Show GENERAL COXFEREXCE SECOND DAY T Salurdoj April 5tli 2pm Crcat God attend while Zion r Ii 3lic j < y that Iroro Tl > y procnee prirg To j > ead one day tiith Thee en earth xeeed a I hoaand < U B oMnirth nni rung by the choir grayer wss olTiied lay Elder Bud gerCla Hii Sinning by the coir Joy to the world Tt e Lord will come nJ eaith receive berKmg Let every heart prepare Him room An J aDD asgela slog In rldrnt Ixir < DaD hnnir t bald in mllance We lme been greatly Wttsed during thi confer C ence The Spirit of the Lon has a heart llur out uin the pke I I CLJ inability to nn bcrn my inabity t 6uyting J1rUclrl In > trcUe link by the dictations of the Holy f Spirit i feel alo tnt you cannot anlkipllesRY teachings tliat will do > have the same you good unless you Spirit ro which I is your privilege to po essSo faras the past is I concerned the since our ernMing together Tj0rJ has been as favorable to us u on any similar occasion It I wonderful t contemplate the prog nssof tho Church since its organization organ-ization sixty j ears ago tomorrow Have the Saints made progress as rapidly as that exhibited by thorti similarly calld of God in pistage iluriii the same length of time It is interesting t euntemplato IUd estimate the abilities wo liavo received re-ceived from the l orJ fj continue notwithstanding the prosperous nolwlthtmJmg opjKIng for that havo been c1rluht to bear upon us No external ex-ternal jioweT can prevent us from attaining t the high detu DrL out for us oil the condition of faith fuluet We dill not by out the path to salvation for ourselves I t was delineated by God before thoR F R earth was organis J The Lord has jecu fit to make known the path y I depends upon ourselves as to ag Lwbether we continue to travel on f that road which leads t celestial glory v r Ve 1el not trouble shout the 4 a future Somepoope cpnShthcopin 1 ion that the Salute i go into tA captivity by the process of disfranchisement disfran-chisement I do not know whether a < this will be the caseor not I the Lord had maulfestex that this 5a would be s I would not ay any > > hthlng about It as it wouU not b TCiylom If we had been Ode e C quninted with the trials through which we have already pished we would have bon discouraged discour-aged As it i our cxjnenee has increased our faith So in regard t our future I is wisely obscured from our view I know what mv trials have been I know not what they will h On eiery emerellj tile Ln hM glen men me-n ndol succor For thl 1 rl tankfuL I tank-fuL I he leefn the day when I wo discoursgedas I could always e gl irious blsslngs ahead When we speak o future troubles of this Church we may h mire i will never b placed in a condition when the members cannot receive the highest blessings of the Almighty according to the demands of cir tLme Sls hundred years before ChrM the Jews became wicked Their tingsprinces and people were given to idolatry This offended God a Eating contrary to his mini aud law They even went to fur at to burn their children as off rmtp I err i The lard told I them tlat terr city j i < 6houldbed troyelaiid they h Je Into captivity to reraitn in that condition con-dition 70 years But God did not desert them He nail bo would not mae an end of theai but they should b punished and nn end wojl b late of tho < mw ho afflicted them In their captivity they tem caIUi pro r gresed They built houses and cultivated the soil Indeed there never was time when the Israelites had greater prophets than during cote for iutlanco theircaptivity r the works of tbe Prophet Daniel anti t Uiote of the three Hebrew chili con whoso rairvcloui deliverance has been handed down t usA us-A it has been so shall be ItVvery situation the Lattcrdiy Saints can f approach GoJ and receive blowings I until they reach a faints of lar > Oae singular feature about the cap tivity was tut King Xe4 mp nezzar was eoYi verted lie was con a viuead that there w a no GoJ but the God of Israel After Shadrach Bfe haeh and AbJnejgt had been delivered the King tent forth an r edict t tho effect that the God of tbcfce men should be shoul b respeoteJ Those who refii ed t oby this command com-mand should be punished by having hav-ing their homrs destroyed History frequently rpt itself < The Latter iay Saints are accused of many things of which they are innocent They will yet bo understood under-stood and their labors appreciated throughout Ibis land Shout the rulers tike it into their heads that the Saints have basn badly used by being deprived of their liberties without reason or jut caue and should they take a dlflereit course than tliat now > ursued it would be a remarkable tiling What Go b done He will do again He has promised to soften the hearts of theCa I people from time to lime as may L f answer the consummation lof His great purposes The Lord n ill nil make an end of the people He has called aud chosen but will make an ca 1 of the nations of the wicked The t1 oCt have been I borne that the kingdom of God shall not os from the hands of the Saints or b given t another people are tre They are borne of the Spirit of G This work is built on a sure foundation being founded on the rock of ages How can Micla testimonies be overcome seeing that they are fact Can they b cnN cn-N fatal Can any icople say tluxt it H I lias ben revealid them from the 5 tternal Worlds that there tifiniouius are not true They cannot They do not profess to b In pnsesMou oft of-t iehi information So matter who i nreIostby the way and tnaVe shIpwreck shIp-wreck of their faith the Church will go on God bless the Latterday Saints that His Spirit may 0 poured out upon us that we may obtain crown of glory and dwell in the presence of Go a ma lr < fcldenl Georjce Q Caauou afiiircised the conference Follow l Ing j Is asynopsis of his discourse The remarks which have been made curing this conference by the various speakers have been accom ranicd a I have no doubt all present feel by tho testimony of tho Spirit of God The LorIs Lor-Is with His people aud Hi 3 I r gives into them when they f living aright thin ttetimony His Holy Spirit by means of which they can know the voice efthe true Shepherd au are able to dlstin rpaiih the servants of God by their tua hlnes and by tbei > iiit that nc companies their words We have been toU thai it is not the privilege of a few t have this testimony al me hut of all who enter into a covenant with GoJ to receive fu themselves a knowledge concerning tlie principles which are taught them tlm In four conferences as well as at all our meetings there thould r b the plainest talk to tbe people inspired by the Spirit of de a God Not only should a spirit I ofcounscland instruction rest upon hose who address us I uf if needs b the spiel of warning and reproof We hive had reproofs administered t us at this conference concerning our methods of life and our habit and shall the LattcrJiy Sainte take take Tease at the plainness of these exhortations Xo Whenever the Saints arc In the position that they f cannot submit t reproof and warn ing they are In feed in needof chastisement chas-tisement at the hands of God Himself Blessed are thorn who have men in their midst who dare t tell them the truth however unpleasant that truth may is There never has been a day within my knowledge when the Church of Jecus Christ of Latter day Saints has been without men who had thin courage to do this Brother Joseph Smith was terrible in hits rebukes t thin people 6 was President lirlgham VounganJother fervaiitji of God and it I necessary that this shouM be the case I 1 not mans wldorn that governed or directed the affairs of this Church but the wisdom of Almighty Al-mighty God manifested through his Uiofcn servant Same remarks were made litre yesterday in the nature of a warning warn-ing concerning the increase of wealth in ourrnidst and the speaker speak-er quoted poetry in order to illustrate illus-trate hU dews I niy oir also thought of two lines which were somewhat applicable J facto tie land U haitenlng hisS o pry Where acith accumulate and men decay The speaker referred t the dangers dan-gers ntteuuing the increase of well al luxury among us and It I well 10 this solemn conference fur us to take lila important subject into careful consideration We cannot can-not hut our eyes to the fet that a stream of wraiths is tlou ing into the midst of the Latterday Saints There are probably widows in this congregation who have hitherto been accustomed to go out gaining gning tlKir livelihood who are now worth thousands c > f dollars and working len in like manner find the property of which they are possessed pos-sessed valued thousands of dollars approaching in some instances a hundred thousand dollars What a wonderful change I thlt Now the question prcuuts itself to us at this 1aiticuLor time What shall vre Uo ill this superabundance of wealth which has 6 quickly come into our possession In the Hook of Doctrine and Covenants therexre more revelations given in the early hiloryof this Church upon this point than upon any other that now suggests itbcli t my mind think a careful examination of the early revelations given to the Prophet Joseph will reveal thin fact tbat the Ijord operate upon his mind giving him instructions for the members of His Church respecting teDjorl matters more than anything any-thing ele The Church had been organized only a few months when the Prophets Proph-ets wind was exercised on this sub Jed Scarcely had the Saints left New York and goue to Ohio titan the Lord inspired hlniand gave him ruvcUtions concerning the Churchs temporal affaIrs Wo have heard that wealth is a good thing under ceitam circumstances there is ua impropriety in a people being ricli because in ancient days the men of God were rich and yet were His faithful Ecrvanl This is true bat I would like t draw the earnest attention my brethren to the consideration sideration ot this subject Wealth will never bo dangerous to the Lat terday Saints equally distributed Hut I it shall create class distinctions distinc-tions among usIf it shall lift one Chat above the oilier and give one portion uf our community advantages advant-ages which are not enjoyed by the t then instead of its being a bleIng to ua there will be great danger of iU becoming a snare Tots Gospel was revealed t bless Uie poor tosaveUiehonestm heart among all nations One of our breibcrn spoke yesttrdiy about certain cer-tain classes of society not having been reached by us and being heretofore I here-tofore unacquainted with ourpriuci r I If however have i prt they not Known about Ul it i because they have closed their eyes and shut their earn We have pleaded in vin with the rich while the poor the humble the meek and the lowly low-ly I liavu been gathered together I made I a practice during my missions mis-sions not to pass the Infuse of a den or prominent man without going in and telling him the message of the LirJ J us Christ The revelations of which I have sjoken contained in the Book of Diflnue aud Covenants have lor their object among other things the elevation of the poor A liw given to this Church concerning surplus property was that it should itt consecrated t the Lord Uiat I I should be placed in the hands of the pMper authorities t be distributed l aoiong those in need belonging to i the Church Tbat law was called the United Order but the Saints failed to it they failed comprehend Cle t It tey flk t > car i out practically Some of them brute their covenants and God pronounced judgment upon them The result was thatthe United Order was brkeu up anti the property vs sine to taose who were members stewardship After awhila the servants of God asked a question ioneerning tithing Thereplycame that the people should first give a tent oCher property andtone tenth of their increase from that time forward for-ward TIt was the list law written writ-ten upon this subject upn I often hear the remark while traveling among the Latter day SHI ill hI wish wo could have a United Order among us would b delightful if we could live in that Order I 1 many instances this ba l teen prompted by the best of feeling hog but those who ask it do not comprehend the sacrifices which it would entaiL We ennoteoter Into such an Order euldenly There nitft hen preparation for It What shall bo the course for us to nu rstie in i the present circumstances I there faith enough among us t put oUr surplus means into a treasury treas-ury fund We have many grvat and important duties t > cnbrm connected with tbe work of God There I a constant cry for means in every direction today If the Church held uuder Its control a million of dollars this turn could he easily cxjndiil in works which would be of tho greatest benefit Yor instance we have established Church schools in almost every county in this Territory and attempts at-tempts are Iwlug made t educate all our children at Church schools academies or seminaries There 1 aba some talk of establishing a stake of Zion in Palestine Pales-tine Means are required for that also llcsldes thus manufactories manufactor-ies are needed in our midst t give employment to hilt people to sustain sus-tain tinmen women and children who belong to this Church I eel i hit lila is an opportune time torn to-rn lder all these things I should fear indeed the accumulttion of wealth among us f were to bo kept in the hands of n few We have been threatened ss a peope with dkfranxbiscnient in Utah Territory and some even say that hilt is likely t occur Already there are bills introduced into Congress I Con-gress proposing t take the right of franchise from the Luteruay Saints regardless of their practices But I have con templited this with a a good deal of curni lacency I has had no terror for me although I think I would ba a terrible outrage one of the worst things Uiat could h dour by a government like ours because I would stand unparalleled at I tIn t-in modern times I have however never liked the distinction of one class of our people having the fran chic while another has l > ccn deprived de-prived of it I hoe thought that It would lead to serious results sooner or later unless carefully guarded against and this gospel will never accomplish iU mission until the inequalities In-equalities have disapi cared from among ns President Woodrufl stated that it had been customary for some time past to read reports and I resent the authorities of the Church to the general fcmbly on thin IdEt day of Conference There would h a de pat tare from that rule hilt time so as t reserve tomorrow exclusively preaching and tbe presentations would 0 made Uilsafteruoon President George Q Cannon elated that as some of the Presidents Presi-dents of Stakes had failed to forward for-ward their reports although they had been requested to send them only an incomplete general report could be made up and the reading of it would lie dispensed wiUi The Relief Society report wet In every respect complete as It em ic itattmtnts from every Stake m the Church I exhibited the following totals which were read by Brother Cannon I showed 331 branches with a membership of 16625 There had been disbursed SlOSSiOO for charitable imrpoes 1130 for buildings etC 2W713 Then 1 blhlnl hand cash Stl93T53 property of various hinds 18301 Prl U > real estate 3j82 lS wheat 43051 IM bushclS cash fqr wheat Tin report was signed by Zina D H Young President Jane fa Itlch I ardsFlrst Counselor Rithsliela IV Smith Second Counselor Sarah jr I Kimbail Pecrrtarj rtomanli 1J WI Assistant Secretary I and SI Isabella Home Treasurer Tho following summary showing show-ing the number general condition etc of ec CHUnCII bCIIOOLS was read Touli ol InitltnUODj of Learning S CUr Cdml 2t Zmlats Sin in OUbuc Ibc u Vial to hOsho 4 bon 3in in Str 1ble ftal 16 16S nAa trtseipohs to RgstarTeaeisera = St TatiyTescitero ii anicveaebeis 2lodU 1 so ToW eoZtt5d 10 tl school work orIdtDI l Branches of education uucht Theoloiry Geometry Rhetoric TrUrononietry i Gramm Icrlus locution OLkMph Reading Attronorcy Oethiieapby Olootogy Arlthmeic 1hyslcal Geography I Aljeuri Geograpay Fhyiu cleneral llitory ChemUtry D s History rhytulocy Iatln jtsYoseioelt istiritt Uygiene Kreneb Natural history German RiologT Spanish I LlTil uorerarcent Vocal MnIe renmauhlp Inttrtunental Malic Calcithcnlcs Drawing Ihonosraphy To normal Theory and Practice Teach in THE AUTHORITIES were then presented for the votes I of the assembly as follow WJlfonl Woodruff as Prophet Seer and Revelator and President of the Church of Jesus Christ Latterday Saints in all the world George Q Cannon as First Counselor i Coun-selor in the First Presidency Joseph F Smith as Second Counselor Coun-selor in the First Presidency Lorenzo Snow aj President of Ute Twelve Apostles As members the Council wf the j Twelve AJlO tles Lorenzo Snow Franklin D Richards Brigham Young Muses ThatcheT Francis M Lyman John II Smith George Tiosdale Helter J Grant John W Taylor Mariner W Merrill Anton H Lund aud Abraham H Cannon Counselors to the Tnclvc Apostle J dID John W Young and Daniel 1 Wells The Counselors in the First Prl l dency and the Twelve Apostles with their Counselors as Prophets Seers and Revelatory Patriarch to the Church John Smith First Seven Presidents of the Seventies Henry HeTrimanJacob Gate Seymour 15 Young C D rjeldsted John Morgan and HII Roberts At this point President Cannon stated that there was a vacancy in tha Presiding Council of Ute Seventies Seven-ties George Reynolds was nominated nomin-ated and elected to fill It Wm E Preston as Presiding Bishop with Robert T Burton as his First and John Ii Winder as hi Second Counselor Fiankllu D Richards as Church I Historian and General Church Recorder Re-corder I John Jaijues as Assistant Church Historian and General Church lie canter Joseph Dan Carlos Young as General Church architect John Nicholson as Clerk of the Conference Arthur Winter as church enl lrter As the Church Board oC EtUCl lion Wllford Woodrufl Lorenro Snow George Q Cannon Karl G Maescr Wlllard Young George W Thatcher Amos Howe Anton H Lund James Sharp The vote to sustain the brethren ginned In their several offices and callings was unanimous throughout through-out The choir sang An anrcl from on high Tee long long iilcnce broke Adjourned till Sunday April Gui THIRD DAY MORNIXO EESSIOX Sunday April Oth Singing by the choir Came we that love she Lord And let our joji be known Join a long with accord And TTortbip at his throne Prayer by Elder Charles W Pen roseThe The choir sang Iciplrer of the ancient teen Who wrote from thc the sacred page The taste through all tncccedtnc jean To ni In our dtrenmtc age President tVIIforil IVewUrnir was the first speaker Following is a brief synopsis of his discourse I eel that every heart In this congregation congre-gation should be filled with gratitude grati-tude aud thanksgiving God our I Heavenly Father for the blessings which we enjoy this morning that to many of us have tho privilege of I 7JUi in this Tabernacle In peace and quietude i to worship Him Neither the President of this Church nor his Counselors nor the Twelve Apostles nor any man who dwells In the flesh has any power of himself to instruct or citify the Saint lie can only do fo tlu the power aud blessing of Almighty God We are all dependent upon tho Lord The Prophet Joseph was a humble man ho wis chosen as one of tho weak instruments in the hands of God raised up In this last dispensation to lay the foundation of this great Church and kingdom of God upon the earth He was taught by the administration angels lIe knew full well that his strength lay in God and not in himself and that U condition at the present time Whenever Uio President of this Church or any of those in authority feel in their hearts that God cannot do without them in the carrying on of His work they stand on slippery ground What did Joseph Smith say when Oliver Cowdery told him that ho was the second apostle this Church and kingdom and that if hfa left the Church it would fall His reply was Oliver you try it Oliver Cowdery did try it and hu fell but the kingdom of God did not The Lord Is not dependent upon anyone man or any set of men for the carrying on of His work We liavu been called In this day a generation to go forth and preach the Gospel of Jcsub Christ to the GcuUles first and then to the house of lerael This has been my lot It has been the lot of the Apostles and thousands of our Elders Wo iave been called to warn lie inhabitants of Uie earth of tbe judgments which are to come to leach them the law ot God for the salvation of the human hu-man family Strong testimonies have been borne by tho various speakers during this conference concerning con-cerning the revelations of Jesus Christ to the Inhabitants of the earth Moses gave unto us the revelations reve-lations of Israel Wo have the Bible the stick Judah the law of God through Moses through the ancient prophets and patriarchs whirls I has bcca handed down to tu While thousands thous-ands of years linen passed and gone the Bible and tin revelations of God have been preserved unto this generaUon The Book of Mormon Mor-mon and the Book of Doctrine and Covenants contain some of the most glorious and sublime revelations revela-tions that God has ever given to man They chow what lies before us what awaits our nation and the nations of the earth These things pointed out and will be clearly are Tli li fulfilled whtthcrlncn believe them or not The question of revelation sometimes arises in our dajrs President Presi-dent You ng led us for a good many years billed us to these valleys ho and filled with was a man of God revelation He laid this foundation for the buliaiugup of this Territory and in all that he did iso Lord was with him The same may be said of President Taylor Iflurudonot liar the Holy Ghost they have no businctsto teach others I would say to the President of the Uclted States to hU CabInet Cab-inet to all the inhabitants of this land sixty or seventy millions mil-lions of people to all thenations of the earth lo kings emperor and princes Do not worry about these LatterJay Saints If the fu not the people of God if I this work has not been established by God Almighty Al-mighty I they will i fall of themselves I they will be swept away as with a besom of destruction from efT the face of the earth by Ills judgments judg-ments Have the nations forgotten forgot-ten that there Is a God In Israel who created the heavens and iso earth who governs and controls all these Uiingi Jehovah holds this work in His hand lIe rules the destinies of all men but hero has been the great dllllculty with all the world in every age that the people tnvo faIled to acknowledge the hand of Owl I in all things The work of the Lord has l een an uphill lu ues throughout the entire history of lie world No person who believes in the Bible In the revelations of God Cad deny that the Lord has proclaimed in the biter days lie would act Ills hand to build up a Church and to gather together ills people The hour oC Gods judgments has comO and wo are called upon to warn the I nation to preach the Gospel unto them Whether we artS popular unpopular we had not obeyed that command wo would have U en condemned con-demned the Lord would hive cut us oir and raised up a IJCOII lo who would do the work Nu king cal peror prince or president Ins any I powerovertheBouuiof Uieir mbjecU should liavu the privegeof worshipping God according to tho dictates of their own consciences Our rulers are not Uiocrentcrsof those subjects over w horn they preside pre-side God our Creator has placed ih lj us here and we are responsible to Him aliuc fur our religion for our faith and work Clod will bless no ruler who will not guarantee his Hibjecs Iheir rights and privileges in their relationship and communion commun-ion with Him We arc here on a mission and can we nflorl to ject the gospel of Christ or turn amy from Hit com mtndnicnts because it does not suit tho world I cannot There la a power above nil men aud govern menu and when men shed the blood of thin righteous because they follow the word of the Lord they H III have to lay fur It by and bye The hl001 of Joseph auJ Hyruni Smith was shed but the bill is not paid yet I Let not your hearts lie troubled If we do our duly If wo unite together to-gether and keep thccommandmciitd of Uie Lord all will Unwell III Zion The world is looking for Uo destruction de-struction of thIs Church and kingdom king-dom of God striving for our overthrow over-throw but In vain there hiss never been but one gospel on earth and there never will be A great responsibility rests upon us let us I net be afraid with regard to our i work Servo and trust in GoJ fur you cannot put your trust In man I titanic God for the privilege of bearing my testimony to this great work If we weronotGods people there would nol Ira the combination which exists now for our destrucUon Watch the signs of the Ume walch for what h approaching thunder lightnings earthquakes stonns cyclones cy-clones pestilence and famine When the judgments of the Almighty gathered together in the heavens when the testimony of tits Elders oC Israel Is elated Gels awful messengers messen-gers will visit the earth Therefore prepare yourselves for these things fr c aa t which await us for they are assuredly assur-edly coming and no power can stay the hand Almighty God AtioMle franklin n lilclinnl iicxl addressed the conference Following Fol-lowing is the subsiaazo of his remarks re-marks I esteem ll a great bleating to be at this conference and to be permitted to be with you and to hear such precious testimony from our venerable President What has been l said aro tha eternal truths of heaven They arc the eternal truths by which the people this generation genera-tion will judged Brother Wood nltT has lived and labored in this work fiftyseven years I have lived In It fiftytwo years It is not the work of man but of God It hot I confounded thewlsdom of the Acridly I Acrid-ly wio 1 Gosh hat taken the young antI the Inexperienced and through them brought His decrees to joss l There Is a philosophy In the gOI eJ and Uiocc who are ripened in caper cnco understand the necessity of some things which exist Those who have come Into the work later are not practically familiar with the past and probably in consequence cannot so clearly Fee tho future as can those who liavo been longer Identified with the Church Those who were scattered and peeled and were driven here have felt grateful for tho season of rest wo enjoyed for a time When we came here we were united and hnppy We had no drunkcnntrs nor profanity Since theavenuesof communication have opened however all manner ol allurement ob1 come among UP and every Saint should boon his guard If the EIther all had the spirit of revelation there would U no difficulties diffi-culties among the people I The IJfI Church courts would have but little to do The people being taught correct principle I would govern themselves All should cultivate the spirit of prayer and humility Prosperity is causing many to forget their prayer If you twain to keep up communication with God you will dry up and go away unless you rrpcut It is important that we keep 1 up a connection between us and the heavens When elend a telegraph message and get no reply we understand there has been a storm and the wires are out of order I When connection it unbroken know nil is well Wo have had a precious season during this conference f II i cure Every soul must have been comforted and fed t ff I wWi toesy I have been Ulcit of the Lord to know these things I obtained a testimony of them on Uiceocalled Grand Prairie while crossing it In November ISIS It was there that I learned that the Prophet some Apostles and Elders to the number of about thirty or forty had just been taken to prison We were told we need never expect to see them alive again The enemies ene-mies of the Saints were dctcnhininl to destroy their lives I wls made to feel as only a boy of seventeen seven-teen years old would naturally feel under such circumstance when about 009 mile from my native home Iq search of the Gospel the servants and the Kingdom of God It was there in that lonely place where the blessing and glory of God honearound me mid It was manifested mani-fested t o mfe that we would have Uiem among ujr again that the Church woulil not be destroyed lint it could npt bo broken up And it wax shown to juthow It looked to PaLer and his brethren when Christ was crucified When I taw these manifestations 1 rejoiced exceedingly I traveled over that dreary prairie wiUi great delight and afterwards associated with the people This was tile first testimony from God that I reclveed And during the last fifty years I have been traveling throughout the nations of the earth preaching Gospel in this nnd European countries coun-tries I have been permitted towltnosa from time to limo many bindings such as the gift of tongues the interpretation in-terpretation thereof the gift of heal lug prophecy revelation the still small voice in divers ways and I know this to be the Kingdom of Usd I know this Is the work of the Lord just as truly as I know any earthly thID ond knolug this I fl that the short Ume I have to remain hero Is sacred and with what little t have I am trying to help build up I his Church and labor 1 ii1 asoof its interest in any humblccapaclty In which I may be situated You will recollcch that some tow years agu one amount Uie Apostles rtu cg n took tile ground that ourBavlor was as any other ordinary man that lie I Uredwas tried and convicicJ sentenced and executed the same as any other person accused of crime would be And when them Uiinzs were brought to light you will ecollect that he was removed out of his place This thing struck deep Into my heart This olrcurmtiucu struck into me like molten lead anti It went down Into my soul Itt bought I what do I know about thin tt t Grt UJ Lord our great Captain What Uo I know nboJut our Lord antI Savior Jesus Chrjst t our fercat Redeemer Andyct I am called to be anApostle I of the Lord JesusChrlst to represent Him on the earth It cams to mow mo-w such force that I prayed and fasted I senrched the Scripture pried unto God until He in lib pleasure > itunto me And I can say know that my Redccnu lives and that Ho will come and stand againtipon the earth In tIe latter days lie came upon the earth In the meridian of time lint I tlielnhiabltantaofhuoearthi sill not wnnt to listen to His Instructions He came and went through HIS ministry until tho earth ami the In hnblLuiti thereof did not want to Ilten 10 or as eociato with Him He triumphed triumph-ed over death hell nnd the grave nnd ntcxnded up on High and there will remain until hi enemies shall bumndu his fvotstool You and I are called upon to prepare ourselves Iu lJOOy Iud inspirit for lib coming for His glorious return when He hall come and bring His ransom throngs with Him earthly rotenUtc be he emperor em-peror king noble czar lord or jutlgevhas ever field any title nor hasever had any stieh prestige and demanded such widespread attention atten-tion from the hun < ari family as hunt thus our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ the Captain of our salvation The revelations to which President Presi-dent Woodruff lias referred As Uiis morningcontiln testlrcnnlcswhlch havo come down to us through thin ages We know they are true io know He passed through that fiery ordeal and wrought rf salvation and resurrection for all mankind and we are now looking for the time when thcjo tilings shall come to pan which am therein contained Wo are living in times when I mens minds ore darkened This nation amid people learn turned a deaf ear Their heatU nre hard and they I seem to bo 11 heighten anti have ntxlnlretoknow the truUi They will not listen I to U They have turned their hearts away and they 1 do not care to know npy thing about the Uugdom ol God We undei > Uind through the revelations rev-elations that the great father 9f lies is I Uio author of isis condition of things Hu was n liar from the beginning Hu ia the mister of Iheij lie and slanderous reports and Ideas circulated against us aud he bt keeping the iieople under that cloud of falsehood that they illicit not xrao to n knowledge of the truth The blood of the Irophets is upon them anti while this is the condition of thing and while We cannot be heaid by the people of the I world In preaching the uofj l of Jfus Christ let ua go to our dead git the records of our ancestry and work In the Temples for them and we will find that When we have gone as far as we can we will have the ministration of Uiosu we art working for This has been the cats wiUi many already Mani fextatlons from the dead liavo been made to people working in the Temples KroUier Richards concluded with an exhortation to the Saints to remain re-main faithful their covenants President Cannon announced hat as the Tatarnaclc was not large enough to hold the people an overflow over-flow jlro would be held in the Assembly Hall In tile afternoon The choir sang AruelShlaet for thy light 19 come Adjourned till 2 I m Henedlction by Bishop Orson F Whitney AKITJU00N S1SSIQX Singing I5lnglnLt iziii pray giidI play In tire boitc of Jehatah Till tne rithtcoo can sty Ofc oar warfare is OTcrt Prayer was offered by AposUe Abraham U Cannon The choir sang Jest once cf amble iriS yaw in nary cones la earth Once He tutcrei grid and rain Sow He comet on earth to reign Thc Priesthood oftlie Fifteenth Ward officiated in the administration administra-tion of the sacrament IrmlilrnC rary < l fnnnon addressed tiie conference He read from the Book of Mormon a inrtion of the 7th chapter of Moslnh He then referred to the organization of the Church with six members sixty years ago today and spoVu of the manifestations of hue power of God in bclinlf of the Saints in the various vari-ous trying circumstances through which they had passed These mtnlfcstaUoiM were a great testimony lo the peoplo that God had forgotten his ptvm Ivf and enabled His rcopleto await the future with confidence anil in serenity for they knew their I feet went planted on the lock of truth In their religion God had embodied all tnith The speaker named tome of the inconsistent Ideas regarding future rewards nnd iinUhmeuts which were believed in by the Christian world when the Church was organized and called attention to the true order of the plan of salvation He then poke of the plainness beauty and tomPflh nlCnfs of the Gos pfl which God had revealed through His Prophet and closed with a powerful exhortation the Snlnls to devote therrcclvcs to the service of the most HiRfi by living in harmony with hUdivIno law The discourse watt retorted in full I Irtvlilinl Wllfuril YT drntr Faid Befotcj this conference closes there Is a subject I wish to say n few words upon Brother Cannon hao today laid before us the truth with regard to the ordinances of the Holy Gospel the revelations of Jesus Cbrist andjhe princIples pertaining to the salvation of this ncoplewhlcli ate rev Mell to us Inthu BlbleBcok of Mormoti Doctrine and Covenants Coven-ants mid arosUen Uirough the 11V ingoraclcs Paul ln rajs there lhJ lit one Gospel and Though uncross angel from heaven prcachany other fc ni Gwvel than that which I have pria hoi unto you let him bo accursed ac-cursed Whenevcrlhere tr been anybaplUm from thedayscfFather Adam or Moses whin he crossed the Red Sea down to the daJ of Jesus Christ anti Joseth Smith fLh Int it has always been the tame There has never been any change In the Gospel ordinances in baptism bap-tism or repentance no chango in the principles of the Gospel of Jesus Christ There has been no change In the manner of receiving them no change In the reception of the Ifolv1 Ghost It is eo in every age and generation of the world There Is no change in the holy renrrec tlon cf the children of men from hue grave These principle r have nil been reserved for us I wish to nay that in my acquaintance in this Church I have wen men from time to Ume i rie up and try to frvants l of God They try to explain things they i know nothing about to make themselves them-selves appear dover There la a great deal of this kind of thing in thus age Tncre wa one of the leading lead-ing Elders of the Church who went before the people and undertook to preach certain principles Joseph beard of It aud desired I him ttspre sent the doctrine to him in writing He wrote it and when he completed com-pleted it read it to the Prophet He asked Joseph what ho thought of it Why said Joseph ItIs beau Uful system I have but one fault to find with II What Is that Brother Joseph Joseph mldIL Is not true Sot say every little while someone thinking hints smart tries to teach something that is not in tho Doctsluo and Covenants and other Church works and which is not true I myself sat for over two hours once in n meeting house in St Louis listening to a prominent Elder El-der of Uils Church who had called tbe people together to preach to them the doctrine of the what was called Uxby resurrection He preached to two or three thousand people and there was not a word of truth In the dcxttine I thought ho ought 10 know Utter In the afternoon I was called upon to rpenur After meeting there w ere a great many people gal lured around me anti asked what f thought of the mans sermon I replied it Is all non eenoe Well Uiat is Just how I I frit U Lo no benefit in this world tor men to preach such false dortrino And now every little while I user of some one of the Elders who wishes to be constI red imart trying to teach somcUilng they know units in about The hitters hOve worM of truth preach about There Is enough revealed tc fill the whole earth as long os you live Preach Urn truth asycu undentanJ it Do not speculate I specu-late ou things you know nothing about for it will benefit no one If yeu Helen to false doctrine you will ba led away by false spirit Remember Re-member and observe this and you will I beall I right l Keep In iso paths of mUm and ail i be well with you I pray God to bless you my brethren breth-ren and sisters We have had a good time during this conference We have had many testimonies nny they are true Let us lay them to heart and be not dbcour aged Rely 1 upon tIne Lord and you 1bc l11 nt will heidi 1 right Salvation Inhere the Jvingdom of God Is here the Gospel Is here the Zion of our God in I here the work of our God Is upon the earth It is being built up and established Let us do our duty trusting in God and wo will bo brought triumphant And when we get through we will satisfied with our labors Iu I tho flesh and thin Lord dealing with us i hope we will so conduct ourselves and carryout carry-out the principles of salvation that we may gain eternal life which may God grant in tile name of Jesus Christ Amen The choir sang Uio anthem The 110111 I ott to Satin Ihralt Benediction by Elder Elias Morris Mor-ris Conference was adjourned till October Oc-tober next ornFLOW aitmrion At 2 pm an overflow meeting of the conference opened Hnibly Hall Apostle F M Lynian presiding presid-ing There were present on the stand Apostles F M Lynian JH Smith M W Merrill and A H Lund Elder W IVnrose of the Presidency of Salt Lake Slake and a number of other prominent brethren breth-ren The choir sang Jlortalf awaiel with aogcla J a And chant the < olcma lar Prayer was offered by Bishop G Ii Farrell of Smlthllcld Tho choir sing Spirit of faith come down Kcreal the things ol God The Priesthood of the Sixteenth Ward ofiictated in administering tho Sacrament Elder C W rmroir addressed congregation It Ill great saltfaction to me to sec this large congregation especially when I remember that hue Tabernacle is full to its utmost capacity There lire IIJo throngs of people outside who are unable l to enter either lulU lug This indicates that Zlon 10 growing and that the faith of the Saints increasing It wattaidin the days of the Prophet Joseph that if lie could be rtmoxeil lI Moimonitra would die out lie was removed but the Saints instead of being broken up become more compactly united together to-gether So III thin days of Brighnm Young it was said tbatUiu > Chunh I was held together by his elates nuushlp but we know to thu contrary con-trary l fa now said that if nil political I power can be taken from Uio Latter day Solnta they will go down It I may be that we will be deprived of all i our political i rights but even if I the Lord should permit our enemies to co to this grentlcnstbUieChurth du dul w Iti contInue to go onward and upward up-ward It was tllOughL that to tike from the church Its property would cripple it and curtail Its growth but Uioiighltbasfira long time been I deprived of the use of its property it I I has continued h grow and increase Suit will even if the Salute should be < rsccuttd lIS tile llrly Christiana were and be forced to lire to the mountains and clothe Uienisclvre In sheep skins and goatskin To suppose that our Father Fath-er In Heaven specially loves poverty and has a dislike to wealth is an error The Lord hiss ItI J no objection I to wraith int be Used I iiropcrlynnd It ialllsxleslgu to pour it out upon Ills I people fast as they Jttle i r fit themselves to receive and make a proper use of it He has said that His people chouM inherit all thing I Tills Church is not organized for spiritual purposes alone but for leinporil purposes also speaking rl rr speak Man Is composed of I spirit and clement which being Inseparably In-separably connected receive n ful I slew of Joy A religion which Is Spiritual alone would not bo adapted 1 to our condition but we need a religion I re-ligion which embraces both the temporal tem-poral and tho spiritual Thu time will come when we will haven real spirItual Zion hut It will be when the Saint are pure and sanctified I It would not do for us to spend all our time In spiritual pursuit such as singing preachIng etc We have temporal necessities I which lviJJocf must be provided for We are mortals i mor-tals and live not in an immortal condition but in a state which Ion tiers us ml jcct to death Wo are in a school to learn how to prepare ourselves for a future life in thin presence of God Wn have beoU exhorted President Presi-dent Woodruff to seek tho spirit of revelation What is that spirit It is J the light that lighleth everyman every-man that comfth into the world There is spirit tin man and hue in npiraUon of Ibo Almighty glveUi It understanding Tho source of this Inspiration is the Spirit of God htSE tJlfe which is the light and life of all things and the power thereof by which they were made This Spirit U in and through ami round about all thing the light of God tho life I l tt h of all things that have been endowed en-dowed with life But tht Latter day Saints in addition to this natural na-tural inspiration are privileged to enjoy a higher endowment of this Spirit tho gift of the Holy Ghost which is received through obedience to the lawn of the Gospel 11 Is the barns Spirit which was poured out upon Jesus Men having I the rplrit r natural inspiration 1 receive advanced ad-vanced ideas and new truths are discovered by them as In Uie case of inventors Tim Spirit of God worts in n similar way on the minds Of men operating in a higher capacity ca-pacity They receive the manifestations manifes-tations of the Holy Ghost and the things of heaven are shown unto them But in order that this may be Urn case wiUi a Latterday Saint ho must emrcU for the truth and study itout diligently In his mind We should remember these things and not become too much engrossed intcaiporaUUefr and in the pursuit I of wealth to devote attention to spiritual matters I pout TT Jlerrlll I realize that no Elder can edify the Saints without tim aid of the Holy Ghost Oratory and long sermons have converted very few to the Gospel Men unlearned and un accuilomed to public peaking have converted the honest because the Lord wan with them the If there was evera tIme when Saints needed to tcek thin Lord It Is now and I feel to exhort ycu my brethren anti shIrts to turn to the Lord Search your own hearts anti find out how you stand before thin heavens Howsimple tho language used by John the Elitist when he conferred upon Joseph anti Oliver the Priesthood of Aaron i ct lint authority 50 conferred embraced the keys of the mlnitteringofangels and Use Gospel of repentance Most of the adult male members of the Church have received this or Uie higher Pristhood Any Elder of this Church who will labor in thin calling ota Teachcrsnd who does it faithfully will enjoy thin blessing of God and tIme Stirit of Revelation He will not need to its the same questions of every family hu visits but it will be manifested to him what he shall ask and what counsel he shall give to each household The Saints need thin labors of the Teachers They need to be reminded remind-ed by these ofllcers of their duties They reed to be asked If they are attending to their prayer taking proper earn of their children and attending to llieirotherdutits We may reach Into thin hidden things and it will profit us nothing if we do not live according to what God baa revealed Some may thine it enough if they keep the iiamu of being a Saint But a day of reckoning reck-oning is coming when the account of each person will be examined and when he will be Judged according accord-ing to his works InilSs2 time Lord called upon the Church through President Tiylor to set Itself in order TIme Saints were commanded to set their houses and their families in order How many of ui heave done this How many EWers make n practice of gathering their fainlllea together and Riving thm prepay instruction Young people raised in the Church will be found scattered far and wide in iltflerent parts of thin world Why are they not atnone the ijnluti Havewe been faithful In looking after our youths Have we taught them diligently to keep the Sabbath day holy Wo will be held responsible before the Lord to do this We should teach our children to shun Sunday excursion The stOMin for these Uiings is approaching approach-ing and we should warn our children against Uiem There Is another subject which hisliot received the attention from the Saint that it should have had It Is the redemption uf the dead Ic is a great work which rest upon the Saints anti they should not be neglectful rudpecting It If thu members of this Church had their ancestry and kindred back for only a few hundred years they would not lu able to do the Temple work for all Our lives are too ahort There is net time enough to do this work in this life Lut we should do all we can of it Thin time will come when we f hall have at our conferences not only one overflow reee ting but imny of them in difiVrtut buildings PcriaB we shall have some in the Temple Klilrr J 31Tanner JTo dcutt the benefit we derive from these coiifercnces depends much upon the attention we give them II a man would make progress prog-ress lntehlectuahly lie mutt devote attention to Ohio effort to If he would have hU faith incrcacI and Isle spiritual nature strengthened he muft gUe attention to thu teachings teach-ings he hears from the servants of time Lord No doubt some uf the Saints at this Conference will go away more lieuefiled than other Some trill leave feeling thin nwi + I tv of reforming their hires but othera wilt hare their niiihia two much engrossed In temporal ma tens to attend t > helr spiritual welfare wel-fare The Jews of all nations have a similarity wiUi each other They have similar purposes and aim amid have preserved their identity aaa race They have been aided 10 do this by time early training they received in nsccmtiling together at Jerusalem from distant regions and countries to receive religious inMruc tion Xo rsou who has attenue this Conference in a proper spirit will fail to feel that he has been amply rrpnid fur w doing In the times of Soomoai Temple there were different gatherings hild In different i partsof the Temple grounds t to receive Instruction We fee In modern Israel a similar condition The speaker dwelt upon the celebration cele-bration of Easter by the Roman and Greek churches and in thin Holy Land descrttilng tbe same in sn Interesting In-teresting manner He also described atlength the ceremonies and exer cUes which take placent Easier in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem portraying the ignorance ignor-ance and fanatlcismof time worshipers worship-ers Healsodwcribcd the hotel of confuioa which exists among the different Christian recta of Jerun lemu anti their hatred of each other bowing how the inflilcl Turk was compelled to interfere to prevent Christian from slaying each other How different It Is with us With what a different feeling we greet each other Tho scene we behold in this city today is vastly diBereut from what wo would see In Jcm salem on the celebration of Easter I know that God docs live in tho midst cf His people I lave seen many manifestations of His power among them I pray tliat the Saints may take with them to their homes the spirit of this conference niilmp o r Whitney I rejoice m the testimonies which have been borne al thIs ciuiferenicv My soul lias been fed and I have been strengthened edified and built up by what I hay heard While sitting here I have been trying to recall how long a time has passed since I received a knowledge of the truth of this work 1 think it H about thirteen yean When a small boy my mother frequcnUy took me to meeting but I did not like to go to sit on a hinl bonn aud listen to preaching that I did not understand under-stand though at times I felt time Influence In-fluence of the Spirit of the Lord We have ben till that our minds must not be too much engrossed with the things of lie world if we would understand and appreciate the thins oWed ThU U thu rca ton perhaps why I did not appreciate appre-ciate the Gospel till I became a young man Perhaps I had been too fonlof Focinl pleasure theatres balls amusement etc At all events Uie veil was not lifted from my mind until I had been called and bad gone forth on a mission I well remember attcndingUieue bate Itttween Apostle Orson Pratt and Dr 2Cewmnn on the question Does the Bible Sanction Polygamy Polyga-my I was then a boy of 14 or IS I Uiougbt Dr Newman lit times was getting tho best of the argument ar-gument because he was more eloquent elo-quent because he shouted louder and swung his arms more than Brother Pratt But when alone and friendless in tIme mbstonsry field not knowing where I was next to find food and shelter and when I bad received a testimony of the truth of the Gospel and was uu der the Inllucrco of the Spirit of God I read the debate between Apostle Pratt and Dr Cewmanand was astoniIted at Ihe impressIons 1 had formed of It before I learned lien hint eloquence cot argument nor noise and fury time truth anti power of Cxl On returning from my mission some of my young friends predicted that I wtuld get over my religious feelings and be as I had been before but I had prayed fervently to tho Lord that I might never lay off thu Getpel harness It has ever since been my desire to labor for thin ad vancfmentof tho kingdom uf God and this I have done though well aware ut my Ehdltcomiiigs and Imperfections Im-perfections 1 heard of a vetrmn Elder once say to a youthful convert who was brimming over with zealand enthusiasm In the good work Oh youll Ret oxer all Hint We all feel that way in the first place I have often pondered upon those word anti when I Inure heard aged men who for 30 tt or 50 years have been engaged In preaching the Gospel bearing testimony to its truth In burning word I liave come to the conclusion that that man was m s a en ap a era s no reason why our testimony of the truth should grow dim or our zeal aisLe If we live and W or as we should An long as amnn will live for the testimony of the spirit he will have it It would be a good thing if wealwayshad humility enough when our spiritual strength wanes and our minds grow dark to confers that the fault lies with ourselves Latter dav Saints who will lead chasteand pure temperate faithful lives will Lever have occasion to say that time fruits of the Gospel are less sweet to them than formerly But If we practice fraud and trickery If we worship Mammon if wo aro Jealous of and conspire against each other if we lust after forbidden things we are very liable to say I once felt full of enUiusIam and zralbtit Ive got over it now There is always a good reason why a tree fails to blossom and bear fruit The testimony testi-mony of the Gospel in the bosom of a man who lives as ho should live will grow brighter and brighterunto the perfect day Persecution and tribulation can be borne patiently by the faithful and If wo successfully tear the burdens placed upon us they will make us stronger The blasts Uiat sweep Uirough the branches ofUie forest oak or mountain pine the snows Uiat descend and well nigh i bury them the cataracts that tumble tum-ble upon them from the hills only give them greater vigor and lant ivity So wIth our souls If trials come arid are borne they benefit If our pride is clipped and humbled occasionally it does us good God is a careful gardener He trims our upper branches some time to that we will not grow all to top and in order that our roots may strike deeper and our characters charac-ters be male stronger Them never has been and never will bu too much trouble in this world God knows rest how much we need There never was a man or a people chosen to do a great woik in the earth that did not have to endure I hardshit3 Who were the ancient Romans Outlaws fleeing from justice But they grew strong under un-der hirdshlps fighting for their very existence until they be tame men of iron powerful enough to conquer thu world Fo with the stalwart Greeks who overran luxurious and effeminate Persia Our mission is not war bet peace Our warfare Is not ngainst our fellowmen but against evil principles and powers and tliat warfare war-fare begins nt home Wo mutt first fight against ourselves conquer our own lusts and paIon our own pride antI selfwill ant thus as savctl being ° Lo enabled to save clhfr8 I sever Ictus have it to ray that we once had a testimony that Mor monlsm was true but that weve outgrown H We can not octgrow Mormonism We may grow too small for itanddropont of It Afire will turn as hong as it Is supplied with fuel TIme Holy Ghost la the fire of God kindled in our itarts I I The fuel that will keep it burning is good deed pure thoughts nobKj I words and kind and holy anti neuter olent desires The choir snug an anthem Benediction by Apostle J U SmiUi JOHN XICIIOLSOX Clerk of Confereeo |