Show STAKE conference president go U caimol Add recai the saints P YOUNGS excelia REMARKS apostle cannon talka upon gods dav coin pared to plans alya the quarterly conference of the utah stake of zion yesterday morning in th house iu aliis city A 0 smoot presiding there wen present pres geoa Cannon Apostle 0 smoot D jolin and H il president S 1 young and bishop 0 J wentney the sane the the shadows afee prayer was offered by president II 11 II 11 cluff the choir i are of zion city seen ore ild S B young said I 1 did nol antin pate the pleasure of leading out morning hut 1 pray fur words of while addressing you we have as in quarterly conference to worship the lord thu we may do so in unity of purpose is my prayer fhe loid lias showed in latter time eliat he had a purpose in restoring his apel he lias revealed his word 0 o ilia servants the prophets and his holy spirit to every one v io yielded obedience to flis cornuand iii nt s ther llie gospel found yi among the nations of the earth or in of israel it has whis pred to you tho same words of com fui t it has revealed to you the true and everlasting covenant that same ts venant which has been revealed to it e people of god in all ages the g apel has called all people to repentance and brought to all who have accepted it peace and comfort was a time when the efforts of the wicked were spun just as plain as they arc today to day van when aliis people only numbered a liand ful I 1 can remember at the time it the of alie prophets joseph and that it was considered unsafe to come forth after nightfall in alie city Nauvoo of 1 remember my cautioning me to keep off the streeta Street 1 after the alie fear hn rca ed people felt as though they daiil not know eliere to turn for aid or succor men eliom we biad revered next to our god biad been taken from us they biad borne tho heat and burthen of the day and now they lolled off the work on to the shoulders of alie twelve akostka Apost ka eliat alie people cf god were led and guided from tatt land to this land where they have since lived in contentment and peace hii have to thank our father in heaven some have paid that the mormon people were in the condition they desired to have the strength of their camps taken to kielp light country let ns see aliat sacrifices they biad to make alio able bodied men of to camps of israel taken leaving wives and children in u helpless condition to travel over a wild country and to endure all kinds of hardships the blessings of the lord rested upon tins people lor obedience to leaders god lias blessed wonderful ly in june isrl a great war commenced between the north and the south brother fought against but gods blessings wore upon this people and flioy were brought safely through the great struggle this people were again called upon to nan to protect the mails eliat crossed I 1 alie plains president young telegraphed eliat alie men would be ready in 4 hours at alie time alie war was alic north and south en holladay was in alie mail service ilo knew very well he could get good from the latte rd saints and 10 w as not disappointed lie proved i return n friend to this people lie tiered at alie time of alie arrest of young when other people bere iere rejoicing as bail for llie release of president brigham young not long ago it tho inauguration of cleveland when alie jews were abused in president cleveland voiced alie sentiment of alie american people when lie said it was alio sentiment of amen ains that the jews should be treated as other citizens but they are acy few alio have spoken a good word in behalf of i iaia people I 1 believe it la we are alie people of god I 1 is thu kingdom that daniel siw the kingdom that will briny into all the poloa of evil if there id any treason in aliis I 1 do not aee it I 1 believe if there is auy evil in the government of aliis nation it will imalle be removed by this people no government cabbe carried on unless alie people fear god and bow to his mandates the people of the united states are struggling under alie great evil of intemperance how cau they overcome tuh by the commandments of god intemperance is only one of the evils nation and the onry way they cr n destruction is by obey 11 g llie gospel of jesus christ APOSTLE A H CANNON said we oitt n biear after tho close of a meeting that alie services were very dull and tin iuteri eating when licar remarks I 1 feel to ask myself if I 1 leave done my duty in sustaining the speaker I 1 certainly have nothing that I 1 desire t to you only such as alio spirit of god may dictate the ways of god are not as the ways of men latter day saints have frequently seen the truth of this statement god has a different way of dealing with human affairs than man would have pursued if man had llie sr lection of a person to begin such a vork as this in the latter daysee would no doubt have one who was educated and particularly one alio was fio quent and fluent but god had a different way of this lie knew joseph and that whatever lie might accomplish com on earth be would give to ins maker the dionor and glory god made joseph smith capable by his spirit of accomplishing this work we know how faithful joseph was even unto death god lias invariably chopan hm weak things of the earth to confound alie mighty individual members of the church who have received the dospel in reign lands well know how the spirit has worked on them how they have been influenced to travel thousands of miles to this land where they could hear the words of god who could see in the early days of the church alien the house cf god was built in that this people would be driven out into the wilderness but it was not the purpose of god to make kirtland the acu tre stake rf zion no doubt the hearts of alie saints were centered oa independence pen dence but not so god did not design the people should be left there they were again forced to take up their march again they settled at A nauvoo but they could not remain there or the ancient prophecies would not have bein fulfilled alie old prophets testified aliat aioo was to be established in the f th mountains how was it alien we came here we were am rounded by a barren country no doubt the hearts of many failed them no doubt many felt weak and fainthearted faint hearted at the prospects which surrounded taca it was only by bard struggles that we were able to live god saw fit to make our foundation firm that we could endure alie struggle that was to come there are many commandments of god we have failed to obey wo become selfish I 1 expect to see tio day when there will bo no poor and that alien ono man has wealth all will have wealth H we were cut off bronx the world to if sra j l il j foj lay a position we would be placed ir athy can we not manufacture m our m ast dst we need the wealth of great britian haa been secured by her we cai manufacture and not in port then we will become wealth y zion we need have no ficara god will proa perthia eom manda we may feel at throes that god li a forsaken zion hut not so As he lias rescued 03 in the past so will he 61 in the future men plan for the overthrow of fijn chev reckon without their coat tho choir ean an anthem ice patiently benediction by david john ON fiftal paged |