Show FIFTYFIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE CON-FERENCE FOURTH DAY DAYApril 6th Conference convened at 10 oclock am Called to order by President Geo Q Cannon Choir sang the hymn My God the spring of all my joys Tl e lifd of my delight Prayer by Elder W l Preston Choir sang the hymn on page 40 Come follow mc tho Savior said Tfctn let us in cis fooeteps tread By Ibii alone can we Be one Vith Gods own loved begotten fOn ELDEU War BUDGE said I re i joice very much in being permitted perted t speak t you for a short time but I have a considerable degree of em barrassment in addressing so large a congregation and trust that you will assist mo by giving your faith and prayers I rejoice in meeting once more in a general conference and have listened with litened wih pleasure to the instructions we have received I have been absent for about three years preaching the Gospel in Europe Eu-rope and I have returned with more abundant confirmations of the divinity of this work than I ever had before Hut mv experience has confirmed the greatness and po e a well as the divinity of the work we are engaged in A great change has taken place in the last twenty years in the religious people of Europe Eu-rope They had then considerable faith in the churches to which they belonged There is less confidence in their hearts now They have a much faith perhaps but they consider con-sider that spiritual I now spiriual blessings come to other churches a well a their own Some have gone from one church to another till they exclaim I ex-claim that there is no trust to be placed in any of them Some say I there is no God at all for their confidence con-fidence i entirely gone Their observances ob-servances are but empty forms which bring no joy to the worship per I have thought of the ad vantages we possess From out of the darkness the light has shone out I upon us We have seen it and embraced I em-braced it The troubles of the bred it toubles people peo-ple do not end here The numbers of the poor are rapidly increasing Poverty is increasing also by putting put-ting the riches in the hands of a few There is no prospect of those who are poor helping themselves there i no escape lor them from that abject slavery which i increasing among the people We have reason to rejoice that through u these things may be changed My heart rejoices greatly I rook upon the present times a encourag ing to missionary labor and I look for the time being near at hand when greater numbers of the elders will be called t declare to the nations na-tions the great work God has set upon up-on the earth I have been grateful to the presidency for sending out so many faithful elders to labor who I have put their whole time in bearing testimony to the truth I rejoice to be with you I thank God for 1is l continued mercy to u and I rejoice at tho progress I see has been made I know that this i the work of God and that his servants teach the truth and that this work will increase in-crease upon the earth until every I prophecy has been fulfilled I pray that God may bless us in the name I of Jesus Christ Amen President George Q Cannon read the report of the primary associations associa-tions the report of the disbursements disburse-ments of the amounts given to the poor at a previous conference together to-gether I with the amounts given by 1 I the several stakes gven the stakes not having cjmplied with the obligations they incurred in j I making similar donations a vote was I taken that the stakes not having donated to their poor should immediately imme-diately do so The reports of the remittances of delinquent tithing and of debts due to the Perpetual Emigration Fund Company were read readPRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR said on the subject of delinquent tithing a good many had been prevented by adverse circumstances from paying their tithing andit was to assist the worthy poor who could not pay that the remittance of delinquencies had been made But this must nob relieve re-lieve people from paying it in future fu-ture Tithing was voluntary and compulsory but those who did not pay it would not find their names on the books People also who were indebted to the Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company should strive to pay up for it would be fifty years before another jubilee came round APOSTLE F D EICIIAKDS said that the amount due to the Perpetual Perpe-tual Emigration Fund of 81600 000 was a great deal of it owing by worthy poor and the remittance of SSOOOOO t such individuals who could not well pay would renew the courage of the others and cause the other 5800000 to be collected and enable u t send for and emigrate emi-grate a number of people from the old countries who are there in poverty pover-ty and well deserved t be helped The bishops of the several wards should urge upon those who are indebted in-debted the necessity of paying up the amounts that they owe There may be once in a while one who will say My note i outlawed and I dont intend to pay it Let me say to such that you will find yourselves your-selves outlawed directly The means for this fund were first raised by those who were little able to do so and it was intended to gather the poor and a debt owing t this fund should be paid without any regard re-gard to human law APOSTLE EIIASTUS SNOW said These are matters in which we should feel a great deal of interest and especially the bishops of the various wards We should have a vous thorough awakening in regard to this and the local officers should attend at-tend to it and not leave all the work to be done by the presidency of this fund I am well aware that we must not judge of the different stakes from the reports read from the fact that they do not keep their books in a uniform manner some report nontithing payers and some do not and I would say that in some stakes nearly onethird of the mem neary hers whose names are on tha books do not appear as tithe payers We must teach the people the way of the Lord in all kindness and try to make them understand the necessity of obeying these laws and of the blessings tnt will follow their observance ob-servance And when these thing are properly brought home to the people and they do not accept it what then The law says They shall not be found worthy of a place among you A word in relation to the Perpetual Emigration Fund Thirtytwo years have elapsed since Brother Franklin D Richards and myself labored to start this fund and during this time an indebtedness indebted-ness of over a million and a half has been incurred and it i constantly accumulating I is a debt of honor that should be paid and that it is not an evidence of the easiness of the officers of the Perpetual Emigration Fund How does this appear in the face of the clamor that we are oppressing the poor Xo one i oppressed The bishops and teachers should try and urge the necessity of these debts being pad Choir sang a anthem Hearken unto me Benediction by Patriarch John Smith Adjourned t 2 oclock Vm < t 2pm Meeting called to order by President Presi-dent John Taylor Choir sang the hymn on page 294 All hail the glorious day By prophets long foretold When with harmonious lay Tie theep nf Israel fold On Zion hill his praise proclaim And shout huinnnah to hia name Prayer by Apostle l Young Choir sang the hymn on page 119 Praise yo the Lord my heart bal join In work so pleasant EO divine Now while the flesh is my abode And when my soul atcecds to God PRESIDENT JOSEPH F SMITH said he considered it important for al Latterday Saints to seek to obtain a correct knowledge in relation t family government a regards that treatment of wives and husbands insistent with our belief a Latter day Saints We are peculiar a t our family relations being entirely different trom most of the civilized world As we are t set an example t the world in all things there i none in which we should set a better example than in the family gatherings gather-ings There can be no happiness without purity in homes and especially espec-ially in the head of the family is it necessary to be just virtuous kind and honest For this relation is destined to continue not only on this pirMi hut tlirmiorlimifthfifiOlint less g sof eternity It is necessary neces-sary that we should make few errors in our family while on this earth that it may be the better for u hereafter I can not enter into particulars particu-lars on this subject for the lack of time but I thought it important to speak on it Any man who seeks to govern his family without mercy forgiveness and kindness wH be met with untold difficulties and more than likely will bring trouble on himself on his family and likely on the principles he professes t believe be-lieve and practice he cannot succeed suc-ceed Not that a principle can be changed by the acts of men but we can bring disgrace upon ourselves by Violation of the principles that God has given us for the benefit of mankind There is nothing more I importance than the government of the family circle that confidence may spring up in the hearts of the wives of the husbands and of the children By those especially l should the principles be carefully carried out who have gone into the order of celestial marriage for while it will not affect the principles those who neglect their wives will bring disgrace grace upon the principles Husbands bands love your wives wives love your husbands husbands be true to your wives for they have a much right to demand that you be honest and virtuous a you have to demand that they be pure and a man is the stronger he is the more responsible for his l actions God help u that the families of the Latterday Saints may be happy and that the husbands and fathers may be honest virtuous just and kind that there may be no condemnation and that no accusation accusa-tion may ever arise through partiality partial-ity and through unkindness Unless Un-less our familes are united we can never be Gods nor Christs children any more than the world can and it is my wish that we may have the type of heavenly justice and peace in our family circles here PRESIDENT GEO Q CANNON then read the names of missionaries some who had gone and some who were now called which are as follows SOUTHERN STATES JohnW Tavlor FoarteenthWard City Charles City John Brain Twentieth Ward Willard Ward Gushing City Burton Fifteenth Benjamin L Bowen Ttoelo Elam W McBride Grautsville Samuel Holbrook Paradise Thomas W Smith Pahreah USITED STATES Jeflerfon Wilcox Millville KKW ZEALAND William M Bromley Springville Nichoas H Groesbeck John Salomon FerI Marjsvale lANDWICH ISLANDS Henry Alberto Wooller Thirteenth Ward City Samuel Edwin Woolley Gmntsville James Hamilton Gardner West Jordan ITALY Salvatore Carrao Eighteenth Ward City GREAT BRITAIN 0 0 Ormsby Logan Ahrahm Hallad y Provo Wm H Apperley Lt can Rodney Hillam Tenth Ward City Joseph Wadley Fleaant Grove A N Macfarlane Twentyfirst Ward City Alfred Alder Kayiville William Butler Marriott Joseph Greaves Logan Henry W Brown South Cottonwood Alexander Perry Willard John Stoddard Wallsvill Wm W Hunter American Fork David McKay Huntsville HobertMcF rand West Weber Jos E Tanner Payeon Franklin B Wooiley St George Charles Wilkinson Leeds Charles B Gr unwell West Weber David J Evans North Ogden David M Evans Seventh Ward City SCANDINAVIA Joseph K Sinvall Paris J M Christensen Moroni Lars P Christensen Richfield Jens Peter Jensen Hyrum John Johnson Ovid Oluf O Larsen Epbraim Hans Jorgensen Pleasant Grove James Jacobson Fountain Green Rasmuc Chrirtofferron Lynne James Jorgensen Moroni Andera Lirsaen Washington Peter Sunclwall Fairview Andrew Eliason Logan Frederick Peterson Granttville Solomon Peter Dn Santaquin Soren G Peterson Elsinore U O Magleby Monroe Rumus Olsen Draper Neils Bollss Glonwood Tiller Israelson Hyrum UNITED STATES Sylvester Bradford Spanish Fork John N Thueson Monroe Joseph 1 Doxford James Mellor jr Fayettp Joseph E Mullett Nineteenth Ward City George W Bradley Moroni George O Noble South Bountiful John B Thntcber Logan D M Stevens Ogden James U Stevens James L J men Bear Ryer City Denmark Jensen Honeyville Jens Frandsen Huntsville James Godfrey Couth Cottonwood Wm Barker Mound Fort Thomas J Steed Farmington John A Wakeham Riverdale Eli A Folland Sixteenth Ward Christian Wallentine Paris x SOUTHERN STATES James T Hammond Logan t dam Empey Midway Alphonzo H Snow Brigham Joshua Taylor Thirteenth Ward City Willmm Asper Nineteenth Ward City Wra D Haidrickf Lew ston Samuel Oidbam Parrdisc JohnS Carpenter ulendVe John E Car le L < gan Thomas H Merrill Richmond Jedediah Goff West Jordan Oscar M Fullmer Providence George C Parkinson Franklin Joseph W Thatcher jr Logan Richard A Robinson Paragoonah GERMANY John Haler Mount Pleasant James Bues Hooper HOLLND Ephrwm T Myers Ogden Missionaries t Arizona FRuX PROVO C1I Y Daniel Vincent jr Thomas T Holdaway Joseph Almy Holdaway George Billings John P Rrtchlesberger Franklin Sctt I William Straddling Isaac Thomas Kanosh J John Sprirgthorpe Kinglon Joel W White Joel W Wbitejr I Joseph T White I August Alineor I John H Heap I Cyrus Earl 1 Crus Andrew Mincer I David Tnomas I FROM SPRINQVILLE James Hall George May cock Charles Bird FROU SPANISH FORE Ereck Larsen Robert Holmes Joseph L Hales Andrew Jensen FROM SALEM John F Shields FEOM PiTflON Henry Butler Joremiah Bingham FROM SPRING LAKE D 0 Babbitt FROM GOSHZN George Williams FROM LEHI G Sorenson Otto Hudson John B Peterson FROM PLEASANT QBOVE Neils O H Heiselt Hensen Heiselt FROM AMERICAN OBX Charles Green Joseph Forbe FROM TVASATCH STAKE Charles Love Midway O Davis C Bergner I 5 Orson Lance Thomas Mui ock Heber Oily FSOM WEBER STAKE Wm BtimpEon Rivordale James W Walker Lynns Robert Baird James Baird F ii H W a Hutchin I Sanford Bingham jr Ogden Thomas Allen Thomas Browning Allen HenryS II Henry-S H Higginbotham F D Higginbotham I Wm MolTelt Mo1lt Joseph Taylor Harr vie Moroni Taylor 1 James I Taylor I W H Gagan I Heber Taylor Ltmoni Taylor 1 Joseph A Mallet Eden Robert Moffrt I Frederick Frorer E N FrpemanWeber County Willard Farr I FROM 8ANPETE STAKE J A Lambson Ephraim North Ward Henry Oviatt Ephraim South Ward Rudolphu N Bennett Mount Pleasant North Ward Pleasant Thos Coats Mt Pleasant South Ward Jens Larsen MenU North Ward Peter R Pel erson Manti South Ward Henry Fowles Fairview Olsen Moroni Andrew J Agreen Fountain Green Hans Adolph Thompson Spring City Simon HAnsen Mayfield Andrew Fjeldsted Gunnieon Miles P llomncy St George The persons whose names had been read as above were on motion sustained by a vote of the general conference PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR arose I and said he wanted to make a motion mo-tion which was not only to sustain those who had been called on missions mis-sions by faith and prayers but bv supplying the wants of their families fami-lies while they were absent The motion met with a unanimously favorable response PRESIDENT GEO Q CANNON then presented the authorities of the church who were sustained a follows fol-lows President Jolm Taylor prophet seer and revelator and president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat terday Saints for all the world Geo Q Cannon and Jos P Smith a his counselors Wilford Woodruff a president of the Twelve Apostles W Woodruff Orson Pratt C C Rich Lorenzo Snow FD Richards Albert Carrington B Young Moses Thatcher F 1 Lyman and John I Smith as the Twelve Apostles Daniel H Wells was sustained a counselor to the Twelve The counselors to President John Taylor the Twelve Apostles and their counselors a prophets seers and revelators Patriarch of the churchJohn Smith As the first seven presidents of the Seventies Joseph Young Levi W Hancock Henri Herriman Horace Ho-race S Eldrege Jacob Gates John Van Cott and W W Taylor The presedinpr bishop of the church Edward Hunter with Leonard Leon-ard W Hardy and Robert T Burton a his counselors John Taylor a TrusteeinTrust for the body of religious worshippers known and recognized a the Church of Jesus Christ Latterday Saints Ito I I-to hold the legal title to its property and contract for it The Twelve Apostles their counselor and Bishop Edward Hun ter a counselor to the Trusteein Trust Albert Carrington a president of the Perpetual Emigrating Fund for the gathering of the poor and I F D Richards P M Lyman H S 1 Eldredge Joseph F Smith Angus M Cannon Moses Tatcher Wm Jennings John R Winder Henry DinwoodeyBobert T Burton A 0 Smoot and I B Clawson a his assistants Orson Pratt a historian and general church recorder and Wil ford Woodruff a his assistant Truman 0 Angel a general a chitect of the church and T O Angel jun and Wm H Folsom as his assistants As auditing comittee W Woodruff Wood-ruff E Snow F M Richard and J F Smith George Goddard n clerk of the general conference George F Gibbs a church reporter re-porter PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR said it had been suggested that some additions addi-tions be made t the auditing committee com-mittee and I think it i very proper a the better the things are scrutinized scruti-nized the more it will suit my feel ings He thereupon moved that W Jennings and W H Hooper oo added to it and they were sustained sus-tained I has been said that it would be a good thing when ou church affairs are as straight 3 those of Z C M I We will compare com-pare notes with them any day and I say this for the satisfaction of the brethren that they may know their funds are properly used All things are governed bylaw by-law and order God administers equaljustice t all men heis trying to save all and will do everything for them Everything over which he presides i harmonious We pray that his will b done on earth a it is in the heavens and we should learn of his ways to be governed by principles of righteousness mercy and justice And in all our relations rela-tions with each other we should strive to observe correct principles Then we will be nearer his ways God has commenced to establish his church on the earth We are avery a-very small people but not quite so small a we were fifty years ago The small people ten now numbers many thousands and we will grow to a great nation which shall cover the earth and it i therefore necessary sary that we should do all things uprightly and honestly that these principles may spread and the presidency of the church should feel those things more than others They shoyld thing selfaggrandizment and avoid selfishness in favor of their families They ought lobe equitable in all thing they do and they should be honest in all their dealings financially and otherwise The same < o = should apply to the twelve I take these things t myself and to the brethren associated with me I know that God will require a strict account of what we do and that what we mete out to others will be meted out to u We have no right to bring in our personal feelings into the administration of justice We should treat all men free from any bias and in kindness and mercy I see some persons cherish prejudices preju-dices against others a though they would like to see them hurt such feelings are from below and not from above I do not know of any man not even my worst enemy who I would wish to set harmed I I do feel a though 1 would then I pray God to take them out of my heart out of the hearts ol my brethren and out of all our hearts I would refer to the atonement atone-ment of Jesus Christ We find in the new translation that Satan came to the Lord and the Lan asked him what course he would pursue to the human family I will be thy son said he and 1 will engage en-gage to save all the human family He turned to Jesus who said thy will be done father thou under standeth all thing and I say thy will b done I do not want my will but thine and thine be the glory Testis knew and it was known In the heavens that man would fall and once fallen he know he could never recover himself and when Jesus said Thy will be done he undertook to be their savior Taking upon himself this responsibility responsi-bility these things were communicated communi-cated to the world they were told t Adam Adam was told to offer up a sacrifice and he did so and when an angel came t him he told Adam that the sacrifice was a type of the son of the father who should be a redeemer of the world In Moses day when the Children of Israel were to be slain because ot their rebellion against God our father told them that the firstborn in all Egypt should be destroyed and he told the Children of Israel t kill a lamb and put the blood upon the post and this being a type of the redemption the angel could not destroy the children therein When Jesus came upon the earth and was about to Q offered up a a sacrifice he told his disciples t select a place where he could partake par-take of the passover with them He took the bread and broke of it and told them to eat for it i my body which i broken for you It was the sacrament of which we partake of until the Lord comes again When Jesus was with his father he did not say a Satan did but merely Thr wi be dom and thine be the Thr The same thing is exhibited in aU of his acts and in all of his sayings Says he I did not come t do my will but the will of my father which sent me When his disciples asked him how to pray he told them to say Our father which art in heaven thy will be done for thine is the 1 kingdom and glory forever and ever These were the sentiments with which he was imbued and after he was resurrected he told his disciples how mankind should be saved through his blood and his atonement atone-ment I behooves us a the Chil dren of Israel to be careful what we do for we need daily and hourly the sustaining hand of the omniscient and need to supplicate in the name of Jesus Christ who is our savior Let u not then seek t have ou way so much but to strive like Jesus to find out the will of God It i our duty to seek the will of God not our will his glory not our glory It is for the presidents of the stakes to listen to the instruction instruc-tion of those above them and for the twelve to listen to advice in the same way that we may be prepared to enter into the Zion of Enoch May God help us to be faithful in his law that wo may secure the blessing of God and of eternal life is my prayer Amen The choir sang the hymn on page 288 Tho spirit of God like 0 fire is i burning The latterday glory begins to come forth Tho vision and blessings of old are returning re-turning The angels ara coming to visit the earth Benediction by President George Q Cannon am Adjourned till October 6th at 10 |