Show OF THE GENERAL NEBAL CrE conference CONBES ENCE wednesday april 6 t could not have hai e dawned daw ned a more lovely orha or have velleen been more UK re sati fiton in saint ar or angels the dit tnt vallies bent forth their this valley in armed forth iw ita thousands thou bands a and I 1 id a mot e glut boub sigbe has nui not been seen lur fur than at gielbt salt bait luka city thi ills dat d the i he bechet do aerel national fla 11 1 was unfurled to I 1 lie breeze tile I 1 he naboo adoo uris bras band capt hallo band and the lie military militar band enlivened tito the air ur with their sweetest bt ii trains the silver greys res a aien erable and the minute irren en true to their duty ditty u N eye eie at altheir their posts it at an all early hour the I 1 he police un nit ter ler the in management of capt hardy hard were ere at ai their poti po ti ts atthe tiivi anti and the coun countegan ley af the saints N glad und cheerful i as though cacti cai ll lud had been favored with w ith the vii imitation tation of an all angel so opened the general conference of ot the church of jebus christ at latter dav saint in G b S L gity i ity abich v aich wa called to order in i lie he tabernacle faba made alky b frest young at 10 J it ii in present athe fait presidency bangham young reber heber 0 kimball and V willard illard presiding eatn arch jolin smith of the quoit yin of the 1 wehe twelve 0 hydea H de P P pratt john taylor J alor W V woodruff E R T 1 beason Ben bonG GA smith A L 1 I I 1 0 G C rich kiel L snow sluwe E I 1 snow and F D I 1 lim I 1 ds of tile the pre identa id ants of the lite seventies beV enties 3 young gungl L I 1 W han c rock k Z 11 ller riman B li clapp A P F rock oud a and J 51 grant pie ot t the high pals astl qu john young K R Cal cahoon loon wid ond G B wallace pre ident of it the lit stake ua id fullmer 1 high council of zion Pr predent ident theElder ot of ahe jilder b quorum presiding iding bishop edward edat aid hunter I 1 clerk of it 4 knee thos Hu bullock flock Re piter G D watt pst young made a few muo ductor remark to tin haid sma that in a few le car live nt ilya iain havi buve a place pi ice larg e to accommodate tile the baini ol though 23 0 Y years bigo the church has I 1 or organized I 1 iced vi fth out 6 u nhem 11 I 1 choir snug mountain top J da s 11 ac ats cr I 1 liv july john taylor 1 d lor choir rung hung I lomo all i e s suns 1 f 7 arit aion aj al the order of the day da was iya next re id adby T the alie clerk young opening tile the conference L under uch fa drable auspices ilie 1 he then formed at the vestry door in the following i n g ordel lt int martial music colors and 2nd nancoo brass band I 1 ard 3rd ballos Ball osBand band 1 capt Petie grew 11 with w ith relief gm guards ard eth singer bab first president and lou con n ellars nil lors and aged Patri patriarch arth ath the gwehe apostle art presidency ot of the seventies at and d and coun counsellors of tte t te elders quorum ath president ut hie high I 1 nests quorum and in connection with tilt tile president Pies ident of tile stake and tile the high ailigh council fifty presiding bishop wall H etli hiis ln council and the presidents of the e lesser und mid their council I 1 edth architect and woj kmen fi elected for the day w aith j th banner bahner representing zions I 1 lith capt merril with relief relict guard tit uniform the 1 he then arched in through the line yf of guards to the south cat cast curne corneroli cor nerol the 1 cai pie ground the singers taking their in it lie centie cei mellie the nauvoo brass baud on oil the cast bank calt i dallos alloo bind band on oil the west bank and the martial band on the south west caits apts Pett egre hardy ind and Al deml erril with their commands occupying tb alie bank which wis was de deep epand and moving corner comer to corn corner er the inking la ing of the beveral stones prevented presented tit in undue an d u 6 lucli I 1 u it of the people pei pie which might 1 by an eia have endanger eo tile the lives hes of inina anany 1 when presidents johng hinig kimball kin ball and richards with patri arcle I 1 john Si proceeded to 11 lay tile he south east corner stone ind and ascended amended the top f ahen en the hoir choir sung sting the follow nig g song I 1 deep in in this holy holi ground these corner comer stones aie laid rejoicing thousands round 0 god implore thine aid that zion now may prospered prosperd perd be and rear a temple unto thee how lom long 0 before th thy y ahrone one shall holy martyrs bleed how ion long b shall spirits groan gioan and angels mercy plead rull Full log weve toiled full long lon have hae bled to bung bring to our dead here let thy name naine be known know n thy blessings manifest that nick thy irula inay own and in in thy coui chui ts tb be blessed al nations feel thy th power divine di me and come and 01 snip at thy th shrink shrine A i bic from efrom e om out the ground aroun I 1 I 1 Is ih heard in accents low awl spirits dpn its whispering round I 1 the artie secret eci et fain would know the ohp time the ime 1 ne the ion long 11 sought hour tile ahe lime decreed decree 1 for zion powei when I 1 heavens hea ns ro ioan y a line shall rule this lower sphere and priests arid and lilies almi gs divine in robes lobes of light appeal I 1 I 1 anti and saints and anre andels ls thrond in in might 0 submerge lie earth eaith in in endless birb light r while fleig nei ghis his and depths combine in III one harmonious h song and in in full chorus join the anthero echo ion long 7 tia fi diee 60 ria free the world is is free the sa ilits havie bave gaad the victory victor F 1 roni rom president nt young youn was w i then read upon tile the stone the nio ORATION this morning we have as ambled on one of the hobt i so solemn lenin interesting V joyful jo lul und and glorious occasions that ever eier has or will transpire among tile children of men while the earth conti continues unes ill in its present organization and is is occupied tor is i s present par purposes and I 1 congratulate my lay brethren ethren bi and sisters that it is is our unspeakable e to stand here this day dai and minister before tile the lord on oman an occasion pasion oe which hiis has caused the tongues and pens of prophets to speak and write w rite for many man scores of centuries which are re past wh alien e n the lord jesus christ in in the flesh when lie he had left the most exalted regions of his fathers glory to suffer and shed his blood for sin sinning fallen creatures like ourselves and the people crowded around him a certain man said unto him M master aster iwic follow thee whithersoever thou boest jesus said unto him fovel have hae holes and the birds bird of the air nests but the sou soil of man hath not where to lay ms his head and we find no record that this man followed him a iny fly farther why had not the son of man where to lay his head headd 1 because his father had bad rity no house upon the earth none dedicated to him and preserved ved for his exclusive the he benefit of his ais obedient children the ark the covenantor covenant or the ark of the covenant in the days of moses containing the sacred records as was moat moved d from place to place ina in a cart and so sacred was as that ark if a man stretched forth his hand to steady it when the cart jostled he was si smitten nitten and died and would to god that all who attempt to do the same saine in this day da figuratively speaking might share the same fate and they wilt will share it sooner or later if they the do not keep their hands and tongues too in in their proper place and stop dictating the he order older of the gods of the eternal worlds when the ark rk of the covenant rested or when the children of israel had an opportunity to rest for they were tt ere mobbed and harrasser harrass harr assed pd somewhat like the latter day saints the lord through moses commanded a tabernacle 1 I to be built wherein should rest and be stationed the ark oi of the covenant and particular instructions were given by revelation to moses how bow every carlof parl of sald said Taber tabernacle kadle should be constructed construct led even ithe to the curtains the thore thereof the leof of and d of what they should be made and the covering and the wood courtaud court the pins and the vessels and the furniture and every thing pertaining to tile the tabernacle lacle why did moses need such a particular revelation to build a tabernacle because he had never seen one and jid did not know how low to build it without revel revelation atio n without a pattern thus the ark of the Coven covenant atit continued until the da days vs of david king of israel standing or occupying a tabernacle or tent but to david god gave commandment that he should build him a house wherein he himself might dwell or which he might visit and in which he might commune with his servants when he pleased from the day the children of israel were led out of egypt to the days of solomon jehovah had no iio resting place upon upon the earth and for how long a period before that day the history is unpublished but walked in the tent or tabernacle before the A ark rk as it seme seemed whim Him good having no pla place ce to lay hig he head ad david was not permitted io 10 build the house houde which he was commanded to build because he was as a man of blood that is he was beset by enemies on every hand and had to spend spen dAis bis days in war and bloodshed to sivo s vo I 1 srael israel much as the latter day saints have donaj do la 13 only he had the privilege to ive defend 44 hit himself aeto I 1 jy ila J C 0 o aa i and murderers while we I 1 11 have av e hitherto been denied that privilege and consequently I 1 quent ly he had no time to build a house unto the lord but commanded his son so solomon who succeeded him in the throne to erect the temple at jerusalem which go god d 1 had ia d r required e q u ir e d a at t hi his s li hands a n d s I 1 T the h e p pattern a tt e r ii 0 of f t this hi s T temple e m p 1 e the length and breadth and height ol 01 the hin inner erand and outer court with all the fixtures thereunto ap appertaining pertal 1111 i 19 was given to solomon by reve revelation latiola lati oll through h the proper soui leuice ve and why was this revelation pattern ne cesary because that solomon had never built a temple and did not i know what was necessary in the arrangement of the different appart ments menth any better than moses did what I 1 was needed in the tabernacle this temple called Soloi solomon nou s temple y because I 1 solomon was the master m workman vs completed sometime previous ions to the appearance of the son bof man mail on the earth in the form forin of the babe of bethlehem aad had been dedicated as the house of the lord band and accepted as a finished work by the father who commanded it to be built that his son might have I 1 a resting place on the earth when lie he should enter on liis his mission iphy why then did jesus exclaim to the man who volunteered I ered to follow lidin he went that tile the son of man mail had not where to lay his head jesus knew the pretended saint and follower to be a h hypocrite and that if habold he told him plainly that lie wu would ad not fare as well as the birdland bird sand foxes lie would leave him at once and that would save him much trouble I 1 but how could je Jesus I 1 us saying had not where to lay his head be t true rue because the house Nv which Ilich 11 his i s father had commanded to be built for his reception although completed had become polluted and hence the saying mine house is a house honse of prayer but ve ye have made it a den of thieves I 1 quil and he made a tco scourge urge of cords and drove the money changers and I 1 dove sellers andearo a gamblers all out of his house and overthrew their tables but that did not purify tile the house so that lie could sleep in it for a holy thing dwell eth not in an unholy temple if jesus could not lay his head in an all unholy polluted j temple how can tile alie latter day saints expect that the holy spirit will take and abide its residence with them thein in their tabernacles and anil temples ovelay of clay unless they keep themselves pure spotless and undefiled it is no iio wonder that th atthe the son of man soon after liis his resurge resurrection tion from tile the tomb ascended to his father for lie he had no place on earth to lay his bis head his house still remaining in the possession of his enemies so I 1 that no one had bad the privilege of purifying it if alie had the disposition and otherwise the power to do it and tile the occupants thereof were professors in name but I 1 hypocrites and apostates from whom no good thing could be expected soon after the ascension of jesus I 1 through 1 h martyrdom and apostasy apo stacy the chur church et of christ chaiet became extinct from the earth the manchild man mau child the holy priesthood was received up into heaven from I 1 whence it came and we hear no more of it on the earth until the angels restored it to jose joseph ph smith by whose eliose ministry the church of jesus christ was restored s reorganized organized re on oil earth twenty three years year s ago tins this day with the title of latter day saints to distinguish them from the former day saints soon after the church through our beloved prophet joseph was commanded to build a temple to the most high in kirtland Ki rlland ohio and this was the nex next t house ot of the lord we hear of on oil the earth since the days of solomons temple joseph not only received revelation and commandment to build a temple but lie he received a pattern also as did moses for the tabernacle er and solomon for his temple for without a pattern lie could not know what was wanting having never seen one and not having experienced its use without revelation joseph could not know what i was wanting any mord more than any other man and without commandment the church was too few in numbers too weak in faith and too poor in purse to attempt such a mighty enterprise enter but by means of all these stimulants a mere inere handful of men living on oil air and a little hominy and andl Hilk and often salt or no salt when milk could not be hadtke great prophet joseph in the stone quarry quarrying rock i w ith his own hands and the few then in the church following his example of obedience and diligence wherever most needed with laborers on the walls holding tile the sword in one build to protect themselves from tile mob while they placed the stone and moved tile the trowel with the other the kirtland temple the second house of the lord that we haye have any published record 0 of f on the earth was so far completed as to be dedicated and those first elders who helped build it received a portion of their first endowments or we illig might ht say more clearly some of the first or introductory duc tory or initiatory ordinances preparatory to an endowment the preparatory ordinances there administered though accompanied by br the ministration of angels and the presence of the lord jesus were but a faint similitude of the ordinances of the house of the lord in hi their falness ful ness yet i hatly through the instigation instigate oil of the devil thought they had received all knew as mulch much as god apostatized and huge have gone to liell bell but be assured bro brethren thron there are but few know v very ry fiew few of the elders of israel now on earth who know the mean ans wg of the word endowment to know they must experience X peri poli ence and to experience a temple must be built let me give you the definition in brief endowment is isto to receive all those ordinances in the house of the lord which chic h are necessary for you after you have departed thi this Is life to enable you to way walk lk back to the presence of the faglier fath Fat lier er passing tile the angels who stand as sentinels enabled to give them the key |