Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-14

and on the duty of the presidency OF
the Stake and other officers, to see thai
the various quorumg were kept In an
organized condition and in active exer-
| else.
Sunday morning, following "A short
session OF the sunday school. which
was addressed by Elders Woodruff
and seymour b. Young, the regular
| quarterly stake conference began Its
sessions with an unusually large at
tendance. After preliminary remarks
| by Elder Macarthur. together with a
| brief report Of the Stake, Elder Young
discoursed on the faith and doctrines
of the Church of Christ, as enter
| talned by Lattcr-day Saints. Morning
meeting concluded by Elder John Il.
Terry's report of his twenty seven
months recent labors in the mission
airy field.
Sunday afternoon-The Sacrament
was administered and the general and
| Stake authorities of the Church were
presented and unanimously sustained.
Elder Woodruff. after making few
remarks, called upon Elder Samuel
Knight to relate some of his experience
and observation when in Nauvoo, Ill,
in August 1874. Brother Knight said
he was at the meeting where sidney
Rigdon set up his claim to be Guar
dian" of the Church. after the martyr
dom OF the Prophet Joseph and Patri-
uTtH I1yIutUs isIpNUfI hilEuA iNHAihNh
that on that occasion he wns an ear
and an eye witness that the mantle of
Joseph as leader of the Church fell
upon Brigham Young.
Elder Woodruff resumed his address
but when II was reported to him that
there We're others in the congregation
who could testify to the same trans
formation Of voice and features OF
Brigham Young into those OF the then
recently mnrtyred Prophet Joseph, he
called upon such as could testify to
the same fact to manifest II. Twenty
two men and women stood up till they
were counted. The speaker then con-
tinued his address by reading presl-
dent MILFORD Woodruff's testimony to
the same manifestation--ns set forth |
In Robertss Succession to the Priest
hood"
Meeting concluded by Elder Bryant |
Heber Jolley Jr reporting In an inter- |
esting manner his missionary lnbors,
Monday morning, Elder David II. |
Cannon, president OF st. George Tenn
pie, spoke on the temporal condition
and duties of the people composing the
Stake.
Elder Erastus b. Snow followed on
the same subjects.
Bishop letter Snow, of Pine Valley,
give a direct and comprehensive re-
port of his ward. He was followed by
Bishop James Andrus of st. George
ward, Bishop John G. Hafen OF Santa
Clara ward and Bishop James NJ. Bal
lard of Grafton ward
Elder Woodruff concluded. by re-
marks on the benefits resulting from
home industries. and on the
advantages OF young men devoting
their labors to agriculture. hortlcul-
lure and manufacturing pursuits, in
stead of their going to mining camps
10 work.
Monday afternoon meeting was nd-
iressed by Elder T. Il. Reeves, re-
urned missionary, of Virgen city:
md Elder John Il. Stout, of Rockville.
tlso returned missionary. These were
ollowed by Elder Seymour Il. Young,
advocating the careful training OF ,
'ur children and young people. +
Elder Woodruff resumed the subject !
y home industries by speaking on the /
production Of silk and its manufac-
nre; also Of leather. lie expressed /
lis satisfaction with the reports and i
proceedings OF this conference: and
I the good work of the choir under q
Is talented leader. After the singing [
I the anthem: "The Lord IL INV q
hepherd" Elder Woodruff gave the /
arting benodction, blessing the peo- /
le, their lands and springs of water. y
lance. +,
Thus ended one OF the best spirited o
nd largest conferences we have had /
Ince st. George became a city.
JAMES G. BLEAK, Stake Clerk.