Show conference I 1 P nit nii i annual k I 1 ifie cole Coic rence which 4 ha just closed was very numero numerously ugly attended froni from the various settlements throughout the 1 territory the spirit 0 0 ahe pie L ti q ord was as poured out in great bun danco upon the speakers and the people assem aasem assembled ae bled bied and the teachings teach nga given during duning conference were highly instructive 1 varied in character aisi atwi adapted to 1 the he present wants of the tile saints as will be seen by a perusal of be the following minutes the singing by the choirs choir and ana tile the music by the bands ige iDe between tween mee mec meetings tings were excellent and cheering the feelings enjoyed by tile the assembled saints can be better under stood by those who have experienced them thern than expressed THIRTY FIFTH semiannual conference conference convened ih the bowery 45 B S L city on friday oct oth IM 1865 at 10 am president brigham young presiding there were on tile the stand presidents brigham Youn young gand and heber C kimball of the first presidency orson hyde john taylor wilford woodruff geo A AL smith amasa M lyman ezra T benson charles 0 rich lorenzo snow erastus rastus JB snow franklin D richards and george geoage Q bannon of the twelve apostles john smith patriarch joseph young levi W hancock albert P rockwood horace S eldredge jacob Gate gates sand and john vail van cott of the First presidency of the seventies jolin john young edwin D woolley and samuel W richards the presidency of the high hi h priests quorum david fullmer ans and george B wallace of the presidency of this stake of zion mon edward hunter leonard W hardy and jesse C little presidency of the bishopric george D watt and edward L sloan reporters and a large number of or bishops and 14 elders eiders in front of the stand were seated the tabernacle choir under prof thomas the logan and richmond choir led by br thomas thomay horsley the smithfield choir led by br robert fishburn the spanish fork choir led by br W jones and the 0 oden ogden den choir led by br W pugh mee meeting ting called to order by president B young anthem jerusalem my glorious glor gior ibus jiame ahme 11 by the tabernacle admi aduf clio cilo int irl eia eld elder bider bolln John taylor vaylor offered the open opening iii prayer lo logan loan an and providence choir sang hark ye e mortals etc president Lut heber C kimball prayed that the peace of god might be upon all the saints and upon all who love the lord jesus he spoke of the inclination of many to try and justify their J wrong arong doings by pointing to the failings of others andoe and of the obi obligation that rest all to receive the truth we will live for ever if we lay a foundation to do so building on the truth he lie treated on various principles of the tile gospel and their practical application by the saints pointed to the new tabernacle and showed the necessity of its being speedily finished that we mis might lit have a house large largo enough in which to meet and worship god the principle principle drin Erin ciple elpie of tithing is enjoined by the lord ord and the saints are arc required to Us observe it through practical obedience to that principle they can accomplish all the works of a public nature required of them the government of god on the darth dirth is the only one reco reeo recognized nihed by tho the heavens and obedience to its authority living in the practice of righteousness is is necessary eMiry before the vather father 11 ather and tle the the son will take up their abode abodd with us and the spirit of the lord bord abide bide bido with us we are the offspring of god and partake of his attributes I 1 and it is our right to know what is true if we do not know the truth we cannat be led by those who are ap pointed to guide and direct in the things of the kingdom of god goo of the sacred nature bf the ordinances administered in tb the e I 1 house louse of god and of the serious consequent consequences cons equen cs of trifling with them the building of the ithe temple and tabernacle would be buta but lut a little work for this tills people to perform but if the temple was finished today to day are ure we as a people prepared to enter cuter into it MI god will choose a people from among on us on whom ile he will bestow liis 1118 choice blessings referred to his mission to england and to the few of those wildmere who wild were then baptized who are now in the faith falth showing that we ave must love and live in the truth in humility and obedience to obtain sal sil salvation exhorted the people to continue erving god and in the midst of all their amusements and recreations to be humble and prayerful and seek to have the holy spirit with them no man has the right to sin no matter what his office calling or position may be bo the right af government gov oos rement in the church rest rests with br bi brigham and though t the tile world may talk against gion alon one e man power they practically endorse ibby it by appointing pointing ip one man to preside over a community as a governor or president giving him power por to govern them and veto legislative enactments he encouraged cou raged the saints to study the revelations of god and spoke of the holy influence which accompanies that study testifying that the Iti individual who reads and practices practices the revelations which havsteen eteen hav have been given will be filled with the holy ghost the 0 gospel is a system of progress and if we continue in the principles of the doctrine of christ we will go on to perfection smithfield choir sang joy to the world elder A randall bandall gave a brief account of his tr trip to the sandwich islands from whiz which lie he had just returned of oatlie the kindly manner in which the natives native had treated them of the views of the white population there concerning the missionaries and of matters and things in general he had bad started on the of last may with the company that left at that time for the islands he did not think his mission was ended but as he had been asked why he was back lefave he gave it as a general beneral answer that he ha had comelia come lip tip to conference I 1 spanish fork choir sang mark hark listen to tile the trumpeters trum peters prayer T by elder eider I derEL E L sloan 2 p rii iii mortals awake was sung by the igo ogden den choir prayer by elder geo Q cannon singing how beautiful in jn zion by the tabernacle choir elder erastus snow gave ail an account of the southern settlements three years ago last spring st george was surveyed and located loc loe atea since that time twenty more settlements have been located on the rio itlo Gro ande and ilio virgen I 1 including two oil on the muddy and nd one on the beaver dam comprising what is called our dixie small settlements are strung along the santa banta clara the difficulties to bo ho encountered in settling that region and which have been measurably overcome were graphically and briefly described during this past season they have raised considerable wheat barley oats and corn elder eider snow expressed his ampre of the kindness bestowed upon the people south by their brethren in in the north the breadstuff s furnished from the north were a great blessing indeed I 1 inthe in the thinnest settled se portion of that country they have llave raised this season sufficient bread stun to last them till another harvest with the strictest economy while the tile more thickly settled portion sSt george and surrounding cities what may be called the populous part of the country hav have e not more than one half or at most two tivo thirds sufficient breadstuffs bread stuffs to last them for the coming year the tile culture of cotton is improving in quantity if not in quality but the best seeds imported ini igl ported deteriorate they have raised considerable sugar cane made molasses and traded with the northern counties adjoining for by this means they have helped themselves to a great extent tile the speaker treated upon the manifestations of the provi dences of god towards his people and of the principle of union exemplified among the this saints and tile the disunion that is rampant throughout gout the world singing by the logan and ProvI providence dence denee choir elder george IV grant expressed his pleasure at meeting with the saints at home he hav having ing returned a few days ago from his mission to En england glaud on which he had started in the spring of 61 fol he spoke of his labors there therland and of the great desire of the saints sainta to gather elder C C rich gave a brief description chip crip tion tiou of the settlement of bear lake 1 valley some seme 2 years ago lie he had gone agne therewith with a company after viewing the tho country they made a commencement to settle the valley in what is now called paris A year ago last spring pres pros young and anti company had visited v is ite d the valley and blessed the tile people and the country last year they succeeded in raising about bushels of wheat bhea t though the tile frosts had injured some bear lake valley is between 70 and 80 miles mile longani iong long and about ten len miles mile wide including the lake and is a tine line timber and grazing country he ile spoke of the great mercies of god to this people and exhorted them tosu tosef f fer no to have pow powe rover crover them A anthene Ant heni henl by the smithfield choir prayer by elder PUder jacob gates saturday 10 a m pres pros D dwells II 11 HW wells ells eils who arrived this in morning orning from E europe drope was on estand chestand th singing how beautiful upon the mountains by by the spanish fork choir prayer by elder W Woo woodruff drull sin singing V by the ithe ogden choir E eldor elder der dor W W phelps spoke a short time on the tile blessings resulting from abiding in the truth singing by the tabernacle choir elder orson hyde touched upon the influences to be encountered by uy the saints in coming beret here and the happy feelings participated in by those who persevere in faithfulness spoke of the increase of settlements in sanpete county and the forming of two new counties there sevier and plute counties and reasoned on the principle of cultivating a smaller quantity of land than many are inclined to do and cultivating tiva ting it well in preference to laboring on an extent which cannot be pro erly worked and irrigated speaking an fn i like manner of the number of stock owned and kept by individuals advocating the tile wisdom of keeping no 0 more mor stock than can be well wel fe fed an and properly rop e rl cared for he urged d t that at a above ove ati all nil things we should see seek k to have the spirit of god to guide gulde us continually owr referred e berred to the great blessings bestowed upon abraham and that we are heirs to the same promises and blessings if ir we will 11 do the same works bore testimony in in great plainness to the destructions that are rapidly coming on the wicked and tho the onward pro progress ress of the work of god if wo we continue faithful singing by the logan and providence choir elder feldor george A smith referred to the first con eon ferenee ference fe rence renco held in this valley eighteen years ago aga which convened under the shade of a haystack hay stack and said it would require a rather large haystack to amford afford shade for the congregation before him he spoke of the extent number er and growth of the ettle fettle ments throughout the territory and endorsed the teachings of elder hyde on the tiie cultivation of land treated on tile tiie so southern settlements and the energy of the people and stated that mechanics chanies cs especially blacksmiths are needed in various of af the villages and settlements south advising any who might be going there to take with them for their own consumption there still being far from any abundance there singing by the smithfield choir prayer by DS elder E T benson 2 pm P singing from all that dweir dwely dwell by tile tilo spanish fork choir prayer by elder geo ceo Q cannon sll Sli singing ging 0 by the ogden choir elder geo Q cannon then presented the authorities of the church to the conference who were unanimously sustained by vote in the following order brigham young president of tile the church churell of jesus C christ farist of latter day saints hebere deberc He berC kimball his fir tir first stand and daniel H wells his second counselor orson hyde president of the thu quorum of the twelve apostles and orson pratt sen sell john taylor wilford woodruff lt george A smith amasa al lyman byman ail all ezra T benson charles C ia rich lorenzo snow erastus snow franklin D richards and george Q cannon members of said quorum john smith patriarch of the church daniel spencer president of this stake of zion xion and david fullmer and geor george e B wallace his counselors william william eddington john V lon long john L blythe john T caine josep joseph W young howard 0 spencer claudius V spencer john squires william H folsom emanuel al murphy phe thomas E jeremy geo W thatcher members of the high council john young president of the high priests quorum edwin D woolley and samuel W richards his counselors joseph young president of the first seven presidents of the seventies and levi W hancock henry hartiman harriman Harri harrl man mau albert P rockwood horac horae sei sri S el dredge jacob gates and john xan ran an cott members of the first seven I 1 es ideath of the seventies william squire president dento 0 the eiders quorum james smith a id peter latter his counselors edward hunter presiding bishop shop leonard W hardy and jesse jesso liine his counselors samuel G ladd i of the priests quorum william C i and robert price his counsel counsell coun selo seio ar s adam spiers president of t th h P teachers quorum henry I 1 dorcous auti anti am martin marfin lenzi his counselors james leach president of the deacons quorum warren har hai leehin ie bas has counselor 4 Brigha mYoung trustee in in trust rust for the ther church of jesus jesua christ 0 latter day saints bent daniel H wells sup Super inte lent of public works john sharp h assistant william 11 folsom HF archiie for the church briga brigham am young president 0 of f tle tie e perpetual emigrating fund to g gabaer ah er the poor heber C kimball Kimb all alJ D dallel dasiel ail all ea H wells and edward hunter hi hil assistants and agents for said fund george A smith historian a ard aid general church recorder and ilford woodruff fr his assi issi assistant stant J singing by tabernacle choir elder john taylor spoke a aa fey ev minutes on the propriety of continuing the conference for a few days loz loy longet g 1 pres B young instructed tah saint that it is as necessary for us to toe main malli together to receive the bles bless blessius sius sims god has in store for us as it is for tho ahe e farmer to wait for the fruits of lii ili labon labor labora I 1 after he has planted the seed am an wished the tho saints to remain the spirit of god should sabit say bay it is is douall ough all keeping their business and ind torl tori V cares away from them and uniting in prayer I 1 and worshipping wor shipping god buwe receive the blessings we have desired in a coming together X elder john taylor moved that ve se contin continue ue this conference until the spirit of the lordi through his servants or says it is enough carried unanimously the vast congregation rising to their feet A the president said may th thelford elLord bless you for ever and ever amel amei logan and providence I 1 hard times come again no more 0 1 elder john taylor spoke of the objects for which lle ile lie the gospel has lias been baen revealed namely the salvation ani nl exaltation al of all who will vill obey its ite J p i rincy 1 pies ples urged the importance tion to ties as well as those that are called spiritual all being com corn sed within the |