| Show PAROWAN STAKE conference AT CEDAR city VERY GOOD APOSTLE MELVIN J BALLARD ONLY VISITING AUTHORITY DELIVERED POWERFUL discourses ON principles OF THE GOSPEL FRANK A JL THORLEY RELEASED FROM STAKE presidency AND NO W R PALMER MADE HADE SECOND councillor COUNCIL LOB one of the best conferences ever held in the parowan carowan stake was that held in cedar city on saturday and sunday last unavoidable circumstances prevented B 11 roberts of the first seven presidents of seventies seventies being there as had been announced so that apostle melvin J ballard was the only one of the general authorities in attendance however the absence of other authorities was made up to us in the splendid instructions advice and council given by elder ballard conference CONFER ENCE SLOGAN the slogans for the conference was sabbath day observation and the saturday morning session was devoted to that subject and was talked upon by members of the stake presidency ency and the high council some very good thoughts were expressed and urgent appeals made by th the e speakers for greater observance of the sabbath day AFTERNOON OON SESSION elder ballard who came in from lund on the saturday morning stage occupied most of the time in the afternoon session his subject was respect for and obedience to authority and he admonished members of the church to consult their bishops and presidents of stakes regarding important steps in their lives whether in financial or other matters ile he said that even though some bishops and stake presidents might not bot appear to be financially successful bet et because of their positions and the guidance of the lord to which they were entitled they were oft times able to give advice to men who were considered financial successes es that helped themos if ignored resulted in the failure of the particular enterprise enter prize about which they were advised ile he urged the saints to ask the lord constantly to bless them in their efforts to bless their crops their livestock and their business ventures and then he recounted a beautiful incident in his own life of how his father after planting his crops took his sons one beautiful evening to the bottom of the field and there they knelt down and asked god to bless their crops and covenanted anted with him that a tithe of whatever he should bless them with should d be turned into his store house some prophetic utterances were made during his bis remarks among which were that for or the next few years it willbe will be better for the people to sell their grain at threshing time and market their livestock when they are fat rather than to attempt to speculate on n them another one that text books drawn from the early history of the Ifor cormons mormons mons would some day be used in the public schools not only of utah but of other states for the purpose of teaching loyalty and devotion to a cause tie he said that the first thing for people to do who wished to get out of debt is to discharge their obligations to the lord to pay their tithing and then to economize arid and live within their incomes he Ile stated that jhc thc cormons were destined to lead th the world ind and then he be quoted two harverd professors who stated that the IlOn cormons mormons had the best community 1 life in the world and that they were the best farmers priesthood the chief topic discussed by elder ballard on oil saturday night at the stake priesthood ine meeting eting was the administration of the sick he described very clearly the correct pro cee dure and incidentally mentioned that recently some other churches notably the catholics and the pies pr es e byte rians had adopted os is one atif of their doctrines the n of the sick ile he also urged a the reading of the doctrine and covenants as probably the most important of the church works for latter day saints because it is gods revealed will to the people of this dispensation while the bible and the book of mormon Ll ormon were given to people who lived in other dispensations another subject upon which he spoke very freely was that of latter day saints joining the various lodges and secret societies he said that the church did not favor its members joining such organizations not because they were not good but because the latter day saints have something better he pointed out that in most cases good active lodge members member have insufficient time to devote devote to church duties and vica verea verca and that greater benefits could be obtained from active membership in the church SUNDAY MORNING brother john W bentley was the first speaker on sunday morning reporting briefly the conditions of the sunday schools of the stake and making some interesting remarks after which elder ballard accompanied by bro geo H durham sang 0 it Is wonderful and then delivered a powerful discourse on the necessity for keeping the word of wisdom and other kindred subjects he pointed out that morphine users who he be stated were increasing very rapidly were not always morphine users but that they started with mothr oth r and less harmful things such as tobacco tea coffee etc and that after once becoming addicted to those things their powers of resistance were so w weakened that they became veritable slaves to habits which in most instances they were never able to overcome over come SUNDAY AFTER AFTERNOON Noo the first speaker of the sunday afternoon meeting was bro al D higbee of the stake pres after which the clerk presented the general and stake authorities for the approval of the conference president lunt stated before before the vote was taken that hv be wished every person present to vote just as they felt and to realize that when they voted to sustain particular officers they were morally mol r lly obligated to support thel them lle balso also stated that 1 because filin finin financial cial ial a in interests in nevada and elsewhere required his undivided attention bro frank A thorley had asked to be released from his posit position iun as second councillor in the stake presidency and realis realia ing the necessity for having the presidency thoroughly organized and available for active service at all times they had bad thought it advise able to release brother thorley with ith a vote of thanks and a prayer for the lords blessings to attend him bishop wm R palmer of the cedar west ward wa was sustained as second councillor in brother Thor leys place making it necessary to find a new bishop tor for that ward adem members ers of vm X the west ward who were prevent present voted to sustain K E if COP bwy as their bishop with samuel Y T leigh and herbert P I 1 laigna as whis his councillors after those matter of business were dipo disposed sedof of president lunt gave a short but verp l t cre aing talk and then elder ballard occupied the remainder of the time speak irig for about an hour and twenty minutes among the many good things which he be gave out was a fervent plea for young latter day saints to marry within the church he gave as some of the reasons for this that such marriages make for greater happiness in the home offer less chance for di discontent content arid and friction in he rearing of the family provides an additional safeguard for the girls whose husband has a recommend from his bishop whose duty it is to know that he is physically and morally clean and permits of a union for time and eternity he reiterated his bis statements or nf the night befera ref rr concerning rn the churches attitude toward lodges lie ile advised people to hold onto their livestock wherever possible except those which are ready for market and if possible to buy more while low prices prevail the singing throughout the entire conference by the choir and special numbers was exceptionally good the cedar people were very considerate in entertaining those who had bad come from other wards and the conference was from every standpoint a very successful one unfortunately we have been unable to get a report on the evening meeting under the direction of the stake if I 1 A officers which was held out of doors but a very good program was arranged and doubtless was an entire success |
