Show CHANGED conditions the world expects great things of utah and must not there was a mathei slim attendance at ino tabernacle yesterday afternoon the disagreeable weather no doubt beeping many away elder A V hardine a missionary recently returned from samoa was tho first speaker he gaye a brief review of his labors among the natives of that country there are the speaker aard many people in that country who are of becoming sainta they believe in the gospel but owing to tap war that haa been disturbing the country chev were not baptized baptised sed as they entertained harsh fe elinea howardi ona another more are needed on the islands to successfully carry on the work that ia to be established there the are weak as little children and unless they have missionaries with them almat continually they ara apt to he led astray it was necea t sary therefore that missionaries spend considerable time with the native saints that the latter mav remain faithful the native converts are anxious to come to zion and are cont inquiry ine when the day of gathering ia to come in teaching abo gospel in that country the missionaries must do BO from the bible alone aa that ia the only book gliatas yet has been translated into the pam jan language the natives are anxious to sea the book ot mormon for they believe from what they have heard of it that it ia true and th it it has something to say regarding their ancestors the temptations laid before the young missionaries are so great that they need an abundance of the spirit of the goepel in order to bo and keep faithful some say it is a am said the speaker ep eaker to bend yoong men to those islands to attempt to raise the natives out of their present state out I 1 do not look at it in that ligat if the young men are called bv the proper authorities and try to do right the lord will take cars of them two great chiefs had recently been converted to the faith and it ia expect cd that the residents of villager vill agea over which these chiefs preside will all abon be members of the church taft converts nil try to be faithful and to obey the commandments of god the people are kind and hospitable not once during elder hardinge three years on the island did he have to ask for food by request of president partridge elder harding spoke for alveral moments in the samoan oar re catch said L was the next sk eaker he could fulla appreciate the feelings of bro harding none but those who have preformed can realize what it iu to be home again it should bp tha ambition of ayery young man the speaker eaid to aid in spreading the gospel and help to build up those who haa not yet been gathered into these valleys he of his visit to st louis where he attended the brads congress and explained the object of the congress and the work done by it utah has been greatly honored bv the congress in the selection of geo Q cannou as permanent president and in many other ways it was recognized there that the people of utah were the pioneer irrigators of their generation the people of the whole nation are looking toward utah today with respect and these changed conditions comine BO rapidly upon the footsteps of the recent persecutions caused him to remember that it bad been said that the lord would have a tried people god baa softened the hearts of the people of the world toward utah all thia was according to prophesy under these favorable conditions there is great danger before us if wo are not humble and meek and do not rightly understand oure elvea we buet not become vain we are greater than the world only in that we have a greater abundance of the spirit of god we all watch ourselves and do nothing ti detract from the excellent reputation we now andoy in tha world in every moment of our lives we could and should preach the gospel net necessarily by words I 1 but by acts and deeda if there ever was a time when we could do gaoa it ia now conditions have changed and let us meet them aa they come let UP ba true to ourselves tor no man can be true to others without first being true to himself wa have some in our midst who are sainta in aade but not in fact therefore there is a geat g eat work to be performed at home and we should all help each other we must put all evil from us and live our religion that we may enjoy full and complete |