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Show iv'trv by til WKDN'TlSDAY OODK.N PCBUSJIINU b1 SATURDAY, COMl'ANV. Editor. t'linrlc andW.Hiisiuokh Ponroso, MiumgL'r. OUIJILY, UTAH. OCTOBER SATURDAY. I'orly-Thir- Semi-Aiiiiu- cl 11, 1873. al Conference. ConferThe Forty-thir- d ence wf the Church of Jesus Christ of L uter-daSuint- convened in the New Tabernacle, Salt Luke City, on Monday the Otli i ti s t , at 10 a.m. There were present on the stand of the First "Presidency, Brigham Young, President; Georg A. Srniih, Daniel 11. Wells, Lorcuzo Snow, lirigham Young, Jr., and Geo. (j. Cannon, Councilors. Of the Twelve Apostles, Orson Hyde, Orson Pratt, Sen , John Taylor, Wiltord WoodrufI, C. C. l'.ieh, Lorenzo Snow, F. 1). Richards, Geo. J Cannon, Brigham Young, Jr., and Jos. F. Smith. Patriarch, John Smith. Of the First Seven Presidents of Seventies, Albert P. Rock wood, Horace S. Eldredge and John Van Colt. Of tho Presidency of the High Priests' (juoruin, Elias Smith, Edward Snelgrove and Elias Morris. Of tho Presidency of this Stake of Zion, George B. Wallace and Johu T. Semi-annua- l - y . was people in all things, and this unit what the' world objected td so much in Saints. President Young the Latter-da- y went on to show that, no matter where the Elders of the Church preached the gospel, it was the mine, and thosOjWho heard the trnth with honest hearts obeyed it, received the spirit of God, which is the spirit of revelation, for themselves, and they became one with us, and gathered here to unite in their temporal labors as well as their spiiitu.il faith. Everything that is for the welfare, com. fort and progress of mankind, down to the smallest kind of manual labor, was Latter-da- y part of our religion, and if the Saints could only tee things as they are, all their contentions, carelessness aud slethfulness would cease, and they would be tilled with the light othe Almighty, aud be like a city fet upon a hill. If the Christian world could see us as we are, there would never be a word spoken against us in the pulpit, in Congress or any of the high places of the laud, for the keys of the Holy Priesthood were here for the salvatian of all who denied not the Holy Ghost, and the whole world of mankind would receive the benefits thereof through our vicarious labors under the direction of Jesus Christ the Redeemer. VR28T. 11. H. WELLS Bore testimony to the truths spoken by Prest. Youug, and showed that no person could enter into the presence of God without obedience to the ordinances of the gospel, and thuse who had not obeyed them in the llesh must receive them by proxy, the living acting for the Caine. Of the Presidency of the Bishopric, dead, under the keys and authority of Edward Hunter, Leonard W. Hardy and the Holy Priesthood which had been restored to us in these latter days. There Jesse C. Little. There were also Bishops, Elders and wus only one eternal plan of salvation other leading men from nearly every and it reached to all the inhabitants of the earth who would accept of it. settlement in the Territory. to order by Conference was called ELMER GEO. Q. CASNOX President Brigham Young. the Said, spirit of God bore testimony to The combined choir sang of God, and he considered the things all "My God, the springof niyjoys, that every word spoken this morning The life of ruy delights." carried its evidence with it. There Prayer was offered by President Geo. would be no difficulty in convincing the A. Smith. minds of the people in all the world of Choir sang, the truth this cf work, were it not for "With joy we own Thy servants, Lord, tradiliou and the prejudices which ministers below." Try Elder Geo. Q Cannon read a list of sprang from it. Elder Cannon showed that it required great strength of mind subjects to be dealt upon by the Elders to receive the truth of Christ, because who would address the Coufercuc. there was ignominy attached to joining lKKST. GKO. A. SMITH the people of God, as italwaysbad been. last October Conference, he asked This was the reason so few in all ages Said, received ihe word of the Lord, and why permission to take a journey to Pales- it wa3 said Jesus, "Strait is the gate tine, expecting to be gone about eleveu and narrow by is the paih that leadcth unto months,, but in consequence of his beiug and few there be that find it." It oalled, it the April Conference, to fill life, was so easy to spread their sails to the tho position of Trustee in Trust for the Saints opinion. The Latter-da- y Church, he returned a little sooner than popular in now a were position placed peculiar he anticipated. He thanked all who aided him on tho journey, as well as those of trial. They had been mobbed and marwho desired to do so and bad not the driven, their prophets ofhad been kindred aud the their graves tyred, nuans. He believed tho time was not their path to this place, but far distant when God would bestow the had markednow were they beiug submitted to severpromised blessings upon the house of er tests. If there was any weak spot in Judah, though at present their hearts our nature, we must expect that place to were very hard, and it would take much and we should be proved in be found, of the power of God to bring them to the nil that all the dross in our nathings, knowledge of the truth. Ancient Israel ture be purged out. The lusts of may from the Lord, neglected their the flesh and of the departed the love of the tithing, violated tho Sabb.th, forgot world, the iucrease eye wealth and the of t heir prayers, and the curse of the Lord had come upon them. The degradation desire for display, contained more danof the land and the people, which he ger than all the mobs that had ever been Our only eafc had seen, should be a permanent lesson arrayed against us. was to hold everything subject guard t the Latter-daSaints to avoid the to the will of the Lord. No one could evils with which ancient Israel had Latter-daSaint who gave way to that they might escape the judg- be a hunger for money or dress or idle ease. ments which come upon them. deTrest. Smith then exhorted the Saints Nothiug was more corrupting and human unless it nature were basing upon to lift their hearts lo the Lord when any of the Elders should arise to speak, that the lust for women, indulgence in which was a crime second only to murder. God they might be filled with tho power of had wisely designed that we should make t Be Almighty, ana be able to instruct the sacrifices, that we might bo weaned congregation. from the love of wealth, and that we PRE8T. BttlOHAM TOUXO might sot our minds upon the work of to gather tne poor souls who s salvation, Said he would give some simple reas-nhe had for bolieving the gospel of the were multiplied upon us, and devote ourSon of Ged which some people called selves to the establishment of His king"Mormonism." The religiou he had dom on the earth. Elder Cannon then read the following embraced incorporated all the truth in heaven and earth, and if there was any list of Elders called to go on missions: in hell, that also was embraced therein, TO Til E r SITED STATES. as well as that which was in all the Simeon A. Duuu, of Brigham City. Moroni Campbell, of Nortn Ogden, kingdom that are or had been or would be, in the philosophical world, in the New York State. religious sects, er anywhere else. This EVROrS. was the religion we had been trying to F. Smith, of Salt Lake City, bring before ihe world for the last forty to Joseph England. years. All facia we embraced; whatever John Squires, of Salt Lake City, to was falsehood, we wanted none of it. Christiaus considered they were all England. Joseph Harker, of West Jordan, to that there ia on tho earth, except a few England. to whom they were sending heathen W. N. Fife, of Ogden, to Scoilaud. missionaries, while the fact is the ChrisV. Morris, of Salt Lake City, Kichard tian world was greatly in Iho minority. to Waies. President Young thou touched upon the Henry Hughes, of Mendon, to Wales. doctrine ef vicarious salvation, aud Chester Call, of Bountiful, to England. showed that if the Christian world reCharles Sansoui, of Salt Lake City, to the of jected principle prosy for the dead, they rejected the salvation wrought England. F. M. Lyman, Fillmore, to. Eng. out by Jesus Christ in his vicarious s;.c " " Yolney King, rifice. Referring to the great works of to of Fillmore, Lafayette llolbrook, Jesus, seen and acknowledged by the England. he asked how many there were people, Archibald McFarland, of West Weber, who stepped forward when he was about to Scotland. to be crucified, and testified that he was William Geddcs, Plain City, to Scotthe Christ! Even tho chief of the apos- land. tles swore he never knew him. Could James Hanson, of Bxighuin City, to one disinterested person be found w ho had testified of the mission of Christ ? Scandinavia. John Anderson, Grantsville, to ScanThe New Testament was written by tight dinavia. who were coucerned in the same persons Knuk Peterson, of Logan, to Scandiwork ns Jesus established What evi navia. denee had the Christian world that the Christoffer Wiage,of Hyrunvto Seas Pew Testament was true? No one could ninavia. knew the truth of it or that Jesus was Samuel Johnson,, of Salt Lake City, to the Christ, unless fhey were inspired by the Holy Ghost, ami this wa3 the very Scandinavia. ISLAND spirit of what people called "Mormoi.-Ui' The effects of it was to unite the Richard G. Lambert, Salt Lake City. ' y fal-le- u, y u. V SASD-WiC- iiftont the influeu'Ge of ereed for money ' . Samuel P. 'Richard, T and dress, ana1. prayeu tne L.oru o de" Bryant Stringham, liver His people from it and from all " llyrum Smittt Woollcy, evil. The choir tang: Lord." Choir sang the Anthem : "Beautiful "Great is the Conference adjourned till two o'clock are thy towers." p. m. Prayer by Elder C. C. Rich. Prayer by Elder B. Young. 2 m. Tuesduy, Out. 7tk, 10 a.m. p. Choir sang: Choir sang : "An angel froin on high, dials throng "Though deep'ning The long, long silence broke." your way, Press on, press on, ye Saints of God.' Prayer by Elder Wilford Woodruff. Prayer by Lorenzo Snow. Choir sang: Choir sang : "I saw a mighty angel fly. 'Gloriojus'things of thee are spoken, To earth he bent his way." Ziou's City of our God." ie our every day life. Taki- - . of education, he thou't S tLe those wh went abroad tool Mf would apply tliaprincipU 0f!obt,tt. lion, pu.tinu the means H.1-Ihewould expend abroad fh Wb" obtain the necessary talent fot struction just as well at nnT la" the heartburnings and anxieS f iag away from the famtly eir a proper system o. clmTo schools, the interest and heads of families was required. recated the Erowth of the aPn L7" strong drink, indulgence in which V" P" ped the hfe of manhood, and old things to be dispel? knew it was easier to refer ELDER D. MC'KENZIK to than to a Said he realized that he was address- believed provide remedy for it Saints, stop the somethingof could b ing a congregation of Latter-dathis great evil if who had left their homes, forsaken the was taken progress " hold of with energy. graves of their fathers, and given up PKEST. GEO. A. 8.M1TU their associations in life to come here and wership God; and hoped that he Referring to the vice of in'.craperancp might be able to speak such things to said H was necessary for the Utter thera as jyould do them good. As the Saints to observe the "word of Wi,"i 3 world viewed it, education pertained to violation of which led people to be the learning of arts and sciences that to habit ; ,t spoiled the comply J3 belonged to this life, and religion that weakened both mind and body Jlld ?J which related to the life to come. But the foundation for increased weakn. with us it was all religion; everything .gcHt-iiiuuiindulgence in that was for the welfare of man in time tobacco created an appetite for alcohol or eternity was part of our treed. It But neither tobacco nor tea and coffw appeared to him that for a longtime the WHmld, like strong drink, deprive them Lord had permitted man to ta'-- affairs of reason in a minute. Men should h. on earth into their own hands, to see men and not let a habit creep i u,,01. and destroy them. Men were how they would act. But, as foreshadowed in the dream of Nebuchadnezzar, they gave way to the persuasions God, in the latter days was to set up a of others to take drink. Some said thev kingdom of His own, and the speaker could drink or let it alone. could bear testimony that God had re- he would say "let it alone then." Men vealed to his understanding and most would look back on their past course certain conviction, that He had set up and weep and wail for the loss of the that kingdom in these days. Thousands power and glory of their priesthood of people in these valleys could bear the through not observing the "word of same testimony. But he would ask, are wisdom." In regard to colleges. We had laborthe Saints mindful of this kingdom Mid their covenauts in relation thereto? lie ed against many difficulties in estawas afraid that many of them were set blishing universities. It had been the ting up idols. This greed for gain led custom of the Government to apply the people on the wrong track; it would not proceeds of the sale of certain lauds for increase their happiness. The way to educational purposes, but none of this happiness was to follow the footsteps ot had ever been given to Utah. It jiaj our Eternal Father, eveu as Jesus did, become now a necessity, a matter of who went about doing good, and lived domestic economy, to establish schools to do the will of Him that sent him. It where higher branches could be taught was in the mind of the Lord to bestow at home, and it was desired that all The blessings upon His people greater than wards in the Territory take the subject ever bestowed before. But these must into consideration, that means might be be given by law, and to every law there provided for the purpose. So far as was a condition. We needed the word common schools were concerned we had of the Lord through the living done more than any other people under much as Israel of old, similar circumstances, and intended to as oracles, just and the word given through them was continue and make all the progress that just as much the mind and will of the was possible, and he asked the blessing Lord, as the law of baptism for the re- of God upon our exertions. Choir sang the anthem, ' 0, praise the mission of sins. The establishment of was a preliminary step to- Lord !" wards the Order of Enoch, and was in Prayer by Elder C. C. Rich. accordance with the commandments of 2 r.M. God. The speaker then touched upon Choir sang, the example which parents should set " Though now the nations Bit beneath before their children; the folly of pat The darkness of o'crspreading death." fashions vile invented by terning alter by Elder Lorenzo Snow. Prayer women; the benefit of saving instead of Choir sang, squandering our means, to enable us to " Praise ye the Lord, myheart shall do which, Zion s Savings Bank had been join instituted. He concluded by exhorting In work so pleasant so divine." the Saints to quit patronizing Gentile ELS Ell ORSON l'KATT and and to institutions abominations, serve the Lord with all their hearts. Called the attention of the congregruioa to the following portion cf the ord chap, ELDER W. W. CLUFF of Malacui : " Behold I will seud my Said they had gathered here for the purand he shall prepare the way messenger, pose of establishing righteousness and before me, and the Lord, whom ye seek,, building up the Kingdom of God. This shall come to His temple. But suddenly a was great undertaking, especially for who may abide the day of His coming, such a handful of people to attempt. and who shall stand when He apreareth! But having gathered hore we were reFor He is like a refiner's fire and like quired to concentrate our labors and our fuller's soap. And He shall sit as a remeans to gather the people, and to carry finer and purifier of silver, and shall into effect the practical part of our repurge and purify the sons of Levi, that ligion. He spoke upon the expressed may oiler unto the Lord an ottering determination of many of the Saints in they in righteousness." And proceeded to the old countries, when they should deliver a discourse upon the building of gather to Zion, to do their part for the temples in this Territory, in fulfilment deliverance of their friends. He exhortof the words of Isaiah, Micah Malachi, ed those who had been gathered here to and showed tbr.t other He prophets. fulfil their promises, to pay up their income again when the Lord should Jesus debtedness to the P. E. Fund aud to doa temple must be built prepared forking nate liberally of their means to swell all the houses throughout the world that fund, lie expressed his desire to that called the House of God, were built by be made more and more useful in this the craft and skill of uninspired nun, work, having devoted most of his life without any direction from the Almighto it. Since his return from his last of and were ty, merely the churches mission he had spent most of his time in built bo a must God that House of men; building a railroad, that coal fields in these latter days for Christ to come be coal and developed might brought to, for the purpose of administering orinto market ut a .reduced price. This dinances the for living and the dead, the he considered to be doing as much good, that were of restoration divine ouly in another way, ns laboring on a lost, occ. Elder Pratt things read copious exforeign mission, for the spiritual and tracts from the book of Doctrine and the temporal were so intimately conall the Saints nected that, it was impossible to draw a Covenants, proving that were required of God to unite in buildline between them. ing a House to His name, and that this ELDER JESSE N. SMITH was a standing commandment to thein Said in reflecting upon his past exper- wherever they should be gathered in a ience, he had tried to fix the time when body. The Tabernacle in which this the faith of the gospel first entered his Conference was convened, he said, was heart, but liad failed to find it. He had not a house for ordinances, where statbeen raised in the Church, and when utes and laws should be levealed, and of crossing the plains in '47, followiug the things kept hid from, the foundationsBut-iand wagon tracks of the pio- the world should be made manifest. the Temple of God angels would come neers, he looked upon their trail ns showing the path to Zion, and had in as in the ancient temples, and make his ciiildish heart a testimony of the known their message; marriage accordtruth of this gospel. This testimony had ing to the sacred order of heaven would n.,fi,nritv and i. .1,0 remained with him and been confirmed i.uc aumiuisiercu i uuuci im,ui.-at every measure that had been adopted in the form He hadt appointed, which for the furtherance of the cause. This would endure throughout all eternity. was a work of faitn. By building upon This was the only ferin of marriage that the foundations that had been laid we was legal in the- sight of heaven; all were sure of success. The spirit of infi- marriages performed in any other way thereot delity was growing in the world. It lasted wly for time,.ihe offspring was no longer fashionable to read the wero illegitimate in the sight of God,, Bible in the family circle,, and he was though legitimate Vjt the law of the land. afraid it was the same among many of The heavenly order of marriage must be , the Saints. By the perusal of our sa- attended to in as, "in the marryin neither cred books we should be prepared for was there the revelation dtelared bv the nor given in marriage " Temples , if the Lord ia ku aiidst, whk--i belonged to be built thai our 1 . ELDER L0I1E.NZ0 D. Y0VSO. Said he had attended every ConferSaints since they ence of the Latter-dahad come to these valleys. In contrastwith ing the position of the Saints their condition in the past, who could y to-d- help acknowledging thai the same hand which led the people of God, of old, had been visibly manifest in our history? Considering the providence of God to us, we ought to be the most humble, faithful aud obedient of His creatures. It was not poverty nor that really tried the people of God, but tho abundance of the good things of earth. Every man ought to live so as to be a pattern to his lamily aud all around him, and manifest a spirit of meekness and sobriety. Israel should be "the head and not the tail." He would to God that the Saints would act so as to be regarded as the pattern for .ail nations to follow; then they would beHe concome a power in the earth. cluded by invoking the blessing of God upon all who loved the truth more than the things of this world. Li-vin- e per-secut.- ELDER JOHN TAYLOR Said, we ore not here to do our own will, but His who sent us here, to carry out the programme of the Almighty in revelation to all tho inhabitants of the earth in all ages, of millions that had passed away, and of millions who would follow us. Elder Taylor then entered into an elaborate description of the Constitution, nature and object of tho various governments of the world, their power over the people, and the rights which the people have under these governments, political and religious, showing that it was the duty of the people to obey the laws of the land in which they lived, but the governments had no right to interfere with the people ia matters of religion. Saints had sworn allegiThe Latter-daance to the government of the United States, they had also entered into cove nants m relation to the Church and kingdom of God, and they had as much right to live in accordance with these covenants as tho Methodists, Presbj or the members of other denominations to carry out the discipline of their several churches. He continued at length to show the nature of the work in which the Latter-daSaints were enwith which no gaged, government had the right to interfere, and exhorted the Saints to show themselves worthy of their high calling ; to build up the Zion and staud as saviors on Mount of Zion; to be as the little leaven which is to leaven the whole world; to do the will of God in preference to our own; to perform the temporal work that they might enjoy the spiritual, and to seek for the spiritual that they might be able to do more of the temporal; to be faithful to the covenants made with God, their wives and each other; and to live so that they might always have the light of revelation. The Lord would chasten His people for their transgressions, and rebuke them for their follies, but this kingdom would never be given to anoth er people, and no nation, kingdom or powor would ever prevail against it. y te-ria- y 0d ELDER li. YOt'XG JR. Bore testimony to the truth of this work, lie did not wish any one to believe his unsupported testimony, or that of any man. We had received a knowledge of the Gospel by revelation, and it was the privilege of all who would obey the gospel to obtain the same blessing, lle'complained that many of the Saints were just as anxious after dollars and dress as any other people, aud thus maired the t Tightness of their testimony, and tended to lead them away from the Almighty. He confessed that he was not blameless in these matters, but this did not affect the truth of what he asserted. He referred to the hand of the Lord manifested towards us in times when no other power could help, and exhorted the Saints to remember these things, and show their gratitude by obedience to the laws of God. If the people would carry out the counsels of God, he believed the wickeduess lo be found in the streets of Salt Lake City would not be permitted to prevail. Reconsidered it was incumbent upon us to obey the counsels of the prophet and apostles in our midst. II deprecated the lack of faith in some of the Saints in relation to the sick, placiug reliance upon doctors instead of relying upon the ordinance established for their benefit. Hebe lieved the course-manwere taking led to infidelity and lack of confidence in God. He felt the influence himself, aad believed that this was, a battle conflict which on a was ground being waged, X sia agxinst righteousness, and it behotvved the Elders take, not a sword of steel, but the sword of righteousness, to-da- y, , I 1 1 W y ZU T? 7 w y ! ,Z i. e coward-whe- t to-da- y foot-ste- ; - this-life- were-necessar- nt-at- eadotsedthe remarks of Elder Cannoa r |