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Show FORTY-SECOND ANNUM CONFER- ENCE. t'OUIiril DAY. I Tuesday, April .'th. Choir .iang "The morning breaks." Prayer by bihop Lorenzo D. Young. Siniing, "(Jnee more my n'ul," by the chuir. Rrnr.P I-' V SifvPT- siinke. lie bad been in thin valley over twenty-futir twenty-futir years, and had attended eyi-ry .inference esecpt one or two. '1 he ipeaker said that in every dispensation God had given Hh children a different work to perform, citing from the I'.ible the special missions of Noah. Moses and others of the prophets. In this dispensation the Lord had raided up the prophet Joseph Smith, eouwnandiiiir him to preach the gospel to every kindred, tongue and people, to gather out the honest in heart, to build up Zion, and to prepare the way fur i he coming of the Son of God. This .ion has to be built be lure I le can come io the earth, and this work can nut be doue alums by traveling and preaching, preach-ing, but by building villages, towns and cities, opening up furins, making roads into the canyons, and establishing a successful and thriving community, fhe work is not altogether spiritual, but also temporal. There is a great deal to do before a temple is reared, io that when the Messiah comes I le will have a place to put his foot. When that was built they could attend to those ordinances which would qualify us to join their righteous fort-lathers. He exhorted the Saints to pay their tithes aud offerings so that this great work might go on. Klder P. A. Mitchell said it was with groat diffidenco that he arose before be-fore the Sainla, and were it not that he felt it a duty to respond to the call he would rather have kept his sent. He had been called on a mission to the Western Islands, and by the help of VJUU HUU 111U pmjui.i mini -J brethren he would fill it. lie prayod God for His holy Spirit to help him to live his religion. Klder W. C. Staines said twenty-four twenty-four years ago tho conference of the church assembled on the warm sido ot a haystack, and there, were not so many as were now seated behind him. When the assembly on Sunday afternoon after-noon was compared with that day, it showed how they had increased, flow little, he said, do the men of the world know about the things of God, or the necessity of gathering together beforo the aoming of the Messiah! He related re-lated his experience when ho first heard the gospel, when he was told an angel . had como from the heavens to the earth aud revealed the fulness of the everlasting gowpal. lie had obeyed that gospel and knew It was the work of God, lie knew that President Young was a prophet of the Most ! High; he was not present with them, , but he Icared nothing, knowing that , the Lord would fulfil all His promises to the Saints. Bishop B. A. Wdoi.ley had trov-; trov-; eled around the world preaching the , gospel and kaew by revelation that it was the power of God unto salvation. He boro his testimony tp tho divine i mission of Joseph Smith and to Brig-, Brig-, ham Young being his legal successor; ! and related some of his experience and tho reasons he had for knowing that his testimony was true, lie had come here mora than twenty years ago, when there was no city here as there is now. They had made homes and improved the country, and would remain re-main here until God should tell them that some oilier place was better for them. Klder Uoiiert L. Camvv.ei.1j said mei may contemn and malign the gospel, gos-pel, but it would triumph, for it was the work of God. He exhorted his hearers to bo humble and not bo led astray by pride, but live their religion and be charitable to the children of men who are blinded by darkness and prejudice but who were still their brethren and would ultimatelybe saved. The Saints were said io be illiberal, yet they wished to save all mankind, aud to lead them in the paths of truth and righteousness. Elder Jesse N, Smith realized (hat this was a work of faith and they must have faith in God and in his servants. ser-vants. In a few remarks ho exhorted his hearers to cultivate a spirit of humility, hu-mility, shun that which was evil and cling to that which was good. Bishop W. W. Cluff said they were blessed in having the opportunity of receiving instructions and listening to the words of wisdom. He queried if they realized and appreciated the difference between their condition before be-fore they had heard the gospel, and what they were now. If nothing else had been been for mankind than bringing them from the nations of the earth and from a condition of almost slavery, and placing them where they could be happy and comfortable, the work would have been worthy of all commendation. He had never witnessed greater union among the Saints than at the present time. They were awakened awak-ened to the necessity of beiDg UDited to withstand the efforts of evil men. The machinations of bud men did die Saints no harm, but always al-ways did good; bringing the gospel to the consideration of men everywhere. Choir sang the anthem "Arise, shine, for thy light has come." Prayer by president D. II. Wells. Adjourned till 2 p.m. '2 p.m. Services commenced by the1 choir singing "Though nations rage and men conspire." Prayer by Elder A. M. Musser. Singing, "Hark the song of Jubilee." Elder William Moodev said last fall he had been on a mission to the eastern States, and there he had met and talked with David Whitnier, one 'of the three witnesses to the Book of Mormon. The speaker had been talking talk-ing with a gentleman in Caldwell county, Missouri, concerning the truth of the Book of Mormon, and that sen ile wan was anxious to see one of the original witnesses; and together they went went down to Richmond, in the same States where Mr. Whitnier lived. They met him, but after learning that Mr. Moodey came from Utah, he manifested mani-fested a disposition to avoid talking, by goinc out on the excuse of work to do. Elder Moodey however informed him that the gentleman with him had come from Caldwell county to learn if his testimony testi-mony concerning the book of Mormon was true. Mr. Whitnier then said: "God Almighty requires at my hands to bear record of the truth of the Bock of Mormon. It is a true record of the gospel of salvation, translated by the gift and power of God through Joseph Smith."' The gentleman a.-ked j him a few questions and then Mr. I Whitnier talked on Utah matters with elder Moodey. Elder Isaac Groo bore teeiiujony to the truth of the gospeL In all previous pre-vious dispensations the people of God had had forebodincs of the triumph of error over truth; but in this age the Saints had no such fears; they knew that God had established his kingdom on the earth for the iast time. --And they realised that they were a blessed people. The speaker referred to the 1 great growth ot' Mormoiiism in the j forty-two years that had piised since I the church was organised wiiii cix members, and dwelt ou the nature ui' i the testimony which the Saints possessed pos-sessed and which buoyed up the elders j to bear the gospel over the earth in the midst of privations and ditiieul-ties, ditiieul-ties, without purse and scrip. Taking up the allegation that the Mormons Mor-mons are enslaved and move at tho the beck and will ul'uue uian, he yxai (hey were endeavoring lu beut'um-lieuit beut'um-lieuit and oliiC mind, and lliis wa.-wbat wa.-wbat the christian Wi.rM wen- pmyimj tor, when they prajed tlia' tho will of God illicit be done on earth as it is in heaven.' He had been eighteen yrars in this Territory, mid bad never lived in anv place when: he had grt-aler Irecduin n do us lie I'b as ilmniu I 'tab iitidert! i!e ..i f li iliain Youiie. Ml- .i.M-luld U -uekiui.' i.l Hie blc.--iiiL-- whieh "ltadh.cn multiplied ; upon tho S nut in proportion :h iIk; had suffered persecution. Elder Wilford Woodruff said they Ind had a very uooj ermlerenee and had heard a ureiii deal of testimony, and lite leslinmiiv w-jtrue. Their re Ih.'imi einhrneed all truth, every oeeu pati'iri i.l' n;:in : ud.u-.m b. I'urC God; and mi one ut ihese ui-j--c!s Id wished to speak. TAinc up agricultural pro-duels pro-duels he learned that they were the basis ut' pniperily; that the nation which d duped in agricultural agri-cultural and Mimmlaeiurnig induslrie.-becanie induslrie.-becanie lieh, wli'ilo the nation thai made mining ils entire uiree of wealth was going downward aud becoming poorer. In the first settlement of these valleys the cultivation and develop luciit of agricultural products was a neeesi-ity of existence, and had been encouraged above all things. Manufactures Manu-factures bad beuii e.-lub!i-lied and ihcy required -upport. He advocated wool-growcis wool-growcis selling their wool to Utah . manufacturer m preference to selling it to be carried ea-t, there manufactured, manufac-tured, and the cloth brought back here to be sold to the same men who had! thus sent off their wool, lie strongly1 urged the cultivation of the earth and the encouragement of home manufactures; manufac-tures; the keeping of cultivated land free from weeds, and announced that the Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing Manufac-turing society designed holding a Fair in this city the coming fall. President Geo. A. Smith said there were a number of sermons he would like to preach had lie tlie ability; abil-ity; still there were a few items which it was necessary should be laid be lore tlie conference. A spirit of lying against the truth aud the Saints had always been manifested ; aud ho did not believe it was passible on the face of the earth, to itud a moro orderly, temperate, industrious and law-abiding people than the Latter day Saints. The events of the past six months had proved it. And he was very sorry that the "improvements of the age" had succeeded in bringing pickpockets into the congregation- at conference, no less than three having been discovered. He desired the people to guard against every evil and to continue to maintain temperance, order and c-haM.it y. He reminded the elders of Israel, and the sisters, to remember the word of wisdom, wis-dom, for in obedience to it there were blessings of health of body and vigor ol intclleoL. There was au opinion with some that if a man went to work in a mine he must adopt certain vicious habits. This was a serious error; mining should be conducted with the same purity, temperance and freedom from profanity of any other oeeupa ion. lie aain urged the claims oj the Perpetual Immigration fuud; ane said it was thought best to continue or a larger scale than heretofore the labor; of home missionaries. They wantec to have missionaries appointed to holi two-days' meetings in' all tha settle mcnts of the Territory. He furthci intimated that the work of strengthen ing and increasing settlements would continue; and advised all, Latter-day Saints an4 those who were not Latter-day Latter-day Saiuts, to avoid .sw-smts, and to adopt sensible arbitration instead, where litigation seemed necessary. 11c said tiiore was a feeling every once in a while, entertained by many that the Latter-day Saints were going to be destroyed. de-stroyed. It was God who had sustained sus-tained and upheld them and who would sustain and uphold them in the future. The Saints in former Gays had suffered persecution, and manyot them had lost their lives; aud if the Latter-day Saints had to endure the same persecutions, it wouldj only prove that the name of Sain bore with it its trials and.its blessings. bless-ings. Elder Ai.kert Cviuunuton then read tho names of the following elders selected by the Twelve as home missionaries, mission-aries, president Smith first stating briefly the nature of their mission, with some others called to go abroad: Por Europe Walter Thompson, of Ogdencity; Newell Clayton, of Salt Lake city. To the United States W. C. ; Staines, to take charge of the immigration immi-gration at New York. home MISSIONARIES-". To tho Scandinavians in the northern north-ern counties C. U. Pjelsted. Beaver county John U. MurdocV, Wm. Potheringbam, Win. Ashworth, Fayette Shepherd. Box Elder county Lorenzo Snow, Jonathan C Wright, Samuel Smith, 11. P. Jenson, John lieese, --rWard of Willard city. Cache county W. P. Preston, Moses Thatcher, Wm. Hyde, 0. N. Liljeoquest, Lorenzo IL Hatch, Wm. Maughan, Samuel Roskclly, Jeremiah Hatch, M. W, Merrill. Davis county t Job Wellings, Nathan T. Porter, Anson Call, Joel Parrish, Joseph Argyle, Roswcll Haisht, John W. Hess, Thomas S. Smith. Iron county Jehicl McConnel, Edward Ed-ward Dalton, Jcs-c N. Smith, Silas S. Smith, Samuel Rogers, W. II. Dame, Henry Luut, Samuel Leigh. Juab county Jacob U. iiiglcr, Joel G rover, Andrew Love, Andrews, An-drews, Elmer Taylor. Kane county Charles Smith Millard couuiy Thomas CallUter, Marion Lyman, Plait layman, Ncphi Pratt, Collins tiakes. Morgan county Lot Smith. William Wil-liam Eddington, -Jesse Haven, Bishop Petersen, Uihop W. G. Smith. Pvieh county Charles C. Hich, Wilford Wil-ford Woodruff, David P. Kimball, William lludge, James H. Hart, Jos. C. Rich, John Hart, Randolph Stewart, Stew-art, lii.-hop Lee, Ira N-jbeker Salt Lake count? David Candland, MiloAndrus -N.il- Pelt, Samuel A. Woolley, Thotms Taylor, George G-. Bywater, John Van Cott, Reuben Milier, Laac Groo, Absalom Smith. Sanpete county Noah T. Guyman, R. L. Johnson. Alma Lowry, Christian Christiansen, Georgo Peacock, W. P. Simon. W. S. Seely. Summit county W. W. Cluff, Geo. G. Snyder, William Black, Abraham Marehant. Tooele eouuty Orson Pratt, Loreczo D. Young, Jo.-cph Young, senior, I George Bryan. : I Utah county Abraham O. Smoot, j ; David Evans, L. Harrington, A. K ! Thurb'.T, William Bringhurst, David! Holladay, George Halliday, Zebcdee! i Coltrin, Warren Du.-enberry, L. John Nuttall, Joseph Cluff, Charles D. Ev-j j aas. On:wll Simons. j ! Washington county Joseph W. , . YouDg, Miles P. Romney, Charles I Smith", John E. Pace. j : Weber otuuty 1'. D. Richards.) I.orin Parr, Richard Ballantyne, David : M. smart, HuLrt Meo-iarrie, C. . Penrose, IvJmuud Ellsworth, L J. Herrick, F. A. iiamiiiocd. : Wx-areh county Abraham Hatch, 1 David Van Wagcuer, John W. Witt. The e-jLhTi-n:- -u-'ainvd the i-elee- tious. PiiLriitM' Glut. A. S.-illH said they had enjoyed a spirited ojLiereiiee tor four days, but the business was net j yet all presented; and he moved that the conference adjourn till next Sun-I Sun-I day morning, to meet at lu o'clock, in 1 the same place, which was carried. Choir sang the anthem, "Children uf Xion a wake from your sadne-s. " lVe.-ident Smith, on behalf of the congregation, returned thauks to professor pro-fessor Careless and the singers for the excellent uiuie which they had furnished fur-nished during conference. He also sik'csti'J that the choir sing I he liifciu, "The Spirit of God like a tire is burning," aud that the congregation join in singing; which was: done. Benediction by president George A. Smith: Adjourutd till Sunday morning, I-lih in-'., at 1" a.m. I . |
