Show utah stake conference the quarterly uolar 14 1 0 of utah stake conyOn Od in a tho luo 1 l urn I 1 K hons provo city on sugurd Su saturday lurd lu i iliin tiido last president A 0 baio I 1 dig choir sang aws prader by llam J IV jeaa been choir sui sant BISHOP J E ll 11 loom elal haidi 1 1 w pleased this to ruing lo 10 I 1 lave 11 ve the privilege Din ileRa of being with S m 1 ln an as ab of t big kind I 1 fod il hl liaf praia ig the lori fur his hia goodw gori ta so unto us ua I 1 realize that ever with Us is ia not as aa we would lile like but tit the same game time know that god s things for our good if ll it aoto ro r mania mains unpaid after its ta data of exair a tion the interest in terent will increase in pro portion to 1 the time it remains unpaid after such bach date perhaps if tuo the lord had postponed the passage of if thu 1110 tucker bill the ilia latera gt t for us ua to pay would have boon been much heavier than it is ia in regard to this I 1 feel very thankful for it i we were not crowded with responsibility we would be the worse for it in regard to nay my ward I 1 can rive give in in a report sati afao tory orf to myself with few exceptions our oar meetings aro are well attended atten dad the tithing considering I 1 the season is is better than in previous years also donations are well paid however there hers ere ate some evils which all people are subject to one is gossip stones moderately true by circulation are somewhat deformed we may find a remedy for such evils by the bauco yauco of the covenants cove nanta and corn cam of the lord when evils exist is is always a remedy for them in the gospel goepel of christ in readill the history of at the church we find th that al everything has been provid 61 for and will bo be so BO in in the future it if we do our duty doty the plan has been laid down we have to decide whether wo we will do right it the gospel is is not true my greatest desire is ia to find it oat and to find it out is is to get a testimony and that we w should all sack after the ibe theory that we should not be persecuted is IB wrong it is is for out our benefit that fulfilment fulfillment of prophesies depend upon it to determine this we must come coma to an intelligent gospel gospe understanding of the dignor of payson said baid I 1 bra am pleased this morning to meet with the latter day saints here in in provo at our QuA quarterly terly conf conference orelice to report the situation of affairs where I 1 reside we are striving to carry out the principles of the goo gospel pe I 1 many are growing stronger in ill ha 0 faith at our regular priesthood belief society young mens and young ladies we have baye a full attendance our sabbath schools are in in a favorable condition there are tome some especially to be found among those who go g away from home homa to work who dont know which side bids they are on my testimony is is that those of air our young men who stay at horns home are better prepared when spring iii comes comas to beir labors are better morally ind and make better pr progress in in their labors labor B BISHOP 0 D EVANS nf slem salil said he was well heaved bleared with what hal had been fluid expressed himself concerning the outrage outrageous 1 eions or the saints I 1 t j f f the of ifil iha e united I 1 states prohibits test eatha concern ins ing of religion raU gioi it ll Is god who haq hai us to take morn more thin than one wile wife and we do what vo do dou on our own volition like shake apere I 1 gid gi d cirit ail and coun try iry afterwards dj polygamy is a not the bla ot of the present persecution but the church its HI a who whole e every good thin wo can wish fo for 1 li incorporated lu in 1 iha he gospel G our duty is to obry obey its ia iila 1 wa swo swe h have iva one ona consolation tion which lines express the god 0 inina made all free ree I 1 Ps its birthright birth right then is is liberty tho the thoughts of man no power con combine limbs m ay iy be ba clial chained ned but not the m mind mai ill 1 may gad help us ua to meg meat C tie the la Is buell at ban canil amen smoot then spoke in relation to the crusade iru saila referred to hy by brother evans evana up ile said the object of this abb crusade was inure inora in I 1 a bearard reig nril to ill ilia EI 8 apolla polls thau than our falth faith in god I 1 h have 3 V 1 n no dictation to offer to the latter dy day saints morn more than that overy man mail and every woman should act according to the of elf their it tills haa bao thareld chati lOd us that we wi have perjured ourselves before the courts but now naw those persons begin patting patline in iiii tho the back and yay say you cannot afford to 0 1 take ke the oath our enemies it 1 ill bhat the of wi will 1 itself tile ilia let lat 1 let or day saints lelend staying slay liiK here her P 1 tills I 1 a wd land of promise hven even the enty ri rp formers suffered buttered ani anlas in las as lime aj m we bear the hinners truth oo 00 will au gustalli alii u rh to has bobil cut out or of tile and whon ever illi thereon he be ground int nto powder P the victory of this little it k kingdom 1 13 sure litiere anere is ia no quest fo n mb about at it how flow many lat ler ilay balanta are willing to sly bay ninon to that make yourselves to I 1 the he lo fit or if th tha 0 spirit follow its ll 11 dictations amen and god will sustain you gianop SHELL rw the saints I 1 i I 1 II a fork ward war 93 9 never IM fel I 1 nir better belter than at preveat all the the m beia well alif aided and the of the lord vs working ainone the saint blot lie ho r never sit felt more tit ro ilice pt riving t to do eods alli than han at tile the time lime invoked th laif blessings of god upon the hebal saints nta the 1 he meeting then adjourned until rpm pu choir sang an anth benediction ined teton by I 1 val t dea courin I 1 I 1 saturday Af aeterna terna the aas assembly emIsly was called to or ir I r at 2 pau by president A 0 sm 11 the choir sang sa ngOh ohl 1 happy is is the man who hears bears prayer joffere wei i bd by elder lewis harvey of 0 pleasant brovo 0 v 0 the choir bang ng let thos thoa who w ho would be saints I 1 n d aad 11 the reports of the stake the relief societies arld ami of 0 th alir sabbath schools were read by jakups W V kean ilean stake clerk pres JACOB GATES wo we are placid 8 at the present t time in a vary very poo i aar and interesting ing position from babl ex perien ceJ cau say any wo v have nothing to fear in the tha luukinen luuKi ngn of u st paril panl do not dot east hway dwir coL nt not lung since a gentl tuan not of conr faatu said to tua luu that has been a failure from the corn cam confidence in ID its divin iy ay is in decreasing in in the world the lord lins laa beai waiting wailing till the proper time should iouin fur for the permanent or manent es of the truth the prophet daugul by his war worda and works has bail given evidence of his hia soundness aud and 1 I believe his predictions are respected by ill all men ho he saya that the god of heaven will in 1 alii he lost last days set up a kingdom not I 1 to 0 be broken it seems to be a re to the of thit kingdom that men should obey the almighty above everything else it is i strange but true that tile boasted enlightenment of the present prefect will pro fees more honor for man than god nothing can be referred to but id A em braced in the gospel why is is joseph smith was wag not a wiser or more scientific man than the men of tha world the lord through tills war work k made him a wise biao man no man by the wisdom of this thi world can find and out god every effort of this c character ha has been a failure i the time for the dispensation of the lull fullness ot of time had bad not come but here was a promise to israel that the tre lord ord would gather them agate this thin great latter day work is the beginning the gospel must be preached to all the world before the end conits comes con its all the believers in christ aie are looking forward to the millennium out of this commencement a kingdom will grow irwill be a liberal king dom aba great principia pla that chatman th atman man ma mast bid do 0 to oabe dam as they would be done by must be est established a blushed bli shed look ing back to the Flood we see that the people did not believe what was fore told to come coma upon theral them neit neither hiir do they today judge them by their con duct thou then with the promises of the lord and the experience of the past before me I 1 look upon the present with the calmness of a summer 61 set t ting sun ban prom from the first the work has been followed by the most bitter persecution through all the he viniss I 1 audes tudes of a town mob to that of a state an and d still expect worse from the nation never have the people peaple desisted resisted des isted from trying to destroy us ns not for the particular ruen men of which the church was composed but for the holy priesthood by which it ib is As with a great many of the latter day saints I 1 cume came from the same st state ate as ail senator edmunds I 1 think the beat material has been brought away and edmunds i is the representative 0 tha dregs drege I 1 suppose Bup pOBe they think they have us doi now put aliey ey will find their mistake V we e are aie not la bori boring n i for ourselves bursal yes ba but t for I 1 tha h 6 good of mankind oar elders biden go without purse pursa or scrip calling the people to repentance in the ministry while they go on marrying sui and I 1 giving in mar riago is as in the tha daya day of t thu the flood I 1 rejoice in the darwe day we live am old bat I 1 antici anticipate pats living it a little longer and eeling this hoople tri PP h whether we are an hero here or be hind the veil vy a will never give giva up until the truth is uppermost I 1 can bear to the truth of the tb gospel it is for salvation or damns tio tian a just as we wa treat it I 1 feel sorry to sei aee our bret brethren hrin go to prison but the end is not eat yet probably many will become mir martyrs lyro before the final overthrow of wicked noes we are to grow in that power ower possessed by enoch of bf old the wicked could co u id not stand against him so groat great vias was his bis power and it will yet bo be so BO with the latter day saints wa iva are not laboring for an eirthly crown not cor to please men WO we for the truths of heaven and we are pot not of jt it ve lye know what we wa know and preach it WOO woe unto them who are cut oil off from the light of the gospel the tha timis mamen tous tons aud and will become more so but god is our friend and who dire dare be against us the lord las has promised that he will correct 1 us and he bafs i is doing it il then lot lad us kiss the hand that strikes us and not nat ct cat away aw sy our confidence in one another may we prove faithful until zion shall become bloome tile the joy of the whole earth earlb bishop BROMLEY of american fork after a roi mission naion elders are usually called upon to make tt a re report port I 1 have boon been on many missions before but for the lask bat few months I 1 have been ori ad one 0 of f a very peculiar kind I 1 do not wish to kiss stay any hand bat is raised against this people I 1 expect to r deive my j a at deserts and I 1 hope 0 our r enemies wi will ll 11 I 1 believe I 1 am not vindictive 1 I 1 thank god for I 1 liberty and expect to nye live in the so 0 o as to keep it il the speaker save gave in an ao ac count of his b in thi utah penitentiary six on on one 0 of his bis visits to the ba pen pan governor west said bald thit that it wats only a question of time whon when we w would have to lo abandon our practices apostle snow in answer referred to the abe commandment 0 given to israel not to warship any but the true god and to tho the three Ife hebrews to lo bow down to the image more those thom men j sti ailed the tha apostle mr snow said the governor w we e will not discuss that question my testimony is that whatever we are called to pans pana through we cau call always have cu I 1 n run a with tue tile lord in reward to t our course conree the day hits has lhnn we can embrace the G gospel cs und the world at tile same ti timp mp where shall we turn for morality if we WB leave the latter ilay day in diwi past it las has been ealter easier for mon men to lie ha cormons mormons BIor Mor mons but bat it r requires L qui ires knowledge and virtue to d duy ity in the tha pen I 1 saw 8 aw young oung I 1 men who were moving objects 0 of I 1 pity fall of distaso and fatt fettered ered with h ball and ald chain I 1 was sorry to lewalt learn arn that romo mome at 0 wore were bons ot latter day saints on inquiry I 1 learned they bad been put early arly i to toli erdine lording sheep and afterwards went to the railroad or mines mi dea u cotil n til they are now in ia such a condition lot let our children receive roure in ore training t r i nin i at a t out our hands bands may justice p prevail r e V 4 if pres preb A 0 SMOOT read a telegram from row postle apostle lorenczo oronzo snow saying be 0 ana as sorry to be unable to attend t aba 0 conference further suggested Buggea ted to t the 0 busio buaman as men mea of the stake the pro propriety p biety of closing houses of busi MM neason on our monthly last fast days daya I 1 hope hopa my remarks of this morning mor nici will not be mistaken mit taken ag aa on the rabid order I 1 feet feel as tha savior did when on the cboaz crob I 1 pity our enemies and pray that they may seo ea tha th end of their course in time to save ava them selves delves from untold sorrow in the future gave directions about so seating ting tho the house and hoped the citty penis donations dona tiona wool d not be forgotten forgot t so to q that wi we might Is 0 enjoy the new tabernacle choir sang an anthem benoric i lion was pronounced by bishop TR TB cutler of lehi lebi continued Cn mud on second page I 1 utah stake conference i from first firlit sunday morning the ili a services were ware opo aad ut at 10 or 0 aock ares president ident A 0 osmont smoot pru phi siding nidin the choir choi r sang Trai geye the ilia Lord good too 1 to rai rane your hiir hearts and voiced ta lit in hm his brals the opening prayer prabir was alrered oll trul by elder karl ga s aaser the choir sing como come till a saints W who ho dwell on earth lt tho the sacrament was tin der tho tha direction ortho of tho bishopric of the Thi third rdward ward provo city i TI tho I 1 a general authorities of tha ilia church chuili aadot and of the ilia utah stake of zion bere beesel presented cited by james IV benn bean stake 1 clerk I ark and unanimously sustained sni 1 ABRAM II if CANNON I 1 do 10 not ml fitl equal to this thia occasion unless I 1 C tn an havo have tho the spirit of 0 tile thu lord which I 1 t rust avill tt ill be given give me through your fail it 1 and nd prayer tf wt we ate aro living in in it a tune time of 0 great events vie wing our position positions 1 froin a natural standpoint BUind point it is IH not a int ant one to td occupy wo we tire are in in the midst of a nation who have tried fit in various ways to deprive us of our religious relio ious and wo we are now tho the ot of another t tend special enactment looking in tho the r y fame direction I 1 ar aai sorry to say aay that some borne even e on of our own number hold lio I 1 tho the opinion that wo wel shall have bavo either to give up lip our religion or our homes in n abis opinion I 1 jo do not for oil ono moment I 1 I 1 am convinced that there are are man many I 1 w who id will leave thle told fold to escape the threatened threat enad calamities for we no read rca 1 of tho ten virgins that five wore were foolish 1 I 1 tin ant not prA prepared ked pared to say bay that half of tile the people people will vill desert esert but I 1 certainly believe I 1 eve there will ill bo be a grout groat number nuan eri but t tho he Z zion ion of god gadwill will never be |