Show fc QUARTERLY conference af the weber stake of zion field held in in the ogden taberna tabernacle Tar erna cle 2 pm prest pr est shurtleff lff called the meeting in i to order the h choir fang and prayer was offered by bishop robert rie ric tho the choir sang see tho the mighty angel fly tho the bishops resumed their re rc reports eden wat wals reported by bishop david mckay fourth ward 0 ogden 9 den bv by edwin stratford auson B H Bing bingham bam lynne bishop D F thomas west weber bishop john I 1 hart plain city bishop geo W brain well huntsville bishop F A hammond PREST JOS F SMITH addressed the congregation one of the duties of the latter day Saint sis to atte attend nd bur meetings meeting sib that at we may be encouraged and strengthened in our faith cooperation is a principle that president young was much concerned about and which he sought to est establish ablis h amone amoni the people the Z C M 1 I uthe was es established S blushed under his administration tra tion we believe in unity but it will ivill take years of experience and probably much chastisement before wf bee become ome thoroughly united in i n temporal as in spiritual affairs we should be economical in our affail affairs rs and seek to be united the feeling that I 1 must have whatever my neighbor aliasso has so that I 1 may be fit to associate with him is is wrong the better w way a y in in a small community where all or nearly so are brethren is to consult together and buy only enough machinery implements and merchandise to satisfy sf Y the community instead of each man having hiving a mower a thresher or other machi machine or store for himself in doing the latter the latter day saints are not doing their duty but are sustaining men amongas among us who use our money to persecute us anve W are also thus running into debt and will in time have nothing and will have to live within our means to beg or die this reminded the speaker p aker of dr johnson and the beggar eggar who came to him tim and said that he could not get work and must live dr johnson answered that he lie did not see the necessity of him living those who will not economize and take care of what they get 9 are tre not worthy sons of zion As much in ucb necessity today to tg day for sustain ing cooperation and our brethren as ever did exist in zion and it is our duty to do so the lord tells us that except we are one we arc are not his and those who arc are endowed with the holy priesthood should be saviors upon mount zion who shall govern and direct and counsel those who need their guiding guiding in instruction st with god all things are spiritual and our whole whom mission is a spi spiritual ritual one and though we handle what we call tein temporal things with god they are spiritual we shou should id not draw a line between tem temporal and spiritual thing things for with god it is all the same A bishop has as much right to counsel and direct in temporal things as in spiritual matters we are soon to have an election in that we roust must be one as much as we are in religious matters get good men for your officers and then yote vote unit edli for them the choir sang an anthem and conference adjourned until 10 a m mS sunday prayer by president N C flygare flygar SUNDAY july 10 1010 10 A M U the congregation was called io to order by president C F middleton the choir sang the hymn how great the joy that prom promised I 1 ed day when the cli nisei sciples plea met to pray prayer was offered ed by elder james H hart after which the choir sang the hymn sweetly may the tile blessed spirit on each faithful bosom shine 11 I 1 L F on oil account of the ill health of bupt supt ballantyne reported the con of the sabbath schools there aro enrolled in the sabbath schools of the various wards of the stake while are not enrolled this includes all th the 0 children from the tender 0 age at which they arc are able to go to school up to all tho the young men and women LIE until itil they are married great endeavors had been made to induce the scholars to observe the sabbath day which has resulted in a remarkable reformation among the sons and daughters of israel as jig also by a much greater observance of the word of of wisdom wisdon than in formerly PRESIDENT GEO Q CANNON read A it portion of a ie revelation given through the we prophet joseph in the month of may 1831 section t of doctrine and covenants Cove nauta hearken 0 ye elders of my church and give ear to the voice y of the liv ing god and attend to the words of which shall be given unto you yet 1 according as as ye haye asked a and nd are agreed as 0 u inz the church and spirits which have gone abroad abroad in the earth behold verily I 1 say unto you that there are many spirits chice are falso false spirits which have gone forth in the earth deceiving the world and also satan hath bath sought to de c olve you that ho he might overthrow you yon behold I 1 the lord have looked UP upon on you n U and have seen eions in the church that profess my name but blessed are they who aize axe faithful and endure whether in life or in death for they shall inherit eternal life but wo we unto them that are deceivers and h hypocrites crites for thus eaith saith the lord I 1 will bring them to judg ment behold verily I 1 say unto you there are ro hypocrites aan among ng you who have deceived some which has given the adversary power ower but behold such shall be reclaimed almed but the hy hypocrites shall be detected and shit be cut off fr either in life or in death devenas ved as I 1 will and iro unto them who are c cut ut off from my church for tile same are overcome of the world wherefore let every man beware lest bo he do that which is not in truth and righteousness before me etc the speaker then discoursed upon the truths contained in this see lion tion he relied to a great extent on the prater prayer and faith of the saints that he may give utterance to 0 o the mind and spirit of god it is 8 our A privilege lege to have that spirit to 0 be fed and filled with the know edge that we need at the time he ile bad never been satisfied unless he felt that the spirit of god was poured out upon the congregations f ahe saints god is willing at all times to pour out his holy spirit upon on his people and hia his servants au we e 0 occupy such a position and make such profession that we cannot an claim the spirit of god unless weare we are in close communion with him and the stream 0 of o revelation lows flows on unobstructed this is a privilege for every one among the saints old and young if we do not live in such a close communion with god we do not enjoy hia his spirit we are surrounded by all manner of difficulties and adverse circumstances we are weak in many things which the world consider as constituting constituting greatness sod god is our only strength and to him all the tile credit is due ho he has made great promises to us he ile has sent to us men whom he has inspired and endowed with all the authority to act as his ambassadors no promises promise 3 I 1 ho lo 10 ever ev ermade a d e to us haye have been unfulfilled this is the most marvelous roar work ever accomplished in the worlds history most wonderful manifestations have been made and remarkable changes have been wrought As a people we have been greatly favored by god in removing from our minds all uncertain un uncertainty certai n ty as to the events going on in the world abroad we stand out in striking contrast against the rest rut of mankind while they are full of anxiety concerning the future we entertain no apprehension or fe fear r the greatest quiet peace and serenity exist in the midst of the latter day saints alc ate we afraid of the aln in march and ad acx vance of the cholera bolera in the world no we know that afis it is in gods designs to pour out his wrath u upon on the inhabitants of the earth u unless ss they repent the war that broke out iu in south carolina causing so so much distress and desolation over the whole land had bad been revealed by god to his people thirty years before it it broke out with all ita its deet destruction ruction and carnage and they looked forward to it t hence they were not surprised when south Ci carolina rolina seceded I 1 it was a fulfilment fulfillment of prophecy b by y which they had been prepared to day nothing can take place in the world for which the saints are not prepared by the revelations of the lord it haa has been prophesied that pestilence will stalk through the land when his saints will stand in holy place still many of them may fall unless they heed beed the counsels of the lord and comply with the comin commands ands he haa has given us words of wisdom which will prove the means of escape from the scourge for us if we faithfully adopt them thein for this we have been gow ered out of the nations of the earth this gathering gat bering is an indisputable and irrel irrefutable mutable work who unless be beo ing in 1829 or 1830 dare to predict that gods people would bo gathered from nil all the enda ends of the earth but before the ver very r organization of the church SUCK euch was revealed and recorded regarding the work of god such was ordained and done dona that gods people be preserved from the calamities and judgments about to be poured out upon the ungodly there was a combination of testimony as to the truth of the gospel the latter day saints haye have now been gathered so E many years and the judgments have been apparently so gradual in their coming that man many r have grown care careless leso and abin think there is no need for hurry in the gathering but the gathering has other purposes beaida escape from impending cala calamities train ing u bip a people with which god could be well pleased which will listen to his counsels and obey his hii commandment commandments god had prepared beforehand a land in which bis his kingdom could be established without conflict con flici therefore he inspired gired and prospered the pot riots of t tho e thirteen colonies to dedicate this continent to liberty upon no other spot of the globe could the people of god be organized without constitutional check or barrier to its growth the eyes of all the people were directed to the land which god had bad designated where he ile had organized the preparatory works for the establishment of his kingdom on the earth itis well for us occasionally to realize the objects god hag has had in view in giving us this spirit of gathering these reasons we should seek to u un der stand the reasons god had bad in in d doing so unbar unparalleled alleged a work as tho the one we are now engaged in thero there is no sacred or profane record of or anything so marvelous and peculiar as the work worl wd we are engaged in being so familiar with it we do not always appreciate all its greatness and importance men blen of humble extraction of little or no literary acquirements acquire ments go forth into the world to preach the gospel depending only upon the spirit of god gathering oo 00 honest hearted and simpleminded simple minded to the people of israel as the spirit of gathering is being poured out upon all the sincere believers in the gospel this is an extraordinary work indeed god having gatli gathered red us together there are purposes and designs for it first there is the promised escape from calamities scourges urges and desolation but this is only a himself Wim part rt god design sto make unto himself self a distinct people there prevails an unconcealed jealousy among the people orthis of this country this jealousy existed in the day days 3 of joseph tho the prophet whom they so unjustly charged with the crime of treason against the institutions of odthe the country countr 7 such was the case with Jesus who was crucified on the charge of being a traitor joseph smith was a patriot of the purest tue type of the highest ideal with t me e most noble purposes he lie put himself forward to ask forthe for tho suf frages of his a f for or the presidency as he lie desind to save the country from the dreadful woes boes of the civil war ho be foresaw aou aud had bad foretold but he was misunderstood misrepresent misrepresented i ted and cruelly a slain ain thelam the same jealousy and sus dicion exist still in high official circles of the ration nation the edmunda edmunds bill and the hoar bill are by the enemies of this church justified though admittedly unconstitutional on account of the fears entertained about the latter day saints how groundless these fears are was clearly demonstrated by the Speaker who proved that the latter day saints are truly loyal and patriotic defenders of the constitution ution one great object of our gathering in is that we become a great peo pie therefore he ile has given us his lis name we are to be trained in his ilia way and form the nu nucleus cletia for the great changes he ile has designed for the government of all mankind yet how difficult a task I 1 it t is iq we have grown up in the errora of our progenitors we are clothed as it were with the traditions of our fathers many of which are in direct opposition with hia his revealed will but god designs to uplift his MA people in purity and for that purpose ho ile manifests himself through hia his r se servants rants hoftke of the priesthood of phoso whoso authority we can all have testimony we have no excuse for not complying with the will of god having been brought in communion with the holy spirit we cannot escape deep condemnation if we iva neglect our duties we will be held to much stricter accountability than any other people theford the lord has hak gathered us that we have his spirit and be able to discern good from evil spirits spirita he gives us his light to recognize the true from the false if we ask him humbly and prayerfully this the sneaker speaker illustrated by the right of the president of the stake to ask god to give him light for instance when in iii a gathering of the priesthood dissensions should arise it is the presidents privilege to make kno known W A the will of god as revealed to him upon his prayerful it application p thesalia the same sania right extends to any oy presiding officer in in an any Kuni gathering of saints from the humblest blest meeting up to the first presidency pre of the church upon that principle le his church has been established fished and advanced from step to step of the progress there must be a head in every family in ever every y branch in every ward war 1 I in in e every ve stake and a ahead head in the church chury c to this head there must be submission by all the saints god has placed brother john taylor at the head of the cht h for or thia this I 1 ho to h ha preserved pre hi his life through many trials and numerous in vicissitudes god has chosen and kept president taylor and will keep him bini as long as he ile sees fit hence we must receive him whom god has lias given to ua no to whom he has inbau In trusted aed the auth authority or it is our duty to accept the nomination to uphold the man whom he ha bi selected to direct his israel if we do not where shall we lve be found in the church where is our faith god thus thusa selects all a the officers in the church by revelation no apostle has taken to himself his office it has hits been given to him legally by bv direct rel elation from god in a like mannerist mann erit was the mind and will of god to the first presidency and the twelve that L W should bo be the president of the weber ber stake of aion no go matter mader if jie he oaly only remained tied president a 4 year while he be is such the people ow him bim support the man who does not h honor 0 er the president of hia S stake take will riot not bo be honored by god S 6 it liswith every presiding officer or every officer in tho priesthood they will all be sustained if they listen to the will of god no unworthy man will be upheld by god far any length of time he who lifts his 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