Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-31
STAKE
CONFERENCE HELD.
Interesting Addresses by Elders Wins,
S. B. Young. lIolbrook. Kcclcr.
j.. Vim. Knight and Others.

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Interesting Addresses by Elders Wins,
S. B. Young. lIOlbrooli. Kcclcr.
j. Vim. Knight and Others.
Provo, Oct 3l.-The quarterly confer
encc of the Utah Stake OF Zion was
held here yesterday with Elder Anthony
Wins and President Seymour %, Young
in attendance, together with the stake
presidency and representatives of the
stake authorities, and large congrega-
tons at each meeting. Is
President Joseph 3. Keller spoke
briefly. explaining the purposes of the
stake conferences: how the revelations
of the Lord became law, aud that God
lnccomplishcs his purposes through the
Einstrumentalitics of men,.
Elder Lafayette Hoibrook of the
stake presidency advanced the thought
that perfection Is the ultimate object
of the existence of men, and that Tall
should, therefore, work to that end. Ne
should not judge our brother. flor ,.the
reason that our neutrality-suspicious. dis
able us from Judging justly. 3.l$s
Elder j. VIM. Knight Of the stake
presidency expressed gratitude. in5being
numbered with the Church members,
and spoke OF the apparent loss pf,fnith
by the world in thejwold OF the Lord as
contained in the Bible. ti III
President Seymour b.. Young, urged
confidence in the authorities He ne
ferred to the mission Of Joseph Smith.
the prophet. stating that President
tinction of restoring the gospel would
be retained by the prophet through all
eternity. Elder Young spoke 9,of ,thc
gratifying results following the mission
aries of the Church preaching the gos-
pei abroad he also called attention to
the great opportunities offered to the
young people by the Church schools.
AFTERNOON SERVICE.
After the usual opening exercises,
the authorities OF the Church were
sustained. The following stake Sun
day school authorities were sustained,
a reorganization having beer made
through the removal of Supt. w. S.
Rawlings to Salt Lake City: Earl j.
Glade, superintendent; c.. Eugene
Fletcher. first assistant; I. A. Smoot,
second assistant; J. E. Hayes sccre-
tury.
Elder a. w. WINS addressed the con-
grcgation. taking for his text: Behold
in the last days j will establish new
covenant among my children. Israeli"
He spoke of the duty devolving upon
the Saints, to carry into practise all
the truths Of the gospel of Christ us
contest between the world and the
Church which had always existed. In
support of this claim of contest the
experiences of the Savior. of Martin
Luther and other reforners were cit
ed. The speaker had found. with
Martin Luther, that 1t was a danger.
Gus thing to go against his conscience
conscience he had been made strong
err in the resistance of evil. Con-.
science was u safe guide, and the
speaker had also found that by fol-
lowing his first impulse, where mat
tiers of conscience were involved. he
had generally been right-it might be
different where matters of judgment
from the Book of Mormon that what
over induccth to evil was OF the evil
one. while all that induceth to good
was of God. BY doing the will of the
Father all might know tho truth and
II any one did not know the truth It
was because he had not done the will
OF the Father. - Ks
Elder George II. Brimhall spoke Of
tho Importance Of sustaining the Of
tlcers OF the Church. an ordinance In
which the Lord selects and we elect.
The beauty and power of the Lord
selecting and the Saints electins, in
the Church government. were portray.
cd and the strength flowing from 1t
explained. The government Of the
Church.. in the opinion Of the speaker.
was most perfect and effective, and
tended to the salvation of humanity.
President Seymour b. Young believed
the organizations OF the priesthood and
the auxiliary organizations were being
conducted In a better form than ever
before. This brought to the mind OF
the speaker the amount of thought and
labor that was necessary to keep the
organizations of tho Church in a state
OF progression-and they would always,
like individuals, be in state of pro-
gresslon or retrogression, standing still
being impossible. The Importance OF
the office of the priest was referred to.
although in many places there was no
Organization of this quorum OF the
priesthood The Importance of the Re-
iigion class organization was interest,"
ingly portrayed, 1t being the organiza-
ton that directed and trained the mind
OF the child in the way OF Righteousness
+ ut the time of the child's life when 1t Is
most susceptible to good, as we'll as
evil, Influences a striking illustration,
or children converting an Indifferent
father to family prayer, through the
Instruction received and the faith en-
rendered in the Religion class, was re-
lated. IS IL ~
YOUNG PEOPLES CONFERENCE.
In the evening a young peoples con-
ference was held. a fine musical pro-
gram was rendered and interesting ad-
dresses nude by Elders A. W.SIVins
ana Seymour b. Young, and others.
The beautiful selections of the taber-
nacle choir rendered during the confer
ence sessions and the NJ. I. A. meeting
we're greatly appreciated.
OFFICIALS WILL CONDUCT
SALE OF UINTAH LANDS
Provo, Oct 31.--Judges Jas. w. wit.
ten, OF washington, D. c., #. l.. Wood
Of Chamberlain, South Dakota, and a..
C. Andrews OF the Salt Lake land Of
acc. arrived here yesterday afternoon.
and today with Don B. Cotton re-
gceiyer of the Nernal land office, nre
making preparations for the sale Of
= 400 900 acres of Uintah indian reser-i
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