Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-07
JORDAN STAKE
CONFERENCE.
Ended a Successful Two DAYS S''-
sion Yesterday Afternoon
OVERFLOW MEETING HELD.
Most Excellent showing Wade III ~"
Particular, appropriate Remarks
and wholesome Advice

The first conference Of the Jordan
stake was held Saturday and sunday
MAYS and C. OF sandy Salt Lake o'un-
~ i'm the new meeting house Of mat
place. which had been hurrIe1Iy finished
fo- this purpose There were present
o., the stand Apostle Brigham Youns.
President oun T.. Miller Of Jordan
and his counselors Hyrum COT ana
James Jensen. eleven High Councillors
four alternatos four PatrIarchs. Pres.-
dent Robert Ellwood OF the High
Priests quorum, with bis counseioIA
Joseph j. Williams and Nils Anderson.
There we're also present eleven presi-
dents OF Seventies twenty-one home
missionaries. Bishops and cJunselors OF
all the wards In the stake, with but one
exception. The supsrintendencies Of
sunday schools Y NJ. and Y. L. M' !.
A.. the pres.dences Of RELIEF societies
and Primary associations representa-
tive officers Of the Elders Qu0Iums ana
Of The Lesser Priesthood and about 600
Saints (estimatod). The singing was
furnished by a choir Of 80 voices under
the able leadership OF Hyrum Con
counselor On the Stake presidency The
choir consisted o. members OF the
Sandy, Union and East Jordan wards,
and sang IN q manner that won ior
them the praise Of all who attended the
services
The conference opened Saturday
morning az 10 a. m. by singing 'our
God we raise 10 thee" Prayer by
. Counselor James Jensen President
Miller made a few opening remarks,
and the bueness Of the monthly PrIest-
hood meeting Of the Stake was disposed
Of, after which Apostle Young adj
dressed the conference in substance as
follows.
The new stake Is 60 be- congratu-
lated on the excellent showing made az
this he first conference No one can
ioretell, only by Inspiration, the gl0ri-
Gus future Of this stake and its people
II ls our business 20 make a start and
do our fun duty and the Lord viii
bring Us 20 our destination. The en-
coumgement Of men holding authority
is good but when the saints live acc
cordng % The light 0f truth which is On
them and the spirit oi the Lord els
their souls &c surpasses an else. ! am a
living witness Go the power Of God,
Man Of himself amounts 90 nothing.
Yet there is an Individuality in the
Latter-day Saints that exceeds that Of
other people and which we should not
surrender by allowing ourselves to DO
wrong and thereby involve ourselves IN
controversies in the Bishops courts and
High Councils The Stake Is q part of
an organization that originates from a
center which God himself has located
and may be likenei Oh some respects TO
our system Of irrigation where AN the
large and smaller streams are fed from
one lnexhausilbe source. From this
gathering % Saints viii spring future
generations who will be engaged IN the
work ~ the LORD on a large scale The
blessings Of God are up0n this land.
The materials Tor making new worlds
are not exhausted there is no end 20
progression and instead of visiting
SANDY On a buggy the time win come
when the faithful viii be furnished
means whereby they may visit other
worlds ana assist IN The work OF crea-
uon which Is 20 organize material
He also referred feelngly 20 the re-
cent disaster at Sc0held and concluded
by blessing the new stake. lts officers
and the people.
The statistical report as then read
showing on March 81 1900
seven Pairlarchs zee High Priests.
rs Seventies 800 Elders. 40 Priests. l6s
Teachers 5jl Deacons. 1920 members.
wv children, total Of souls 6Ggs. in L.
li6 families.
BenedIction was offered by Patriarch
lshmael Phillips.
AFTERNOON SESSION
AZ p. m the conference again as
fembled aud after singing on. ye m1un-
Jams hlgh. prayer was offered by Patri.
atch VIM g. Allen. The choir then sang
Great God attend while Zion sings"
ana President Louis A. KeIsch OF the
Northern States mission addressed the
congregation on the law OF tlthing and
on The pr0phesies concerning the work
OF me Lord IN the last DAYS.
President Miller was the next sneak
sL ne dWelt mainly upon the evil OF
eannath breaking He also gave a re-.
port on the condition of the stake.
counselor Hyrum Gof said singing
the songs OF Zion Was his delight and
as j was an important part OF the
services among the Saints those who
sung should sing through pure breath
,gihdehled by the things that are for.
uIlden ~ the Word OF Wisdom. He de-
Aouhcel 10 strong terms any practices
OK choir members singing "saloon
songs on Saturday and sacred bynps
on sunday one OF these must he die.
pensei with.
counselor James Jensen spoke briefly
On matters pertaining 90 me stake.
hlshup VIM. ID. kuhre OF Sandy tgb,
was referred 20 as A." o. rustlIng B.eb.rr
on account OF the successful edort I,
te'.u's lhe mouse ready f0r conference
IN remarkably short time e,va "a
ollei report of his ward as being I1 "a
blshop Willard G. Bu. con az Union
reported hIs ward as fillv orger.g.l
anu DO excellent condition ale, Af-.r
SINGING Glorious things of .bas a-.
spoken, benedIcU0n was o0.r.5 t..
Patriarch i Holman "'
~ lhe close Ot the meeting sav.r.l
hlsh Priests were ordained ana a rrr,
Der of officers M the auxilIary org,rJ..
lions set apart. '''-'-