| Show do ME I 1 industries I 1 talked 19 of at the 6 THE SUGAR FACTORY more such institutions aro are wanted anted services I 1 ces of saturday and sunday SATURDAY MORNING AA the first speaker was 21 FRINCIS M LYMAN IYMAN he ha said paid that the gobdel was a gospel of peace truth and it was wa not possible for men to properly teach it unless they enjoyed the spirit ol of the lori lord nu no man could be a a success uc C ess ful fill latter day saint ut ilesi he possessed that spirit and no maii man could enjoy anai spirit unless I 1 be kept the command men mens s of the lord and him sell self in all parity fr fir the spirit of the lord would not no dwell in unholy tabernacles A man should always speak wel we 1 l of and defend his brother and magnify rather than seek to detract from his v the same remark applied to in an enemy for even the wicked possessed bowe bidden merit do not he said let the latter day saints set their cearto too much upon their property and suffer the themselves melves to become alienated from or embittered against each other because of business transactions he himsel would not antei tain ill feeling against a brother for all he possessed ELDES GEORGE TRAs nALE was the succeeding speaker he said he had been absent absent for a good many years travelling tra velling and preaching pr eachin the gospel of jesus jesua christ endeavoring to establish new settlements and therefore had bad not enjoyed the advantages of hearing the word of god from his in pared servants as had the saints here the speaker could bear his testimony after an experience of over forty years in the ministry and officiating in the ordinances of the house of the lord that this organization called the church of jesus christ of latter day dav saints was the church of tho the living god who was the lord our god gad he was the maker of heaven and earth the sea and all that is therein he was also the Father of the spirits of all flesh and the whole human family should acknowledge this it if the members member thereof wanted to be kind to themselves vee god was a god of revelation and of miracles and the latter day saints knew that this great latter day work was true because it lad been repealed reye aled by him from the heavens the speaker invited any strangers who might be present to investigate thoroughly the principles of this the true gospel and asked what ivas iras the use aae of men ad administer ig in the name of the lord unless they had the au thornty from on hiah to do so bo elder Te teasdale Tea adale aBdale spoke very briefly upon missionary ary work in Mexico where he said they progressing little by little the mission being in a better position ilion now than ever before ELDEK ABRAHAM H CANNON said bald that god had commenced a mar belous work and a wonder and had declared that he would carry it forward in bis own way he did not depend upon the ot of men for his wisdom or leaves his hia work in their hands bands tor for accomplishment but he himself directed in all things which pertained to the up building ot ol his church he had bad acted according to the plan which he had designed and had not submitted his purposes pul poses tor for the criticism of mankind the sneaker branched out on the present condition of financial affairs eaid the saints could not do better than observe strictly every command given alven them by the servants of god however much this might conflict with oar own ideas of finance on social or other matters ile he did not in the gloomy forebodings of many persons in relation to the present condition of things and believed that a brighter future was yet in store when the clouds which now bung hun over our heads hal passed away SATURDAY AFTERNOON there was a large atten attendance darico in the afternoon A number of reports were read and adopted ELDER YOUNG was the first aspea he wished that the people throughput the whole length handbreadth and breadth of fp j e land could haye have heard beard the and ana outpouring of the spirit that had been the privilege of the latter day dav saints sainta to hear bear daring this conference it was elbar be said that the saints were growing in numbers in laith and in good works and that they were becoming mure more and more an united cited in spi spite te of the trials that ahat surrounded aar rounded them he spoke of the prevailing hard times and said there was twice as much land infalt lake coun count tyas yaa was waa properly cultivated and when the time came ca that the population of the tha county was tace as large the land would be made to produce twice as aa much as it did now he advised the people to cultivate less leas laud land and cultivate it properly and said that he believed the tha results be more satisfactory ELS ELD K R MOSES THATCHER said lie he hel believed eved that sacrifice on oa the iha part of the people would hricuk forth blessings three yeara ago in this building bui luing he said the latter day saints sainta made a great sacrifice for conscience sak when the manifesto was read and voted for it with aaning hearts because it toi a asunder the ties of parents and children of husbands and wives but today blessings had bad blossomed med from it the hairet rt and P eaudice that made that sacrifice no longer existed among the people of the outside world and the latter day da saints were oe ginning to be recognize sd d as they are and god he be stid and would continua ont onti inua nug to strengthen and aad uphold hi people lie he referred to the financial stringency and said that one extreme always followed another and he be predicted heter beter he be ter times ahead the people of utah he said when the pes present nt hard times were over would begin to so turn their attention to the wealth that surrounded them here on evera hand band and bo home me industries of all kinds would spring up on all sides for the utilizing of our great resources SUNDAY FORENOON president joseph F smith was the principal speaker ue ile spoke of the many blessings the saints enjoyed both temporally temporal lv and spiritually there was waa cry of hard times but be believed that the people of utah were as aa little affected as any portion of the world in the country places especially hard bard times are scarcely known the people raise nearly everything they need and are not suffering he was glad to learn the people were getting gettin rout out of debt arad aed urged the people to continue their efforts in this dire dir digestion estion tion he wanted to see all the people own their own homes the discharge of cormons mormons frow from railroads and public works was referred to and the establishment of more factories I 1 that the people might in every way become seif sustaining was urged R 0 easton boston rendered a a eolo 0 my father etc SUNDAY AFTERNOON in the afternoon president woodruff addressed the congregation he spoke of the potency of faith in god and pointed out what had bad been accomplished through faith he spoke concerning the establishment of more industries dus tries such as the sugar factory and pointed out the tha many benefits that would accrue from such a course president george Q cannon add added ed a few remarks he commenced by referring to a number of church history incidents and cited many things that I 1 had been accomplished by the church he deprecated the saints having anything to do with christian scientists such a course was y making themselves vulnerable to the attacks of 0 the evil one A few conc concluding remarks were made by bv president woodruff lT illustrative of lowthe evil one gains power over oter those who are not on their guard and the conference adjourned |
