Show avii alir i 6 B ff K f ff bervice s PEES aeo Q makes some vera timely remarks regarding garding Ee our ta present duties i conference convened pursuant te adjournment atje president A U smoot pM Biding choir sang S llanten to the tram pets they boime lor volunteers itnyer waa offered by elder K G maeder choir aang my god the majoy atte lifo ol 01 my delights george Q cannon read a per ion of the twelfth chapter of the ali book of nephi he stated that lime coald be profitably spent in reading all of the chapter as it contained beautiful truths that should be im pressed upon the minds of the Latt erday saints if we would have our house built upon a rock the lord hag plainly told us how we could accomplish it by listening to the truths just read the saviors recorded in the book of mor moi makes borne difference in peaking to the disciples and in speak Lae to the multitude the speaker read many passages to show this the savior aid not tell the people that they should takeno thought for tomorrow but he boid this to the apostles because it was applicable to the circumstance they were placed in the great truths of the bobb of mormon and the sermon of the maunt contained principles that should be studied by the Latt erday saints and carried out in their lives principles we have been commanded to obey have been misunderstood by the world as has the serenis nis of god aud their mission in all aceb we have been gathered irom the world that wo might better obey tho will ot god because must of the ideas ofa the people of the world ara contrary to the mind and will of god it has algava been BO ana me servants 01 aoa nave in many instances buffered and even death on account of the misconception on the part of the servants of god even offend the latter day saints at limp 7 telling them the arnth because it in contact with our inherited notions and we do n t to our brothel or sister when we are offended with them aud forgive them or it we have injured them aak for their torgi venesa ve are pro forgiveness for oar sins if we do this but not otherwise the speaker read from the of tha savior it is a higher law than the law of this higher law is binding udon 5 0 latter day saints and we should aliye in accordance with the perfect law of christ if would live in an acceptable cep table manner before godrow many of us observe tho higher law it is human nature lo 10 return evil for evil and we think it cowardly net to return a olow for a blow tha savior acet us tha desimple of obeying the higher law and ha has taught us nothing that he did not Hirn his life ho was baptized in Hia Durity that he might us an example in this many people think the tea chinse of jhb savior to return good for evil would be impracticable I 1 do not think this I 1 believe by leyme according to the law of christ we will overcome the evil in th henits of men who would do a harm the to do good tor evil and exercising love nd kindness comprise ahe graat teachings of the gospel aa taught by the savior and are binding upon us it is bard for human nature to bleas those who curse to those who hate us but it is the many leopla pride themselves upon the ahne spent in the church have they learned these things if not it remain to be learned it will haye to he learned here or hereafter we cannot enter the celestial kingdom unless we learn this lesson even if the blessing has been sealed upon us if wa do not isern it here we must gearu it in coma other state of existence the speaker did not believe we tooer a broad enough view of our position in the our present condition will improve us in this respect we should not partake of the evils of intemperance and other vices among us our young men who go on ml afons are enabled by the power of god to pure and uncorrupted to their homes we can ie main pure and free from ein at home by the aade power president cannon hoped to see the people a happy and prosperous people and believed the lord wa deai reua of blessing bles sine us the people are desirous of doing their duty and he considered the i disposition of the people to do right i would cause the blessings of the lard to be given thorn the teachers should visit the and help the parents to train tha childred chil drea that aney may gain a our in whatever office or calling we may labor the position of a teacher is ax honorable and as necea aary as the office of an apostle the teacher may if be has the power of god cave a boul by giving timely warning of evil the parents should call upon the teachers to help them if they are cot able to control their children prayed for the alsa icca 0 god upon the stints apostle bram abram A H cannon could bear testimony to tha necessity nece sity for the labora of the teachers in the wards of zion fhe doctrines xe baye beard are necessary for our tl although alt hoagh they may not be easy for UK to observe but by the help of the lord and the efforts of the and i our own faith w will be able to over come all temptations the priesthood of the ward should visit the people A lister linns in salt lake city had visited by teach cri for aix month her waa on a mission children were gick such should not amon the saints it is the duty of the to visit the people and in every way counteract vil the sunday excursions were evils that should not be encouraged and the bisters should not patronize tham nor associate with those not of their faith the young in en should establish then selves and talc nivea and raise a family and train their children in the ways of god kerne men fear to marry because they have not means to provide for a wife and abany young women fear aad with leaion to marry young men who ara idling away their time and contracting bad habits thee conditions should be changed chang ed should unite themselves in the holy bonds of matrimony but above all we should be true to the covenants w have made and 3 f ive pure lives before our ahir we do not fully understand the privileges we enjoy above the people of ibe world and neglect many of them we will rece ve still greater blessings wb i we live up to the required require a ants of the gospel he prayed for the blessings upon all who desired to do right the names of the general church cers were presented before the confer ence hy stake clerk JW Bean and ahe officers office rj were unanimously sustained in their various offices the only change noted is the appointment of bro W U graham as a home missionary missi onery in place of bro N M has removed from the second ward the choir sans for the strong fi wa bless thee our god god conference adjourned till 2 benediction by a S jones |