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Show CEXEftAL CONFERENCE. ' TIlItlD DAY. Conference convened at 10 a.m., and was called to orrlcr by President B. YounL'. Choir f-ang : "My Gnd, the spring of all my joys;' Elder tleorce Q. Cannon Can-non prayed; and the choir sang: "Come, iioly Ghot our hearts inspire." in-spire." 1 PtiE-sx. Briuiiam Yocxa Baid they had now spent twj days of tho confer cneein bearing testimony to the thines of Gud, and they should continue this course during to-day, the Twelve and ' fillers nddrrs-inir ilio eorgrcyfitinn"'.-Tomorrow eorgrcyfitinn"'.-Tomorrow (Wednesday) thi-y should tianaet the bu.-ineas of the conference, and ly U-i'ure ihc people some suggestions sugges-tions relative to their standing and jm-iiion in the church, towards each other, towards their God, and his holy an u' i' U. I Ki.per F. D. Kim Aims felt to rejoice re-joice that he had the privilege of once more meeting with the taints, and of .speaking to them in testimony of the thines ol Oi)J. lie reviewed me growth and progress of tha church, and reasoned on the necessity of the saints keeping pare with the work in which they had enercg d, tie referred to the gathering of the pco-" pie of God together, and the dealings of their Heavenly father with them; and to the vain caleulations which the world had made at different times in regard to tho scattering and breaking up of the church. Different means had been tried to accomplish this object; and to his mind one ot the most insidious was the introduction introduc-tion among tho people of school teachers tea-chers who were not of their faith. The . establishment hero of schools in which sectarian doctrines wore taught, was for the purpose of leading away the youth from the faith of their fathers. Hav-;r Hav-;r tv,;iQ1i io convince their pmnu ol' the errors or JiuTmumsm, Lb. ey seek to entrap the young. Hu urL-u tne people to see to their schools, the babbath schools and tho day schools, and to sco that teachers full of the faith of the gospel were employed to instruct the children of tho Saints. He touched on several other points, and in conclusion exhorted the Saints to faithfulness. Prest. Briuiiam Young then made tho following rema;ks, for a veibatim report of which we are indebted to Mr. David W. Evans : 1 havo a very few words ta say to the Latter-day Saints, on tho eubjeot spoken upon by Brother Richards, concerning our friends who have such care lor us. Brother Franklin says there aro a few who expect to lead away the children of the' saints, not being able to operate on the spirits and feeling of the older ones, and that ttuyare getting up schools for this purpose, it is a matter I have never spoken upon, for my feelings would perhaps differ iroiu otberB ; but I will tell you my private feelings publicly with regard to those who are starting schools, seminaries, and, by-the-by, colleges. To all who tako an interest in educating the rising generation, whether "Mormons," Catholics, Presbyterians, Pres-byterians, Episcopalians, Methodists, or any o'her olass of civilized, moral people, I say to you, I do thank you; I thank you sincerely tor your kindness, kind-ness, and you shall receive your roward lor all the good that you do And I say to my brethren and sisters who are heads of families, if these schools can reoeive our children and ihey are receiving many and teach them without money and without with-out price, send your children there, and bless the men who are engaged en-gaged in this work. Live your religion yourselves, each and every one of you, 1 before your children, teach, them the truth juat as God has revealed it inthe latter days, and when they aro old they will not deparo from it, and you Deed not bo concerned a particle. The Christian world, in their exertions to spread the Bible among what they call the heathen nations, will be blessed for all their good acts, and also for their labors ia their Sunday schools and in their day schools; and for the morals that thej teach; for all the faith that they teach to parents and to cniiaren in uou tne miner, or in oe-j oe-j sus Christ our Savior; for every trait I of the character of the Savior which they teach and imitate in their Uvea, God wid bless them, and I bless them. But you need not have any concern with regard to the rising generation. Instead ot our children running alter the world, the ungodly, Babylon, I hope to see the time when they trill live their religion, and when the children of strangers will live the religion of Christ, and when those who now think they will turn away our children from the holy commandments com-mandments of the Lord will sec the error of their ways, return to the Lord, repent of their sins and receive the gospel in its fullness, that they may be saved. Our doctrine is not baaed upon tradition or tho faith and doings of men, but it is a living faith in a living God, and it will bear all the scrutiny men are disposed to bestow upon it. Now it is faith against faith, work against work, and it is the power of God against the power of the enemy ; and all good, all truth, and everything pertaining to that which we call' truth is of God; and they who labor to promote pro-mote it, whether in Sunday schools, day schools, in praying, preaching, refraining re-fraining from evil, ceasing to tako the name of the Lord in vutn, being honest hon-est one with another, bearing no false witness against tneir neignoor, Keeping the commandments delivered to Moses, and the commandments delivered to us, X say that all such individuals or people will be blessed in their deeds. Elder Geo. Q. Cannon epoko of the effects which the preaching of the gospel had produced among the people peo-ple who had received its principles, that however or wherever bituated they wished to gather together, and this was one great peculiarity of the people of God. He said here were people- living m peac: and amity who had gathered from the different nations, na-tions, and whose habits of early life hiid been very dtimilar. This to him was ouo of the most remarkable phenomena pheno-mena connected with this strange people, peo-ple, and give evidence of a powor lur greater than the power of man; it was the power of God. 'otwithotanding all that had been done in these mat- tcrs, there was still a great work to be accomplished. Speaking of tho evils and corruptions which exist in the nation na-tion of which we form a part, he held that the great work beforo us was to correct these things; not to build up a class or a sect, or a power which should oppress tho people, but to establish es-tablish an order of things under which the whole nation could dwell in liberty and peace. And in order to bring about theso things among others, it was necc-sary that the saints should see to it that these same evils did not take root in tlniir own midst. Speaking on tne subject of the people acquiring wealth, he reasoned that they should ! n?.o their increased means for tho advancement ad-vancement of the work of God, lest by the iud'j'euce oi'luxurious living thoy t-hou'd loose tho power of God. He re Tired to the revolution which they had mado in religious matters and in social relations, and said ihey had been bold in attacking old ideas and old notions on these pointf, but in financial finan-cial matters they had followed too much iu the footsteps of their fathers. They had not advanced in this respect as they had in others; and hold that it Wa3 very necessary for them to reform in this matter lest they should to led a-tray as the ancient Christians were, 'fhouh it is true that this work was to stand torever. and was not to bo given to another people, this should not prevent pre-vent our miiiirtg every exertion to guard UL'.iin-t ih-i eviis which threat-cue. threat-cue. 1. llo spoke on the advnntages of eo-opjration and tho bemtiu which i Wire rL-.-iiitirigtrum it to the poor, who i hud heie an opjiortuui'y for investmi: I their surplus im-atif, however smail, and having it c.row and iocreuso. And j he cxhorud iho people to luster the I institutions wtiirli had been e.-tub-j li-hed in the Territory, und su-iain home manufactures, irwaoeing tho su-I su-I perior ijuulity of cloth now being manufactured in the Territory, which commended itself to the attention of the people Choir sang the anthem, "Open thou mine eyes;" and conference adjourned to 2 p.m. Bcpcdiction by elder B. Young, jr. ' '" 2 p.m. Choir sang "Haw beautoous are their feet;" prayer by Elder A. P. Rock wood; singing by the choir, "Come, dearest Lord, descend and dwell." Elder Brioiiam Young, junr., treated upon tho blessings which nttedieboe u the pospel seoures, and th.s testimony of the truth which i he Spirit of God imparts. Tho Saints were tempted in many thing.?, and it wns in accordance with the wisdom of G d that they should be tempted; but they should not ive way to tho infiu-I infiu-I encei of evil, nor pattern after, vain fashions and tho habits of the wicked. They bhould be led by revelation; but there existed too uiuoh ignorance relative rela-tive to the revelations which God had given. Uiie revelation ho w-ould call .,..;ol .ffor.ri.in irt (Vir It 'c.m... the people did not beliere it bcaause they did not obey it. He referred to the the 'Word of Wisdom," the strict observance ob-servance of which he urged upon the congregation, that they might besaved from tho threatened evils that would fall upon those who refused to comply with it. There was no assurance that the destroying angol ' would pass through their ranks and not mark its pathway with victims, if this revelation was not obeyed. The revelation said nothing about tea and ooffoo, but men moved by the Spirit of inspiration had declared distinctly that it included includ-ed them; and two years sgo it was given to the Church as a commandment. command-ment. He referred to the habits of young men working on the railroads, and in the co operative stores, who smoke and drink, and show that they would pattern after uihor sins and routes witii iho opportunity. He did not want his sons or his daughters to associato with any such persons, even if they did call themselves members of the Church. He dwelt, on -the foolishness foolish-ness of the people wasting - thoir eub-staneo eub-staneo in importing articles which "produce "pro-duce injury ond-not good whilo tome manulaeiures are neglected, physical health is injured, the Spirit of- God is grieved, and those who give way to such practices are . wandering away from God and truth. The Saints were led by prophecy and revelation, and all who claimed the namo of Saint should hearken to the words of prophecy and the voice of revelation and be led thereby. there-by. Tho speaker olosed by bearing testimony to the truth of the work of God. Tho choir sang the anthem "Jerusa- Elder Joseph F. Smith said his experience was that when an important import-ant principle was revealed for the salvation or benefit of mankind it met with the most bitter and determined opposition. This was true of immediate immedi-ate revelation, when first proclaimed, which had produced much of the persecution per-secution endured by the Saints in the early days of the church. And true revelation is no more liked to-day than it was then, although revelation has become widely recognized, yet much of it is from Lucifer, the father of lies, who thus seeks to counteract the effeot of revelation from God. So it was with the principle of gathering when it was revealed; and still more subsequently subse-quently with the principle of oelestisi marriage, which has been most bitterly bitter-ly opoosed from the day it was given to the oburoh up to the present. Yot chose who oppose it with the most ui-I ui-I ten-e bitterness who oppose the sealing seal-ing power are of tho most lascivious among men. Indeed he had not found a pure-minded manor woman, whether wheth-er a Mormon or not, who. had much to say against the principle. Yet it was hated and dreaded, and it, never would be received by the world in its purity, while they remain unrepentant; although corrupted cor-rupted it waB and would be practised in a manner most abominable and disgusting. dis-gusting. But the opposition whioh the Saints have had to encounter has done them more good than harm; for it has drawn forth their best qualities, and their nower to finnosa evil has been strengthened by the contest thus provoked. Yet when the enemy workB insidiously and seeks to bring to pass evil privately, it is more dangerous and more fraught with serious conse quences; and for this reason the Saints should ever be on the alert to guard against foes of every kind, but particularly partic-ularly those that work in secret to compass evil, and especially the enemy within ourselves which would give us over to destruction, if not successfully com bat icd. The speaker then reverted to co operation, as an exemplification, in a mercantile manner, of the principle prin-ciple of unity which should characterize character-ize the people of God; and dwelt on the necessity of union among the saints, urging the congregation to cultivate cul-tivate the Spirit of God .which brings a unity of faith and feeling. He called attention to the increase of profane language in the streets of Salt Lake oity, and to the duty of parents in having their children preserved from acquiriug such a sinful habit. He thought in this matter the parents should co-operate, and any one should take the liberty of reproving a child heard using profane language, and teaching them correot principles. He urged that children should be trained train-ed by precept and example in ways of righteousness in all things. Aodspoke nf the nrinninlfl of" ti thine ias a- rlon- trine binding upon all saints, whioh brought blessings to thOBe who obeyed it. Choir sang tho anthem, " Comfort ye my people' and Conference adjourned ad-journed till this (Wednesday) morning at 10 o'clock ; elder Lorenzo Snow of-feriLg of-feriLg up the benediction. ; . . - |