Show MINUTES t OF THE GEN GENERAL erial eok COK f or THE CHURCH OF ja JESUS ifill JURIST t lt OF LATTE LATTER R DAY HELD AT GREAT SALT lake ladt GITY orty STATE TATE OF DESERET fc pr 6 1850 PRESIDENT A 4 YOUNG fo wig mig PRESIDING liM P pent n sen ien L ar orthe the F first arst presided cy youg young heber 0 K aith Vy illard It richards ichards P john yohn smith isaac igaac if Y of r the tv TW twelve 06 apostles or koli ko 11 yde P P pr pratt att G 0 A ST i h 1 E rr benson bellson ft of the seventies lr L ill W fl aucock hancock zera hulsi ph lir li r r hei iier ry herrli Herrit herniman Her ninan nall nati A P R awood ackwood P eside icy of f the stake danic SW licer ticer VV snow high fligh priests s qu rum john mcall Y an ft Cal cai cahoon loon l P residing bishop newel K W rt ticy the rhe high council of oatlie the stake taomas ll lul ullock tock lock cleek ot if con fc fe I 1 I 1 tie aie I 1 C 0 llie lile ifie conference was w called to order by elder eitler G C A smith ite the Chir ch hynie dray ray pray ai by P P piatt pratt prest erest Y u q i then stated stiff d to the C ii that tle dp twan than rwan bining irn vv ild id be oc fled fied by bv eak tei tea icing ibid elid and preach nv and n d id insi naus thi oli ill lil tile tiie aty ji the rhe b si bess before the C mice wice 01 v t be concerning the lle ile lie q mims and IL nf the ch the propriety lety rt of strength hc he y g tile the sao san sa pete settlement settlement a J 1 a call cail fr volunteers to getum v ith i father malcy a elca elea elci tion c edt edtl t P ue a sd A the vai i s S Stat tatt latt tSi s u that c 1 i i t try tr that yu 11 jr ur posea once nw mo F to t av 1 v the la 0 t tit u before tle tite sif f pie T Y pug gitig th t he lie mig ang T I 1 a t ir s it to c r r n mil mii cate and aud the tiie j ae to i arata tr ata aua id and that on IS tilday furday ti iday alte uie ite fue i to eidel elder hyde v N d del vol vot fi lectie SP 11 P 4 n aduca pd i at s to tott tit tie 41 c e llor KI ard rr RE E is f t the university i morle morte expressed e ilys 1113 h s t for thi this opportunity to freet tiie tile the saints iny my bicart is is fu full fuli ali af blessings gs for thi the e pel people ople opie I 1 want warl a company of gabd men and women to go to san pete and ido I 1 do say shy that no man shall shail dyell in that valley who is in the tile habit of taking the name of god in in vain prest young said billave I 1 have it in my ilem liew t to ask the congregation it if father morley shall have llave the right and privilege to select such men as he lie wishes to go there moved that lie have that privilege carried moved that lie select one hundred men nien with or without families carried prest young said it is as good a valley as you ever saw the goodness of the tile soil cannot be beat there is only one practicable road into it and that is up tip salt greek the tile inhabitants there are no 1 and when I 1 was in in that valley I 1 prayed to god that he never would suffer at unrighteous man to live there thera I 1 am aill going to bring before the people the necessity of keeping ili ill up the fund for the emigration of tile the poor wor I 1 declare openly and boldly there is no necessity for any my man mait of this community to go to the g gold old iiii lies ijes to replenish the fund we have more property and wealth than we are capable of taking care of if a man is not capable of improving one talent what is is tile tho use of his getting more ile he is like the cald that could hold but pie ale in both his hands and in reaching in for more he lost what lie he had llad if men only knew how to control what they have and were wore satisfied they would do much better I 1 will commence at fhe he north and go to to the tile south settlements and pick out 25 of our inhabitants inhabit aits left bel tc re rne me aid aia alether aether nal nai mait may t he h 50 ci pi the th se s e gold eid eld oid diggers offhand off hand and they cannot catiti ot hus bov out lle ile lie the 25 who hae have tarried pt at home behra I 1 id had been me yr it ii dis ois ti e the oal v M bt t la j u alu lin ho cc ec ci ei i ri r r t ti i e r ii S father rhodes with cind clid he lie buy the I 1 beius belus te lus iUs s I 1 had made in nj it 11 v 11 ii i r t begin to db A b it and wad I 1 w will ill lii 25 m men e fi in tiie the united stat slat states es w who ho i have s taid staid at home and paid attention bionto to their own business and they will weigh down 50 0 others from the same place who went to the gold regions and again look at the widows that have been made mide and see the bones that lie blea bleaching ching and scattered red over the tha I 1 il i 0 prairies I 1 brother joseph suffered himself to be dragged about the country by a mob and was dragged into something like 46 or 48 lawsuits law suits yet lie he triumphed over all of them and then they murdered him in cold blood in carthage jail without any shadow of crime attached to liim him I 1 then swore that I 1 never would fee a lawyer again we dont owe one dime but that we w arc are able to pay at any moment if I 1 ean keep my credit good with the tiie almighty I 1 care riot not whether men peak speak evil of me or not singing by the choir and benediction edic tion by G A smith two P M conference called to order by daniel dahiel spencer singing prayer by G A smith singing P P pratt made some remarks on the mountains and vallies south of tile the utah if we carry out the instructions that we continually receive we khall bhail be tile the happiest liap people on the tile earth whoever is governed by the kingdom of god is a happy man but who realizes it it always was the man that was ready that the lord would work by the only thing that should concern us is have bave we tile the principles of the kingdom of god in our hearts and avit i it our desire to fulfill fulfil them orson oraon hyde then plead in behalf of the perpetual eni Evi emigrating grating poor fund and thoc thoe who remain in county i am aji aj i glad that ways and maan mean haye have been de dv lot i K 1 1 to 0 deposit h horse ses sex oxen oxen whet at ac a and n 4 becka becks beckson heckson n the staler e where the money a s ap V r Pria ted to br ingon the poor to t tuis hnis place the op operation is i a rood one ana and it 11 copee te not only in the uni united stare stade s at i A ngi ng agi angland land sand and nd cl c ier ler countries also alo I 1 teel leel when I 1 ger get back to lot loy at ut I 1 can cen rc re viyo vivo the saints sainta ss 3 1 I have loth been teen aud tasted of f the tiie gruits fruits of the valley 1 I prest young said caid 1 I am m much krati gratified fied ta see tee the warmth of feeling for the poor by elder hyde and I 1 think the thebes tway to relieve ours ourselves clies elies of all our spare horses ani and cattle isi is to put them into the poor fund we shall ahall not cease tease our exertions until zion in iv redeemed and all israel is ballif gathered red yom from erom ahe the days of joseph to tho the th present moment the prophecies were never r fulfilled aster faster and that too upon natural p principles fiCi ples miracles and remarkable I 1 aa t us ia ion as a we do n not at understand them i gin jil ih Q kimball moved that there thene be a com attee of three appoint appointed edi edo to take ike charge of and transact the business of the poor fund carried and on motion willard snow edward hunter and daniel spencer were voted ald lid olid aid committee prea pres t young said there is i one question gues quei tion 1 I wish wh to ask it is this will this people back that committee up to the last list farthing if they will in the end great joy will be yours isyou will covenant to do it please signify it ly raising ng the right hand all hands up gentlemen the TERROR MAT max A IONS rons you can NOT get a contrary vote MATS tue TUB TERROR THE UNION OF THIS PEOPLE I 1 think our next neat move will be to have this tivi committee organized into a company pany and chartered by the state to sue and be aed gued qed collect and be collected and dispose of an and io 40 all business bus bui iness as a Compa company nj and then will nill bethe kethe k the buddin budi budding iu and blossom of one of the lre ire ablest banks in all the world we do not want to detain this meeting any longer but hut at intermission come forward and ent r your bames and what amount you put in bro ballock will enter tuter to your names singing by the choir choirs and benediction by uy ezra T X benson saturday sept 7 WA at conference called to order by D spencer tr seng sing Di nging 1 ing by the th choir prayer by Loie young yuna singing elder XI A smith roe rose to spead peak on the first of the gospel of egus esus christ ile he baid faid tito 10 lo preach the sord word ord of lif to man mail is i a very high and holy cal cai balliu calling ilu liu and an important committed to any peo people and cabbe for his text Thess thesa thessalonians alonians lat chapter esth we verse and divided his text into firstly the tha th word of the gopel condly secondly ie the power athe f the gospel thirdly the power of the holy ghost and fourthly its assurance at As the caspel is the power of or god unto every soul that thet believes he revl reviewed ened the birthy crucifix ion death and resurrection of jesus christ and azid then them the commission he gave to his bisci vies ples and his tn to them as his bis wit wil nesses to testify to the truth and teach all tle things whits ceier he comm commanded aneed them and their com commencing to preach on the day of pentecost in fulfillment fulfilment of t their heir commis commission calling on the people to repent and be baptized in the name of jesus christ with the promise of the holy ghost that was to follow through tigh the ordinance cf of the laying on of hands men alen must obey the ordinances of the first principles or r their superstructure ia is in vain tain it is recorded all power in heaven and on earth is given unto jesus christ therefore he ordered reordered them to go and baptize the people in the name of the father son and holy ghost and they went in the name of jesus christ and did act and the comforter proceeded from the father and did bring all things to their remembrance and did teach them things to come and when the people had bad had obeyed the holy ghost fell on them the promises were fulfilled and then the peo pie rose up and declared they knew the thing was true the sects of the day argue that these gifts and blessings were withdrawn from the earth and they dared not even attend to baptism baptis ml or the laying on of hands al although the savior positively tells us we must obey did god intend that this gospel should bt bf applicable to us in all its power and glory gifts and blessings blessing yes they arc aie promised even eren unto the end of the world and just as ion lon longa as there was a being on the earth and ch christ ri st himself give some apostles some prophets teachers A ac ax x for the tile work of the ministry and the he edification of the church the tho whole christian world have rejected the law lost loit its light have hafe not the power and anth auth arity and nd blessin blessings rs and for the want of these things they are about on every ewry wind of doctrine and the cunning craftiness of or men god in these lus ius 1 list ts days in his hi infinite mery cy sent gent joaeph joseph smith with the gospel and the assur assurance ance ince DID FOLLOW THOSE THAT estered esterm IK IN by THE DOOR follow ing the shepherd of the shee phee sheep the world ud united cited against hi him m and forty times he wa waa wad brought lefore the rulers when no fault could be found against him ebid thid then lie was wag by wicked priests and crafty men murdered in cold blood and hia blood was shed on the gro ground und like wat waty calr r ile he bore hig hit testimony to the truth and sealed it with his blood and the authority is HERE to administer the ordinances din ances to you annd arid your children and as many as the lord our god shell chill call its principles are now preached and we invite you to col come forth and receive its blessings in al all ali I 1 its ful fui ness near ind may way god our F father a tl bless biess you yon all in thet th name of jem jel ch christ ri st amen willard snow presented a subscription book as follon follow s sWe we the udder under undersigner undersigned signed a azree agree ree to pay to the committee of the ual fund furd for the emigrating poor the amount set opposite to our ac and t Y then strongly advocated advocate d the cause of 0 the poor fund but wanted all to pay aa as they go george A sinith smith there therb is is in an item of bus iness to present to this conference ia relation to father cutler after the tresi wresl dency deno dene left pottawatomie there was a i r report e port that father cutlet went to jackson county to lay the foundation for foe another temple tempie there is 13 an influence existing thereto draw away from the valley I 1 and a great mystery lianes over their doings doing s the conference 1 in nie county withdrew f fellow el low shap eh from cutler calkins cilins and others calkins ins sald said there was no power there to try mm M IJ as he was a bishop k we have had a notion of askin asking the ia roo goo j 0 ia A people now living in jackson county missouri to petition us to go back a again arain yain rain and build a temple there if the lei lel legislature slature of dils Alis missouri will pass resolutions to protect us in our rights prie prest priest gt young said there is no trial before the church concerning the silver siber creek branch where father cutler resides during rin the late lite war lie he w was a s acquainted with I 1 many indians in york state who went to green bay hey they saw him a alain again aln ain at winter quarters when they urged him to go apik down and build mills wills and establish a school anon amon ng them as althey they had the privilege from government to select their own mechanics and tei tel chers cher I 1 told him to go down wo work fl and an I 1 get his outfit this has been turned into an under undercurrent current of lies and has des destroyed tOyed his hit influence the conference there has all ali a tp the authority to act with members in that Cw ference and I 1 sanction their proceedings all Js is pe fer per f 1 lawful as far as I 1 have ileac gearu f fa I 1 wish it distinctly that there is is not an apostola of jesus jasus christ who now lives or ever did live or ever will live but that mans mahs word is law and gospel tio to the people if he magnifies his calling the apostles did rig right it in in this case and eaid I 1 say the acts of the conference in pottawatomie E iders elders hyde G A smith an anti antl E T benson are just and if this I 1 conference think the same sim SIP signify it by the uplifted hand ali ail ar all hands up lip and fu further ither i if f the conference in in pottawatomie ae co have cut them 0 ot 1 they tiley are arc as enuch cut off as they e y ever can bl be 4 W when h el r we have an apostle abroad J who wiio lias has not power to deal deai with a conference we vall call cail that man trian home or send him to texas to join lyman wight and then we ve will put another man in in his place choir sung a hymn benediction Benedia tion by aaron johnson Johnso ih two PM P M t conference called to order by W snow singing prayer by W snow singing elder 0 hyde delivered a lecture to the tile ho honorable notable chancellor and board of regents of the university of the state of deseret in presence of the tile conference on education uca tion education is not confined to letters only but to the excluding of all darkness and when a man hip him has ascended to the summit he fie can then bask in the light having nothing to obscure his vision every person is under a responsibility to impart the intelligence that |