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Show (SStiil rtxM """''' 4ue.) eMF!lU.T(iTpKl!F.tr,. "H ininii nit-. J9 iriia ' imt. J??! itaiilc ngregatlon aang! ii.TttoJ lt aieiiii want Hit clear bint iky ArekcT rUff tM n( li tree, traces 1 n,r it rr.e. Ololr and lb pare lliwl,! , 1 wi.f leworale ae ijj, . KMf II. II. Ib.berli. Ill , jm nnllla of tke lird itHll. .' "i.Vi-p- 'at-wa Hit lilt. tt i rm h.ebHrrtfrgctcc watlSn,, , iii. .iiulr n iMcr Jtell IJalet fctldjjtj a 1 any I mu glcd of Hid opportt lily of tiearlng tratimony lo the "Mi.lil ftbeuurk Wh are engaged In. J((,ir lirin much tntrrrttnl lu what rri'i.rn tail I am axiin-l of Hinu.. n.,.l Irliimili of Hit latter dayWik. I tan fiiirtinUmony to vhalgn 11 r Uomlruu" .all llili h-ornli rehtrulii4 Hie care Iho Lord mtaci, javrrllitl'liurrh It It Hie will I Hie lunl, whkli hat len Irlijaih all the way through. Manyl 01 Hie joung never anw the Pri bi-t J "I li They do not up. I'tocltViJiu 1 Iticy ati'iiiid If they -voulj nre m re cloudy to IilatiJich. luga dry eeukl value him liton. I WMiijn t lu I 11'" ramp lu 1811, MTheujllie revchitli.il mdkllili 11 courgflUnltiebrclhiiii waareeelviil by Ilia lliehet During that Journey Jour-ney 1 li.triitd to the I'roi hit, noting mrtfulr 1,1a tetrnlngt and retinoid-HonicMOnaivenlcg retinoid-HonicMOnaivenlcg I ha I occatloii lo l'tl,,i nt,whciil heard lilmtny, In ronvrttitliin, The btithrin havu nut ll-tcned to my vuuiiiel nnJ the accairgo tniitt time. I Mo re wu arrived at our dettlntJlon lliekvoulge ntaied an I the tiujaof the l'ru hot were verified. The Htmpathlca uf Joe h were Wrwuiiuioii, anl h" alti"l the Iird to tale away the altlltlloii, but Hie l-ord eiijlohlm, lou have predkUtl the tcemge, and If ou lli.l.t Hi at It In turned tea) II will fall upon yon. I knaw I lie rliararter of that man. I kiiewiliil In life and I law lilm In dcathiiid I letllfy that he wot one of the grutnt I n hett that ever lived 011 thoeaili 1 11 la It 1 roved by Hie 1 rln. rlplrt l e enuni lated and the work he acroral llclied lu a 1 riff tco of time. I al tutlfy Ihat the aucceawta nf JoMphloirrtlllng ovir Iho Churih have Ucn andare now ltd by thoaame Bjlrlllul directed lilm. rHcf Jet" Mocaan aald-la rejolrfl Ihat tiny had been euablai, through the llenlng of Uud, (o niott bgtther at anolht r Couferencu lnieataiiJiUktude, tu llttcu to the wordt'ef admonition nud eounicl ol their urrlliitu. Jle ei reurd lilt great hiilltfajtl u at the roaitrle Uforn Hum, at a Lhunli an I euile, ol tho imeeri lime, and olnted lo tho n rnill llltlra rnllng upon Hioee lu ttlu) 1 of authority, lliimlre.lt of our mWucarln were belay lahnrlng lu the irieton Held, Imt thlt ivrllon of thoChj m h'tweik would not luiflulthed uiiUllen.ifl inc Mago waa carried to elllhtiialluiitortlieeartli. rhkt a- the work of Uod, and lilt liandiit over It the eoinu of Hit Klng4nn wat onward ant upward, and totiay Hilt work v at moving grand ly oniUuillnlheleglunlngdrtlgiied thatll.lKHilJ. May Uod I li at Iirncl and liantcn the day nbtu Hie nailona or Hie veilli ahall enorir, whin lilt Kingdom -hall civ taiti iitneu in luiuine, wueu ion ahall iirtit an I khlneand Ucotno the Klory if the whole world. rrxllrill Ureter . lenuon. Tin jclcone thought that hat weighed Very n urh Uu my mind during our ronfittoiv, an 1 1 robably It la because of Ilia peculiar clrcumttanci-a and Hit hhatigid coiidlttona wlilcli aurround ua. 11 It the ati nine lini-ortaucuef luenili rt of Ihlt Church living In rloee i-omntimoii with Hod the tiectMlty for a iTlng tec tlmony In the I n atta uf everytreefiit.thatiacli ma) know for lilniwK or herkelf that the ewine n lilcli la bellt iiiniitil la In nrcordatu-u with the nit I an I wlllofdoil. If Utiniiin of thla Church were dricn lent iiun the pio le, upon tin Ir kutleaaijce, ujou llielr conMdi nee, end the p I'd thiiUMltea did not know by an trnaut enett that which lm-InaiirlMloui lm-InaiirlMloui would luiitirl ir human judgneiiljii.tiry, that they win,laklng tho rl.ui mum, wi ttoiild be In a ntoatlubfoitunate jtialtloii, liiauau roiutaat chnugea are occurring. I need I ardly refer to that which took ilacent cur hut Conference lu order to lirlug ttilthome lu Hie luliida uf all. I allude now to thu nianlfikto. lMthe l.nl wire net Willi tlila t'hurtli, If ho verv not dlnctlng Ilia kervanta, and t!iipco letheiru-ilvc Hid net have the leatlmuliy uf Jeaua ctinrrlDlrigHilt work, tho itouaiice of that a aiilftitu would Into bad n fatal eilHIupoulhoiiaanda, erhaa, In thu C'liunli. Icaiikay for mi keif that I never ihru nk from nulhlng la my Ufa M 1 til 1 from that. I know II waa Hod ho dictated It that It wat !rurd Inaccordttiie Willi thu riijulrinienta of tli"lrltof(iud,niid I aim know that ttriy niembc r of thlt Churrli who la living in rluw rummualon with tho Ixirdltiai bat a tetlliuony uolwlth. ttandleg Hulr natural feillnga tilth nferaiuelhinto, iiolwlthelanillng the llAlllflllCOIUjCriurlllin llllli lOlluWI-d lit Mq llmi lu relation to exUI lug family relation! that It tat 1 the right thing to do. Tlieoutiourlng of the Hlrlt of God liill! the oflo nt thu time, upon the I le who hate r-imo alnce to thla tonreriiice-tho H Irlt uliltlihna bcenlolotied ujHin tit alncci tie u eemtkd, are all evldelictal.ini) lulud that Vie Lord hat liorima ti.tliuoiiy to Ihe Lntter-day Halnta cuiutrnlug lliiiw niatteri There are many tlilnga mnuectid Willi lil tul Ject that uo doul I, If lime nud (IP rluully allordcd, might le talked aiHHit to thetatlidartlciicl many I rite) ! I iritanuitli Iniprvurtil by the arguoeidt nude jiHliMoy at to Hie ilutln which vrooHii to our (lovirii meiit. and the line of dl.llncllon wot ilrnwji Utttitu nllglout nud civil iibllgillont That dl.ilmtloii una made r.ry tain. I iiretume, to every mind. While the arc.). meut waa In rogriw thu Ilea uggcrtru llwlf to mu Hint rliu there might Iw aome w ho won) I My, lu lit tiling b It and the U'velallona which Owl hat give 11 lo ua concerning ourdutlia In regnrd to eltll gotirn rieut, "Uhj, thru, ill I you na a ptoil bMiourulvialu an nttltuilu ufril-Uuco to the luwi tthlrh hau lieeu j uacU d'" Tor It It 11 tt 1 Ibk liotvn fuit (hat many of our eo le have gone to prlwu, when by laying they tvero Willing (o oly the lawtney were tol I, at lutrt, lu tome Imtancre ihey might liavreacnifd piinlnhmrnl. Now, Ui eome raont tin re aeetua (o be eomo thing IrrtioncllAl Ir, or thatuerdtrx. inanition, In tlila mailer. 1011 may rnmeniier that ycterday aflirnoona dMInctiOii waa drawn though ttl'e waa lul dwell upon Itiillcularly In fivor of coiietl tnlional he, We have lull for many jrran-In fact tlnce 1J that any law directed against our mar rlage, rrlatlona which we believe to I iittofnurrellglon-watlu vlohlloii ofthenretnliienduirlittu the Colietl lull 111. In that view we have Um nitlalne.1 lijr very many ecmd Judgia Thele waa ihe law of (foil nil llio one band anl Hie law of Him hud ilinll Ilia otbi r. the latter, at we Miner, rnactc I by irrjudlcoanl leveled agalii't our religion lu il. tlruy ut U e c uutldered It iircc-eeary, liowevrr, that Hita law a'lUilllv eUtrd In the tar) Utter mi it. I hit wat ci lillicd lo a mie 1 x tent dining our bin Conlrrrncn. Hit then are Hie reatnna we have hadr We fell na though -te would glaJly goto prlfiii, that v4 woul I endure all Hie If l llllrx ttiat Oillkl be) lllllctiallllull ut I. gaily to vindicate Hie tlncli le of rellgl.iit HlHily, we fell thai our Eilnclplrawero being Infringed upon ylawanfthla diKritlnn Whether oiirfrllotr rltlzeiicaipa-clatu wliat we have done, or in, wu mUUily f.el tlutt we have done a K001I Work Jn thut standing In pawlve ri-.tttanr not atllvercelttanre totlin law which we regarded ret aiiencioaclinieiit iihiii rt llglout freedom. 1 very ttrtoiio man lu Hilt counlry nugtit 1 1 applau 1 n ao- le or Mi Individual who tUudt up In Uifeniieof any tilncli le thai ertnlnt tu human light, Wei nave done Hilt we Intended to do II to call attention to what we looked iivii at a wrong Wu endeavored by utirMcrlfli-ra to ar reel the ptogrcM ofthla rruaade agalnet our rillglotia liberty) we liom.tlyU. Ileveil tint we bad a right to act aa we did, That we have failed, liowevi r, In t-iraurtdltiglhe nation, that wu luivo failed III making apiarent to the aoiilu an I convincing them of thK It very clear nt the intent tlmo. WO have utterly failed. Wo have carried Hilt to tiieii an extent Ihat Hie l.ord lilm self hat tlgtili.i d I lit nccv lance of tho t-vrrinccaniil otTrrliige nf the I jitter-dayfaliitf. jitter-dayfaliitf. He hajeall to u, "It It 1 Hough note. v having done your dute. ihlt matte r mutt rest with Ale.' anl we have, In coutc4uenee, sut Inlneil IhelMiUAnoii of Ihat inanlfieto, iiiidcrtaklngloitmirly with tlieliw-that tlieliw-that we wllldi our bent lo carry It out, having done all In our power up tolhe prrn nl to vlmllcateeur rlghlt. llut the day will come and I am not afraid to ilsk my reiiutatloii, H I havuoue, pan I nil hi I when that which we have done will bo recunled ttllli admiration admira-tion and rral.e. When aole can luake a sacrifice such aa we have whenby themoreeainmioti ofa fete wurda wo could have saved nun-clve Ignominy and ttln ol Imprisonment and the sad romeiiueucea Intolvcdtu Ihe wlveeand children of those called Uui to sutler, II will I e written In bl lory that what wat oil", rej to lit we do illintl, inferring to enduie all these Hilngi to -.luJIciteour llghtt. .Nutrthoiiiuttlon arisra, "What la going to be done?" It lias acviu-il acviu-il to me that a magnanimous (Jovrmment like ourt might erase Its operatlona against those who are Involves! coaiclentlout ly, who liellevMl that they were acting according lo Hie command of (Jod. I have liod for Ihlt. I lio)ad'atoue time that our I rtecutlona, nud the maimer In which the rvuru were pro ct-cJliig against ut, would have the ellVct of tailing the attention of Hie nation to those wronga under which wn were sullerlllg. Hut It Is n lesson of bl.tory. reta-nted In our case, that 1 rsc cntlona only lmreni by the addition ol victims, l.very victim adds more to the llanio of irersecutlon. Tlila la tho hl.tory of the uut; It la Illustrated and conllrmrd lu our owu history, l.vrryfresli victim, Inttcad nf arrcut lug or lightening the l-erncutloii, only Mcrvce lo Intensify the ft cling ol detcrinltiatllll that this lliu.t be tnithcdoutatallcoalandharard. Kvery man Hint wc nt to 1 rlsou only seemed to be an evidence of our obduracy and our deternilnatloii to dify the law, nnd to strength! u tliu 01 Inlou that w e must be subdued and broken down. Well, now. n eerlotis question resents re-sents lleclf before ut respecting the pioeeut coinlllloil of things. I lere are women very many of the 111 and children placed In a aid risltlon. Ihete -romviiarebouul to their litis lAndtbytlea that bate been consld. ered the innet eacpal, nn I Among lit tin y have been lionorul quite at mutli at though they orcii led tin. ltlon of legal wltit. VShat thall Iw dono lu rererriioe to them; It la a acrloua .lUirtlon ouo that roii'it to ut roiistautly. It It one that I lioi-u w 111 la Atiswi nil by the Action nf tho (lovernmciit. When It Ucotma convinced of ouralncerlty in Irsuiiig thlt lunnlftatci declaring that I lural lutrrlagct ahuuld retue, let ua ho e that some favornl lu action w III bu taken In n gnrd lo exltilug relations. 1 am not ceibiln )c t that we shall li dlsaptminted 111 tills. I believe we havo already seen, In tllect, n great softening soften-ing of feeling upon these itiluts, nud the people must undirslaul they should u mie rstaud that what wu lie shall lt done In good faith; Hut wo do not UcaI lu deie lion, lint li one must act k tu nccomuiodatu hlin.elf to allltlrt so that tie shall nut cnato a fee ling that will I e a mntlnuatloiiof Ihennllji alhy iiiaulfited thmugh thla docirlne, Ho fur aa tmr slluenty la roncertied, I think It la of Ihuutmost luiitluncu wemnkea iruiulte of this llnd wu mean ixaclly what cu n.ij that we are not dealing faUtly, that we am treating thla matter In good faith, having Hie nsulttt lib God our l.lernal 1 alher, and that wu will Ui tho Ut of otiralilllly acconimodnto ouretlvi'a to tho rhaugod condition of nil lire 1 hate no doubt If we do this Ihat, In tho end, the rieult will Lo all wo ran Ueslie. None of ut doubt that (lod It con trullng Ihlt work bi suit Ilia own ur lesra and to fulfil lllaowu designs I hatobicn comiielled to acknowledge myotvii blludiirss; I netor hul aicli a felling coniernliig my own Ignorance nnd Inability to mm I reheud thu 1 lana nnd itir jane-e of God at I have lial cf file, llut I laiwlo lIltHiipremowltdom, it la Infliilto. I In umlersuindt Ihe uud from the beginning, Ho haa hid the foundation of tlila work. t hate tcellllri, I might any hundreds hun-dreds of limit, lieforu pul llumeii. that I bclletcl If I bad uul douew lint I illl In nfercncu to plurnl marlUge I would hae been damnm! utterly. I havusnld Ihla litfore hnllng men, 1 hiitii sal 1 It before Hie I'rishleiit of the UultolHtatrs, I liavemld It wliereter I havu talked niiout Hie suljecl. 1 con only liuk for nijsclf, tut tho cum matid caum to me in such n form from in) God that I bulleiu I ttould have bteu damned If I luJ not nbejed II. llnvlng thlt bcjlef era u-ddetl In my very nature, what cotlll I do Irtlt obej? It Wat elUirrolatllruce on Ihe right haul or damiintlon on llio left. Vet, notwithstanding notwith-standing H1I1, 1 ohttnl Hie law) nnd Ireucellls, I say, we lice I the Hi Irlt of O01I to t wlt'l us, because nil these things eomo In conflict with all our I rrconcelKd Heat and that which we have framed In oornwiimiiida We have to Inittto oilMlod for Hie rrii!n. He bat laid llio foundation of Ihla work; Ho baa carilnl It forward t Ihe 1 resent lime, an Die will lake rare of It In Ihe future. I say now imblhly lb it It It Ihe Intention ul Ihe l.atlertlay Halntt tooUythe Itw and leave the rrsulla with the Hod of heaven, lluttomnof our brclhrni hive atked Uiltiiic-stlom "How can you reromlle II Willi eon s'strncy that our Irelhtii whognlu-to whognlu-to court iiowaiulKiy, 'W'ewllloliey the laa,' whervis Uf.le all Ml Ihlt to Im wrong?" The con lltloiis are entirely .lur.reiit, at you will see Itlieedt ml deep )ienetritlOll W ier celvehuwillftrrcutly wo are slluttcl now from what we welo then Our illlou It not at all What It waa, We now say, "We loiv In aiibmlsiilon lo the law." It would have bwi aim at a betrayal for some of ua la have iloue thla liefore. HupioaHiataniimlicrof men wrre I10I ling a citadel and tho enemy an Ihe ouoddetlrrniilded n rurreielrr, the gieatlailk ofihoao within would per-htjessy, per-htjessy, ".No, we shall not surrender, we will maintain Hilar1talii,"whcre at the few woul I eiclaini "Vet, wo will surrender It," nud hoist the llag. .Sow then-el woul 1 feel that 1 1 be a lietmynlnu their part. Hut aupisirc, on the other baiel, that Ihe whole luJy lushle had Itf-eii beltagtm-d fur isinie time, an I, finding II of no me to stand I jugt r 011 the deft nilrc, agtenl lo Join liilhekurrendtr, then it woul I l"Ii dlscredll lo liol.l Ihe llag. Tliltex am le may nut 1 xactly Illustrate our position, lail lo my mind It bat wide features bearlug upon It, l.ver; 0110 can now Join In thu surrender li itiorably. We hare ma lo covenants It It true, bat each man must arrange bit alltlta isi that ho would not violate those covenants, thereby I ringing down thedlsilrasnreof God. Hut he mint honor the law of Hie laud. 1 do not know whether it la wlci lo talk too much upon title question, but 1 think wn ha I 1 lire it.wtl trltH It titsl.ilv siul mettltiiarel at It ireernU Itself lo us rather tliau dono It, That It my vii w, I want lo save Ihlt ieo le If t-asslble from distress, from sorrow to save ourselves lioin the evils that the enemy woul I hiap uj-ou ut If they roul 1 take tho telvant age. Tula they are trying to do by aa-rttlug that we are not honest, an 1 so Hiking to get us In coullniial trout le, This la not at all necciuury. Thlt oplo have tuRc red for sevt ral years now nt no (woplo ever have be fore within the colifliiia or the United ejlntes. We have siiRtred iiulttly, and our grief hat not been much known. It hum Uen ronrealiHl from Hie world bi a viry gnat extent, riioangiilthnnilmltiry Hut havn been Inlllctcsl iijkjii famlllta have Uen born silently We have intse.1 through very serious trials, .til I bellevo with all my heart that there la a blighter day diwulng Uu .Ion. I would llko to refer b the nnnlki made by I'rialdeut Wood ru IT thlt morning. He said that a short time ago thele were 110 Aluellce lij-on thla aland. 1 do not ltnuw liow you ft It at that lime I had not tho prlvl lege ol being and meeting with ) on) but I know how I and Hie bnthreu fell who were dc rived of lliatoi inrtunliy. Thlt It changed; glory lie lo (Jul vt try da) 1 We have freedom nnd wo mn mrrt with vou and SIHlk to vou. and Rive you ivmntelt aa the l-onl reiiutrca of ut. We can entreat you so bi meat to havpa testimony In your buirtacuncernliig this. I wl.li toallule to another point; I mentlonnl It yektenlay, Home bate said to us Ihey believed that If wu lift 1 taken thii course Daniel did when he wat (tit In tho lion's den, and the Hme Hebrew thlhlrell when put In Iho Itery furnace, riiati It woul 1 have In en more lierulo an I morn rontlstent with our profilon as Latter-day Halnta. A ersnn looking nt thlt unit r filially mlglil think them watsomtthluglii the si Irlt nf It. I hate 110 rnithty doubt that If 'resident Woodrutriiad lawn minimi to go Into the lions' deu or Into the firry furnace, or to 1I0 anything else In Iho way of sacrificing lilt life III order to aave thlt people-, how culd have iloun It. I hat 0 not n aha low nt a doul t that 1'rwldi nt Taylor woul 1 have done Ihe suite. All nfutkntw lilt roumje nnd Amines. I will not epcak of myIP, but 1 do not lielleto there la mie of thetei men bol 1 Irg the apo.tle.lili who woul I not gladly, had It been Uod'a will and tho eirrlflie woul I have auDlreil, havu given up lilt Jlfo lo ecu thlt pcole, 'llio three Hebrew children lu taking the course they dl I Involved only Hulr own lives, (heir Acllotidllnot Involve the lives, lilt r lh, and future uf n gnat ieolo. Therefore yon ran st-e thut the analogy between their raw and oun la not a complete one. When Dtiilsl wrnt Into the lions' den he himself Was the eutrirer, It w ua lilt own life only that w at Jeojiar. dlted. l.ut tu ioea Just for u ecuind that thu lia.lrrt of this iieople hod wild, "Wu will stand anil resist this, wo will carry out thla command of (lod In Iho fate oflhu whole world"!' What would have been tho 1 fleet? Why, It would have luvoltrd this entire iplr, every member chill lu II. And bow many are there who would have obi)ed that doctrine Anil shown their fiillh? How many woul I nrhat have said, "Vou have no right to drag lit luto thla lo Involve lit uud our Uvea uud our future, and every thing that wo have nn earth In n mrrlflie which only you yourselves your-selves aro mere rued sn " Can ) 1111 not tie the dlflcrrliru between the III rt e caee I liuvui,uoted? It II At 1 lulu us It can li. (lod guided those men of ol I to do at they il Id. God lite giildrtl IlltCliurrh until now) He guided ut bi do what wo have done, uud lu the history of Hit dialliiga wllh Hit' rlilldren of intu It will he rmirdnl thut we hate made at great or greater sacrlllrea D1e.11 nn) oi le that ever livid. Now I Ml-li to say this much lu ciusul bate In aril expressions suili its those to which I havu referred, I have heard Ihem tui inaiiy thins rrum Ihnru who thtnmltee liavu shown their fallh In Hul docltltiea lullldent lyloi lie) them. Will now, bielhien and alelers, Ihlt It Ihe great point of all 1 liatesitdlhuifan Inch one of uashoullllatellie light ol the Hllrll of (lu I shining In Ills heart sn that bo uuiyknow fur himself thut which (s rlgfil, that when we bearlhu olce nf Hie true Bin pht nl wo will recognlie It. Wo may not be able to tell all tho do tails, but wu will know by Hie tettl mony of tho doldt of Uod within ut that which It tight Thlt I. the tell-mony tell-mony which Itglvealo Ihe Latter-day Halnlt. They know when Ihey hear tho voice of a servant of G01I, and Ihey tinlcrrlahd II. Thiy may not lie able to explain all of the reasons roniirefrd with this, lail ihey havo a living lesll mony of the truth wllliln Ifnm. Go and 1 had with the lord) ntk lilm to remuve thedarknta-i from your minds, to give yotl the light of Hie Holy Hlrll, that It msy sTilne iiioii your iinderstaiidliiir, Hut you may ivmtiliend II, and )nu will not wait iifii lilm In vain, 1 1111 assure you that He will hear your itayrra and answer them) He will Illl you with neitro -an I Joy, an I ton will know foryourselvea that Hilt la Goilatiutk) lotiwlll kmiie that all 3 eur wisdom, Ihewl-lonliif men, or thirxi ktandlng at 3 our bead, Is not alone auniclent tu Rulilethlst'htircli. Wema) nmtkout paths Tor Iratellnr. but Ihe Ird ill recttour wn)s, anJ we cannot walk safily without. We may Imvv our Ideas As to bote Ihlt work II going to be built up and esttbllshisl, lilt the tyird will show us, aabas la-en quoted III our. hearing by llrutlier Krankllii II. Itlrh ards, that "Aa thu heavens are higher than the earth, so aro God'a ways higher than man's wajs." Wo woul I never have reached theso valleys had not the Imnl giildrtl us; and we ran look back niidee how wonlerrully Hit 1 remises have been fulfilled lu our lie half. Knicely a step could hnvebceu taken of our own choice If we had not Uen ii held by God nud bad He not sustained us In all our doings. Ho It will bet to the rill, and wo Willi, oblige! lo remfem tint his wisdom hat done Itnll. There Is annther suljett Ihat t would like to nu nil in before wen Mourn this Conference. Ititnarkilmve bmi made to ut concerning home Indu-trlce and llielr lniurtincr. Talk alout revela Hunt .1111 go an I n ad the m rmom of I'rrsldent uung, and If you do not le-lleve le-lleve now that he was a 1 rophet, I think after you have read thini toil will be Hire he was, UrnUMihelaikeil aa a prophet to thla iieoile concerning their future, and lilt words were full of godllku wisdom, and be Ixuriil them out In h cnnsianl stream during bis lift time, Oneof his great themes was that weahoull become be-come a self sustaining -cople. Our munis nave uivcnctl 110111 amis CO a great c xtent I believe, however, Ihat clrcuiiislancra will be so arranged Ihat wn shall bo compelled to ny attention to these uialla rs. 1 1 should be the aim of every mail to try and become self. suttalnlng, and to havu lilt family self-sotbtliilng. self-sotbtliilng. It la my drialro torabe everytlitng filial It eaten and drunk, by myself and my family. I havcstrlveu for Ibis. I woul I like lo have It so that 1 ecu 1 1 have everything we wear trctluced brio also, llut what I wiali lo refer to now lithls- Wo aro allowing our young men throughout these valhyi, t y hundreds, lo grow up In Ignorance or skilled Industrie. In-dustrie. I traa recently at a tunfereuco In oue of ourntakm a large Hbike, noted for the thrill of Ha oplo and um Ih'iulry I found thai there wire only twu lya In the settlement In wlilcli the conference waa bel I learn Ingtraitca, and very few anywhere else InlheHtake, This lu me Is ominous uf trouble, omluout of poverty our Joung 111.11 growing up destitute cf now ledge concerning skilled branches of laitlucsa. I am lu favor of education. 1 think no one who knows mo will ills iredltmewhcu I au) that, llut I am not lu favor of book education at the expense of education tu skill at manual labor. I have a number of sons and! woul I rithrr they ahould lie destitute of book learning, much at I value It, thin be drsllluleuf a know. lingo or using intir lianas ana llielr Isidirs In earning their living, I be llevu they would bu better cltlxelia If Ihey woul I learn how to work than Ihey would be, wllli all Ibe learning Hut they could get, If they did nut t-jseeeft Hiese other iuallllts, llut Ihero Is no 11111 wily thai ounhlldn 11 should be taught one branch alone. They can be give 11 a good udiicaUoii, and at the same time Im taught some skilled branch ol labor I think It la an error fur ui lo tsud nur young men to school till they are eighteen, or nlncteeii, or twenty )eart ol ago without t tchlng them eome In liutrlat occupation, If rauseltla from fifteen bi twenty that bo) a learn lutik-tiuelriuusrlieaudliotir lu loll wllhout It being burdensome to tUtui. Hut) on tnkuAyouiigmnii after Ihtu. If be lint Iriiruul nuthlng lut what la In In books, nnd (all hint lo hard manual labor, mil he alirlnka from lb 1 ry few men ran stand It. I In y want to get easy eniplnymc nt While I do not thing It necesMiry Hut all ahuuld fullow manual lalior. It la nenasary that all thuul 1 bu taught tlicao t ranches, to that they ran tie uso ful. Thru If they can make their llv lug by following some lighter occupation occupa-tion that wilt lie more congenial to them, they can do ao. llut 11 tetma tu 1111. brctlireiiand sisters, thai thla Is a tul Ject that ought to rn ulve our Munition. Muni-tion. Wo tire Imtiortlng skilled lalcr-era lalcr-era from abroad carientcrs, brick misous, etc., lo supply llio demand In this city and Territory, It think this la deplorable, Wu ahould bu In n dir-ft dir-ft rent condition, rardonnui If I allude to my own case In this matter, at I ha pen lo be familiar with It. 1 have aovrtat sons, and I havu' ottered 1 ich of Ihem for one jear to anyol our brethren who wuuld teach them mechanism. I have done thlt with all the tons Ihat I have grown up, berausu 1 Hi night uu education educa-tion nf ihla kind was very valuable. I would like uiyboya to liaru every kind of trade. 1 would Ilka them to be tklllul. 1 would like them to uso these glorlout hands that God haaglveu us, and thla glorious brain, In a skilled maiintr. Ihe man wlm mu do this It 11 much more mtful cllUeu, It Is bnltuscu so man) learning to drltu a team and tolliwlug teaming At an oiciiititlou. Almost auytiodv can Itnru lo drlte a team. A girl can ham It, I havo sot 11 girls Unit did It excellently. Ihe re It very little skill about that. Of course, a good lo iimd r Is a rate article; I run nwr.ro nf that. Tin n we bi.ve men following farming wlm do not study farming and maku a builucMi of It. If ) 011 are going to mako your chlldruii farmers, give Ihem that knowledge that wlllipjullf) tin in. glvu Ihem n knowledge of agricultural ihemlttry, so that they will uiidir-it.m uiidir-it.m I tin. nature of tolla, nnd how to Improve nulla, and the I tit manure lor soils, nnd the best soils to 1 reduce certain cer-tain article. Glvu Ilium skill In this illnilloii. 11 us lake advantago of tlieoiiiortunllliti Hut God haa given ua. 1 here are no brighter Intellects. In thla world Hun nre lo be found among the Italicr-day Haltiuv young men of iniKil lllty, joung 1111 n who will make their mirk If you will gtte themiuiy klndof n iliaure. lhce )Oung men will grutr 1111 nud bo n mighty race, If w u will taku the course Ihat wu ahould do with Ihem I feel Hint whe 11 a t lill I It bom thu jure nil are Indebted to that child, To bring It Into thu woitd at a walfl lo latinrti It upon sot lety without giving It a 1 roper odii mtlon and I mper training and aatlst aiire Itagrciit wrong. If we did thlt wettoull I like animals. It It the duty of krvtr man and every woman who bat a chill to do everthing In their cwer for Hint child, to ijuall.y II tobeniisefui man cr wi man. And no lilnt should hespam In thlt direction. W e live In our chll Iren. Afler w eAru goi a we will live III our ollsprlng, nnd our good qualities will he irpetuAtcd tu local If wo will take the light course Thlt Is a ml lei I Ihat Admllt of a gnat dial of talk, audit might tube spoken about In our srltlcmeiitt and lui nsiwl iijii the 1 oil. e Wo should take 1 aria lo leal h cair Itiys and our glila everything that will make them useful, and help to give them n knowledge know-ledge of Hie 1 rliiclplf-1 Ihat God has re vr-ilwl. In this way we will be a Musing Incur ihtldtrii. 1ie will njulco In us, anl Huy will arise and call ua blessed. What n glorious tiling It to think Ilia, our -jstrtiijr will honor us, and that Ihey tvllltuy, "I know Hut my father uata irrMitt msiit Hist I1111II 1 ell he could for me." "I know my moth. er was n good woman) the loved me and did all lu her wertu give men good stirt and to furnish ire with all Hie knowledge Ihat she coul 1 lu make uieauseful woman," and ti have those children ijuote Hie eiam!e of their H rents to ihelr posterity, and let It go down its a heritage fiomonegrnriatlun lu another, until wu thall arise up a gt m ration that will be am 1 tul 1 f the Ionl, and upon whom Ilia blessing and lilt i-owir will rot. We will soon cuter un thu millennium, God Iim told us this, and It ahould bu Ihu desire of every mail and woman lu Ihla Church thai llielr libstcrlly may live, not only for a gene ration or two, but throughout thu entire millennium, and Uien through out that period when Hatan will le loosed again; that ns long At lime shall enduie some uf our isMtcrlty may be found nulling thu friends of God, lieatlug tbo holy I'rlnthoud, honoring (lod, krclng Hit rommaiulmt tils, not only through Ibe mill, niiluin, Imt during thai period when ruuiu will bu looted again to go forth nnd U ui) l the nations; that evtu then somuufour drecen units will lie found llumU red among Ihe righteous, and continue to iw luiiii.-iirti nulling tueiii as long ns tlrnrshall last. 1 think this la n du klrmtilowl.il fur tr.ry man. Anl 1. 1 ua lay Ihe foundation liow. Lei us, at intent, Influence our children. I el us mske nur mark uisiu our chll tlreii, and glvu them u fair start; endow en-dow tin m wllh all the power that wu have, lu make them all Ihat we dislre them to If. livery r-irchl ahuuld have Hits ambition. Ilvrry man and woman ought to live for Hielr rhlldnu, and not neglect them. 1 feel condemned sometimes becaiikeof j lib-Ha lib-Ha duties I caiinut nttvud to 111) family aa 1 would like; and my constant con-stant prayer lo Gml It that He will give moieof Hit holy H Irlt t Ihem, lo make 1111 f ,r my iikot time with them. 1 luliik thlt li a guodinrjrr. 11 ua try to make our ihlldnii all that we would like Hit in to be, ae far At our Influence goes. I aa) loyoii ni rente who have children lu the rove Haul, If you will ray for them God will feel after Ihem, and He will sire your iilerlty. He lias made roml-ea to Ihlt iieuic, .and lou cling lo Ihem, In the meantime doing all you ran tounelvea lu havu thoru I remises fullllletl, so tint tbi re will l-rj no m gleet un your 1-trt. Vnur chll dren may err, and do Hilnga that are alnful uu I aru ialuful and sorrowful ioyoti. Hut (ling Id thriu. I'rtyfcr them. 1 xerolse fallh lu Ibtlr Wiialf. Treat Iheiil with kin luets, not, how. liter, condoning their slut and Ihtlr traiisgnimlont. Hut li full uf rharlty, roll of long-tun ring full of Uerice, and full if nuny tu yourihllirru Dr.tl't drive Ihem away by your sever. Ily.orby btlni too strict. Ilulbaklnd and merciful to them, rornetlngtlielr faults tthrii they lured wrreiting, ai Ihe same time ihuwlug tin in that your corrections nre not 1 roui teil t y Hnv. thing liit love lor Hum and for their bap) Iness Hud bleat you, lu the uatneef Jesus. Ameu, The rholr tang- Ul (Jod srlss 1 lsl Ills sasirilrs ts IrtlUred. The 1 losing benediction was pr(K liounrrd I y l.ldt r Jose) hi.. Tat !r. Adjournal till OcloU r next. JullK NIOIIOIJSW, Clerk of ('onfereace. |
