| Show QUARTERLY conference rf apostle john henry smith present also church historian andrew jensen interesting services and splendid addresses the regular quarterly conference of the sevier stake was held here last saturday and sunday there nere present apostle john henr heno smith and church historian andrew jensen together with all the members of the stake presidency when the harbt session convened on saturday morning in spite of the extreme cold weather there was a fair attendance the therm thermometer omeLer registered about thirteen degrees below beloin yero and the tabernacle is 13 harddy equipped with radiating outface to warm it in such extreme weather the choir and congregation joined in singing come come ye saints and prater e r as offered by J S jensen of salina the firt part of the meeting vas as taken up by reports from the linous quorums in the stake and the conditions are arc erv cry sati satisfactory factory apostle john henry smith addressed the meeting on the calling of a seventy and said they should be c pre aired foi a cill call at adv time as seven ties are minute men he also testified to the wort of tho active men of th church S SATURDAY AFTERNOON the attendance was as increased inc reasel 1 eon con eid sid erable over that of the morning session after the usual opening ee exer derises rises LISCS president horne home addressed the meeting on the word of wisdom and the law of tithing H admonished admonish pd the people peddle to pa ni at it to the scoffs and reproaches lep roaches ot of the un believers arb but to obey these laws ind and all would be well elder andiew jensen was the next net speaker ant and he paid a high compliment to the mission missionaries arms who ale aie in the field eld he urged the people to leid ie id lives hes which credit ont he ebur chuch h J M lauritzen the stake auperin of sunday schools was called to report the condition of the schools and he his experiences in working in that capacity G S bastian president of wayne stake addressed the for a short time adding his testimony and urging the members of the church to live lives of usefulness that would be examples for others to follow SUNDAY MORNING the norn n orn ng na was u u usi i a ly did a ai d this kept the attendance down dovin there chere abie eie about people present this was nas a 1 good considering that former formerly lv it was the custom to hive have the sunday school children chil dien attend this session last sunday the sundi sunda schools convened in their usual places and there were many kept agnay on that account after the usual opening services president R D young was called to ile he made a strong plea for nia a and the abol ashment of the saloon the is not i 1 crank on the mitter in liter of temperance but he realizes its importance and he urged the people to action in placing the ni members abers of the church is s opposed to a continuation of conditions that were hurtful to the community bishop coons of richfield thud ward nard bishop dastrup of sigurd and bishop bell ot of glenwood ga leports of then theia vaia which sati satisfactory factory 1 apo tie john henr smith the then addres addressed qed the meeting ile he admonished the people to give loal support to their bis bishops bishope hopt and declared that the bishops duties were of great impost ace to file chinch exemplary men should be in these positions ions is by example they led their people 1 he I 1 e asked ie e people to not only sustain continued on eighth paye page QUARTERLY conference continued from firs page these men by their faith and but alo alco to gine gie thern them works to fur th ahti e I 1 the cause of in the church A plan bleating pleating pl eating ing feature of this session of the confer conference eme was as the rendition of two anthems b the choir let the mountains mountain bout foi joi and arv out and shout hout ere the anthe anthems ms and then jhc thc were gian with xina im ind and spirit SUNDA the afternoon ebion cl ion MS as the lest attended attard d one of t the lie conci the choir nas s augmented and the sin singing gill ia splendid after the two brening hans cleal jones presented pre tented tile the general ird ard local chuich officers olli cers fbi onn on charge in tle list was inas the resignation ignation of pirlea firle magleby as i a of the high council ind and the appointment of john chri to succeed him ardrew jen janen jenen en was as the first peak er he opened with eiith a comment on the opportunity given to the people to ustain sustain their of officer heer this was as a privilege lege which bich no other religious denomination of which he was casanare Nasa aware Nare ever gave to its members the rames names are pre presented anted and it is the privilege lege of the people to refuse to sustain them in any of the offices and the rea reason on tint that the vote ote were ere so unanimous was that the hid bid eon on indence in the men selected for the various arious import importing int positions om the pealer then called attention to the fact that this asis as the dundan sundan nearest to the birthday of the pro I 1 ht h t joseph smith and it was aas fitting thit that the di should be men enen over to i irvien of him as 1 I 1 min man and i a prophet lie he then related some of the hintor of the early life of the prophet his visions i and life work tork Foll following ming alana the line of the ork of nf the prophet jo joseph cali he launched 1 into I 1 i disco sion of the theory of a person il A god which N ans is one of the cardinel cardi nil principles laid down donn by the greit great mormon icador lie he also alo referred to the b belief lief of the mormon people tint that there is a cot cor of the sees in the life ebern eternal il and that NN we c have hae a mother as well as a lather in ili the eternal world if for no other work the promulgation of the two principles bould make the work nork of the prophet joseph famous the speaker hid his subject well anell in hind bind and his se was nas listen ed to with marked attention president then called attention to a rule nul gated li president lorenzo snow tint that I 1 idles should remove then hats when hen in holices of worship he spoke of the difficult 3 liv those sitting behind the carcas rs of the luge held pieces in then it tempts to ec the speaker ind and he then ikid skid as a I 1 1 ar faor tint that the I 1 idias plesent who ho continued contin uLd d to wen neal then hits hats would n move them A of senit lesi girls evidently tool exception to this request aro e c and hastened ht ened flom the building others complied with alacrity ili crity but a 1 nurr ber reluctant int and did not tike take their hats off on for iclal minutes after ohp president loa leased td speaking peaking fin illi ill ill all hid had Lom complied plied except mirrle d radii s who Lontin continued ULd to weir car their hats throughout th service two ladies ladie stranger to the aiges of the mormon hurch church lost no time in re removing tl ll cir hats when hen the re quest was nude made john henry smith then took the tand and spoke of the IL Lorum which should be observed in the meet ing in of the latter Latt erDay day saints ile he related related some experiences of the thoughtlessness of the people in attending services and how the boung I people cople disturbed ivor shippers AN without bially intending to do so but lack of thought ind for others othera was inas the chief lauso imong the ilung noung er onis rol following loing the line of thought of the pi bic us sa s1 sheil cil er lie he poke ot the work orl k of the prophet joseph jo eph he repeated the words of one of ahr writ rit ars of current history who iho mide made this acm 11 titi ment tint that it itkis nas not nol that some futuik sr etli or of would ask sk nh whit it in nun in I 1 lad had placed the aamli ul ui on oil this century and it would not ba ble that the anici would be jo joceph call smith the mormon Iro prophet het it wasi this remarkable kable man who ho ind had promulgated thc jhc dottrina dot doL trini trilL thit that all childrs childrel n R gi Aloham oi 01 bond oi 01 f ane I 1 e were N re baled bi blod ot chilst that ill nin moi and bomi n 1 lio ho ri achi d the tha abc of ability ere cre ripon sible fur for their in dividu ia acts ond nd thit that eich would be judach for himself s if the reaka deh arld in a toi L i liki unto i father talking t to oh ins s h hildri arll 1 ind ulea pleading ding for f or charity morality unlit living a i I 1 thinking all binl I 1 thase thi sc NN would auld open the gates of c to ill all ind insure eternal life for those who aind tint that of a life SUNDAY EVENING the meeting on sunday bening evening was nas in the h hinds inda of the stake officers erb of the INI I 1 associations actions the choir was nas present and lent interest to the proceedings there vas a goo I 1 pro gram prepared and the meeting wis nas w is of an all interesting nature after the opening exercises ce president christian alter on g give av e a I 1 leport ot ol the N work ork of the Y M INI I 1 association in the stake and the nimber of meetings v which aich hid bid ben be n attended by the stake officers and aids 1 the I he work N ork was nas pro grossing gressing and he had enjoyed his 1 libor ibor sister lizzie reported the Y L M I 1 I 1 associations ird ard the work rk in that alo tion mrs sarah rust contributed an interesting christmas Chiist mas str stor and W W on gave a short talk mu Alu numbers we were tendered rendered by airs lulu peterson who ho sing sang th the childrens friend ind will orrock ind john hood who nho s sing 1 9 a duet where are the s of dutli apostle john henry smith milked on m image marriage age and urged the 3 oung to mirry marry and choose ns of the their on own n faith his talk was inas a good one and he had marked attention during the th mei me ting one was noticeable the ladies lidier in ili sat nith ith uncover cd beadi durin dunna the services except fur a iv i v of the giddy girl ullo arc not yet iak aak to a sense of ty |
