Show AMAL conference of the church of jesus christ of hattei day saints all epistle from 11 resident woodruff aud elders wm U palmer and karl G masser saturday april 7 singing with all my power beart and tongue ill praise my maker in my song angels shall hear the notes I 1 raise approve the song and join the praise prayer by president angus 31 add non singing 1 for fear of feeble wen spirits course in me restrain or undismayed in deed and word da a true for my lord JOHN NICHOLSON spoke on tile present situation of the and entered into all elucidation can of the pearlo of god being surrounded with perplexity ile showed the necessity ot the people being governed in their course as duals and as a community by the of self sacrifice aich was basis of christianity tito incon exhibited by many of the arid saints were referred to speaker holding that the of practical righteousness WAS needful and that repentance in order ELDER willray N ralmer a addressed tile conference there is a in man bev aich the filings of in 2 it a re understood butt fie things of god are onla knonk try tile spirit of hence the necessity of the saints being in possession of the spirit of the lord tile remarks of previous pK evious speaker are true and questions treated by him are of mighty importance ortance to us the influences to bear upon the people noar for their destruction are similar to those viere brought to bear upon the ancient saints in the days of christ and tile apostles tito king doin of god ill not however be thrown down in these days there is no promise to the effect that individuals will not be overthrown peter was enabled to fay by tile spirit of revelation that jesus as christ the pon of tire living god on the rock of revelation tile lord built ills a chur C it this bas been done to our dalp ai id it cannot be de moli ilic d tile primitive church was prevailed against that is not to be I 1 ile kith it as in the latter dagg as prophetically referred to by jesus tho speaker gate a buchl explanation of the in production fro of tile fullness of ilia everlasting gospel with all its gifts and author ity through the propst joseph smith ile quoted largely from tile scriptures in support of his statements it was shown that tile lord proposed to burgo out the hypocrite from zion and cleanse her from all impurity her progress pro grees do not always appear to they injure bere ause by seeking the attainment of selfish ends rather than the advancement of the general pal they make mer chandise chan diso of the things of the kingdom of heaven the scriptures allow that this land wag untended as a possession for the saints wily should it not be the special of every latter city saint to establish ilia work here according to ilia design and not take a course to thwart that purpose th a clinies and follies of the world are be ing introduced herel and we must be ful not to use our influence in f vor tile above Is an ale to synopsis of elder re marks aich contained manye zeel bent id els lie bore testimony to hav in received a witness of the truth ELDER KARL 0 MAUSZ 11 the saints have edme frome various parts of blont and the time to be ebent here in conference is precious all that is spoken knust be to tile po int that the people may carry away treasures 0 i wisdom in this way good may be under the 9 aid ance of tile spirit of the flotd tile testimonies this morning hae gobo through dalike living fire 31 ever since I 1 becam 0 identified with this work been before small audiences and cere chally tile bouth ny of the truth of this work is always with me I 1 chopo it will te main to the cad bf my days while listening this morning many praed through MY mind afy soul anai at the foolish W as filled with oty course some of the brethren were tak not only heri but i a relation to the wel fare of tile saints yet I 1 feel seren e a god ill 10 lo all things but this does not exonerate any one for pursuing course it r beems as if it was tile plan of our father to teach tile people by el perio nce the necessity of adopting tile principle of self sacrifice there are many abo have apparently tile gospel ollo overlook tile of self sacrifice and seek their advantage in place of that of the com there are certain priti cil hayo to be incorporated wid I 1 I 1 Z ur this Is one we iva to learn the savior made it the cornerstone corne estone of our of late satin liaa studied the of this peolia with a cunning eye and a have been to some extent like ancient israel in tile absence of ato es some of us have begun to build the golden calf and worship it Is there one so poor and low down in the scale of esteem as to exercise no influence cider anybody it thero are none as this there Is influence you can exercise for its use each and all will be held Inbe hallof abo youth I 1 im that you lead out in an example that can be followed by your children that your memory may be held in blessed remembrance I 1 know of men who have been spending years and years for the tion of wealth blany men of god have been rich and like abraham of old to them I 1 do not refer I 1 allude to those who have been absorbed in the pursuit of wealth abad have in consequence lost their children they fiand alone aiko a free in the desert this is a sad cepec the lord bless the baders fathers in israel and the saints tito choir sang guide us 0 thou greab Jel lovAllo saints unto tile promised land adjourned till 2 p in Benedict fort by john smith 2 p in singing I 1 lark I 1 yo mortals voices from Cumo hill break thil silence of renet rido tile dreadful gloom prayer by elder lilas morris hymn beginning AS follows was sung a arrayed in chite brighter ahles the noonday itin foremost of tile of light nearest the eternal throne bishop orson 1 read in a clear and voice the epistle to the officers and members of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints in genevral gene iral conference assem beed will it is found in this issue after the reading of the epistle of president wil I 1 old woodruff alinor 0 r addressed the conference in 21 follow k it I 1 s tile request of president snow you 1 do this only in the hope that you va ill sustain me by your faith and prayers i hat hat I 1 mily sly may be the offit spring of the spin of truth there is nd subject of such importance as tile to secure it has been angly enjoined upon us by tile epistle of the twelve lye mave been deft in the darkness of the world mill this as our guide WO have becq recently left more than ever before to the of that spirit boar told light every man that cornell I 1 tile world wherever we go we will find the off pring of god manifesting ill is spirit in varl degrees of intensity the great difference the saints and the rest of mankind Is that a channel of communization has veen opened up between the heaven and the earth the priesthood has been restored and by the power thereof pen have gone abroad preaching a restored golski Gol gospel that was preached and practiced in olden times it was possessed by noah abraham other holy men it was taken from the earth in I 1 h a time of moses because of the hardness of the heart and unbelief of the people and the law of carnal commandments given in its stead that their descendants might be prepared for the falness of the in latter times this time ilia gospel will never be taken from the earth until it IS re deemed the saints are required to prepare for the time of the coming of christ when ale shall como in power and great glory to take the reins of governments govern mento and this globe aill be bome and be the hom of the of god of all ages the ire bad organ iced before the world wits and showed other prophets all croul all beginning to the end boch wits informed tants of tile idoly city that bears ills name witold descend and join new jerusalem on the and the would the greatest loy are we taleen that we can sit down and devote ourselves to the pleasures of this world with such a stern and glorious prospect before us ile W is it with us saints especially those of salt lake city tile line f demarcation which divides the church world every day we have gathered from the IOU quarters of tile earth but no one who listened to the words spoken 1118 morning can fail to bee that the object of the gathering gathe rind is being partially destroyed de stroye d therom mand to gather out of babylon requires more than it geographical change to fulfill it it behooves us to call a it alt and obey tap words of the epistle let us ask god to purge us even though it us into the dust of penitence it is better that we should suffer here rathe r than io sh be placed at a in eter dily conn conniel sel of I 1 lie servants per of god ind the of tho holy spirit dells not in unclean temples tills is the day of tile coming of jesus christ the king of kings A work of preparation prepa tation is in progressive ate I 1 supposed to have CO me here to pave the way 10 r that event WO are the I 1 children of A brabam and if at to qa pa I 1 t I 1 I 1 Z ILA I 1 lt blessings as we re promised to him we must do big works we must be unflinching arid obedient as lie was in the every obstacle and opposition I 1 low ill tile heavenia 1 beep if to perform ourbit aion t the son of god speaking of ills decilles deci ples said they were the salt of ilia earth if the salt looses its favor it Is without value god ila said thee Is ruffic ent integrity to car ry this work on to a successful issue it does not give us a license to be in different dif and neglect to fill our great mission A man in a day like this Is not faithful in his calling who falls to warn his neighbor and search his own soul we came to the earth to learn a great lesson we are sent here to be proved to pee if we will do everything required 1 of lis this Is our second eI aiato ato it we keep it we shall be added upon forever and over tills does not mean that we should be swayed to and fro by every wind of doctrine we cannot serve god and main mon ure Is there beall be also in relation to of god we should be as clay in the hands of tile potter our selfish inclinations may often rebel against this course we 11 11 ater ourselves that it is the spirit of tile lord that invite Us to seek the attainment of selfish sometimes ni a maybe led to mistake tile spirit by aluch we are actuated by practicing solf deception there are three distinct spirits according to tire prophet joseppi tilo spirit of god leading upward the spirit of satan leading downward and tile spirit of nian of berng operated upon by either of these two but man has power to resist the of the tempter hence his agency and responsibility that aich men to do good is from god for satan no man to do good and by their fruits are people known our examples and teachings should be such that they vill preserve our children 11 they of our u it righteousness we will be held responsible many young people of honored name in israel are gro ing up in ignorance of ilia gospel and doing almost everything that god has forbidden for biden the harvest nill be misery and disaster oil the other hand many are sarv ing god teaching and being taught tile principles of elie gospel of christ their P et e t i glorious one life is alii t t r yet some people act as I 1 they viewed it I 1 8 a gigantic joke this is a day of preparation we should answer the voice calling the way of the lord and make ills paths fit the li aughty and the proud ho do wick edly will be brought do n and the poor and the meek will be exalted hence in many instances ilia ilist shall be last and the last first the choir sang tile anthem the battle I 1 lymn of israel tile meeting adjourned until sun dy a morning april 8 benediction by elder lorenzo D young I 1 |