Show SAINTS FULFILLING DESTINY by ELDER BRIGHAM H U ROBERTS Sam Conference of ot the tho Church I iho b t Of oC o Christ of Saints in the tho Suit Suh Saturday October 7 1905 1 lity It L Lali tW tha th subjects that are arB arBO 0 O Ct conferences are varied Meted at nt our eo In hi consequence of ot tho the 1 of oC the I Lord rd being so ao ant and sting of ot both temporal d spirit pirt ot of the Lord I g Th The fhe Pores upon Ullon Hit to voYe 1 to the tb various In Int InIch t cm cmIch Ich the Church U I concerned and anti I IMM MM taken pleasure In noting that all nit iM jav interests and ull nil th the departments of ot tt work hs ork In the Church receive that word l le la seasonable s to each be beLi bet Li the tho conference la Is I concluded t tr r t has lius been suld ald during thiB con can conta cant nuh concerning tte 1110 opposition that th t if t ta ence nee sY d the work of Ut und I the remarks s made naLle 1 I have hava ie l y In Franco of at a 11 saying current minded effect tor 1011 a man guilty of at att Lime t to o the t two o courses only lie He turn him 5 IDle confession the tha other oUter Is la I U one e confession they add dd Is I n II those thoO who feel feul disposed to at Eo attack the tho work They muy of ot o It or may at attack f tack S t i fundamental doctrines and alj J to them hit but in eIther cither event the tho as ns tt uey will l end cn 1 in failure or suicide ends enda In Ince M u Ii re To ro attack the th one ce of ot the tho work worl of ot the Lord LOld under IS our cur present circumstances In this year ear trice race 1905 1 05 la Is vain for tor the testimony cf ot f test I tt ct all alt who have spoken and the tha nony Clony In the hearts of ot the Saints of ot God bear witness that there never novel was wasa wasi a i time In the history of ot the tile church churca Individual lual was more re ro reI than now and when the tho lIec I great administrative power In Inin Inthe in tu was ras with note more moderation So that to my lilY mind those who vho assail the administration of at this work vork proclaim their own don dom and ret fret out only ani their own tully oily To attack tine the Church Chulch In Its fundamental tal hi doctrines is useless for tor they the are invulnerable and not to be overthrown by the efforts of ot the ungodly to dis Wa disprove prove prole their truth If these who lio Interest themselves In our concerns will VIII take lake a word of ot advice I 1 would suggest nugget in the tine language of at one oni an of 01 old that they would best lot this work ok alone for tor or if It It bo be of 01 man It will come to naught of at Itself und It It be bo bea a tl f God they cannot do aught against 1 It I and possibly flO they may ilia find thorn I eles fighting lighting against The Apostle Paul Pa ul In his lila epistle to tho I Ephesians told thetA that the tho Lord had 1 tev revealed al d to him that In tho the dispensa dispensation lion tion of 01 the of at times God would rather gather together In one all things In Christ both loth things which are In heaven toil sal things which lira ure In earth even In luau Him 1 do not know l now that 1 I quote this for tor the tho purpose of ot having It foreshadow at all the line Una of ot thought that I 1 would like to follow but I 1 be believe beline beleve line lieve It Is profitable to remember In great assemblies of ot the tho Church that tut we arc are living In that dispensation of ot the of at times In which God hi bu u promised to gather together In one ono oneall lit all things In Christ both In heaven hen ven and anti andIn 13 In earth ea rth Accepting the as true trite that we lie are living and an 1 operating In that dis dispensation I and that to the Prophet Jo Joeph 1 I neph eph Smith was accorded the supreme honor of at Introducing that last dispensation all onI that hat dispensation which will culminate In the redemption of ot the tha earth and In tho the salvation of ot men rec Sizing the tho truth as pointed out In inthe the thi Ih remarks of at Elder Ider Penrose that this thin of ot tho the kingdom Is not to bo bl lift left to other people but Is I to grow and Increase in the tIne earth until It shall shah 1111 the whole earth and the kingdoms of oC this world become the kingdoms of ot our God GOO and Ills His Christ after admitting these premises es for tor anyone to suppose that t at after lifter that glorious dispensation atlon hd uti made roads but a 1 few telY steps atolls forward In Inthe Inthe Inthe the unfolding of at Its greatness It won waa W halted to wait watt for tOI someone to pow grow fOil from childhood to manhood Is IsIt ti It all follies the tho most supreme I call roar attention for tor a I fv moments to the very palpable evidences that may ma bo be boKn balIen teen lIen aol and read of ot all nil men that there has hall been n no such euch halting In tn this thiR work vork no tallon In Its lis growth and develop development ment from tram the days of at the Prophet Joseph until the tho present time And I 1 ba lae baso o my remarks upon pOn the tho facts In the tho case upon the word of ot God dod and His Ills promise nato ata Ills people given ghen at a n time when the tse fortunes of 01 the Church were sunk stink sunken en ea to 10 the lowest point in Its refer to the promise given to the Saints ot of God In In the month of ot February ary ry when some orno twelve hundred of ot them Ml had been keen exiled from Cram Jackson County Iii and nd were bivouacked on the Missouri bottom In most moat helpless circum In l that dark hour the voice of ot tn t the e Lord came eama to Ills Prophet and poke these thess words i Verily I 1 sa ay unto you that I have halo I decreed ed a decree which my people shall Rhall I realize Inasmuch Ina much as they hearken tram front this very ery hour unto the counsel which i the Lord their God shall give unto t h em they shall for Cor I have halO decreed it tl i begin to prevail against mine cue ene ni tram train this th very hour And by hearkening to observe all nil the tine Ws wOrds r s Which I 1 tho Lord their God wall shall peak unto them they shall shah never cease to prevail until the kingdoms of at the tho world are subdued under nay iny feet teet and tine the earth IN III given glen unto the taints saints to possess It for Cor over ever and und ever eler That was wan the tho promise of oC the Lor Lorl I given unto the saints and I say that the tha repeated triumphs of ot the tho th Church over their enemies notwithstanding standing the trials through which the Church has ius tine the conditions that prevail 11 In lu these M b stakes of ZIon ret rep represented r 1 resented In III this conference con terence are ro the positive that God has vindicated Ills promise so ro tar far as us Increasing the number ot of the tho Saints Is concerned nail and an multiplying the stakes of oC Zion Elon and the that number and condition of ot the tine In these stakes Iukes Is IR evidence that they have largely at nt least lived In liar meny with tho the conditions named In III tine tho revelation rt upon which they wore were to have success over Gods Clods enemies U Jt Is la latrue true huc of at course courie that rt a 1 few years yeara litter after i this revelation was given tIne the Saints 1 were cro again driven rota their es sinus aloris III In the tha state of at MissourI lIs but hut mark I this difference between the tho first expulsion e pul sion that took In our history the expulsion from rein Jackson county and mad the tho expulsion from frodi Missouri live Ivo years nors later 1200 were driven Iriven from Jackson county In 1833 IS hut but when the tho Church Chulch was driven from Missouri 1200 or people were exiled Tine The work I of God then linen certainly had not ceased to grow It was vas the turning over oler of ot lder 1 wall valI so BO built us as to be he higher when turned over than us It was waR originally built The Tine pro of ot the Gospel had been fruitful and alII thousands had been brought unto rt it 1 of at the truth between the two expulsions It is true also al o that a 1 few ro years yearn earll later another exodus odus was WUI forced upon the tho people Expatriation took place and our fath fata fathers ers erR were compelled to leave the beautiful ful mt ul city upon the tine banks of ot tho tine Mississippi I Issis sippi and nud come Into this tints desert moun mourn mountain thin tain waste Hut lInt tInts this tIme when they moved the tIne Church Chulch they ahoy moved some something thing lining over And then thon If It such sucha a n thing were to be thought possible that we wo must again would have to tomoe move moe something coinciding like people from rena these the e mountains go So o that In tine mat matter matter matter ter of ot i nt least there has been no In this tInts work It has Increased The IM inc testimony of ot the thc Elder 1 lder of ot Israel has been bean accorn accompanied by the witness ot of God It has hai appealed to the honest In heart and In nearly all nil the he nations of tho tine earth oarth there thero has Inns been found a n response The gather gathor gathering ing jag hus inns continued until behold the Saints have havo their feet cot made mude fast In these valleys v of ot the Rocky Kooky mountains where In fulfillment of ot the prediction of it the tine Prophet Joseph himself they have he become a 11 great reat nail ami a n powerful people MISSION WORK NOT BATED ABATED In the tM matter of ot preaching tine the Coil Gos Gospel pel tho the work worle has hall not malted halted We Wo have been true truo to that missionary spirit impressed d upon the people who re received tho the Gospel In the tho commence commencement ment meat The Thc history of ot the Church la Is unique In iii this It seems to me that every time our fortunes havo have fallen I lowest we wc have turned to the tho preaching of ot the tho Gospel as a n means of at relief and through the tho procla proclamation mation matlon of ot It wo we Ve have found renewed strength and Increased vigor to tho tine work ot of God Cod You remember do dorot you rot not tine the first lint foreign mission that Unit was conceived and executed In tho the Church in those dark days when clouds of ot spiritual darkness rattled upon KIrtland ond men whom hom the Pro Prophet Prophet Prophet phet had land trusted fell tell upon the tho right and anti uon tIne tho left lett and were tilled with bit bitterness bitterness and hatred towards toward II him you ou remember how tho the Spirit whispered to him mini that Home some new move mOe must bo be made mado for tor the tho salvation of ot the Church and anti he lie was prompted by the Spirit to tofI send fI word to lebeI C that the voice YO Ice of ot the Spirit of ot tho the Lord In Indicated that he must carry car the Gospel message to a foreign land and an It was done for tor a C Kimball Kimbal opened the Ula work In England Then after the tho exodus from Missouri before the tine Saints were vere yet ot settled permanently In 10 It Com Corn Commerce merce narce while the tho bulk of ot the Church was living In wagons tents and other temporary t a homes behold a mission for tor forthe the tho Twelve to go abroad anti proclaim pr lahn the tha Gospel Leaving their families In utmost poverty ninny many lany of ot them In sick sickness ice ness neu and the Twelve themselves sick they the drew draw to themselves the spiritual strength of ot this work and went forth as lS messengers cf ot life Uta and salvation salva ton gaIn Again true trite to this spirit so character characteristic characteristic ot of tine the Church when It I was WIH ed cil Iste over by b the tho Prophet the tho pioneers landed landell In this valley valey and be began began gan to settle this city and the thc sur aur surrounding surrounding rounding seto country before be are there thero had been leen b en any great development of ot material resources r ourel the tine Twelve ore are again called cAled out of at this desert land not only to 10 preach the tho Gospel Gospe In England but In InFranco Franco Germany Italy Ial and Scandinavia navia Thus this hats spirit of ot proclaiming those truths that God has inas deposited with wih the tha Church was characteristic of or orthe the tine Church when It settled In tn these th mountains These missions were ap appointed tp pointed r unto the tho especial witnesses of ot tho the Lord Jesus Christ to the Twelve Apostles tostie Lorenzo Snow went to Italy IalY John Taylor to Germany and France now to Scandinavia and from tram nil all tl these lands sons and daughters daughter I 1 of ot at God Coil havo hae been brought Info Into the told fold of ot Christ ChristA A taek or two ago a I attended a IL sor sorio io Ico held In Inn II this city cl In which the Church of at Christ Chrit wits wan Will arraigned fur for having by b its Is conduct so s pro pre prejudiced the tine world that they would not riot 1 1 to tine the message that we wo hal had to deliver and in solemn solomn tones wa we were warned that hat th somebody was as ao re spon for tor that condition of ot things Oh how my heart swelled with Joy when 1111 i ob that he who wino those e w words ml nail and that wonting M 11 M present ut ul th opening i INI of ot f this counter cuts cue ii III to II the tine report of 01 tho tIne of ot tho tiu i 11 cn m th mh work our car on Oil nl In nil all al by hy tile Hie of ot the Church und ld heard him bun hl Bay HJ that the tine harvest wn M sO grot great and tho the laborers HO so HI few that although we se hind had hal nearly narl hundred ii In II tho tine we wo keep keel about th t number unit out Olt henna from year to I year yet tills thin host of or o tho tia servants of at Oat 11 were not nol able to lu meet time the demands that Me lire lre for tor the tine proclamation of ot tho tIne leA leAi o opel pel It I i I H em to mo rae 10 that we are Ure lit in Il a ct 1 pretty lI ott good condition to I meet all al the tha tharl responsibility rl that we 11 vi may be he warned waret about concerning this mutter mattel of ot preach preaching ing linK the Iho opel DISSEMINATION Ol nOOK Ol OP Take rake It In in the matter of publishing to the world orld the tine American volume of ot I scripture the time Hook Bool of ot Mormon one of ot the we wc may nanny say SI with wih which this gleat gi eat work commenced In Ip II the earth Who Vho Is 1 It I Unit that bus hus hu published that work In some Home ten or twelve different languages anti and alli to as ns ninny many mO or more moro nations It I is the Church I of or Jesus Jecus Christ t of ot Saints And the tho end enl Is IR not yet et for we heard the tine explanation of ot President Anthon AnthonH It H Lund wherein he told us Ins lS In this conference that still more translations of ot this work In contemplation In Inthe tilt the Turkish and al other languages So that we WI va have havo been steadily employed In InI I giving givInG to the tine world this now new volume of ot Gods word Our hands have havo not been bean slackened with wih reference to sending abroad the tine word ot or God Clod as al It I was known to tho tine upon this conti continent cont nent thus tine the decree of God that the tine Inhabitants Inhabitant of or the earth should not only have tho the testimony of ot the Jews but that they should have the tine testimony of ot the tho also nl e and anad through them UH us writ seil as an through th Jews JelK they the tiie should learn that Jesus Is Istine the tine Christ I ray pay tine the tl Church has been he n most incest faithful In II publishing the tine word of or God lod to the tine Inhabitants of or the earth HUE TItUE TO fO OP OL TEMPLE TI BUILDING 1313 ILDI NO Another Item lem During the tine last tow few months of ot the Prophets earthly career tIne the one subject which rested upon his mind more than any other elmer was the sub subJect subject subJect of or the tine salvation for tor tho the |