Show THOUSANDS TURNED AWAY ta tabernacle barnicle barnt cle find and assembly hallina filled to the utmost at the afternoon session the seating beating capacity 0 of the great tending was w as not only on ly inadequate to accommodate the immense throng but almost every foot of standing room was taken and even then several ee veriLl thousand people were unable to gain admittance in order to accommodate these an overflow meeting was held ht lil at tile hie assembly hall and that building too was crowded to its utmost capacity the meeting at the tabernacle opened by the choir anti and congre congregation gation singing we thank thee 0 god for or ix a Prop prophet heti after which ulder george goddard offered prayer er the choir then sang sane the anthem hosanna Hoe If anna osanna and president george Q cannon airoso to address the congregation president PreEl dent cannon said that he had very much enjoyed the remarks mado made by tho the brethren who had preceded him during the conference and he knew that the lord had bad been with them in their efforts to instruct the people in tho the gospel in coming to conference it was I 1 important in to come with hearts in a a condition to receive the blessings poured out by the lord with reference to the con conditions that now surround the leetter latter day saints as a people president cannon said that when one contemplated these changes and contrasted the present conditions with tho the past every heart should re jolee some years ago before the outburst against the mormon people his attention was directed by the off official iclal reporter of the various meetings to the tact fact that many of the speakers sneakers nearly always dinelt upon the troubles that the latter drey day saints had experienced the statement of the reporter president cannon said was true but it prepared the people tor for what they afterwards had bad to contend with in the course of nil his remarks president cannon paid 1 n I beautiful tribute to tho the late president BrIg brigham hain young whom he likened to a pilot chosen ty 17 god to steer bleer the ship of zion safely into port president Preg dMit ident young he said wrote but few revelations but everybody who was familiar with nith ills his life and discourses know knew that he was filled with the spirit of god in tho the same connection president cannon spoke feelingly with regard to the labors of the late president john taylor as well as those of president wilford woodruff the church had bad been led by revelation ever since rince its organization rind and lie he was astonished when he heard that some borne of the people expressed doubt as to tho the divinity or of the work and B suggested gis res ted that the head of the church should hoe hate snore more power PRESIDENT WOODRUFFS WORK president cannon then referred to the f tact act that each of the great church leaders from the th prophet joseph down to president woodruff had been chosen by god to do stomp horn particular work president woodruff he said had done things h that no other man could have done dona so ak well ell 1 I refer refe r I 1 he be added to tho the manifesto I 1 believe that god spared his life tor for that work and the dedication of the temple low how would it have been with president yount young to have issued that manifesto I 1 cant cono conceive of him putting himself in it a position of that kind or president taylor I 1 knew him too well to believe that it would have been a congenial at or acceptable thing tor for him to do 0 of f courso course god could have compelled him to do it but neither of those men melt were fitted apparently to do that work and the lord chose wilford woodruff to do it it required u ired great courage for him to issue th that at manifesto over his own lature and I 1 know that it he had not known tatt it was waa the will of cod lie he would rather hiva have gone out in the temple block and Is been shot hot to death than to have done suca such h a thing but the lord ordered it president cannon sold said in conclusion and the people have accepted it president cannon closed his address by urging upon the people the importance of instilling into the minds of their chi children I 1 dren the elie prin principle c aiple of ob obedience c sit APOSTLE A it 11 CANNON apostle abram 11 II cannon was the next speaker and dwelt at some length upon the lance of carrying the coupel to the nations of the earth lie he was of the opinion it however owe ver that effective missionary work she should id also io done in tile the various staked stake a of of zion as tho the time had passed when young men would I 1 he sent bent on missions to reform them the young men now being rent pent out on mission work were generally of that class who stood high in the church and who had been faithful to their profession apostle cannon also took occasion to mildly criticism criticise critic ise itie some of those in authority mr their failure to meet in coming coining brethren from foreign countries and render them such assistance as their lack of acquaintance necessitates in conclusion lie dwelt upon this im poi tance of the people of the ho diew new state being patriotic instead of parti sans buna find and legislating for or the aholo a hole people instead of oc a favored few apostle ill 1 W li ferrIll delivered the closing address and at some om length the conditions condl llona that surrounded the people of 0 utah ulah in the early days day aas and attributing tho the bucce of the people even in chope troublous toua times to the fael fact that they counse reference waa afta also made to alio rat of utah in the way of temple building and other religious work tile the professions of her people demanded of them at the conclusion of apostle merrill man ul a ad ro sit the choir sang sanet an anthem let ilet all israel sing unit stake preal dent angus ancus II AL cannon pronounced the benediction the conference then adjourned until 10 11 this mor 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