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Show Fortieth Semi-Annual Conference. THIRD DAY. Saturday, 10 a.m. Singing by the Tabernacle choir; prayer by Elder Erastns Snow; singing by the Parowan choir. Elder Ebastcs Snow took the position that no one could lead the Latter-day Saints unless he himself was led by revelatiou; and bore testimony testi-mony that he knew they were led by inspiration and revelation, w'ue hur the revelations were published and sent abroad as such or not. He reasoned at some length on the principles oi' laith, repeutauce, baptism i'or the remission re-mission of sins and the laying on of bauds lor the reception of the Holy Ghost; and the results of a faithful obedieuce to the principles of the gospel. gos-pel. The condition of those who pursue pur-sue a course to bring darkuess upon their minds and who depart from the truth after having embraced it, was dwelt upon, with the power of selfishness selfish-ness in swaying the course of individuals. indi-viduals. Persecution might be expected ex-pected as long as there were wicked on the earth, and the hosts of hell had power among men; but the Saints would never be overcome. Pkeside.ni George A Smith took up the subject of labor aud the efforts that had been made to place the prices for different kinds of labor on a satisfactory satis-factory basis. Labor was . honorable in all; the idler was the only dishonorable dishon-orable person, so far as labor was concerned, con-cerned, liut the demanding of high prices by mechanics and other workmen work-men had measurably stopped improve ments, larmers ana others Doing unable to pay the wages a-ked, in consequence of the low prices obtained for produce. The true policy was to do all the labor in the country at euch reasonable wages as will insure its continuance. Mining was being opened up in the Territory. Was it sound policy to allow Chinamen, and other strangers to come here and perform the labor which is thus demanded, de-manded, while the working men of this Territory stood by and waited for higher wages? He held it was good policy for the citizens of the Territory to haul the ore, dig down the mountains, moun-tains, do the required labor and take the best pay they could get, and not allow others to do it, while they remained re-mained idle and in poverty. The really poor man was the idle man; he who worked, was industrious and economi cal, would not be poor; and he wanted every Latter-day Saint who engaged en-gaged in doing labor in mining to do honest work for those who paid them, to act like Saints and keep from swearing, swear-ing, drinking and other evil habits, and to conduct themselves with decorum and like gentlemen, in accordance with the principles of the gospel. Yet he was strongly in favor of giving preference prefer-ence to agricultural, horticultural and manufacturing industries, as mori profitable pro-fitable than mining in the end. Puesident D. H. W ells said the great sin of the world was unbelief, even the Latter-day Saints were "slow of faith;" yet by faith and hearkening to instruction they would grow in the knowledge essential for present prosperity pros-perity and future happiness. He dwelt upon the comprehensiveness of the gospel, and the certainty of salvation which obedience to it secures. The sacredness of marriage, the necessity for it being sole jinized not bv a secular authority but by a man called and empowered em-powered of Heaven, and the authoritj necessary for ofheiating in any of the ordinances of the gospel were reasoned on by the speaker, who enc uraiwrl the people to faithfulness and righteousness. righteous-ness. President YofNu spoke briefly on the people of the Territory doing" the work that bad to be done in the Territory, Terri-tory, and not having strangers coming and doing it, 10 throw themselves without with-out employment. Singing by the Tabernacle choir : prayer by Elder Jacob Gates. ,,. . - p.m. Singing l.y the Tabernacle choir; prayer by Elder Elias Morris; singing by the Parowan choir. President YofNn said the authorities author-ities would be presented and he wished nil to vote, either for or ai'.iitist. Elder (Jei-he ,. Cannon then presented them as follow-: j I ml J', r;,lri i: Hrieham Youmr. I lieorgi- A. ;nith and Rinicl II. Wells. ! A clear vote and a f-'rest of uplifted hands. Thr Ta-thr Ajnj.'th.': ron Hvde. Orson l'ratr. J.hn Taylor. WilVord Woodruff. Charles C. Kieh, Lorenzo Snow. Erastus Snow, Franklin D. Richards (ieorgey. Cannon. 1'ritham Younr. .Inn.. .J,wpli F. Smith. Albert Carri ncton. I'ltrlttrrh: John Smith Vi-fsi'l(rj ,,f th- Stnl;?: Johu W. Young, (ieorge H. Wallace. John T. Caine. lhfjh '.I'm.- il'.iam EJdington, John I- Illytlie, Howard ( . Spencer, John Squires. Ym. H. "Folsom, Emanuel M. Murphy. Thomas E. Jeremy. Joseph L. Barfoot. Samuel V. Richards, John H. Rumell. Minor . Atwood. Y. Thorn. Dimick B. Hunington, Theodore McKean. Ho a Stout. Prfzidnuii tlie Hiph l'ritxtt : Elias Smith. Edward Snelgrove. Elias Morris. I't'rt Sreen Prcsulmt of thf Seventies Seven-ties : Joseph Y'oung. Levi Y. Hancock, Han-cock, Henry Herriman, Albert P. Rockwood, Horace S. Eldredge, Jacob Gates, John Yan Cott. Presidency of the Bishopric : Edward Ed-ward Hunter, Leonard V. Hardy, Jesse C. Little. Prrtidency of the Elmers : Benjamin L. Peart, Edward Davis. Abmadi Pratt. Presiihnci of the Priistt : Samuel G.Ladd,W .McLachlan, James Latham. Presidency of the Tcaclters: Adam Spiers, Martin Lenzi, Henry I. Doremus. Presidency of the Deacon': . James Leach, Peter Johnson, Charles S. Cram. Trustee-in-Trust : President Young here arose aud tendered h s resignation of this office to the congregation and the Church ; and said if they would appoint some younger man or men to the office, it would be pleasing to him. Elder Cannon, after a little, said there "were two motions; one, that President Y'oung be sustained as Trustee-in-Trust; the other that his resignation be accepted. Repeated Re-peated cries of "the first, the first," and a solitary "no", were heard. Elder Cannon put the first motion that- he bo sustained as Trustee-in-Trust, when the vast congregation congrega-tion responded by uplifted hands. The negative vote being called, no hands were visible from the reporter's table. The result was greeted with a round of applause from the immense congregation, congrega-tion, which was promptly reproved by President Young, who called attention to the fact that they were not in a theatre. President Younu said for twenty-six twenty-six years he had held the posirion, but he desired to relieve the Presidency of such labors, that their time might bt devoted to preaching among the Saints. He then called up some historical reminiscences, rem-iniscences, and expressed his feelings with regard to mobs,and his determination determina-tion not to countenance or submit to lawless proceedings. He was here to build up and do good ; any fool could burn up and destroy ; but it required a wise man to build cities and benefit mankind. The presenting of the authorities was proceeded with by Eider Cannon. Church Architect: Truman O. Au-gell. Superintendent of Publi; . Works : AYhen the name of President ells was presented he arose and tendered his resignation, which was accepted by the congregation. President of the Perpetual Einirn-tionPitnd: Einirn-tionPitnd: When the name of President Presi-dent Young was called he announced his resignation, which was accepted ; and Horace S. Eldredge was nominated and sustained. Church Historian : The name of President Smith being presented, he tendered his resignation, which was accepted, and Albert Carrington was nominated aud sustained, with Wiliord Woodford as Assistant Historian and General Church Recorder. Elder Cannon said a motion had been handed in to him, that a vote of thanks be tendered to the First Presi dency for their labors in the offices they had just resigned. The motion was put and carried unanimously. Lorin Parr, of Ogden, and Win. L. Payne, of Kaysville, were appointed to go on missions to England, and their appoiment was sustained by the Conference, President Brkjiiam Yor.Nti said the Latter-day Saint seemed to feci as usual : it was almost impossible to get a dissenting vote: he had not seen one during the -proceedings. All that was necessary to govern the people was to teach them correct principles, and they would govern themselves. His remarks were not lengthy and were principally directed to practical duties. Elder Orson Uvue followed in a spirited discourse, in which he recalled some personal reminiscences, and predicted pre-dicted the certain and ultimate triumph of the truth. ' Hail to the Prophet" was sung by the congregation; and President Goo. A, Smith offered the closing prayer. Conference adjourned until this morning at lu o'clock. |
