Show 8 calfi sustained by the stake conference WAS ALMOST UNANIMOUS president joseph F smith preaches a sermon on church discipline SATURDAY saturday afternoon at conference con ferance bishop J tackett of springville Spring ville reported the hearth ward of that place to be in a good healthy condition all the different organizations laboring to the entire satisfaction of the bishopric bishop marinas larsen of spanish fork apoka on the covenants tha saints made before emigrating to zion and how prone they are to forget their covenants some of the in bia ward are striving to do their duty and others are slack and indifferent prof B olufa reported students enrolled at the young academy the present vear baid the missionaries sion aries from the academy were doing a work in the various fields ot labor the academy needs more room having baen overcrowded this year he then bloke of the advantages of the school B 8 hinckley reported the condition of the Y MM I 1 he said there were about 1500 enrolled in the staffe the of the larsocia AR SOcia tion was due in a great mcadara to the parents and the hearty operation cooperation co of the various bishops president david J hn said that he wae well pleased with the reports that bad been made by the brethren this stake of zion was abreast with othur stakes bat yet there is good room for improvement we need to ba endowed with the power of god to bo able min batera of the gospel speaker referred to the late manifesto and said that wa should be careful in judging the actions of the church authorities god would not judge na or hold ua to account for the of our file leaders he asked the bishops and the bieh councillors counci llora to use their influence in checking the wild rumors that are be ing made if the brethren are dissatisfied let them write to the first dency and attach their names let w try to build up and not tear down rOB KNOON there was a fine attendance at the sunday forenoon services on the egand were president joseph F smith apostle A H cannon and B coring of the first eaven presidents of Beyen tica president reed smoot the first speaker reported the young ladies organization abreast if not ahead of the young mens associations ri then reminded bis hearers anat for one rear be had been acting as counselor to the stake presidency he had to do his duty he then talked of the necessity of discipline in the church if manifestos mani festos he riven that are wrong by men whose right it is to receive light from heaven the wrong will not ba laid at the door of the body of the church apostle A H cannon felt gratified at the attendance individuality ia one of the strone of mormonism each member must act on bis responsibility there never has bean a time when the people were forced to obey the counsel ol 01 their leaders while there are penalties in a church sense for disobedience there is no physical punishment inflicted rumor baa been circulated to the effect that been visited by even death or blood atonement this is not so perhaps as a people we have bad too much prejudice god however seems to be our hearts and with time we may look with charliy or the weaken of our fellow men our church courts will again assume the position bhoj once bad and oven un believers will be will ing to submit their differences to ailor arbitration BO fair will our decisions be i regarded speaker had entire confidence in the priesthood of the church and where one brother he said with emphasis tries to injure an ther ha will be held accountable the province of tte priesthood is to work no injustice on the people but lot all men have their rights what would the church be if it were not alive to the situations surrounding ua it would be a dead branch speaker hoped COT er to see the day that the church should be guided alone by that which is written for the living voice of god is necessary to our progress pro aress an eminent divine had recently misrepresented the coming of the people to utah he had eaid it was because they could not in another state it was because the officer of that state were afraid to mete out justice in behalf of an oppressed people speaker then depicted the hardships of ahn pioneers and the desert land which they came to it is well enough now for recent camera to call it a garden spot and say we are desirous of isolation but ahn has made it so mormonism is not a burned out vol cano indeed it may be a hidden volcano that may explode with elrar force than the world now dreams of we welcome new utah said the speaker in conclusion and past conditions we wish to see forever buried we want better schools and all the intelligence telli gence which the world can give But above all we besiie the that we mav remain with his church the general church and stake authorities were sustained apostle thatchers name ws jn the high council V L halladay P enell were elected to fill vacancies and G 9 taylor and thad duff were elected as alternates W 8 rawlings Raw lines waa elected superintendent of religion classes vice JB j keeler resigned JR boshard waa temporarily as staka coons tie the choir hafg moat charmingly the hallelujah and benediction was offered by J F chorne prayer waa offered bv patriarch 0 D evans elder seymour B young vaa the first speaker we may all be edified in the great work that we are in if we live up to the principles and tea chines of christ jesue bad boid that condemnation will come to sm who do not believe in him there are devout worshippers wor shippers belonging to all eions we will admit this and all religious sects have their good the world is made up of both good and bad men there are over fourteen hundred mil lion churchmen church men which believe in christs doctrine it was in s time when all denominations were in a that the lord in person appeared before the boy prophet it was when the nation had put on a of godliness to shield their wickedness that the true gospel of christ was revealed unto this modern prophet reference was made to a certain minister not of our faith who bad of late spoken of the mormon church in no bood speaker had seen him years ago in berlin and there this same man had passed tracts against abd tbd church and bad spoken against the prophet jonesb and aoda people trying to poison the minds ot abo inhabitants against the saints sneaker had watched this same man he came to utah it seems like he wanted to be persecuted by the latter day bainte it seemed that he wanted to be would ba miserable until something waa done to him by a mormon but no latter day saint would degrade himself by doir g it any oae who came to utah in the earla days knows that it was a barren and desolate place and that some of the pioneers wanted bangham to fea on and not atop here to journey on to california or tha but brig ham told them that this was the pance that god bad ordained for tha saints to build ap the monn taina contain cold and dilver and iid metals but brigham bad prayed that they should be covered up until farms were open d up and homes built the reason of coming here to utah territory wea to get away from civilization and today the latter day sainta compare well in intelligence etc with the reel of the world it was all because of religion they freed th mcelvea from the rest of the world and ba 1 sacrificed homes friends everything every thine to blied up the of god the sarnie have embraced the gospel that chev may obey the god aa they are revealed to his eer vanta god will not come upon earth in person to his commandments command menta bat will them to hia people through his chosen servants speaker bore his testimony that the dospel had come noon earth to stay in its fullness Pre joseph F smith waa tha pr it was a very s be said tc confront so many faces in the guilding at a conference and he hoped that the saints would profit by what bud been bald to them D scipone ia oa b the meet the church but there is church that will disgrace a man and no one should be ashamed of it it is a subject that should be thoroughly order ia the first law ot heaven but there can ba no order if there be no discipline for order IB the result of obedience to the laws of god obedience is the first law of heaven for without that there can ba no order discipline is needed to bring people to understand the laws of god one of the rules in the discipline of the church is that a man must believe in god and repent of his sins which is proper and consistent conui stent for the church can never exist and be composed of non believers it ie also part of the church discipline that when a man wants to remove from one ward to another he must make application to bis bishop for a recommend and if this is not done be will lose his fellowship in the church it may seem a simple thing to do but church discipline baa to be honored in this respect and no bishop should let a man who haa removed from another ward to bis and who has no permit or from hia former bishop take any part in religious affairs no matter ahac bis Bt andine in the church may be no man is from thia be he an apostle seventy elder or lay member if be fails to obey this command cent tie is a rebel to the church the document that was read at the general conference refers to the same principle of discipline and it applies to every officer and member of the church it is not meant to stultify any one or to rob them of their individuality and ia is perfectly in accord with the dospel speaker bad onca beard a man tell president bangham young will take your advice iu spiritual affairs but when ic cornea to my temporal affairs I 1 am perfectly able to manage them my aalt the president of tho church has a perfect right to advise a man as to hia temporal affairs it haa neer been denied that a latter day would not leava his forge or work bench or stora to go on a mission had i himself left a homestead on which be lacked but one year to prove up and went on a mission to europe ha lost his farm but he felt that be waa being culled to perform a nobler work than getting a farm if a man says he will ie corrected but not temporally he lacks the spirit of the spiritual and temporal affairs are inseparable what affects us temporally is very likely to spiritually again to the manifesto said it would be before the people for ratification or inaction ua geml would willingly vote with both hands to ratify it there is no use jiing the matter the peonie ial the power of god an I 1 this principle will bo maintained and zion will triumph some are askine how it will affect their business and various criticisms are offered one man had gone to president woodruff and said president woodruff I 1 want to bee you privately I 1 do not care lo 10 talk to your counselors president woodruff answered that he and hie were united in all they did and he bade his remain and listen the manifesto had the endorsement of all who had signed it 1 I want to repeat he said in conclusion cl it applies to all officers members of the church according to kneir responsibility it is a general rule of the church elder ft then read the meni feato and president partridge put the motion for its adoption just before the vote same got up and left the building among them S A kiep there were a number when the vote waa called for who did not vote at all bat there were only two dissenting rotes one in the balcony and one near the center ot the building in the evening apostle A H caa non talked to the students of the brigham young academy eulogizing the school and telling the young people how to lead better lives it was a powerful diaco urae and waa listened to by a largo audience |