| Show quarterly conference AFTERNOON SESSION choir sang we thank thee 0 god for a Prop liet to guide us in these latter days prayer was offered by bishop T it cutler the choir sang he died 1 the great died and israela Isra eld daughters wept around the sacrament was administered by the bishopric Bishon ric of the first ward BISHOP 0 F desired that what he might say would be instructive to all in order to receive into our souls the teachings which he is ever willing to impart unto us we bupt have a pure heart I 1 believe is the reason why you have come together whether the gospel has baen revealed in its fullness it has been commanded that tho saints should meet together often and partake of the sacrament in memory of our lords suffering when we come together on a solemn occasion like this do we realize what we are doing do we partake of ahe sacrament worthily or do we partake of it as a mere form arrived at a time when we cannot afford to do anything except with and sincere desire it is a day romean what we say and to mean what we do we must not do these things then as a mere form but we must do them of him that died that we might live we call heaven to witness that we are willing to take upon us hig name and keep his commandments that we may always have his spirit to be with us from the very beginning it was not the purpose of the fjord to leave his people in darkness when jesus called around him hia disciples he said 1 will not leave you alone but I 1 will send you another the comforter even the spirit of truth this was the promise of of god it was necessary that he should go that the other C nf orter might come we find that men like peter who was cowardly enough to deny his master so strengthened of the lord that he in turn was crucified he was crucified with his head down because ho did not consider himsel worthy to be crucified in the same way in which the savior was crucified what a transformation was made by the holy ghost peter and after they had received the holy ghost were going up to the temple when they were accosted by a blind saari alms peter said gold and silver have I 1 not but what I 1 have give I 1 unto thea freely be thou heriod iu the name of beaus of nazareth and he straightway was healam see how paul was transformed by this spirit he lived to regret his former wicked course and arose to be on of the apostles this is a marvelous example of the wonderful workings of god by the power of god he was enabled to withstand more persecution than he had ever heaped upon others finally we see this same pul standing before the he admans block for that same jesus he had persecuted gio Q CANNON said he i had listened with a great deal of pleasure to the previous speakers chiy is a privilege that wu have of coming together 0 borah ip the lord and listen I 1 to the promise of god I 1 have always considered it one of the most profitable things I 1 could do is to attend meetings I 1 feel strengthened and built up by attending meetings I 1 have always felt some profit from all meetings I 1 havo attended it is just as needful that our spirits should be fad aa our bodies our spirits may be starved as well as our bodies thero are many who call themselves latter day saints who are starving starving for the word of i god if they continue in this course they will finally starve themselves out of the kingdom of god therefore it is of the utmost importance that we our partake of the lords supper that piece of bread and that drink of water we partook of may not appear to be of much consequence but when partaker partaken par taken of in the proper spirit it is of great benefit to us it strengthens our spiritual nature the dividing line between zion and babylon is being sharply drawn the lines are not being di awn by us but by babylon itself they say yon ar not of us we cannot receive you it seems to me that yesterday it was drawn more distinctly in salt lake city than I 1 have ever seen it before god has promised that no weapon that is raised against zion shall prosper all who fight against zion shall perish those who fight against zion are classed under that terrible name tho whore of all the earth do not allow yourselves to be despondent be will take care of his people and they will war against one another who war against zion there are many things that might be eaid in this connection but if you will walk in the straight and narrow path all will be right many times all has deemed dark bat the wall has opened and we have found a pathway through you may depend upon it god has not forgotten bis people remember all of you the words of the savior take no thought ot the morrow be happy today to day and jou will be happy tomorrow to morrow and you will be happy every day that you live if you are faithful the choir sang an anthem and benediction edic tion waa pronounced by daut jacob gates |
