Show saints exhorted to honor gods priesthood TO CULTIVATE FAITH pay tithes and live god acar conference largely attended the quarterly conference of the utah stake of held in provo on sabur day aud sunday was probably the best tod moat largely attended conference hat has been held in this stake lu a aar particularly was this 0 o ol 01 the saturday meetings it was only a fair at the forenoon session but ha attendance at the wat arcs aid vary encouraging of the germona delivered on saturday forenoon appeared in satur lays issue at the afternoon meeting y j waa the farat speaker oon the people on state 1 hood an thie waa the first confer ence held in the utah elake bince admission speaker related how he used to look upon the flag with pride when he saw it in foreign landa but now the people of utah bad reason to look upon tha flag with more patriotism speaker endorsed the remarks of john at the moi ina aes aion he touched upon the financial condition ot this stake of zion if each soul 0 the stake would pay fifty cents each enough money would be raised this year to par off the entire indebtedness of the stake the bishops of tha differ out wards of the are in bayor of this speaker warned the people against etc who come into a place to perpetrate fianda on the people and nia advise to trade with home people and let fie bakera alono speaker referred rel erred to the reports ot the different wards throughout the stake some are all that can be asked while others are not so good some of the wards have to draw on the general tit nini office to support their poor now it the saints would observe last adny and their albine there would be no necessity to call on the general tithing office for help but they would have a left was the next speaker he read amna the chapter of malichi in relation to the faithfulness if men unta abd and abo tittle a td tb blessings to be received if his ordinances ordinance a are carried out speaker said that too af ahia world will destroy all no one should go in gods with the curse oa him of not his aithea it is nut men who aak yo i to pay your tithes but god aa leonjr aa thero are tho twelve Apost tea for god to the people will get the truth if a man does ot do bis duty to the priesthood which holds lie i walf cioe on very danger oua ground speaker closed with boarini bs arini hie testimony as to the liam god aol aal that the twelve apostles held the kya 0 his and that they in harmony with the first presidency X G steber next emoke ol 01 the necessity of the tnt willment fill ment of the covenants of god speaker eairl that we muff not depend too much ou our own strength th we duct have the spirit of god if we succeed FORENOON conference was well attended the bouse being well filled both and down abter usual opening ezer aises K youia was the first speaker ep eAker ws pleased to report that he found on his recent vieil to the ban loais ald fake fitzke in Ar izina that the people have themselves and have become a potter in abo land there aa elsewhere there beems to hav e come over the outsiders a spirit to respect and trust the latter day salata and to cease reviling them what ohp anso of thin IB aitio speaker was bat able to icib HOL because of any marked improvement in the lives of the as a whole for be nelie veil that while conr people are not worse they are not improvise provine im as aa they should yeton one respect tho 1 people are exema ary gov hushes arizona in convertine conver eine with apostle remarked that be waa a advocate of temperance and be ob served that while the hattei jay saints who live in the salt river country raie rai e many grapes and make large quantities of the beet of wine yet they are not wine dankers tho aa recently made by the people of utah in tho political world through the late division movement has as much to do aa anything with the chango of feeling of the gentiles howarda us abo dospel ia eprea dina rapidly in andol the indians of the desert are receiving it they ara primitiva in luear mode of worship but have great fainn aa we bad when we were more primitive and depended upon the ard fur all our progress hoped that we are econ to return to the love of god we experienced in those daya latter day saints to live near to god and within the means anat he gives them and be entirely out of debt so that their earnest and efforts can 06 expended on something elea than devising schemes to baiso interest are we livine pure lives and culli and increasing in faith seek first the kingdom ef gud and all else will bo ailder bibbes is one of theae added a gift ol 01 god we should not worship the gift and forget ane giver as many are doing parents should beet the example to their children by living aright perilous times are upon ua we fiand upon slippery places gud iu trying our faith in many ways the uncovering of cold at mercur la one of these ways anu there la no power except that of god that will aid us GEO Q CANNON spoke next had listened with great interest to previous speaker the ie marks were pertinent to our co odilion they cause ua to reflect back upon our past conditions and compare them with tho present and it ia good at times to do this by doing this we can see when the hand of the lord baa been applied in the controlling of our deal indea and can the easier see and know that he is still leading us the cultivation of baith should occupy the minds and attention of the saints greatly if we look back over history of the church we aeo that those who lacked faith gradually became impure and finally have become separated the church and hare lost or will lose their salvation those who were not barong in the faith could not withstand I 1 ha trials of of poverty and hard throes and they gradually fell anav until today there are thousands who were once latter da saints that are not now numbered with ua neither are their children it re quinea aling anith to endure to the end great and intensity ot purpose and parity of lile are essential in the of laita it is of the utmost importance that when we meet as we are met this morning that we should expunge from our minds things that absorb us elsewhere and ask that those who ahall shall be lead to give ua ho necessary instructions and advice and if need be re bukea that will lead as on to better livee in the future and we rei member that it requires strong faith to withstand all the and to live the lives of truo saints there ia a tendency upon the part of satan to destroy the faith of the saints in the priesthood of the church ahou the saints have great faith they abek couil from those in authority and possessed of the spirit of god before in any matter of temporal lem or and by BO doine avoid mistakes it waa this practice tat brought about unity and good feeling in earlier days hoped we would strive more than ever to cultivate our faith and thereby conduct oar jahure lives more in accord with the will of god SUNDAY AFTERNOON the attendance waa large every available seat in the spacious building being occupied and many standing stake clerk bean placed before the conference the named of all the general officers of the church also the officers of bian baeke each and every officer presented was sustained the nama of charles monk as high councilman was not presented to the conference pending investigation that in hoped will bring about a better understanding and con more fellowship in the church clerk bean also tread the statistical report of the stake giving number of families church members oG cera marriages contracted bertna deaths ex communications removals individuals drawing support in the elake etc dar inetha quarter just passed it was announced no change in the home missionary list bag been made for the proa eat bat that all old home will be required to act for another quarter CANNON again addressed the conference ed that the prayers offered up would be heard and answered and that the pea kera would say only ways desires the saints of this to hear at tho present time it ia a remarkable incident in the history of conr charch that the lord has selected the ao learned to teach and confound the learned of the world through this the lord and not man has been glorified the man chosen as the lords ments has the credit only ot having been obedient to the swill of god which la indeed a great credit it is not the ability of any man or men that has brought about the erfal perfection represented in the organization of tho of jesus christ of or has accomplished complis hed the marvelous marve lons work and advancement van cement the saints haye RC complis hed that the world baa called the leaders shrewd unaina un aint ind aole men it ia not that ability nor shrewdness nor canning that an effected the wonderful miraculous cruit nothing but tho work of god through tho people bis servants has as thia it wae predicted b he prophets of the barier days it is a work ot ahti dorcle more extensive the work ue accomplished complis hed in noaha day from he soula in tha ark a koiv race sprang he intends that a new and better race shall spring from the dainta who accept and como out of babylon he has given to m hia priesthood and we should magnify and revede it that is not boing to be withdrawn from the earth again notwithstanding the warfare that lias been carried on against it it is our duty to defend it against that unholy warfare that warfare haa been waged against mankind by lucifer ever since his great fall baital efforts have been to overcome and brine to naught the plana of the great father who perm it ted the two thirds of the hosts of heaven who bad been faithful in their first estate to enter in upon their second estaba and take upon ourselves fleshly tabernacles in this estate we are bein tried to sea if wa are in fact of the great exaltation tod tore for us if we are faithful exaltation in our third estate into the continued society of god oui fatherland hia son exalted into being sods our calves faver going onward and upward in knowls da and power satan battles against our remaining faithful faith lul in accordance with gods plan by tempting ua and winning us on hie side and with the one third of the hosts of heaven that down and r e fused permission permie sion to enter their second estate before man inhabited this earth as a punishment for following lucifer in that preat war against the father on the other hand god is con pleading with us to follow him and hia son jeans tuatau with his boata of invisible spirits are about us tempting us and striving always to beet possession of our taberna oles and when they do eat possession as the r did at one time of which we read when they were compelled to depart pleaded to be permitted to enter into a herd of swine they undertake to that tabernacle and that i why we hear of BO many suicides of people beine taken to the ashlum etc if a man or woman indulge in bad foel lasa it ia an unerring that be or she haa yielded to tha unseen or unheard of these evil and he la grieving god and will be cut off from enjoying his blessings unless be or she repents another and a favorita faT orita method of these spirita ia to tempt the saints to covena nhi and rail against to ill of and critic fee men bearing goda priesthood thia ia forbidden by god and if persisted in will ultimately lead to apoe tacy |