Show FIFTY SECOND ANNUAL CON COX of the church of jews christ of loiter latter day saints held in m the tabernacle bernade Ta sail sol late lake oily aly FRIDAY april am the weather being very cold and unpleasant enow snow having fallen during the morning conference convened in the assembly hall called to order by president john taylor the choir sang on page C come b thou the u king of kings s prayer was offered by D H cannon callnon the choir sang the hymn on page come listen to a voi voice APOSTLE LORENZO SNOW hadj read from roni tho the chapter cf E exodus x there an arc alms blessings bugs named in ali read which are very up tip e to the latter day saints the chi children adien of israel b had aa not been bech enlightened by the holy spirit of god which the sainta saints h have ve today to day hence when they saw the troubles around them their hearts failed thein it is riot impossible that we may n a be placed in like circuns circumstances a and atit it behooves us to prepare for su such ch things the egyptians had des destroyed t royed their rights but still the chi children dren of israel had bad rather live under the rule than live livo up to their requirements it of moses it is to be hoped there arc are f few ow among ua us who have like feelings there were only few who quailed in the trials of missouri and showed that they wished to return to babylon the tho greater portion did not w wish to give up glory gloia and lill exalts exaltation n in the kin Kingdom dom of god A all I men have weaknesses moses in displayed somo some of his at the time I when he advised tho the children of israel to stand still and see the salvation of the lord this would not be applicable to us at the tile present time nor is it to be supposed that it was good counsel at that time for god told moses to speak to the people and tell them to move on and so lo 10 long ng as it appears that there is a step to take that step should be taken so long as israel could make a move it was required of them and so it is of us sometimes it may ap appear ear that we come to points where there ere seems to be no passing yet tet a way will always alwa ys be provided when jesus was suffering on the cross the work of god was still progressing and his iris desires were being fulfilled but the apostles did not understand it there is no standing still when the saints were driven from pi place ace to place the work was progressing and the people forming precedents and history for future generations let this be the motto of all who are saints do not still but move on let the farmer continue in his labor and the mechanic in his shop that there be no standing still cultivating ti bating all that is good virtuous and no noble ble in manlet man let us move on as long as we have a tongue to speak or as long as wo we have power to act forever letting the motto be before us move on and see the salvation of god when daniel was brought to the test and required z to off offer er ins his prayer jo tho diug jj did he s stop t p to see afat anat the lord we a d do no ho he moved on opened his windows and prayed to god goa with his face towards jeru fadlem he was cast into the lions den but an angel was pla placed i ced to guard him and the lord saved him as ho he will all who trust in H him and move on notwithstanding the trials of th the 16 latter qi qed d they in t the I ic days of illi illinois stand still N no they continued in their labors and god prospered them in itt their adversity we came here losin losing our property and suffering on ta the sage plains has god neglected us he lie haa has not the country took our leader and made him the governor of a territory who would think that such uchA should hould be th the case wl when en re averting to the persecutions while in the east good can come out of babylon As it has been in the past so it may be in the future it the saints live true truet to otheir their faith one might depeal r X I a little about the edmunds bill not much for no one understands it and the speaker did not consider lie should iv know more about it than those who passed it one ne item he would refer to plural marriage marriage ho had received knowledge from heaven and had never a doubt as to the revealed will of god it waa was not to be expected that this would be acce accepted ted by the world there waa was goo good in the bill and where there is any good it was better to speak of this than to leave it out and S speak eak of the evil the tile bill legalizes every issue issue of polygamous mar biages up to january 1883 it I tima every one of them I who ar he would have bavo thought of this but the bill is very particular in stating that these marriages must have been performed according to the rites and ceremonies of the 1131 mormon ormon sect now ifancy if any gentleman has been so unwise as 03 to be guilty of bigamy not having been married according to the ceremonies of the mormon sect then his children are not legal wo we are very thankful for thia this though it is something we wd did not expect thus they have acknowledged the legality of plural marriage when we ave get through with our troubles they will turn out to be blessings to us no manifestations had been given to the speaker that that tho the saints should pass a fiery ordeal nor had it been manifested they should not but whatever may come let lot us move on and see the salvation of god that wo we may receive a falness of his glory ELDER L JOHN JOTIN read the report of the temple district the report of the sun sunday day schools was also given there ar are e in the territory schools with officers and teachers and a it total of school members amounts amounting to the keport report of the V Y L M I A was read readi showing a membership of besides ten societies that not reported the report of the tile primaries from fifteen stakes showed an a membership of 22 the following missionaries were then called tho the names being read by elder nuttall and unanimously sustained TAIN john charles read er Wellsville joseph A west ogden Edw edwin spencer randolph win wm G rocse bei benson son thomas IV horsley paris isaac green wellsville david burnett oneida henry W manning hooper joseph josep alma smith coalville alville Co willard F smith Co alville david lewis east bountiful john benman james meikle cId dP ephraim il 11 nyo nye ogdan joseph wilde american fork john crawford ogden geo croft fillmore james 11 Inne reley ward scandinavia lars swenson moroni soren madsen milton christian poulsen Pou poulsen isen richfield J B hesse monroe J john lin anderson fillmore switzerland I john hafen santa clara UNITED STATES john jolina A sutton paris gilbert R beina belnap jr Hoop hooperville erville wm 11 II wright ogden aden niels Rasmuss cn Paro carowan parowan Pa rowan vVan a B P stgeorge st george orge Farnsw 11 31 payne glenwood A AW W bucha Buchanan dan 11 SOUTHERN STATES charles F martineau Martl neau logan nathaniel thaniel Ta IV haws 11 joseph S hunter cedar city edwin R miles smithfield walter george pa Paul ul Mendon wa fa milton pratt ward NEW ZEALAND it alma greenwood fillmore Fill moie ira iza N hinckley MALAD INDIAN FARM james chandler willard as school teachers teacher names of elders who have been called on missions since the october conference 1881 and now in their field of labor GREAT BRITAIN thomas All allsop sol union UNITED STATES 11 green taylor harrisville wm vm G brough morgan al ar SOUTHERN STITES STATES i john J dunn brigham city john haven fiurlow fi barlow arlow east B bountiful john morgan ward NEW ZEALAND avni burnett hooper ARIZONA alma 11 bennett mount pleasant TJOHN TAYLOR said when we make motion to sustain us men for missions we should sustain them and not only sustain them but also look after their families in their absence the bishops and teachers should look after this if there is any pleasure in in the tile settlement invite ake the missionaries families famil to partake some arc are very religious and believe in praying on only but the necess necessaries aries of life will TO do quite as much good if not moi moie more e r fas As regarded tho commotion fad us lie felt as bro cannon written to him to do as we had done this morning put up tip our coat collars and let it blow it is no use totals to talk now the people are drunk and will not hear wait till they become sober and they will hear we defy any one to show a more loyal peo people pie than we vre are there are arelious pious people cap L among some of these same pious men have introduced tho the social evil among us and yet they are trembling because of our immorality it would bo be well to let such men alone do not pollute their stores with their presence nor with nith your cash lest you come too near them and they become worse we have friends hundreds of friends but they dare not peep out at present sent we arc are pleased to see that there are men yet in the united states congress who have manhood enough left them to stand up for religious liberty aa As long as there are numbers of such men in the senate we may be bo assured there is some salt yet left in the united states our organization is a rem remarkable rk one it emanates from athe the same source that our religion does aGod for this reason it is good let us walk in ill its paths and all will be well vell and we can feel as was said yesterday hallelujah the lord god omnipotent ni potent reig neth and he will continue to rei reign i until all one enemies mies are subdued d tv we e can then feel that all will be well in zion let us look after afler our farni families lies and land matters our enemies deij desire ire to see us casting away our families but wo we will stand by them find in the name of israels god keep and protect them and let all say amen loud amen by the audience and wo we shall enjoy their company and zion shall prosper and grow aud and we receive au an inheritance among the faithful in the celestial king dom of our god choir eang the anthem daughter of zion and conference adjourned till p in benediction by apostle erastus snow p in meeting convened in the lar large e tabernacle the audience was ca called i to order by prest john taylor and the choir sang gang the hymn be ginning the time is nigh that happy time prayer was offered by apostle francis M lyman sit singing in by the choir from page N when ty jen earth in bondage cage long ong had been APOSTLE ERASTUS SNOW had bad taken satisfaction in t traveling raveling with the sainta saints in the southern country there is a great interest in the minds of the people in the work of god and a desire to press forward in the line of duty because we live in the most important period of the world when god has set his hand band the second time to accomplish accompli h his work to accomplish the covenants made to the good men of old god has thwarted the enemies of the church but the prophet joseph 11 10 was as persecuted to death as was I also hyrum and numbers of the members member s of the church many here today to day are not only witnesses to this but are also sufferers a and nd they should teach their children these things the mission bof of the church is is to bring life and kal salvation to all who will receive it and to make known these things to all the world our religion is not one of strife but one of peace it makes itself manifest es t in deeds they are bacs blessed ed who break up the fallow ground of their Ille hearts arts that when the gospel seed is sown it may grow and bear fruit our religion is is eminently practical teaching us to visit the fatherless and afflicted and to manifest charity and become one in christ chris st jesus in the esti estimation matio n of the christian world to to talk about jesus is well enough but when it comes to practice it is quite a diff different prent tb thing alg the general declaration of the public lecturers is that what is most to be dreaded is mordon unity in reflecting upon this it has bas caused us to ask what would have been the result if all the prominent churches had been dis disciples caples of christ aud and had all become one it would have been different from adv anything e thing we wo have yet witnessed w itu essed in in america what was the condition of the religious sects when the men met to d declare cc lare against against the twin relics slavery an and polygamy the catholics on one ido prayed for the welfare of the south those of the north for the north would this have been the case if they had bad been united no what would have been the result if god had bad heard tha prayers of both sides it is only an indication of christian unity the saints are yet far from what god requires them to be yet having haling left their native lands they ai are here to cultivate the unity which christ prayed for anait and it is this the world is fighting they proclaim of our depravity yet know that vice vie e far exceeds virtue in their own cities which is not the case in our country in 1847 the standard of american liberty was hoisted on this bl block ock in wb which i ch ali the speaker assisted then the church proceeded to the organization of civil government and a republican e an government were given the people and was sent rent to washington on we planted panted the first free press dished in the rocky mountain country california and deseret now applied for admission to the galaxy of states the former was received the latter waa was rejected when ye we presented ourselves for admission on equal boatin g we e r received only the organic ditc itc t of our territory extending to us some rights it is true but leaving us under the mercy of the veto of a federal governor and another by congress all this means that Con congress gressis is not willing willingto to trust us with self government but still wo have prospered and continued to renew our applications and as often fave we been rejected and still we nye prosper we have opened farms and established cities f founded oun ded fac tories and today tody to day dy utah presents prosperity equal fa to any state or territory in the t west with these facts can the world look upon us as a vicious vicious people have we done the w work ork of a licentious people we i invite honor honorable ablO men of ail all c classes assiz to visit us and see for themselves instead of swallows swall swallowing owl greedily all falsehoods set afloat about us why is it that honorable men are ashamed to como come and learn the truth they accuse us of being disloyal of being governed by the one man power we would ask them to con consider s I der IT thou I iou fo fool ol 01 first consider the beam that is in thine own eye and then look to the mote in thy brothers brother Is there a more prominent example of one ono man power than that exhibited by the governor in giving the votes of people eople to the wrong man and politics is a standing example of the power of one man as exemplified in congress eve every day in tho the book of 90 doctrine carine and covenants we arc are commanded to u uphold hold and find sustain the constitution op of the united states and foster liberty and freedom and wo are will do it though unprincipled demagogues aill and politicians d depart c part min from the principals of the tile tian they commence at Uta Utah libut but it will not end here the war of tho the rebellion might have been avoided if the suggestion sug estion of ta the IC prophet joseph litia had been heeded lie eded since that time the people have degenerated crie rated and congresses fave have degenerated and at lit last the supreme gourt bourt lias has been tampered with and with political partisans and ind in future ages acs historians will point to some of f their decisions as stepping stones to the destruction of the nation now wo we have an edmunds bill which proposes to send solid a commission to say who shall bo be citizens and who ahal not nt be citizens how bow taxes shall be paid and how much who |