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Show !l nrlifili Senii-Aniiiial I miiVi cHtc t 1 Iks! lt'tLl'da iL, ei 111 II -T til'' I'ullllrlil j Scuii-AtiinK'.i Coiilcreiii of die t'Lua-b jufJ'-U- ' iiii-l oi' La'.Ui'-'lay S;:iai; ooiiVL-hL-d in t1! New '1 al'i'i ti;.L-:L-. tit In 0 c'o-'k. I 'i-ir-iu'cMit Briuaiu onn-' piL-.-i'i:ii. On tilt Stand Were ft'tr-Me lib I'oitui;. Suiitii and dh: Kideii Oi-oii H.'do, Oiou Pratt. .I0L11 Xay-ior. Xay-ior. Wiltord Woouiufi'. ChaiR- ('. Kicli. Fiaiikiiu 1. Kic-Luids. wc-urge l). Caiiiiuu. Jo-cpli 1. Smitii and A'Oti t t 'arrinutOn. of ili.i Ouoruui oi the Twi lve, and oilier i'-n-iivu' K!a r-in r-in tlio Churtli. Kfjii-i'tc-r ofibe salt Lakl Hku-ai.ii, Hku-ai.ii, - t Ji"ii'- and ).'i!!tV'':'i'-iuit. ).'i!!tV'':'i'-iuit. wore at the rt porters' taMc. Tile eOii'regation mi; not ro large a-: it :vid i'O durintr t'uo contiiuiaiiee of tiie njootiiiLS. there being only fonveeu 1'ouv and live thousand present. I'le-ident oudk called the Conference Confer-ence to order, and tiie i-hoir -Cu: the lu"lh ii.viiiii. Kder Carrinion !'o'-iowed !'o'-iowed in uatr. when another hymn i w r,f suug by the choir. I'llE'-lW.XT loiS'l -aid tlie.V had uiut 10 htar iBstruc:iou in :i'-'iiteous-llei. and this should OcCUI'J tile alieil- '1 lion oi' ad. hay by day and week oy Week. The oiaeies have been delivered, uiei! have received the riesthood. and the jrjit and gracts Qi' the aospel have van lCsiOred; and if the people are iuhiiul and huinule, t-oi will give them power to hear oh tiH Kniyjuui. It did not matter wi?at a person was eusaged in doina", if it was a legiumu:e avocation, and done "with an earnest and honest, -desire to do good under the direction of the Spirit of God. it was acceptable before the Lord. The duty of ail was to ejiablish truth on the earth, -erve the Lord, .and increase in. knou'iejie. trutU and the u title r-stauniii.s' r-stauniii.s' of tiie jiriiiciplts of riirhteous-ne-s. .Sunday u-Jigsoa ho & 1 not believe be-lieve in, but in mat Kind ofieiiLiion by wiiich men anil women do eood and serve Outi ever.'" uay in lue week, and ail tiie time. Traditions ciing to man--kind 'like lue ah'teiio'.is of a lender friend: but aii false traditions must be overcome, a. id tl e pcopie learn to ku w and .to live in ac:-ordaiice wi:h the will and mind ci' tho lipid. There is an ' eteiui v of knowied-e vet to be earned: a id ;i i- a Ijinhin doty en all to couiiiiuii'iy iuei'ea-e in kiirrr, ieiiae. i l.d sc k ior the l'eVe.tioii- ol' liemell fl.l'i:i: flKji'X J !VJ.B n-1'..eed ill ihe lirivia ee ol' mcetiii-' v,ith antl spos.kin to his brethren, ho knew th . cati.-e in which he was em;a':ed lo lie true, aud that the Lord had spoken iu the latter-day-: and the oppo-hion of the world could not destroy that truth, nor his knowledge, lie knew that d o .eph ts ui it li wis a prophet of Cod, true aud faiihl'ul in laying 1 lie foundali'iii of the wi ik,-ou which they had tho honor of building. lie knew that J'resident Lh ieham y oiiug vva-the man to succeed suc-ceed him, and under his admini-tra-tion the Sain'S have iiotirislied and have been nourished in the truth Joseph, though a masler-inind, had uot had time on the earth lo explore all the vast field of truth that lay open belbre him; and knowledge had .-inee been added to knowledge, ba-ed on continued and more extended experience. exper-ience. The world at large has many truths, and he felt it to be his right to accept them; and they were Wekoiue to any truths which he had that tb-y iere not iu possession of. hile t he Scriptures were replete with evidence sustaining tiie failii and piae'ice nf the Saints, they had to them a more sine word if prophecy, which ''i-liiueth like a light in a dark place, until the day star arheih. 'i he speaker then reasoned on the ori n i n ol' man and on the mystery which surrounds it ; and held tha' the treat oiuuie nature, open to the inspection of ail mem wits equally to lie read viitu books coin lied oy man. hovrever -aei'-d tlieir e 'them - might be esteemed. Thinas o;ien t" tin' eyes of all are but I lie base reprc.-cn atives of things e'.ei iial ; and from what we see we can reason on what we have not seen. And as a river, small at its beginning, be-ginning, enlarges as it progresses, by al'tiueti's and auxi.iaries pouring increased in-creased waters im it. umil it deepens and exoands and eui ties its vast ol-ume ol-ume of water into the mieti'.y ocean ; so the knowledge at iirst obiained is increa-ed ami deepened by continued revelations and experience, and will so continue until eventually the know-ledee know-ledee ol' C'od shall CJer the earth as the waters do the great deep. Klder HyJo theu dwelt at some length on the dkiereiit means adopted by tho Lord lor the salvation of the iiuma. i family, lie raised the ou-s-t iuii , should he sympathize with his enemies and whh apostate- ? And replied to It by saung that lie Would extend to them acts of hninair'fy : clothe ihem if they weie naked, iced iiiem if they were hungry : but insyn.-pathiim insyn.-pathiim hh their I'lineiple-, he -appe.l th.! j'l.miuaiini of hi-pah soir-itual soir-itual -ireuet:'. slut he coii.J not ah a'd 10 do .-.j. f'i' lie VuC. i be held le-peai -ii'' ;;.:' Lhe result ' y the ureal -iehe- 11 u. 1'e le .'.e'.l s 'lie iue; ..'ll.- HI hl- per-'"r:.l i ; 'el ii nei . here :'e L 'I'd lia-i ii.'ii'ee'i Irs j.; Jict'iis by fnlii!-i fnlii!-i i; ii- i! :o. ai. i pre'i-h'" - d lint the Latter 1 iay Saints -.' sia r.'.e f-r. n r Mid t: hunt h . ,-. r ii..r c.i . ah -. l'liE-it'iv r b -: :e A. -.:: ;s! s, id :he la.oiiic. i.i as-cui'Tng in f'..:,:ei--eitce, -i.eii.d purny t.ie.r h a:-.-, ptu evo a?y ia tliai, Etvi re; are th' i't-eivi for tht i -e e:i"ii "i' and ii.'i '- T..e i a : '.: r.r Zi"H had 1 ee;-; ti.rrai-h -ti rtiis and othicul-lies. othicul-lies. bu: it i.a.i l ei .1 onwar is. and ti.e tieieer ti.e oa.i.e tne ouieker i' is ov-. :. iae or. y w..y to serve ti.e Lord he said, "i- with a.i our sou.s. with ail our stiengih and with ill our might.1' I Some iii.ve tried t" scit tiu L .!! a !i-;;e and v. 1 'evil a iirtie. a:,J It has ge-iei:.. :n 'U--.1' raiLus ui-.r.r L.ica -ii'rii fit ik'Kss and t'.elr nhiniate de-jiav.nre de-jiav.nre from the dttie titttii ther hat.. 1 Ail nien and women who expect to re-: re-: main -teadia-t in the triu'n. irni-i rre-! rre-! serve them-eives hi puiity and b"ii-e.-iy. r.nei ii: stiie". C'Leaieiiee to tne commandments of Oe-h lie urged j upon ail t" examine ilienssi ive-. put away e'.ii and ihiiy irein ihem, ani -e-ek for ihe spilit and power ' f f i od. lie a-o be'ie a sU-aLhiforuaoa testimony testimo-ny 10 Id- kllOwie-ue of the tiutil of the work with widen he was associated: associa-ted: and tiie uivin'av of the ati'iieriiy ke'd by the Proi het -T. seph .'siiii.h, anu by i're-htent L.i.i:a:a Yourg. Even the 'rials and tribuiatioi;? lo wif.c-h the .ainis h."i ix-i n exno-ed. had been lorla-i o. itl.-'r e.e.Oesi lie -hiL's. a i ihe ierd hact s'tst; iiii-d ills k-ervauts in 'leading the i'e...iv- ihrough thetu. The i'arowau choir sane: the hvuiu i'!l the I'.Tth page: and Elder .lohn Taylor ofiered the ciee-ina jvrayer. 1'. M. lii" cmigiegation al tne auernooii meeting iiumlieied over -i thousand. c noiicc-d on the -land Llders Era-tti- Smew and Liriainuii Voiing. jr.. of ihe ( fii-runi oi'tiie 'ihvele. singine: by the Tabernacle .-boh: prayr by Llder fh-ou Trait, ."-iuiiiu by tiie i'arowau choir. " Thh-l HUNT YO' re'itle-.ed that some sein- in front be lese-tAed lor the accoiuniodiilion of suaiiaeis. lie a!-o gave tiie feiiiowine lexis fu- ij,e --peak-ers: auuien of iiiitli and aeiie'ii. on tiie pait of :ne rstiiuts. which might he cahed e-"ieraiion: ti aeiitioii-. vhh ins' ructions concerning 11111:.: the od t-ration t-ration of Clliieilen: Lta- buikiib of liW temple: that the ereunaneas oi' tiie kiuadoiii oi God aie Oeees.-ery to the s:ii-atiou of tiie human lamhy: tiie gathering of the IioiisO ol' Israel, in which he included the Lamamics or j Indians-: tin? union or the -exes. tne r.ii- j I portarjeo of t.hich he dv,ef.c upon h.ia.-I h.ia.-I syif. iii.t-ome pointed remarks. re.rov-liea re.rov-liea tiie mi.-e ieieas t'tteti entertained i.y young men and young women reaard-iutr reaard-iutr 1 tie necessity of studying iashioits heiole obedience io the law's of God. j These. , , i.e. -aid. th .-e v.i.o ad- dressed the congregaticu could either sj eak iroei. as is the way whh most preachers, or they could speak to iiiem ii' they -o foil. lie urged that every individual shot'.! 1 receive the revelations of Jesus f nn-i to properly I api-lv it:0 knowie'Je he or she might j p.is'e--. lie likeni-e adiised the ispe;:i,eis not to attempt dialing on, siihi'-ci- which (hey did not understand. iTt;. v i.tieie enoii.au to in-truet ilie iteo-j iteo-j )jie and the WoiiJ, and had no need to I iiivei.ti" speculative there;--. :,ere-Iferre.i :,ere-Iferre.i li a .statement thai ha 1 ijeeu I'riiti'jhi a.an.'sL bom. tit it v.aion he-i he-i -eiit i'jrtii uis sermons he nad -aid I they were as good as scripture, and ie-iterated ie-iterated tlntt the teaelnnas of a man who knew the mind and wiii of God were as good seiiptture 1- iyiy tiiai could be found. 5l;my pcop,e nave sought unwisely l.r direct revelation-, for they have sought ior what tneywotilel mil obey if communicated to the'ee. aiauv woo were wiling 10 serve God in poverty and adver.-iiy, would rebel against iiiui in pro.-ierity : aud the Lad has to treat the people of the La' tor-day aiuts as an unruly people, j who aro not prepared 10 receive ail I the l'le--iues lie h:i in -lore ior them. Men here iu ealt .Lake Gily. who have I made theniselvo- rich on the Latter-Idav Latter-Idav r-aints. ami iar.e proie-sed a fcllow-sh.ip fcllow-sh.ip iu the ft:.b. h more value j up"ii their Weaiih than upon ihe rev-' e'aiieiis of liod. aud would turn theirl heel aeain-t God and agtiiu.-l id is j seioam-. 'file (iospeh he said, wa-1 the "ii'.' im..- iniiiocoohy. i;,;- ji oomnrohond- and cire,im-eri,'es all philo-opliy an i ail -clone : and when inen have i ari:-"! a.l lltevean iearn here, if lin y are faithful to the triu'h they will hnd they are only betdnin-nins betdnin-nins to learn. l!-'lerrii:g to tiie power which sone in.iivi1tu.1L- I'O-.-.:--. Ijo said 1 hid no man iias rjoWei' cy-x-nt is he mis iniiueiice : oii ilea m."ii who Ufic inrinf-noe with l-rtd ll? e iljlltie 'i e nlh.iiui who iove nini ami keep tli" coniiiiandiuenfs. hl nF.It litnit. c fi. t.'AVN"' sijoke on the principle ' f unity, aiid i' i iuseparat'ie eonneeiiou with tne go.-jeI. lie rc'Ve'iaed to the gieat amount, of praa.ic d instructions and vi-v counsels that ilia ehtueii had leeched brum J'ie--iueiit V'oune-, and he a-'-ea wei'e '.he riaitlls lis UUleed Us a lionpitsl should be who had rc-eived such iu-a ructions'.' The minds vi many hail been fiar-aened fiar-aened by seni-one-s red -- 'lier etnt-es, anel tli: srarr el disUii.oii had eoni- mell-Itraleiy taken I io-.-e--i"ll of thoul lie eiweh tl, 'on eo-O'ierai i. n and tit eed U 3 in: j e.'tav:", il aailt ih.t 1 .. a, i 1'e 'j-tired of hi- pC'.'ie vahjii in ail ining-. temporal a- we l i'.- soirirua.. lie noil.- i.t there wa- mo.-: :j p, d: tt ie i irmj iole'.ut.l 'h-ii'iion hnan irurn any uJ-...ar iaLLtorice L.uaaui. lo warmlv r. !-'-"',-ae; 1 that bies-i: , ev-r attended adnerrnee o tho cm: - -'. :' 1 " . ' l'.ae ;l IT- - ,;,'.; -. ll'"l..::.' - Otl t..' I J.l'-.l: of ,V yen.)-'. 1:0 1 ,: r- a sab'"'.-: ir. -!.'.! "f i or. -thy d."-."-! ' wiih"-, vie'.v ' " ... .-mi- . in til- ;- :: bio, or,, - -eei ;.-': .- ; : i InVe : ; ,. i.ra.n: ! maif.fe-.' -.. by '-c. s ana abi-, and I-Otme men airi yeir;- - v fich. i.e U.ee-i. i. ".'a- il.e d.uy oi p'-l' res !' ...tii ii t ne.r i-i miii '-. 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