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CONFERENCE OF
WEBER STAKE.
Held in the Ogden Tabernacle Yes
terday and Today,
PRES. sHURTLIFF REPORTS.


Special Correspondence.
ogden. Utah. July n.-pfoaiduut 10.
rcnzo Snow LETT Salt Lake city ysator-
day morning al o'cIorl. ON the oregon
Short Line. 10 attend tho Weber stake
conference at ogden. iie was accom-
panied By his wife. Minnie J Snow. and
son, L. Rol g.. HE councillors. prcal-
dents George @. Cannon 1uI Joseph r..
Smith. ana their wives, Apostle Francis
N. Lyman, Apostle John Henry smith
aud wife. Presiding Bishop WIN. -.
Preston, ana Church Reporter Arthur
Winter.
The nrst session of conference COM
ytnCd yesterday morning
The weather could NOT have been
more favorable. and the attendance I'D
the first session was larger than the
building would accommodate.
The stake Tabernacle. though $4,000
iH now being expended upon romodDuug
and Improving u ~ HuIl Inadequate Tor
the accommodation Of ths Saints ln oE-
den city alone. Comfortable complaint
~ heard from the people and u the
right move were made hy the proper
authority the people would gladly do
their part Ia erecting Tabernacle that
would be- surpassed by no other one in
the church
Every seat was taken at the nrft
meeting yesterday ana many Interested
listeners stood In the aislcs.
The opening hymn was announced by
President shurtlln of the Weber stake.
The opening prayer was offered by Ar
thur Winter. There were ON the stand
~ the general authorities. besides those
who came from Salt Lake. President
Franklin II. Richards and Apostle Hul-
ger Clnwson.
STAKE PRESIDENT sHURTLIFF
President shurtlln made the opening
remarks. lie expressed hiH gritinch-
ton that 90 many OF the general uu-
thurltics were present. more than Cor
many, many years. Continuing, prDal-
dent shurtlin said;
I'VE have twenty-five wnrda ln the
Weber Stake By attending the ward
conferences the Stake presidency have
become familiar with the condition OF
the several wards. which b. very en-
cuurlElng In every instance. We nrc
luhurlug under some difficulties; one D.
"a" completion OF this tabernacle. with
this object IN View the Saints are united
~ preparing TO give a fair, the profits
OF which viii be used Tor this purpose.
"Wo have had a large Indebtedness
on the stake academy, but We now see
our way clear 10 lluuldRto this debt.
The work Of the Academy has been at
tended with most favorable results
our best Elders In the missionary nold
been educated in this Institution.
we have never had better prospects,
In Weber county for n good harvest. eN-
ccnting fruit The beet crops are cN-
collent.
Perfect unity exists In the presl-
dency OF this take, and has done during
the sixteen years that we have been to-
Ecther. There is also complete union In
the high Council, and among the Bish-
ppEer,t.N-,, a.-,,,s
President Snow spoke az follows:
II am very happy to have this oppor-
tunlty Of addressing you upon such
matters az pertain TO our salvation.
Upon several occasions have met with
the people Of this Stake. the first time
some 30 years ago. Then all the people
Of the stake met In one small room
There were then less than 100 persons
You have been blessed In a remarkable
manner since that time.
our constant thought should be net
upon tho purpose Tor which We have
come into life, that which ~ absolutely
necessary for ~ 10 do Ia order 10 obtain
eternal life, There ls "a great. "a mighty
future before u.s. We must depend en-
titrly upon the spirit OF inspiration:
this was promised us before baptism.
There Is one subject which D. OF the
highest Importance Co me and 10 you.
We can know what out future IL. There
was plan laid before the Latter-duy
Saints In former days. ana they knew
what the results would be " they kept
The commandments. o colony was os-
tuhllshed In jackson county: the law uf
conservation was given 10 them. For
IT, fulnlment the choicest blessings
were promised them and they We're
Threatened with severe punishment for
dlsobedlencc. by referring to our past,
We can Judge what our future may be.
The most Ignorant In those days
could understand the law OF consecrn-
ton"
President Snow read from the Doc.
trino ana Covenants, section 80. COM
meneing with the 25rd VERSE; and then
continued
"ln those early days II was required
mat every person cOnaecrate an he
had TO the work of the Lord. This was
something new TO the people. and
through disobedlence TO II, the most
fearful results followed.
Il have found In my study OF hui
man nature that money IL the great
diheulty We encounter In oboylng the
Lord. For example In paying uthlng:
Many poor people pay an honest tlth-
ing but when they accumulate means
thclr tithes decrease"
The President then read section tOi
and In commenting upon II said.
THE Lord instructed the Latter-day
Saints to purchase an the land In Zion.
but he said " they withheld their
money and eudeavored 10 obtain II by
force. bloodshed would be the result.
and they would DE driven by their
enemies. How accurately this has been
fulnlledl
After reading the 18Th section or IN,
Doctrine and Covenants the President
continued.
This shows clearly what the Lord
requires OF the Lnttor-day Saints today
This is standing law TO us 10 pay
one-tenth OF our Increase annually