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Show th'b'sbcohd day Increased Allenuancc at This Homing's Meeting. AS ISTEUKST1XU SKHVICE. Apostles Taylor, Grant and Ljmin Were tbe Speakers. rriMil.T isminuuTioji ivi:m. ffatfislals r Kneouraaed In Wall- Dalne- noil AdmunUhed lo 1-ul Awar rielllabiieas. BECOND DAY. HonNiNU BvaeioN. TbeBttendaucuat the opening set-lion set-lion today was much largor than that it yesterday morning. HIioulJ ttio congregation continue to Increase In dimensions tlio building will toon to Jniufllcitnt to ellbrd room for tlio people anxious to bu present nt tile Biettlngi, lo enoy ttio spirit of the occasion and obtain the full benefit of Us Inttructloni Imparted by tbo srxiters. Conference was called to order by President Ueorgo Q. Cannon, who win nnsble to be present yesterday, on uo-count uo-count of lili being absent from tbe Territory. The choir and congregation rang: We think Tbee, o Uod, lor a ITopliet, To mildd us In these tstter dsrs. Y?t thank 1 liti (or sending, tbe (loiol, Te Iktitsn our minds Willi 1U rajs, l'raj er by Ulder Joseph li Taylor. Bloglng by the choir: Lo I the mlghtjr Uod sppesrlnr. Front oa high JchoTSli spesksl AfOSTI.K JOHN W. TAYIJJK wtithe first speaker till morning. He tat J subttabtlally that It was R great mlrncle to tie lo many Halnts gathered together. It was a fulfilment of the predictions of thu ancient prophiti. They lind prophesied that In thu latter day tbo hoticit In heart thould Ui gitbercd ud be glean tlori alter Uod' own heart. There wire probably alxtecn or eeveuleen dtflereut lmtlunalltlei represented lu the congregation. Wo were In thu position of tho ieople on tho day of Venlecott, to lar aa ttie rt presentation of dllletent nationalities ii con cerued. When tbe plo heard thu Apostles tiK'uk on thai occatlon by tbe Hplrlt of Uod, vexy man heirlng tho Uotpel lu 111 own tongue, they Ibry marvelled. They could not uu deritaud ttio manlfeaiatlotia of iiwcr Ihsy wllteitod. J'eter explained tbo sulject to them and preauhed Christ aud 111m crucltltd. Whuu tiled by the peoplo aa to whut thry thould do to bo aaved he Informed them that, having believed be-lieved that Jems was tho Christ, they mutt repent of their tine, be baptized lor the rtmlulon of thusjimo and receive re-ceive too Holy Uhost. Theae wetu prloilpict and ordlnaucoa of the (Jot. pel tow at well u then, The plan of itlratlon waa unchangeable. Hut mmy counterfeit eytterua had beu In-Tented, In-Tented, and tho jwoplo bad been Ue-ctlred Ue-ctlred by them. uwiu ui greai imponnnco mat peo-plethould peo-plethould know they were right ami then goahead, ilu aald kuow advlted-)J, advlted-)J, becauii'thu prrmiUe mado by C'lirlit Jo thu oliedlent waa tlmt they nhould know the doctrine whether it waa of Oil or of man. Tho Havlor laid: "Wo leetlfy of that which wo do kuow." There ehouM be uo doubt lathe ulnUa of the UaluU aa to thu coune they ahould purtuu lo boao-rtpled boao-rtpled of Uod. There were many filflu among the children of men: ninny arc claiming to havo tbo true way of talvnllon, jet their methoda ere all dlllorent. Tlite thowa that iy wcto not Imbued with one spirit. Tbey had the counterfeit plan and not that tytlem which, wiui genulao. 1 ul ttld that thoMi who preached nny other Uotrel than tho rial one, lucu tliould bo aoourwd. Dovout peoplo might bo ml.uken but Iftheywero Jionitt they would embroco the true Uotpel at toon at they heard It, Do-ntlon Do-ntlon and Iho oimlon of tbo truth do notalwayagu together. Tho Hplrlt Jf Uod Wat the only true guldo for the Hltlilul mill tho teatlmonyof Jeaue ' the eplrlt of prophecy. Thla holy Jguencewa of more value than all be rlchet of the world. Tbe tpcukor itlfled that the Uotpel preached by lorlfct aud Ula nuelcnt A pottles had own rettored In thcto daya 'through 'be Imtrutnentnllly of tho 1'rophet Jrph Bnillh. l.lder Taylor then dwelt upon tho "wctttty of tho HalnU ling houorable mall their dealing. Thoiu who did pet lay their houttt debit when ablo o lie ttweie unworthy a ttandlnglu he Church, ltwattho duty of men-to men-to tuppott their nuulllct. Tne manl. ietodl;tnot rellovo them from thla obligation, which wne tacrid. No lunge nor Jury would relieve them ifoui 11. A man who would eeek to imrk tuch a retpontlblllty wat In an unenviable condition. AVOSTI.r IIKBUIt J. CWANT t addrerred the congregatloH, and JlK-lioof th gratification which he felt In meeting wn, m rjani, onco ngaln "."fal Conference. Without the L., ,. "J Hi'plratluii of the Writ of God It wat Impossible or any of the lllden of Itratl to apeak M ithe laiopie to their iirbHl und pleat-mm pleat-mm tM' "''I'1-'1 ln ounloR together jn ttito ccoatloiia waa to tnUn ccunrel wgetber, and obtain tuch Instruction u would jnable them to go forward Bnlully In tho battle of life. h..?w." conilantly betot on every nnd wltu uallycueaund obligation, no It nulrid gnat exertion and for-wtrnnceon for-wtrnnceon tur nrt to iuccetfully "'IV out the dutlet routing upou ui. It w a ttrance thli.g that we never ' l-,kl In our own iiilNlee.aani cm denmed Hum; but wo re tiiriui' 1,11 ml fault with our iielghbni. lie luil no obliriHin to hnrnxi crllliltn i It behooved tif, however, lo tcan-h nft, r our own lalluim lieforo eeklng for them In our hrtthrcti nuj alatare. Homo lertout wero very fond of glum-h.ing glum-h.ing In regard to Ihecxpenllturr uf tlio Church and on the quettlmi of llthliit. lllicxtierloucoou thu h04d waalhttthituwlio did thu mwt ,om-plalulug ,om-plalulug contributed the lent. Kxcutea wete bail thlngtWheu they canietoo often, llowimny of Ihertaini had obtervvdna they thould Ihn Wonl of WIlom, for Innuinci? ICxoune wero too frequently madu for bteaklng through the requirement of that rov-elation. rov-elation. Ulhera main exiutcj them-telvra them-telvra front nllnidlng ('ouference on the moat lllmty prtttxlf. Huch plena wero not legitimate, and thould not In heard among true I.ttter-day Balnu. We had gatherel lo thete rnoun talut to kcip the commandment of Uod, and our aim thould nlwoya lot? forget tbe thlnga which ptrlihod, and lay uptreoaurea In heaven, lie had not a word to tay agalntt tho public rohoola, hilt ho did couutel parent, where they poncnied the power and meant, to feud their children where they would receive n Uonpel education and might learn of tbo plan of life and talvatlon. APODTLK t. U. LYMAN Wat the aucceedlug taker. In thete valleya, lie aald, we had lu the gathering gather-ing of the Balnla atpcctacle which waa an object Irteon thloughoul the wotld. It waa not ulblu for a man to recelvo the lluly (llictt unlraa be knew that the dortrlnea which he had embraced wero of Uod. When we brcarat unfaithful the Hplrlt uf the Lord diaerled u, and ne were ngaln on dangerout ground. Nomau could know Uod or thu true principle of tho (lopel except by the Holy (limit. All that wo lucked today In unity, at a people, wat due to our negligence and curklettncraof Iho to Sulrcmenla uf tho (1o,hI. It waa Ifllcult thing to control tho dlapotllloii of thu hutunu luart and tubjuo our-telvea our-telvea to tbemlud and will ofUod. Thla, liowever, waa an undertaking binding bind-ing Uou thuIjaltu-dayBaluta nnJ It required a great dial of eelf-dcnla on our part to discharge the obligation, l'raycr should not lie neglected, and wo thould ttrlve to discover the lliAt In ourtclvet before wecrltlclce too toverely thofaulltof others. The api'aker wat glad to obsorve tho fidelity of the rialnu, and that thero were to fuw excommunications, and aio.itatlce from the church today wero quite rare. Thla waa tho more to l,e Ihatiktul for when we considered how tho Church waa spreading and Increasing In-creasing In numbers. When, however, auy of our brethren dld cbanco to turn nwny from the truth hit huatt wat cut with Borrow. Kvrrylhlng wat potslblo with Latter-day Saint who enjoyed the Hplrlt of the 1,3rd. The true Uotpel liat tau(lft ui to eudme tho trials, trllulatlout and persecution per-secution which "had' come ujion ui from (time to time; it had made us one, ami no power yi earth could destroy de-stroy thla wurk, which had been revealed to ua by Uod uur Heavenly Father. Thla waa the one lin of talvatlon, and here In theto vnlleyt were thousand who had received tettl-monies tettl-monies thereof. 'Ihla wo thu Lord' work and kingdom and he would mtlutaln It to the end. Tho choir sang the anthem, I'rtlse 7 tlte t'ttber. llenedlctlon by Apostle Franklin I). Richard d. ('or nflernimii report ut faje 5.) |
