Show STARE the current cair rent quarterly conference of utah stake ot of zion opened in in tho the provo tabernacle on saturday bitu ulay list last at 1030 10 30 a in after singing ringing the opening prayer was offered oali aed by bishop in stale stake clork clerk A jones then road read the stalls report for tho the quarter ending oct jl 31 1881 from which wo we present following extracts the iho stake is is shown to contain 2 patriarchs seventies high priests 1301 I 1 elders priests teachers Toi chers Den cong and members which formaa n total of officers and members mom bors and ai a total number of souls soul S 15 I 1 US APOSTLE F 31 LYMAN then address oil od tho the conference during daring tho the past seison season a favorable showing of crops has las been uniform throughout tho the territory tho the earth stems seems to hive yielded 1 bub substance stance in in a manner exacting ling the average 0 and in in the midst of our thankfulness for these blessings the lio question should occur to all if our spiritual progress has boon been commons monserato with our temporal bless ings if not wo we have allowed our temporal nature to outgrow our spir igual selves aches if blessings wei a view MOW odin ed in tho proper aig light ht wo we would with every manifestation of gods goda good noss learn better low to repent of our bailin fa failings ilin and transgressions we should hiva havo some other aim aim in life beside self support i a living only sustains tho the temporal man while tho the do vel beloi ment of spirit should be paramount before us its temporal acquini eions are gone with B ith tho the using while a step of spiritual progress will have a listing lasting effect among other re quire ments made upon us is is that of tithing the lords lo 10 d s promise is is in in force to dry tint that ho he who is 19 tithed shall not be burned but receive receive bless ings that hi his s storo store houses shall not contain them it is is by the observance of the many ordinances of tho the gospel by us that tho the promise of tho the lord loid is is to bo be curled carried out in in regard to purifying and sanctifying sanctify ing this our abode as tho land of zion ono has to observe these principles for himself and a pliant parents a good works will no more moio answer for the son don than will one mans clothing for hi I 1 1 neighbor neigh boi APOSTLE JOHN SMITH probably ably the course which the lord has taken toward us cannot be better shoy n than by comparing tho the condi tion of the people today with that only a few years ago when even our food dress find and mann manner er of living dif f ferrod a much from those states today to day there are many points still needing more diligent Rp one im and imperative act upon us is is the training ot of tho the children eions are continually being instituted and there are already a considerable consul erable n number um bar in in the midst of i tho the saints which are conducted according to the spirit of the gospel the academy in in provo is is among the tha foremost forem but I 1 cheso privileges are attended with im im operative pera tiva tive responsibilities that wo sus tain those institutions our enemies enemies are endeavoring to lead astray the children by inculcating into their minds principles which are antigon to our church while ft hilo professing friendship f rien i d s hip these thesa outsiders hutsi rs would dolight dorien to steal our children away from us these denominational or sectarian ian schools are being instituted among the latter day saints we V e are not called upon to deprive the advocates advocat os of such each institutions of their rights leave them alone if they are sincero wi wish 1 sh them good it if they have malice toward us its let the lord work out his mind with them A parents duty is is a responsible one and were the mothers in in israel to gather around them their daughters and I 1 in a them half as much in regard to tho things of god which will include tho the laws of health and life as they do spend in in preparing paring for the adornment of the person good goal results NY would fol low were the fathers instruct s eruct their sons as to the preservation of 01 their health the their r duties in alter aft r life as they do regarding tho the accumulation of 0 means and culli cultivation of farms there them would rould be more zeal among amon g tho the young men as gar gards their tommy comin responsibilities A latter day saint father lias has more to todo do than to look quietly on antl and are sro his children stolen from him by infidel teachers A howl is hoard board in the world today to lay public opinion and public influence is against this people outsiders are ara today to day striving to work up the public against ails people that th at at tho the coming congress legislation will bo be taken against vs its latter day saints must be awake to duty dut and those alio o who nio are otherwise ao will leavo ko k o this ship for feir fear it will sink bink benediction by elder Z coltrin rpm p opening prayer by elder 1 I 31 coombs ELDER 0 W iho lat tor ter day smuts saints are privileged pinilo god with willi ro ceiling boivin instructions which aro are attend nut lint upon it is art this principle plo that wo we feel safe in in carrying c out our oar own van ms requirements boiu be ause ii it if wo IM live pra prayerfully before god his constant stream of revelation will direct our steps the iho biblo bible is la recognised recognized by all allseits sects wo we mso it too but wo have hao other works given to fo ui for foi a similar purpose the iho book of mor mon man and doctrine and covenants coe cants contain too tho the gospel gool principles the lord says in in a revelation relation his people should road tho the lost lest books abd those these bist best bools books will contain iho clio three above mentioned some lat ter tei day saints saint s homos homes are actually without these books and others in in which tho the works may ma bo be found noer never seo them opened no man can be ba saved before god in in ignorance our god is is an intelligent being and any one who dwells with him must bo ba intelligent intelligent tell toll igent too intelligence know ledge edge and wisdom aro are tle tho factors of the kingdom of god our stand in irl is is not judged however by the dearl dagno 0 of intelligence we possessor in in other words knowledge know knowl lodge edgo alone will not baio us its satan batan is is very cunning canning and shrewd but he be turns lus his know knowledge knowledg led c to evil account and hence his con can damnation domni tion is is to bo be deiy cry great wis ft is dom w will ill in increase creaso the responsibility of the possessor and unless turned tumid to good account and mado made the medium nun of benefiting tho the possessor and those by whom he may be ba surround ed ad will servo sero only to deepen his con can dem nation rory every truth that has over ever been developed by which mankind has leon becio MRM hai offal edwith ed with tho the creator lot every latter lay day sai saint I 1 nt then train his mind and increase his hia knowledge knowl edgo and intelli gence thero there are ae a e many books to bo be read by members of this church which will prove proe of lasting good some men complain at not being on en abbed to address an audience audi in i i n a satisfactory manner it is is because those persons do not endeavor ond eivor to gather a store of knowledge from which they could draw as the spirit of god may direct knect them when ad dressing their brethren ethien bi ItOl lectiOn and study are noc nos cessare requisites to the preparing of a mans mind to enter the presence of his god ELDER F GIBBS the workings of god amongst tins this people cannot pass unnoticed to ono one who will observe tho the acts of tho the people thia Ih islandia land is being blessed as tho the abode of the saints and in in a degree corres as wo we grow stronger and the stream of this work rolls higher tho the power of the outsiders will bo be increased again against us as the you g readers may wonder how the 1110 jews could actually persecute tho the son of god as they did but in in our own day wo we have seen tha tho servants of tho the saine hame god destroyed off the earth one cannot see BOO but that the lord has established his work on tho the earth to carry on that work latter day saints are needed who will ponder seriously and firmly 6 r aly over things they lear hear and learn continual ly there is emid to bo be no royal road to learning neither is is there a easy progress in in this work but progress is la essential to total I 1 ning tho the testimony of this truth arrs A 0 SHOOT Des desired irod by re quest to make a short statement of the flatus of the stake but little difficulty lins has boon observed of late bishops bishop s courts and high council trials Crial sarc are becoming very rare po haps howe however vor the bishops nud lessor assor priesthood officials aro are somewhat somo what slack in in this pirt part of their duties meetie meetings 1 18 are some sometimes timet sparsely attended attend only a few years ago we were weis very differently ferent forent ly situated A requirement 13 to be made upon this stake to orect a stake tabernacle more than latter day saints belong to tins this state stale of zion a and nd a meeting house for them is required A committee is in operation now to elect A site and make preliminary arrangements jons in the travola travels of 0 the party through tho the territory torri tory the same sam 0 increase of crops for the past be season ason haa been noticed the statis ties show chow the peoples tithing to bo be increasing i this thib is a good sign already soma some claim the literal fulfil fulfill ment of the prophecy that the store houses honsen of the aitho payer shall not contain his hia produce tho movement ment for orect erecting ilig a stake tabernacle is ia a commendable ono one experience has hag shown that communities who have criven triv cn fur for such ninis ns as those thesa aru are none the poorer it is ia a singular way of reckoning but bill it is ia to do our cora too are favorably tho the logan Tomp loli lois roofed the salt I 1 lako ako temple no nearing aring the square and twenty eight feet cot I 1 have boon been added to the manti temple during the lust last boason b 0 n 5 0 n an announcement was tm mado that a priesthood mooting meeting would convene contono at at which all were invited benediction by pren prea jos F smith sunday 1030 n m at tho the opening of sundays Sund nys session tho the meeting house was crowded pray pram or v was ai offered by elder 0 W penrose Pon roso sacrament was administered ministered nd by the bishopric of tho the fifth word ward tho the stake clork clerk then than presented tho the namoa names of tho the general authorities of the church and tho the local authorities of utah stake which wore were sustained the quorum of homo home missionaries was changed and the names of a com matteo to act in regard to tho the now S slake cal a tabernacle nele building were pro so bontog t a all were unanimously sustained ta irked PRE pay jos F P SMITH then addressed the assembly thoro there tire occasionally a few points upon which vo may improve 0 the present meeting was attended but tho the meetings of saturday otherwise stake conferences were instituted I 1 by revelation from led god nt at a timo time when but two stakes existed in zion and tho cho general church authorities were also tho the authorities ties of one of those these stakes the institutor of these assemblies however was made in anticipation of the growth of tho the church and the increase of bran brancher branch chov cr pros proa taylora tour through cho territory had bad been devot y where joyfully hailed by the people and their respect for his hia visit was shown in tho the well atten attended dod meetings saturdays meetings in provo had b absen n somewhat different the presence of those men who have born amongst the church from tho the bod bed ginn ginta cg ilig an and whose labors have lioon leon applied against persecution and severe trouble to the faithful discharge of duty cannot always bo be enjoyed and at some f future day the will lament their absence the prize of eternal life and exaltation is to tj be gained by constant obedi eni ena ato to the iho laws and principles of this gospel as revealed every latr lat ter day sa nt has a claim upon this revelation i tor for since revelation is la a privilege logo following obedience to the of this gospel ovary every one who yields that obe dimico will lo be entitled to the bl blessing such stich aro are not confined alono alone to gone gongala rala local authorities ties but though all ore are entitled to direct ro revelation no private individual will ever receive a revo or an ins irel thought to be in tho the le least ast in conflict with tho the reve revelation latina given through the head of the church these revealed aled principles too will lo be suitable to circumstances As on na in stanca the lord in 1831 or there about revealed roTe aled an ordinance pertaining to the order 0 of enoch or the united order dorder in lall or 1842 however the lord gave another revelation to joseph smith suspending su pending the principle of the united order so that the people may not lie under tho the condemnation dem nation of A 0 broken law from that time too till tho the present no d da command has boon been roco ived to renew tho the obligations of that principle principle yet wo we know the united a order ader der to bo be a necessary principle to the subsequent purified state we hope to an enjoy oy py tins this principle enoch and his hi people wore were mado made so BO perfect na as to bo be adjudged unfit inhabitants for this fallen earth by thus bringing we out temporal welfare and circumstances in direct subjection to tho the divino prin caplo of the gospel will tho the state of go on our greatest ambition should bo be to secure an exercise of faith that clint tho the protection of the lord shall boar bear upon us its to prevent our falling from tho the path of rectitude some occur iri in tho the history 0 of our church 1 and to the energetic ener geLa student of such history obstacles are presented ted for instance in tho the doctrine and covenants a revelation is recorded under date of july 12 1843 on tho the eternity of tho the raar barriage ringe covenant and including tho the principle plo of coles celestial bial 3 Sr arriaga N now under date of mey 16 some months prior to tho the above mentioned date a section is ia given i III in which a direct re ref forence crocca is made to the revelation on claral muriano bo foro fora referred to ask ai recorded under datlof date of july 12 I 1 i how could n h rear n fir ence be mado to a revelation not nut thon then giyen giron tho the facts are these theio that rove latigu was dover given in in july 1811 but as a early as M biml though it vai never written until that daic josol joseph 11 smith hail known that j principle plo for ton ten years before ho he was directly corn com mandod to enter into its practice a 0 which ho he did ia in 1841 tho the revelation ro was wai written for a specific purpose july jul 12 1913 nt at the tha suggestion or council of smith the patriarch our oar enemies say a ly that tho the revelation roTo lation on plural miar ringe given after its practice was begun but chii wai not ISO BO tina this mistake mi stalio ift s 11 dates requires correction that ala error may not bo be and over become a more complex problem to tho the student of church history liko like nil all others this principle has certain blessings following follow my it which cannot bo except by ol 01 obedience to it benediction by counselor D john continued contin tied on second page 1111 antil 1 M I 1 11 axy I 1 continued 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