Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-13
STAKE CONFERENCE CLOSES.


Lake stake OF Zion, which opened on
saturday closed in the Tabernacle yes
terday afternoon.
SUNDAY MORNING SESSION.
The choir and congregation sang:
| How firm q foundation, We Saints of
the Lord.
Prayer was offered by Elder Geo. i.
| Wallace.
Singing by the choir:
High on the mountain top
A banner is unfurled.
Bishops VIM. b. Hardy, OF Mountain
Dell. Robert Morris, of the Eleventh
ward, George Romney Of the Twenu-
| eth ward, and Hyrum Cot, of East
! Jordan, Counselor Robert Patrick OF
| the Eighteenth ward, Bishops II. -.
| Ciawson, of the Twelfth ward and Nell
son A. Empey,of the Thirteenth ward
| reported the condition of their respec-
tive wards. the people generally being
| commended for good works ana faith
| fulness to duty. a general awakenins
| to religious work on the part OF the
| young people was referred TO with
| pleasure. The support of the poor was
| spoken of as difficult matter. on ac-
count of the congregating of that class
| in the city, and the lack of ability or
/ Willingness on the part of the people
| in the payment of fast offerings. y
| number of the people We're referred to
as unfaithful in the payment of tth-
| ing, and all were urged TO greater
| diligence in this and all the other laws
| pertaining to time and eternity. The
| efforts of the Relief Societies in the
various wards, in aiding the poor, were
| highly commended. Faithfulness in
hearkening to the counsel Of the ser
wants of God was urged upon the peo-
| pie.
Presiding Bishop VIM. b. Preston re-
| ferred to the onerous duties of the
Bishops, and commended them for their
| faithfulness. He thought financial
| conditions were improving, and that an
| excuse frequently urged for failure to
| pay fast offerings and tithlng was ac-
oordingly disappearing. In regard to
| faithfulness in these matters, the speak
er stated that salt Lake Stake stood
among the foremost. Referring to the
| tendency of the poor people to collect
| in the city, where they became'a charge
on the people, he thought a remedy
should be found for this unfortunate
condition. Their removal from the
| city into the country should rather be
encouraged. Pauperism would grow
so long as present conditions prevailed.
At the same time the poor should be
carefully looked after, no matter where
residing.
Bishop Frederick Kesler reported
the condition of the Sixteenth
ward. He had made personal visits
to all the houses in the ward. looking
after the condition and welfare of the
people, and finding them generally in
good circumstances, spiritually. Many
poor lived in the ward, and most of
these We're faithful. All the organiza-
tions of the ward We're prospecting.
President George Q. Cannon followed
f,ata q, H..
of the conference, and offering sugges-
tons regarding the condition set forth
in the reports of the Bishops.
The choir sang the hymn:
Glory to God on high.
and benediction was pronounced by
Elder a. II. Raleigh.
Singing by the choir,
Glorious things are sung of Zion.
Prayer by Elder Archibald N. Hill.
The choir sang the anthem,
Lift up your heads. o we gates.
The presentation of officers was as
follows;
Stake observation-disclosures NJ. Can
non, president; Joseph L. Taylor and
Charles w. Penrose counselors.
High Councilors-William Eddington
George j. Taylor Henry Dinwoodey
Anders w. Winberg, John II. Game
James p. Freeze, Milando Pratt, Henry
p. Richards, Elias a. Smith. John
Nicholson, John Clark, David L. Davis
Alternate High Councilors-Orson A
Woolley. William w. Ritter, Edward
Snelgrove, John Kirkman and Spencer
Clawson.
Presidency of High Priests Quorum
Elias Morris, president; George b
Wallace and William C. Dunbar
counselors.
Patrlarchs-Joseph c. Eingsbury
Alonzo II. Raleigh, Washington Lem.
mon, Archibald n. Hill. Samuel Friday
William II. Walker, Ezekiel Holman
John Tingey, Albert Brown. Howura
Coray, Martin Lenzi, George Goddard
William c. Crump.
Clerk of the Stake and the Hlgl
Councll-James u. Stirling.
Reporter-Willard Done.
Assistant Reporter-yVilllam C
Sears.
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