Show QUARTERLY VON conference FERENCE S of the me church of jesus christ of latter day saints of the weber slate stake q of axon Zion held in ag ogdan d an tab nacle f 17 7 SUNDAY suay april 2 p ni president C F announced the hymn on pago page 39 1111 happy appy the man who NY ho find i the place pla ce f I 1 which li i was run sung by bv alie choir followed with prayer by elder W W burton I 1 tho tile choir nest next sang the hymn 11 ye children of our god noflie tho sacrament of the lords lord I 1 8 supper wa was administered ELDER IV W taylon TAYLOR said that in listening to the latter day ay saints bearing their tel testimony in in regard to their early experience in the church he frequently heard the expression used that before they joined the church they often longed for the blessings that were ell I 1 by the saints of god when the savior and his Apost apostles leg were ere laboring in the midst odthe of the people they teft of in their hearts if they could only have lived when the savior was upon the earth alt although boug I 1 they might have had bad to make sacrifices in in order to enjoy the bles blessings inga 14 they would willingly have lave done ho io elt tha ta li ey duld not flot have persecuted him and they would not have spoken evil of his flis disciples as others did but they would have gladly received the met message sage adt obear and they would have to carry out tho the teaching in their lives that they enjoy aiji the areat great ble blessing sAing rc ce sit suiting ting from to doing ang when the go gospel el did lid come collie to thern they rc re carded tk ed the message 1 i almost alta kist too good 0 0 d to be true it could not b bs possible b c they thought that the lord had in their day indeed restored those blessings blessing to the earth of which they had read that he lie had restored the and organization of tho the holy priesthood in their day the tile same as it it existed when the savior and his disciples lived upon the earth they were however convinced that it was there that it was strictly scriptural that it was in accordance with the ibe purposes of god as revealed id ancient times and eventually received its princ principles i with gladness they went forth and anti were administered to by a servant of the lord although he might have been humble and weak in doing d oin so they af afterwards ter wards realized that go god gd had fiad answered them and given them the blessings that were promised to them that they received through the laying lavingon lay ingon on of hands the gift of the holy ghost that their sins sins were remitted by baptism and that the gifts an and blessings which were promised t to 0 the believers followed the administration of the servants of the L lord or d in this our day they were tau taught 11 t to believe in a god who he hears an and d answered an A prayers who blessed his children in this life as well as in ln the life to come and who did not 1 live ive away from the bounds of time and space REST IREST I OEO GEO Q CA SON never stood before a congregation like that without feeling that unless he had the spirit of god he would not attempt to they came together on occasions occasions like that for the purpose of being interested they did inot want to hear bear mens thoughts and mens ideas but they wanted to be instructed of the lord they wanted to carry away with them something that would be of profit to them in their daily walk and conversation and in the regulation of their lives it was impossible sible for a man without the aid th e spirit of the lord to the thoughts thought 3 of another man or to know concerning his condition wants there were hearts in congregation doubtless that needed strengthening comforting and the bread of lien they had i t fe feelings elins known only to themselves were oppressed m with ith cares that human being could comprehend they therefore there was a necessity for wein to have the ghost which took of the things god and gave them unto them when the holy ghost upon them and they received of and were taught by it those feelings of oppression of sorrow perplexity and sometimes doubt which might oppress press some minds lapress OA disappeared and light ight peace and glory took tho the place thore thereof of and th they ey were fed and felt satisfied in in their minds and could go forward with ren renewed eyed strength to perform the duties devolved upon them they were engaged in a great work the magnitude of which has only been dimly prec elved by the moat advanced of them it extended much farther and comprehended much more than the majority of them comprehended and every day that passed reveal reveals that their eyes were opened more wore and anti more to the character nud and extent of the work they saw waw that III in i many re respects 4 pacts it was not what they supposed it would be there waa was one thing that the people were gradually leardi learning and that was respecting tile time tillie that should be occupied it in the tile completion or consummation of that work it was a private idea of the car early y E elders iders that in a very brief space of time everything connected with that work would bo be wound up and finished that the savior como come and the millennium would be introduced trod they would see that the purposes urpo se i of god grod were however linsten hasten to their fulfilment fulfillment and that the lord was establishing his work to bring Z to pass the redemption of ilia his zion the perfection of if the events that were to take place was a work of time and had bad for its object the developing of ofa a people such as its god was choosing from among the nations of the earth lie fie had no doubt if the elders could have seen in the beginning how long it would take that some of them would have been iscol raged they would havo have thought as us the scriptures say that the lord was delaying his coming they looked forward with anticipations to a speedy finish of wickedness and in t thal n midst of of evils and of persecutions with wa which lie they had to contend they were consoled by the reflection that the tile lord was about to cut his work short in in righteousness they still indulged in in the same anticipation and experience had taught them that the tile lords method of doing his work was not theirs if the folks had known when they entered the valleys of salt lake in 1847 that 36 years jars would elapse and they still be he here ere as the they were today to day many of them w would have fainted by the way but this was a gathering dispensation pensa tion oil and these valleys were more adapted for that purpose than any other land and more unsuitable for the settlement of outsiders they were growing up ill in iu aiice valleys a distinct dia people and while they were republican at heart and had the republican form forin of government and had everything to in their power to preserve it they were so attached to it that that they would never permit hermit feo to long iong as their present sella sentiments ti ments animated ted their bosoms such a condition of chiti thing 3 to exist among them as exias exi As elace elsewhere here in the tile republic toiny today to day iny there was less speculation less mismanagement of lund less im Inis misrule rule and oppression ion and less injustice and more love for fur con dional government and for freedom and for the tile rights of men than cou could id be found anywhere else within the tile confines of the republic to the tile extent it was here there would not bo be anything else but a free people because the tile principles of revelation in which every person among og them shared sli ared every ma made e them naturally democratic it bad had a tendency destroy class distinction and make them a free people they were also raising up a righteous and free people and great responsibility resting upon the parents relative to the manner in which they taught their children parents have the privilege of laying a foundation of good or evil in their children which would have an influence upon them throughout their lives he had thought in looking at the two sons of lehi laman his eldest son and nephi one of his younger what in fl bences those two men had bad on their posterity t 0 one ne a wic wicked ked and the other a righteous e on 5 man they could seethe effect of lamana lamans transgression among the Lama who dwelt in the mountains how he left his impression upon a nation and made that nation a wicked and barbarous nation detill nepal on the other hand a boy when he e commenced to keep tho the commandments of god and obey ins his father left his impression nations had been impressed by ili liis example and they in that congregation felt the effect and realized the benefit of his goodness the warfare was going on but where were the people whose rights they had trampled upon whose religion they had assailed could it be said t that at there had been any wrong committed against any person in in utah territory not of their faith they had come here and led peaceable lives they had bad not assailed any one and they had always sought to mind their own business they on tho the other hand had been assailed and persecuted but notwithstanding there was not a tit time e since ethe the organization of the church ch u ach that the Latt erday sainta saints as a whole were better than they were today to day and god was pleased with his ilia people and was pouring out his blessin blessings upon them he exhorted ex the saints to live so that they could ask god to bless every labor of their hands tei Apora rily as well as spiritually and they auld w uld never lack for anything the latter litter day saints who observed the won of wisdom could claim the blessings of health and the lord would bestow that blessing upon them and they should Zene generally rally live so that they could ask his blessing easing bl upon their homes and fidda fields and lands and upon everything that pertained to them and they should never undertake any enterprise nor enter into any speculation that they did not consult their god upon the latter day saints should have charity one to another and if they had aught against their brother they should go and pray that they could have this envy and jealousy taken away from them these were some of the duties de upon them and he prayed god in the name christ that they might be able to I 1 live i ve I 1 lives worthy of their e 4 prof lesion laigri that tho the spirit of god would attend them and that he would be near unto thein to hear and anti answer their prayers PRIM thanked the conference for meeting together and for the good representation sen tation they had had from tile bishops of the stake and also the choir for their attention after singing by tile choir and prayer b by y prest GOO Q cannon the conference vas was adjourned for three months |