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Show Fortieth Semi-Annual Conference. SECOND DAY. Friday, 10 a. tn. The audience was laigcly increased in numbers. Elder Lorenzo Snow, of the Twelre, was on the stand, in addition addi-tion to those reported yesterday. Singing by the Tabernacle choir; praj er by Elder John Taylor; sirjging by the Parowan choir. Elder Orson Pratt spoke of the traditions which prevail in the world, their influence upon the human family, and the importance of obtaining knowledge know-ledge to understand their correctness or incorrectness. Among them he reverted re-verted first to that regarding property. The tradition of long centuries has been and is tnat human beings should employ their every ability and all their power for the accumulation of wealth, to be used for their personal satisfaction. satisfac-tion. This feeling was universal; all were striving to aggrandize themselves above their fel.ow beings. Wealth seemed to be the God of the world, the great object for which they studied and toiled, that they might obtain it. G-od created man to possess wealth; to finally have possession of all things. He formed the gold and the silver, the cattle upon a thousand hills, and all the varied forms of wealth that abound on this fair earth which was made the residence of man, and He implanted in man a desire to possess this wealth. But that same God who was thus liberal, and who endowed man with such desires, created crea-ted the wealth to be used for His own glory, and not that men might be lifted up in pride above their fellows to tyr-anniae tyr-anniae over them. But because of the incorrect tradition with regard to wealth and its application, money had been rightly called "the root of all evil." He urged that men should free themselves from this false tradition, and learn that wealth was to be used for the doing of good and the honor and glory of God. Elder Pratt reasoned upon the equality equal-ity among the highest order of intelligences intelli-gences in eternity, quoting the Scripture Scrip-ture that speaks of the children of God as being heirs and co-heirs with Jesus Christ ;" and held it to be the duty of mankind to approximate as closely as possible to this righteous condition of equality in knowledge and wealth, and their application for the benefit of all and the glory of God. He then dwelt upon the instructions that had been eiven. and the" resolutions adonted in a previous Conference, that, the people should sustain themselves in matters of trade and financial prosperity; urging them upon the congregation, and maintained that those who sustained the enemies of the people men who labor incessantly to uproot and entirely destroy tho people would be guilty of shedding the blood of their brethren, breth-ren, if such blood should be shed. The tradition with regard to courtship court-ship was next reverted to, and stress laid upon the principle which prevailed in anoient times, that no man had a right to make proposals of marriage to a young woman without having first secured the permission of her parents and guardians. He characterized burglary bur-glary as a venial offense, when compared com-pared with the stealing a daughter from her home and her father's house; and as an individual he entertained the most sovereign contempt for any man who would seek to surreptitiously obtain ob-tain a young woman's affections. He reprooatea, in severe terms, tne practice prac-tice of young men and women hanging around the streets courting, and char acterised it as wicked in a young man to pay his addresses for years to a young lady without offering marriage; and w.-ong on the part of the young ladies to keep young men dangling after them for years without accepting an honorable offer of marriage when made. And dwelt upon the importance and sacred and eternal character of marriage as instituted by God. President George A. Siirrn said one of the texts given was union. The command to the first man to increase and multiply was a command given to every man to marry ; and the man who did rot take unto himself a wile was disobeying a command of God. There was no union without marriage. He was fond of the marriage union, and had never yet found the end to the honeymoon ; and he urged the importance impor-tance of increased practical union in every effort for good. The results of practical union, or co-operation, were illustrated by the workings of the Perpetual Per-petual Emigraiion Fund, and the thousands thou-sands who had been immigrated by it Co-operation in merchandizing was reverted re-verted to, and its importance dwelt upon for the benefit of the mass of the people instead of a limited few. As co-operative union fences large fields for settlements, and constructs canals and water-ditches ; so eo-operation in farming would bring machinery, improve im-prove farming, , and add to the wealth of the co operatives. He advocated the formation of Agricultural Agri-cultural Unions on the co-operative principle; and while the results of mining, as a general thing, were not of a permanently prosperous character, co-operative mining would bofound superior su-perior to isolated mining. And while, on this subject, he .-aid for a man to engage in mining was no reason why he should commence drinking, swearing, swear-ing, smoking and chewing tobacco, and adopt other wicked and incorrect habits. hab-its. Co-operative shoemating. tanning, flax-growing, silk culture, ehcep-raia-ing. spinning, weaving, butchering, stock herding, cheese factories and cotton farming were dwelt upon and urged in a piain and forcible manner. flinging by the Tabernacle choir; prayer by EUer George Q. Cannon. - p.m. The audience war- very large, there being at least nine thouiand persons present. Singing by the Pirown choir ; prayer by Elder Joseph F. Smith ; singing by the Tabernacle choir. Elder Charles C. Rich said for forty years continued efforts tad been made to secure the unity of the people. peo-ple. Some progress had been reached, and the means were available to reach a more perfect union. He dwelt at some length on this principle, maintaining main-taining its necessity, and directing attention at-tention to the good results which ever attend it. President B. Young said the union desired was not that which required all to look alike, act alike in every particular partic-ular and lose their identity, but an intelligent in-telligent unity in which each one would labor for the good of all as well as for individual benefit He dwelt at some length on the proper regulation of labor, and on the care of stock, and the sad results that often follow sending Doys out to herd on the range; and the course by which thieves on the range lead boys into evil practices and often destruction. He next treated on build-ineifactories build-ineifactories on the co-operative principle, prin-ciple, showing how people who do so can become wealthy and be independent; indepen-dent; but if they allow capitalists to build factories for them and do their manufacturing, they voluntarily make themselves slaves to the manufacturers manufactur-ers and capitalists, and sell their service, ser-vice, the labor of their children and their independence for a miserable pittance, pit-tance, scarcely sufficient to sustain existence. ex-istence. He drew illustrations in support sup-port of this from known facts of every day occurrence in large manufacturing districts. Butter and cheese factories were next reverted to; and the facilities which are enjoyed in this Territory for their successful working were clearly pointed out. His discourse was so full of points that a brief synopsis would not do it justice. President George A. Smith bore testimony to the remarks of President Young, and said the law of Zion was that there should be no poor among the people. He urged obedience to the "Word of Wisdom ;" and the necessity ne-cessity of having the rising generation thoroughly educated, and of providing competent teachers. A meeting of Bishops and priesthood, priest-hood, in the old Tabernacle, was announced an-nounced for half past six last evening. The members of the Mormon Battalion Bat-talion and Zion's Camp were invited to partake of a dinner provided by Bishop Hunter, in the Social Hall, on Monday next, at 4 p.m. Singing by the Parowan choir ; prayer by Elder Lorenzo Snow. Conference adjourned till 10 o'clock this morning. |