorw.ird am! made plain. The same thing is seen with re-.; re-.; ir i to the Church funds; in 1.S62 they passed a law lor t ie benefit ol the l. itter-d.iy Saints that the church piop-eily piop-eily 111 the Ten Kories should not exceed J.V.ooo. S.ime how we go: above thai, and ihe spirit of greed prompting they seized the chinch funds, taking the tithing, tith-ing, donations and those ojlanngs made for the poor. Dyer was made shepheid over 30,000, sneep. and the other property prop-erty t iken from its o.vners.lii testing the validity of ill is uvjasute.the peculiar doc-tunes doc-tunes o Mormoi.isin was brought up. and men who would have otnerwise been ign:irant of them were brought l ice to tace with truth, and lett wnh mt excuse. If the Manik-slo had been brought out six or seven years ago, all this gospel preacniug would not have Ueen dour; for to these p 'ople, it Could oulv be d oit? 111 this way. It was broiigiit nuu.iuj nt the light lime, neii ier loo soon or too late. .Since Hit world .v.ii 01 -'an Zed until now.uoih b.'eu p or, tud u we f!t tin: they have ' liad a hard 10 id l travel, mid have not made in tlu p 1 t tn-s p I'lhc improve-1 iiieuta we mo il I hivi like. I t . l'lie list year li u b ie'i ovier fir us. Tnere liasbeen )!e ity ol work for our y in;n; men wnerj c is 1 w 11 to be hi I, and it has m 1U0 tilings e isiur for 11 a'l 10:1 1 I The voting in.. 1 areih'i sn,i,gf:i of t.ie eoiiim nniv. T.i :y say 11 h .l.nigcio-is to become r e i. but s far as I am concerned con-cerned I'd ne willing t 1 risk K. I' ivMitv ties 111 vjli.m i' so th .1: ( cin't branch out and do the good and in ike tha itl!.i; ov'.:-nients ov'.:-nients that tie -d uiaki ig. r Wneu 1 In v j in ni :v 1 can do in re good.Th s ye 11 it i- oos-i le lor the young men to neip in. T ie.exfjie tiiey ha ;e, wiieu cd e I up ) , bet.i uuiiile 10 d . nuicli 1 he geneial pr spenty alio ex-lends ex-lends to the v mug ladies, who Ii.iv-j al ways been w illing to do a ! they c add in help r .1! on Hi kingdom of ( , I. 1 be ieve we all re.d ne to a greater 01 less d' gree wh it we ate here f ir. The Kel tfs cie,y hs done its duly in the past, and ever since it was org uuxe 1 better than the bielheru in my op 111 m. We older nuuibeis ol the connuu.i tv have h id all we c mid sUud up under I appreciate the privilege ol h ilding con-firei con-firei ces oncea ye ir in this p'acc; t builds up and Siiengtheiis us in mil duties, Our organizations aie not complete, we need a few nioie teacheis. We must have theiii.and good active teacher who! will attend to their duties. All the tug has been allowed to cxme about luph z ird, but each in its proper time and place, 1 am led to contemplate what a powerful organization we have in liie chiircu From the quorum ol the l'res.di ucy to tuePimiirv Association all are in a stale of peilect order giving strength and lorce to the whole. Il is ceitamly a beautiful organization. I have somewhat pr ilong?d my dozen woids and the tune is up. C11011 iaug an Anthem, benediction by Up. George Farnswurth. A Ijounie.l uuul Sunday. SUNDAY. Conference commenced and congregation congre-gation called to order promptly at 10 o'clock, Pies Peteisoii presiding. Choir sang Gre.u lloil iuJulK my humble claimj Thou ait my hope, my joy my rest, 't he filorics Ihut ciMiiptitie thy llama Shirtl all engaged to make me blest. Prayer by 1'ies Speiry uljuab Comity Singing: Juilsefi who rute the world by law Will ye despise ihe righteous caue. Aim tie A. It. I.ind g ive an excellent discourse fntlowed by K. I. Kichard uud the meeting war adjourned unlit the aiternoon, AK I KKSiKia S'niKingon inue 2 Hrayer by Prej. Henry Beat ct i.iillain, llli;iilt pane v. I he sa'ipament was administered. I he ciitin a authoriiir were presented in proper or.lcr. ly Ire. J. tl, Maiheti, and unaniinmisty sus-tauit sus-tauit il. cuuttaiy to resent msiom, the officer! ot the Kt tiel svw mty ami Y. M. I. L. and IVimaiy otticera v. f-ie p.-esciued and nubtained in general coiitereilte. I an n.i il v of l''iinia LI. Keeje, Janob Neiison, and t..us Uiisttn were placed before the conference as pc'Mun miiiiitite tor promotion tothe offices ot high yt lest. I he conference sustained them as such, .statistical reinri ending Nov.i5th,was read by the clcik of theconfcrcnce. C. t). jMi'h trds aain ad.tieised Ihe conference t .li ...wed l,y Apoale snow, I'res, le:ers,m made ap-pr-ipriate clonus remarks Hud announced Ihat the no; ipiaitcrly conference would be held at Ephraim, Kb. I7U1. I8.1l. MiiKm by rholr Leucdiction by Apostla snow. yuorums ol the lesier pnesthoi d wtie thoroughly oiamzed laht w liter, and vvewi'.ltiylo n.ive it in iod older again ih s win e . Theie is always m re 01 less mejulan.y in atie.i lance diuuiij die s iMimei season ou account of work Tiie peaple generally liave more-love lor one -ii ithei, an I a desire to b.nld 01. e aiioti et u,i than I nuielly. Th.-y Il nc tile s. ii it ol'li id vilaim-in. I leel lust raie, and I'll not worn out, but feu! that 1 C11 v.'ca 11 mi; a little longer il 1 h wm !e i.y nl help, . T.ieif i ineu who could, no tl 11H, d.- lie att tn.iii 1 ca 1, or ever h ive, and, niien t 1-l 111 : c 1:11. s. lli.ise ariow; Ille may set mi; .... d , t will .never resu, bui Wi,l 00 all ) can until tiiev see lit to put in an, tiii-i 111,111. 1 know ih-s is the onl; p a 1 nt i dv itioii, and it is so plain tii .t ,1 t.ni-l need not e,e therein, HP. l'AK I IIOLOMI V, of Favet'e r-p irtcd. The fenple ormv w.ud are e'tiovuK 'X " I h.-a!'.H, uud ge 1, l y l.i'i itnii; mi ihi in erests of i ijood wo'k. Tie or,; 1 112 itiois in all I heir vati' us depiumi Mi ,,ie Co unle'e. I can't say all tie p- le liiii-.tircd mitt) 15 us re as dilliiient as thry slmuld be a ul all in ht l e a little m ie dtlli-gnt. dtlli-gnt. nut must if us aie eudcMViuing t do r'Eht, and t progress under tin dtfliiult es iiMend 11.: up in the tdi'irts ot a Mii.dl w.i 1 tl. I r i i.e in the wvik and desire to he 111 n -ru neut in lielp-mr lielp-mr lo t'uild u;i th.s chinch I (eel that e I ye in 1 go I day, and under Kisudly Hrc11.11 i ices. Ihe L nd has K'e lib blessed us, I nrav that we in iv have the si-nit ol th - Loral to be illi us through thi cj fe ence, and that it may j bj a least U us. In thj mine nf Jeus Allien. ' lip. Kki-se. i. (Wales wis nevt called, he Slid.- !!r tiiers and sisters I am pleased to meet y 'tl. In my ward the sjjiiit of fie peop'e is t;e terallv better toward mifiia ih-r: and t'ie Kmictl mi of Cod. Tiie ot,;a i'. tions me all comolete, and the Keiief Soi'iely doin well. The WuiiR Men's Asii,.tion is piesided ovi r bv a Hi;h Priest, they are taught c irtect pi i-ip ils, and correct ways ol I fe and ha e expei ieuce.1 n uc i betiet.t Ir m the r r; unMtion. 1 urn sonv to s.iv ine oldei iuettiern are 11. t s ptiiict u il in their a tendance as the y otini;. I des r- 10 I e ir inv testini my that tnis is II s proi h-t, and we h.iveall the sjtlts, I po ver k -vs and bleings ih ? chtnc i of j Car si h is ever h id,. i ll us to-d tv. Sal- ! v ittmi s (i .ts it w.-live for it. (1 .! re-j i n s nst live u. i th pi in- p ils. t. j itst t 1 a'id U -: t ;e co .11 Is n-l i : iru's ,.f t'i s s t ver :. (-'.lil1' : tv ho t. orks is 11 thing. M ,y tl. d b!s us a.i. .Vitie;i, ., . . |