Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-06
THE SALT LAKE STAKE.
Two lays Hssnl BEGIN = The
Sessions Today.
the Conference In Furnished with
rinaIy aud itrnortnut instruo-
ticns tuucerning the otaks.

Of he nigh Pries.B' quorum, hve
pIIs denis Il Seventies, aud seven
lome missionaries. All the warts Of
the Stake were frptesontcd except lilo
Second, Fiith aad Fifteenth city
wards, and Hunter, Pleasant Green
ava Cannon OF the county.
The Fist, SECOND, Fiith, Tonlh,
ThitNcn,h, Fourteenth, Seventeenth,
Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twontleih
au1 Twoniy.lret quorum Of Eldeu
were Properly runf,tcntcu. Membere
Of the Lesser PrieHlhoed quufume
were In attendance from n
large number Of the wards, together
with gtodly representation Of tue
Saints residing In the stake. Repre-.
Haniativea Of the Stake organizations
ui Relief Societies, sunday schools,
Y. NJ. aud Y. l.. NJ. /. a., Primary
associations anu tho kindergarten
ass citation were present.
Tue conference was opened by lhB
choir and congregation singing the
hsnn commencing,
Come all 20 sons Of zion.
Ana ictus praise the Lord.
Prayer was offered by Elder Geo. u.
walleo,.
Siugipg nv the choir.
Praise ye the Lord. my heart shall Join
In wptk 20 pleasant, 20 divine
On rr, ommugualion OF their Bishops.
thirty.nine brethren were Autnoflzid
by vote OF this conference TO be or.
dalnod e. the oiilcp Of Elder.
Elder y. M. Lyman Addressed the
conference. He suohe OF the duty OF
the 5Ainls, aud the labor Of tho Apos.
ties Ia travelling among tho various
Stakes - Instruct those who assemble,
and always travelling under tho dircc.
ton Of the Fist Presidency, WHISTLER
their labore be Performed at home or
abroad. Being representatives, Of the
Fret Presidency, tue Apostles were
worthy Of tho confidence anu obedi.
cnce OF thu peopie aud Priesthood. II
the Apostle should make n mistake, u
could o. corrected IN proper order; all
were liable 70 error ana responsible for
ihvir Instructions and tho carrying VI
them cut. Pfoprieiy should be observed
In all gslhetint u the Church, that
every meeting might be valuable and
profitable. business might be brought
before coniesonce, II II be properly
associated with That conference, but
care should TO taken that bus
ineas not lor,sining Thereto be
not .prsaenlIg. Iu tho absence
OF the wilton word on any impofta ut
matter. the living oracleA OF Goa could
b consulted, with tho loss OF very little
time. Bearing iha keys OF tue king.
dom, the Apostles were In possession
oil the power 10 regulate and set IN
order all thinga pertaining TO the
Church. Thetn Apostles Travelled
among the people with powtTa OF obtet.
walton ana OF attling at rights ali
things which were out OF order. II
tbs counsel OF the Apostles should moi
be sccsptsd In locality, the people OF
that place would become responsibIe
for the neglect. II u were accepted
and found 10 be wrong, tho Apostle
would DO responsible, and tho people
clear OF error. Instead Of being dis.
re- ardoj, the Instructions OF those ora.
cles OF God should DO seized with
avidity anu carried cut 10 tho best
ability OF the people.
Elder Lyman inferred that on &c.
count Of the work spreading and
the minisirations OF the A postleh being
needed elsewhere, they might not be
OF 30 easy access In the future M In
the past; hence their instruction should
DO prociated. He questioned the pro.
prleiy Of bringing into tho Stake con-
ference the routine business which had
been transacted In the present meeting.
He urse1 tho competency OF the
various wards 10 decide upon the
worthless OF tho candidates for the
offices Of tho Laser Priesthood and OF
the Elder, therefore gave Instructions
that all such cases DO presented In the
future before the ward gatherings OF
the Saints, according TO the revelation
In the Doctrine ana Covenants. This
would no perfectly proper, and would
meet all the requirements OF tho case.
This should be followed when there 10
regularly organized branch OF the
Church; but when an emergency arlses
where there Ia no organized branch, a
man possessing the proper authority
might take upon himself the reoponel.
billy OF special ordinations. The
speakor referred TO special tfllcera who
should DO appointed with tho ap-
iroval OF the High Council or the
conference, but these were OF extra.
ordinary Importance. Too much OF
detail In the trAnPaclion OF business
IN any meeting was deprecated; every
thing should ne done In proper order,
but Dreviiy should be observed, where
II Ia consistent with care and correct.
nest. The sustaining Of officers should
be observed with proprleiy, Stake on.
GERS In stake gatherings, ward oiilcsrs
In ward gatherings, stc.
Elder Lyman suggested that ward
aud btaks officers seek the asslstanco
and confidence OF the Apostles, that
all might DO sustained anu the
overs OF darkness successfully o.
posed. The necessity OF the Salt
Lake Stake settling n proper example
before the other Stakes was emphasizBi
tecause Of its being the most popul0us
anu central stake OF Zion, ana the
likelihood OF It's example beiug fol-
lowed elsewhere. Mistakes would
likely grow and spread, and be din.
cult Of correction; hence the necessity
OF care that "a few mlttakes as possible
DO made. The proper graduation OF
ordination In tho Priesthood was en-
phoslzed, that all might DO given an
opportunity Of laborlng la the various
oiilces OF the lesser Priesthood before
usiDg Ordained Elder. Proper die
cIplino should be observed IN the mat.
ter OF Elders and their attendance
upon their vArlous duties.
The speaker closed by taking n vote
Of approval Of bic counsel, which was
unanimougly < ven.
Ihe choir snng The anthem:
Guide Us. o Thou great Jehovah.