Show LARGE B I 1 atila attendance na A A i B s afi AT ot 01 0 1 N 0 QU ERLY conference instructive addresses given by apostle hyrum M smith rulon S wells and local officers music furnished by richfield first ward choir quarterly conference of the sevier stake of zion convened in the tiber nale at richfield on oil saturday june blat elder hyrum M smith of the quorum of the apostles and president bulun S wells of the first presidency doncy of seventy were in attend ance as represent representatives aives of the first presidency the attendance at tile the commencement of the first session was rather small bat increased to before the close cloae of the meeting the habit of coming late to religious iou gatherings seems to have taken hold of the people of this stake and to a conrader able extent is a bar to religious progress punctuality in attendance at meetings should be the slogan in all the winds wards for some time time to come the music for the sessions of tile the conference was furnished by cherich the richfield first ward choir under the direction of sister lizzie hansen and while lack of space will not permit mention of each individual selection they were all well selected tea and rendered in a highly creditable nenner the choir and their leader deserve all the commendation they have received and the reaper sincerely hopes they will keep up the good work so ao well begu nand continue one of the leading choirs in this section president ident robert D young in his opening remarks regretted that the audience audien cp was so 0 o small emall it proved beyond a doubt that the people were so interested in in the accumulation of wealth that they did nut not have the necessary time to give to increasing their knowledge of the word of god the oa 01 only safeguard that the saints have is id a strict attention to duty the example of the old is better than their precept in teaching the tha young the way of correct living gae a 11 brief of conditions in this attl stake the health of the people beng good the crops apparently bounteous was glad that the saloon element had been defeated in their attempt tu to reopen re open the 0 saloon and hoped this condition would continue thought the baths at monroe liot hot springs should be regulated and ant be made more in line with high standards of morality the auxiliary organizations were all in in running order with the exception of f the religion classes and that board would bo be reorganized at this conference dent morten jensen of the high priests quorum reported that body of the priesthood as being the working force in the wards of the stake referred to the temple excursions cur conducted their direction and the good done by them many of the members of this quorum were the age of active labor tand his somewhat reduced the activities of the quorum as a whole but with ill all this the high priests had a greater percentage of its members employed in church duties than any of the quorums qu elder soren anderson of the in ward lately returned from a mission to denmark reported his labors among the peo people of the world had met with opposition in his missionary duties opposition of that character that is caused uy ny prejudice and misrepresentation this thia class of opposition is usually led by bv the sectarian ministry and in some places becomes very bitter his testimony to the truth of the gospel of christ had been much strengthened while in the field was glad to be home again among his hia friends and relatives and with the church elder M na smith sinith referred to the last quarterly report of the stake as being an index to the improvement made by the people this report showed nn an increase in tithes paid and in a increase in tithe payers S stated ta t e d that there is no such a person a good tithe payer unless he be is a full fuli tithe payer by a comparison of the tithing paid and the population of the stake showed that many fell far below this standard the amount of fast offerings paid were also below the standard the people should bo be visited by the ward teachers oftener than the report showed show cil tile the vilita of the teachers is the fundament il method of imparting to the people and where this method inot is in vogue the ahr people languish an item for the consideration of presiding officers in both stake and wards warda is the alarming increase in civil mar over temple marriages bish opa should present these reports to their people and let them know the true conditions president young SA said d that bishops had leen instructed to present the reports both quarterly and annually to their people as soon as they were audited and returned meeting adjourned jour ned benediction by bishop jos n C cowley conference reconvened at 2 saturday afternoon and after the op opening elling exe cerci reiges sea president J al peterson addressed the conference for a short time felt to coincide with the report given it in the morning momma by president young was thankful for his aR association among the people the agitation ri tation that is now rife against the estaer day sainte will soon blow over it is founded on an falsehood and cannot survive the light of earnest scrutiny men of note writers and speakers sneakers are printing and saying the truth about utah and her people and truth will always prevail mormonism monism receives advertisement by opposition and if our lives are right it will make no difference what people say gay against us right will always prevail and those who do their duty will be counted successful elder constant Thuc son president of the quorum of seventy gave a brief report of the labors of that organization of the priesthood the members of this quorum lived in id six different wards and it was a difficult task lask to get them together during dur ng the summer months hence the meetings were not kept with that regularity he e would like A vast majority of the members of the quorum were energetic workers in various organizations both wart ward and stake thought action should be taken a against dinst those who were slack but c circumstances marle made this somewhat difficult to do the primary associations were next ic ie ported by tile the president mrs hortense M jones there were 21 associations organized in the stake some of these were not operating as she could wish but those who were slack would receive immediate attention the course outlined by the general board had been difficult to oring aring into cotti complete use in the stake but now that ome instruction had been given in methods of using it no dou doubt bt it would be made greater use of elder rulon 11 S well felt that the officers of the sevier stake would do all in their power to cause the stake and waid organizations to grow and flourish f lo in doing good to others wu we improve ourselves and we are the most bene fitted by the kindly acts we do for humanity the principles of the gospel are for the benefit of all mankind those who live these principles v s will be made better in all ways the law of tithing is beneficial to the church but it is more bene filial to the individual his natural selfishness is counteracted lie he is made broander bro arder better and kinder and is qualified by the living of ahm and other laws of the gospel for future salvation men alen should qualify themselves for future existence it will lie be so much longer than thu the time allotted to ab hebe here on the earth our faith should be by our works as those who show their faith by bv their works are the only ones who have r real ral al faith elder hyrum M smith said there are usually two classes of men who oppose the truth the self constituted sectarian y and the profession al politician the opposition mado made by these persons persona keeps the saints from falling failing into indifference the church has passed through many periods of persecution each of which haa been followed by a period of growth the church has haa always grown there has never been a pause in its advancement prominent writers and lecturers who come amoni ua with unprejudiced minds and make investigation go away with fervid impressions of the faith perseverance and intelligence of the latter day saints the opposition made it at the present is to hinder such men and women from corning among us for fear they will tell the truth meeting Alc eting adjourned until 10 sunday morning benediction by bishop heher swindle at 10 a m on burday morning the conference reassembled tile the pupils of the richfield sunday schools school s being in attendance after the usual opening exercises and the ad ministering mini string of tile the sacrament under the direction of thu the bishopric of the first ward stake superintendent of sunday schools H J 1 hansen addressed tile the congregation on oil the work being done in the schools of the stake Condi conditions tons in the sabbath schools were continually on the improve the stake officers made visits to the wards as often as aa circumstances would permit the object of the elie visits being to get uniform methods instituted in all the schools the te children of the primary grades sang jesus once wasa little child sister lizzie hansen directing judge call of boxelder Box elder stake addressed his remarks to the children asking a series of questions relative to the good done in the sunday school stewart stewert bahaa a visiting new zealander Zea tander and u member of the church advised the children to be ba attentive and obedient in sunday school while in youth we should learn all that it is possible to do in regind to the gospel hoped many of the young men and boye present would in after life be called to do missionary duty in new zealand president john christensen Christens cn showed tho the difference between tile tho gospel as taught by the latter day saints and the sects of tile the world read from froin the book of Mori mormon tion the epistle of the prophet mormon to his son moroni relative to infant baptism bm showing the world to be in error on this doctrine the visiting new Ze landers sang in continued on oil page 4 LARGE attendance A WHENCE continued Conti rued from 1 their it native language come to the savior rici vior make riu no dely delay elder M smith spoke on the necessity of secre secret 1 t prayer prater being as needful as t imily family prayer prater referred rufer rec to the lie beautiful leston lesson taught by the humility of the life of tile the saviour elder R ulon rulon S wells ad adi cited cd the children rh ildren to make uhe ube of the instruction 11 firven iven in their hei henring iring from time to time we are nut not altogether bene eted aled by what we henr hear hut but by whit we put into practice benediction U 1 N W li 11 there was a large attendance atten duice at the afternoon atter noon necking ne etine ting in ind by 2 p rn tile time of calling the hie meeting to order the tabernacle was waa fait fahily ly well ve 11 filled after the singing and inhof involution aaion president robert D young presented tile the rele release of sister christenn christena soren son as president dent of the relief societies of the stake on oil account of otner other duties and failing health sistr sister r son had asked to he relieved of the responsibility she had served long and faithfully and the presidency had felt that she was wai entitled toan to an honorable release aich which had been bee given give her the action was sustained by the unanimous vote of the congregation stake clerk G ill jones presented the general and stake authorities and they were sustained by the unanimous vote of the congregation president rulon S wells spoke on the preservation of health by proper properly 13 caring fur for our bodies when the body is ailing it was as at times necessary to administer healing and soothing medicines in order to aid in a complete restoration of health it was the same with nith the spirit at times the spirit is affected with ith disease the ailments of the spirit are usually cla classed sed as sin and wicked iless these ailments are usually curable the gospel of jesus christ is the antidote that will effectual N cure sin purge the spirit from wickedness i ick in administering to the body for its ailments ail mentE we usually require the ps of an authorized physic ia it should be the same saine in pr prescribe escrib nig for ailments of the spirit WP should know that tile the relief administered is what it ib to be and that the perron peron rd ministering is duly authorized those who cave have the priesthood of god are duly authorized tu to administer for the salvation of the souls of men and without this authority men should not administer in spiritual affairs afra irs ane laws las of governments regulate the authority given eiven for the administering to tile the ailments ail menta of the body and the unchangeable laws of god regulate the betowt bestowal of power anti and authority to minister to the spirit tile the authority to labor in things spiritual cannot be bought with th we anih or of the world the price paid for anis right is obedience to the laws of the gopel go pel applied this line of reasoning to the ordinance of marriage rg how much better it would be for our young people to be married by the proper authority and joined together for time and eternity elder hyrum M ina smith followed in much the same vein citing the im improvement pro that had been made in the practice of medicine and surgery and how many lives had been prolonged thereby but the gec sectarian eions had not kept pice with this this improvement pro in curing spiritual diseases ei I 1 e s the same old od formulas based on aalst premises and lacking genuine au authority thorit in in some cases men were perverse and would not a accept of tile the cure prescribed bed in this the activity of satan is apparent and he will continue to tempt mankind until such times as the lord herall see fit to call him to a halt and deprive him of hib power over the spirits of men those who refuse to obey trie the precepts of tile gopel go pel place themselves in ill the power of the evil one and they only escape there from by repentance and obedience to the plan of salvation satan deceives mankind by preaching false doctrine partly based upon facts his hia emi emissaries saries each that the mercy of god is all sufficient for salvation and they forget that there is such a principle as justice they forget tint taht the scriptures teach th that lit there is a day of judgement jud gement and that thai all men beall be judged and rewarded fur for the deeds dont dona in in the flesh read from the bible a number of paE passages sages in substantiation of his statements president robert D young felt that all would agree that we had had bad a good conference that much valuable instruction had been given if these theae admonition ti were put into practice the people of sevier stake would he greatly benefited felt grateful tt ti tile the visiting brethren for their attendance to the mahroh brotheren and sisters for their part it in the conference to sister lizzie harden hansen and the choir for their excellent music the rhe conference was adjourned to meet in three months at a place to be designated at a later date tile the benediction was nas pronounced by paul poulson |