Show semiannual SEMI ANNUAL CONFERE conference NCE OF CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF I LETTER DAY SAINTS convened in the tabernacle thursday oct 6 at 10 am president brigham a young presiding OK ON THE STAND presidents Brigha brigham mYoung young heber C kimball and daniel 11 II wells odthe of the twelve apostles orson hyde orson pratt wilford woodruff fr john taylor amasa lyman ezra T benson charles C rich lorenzo snow elastus erastus snow and franklin D richards seventies joseph young zera albert P rockwood horace S eldredge and levi W hancock high priests john young edwin D woolley samuel W richards john INI bernhisel william IV phelps samuel L sprague and thomas B marsh presiding bishop edward hunter presidency odthe of the stake daniel spencer and david fullmer pat patriarchs john young reporters george 1 D watt and john V lon long I 1 choir choir choin sung great is the lord prayer by pres john young S singing ing ing by the choir president B young said that as this was the monthly fast day the services would be conducted aa as on ou all regular fast days that the privilege would be granted to the saints sainta to speak tho those e things 9 that were in their hearts and to confess their faults one to another ile he spoke of the inci inclinations inactions of the human famil family to mingle minie with and participate i pate in in the surround surrounding in influences in which they dwell that it is tire tife the peculiar privilege of the latter day saints to associate together free from surrounding influences said that through the fall wa we ar are arb e prone to evil but when wilen our spirits came into our bodies they were free from evil they were pure and holy and prepared to receive instructions from the source of all good that notwithstanding the power of the lil til e evil one the spirit of man will reign predominant privately if it cannot publicly that the time will come when people will not be tempted as they are now for the intelligence diffused among them will be sufficient for them to live without temptation advised the latter day saints to let their IL licht ht shine to let the spirit within them come off conquer conqueror or also when tempted and ard buffeted to keep their mouths closed instead of diffusing abroad that which the evil into their hearts if they had bad anything good in their minds he counseled them to s eak of it but to keep the bad feelings to trem them selves 1 that it was their privilege to diffuse light and knowledge to the e nations of the earth he then allowed the congregation 0 to occupy the time ten persons bore testimony to the truth of the goepel revealed through joseph smith after which elder mcallister sung dochat do what is right 11 and when nine others had spoken he sung eha ehg me tha moral conflict seven more spoke and at Z the meeting was dismissed till tiu 5 pm pres B young tom told the people that whatever evir they did should be done oy by the dictates of 0 0 ehe the e holly ghost atlak th atthe kha religion r p of jp jesus esus comprehends all sciences every species of in mechanism ech aniam and that irvill it viii will vill drink up althe le whole earth with its philosophy and intelligence I 1 benediction by elder erastus snow t 5 PM rm singing prayer by pres john young eite elte elder eider r orson Hyde llyde addressed the congregation ti 1 on on the pre existence of man giving it as his opinion that we each signed a document before we came here by ahil which promised to be faithful to our god and to our covenants while I 1 we dwell in this mortality president B young bore testimony to the truth of the great work of god and recommended principles of honesty truthfulness and obedience to the laws of god in this life and thereby secure an eternal identity with eternal lives in in the next estate singing by the choir benediction by elder ezra T benson FRIDAY oct 7 10 am choir sun bung sung 0 behold a kin king 0 shall reign 0 in righteousness prayer rayer by bishop L D young chols sung how beauteous are their feet 15 president brigham young spoke from th the e text except ye are one ye are not mine 2 said that all the heavenly host were one in in mind and that they agreed with their dictator that there could be no feeling no suggestion no sentiment entertained different from those entertained by the man or being that dictates them the principle of oneness ori cri eness will save the people but no people can be one except upon the principles oe of eternal life the world doridis won wor idis is full they lyles of discord acol strife vanity and it must so remain unless righteousness brings about this oneness all thrones kingdoms principalities and powers that are not concentrated in this oneness must and will crumble to pieces he ire also pointed out the duties of the people towards their bishops showed how a man would increase in wisdom and knowledge if he was prayed for and the faith of his ward yard ward was centered upon him spoke of the follies of the people in their intercourse with each other reasoned at some length on the duties of husbands and wives admonished the beope to live above the law said the people were improving but ut he wished them to so live that the they could discern the things of god from the things of man in a moment the lord will save all israel and likewise the children of esau he remarked that it is one of the most glorious doctrines of the religion of jesus that the lord is going goin fo to save all ail 71 except the sons of perdition r elder theodore turley bore testimony to the truth of the gospel of jesua christ referred to the words of daniel relative to the stone being being cut out of the mountain without hands bands and ad spoke of the influences by which lie he had been surrounded told his experience in california i while preaching the gospel there president heber C kimball spoke in hi high h commendation of bro turley then took tip up the text 1 I am the true vine and my father is the husbandman said if it the popie people would be of one heart and one mind neither the devil nor any other power would have anything to do with them it always made him feel sorrowful when he saw men set a bad example advised the saints to cleanse their hands and their clearts hearts from all iniquity made some remarks on the subject of prayer bore testimony to the truth of the thie gospel of christ revealed through joseph smith alluded to the importance of obeying counsel in all things recommended economy and care in the preservation of the grain gain that is raised in this territory blessed the e people in the name of the lord choir choin sung the lord will comfort zion i benediction by elder lorenzo snow 2 OCLO cir clr PM r m choir sung 1 come sound his praise abroad 12 prayer pra er by elder erastus snow choir sung truth reflects upon our senses president daniel 11 wells took for a text let us ns manfully manthe man the ship zion zi on called upon the people to shake off every species specks of 1 wickedness and to henceforth live by t the he truth th to put away contention and strife and obey every principle of righteous righteousness reminded those who had been assisted by the perpetual emi emigration ration fund that it was their duty to pay bacig back what had been expended in bringing infringing them here in order that the means might be a again ain aln used to gather the poor made some important imp important observations on home manufactures and home produce alluded to many difficulties that grethren Er ethren brethren labor under who are engaged in home manufactures exhorted the saints fo to be diligent in the performance of their duties to be i humble to be prayerful and to continue to improve in every good word and wok that the I 1 greater blessings bies bles sings of the kingdom king doiA aola of our god may be doured poured out upon them spoke of th the lord lo 10 rd calling ca I 1 ling and sending moses to lead israel from the land of egypt E and the power that was then displayed and a i said baid that bat similar add and greater freater power would now be made manifest if we would live our religion elder john taylor referred to the miracle miracles sr wrought and the power that was manifested in the days of elijah and in speaking of the false falge prophets who called upon their idol gods to send fire to devour their sacrifice remarked remarket that the spirit of wick vick wickedness edness always was and is very noisy noisy while the spirit of truth of ligh light and virtue ia is modest pure and holy t that at when the saints meet in conference the spirit of god is with them in peace quietness and power argued that union produces strength and power 0 and that the many 11 lights gats coming together er produces a general illumination that we were svere strong then because we were associated with the leading authorities of the church and kingdom of god spoke of the confusion and anarchy that exist in the world of the exertions in the nations of europe in regard to one power jower coping with agothar for the sake of territory and dominion of the ani animosity and bad feeling that are exhibited in mosir mosig the united states and in south america enlar eniar enlarged on the enlarged led principles of government in genera general and the power evinced in governing and controlling the bepple people of the church of jesus christ of latter dat day a saints also alluded to the reduced power ff and influence of the catholic church at the present day in the european nations and the tyranny that is there usurped and exercised and said that the reason why it is so is because they are without god in the world made remarks on the various sources to which men inen apply for light and knowledge and among 0 the we rest named joseph smith mak making in application to the lord for knowledge and h his Es receiving a revelation to establish the kingdom of god argued arguet that the order of god goil cou could ld only be established by that power which controls the universe for that is the great source of religion religions morality science and intel intelligence alluded to the power of steam electra i city and compared them to the power by which phili philip phllip was carried away into the wilderness 9 prayer drayer prayed that the time might soon come when the will of god shall be done on the earth as it is in heaven choir sun bun bung sung the standard of zion y benediction benediction by president B young SATURDAY oct 8 10 AM meeting 0 called to order by president daniel spencer choir sung come ye that love the lord y prayer by eder elder E T benson president joseph young treated on the weakness of man the greatness of his folly and his backwardness to seek after eternal thi things ng s read the text and this is life eternal that the they Y i cht know thee the only true god and jesus C christ whom thou hast sent john 17 chap 3 verse exhorted the elders os of israel to perfect themselves as much as possible in the glorious atul athi attributes buto of the deity spoke encouragingly to the saints who have just arrived in the valley president brigham young said paid that he would like to se see the man that knew god he did not wish to throw any reflections upon the conduct of this people for tor he had bad alwaes always believed that the people in the days of enoch och who walked with god did not make greater ogress progress in the first twenty nine years of their progress Rr history than this people have he was satisfied that we were advancing in knowledge spoke of the restoration of the gospel by joseph the prophet of the building w up of zion a also aiso iso of the spirit of the lord bringing light and intelligence to the saints alq and gow wow how that it opens the vision of their minds so that they see zion alon as it will be and it is the most beautiful sight they ever saw but then they go into error when they expect to see that zion here which th they thes have seen in vision said the lord was in thy the house hse by his spirit and by his influence but if he were here in person he would consume us ile lie explained why there is no work nor device in the grave viz viz because the spirit is not there but it is in the spirit world and a thousand times more busy than it was when here spoke of god being the father of our spirits that he has been a man like one of us but that he Is now an exalted being counseled the saints to live according to what they know that they may increase in all things then by and bye they will be satisfied for said he 49 all is yours and you yoa are christs and christ is gods 11 told the congregation that they were going ad 1 to present the authorities of the i I 1 churco Chur church cf a and he lie wished the people to vote by holding up the right hand and if they could not i ote conscientiously the they ani might have the privilege of getting up and ass abs assigning nin their reasons ile lie then p resented the authorities ot of the church as follows brigham L young president of or the thie church of jesus jestis christ christ of latter day saints heber lieber C kimball his first and daniel 11 IL wells hi his second counselors Couns elois orson oreon hyde president of the quorum of lff iff 1 the thi twelve apostles and 0 son pratt AN wilford ord woodruff john taylor george A smith amasa lyman ezra T bensn charlas C rich lorenzo snow erastus snow and franklin D ichards richards ll members of said quorum john smith presiding patriarch john young president of ot the high priests quorum joseph yount youns senior president of the seventies and henry herriman zera albert P rockwood horace S eldredge dredge EI and levi W hancock his counselors ores president president ident D 11 wells presented the remainder ma inder john president of the elders quorum I 1 danvel daniel Pre preele predie ele eie najt of qt taj 51 stake ake of 1 zion in rega regard d to the high council president I 1 wells well 3 9 said sald a d the brethren of the III ili high h council are residing in different localities and many of them have served a iong long time and it is proposed that we dissolve this high council and at a proper time organize anew it if this thia meets the minds of 0 the conference you will manifest it by raising the right hand carried edward hunter presiding bishop lewis wight president of the priests estil quorum mcgee me gee harris president of the Tea teachers cheril quorum alexander herron president of the ded dei deacons quorum brigham Brig hamo haro young trustee in trust for th e church of jesus christ of latter day saints daniel 11 wells superintendent of public works truman 0 angel angels architect for the church brigham young president of the perpetual et u al erma ErVa emigrating ting fuz fuw fund to gather ather the poor poo rHeber deber TI C kimball I 1 cimball daniel H wells and edward hunter ili lii inter his assistants and agents for said fund george A smith historian and general church recorder deran and d wilford woodruff his assistant who were all sustained by theaon the conference president B young made some remarks on the subject of the high council and quoted the following followings text better is a wise child than an old and foolish king that will no more be admonished 11 it was said in old times old men for counsel and young men for warty war but his doctrine was young men for counsel and young youn in men en for war some of the high council bouncil lived at cottonwood some in otah utah they had served a long iong time and had done the best they could but he ce would like to gee see men never be too old to learn counseled and commanded the elders to let whisky and brandy alone and while they were able to walk and ride about not to say they wanted or needed liquor argued that every time men take liquor or stimulants into their systems they shorten their lives advised men not to work so hard that they had to tet get half drunk in order to keer keep it tip up said he henad ad 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