Show COHERENCE conclusion of the services held in provo monday THE the choir gang 0 happy Is the man who hears instructions prayer as offered by elder K G maeser the choir sang do anai is right the day dawa is breaking hailing a future of freedom and light PRESIDENT JACOB GATES was glad of the opportunity of meeting with the saints this forenoon inasmuch as we meet together with a pure heart and clean hands we will be greatly bene fitted the speaker referred to the per of the saints at the present c lie felt glad that they had come as it was only what was expected as we have been repeatedly told it will only linsten the work of god this work will progress in spite of all our enemies we lionor the laws of our land it is the most free land upon the face of alie globe wa awe our country and wish to obey its laws is a clinice land and god ha decreed it as the abiding place of the honest in heart The speaker desired alie blessings of god to rest boon the heads of the sain tsin the name of jesus eliat they might remain true to the principles chev had espoused the clerk read HIP names of the officers of alie church who were sustained jay the saints APOSTLE ABRAHAM thought that circumstances by which we are surrounded no one should be satisfied by loo oking after his personal interests we should all sacrifice our personal feelings and interests for the general good we will find before w have finished the race we have begun that it will require the united efforts of every man and woman in zion to bring to a successful issue this kingdom of god I 1 can think of nothing at the present time of more importance than the education of our you are aware that no religion Is allowed to be taught in our district schools abey are net even allowed to use the amu which is considered by literary men to be f the highest benefit brother cannon referred to the church schoola echo ola advising the people to support i them as the result would be f much good to he rising generation if there is any improvement in science and art if there are any new discoveries we claim that these men are inspired of god and these new principles are a part of the gospel within four years after the pioneers entered these valleys steps were taken for the erection of a temple of learning the school houses dorang up among ahe first of bublie buildings to be built in this territory education has been tho theme of many a sermon in our midst I 1 hope that the day is not far distant when we will have schools and colleges in our midst that will be equal to any iu the world As w have led the world in the principles of the dospel we should also lead in matters we have advantages that the world know not af the biord has promised us knowledge if we will rely apon him joseph smith had but few ad vantages vanty ot education but tha lord revealed unto him ganv scientific truths unknown to the world they were ridiculed by men of the world but today to day i they are being acknowledged we should also study industrial labors we bauld learn how to build and manufacture we should learn how to farm to the best advantage I 1 hope to aea established in connection with our present schools schools of manual labor but wo must not forget that tha greatest school is the school of the gospel what is a man without a knowledge of fatur icv he is a reed shaken by th wind A knowledge of the gospel should b the foundation of all our testimony the choir sang the anthem strike the cymbals spread your banners benediction by elder jr W cluff SERVICES the choir sang praise to the man who communed walh jehovah prayer was offered by bishop snell the choir sang biall to the brightness ot morning ELDER K G desired that the spirit of god might be with our deliberations among the many principles that have been advanced for our instructions there are naturally some that would concern me more than others as they concern me personally I 1 refer to t le education of our youth whenever this subject is advanced I 1 feel it my duty to bring all my mental faculties to bear upon its consideration I 1 cannot afford to let one idea go by for the older I 1 grow the more I 1 realize that as I 1 cease to leam the more I 1 will be unable to teach the subject of education has been a leading theme among all civilized nations god has been working all these thousands of years building up the science sand arts among thea nations of the earth and lias from the beginning begin nine meted out to them as much knowledge as chev could bear but in these days he lias opened up all the avenues of the sciences and arts it is necessary eliat all this learning should be purified by the spirit of god and this ia revelation the ancient testified that the hearts of the children should be turned to their fathers and the of the fathers should be turned to thair children in support of the first proposition we are building schoolhouses eliat our children may be educated we may say that parents have always cared for their children budt be more in support of this ancient prophecy president DAVID JOHN biad felt interested te in alie meetings held during conference alie brethren have spoken of the triumph of truth and the of wickedness I 1 should like to live to seo the dawn of a different dayi should liko to acce with my natural eye what my spiritual eye has beheld in the past eliat glorious time when righteousness shall triumph and wickedness cease alie remnants of the house of jacob be assembled I 1 have looked lime when our streets will not be polluted foul language when alie name of alie deity will not be taken in vain when equal liberty and freedom will bo given to all men when opinions in religious matters shall not separate us As a people we lave toiled for alie last fifty five years to make our principles known ve leave been persecuted and on all sides but in alie midst of all these troubles we have prospered we have increased in members we have increased in faith we bear witness tins afternoon to our friends alio are here that our mission is peace we are not in warfare with alio united states government we do not think taxation without representation is just and although we revere the constitution of the united states we have never enjoyed to the full extent the freedom thatis breathes I 1 testify to you my brethren and hirers that ohp kingdom of god will prosper not in wicked nes but in peace on earth and good will to all men christ told my kingdom is not of tin s world we say alie bame our mission ia not of this world it i of god J am willing for robert ingeb oil to believe is no god if he wishes buti want him to let me have the privilege of believing in and worshiping Ja hovah presides r A 0 SMOOT made a few remarks in relation of the present position of the latter jay saints lie choir sang an anthem 0 loro moat merciful ISene diction by apostle abraham II 11 cannon |