Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-20
scIler siakc Conference.

Sewer STAKE conference.
The quarterly conference Of the Sc.
vler Stake Of Zion was hold In sallna,
Saturday aud Sunday, August - and
20, 1895. OF visiting brethren there
were present OF the Apostles Elder
Francis NJ. Lyman, also President A.
Hatch, OF the wRsatch stake; the
Stake presidency, members Of the
High Council, Bishops and counsel
oTe,and other leading men OF the Stake
and faii attendancs Of Saints rom
various parts OF the stake.
The conference commenced Saiut-
day morning al 10 O'Clock. Elder -.
man addressed the. Saints upon to
necessity and prspriety OF Deautifying
or hou.es and surrounding, but In all
We DO let u frat seek the kiugtUm OF
God, nnd the things thsreuDto pertain.
Ing. ThiH IL the only Church Ia all
'Christondom IN 4 lays claim 10 rovela.
ten, and this people will never DO
without Prophet 70 lead anu direct
them. We should repent OF - sins
ifom day ~ dag unfl We le7rn 10 sin
no more, nnd arc abie 10 subject our
will anu desires To the viii u cur
Father which nrt In heaven. Bishop
e.. A. Madsul OF Guuni0ln made ref
ugcnco 10 tho Indifference mA1iiesioi
by many who profess 10 br 5aints hr
thought u those who are plrrtd 10
responsible petitions in IA Chulc1
would bo moro iAithiulin Tho dlschsIga
Of their duties a great zeal u this IL
difference wosld cehs' tOtxi6i.
la the afternoon Ellie. Wu. II.
3eegmillor reported tue condition OF
tho STAKE; generally speaking thlng5
are pfDspurOut; quUfums anu assooia.
lions are doing we'll, the cJucaiional
inturgtts are nIvhIcing, tho Sunday
school work Is Ia n pfJgreSsivo cDudI-
ton aud much good 30 being duuU IN
this direction. We are Ia better
condition At present. financially than
than we were twj years ago. steps
arc being taken looking ~ tue
building Of reservoirs aud ttsrlng
OF water, IN order that Ia tie
future We may have sufficient water
wneTuwith 10 mature our cr0rt; the
contributions to the Pioneer Mlnu-
ment fund nte coming g. slowly.
Elders Nm. n. Clark Rnd Joseph 5.
Horne RdmOnishcd the people 10 b.
moro thuuRhiiUl aud diIgUnt Ia all
Their operations anu doiBrs ~ order to
be more successful, advising the s,of.
Ing Of bfOAdsmiis for usu In times OF
need. Elder a. Hatch said he had
been pleased 10 listou to tho COED IT,
ports Aud sayiugs wo had heard here
today, compimunled the people upon
what they nad accomplished here; iu
sNUaaaVl
ago he only saw few houses ami thuy
were very poor ani ;he contrast be.
tween then aud nov II very striking;
this same spirit Of progress IL notiesaOiv
everywhere among tho Saints.
At o o'clock y. m. meeting Of the
Priesthood was held at which mAay
questions were asked anu answered
ana tome valuable ins'mciioas given
by Elder Lyman, who prop0Ied that
Brother Chas. n. Snith be ordained q
Patriarch 10 this Stake. Sustained b.
those present.
Sunday morning. - Elder Slmoa
Chfistenfun pftssntel the genyf
Church and Stake authorities, with
the following cnunge': Brother
Charles ~. smith, Of Monroe ward,
was sustained o Psttiarch IN thla
Stake. and Brother WIN. A. See :
miller was sustained a. superintendent
Of Sunday schools In the Stake, wi h
Morton Jensen as bis Lfst aud Mnguus
4, Nielsen ~ his tecO oil assistants; ali
tho voting was unanimo p. Elder -.
NJ. Lyman aald that whiln d, was
proper an right Tor us as Saints 10
divide on political linus, yet Ne should
be united In all things rs regards mat.
tefa pertaining 10 our holy religion.
Although We an n people have ceased
10 practice plural marriage, yet every
man IL under sacred Obligation 10 sup.
port and care Tor his family, aud this
man who under cover aud license OF
law will cast OF his wife aud offspring
to tho buiiellng OF cold
world viii DO damned. In refer.
ring TO the political situation
Elder Lyman warned the people
against the usual bitterness generally
manifested Ia political campaign
work. In reference TO the social con-
dition OF tho world the speaker said
that while people outside OF this
Church generally advocate small
families or no families al all, no wished
It distinctly Understood that any course
taken by man OF woman to lessen their
families or prevent their growth II
wrong and Is inatigatod by tho devil
and will II persisted In lead TO degrn.
datlOn and ruiz. Gambling IL n crime
for any Latlor.day saint 10 indulge IN