Show REPORT OF QUARTERLY conference the quarterly conference of th the parowan carowan stake convened in th the meeting house saturday morning fit at 10 30 the congregation joined the choir chair in singing no now let Us aji nee nce prayer was I 1 by jos jog S file S singing 91 9 by the chair and conzi reg anon redeemer of isreal prea L N marden madden gave a report of the he stake slake in general and stated that hat he th right we were r n the im pro proe ha afelt felt encouraged in the way the people had so liberally on cin tri tributes buted to the new n meeting house and said that he thinks that work can go on now without a hitch elder elde silas S owens of paragon all ah recently returned from the northern states mission gave some ver very y interesting experience experienc ea that he had ablis fl hilen in the mission field and had a very strong testimony to bear of the tru fullness fallIs of ai the gospel chas chais R dalley dailey gave a report of the summit ward and said although everything was not as favorable as might have been he thought that people etere ere beginning t to a think more seriously along ecclesias leal ical lines than for formerly an erly as there la is certainly more to that kind pf af work than this so called butterfly society life and there is something to be gained for what we do and accomplish pres prea hirt of th the a quorum of the seventies talked very verv interestingly on a certain passage in the doctrine and covenants be ye diligent in all t things he was verv pleased to seethe see the public library open and the saloons and pool halls closed we have no idea dea he said what we can get a out at oi of a public library until we have one are to enjoy ile he encouraged tile the women to read the best magazines and books to plan their work so that they could have time to read and when father and the children come home and are gathered around the table after supper the other mother could converse intelligently with her husband about his business affairs and discuss the topics of the times and help the children with their studies pres prea hart was yet very v enthusiastic about improving our a surroundings u and the planting of ornamental trees and shrubs he rave gave some very good suggestions about the arranging of trees on the sidewalks I 1 do not want ant to criticism criticise critic ise las he said tat at if there is anything that I 1 can say that will be of benefit to the people I 1 will ill feel that my labor nee hes will not have been entirely in vain he talked on the improvement that his has been made in twin falls idaho of them downing the liquor liguor traffic and what an example was set UY by outside churches he was sorry to say that this state was not among the prohibitionists but he felt confident that the people would gradually get to 10 see me the importance in of such a movement the closing hymn we thank thee oh god for a prophet was sung by the choir and congregation benediction was offered by won win H orton afternoon the choir and congregation sang prayer is the souls sincere desire deal re prayer was offered by john platt singing by the choir god moves in a mysterious way ep bp fors Forsi th of the newcastle ward gaye gave a good report although just newly organized he be was waa encouraged in the way things were shaping and said that the people were ivere supporting the ward and were progressing rapidly heber benson gave a short testimony on the truthfulness of the gospel and was encouraged with the favorable conditions under which we were gathered boget together william H adams gave a short report of the high priests quorum in this stake and felt well in the work that is being done jos joa H armstrong of cedar city save gave an excellent talk on the beautiful and ih love of the savior richard rowley bore a strong on the I 1 ruth falness of the gospel and said that if we would live the right kind of liv liva s we a would be exalted in the hereafter or and that no matter what we did here our on r works would follow us and it behooved u ut to ill di the bust thit th it w in our power si a that we bouli gain the greater reward thos thee K holyoak bore a very strong testimony and said that we should not only be latter day saint in word but in deed and live up to he honor and the glat v that has been bestowed bes toed upon us L J adams rendered a very ery beautiful sacred solo which aich as was highly appreciated wilford day talked on the labors we are called upon to perform in a religious capacity and said what ve v e do is scored for or against us accord to our works he said that if we would live up to the knowledge that we have we would be a very model people A person who indulges in bad habits babits he said may be better than someone else in a way ay but if they would not do it how much better they would be he spoke of the respect which we should have hae for those in authority over us not no because their name minne is so and so but for the authority which they hold elder day had a very strong testimony and said that he hoped we might live our lives so that we would not be ashamed of them when we went before an our redeemer enier apostle josph joseph F smith jr stated that speakers akere were given to thinking that there was waa no use in a preaching the first principles of the gospel to the parowan carowan people as they were raised in the church and already knew them if there is any one that knows all there la is to be known about the first principles of the gospel he is very fortunate indeed and is too good a man to live very long ion on this earth he related some very interesting expert nes and the ance of miracles through the power of faith on an indians reservation up in the northern states mission such as the healing of the sick causing the lame to walk the blind to see and so forth he spoke on how the pearl of great price has been discussed pro and con and how disbelievers have tried to prove it is false how an egyptian scholar took it up and compared the cuts in the pearl of great price and the found in the cinet of a mummy mentally and found them to be different and that as far r as any anybody dy could read egypt uhl tain josephs am ph smiths m ith translations were entirely correct he spoke very strongly on the abominable thing thine called evolution and said 1 11 I 1 would rather believe one word of god through inspiration and reve lation than a whole volume of gained knowledge the choir sang an anthem 0 come let Us sing unto the lord wm win H holyoak offered the benediction edic tian tion saw w the sunday school was very well attended the opening song hope of isreal was sung sang by choir and congregation prayer was offered by david matheson sr singing oh it Is wonderful supt bupt expressed his pleasure at seeing so BO many children and was pleased to state that their were over 2000 children chi idren enrolled in the sunday school and that from 65 to 75 per cent of them were i in n atter attendance dance every sunday he a sta t a ted that he hoped the patent swo would I 1 begin to realize the importance at of giving their children a spirit spiritual oa I 1 training as they needed that kind of f an education as as a tempo temporal roi 1 or secular knowledge W we e c cannot ann it expect our children to learn lear n them these things ahinga without being given the advantages of the necessary s y kt hind nd of training he hoped th that t the parents would help the teachers irs by having in the children ready on time at sunday school every morning counselor henry jones of the Pa carowan parowan stake talked on ionic home time support of sunday school hool he stated slated the importance of parents taking an active live ort in the th sunday sell lul i k and t t III ihm coops co nofra rit ung with ith the t acher achari t get fel lh to noti not in n of tc ic 1 11 ip p early in thi morning and getting the B hole fam ily fly tiff off for sunday school as there I 1 Us n thing more encouraging to a teacher than to la see a large class of students A very beautiful duet wes sun sung by L J adams and F C va van buren pres hart talked on efficiency he referred to heating lighting ventilation temperature etc he mentioned the importance of ting ling a suitable janitor yuu t hould have the th most ni man in the ward for a janitor he said some one that knows something about sanitation and knows what he is a bout and can do his work intelligently and well he aadi that the watch word of tle te t e officers should be pre badness pad ness so that they could come prepared and nt nit have all confusion and noise and no body knowing what they were gain going g to do until they got inside the building the teacher should be prepared to answer any perplex ng question that the pupils may ask with tact and readiness he read in a conclusion a little poem entitled n be what your mother thinks you vou are mis migi una morris s sans a very beautiful lullaby apostle jos F smith jr talked on the selection of suitable songs to sing in our meetings he said that through revelation from god we were commanded to sing those songs that would pertain to our church let us not discard these songs song that III have ave been prepared for us ua by men t that hat were inspired with faith from god he said we are too much given gien to wanting something new and we get a lot of classical things that do not pertain to our religion at all there are songs in that good old song book with more melody meldy dy and sentiment in ID them than all the songs and music you could stack up that we get from the outside world he took the psalmody and read some verses from some of the songs in it that were absolutely abol erroneous and untruthful sd sunday afi toe tall sunday afternoon session commenced at 1 00 with the I 1 choir h air an and d congregation singing 0 ye mountains high prayer wait waa offered by bp tilts thos jones of para gonah the names of the officers were presented by the stake clerk and unanimously sustained press pres hart spoke of his ap precia tion to the people for their entertainment while here and said that they had bad certainly enjoyed themselves he like smith said that we should sing old songs and think about what we are singing as there is a great deal in some of them that pertains to the history of the saints he explained they the figure of speech used in the opening hymn on the necks of f thy foes thou tread he said sad that he thought the younger generation should know what our fathers went through to make us and this nation what it is that we should know of the birth of this nation n men is he said have laid csc dw down their lives that hat truth that sublime eternal truth may ay be known knew to the world by only listening we can hear the right word was as said by a philosopher and it if certain ly applies applied to us faith should bt be our great asset he said without faith we can only hear the echo of our own voice and hear fore it is a necessary for far us to exercise faith pure and humble in all that we do we cannot merely say 1 I believe and the door will be opened tons to us as aa it taught in the world but we have to repent of our sins lons and live up to that repentance and work for our salvation ile he spoke poke on authority and what hat it meant in speaking with an old mini min liter titer the minister said he athis got his authority because he felt in his bottom bosom that he was called we have theet to get our authority from god I 1 if we do gods goda work the same as aa any other think thing if a man went up to the state capitol and said that he felt in his bosom that he was s call id ed to act as governor that would not give him authority to take the governors place the mormon people have been criticized criticised critic isad for in just beings being a great business but such ouch lb pot the cise because if we were not doing anything useful we would not please the lord A solo was very beautifully sung by miss ad ada mcgregor jos F smith spoke on some of the eroneous ideas of men aud and mm min litera in the orld of baptism repentance pen tance and so forth he stated that he was taught when he was in sunday school that order was the first law of heaven he said that he wanted to contradict anybody that said such a thing as obedience was the first law of heaven and order naturally follows obedience he talked very forcibly on the importance of temple work and said as we were so class to a temple as we are we ought to make better use of it the choir sang an anthem and prayer was offered bi U T jones of cedar city |