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Show FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE. CON-FERENCE. SECOND DAY. Friday, April 7, 10 a.m. Conference met pursuant to adjournment. ad-journment. Meeting called to order by Elder B. Young, Jr. Singing by choir, "Father, how wide thy glory shines." Prayer by Elder L. Snow. Choir sang, "The time ia nigh, that happy time." Elder L. Snow addressed the conference. con-ference. He stated that his voice was: not very etrong, and requested the congregation to be as quiat as possible that he might make them hear. It was forty-six years nhico the organization organiza-tion of tho Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, aud during that time it had stood firm on tho foundation founda-tion upon which God had built it. Through the introduction of the gospel gos-pel in these days, the prophecy had begun to be fulfilled that "in tho last days young men should see visions and old men should dream dreams; Bons and daughters should prophecy, and God would pour out his spirit upon all flesh." And the fulfillment of the prophecy was being literally enjoyed by the Latter-day Saints. When they first received the gospol they were like the man who found a rich treas ure iu a field they were willing to sell all they pecsucii and make any sacrifice to obtain the treasure in accordance ac-cordance with the parable of the SaTior. The saints would receive of the fullness of glory as Christ; not all at once, but would grow from grace to grace, until pertectioa was reached and the fullness of God's glory was bestowed. They were to be controlled, not by their own desires, but by the power aud spirit ot God. Elder C. C. Rich followed. He had taken pleasure iu listening to the instruction which had been given. The pouring but of the holy spirit on meetings of this kind was a great inducement in-ducement for the saints to come together. to-gether. The work that they have been called upon to do. could not be accomplished except through obedience obedi-ence to tho dictations of the spirit, and the requirements of the holy priesthood. Although much progress had been made, still tuere was ample room for improvement. The saints were not ao much seeking for the eaithly riches which would soon perish, per-ish, but for those riches which were eternal; and it was requisite that union should exist in order to insure them prosperity in their labors. Elder F. D. Richards arose and said that it was a source of great refreshment re-freshment to the spirits of the saints to come together in a conference capacity. And if all the people were to come together it frould ; render the government of the church far easier than it was. The speaker thought it was wise for aa many as possible to attend from the various wards and branches, bo that they might carry home the spirit ot the conference. It was necessary to court the fellowship of the saints and to seek for the light of tho guiding star which led to eternal lite. There had been occasions in the history of God's people in ancient times where the num ber of the people was too large, and God required them to per-torni per-torni certain riles and duties to test their integrity and purge the church from those who were not likely to aid in strengthening strengthen-ing the cause of God. The principle of u. lion was necessary among the sain is, if it were only to build a temple. They bad been requested to sanctify this land by living in righteousness, and God had declared that unless this was done it would not be a land of Zion unto them. It would be better to unite with each other than with any of the existing political parlies; for when the time should come that the influence of the sainte was required, God would dictate dic-tate how it should be used to the best interest of His kingdom. He urged continued faithfulness and the pei-formance pei-formance of duty, including eecret prayer, that the kingdom might prosper pros-per aud the right triumph iu the end. President B. Young arose and said he would occupy the few minutes that remained of the morning meeting. meet-ing. There were a great many laws coutained in the scriptures, said to be the laws and requirements of God , that the people might inherit celestial glory. The saints had studied these things and were acquainted with them. He aaked which one of theie laws could be neglected, and whether there was any wayofdividing between ' those which should be obeyed and those that could be rejected. One of these duties was the paying ol ti hing and many of the saints were carelets in this particular. All had come here poor, and if they owned anything God had given it to them. The speaker severely reprimanded those who indulged in the fashions of the Gentiles, fur it was deplorable to see what a course pome were taking who professed to be Saints. Cnoir sang the anthem "Praise God in his holiners." Adjourned till 2 p.m. Benediction by Eider B. Young, jun. 2 r.M. Choir san "All hail the glorious day, etc." Prayer by Elder Orson Pratt. Choir sang ' ' We aro not ashamed to own our Lord." Eider Isaac Bullock addressed the Conference. He felt thankful for toe privilege of attending this meeting. meet-ing. The Lord had blesed him in his laborB, while on bis late mission to the United Stales, He had met with manv apostates, including those who baa broken off with Sidney Rig-: don, Gladden Bi?hop, Strang and others, most of whom had joined the Josephites, but thwy all declared they bad not received the tilings they anticipated an-ticipated when they joined theso factions. fac-tions. Ho was very much gratified when Elders Joseph E. laylor aud Claudius V. Spencer reached Council Bluffs, Binco which timo he had Ubored in unison with them, and they had baptized several into the church. Hh boro his testimony 'o the truth of tho work in which li ; wna engaged. Elder C. V. Spencer fouowed. Ho telt like a email man in ft largo place, and that it was a greater honor to address the people of God than to speak in the court ot the princes of tho earth. Ho rtlat'd his experience on his recent mission in the east and and dilated warmly on the sinfulness sinful-ness he had met with among those who professed religion, showing that while they had a form of wumliip they lacked in practical righteoiuiieiw. He urged the sainta to faitlifuliicM, that they might retain the holy spirit and stand in the church. Ho referred lo the crirno of ftoticido and tho general gen-eral distaste of tho rich to rearing families which prevailed iu the world. Ho prayed God to help all tho honeat to keep their covenants and do Lis will. Kldkr J. F, Smith aroso to ad-drews ad-drews the conference trusting that tho spirit would rest upon him ho that he might speak iu a manner that would bo acceptablo to his heavenly Father. Ho contruated tho willingness and faithfulness of the saints with the disobedient dis-obedient aud rebellious spirit of people peo-ple in the world. It was the opinion of some of the outside world thai the Latter-day Saints did not believe what they professed to, but were blindly controlled by the influeme of the leaders of the church, who were considered con-sidered to be shrewd and cunning men. But the cLissol people who had joined the Latter day Saiuls whs such as to produce a ditlerent result, for they were people who had deeply reflected; many had belonged to the various denominations in the christian world, and having realized that they did not possess the truth, on hearing the gospel preached in its purity they had embraced it, and their future actions ac-tions had been bated upon firm enn-victions enn-victions and certain knowledge. The speaker eulogized the Stnts, and referred re-ferred to the results of their labor;:, to prove that they compared favorably as a chifr with any other denomination, denomina-tion, class or nationality extant. He advocated unity and general improvement improve-ment in the practical walks of life, dealing in justice, mercy and honesty with all men; and renrobated the practice of mortgaging property and incurring debts which would impoverish impover-ish the people. i Choir sang the anthem "Sing to the Lord in joyful strains." Adjourned till Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Benediction by Patriarch John Smith. |