Show the bomi anneal conference of the church of jesus christ of latter day just past is one of the most remarkable in abo history of the church not so much from the fact hut the given were or from the sermons of previous conferences ant more on of the immense concourse or people who had assembled to give deyot ioa to a benign creator accord tenets of their faith it neachea a lesson more forcible than can be told in cords that with the latter day saint religion is one thing and politics the last ren eral conference of the church the v morman boan quit violently worked up over poultice po Utice many hard things have been baid of the opposition by both sides and arent deal of political animosity engendered many were fearful lest the new turn in politics would efface incubi religion and cause strife in the church it is pleasing to cote that the latter day baines do not mis with religion that when they appear batore the shrine to worship they can lay aside worldly adro none need foar ant what poli bics tics and religion are forever separate iu ahab and that the church of feua christ of latter day saints will move along in tho even tenor of its way tho high mission to which it is destined generally speaking these conferences of the latter day saints are a distinctive feature of the church it is very true that other sects have general conferences ant they are confined solely to ministers the laity having no voice in business nor is it their duty to attend at a general conference of the mormon church gather from all the stakes and nave in all business transacted their meeting with saints from settlements remote tend to engender n sentiment on religious IP a tors which increases unity in abo church ask a mo why he plods his weary way over deserts to viboit mecca and he will tell yon it is not because of the special sanctity of the city but because these annual gatherings of people from many climes serve to perpetuate perpetu ata their common religion pure and distinct they engender a common sentiment and create a far stronger brotherly love between edans than exists between christiana the same good results ure noticed in a larger degree by the general conferences of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints no matter how widely the church may spread or how many nationals nati onali ties it may embrace these general conference will servo to unite the members in common bonds of brother hood and giva to the latter day saints a distinct religious being from tha rest of the religions world |