Show n missions are ing everywhere citsay AT acing cistin vi stin nt he opening SUNDAY MORNING president woodruff was not present at the opening of general conference it being announced that he was indie president george Q cannon and joc ph F smith occupied their usual i ces in the pulpit in company w th 11 11 ow ag members of the F D kica dils d ils francis john henra geoage teasdale Tea adale heber J grant M V and anton H anid apostle was unable t attend in account of sickness cannon delivered the first address and hie a from the ia ait of the church pre ij iia desiree me he sad LO beir h s love to the conference he b ei in ii posed for a few days lut h ii ica much batter he haa bean d with ia somnia but be has i alfin better of late in the conference of tha churco he continued there Is real occasion to le joice it is apparent atiat the lord is with his people and looks with fa or upon zion the wo is 01 gol has never been in better conui coq and goad aie coming a from all over ine world statistics chow that about dersons haa been added to abo church duriez t e year in the united states the w k ass gone on rapidly in the sooth ia ui aimed more have been baptie I 1 than in ail eu aps ops one hundred ai 1 lit y sanday schoola are organized ahe south and affail throughout thy baat and middle stat j are bright and promising abe cr from the diffrient statta cornea to the presidency for more elders 0 o spread the truth prejudice a bain removed and frequently the e de s aro given tie privilege of abiL through the press thi faith of tle eldera is apparent in all the world ai i in LO one thing la it shown more cleany than in the fact that many of the e ders travel without or echi this method of doing the wol is very successful although it cannot be followed in all nations success is being achieved bv the el aers in holland belgium and germany and in many of the large cities prominent and distinguished citizens have bened attentively to the testimony of the elders on account of the between the anasa taj e had been temporarily withdrawn from turkey the beneficent hand of gad ie been everywhere ia removed the work of conversion is improving rapidly thirteen hundred elders are in the world preaching pre achins tho work of god and hundreds more aro being called for thia egowa the magnitude of the work bere is yet a great work to be done amon the Lama the remnant of the houe of israel but at the present time nearly all the elders are among the gentile nations division airoso over the late manifesto some people declared that it haq merely a rap to batca certain people this was not the case the manifesto was needed to clearly set forth the views of the authorities on this important question later developments have shown the wisdom ol 01 the document the latter day saints are free and the have no disposition to carb them in the enjoyment of their liberties referring to home societies and institutions tut ions president cannon said that great improvement had been shown in the M I 1 A and sunday schools this ha said is a very important division of the lattard ay work the proper training of children is a matter of vast essentiality sentia lity it is when the mind is young and plastic that lasting impress ions are made latter day saints should see that these impressions upon tie minds of their children are in harmony with the gospel and the teachings of the lords servants president joseph F smith after commenting on the progress of the work said 1 I have prayed for trials rather than for freedom from them and I 1 have been tried I 1 have been tried in my patience and love and in my integrity but I 1 have never been so tried in my faith as to ever have the thought that moi monism was not of god or that the organization was imperfect my whole nature is saturated with belief in this work recently 1 received a letter condemning me for being a member of the quorum of presidency he said that there had not been a successor appointed to joseph smith and that the presidency was an innovation the tact is that the priesthood holds the keys of presidency the doctrine and covenants says there should be three high priests and that Is tho word of god and cannot be an order hag been established in the priesthood which is absolutely aud when the presidency uzi death is no longer t the head of the church thea tha quorum of apostles is the presiding body the man to whom I 1 refer said no quorum aoud be higner than the si postles and believed that an executive committee should have been ap pointed instead 0 a quorum of presidency that order would destroy the harmony of the work and the organize tion established f god no quorum can rise up and render a decision which would be equal with a decision of the presidency there is no appeal from a decision of the first presidency of the church except it come from the general body of the church A man who would do away with the presidency would do a giong to the law of god would chloee up the doors of the temple would shut ij gates and rob the lords mouthpiece AFTERNOON the crowd was so large that an over flow meeting was necessary the tabernacle services were commenced by the congregation singing god boyea in a mysterious way etc elder B H roberta opened with the choir sang an anthem president lorenzo snow was the first speaker he read see doctrine and covenants and commented on it speaker had witnessed the wonderful manifestation in the kirtland temple at time of the revelation in the vision the prophet saw god in hi glory and speaker believed the statement for he had been intimately ac quainter quain ted with the prophet the work of god cannot prosper without cevela aioo physical knowledge cannot alone convince us ot its truthfulness the same knowledge comes to us in other ways one does not ned to go to the city of london in order t be convinced that such a city exists he becomes no belter d by an actual visit to the city you never haye seen joseph but you can be fully convinced of that he live and was a true prophet of gad there is a spirit diat gives us thia knowledge this faith and it becomes as strong in many as actual physical knowledge speaker had a full faith but he desired a manifestation of the spirit this came to him in the temple what wonderful things the gospel opens to our view great yakob by its great and glorious principles it gives us new hope of a world to come and bestons bestows upon us happiness here in our temporal probation we should et others of the blessings of the gospel through word of the temples labor the ded and give them the blessed opportunities apostalo F D richards was very much encouraged by ibe report of the missionary labora of tho church Eva who has studied tha gospel know the greatness of the work now going on all who bold the priesthood should remember that they are called to carry out gods purposes as ard dictz by the prope prop 8 y 0 re pen tance fa new in the re and cur elders are tho only teachers claiming direct authority from gia being able to baptize in tho name of ho lord jasus christ our elders baptize ai did john the baptist and we have tha greatest gres test tint the latter day saints fol I 1 low a liko method and our baptism does not only apply to the living but it is also done for the dead in this way families may not only receive the gospel for generations back but they may be united in other ties through our tempio ordinances joseph the prophet one of the greatest who ever lived on the earth is now working among tho spirits in the other world there havo been about ono million bani sms already in the temples for the dead a small beginning has been made the work will be consummated sum mated when christ camas on earth to reign but we should nevertheless ahat this is a great work and ay aside oar petty prejudices and jealousies we are in the habit it was feared of looking anor sr v r rand chickens tarn ito ri c i 1 f the gospel of course the temporal ghinns are also necessary young men should take into healthy young wives and then locate upon some piece of ground and make homes for themselves he closed by bearing his testimony the prophecies of god are being fulfilled and saints should be united especially in all public policies god is opening up opportunities for the spread of hia work both at home and abroad there is a chance for all to ba active and he prayed god that the sainto might magnify their calling apostle JET M lyman desired the same spirit aa that which had actuated form er speakers the report of the missionary work had opened the eyes of the speaker to the vast work that god has designed ayery one who has a desire to in that great work is called cf god how grateful all should feel that they are connected with gods great work we are all entitled to have a knowledge of the truthfulness of the gt J to know of its beauties it is given to us never more to be thrown down dangers seem always to be greater from within than from without and saints then should live BO that no dissension should come when vacancies occur in the quorums qu j it should re known that god selects men to fill them toe lord has a direct interest in his work he selects the missionaries thai go abroad to proclaim his gospel and is with his priesthood here at home in all the ordinances that they perform A president of the church or an apostle cannot be selected through the scheming aal intriguing of men the orpa of the church in the past has been according to the mind and will of the father and it will be BO in the future when god speaks H s servants always leave the courage to carry out his designs this church gods work will thrown dolif enemies hava always been on the alert to aid but no matter how many fall away this work will goon where baere Is now hundred elders in the field there will soon be thirteen thousand it is chatau should live as near to god aa possible and prepare theme elyes to ba workers of the church A reaction has set in regarding this church and our relatives aud friends in the world are inquiring of what our doctrine consists it is difficult matter for men to be saints of gd they must boreako all for christ seak firs t the kingdom of god how is the work of god all ahe quorums are kept fully organized and all with a view to the spread of the gospel there is n great field for work richt here at home among our own chil dren and among the strangers that are now of us they should all be warned the gospel can be preached here at home as well as abroad the saints should BO live that abey can call down gods blessings how is it that the lord d oes not answer our prayers it is because we do not oray with a proper spirit our elders receive answer to their prayers for they then aliye near to the lord if we live a to god hero at home our prayers would then ba answered the speaker also referred to the order cf tle thiea chief quorums of the church and their powers the faiet presidency are in the lead and the other quorums will lead when abey are gone president cannon complained of the many about while the serviced ser vicea were boing soing on especially under the eal ceries in the evening there was a sunday school meeting MONDAY FORENOON SALT LAKE 5 the first sneaker chii morning was apostle john hen ry smith who referred to the lifes charac ft ol 01 the venerable man president his and bacr linz integrity and paid a general tribute to his worth apostle teasdale baxt spoke ha read the fifth chapter ofA paul to the hebrews referring especially to the way men wera called by god he spoke about the atonement of christ through which the would be brouett about and on the principles of the corpel apostle bieber J grant delivered a powerful discourse in august 1842 the prophet josaph predicted that the would be driven to the bocky mountains where they would bacome a mighty people the Saints today are a living fulfillment of tb s prophecy he read a revelation from the doctrine and covenants to prove the exercise of the priesthood must b acceding to the principles of lone buffering an ou r diac si ac was real tn chow the wosa i bat would uron who lift p acer hands against abs tbs priesthood or od |