Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-11-01
ONEIDA STAKE CONFERENCE.

Tbe quarterly conference Of tie
Oneida stake Of Zion was held Al
Franklin, Ostober 2iih ami eth
There were present OF The auihuri
tie: President George .. Cannon
ami Apostle Mariner W. Merrill;
Jacob Gates and Seymour y. Young.
Of the presidency Of Scyeutie-;
the presidency OF OneiIa Stake.
Geo. c. Parkinson. solomon Ii.
Hah and II. +. Cowley; Patriarch
Milo Andrews, AMI members OF the
High Council. This was the largest
gathering Of Saints ever known in
this Stale.
On Thursday morning the meet
ing was called to order 10y Prcsiien
Parkinson. Singing ana prayer
followed. The opening remarks
were msdr by President Geo. {.
Parkinson, who spoke Of line excel
lent condition OF affairs in the
st Ike.
President seymour &. Young
next addressed the conference and
said he was glad to hear 80 favor
able a report % the Oneida Stake.
The Gospel had been heralded 10
the natiOps and many had gathered
intOthese valleys Of the mount 4iusi.i
Response thereto. The Saints shout:
settle their own dlilicuitie, among
themselves. They had la51red in
the building up Of temples and the
| dedication thereof. Holy angels
had appeared, AMI great blessings
had been received.
President George q. Cannon then
spoke. He was pleased 20 meet
WIKI the Saints on thai occasion.
Contending with one another, he
skid, was not In accordance with
the spirit OF the Gospel; il was not
the teaching % our Savior. The
spirit III peace AMI submission was
His. y mark OF high courage was
10 bear patiently the trials anu
wrongs inflicted upon Us. \ man
POSSESSED Of the Spirit will not con I
lcnd; rather speak kindly ami -
turn away wrath. !. was ttis spirit
which prompted the Savior 10 die (
for our sins, ami We should strive
earnestly TO follow His srea. eNam-
pie.
the choir sang an anthem aud
heneiictiOn was pronounced Ey W.
l.. Webster.
In the afternoon, after the usual
opening exercises and the admins /
tritiCn OF the sacrament, Apostle |
Mariner Merrill addressed the con
ference. To keep ourselves in ortrr,
he remarked, required a. constant
labor. The powers OF darkness were
in cur midst seeking to lead the peO-
pie astray. We had no time 70 lind
fault with each other; there was
something more important 70 be
done. We were not here on earth 10 /
obtain worldly riches, hat 30 magnify !
our calling. The Saints in Idaho
should I've a good, law-abiding peO-
pie, ami the day would soon come
whei: the i4ai.er-day saints would
lie sought after for counsel.
President George q. Cannon said
that if the Iya,ter-,iny Saints could
remember the instructions given
them they would lie 4 happy people.
He could bear his testimony tina;
God had accepted the sacrifices Of
the Latter day Saints. Many
hal gone to prison, into exile,
and suffered in various other
ways for the Gospels AXE. Though |
no peoule, 50 far ~ he knew. han
endured such prosecutions u those
through which the Latter-1ay
Saints Ind passed, yet they were
still willing 70 defend the principles
OF their religion in the face % the
whole world. God had chosen this
people aud placed His name upon
them, and He would deliver them
in His own due time and way.
The choir sang an'anthem. Bene-
dIclion 10y President Jacob Gates.
On Sunday evening 4 general
priesthood meeting was held and
excellent remarks were made by the
several speakers.
On Monday morning conference
was again opened by singing and
prayer. Il
President Jacob Gates addressed
the assembly. His remarks were
directed principally 10 the young.
Apostle Mariner w. Merrill next
spoke upOn the power Of prayer.
He referred briefly to the academy
now in course Of erection and said
it was = praisewOT.hy labor on the
plli OF he saints.
President George q. Cannon spoke
in the interest 81 the stake academy.
As 10 the leaflets used in the Sabbath
schools, he highly Epcommenied
lhelA.
The choir having sung an an
them, presIdent George q. Cannon
pronounced the henedictiGn.
Atsp p. H., after the opening ex-
eFcises, Counselor N. :. COwlyEave
an appropriate address upon the
general principles Of the Gospel.
President Parkinson presented
the general authorities Of the
Church ana OF Oneida Stake, all %
which were unanimously sustained.
Solomon IL. Hale Touched fer \ /
short time on toe history OF the
/ Church, the suffering Of The Saints, 1
aud the blessings which they now I
enjoy.
President Seymour r.. Young
dwelt upon the importance Of the
Priesthood, the education of tire
young and the observance vi the
4 law O. tithing.
The choir sang En anthem and
henediction was pronounced by
President Jacob Gates.
! CnARLEs ID. GnAsLIND,
1 EieGE q Conference.