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Show THE SECOBD DAY Conftrtnce Report Continued from Pegs One. AKTIinNOON HKSrUON. HlrKlnguy tlio Choir and congreca- tloui ' ' lifteemerolliraal, out tinlr .MIsM. .,.. unHhtHA romttsMint'wecaili uurlionrl''lr, .. Anifeiir Ll'lirl-f nlMl. our Kiss" -if Htllt'rer, our til. rrayrrny blder Jolin Nicholson. Thi'ClioIr satiKi t (ofiljr uni ir. in'trt tlln ullhefieal millennial inorn. Anil loeaiuieim.. weleoniowsrnlBf Tbal 111 ila I" HMIllJMi AfUrTTLB JHl.a llfA.CIIEII V tl'" "1 "leaker. Ha said lio find listened Willi ap Interest to thu remarks re-marks nisdu during tills Conference, ml relolcid In the rjcl'lt under which Th,r had len spoken. Ho trusted ihllktiwoiilJ enjoy a irtion of that same Htdrll lo KtilJ" In wlit lie ralRht now utter. UtKtilliotutie-tof saorl-lice. saorl-lice. Hull"' Thatcher pointed out Ihe Kit-.t sacrifice which our He-Sterner He-Sterner made for mankind In order or-der to """ " '""n "r "'"' Durluit tl speaker's missionary labors In the City of Mexico lie u met I'y some young Ktntiemon who aJuttteU tint they had watched hli motements cloicly; thry had nerer Ken hlin enter houses of lll-rciute, saloons, aud other plana of otII resort, and while they honestly hrlleTed Hint thertlldm which lie represented wan the true oue, yet they confessed they ould lather iiursuo the palli In which Ibclrfttt were let, and o down to uesltuitlon rather than Idenllfy Hum-telvtswltti Hum-telvtswltti a cauro which called for lucli nrratnlf.socilricona did tlio re-. re-. llolon of tho Latter-day Heinle. i:ider Thatcher then made a stato-luvnl stato-luvnl of cvldeiiciai of devotion exhibited ex-hibited liy rat ruler of the Cathollo i hutch In Mexico. They underwent, In tbelr rcllitluus fervor, all klnda uf i.ardehlis, that they might exhibit tliosiilrlt of eel .lacrlllce, nnd by that moons bs accepted of (tod. Thla devout spirit wss mostly inanlfciled by the enialu orllou of society, lie brought up tticin tlilnes, he said, to show ttio hold that Honiantam had ui'OU the mluda of ll people of Meal. rr; and while he would not aland up hern to criticize the reunion of others, lie desired to nay that Catholicism In Mexico Ulllltid In many its cts from Catholicism luKuropo or thu United mate. It adapted lUrlf to tho cuudl-tlr.nanftho cuudl-tlr.nanftho Iiople, nnd much of It wat iliow, In order to eutlirall the lulndaof tho Ignorant and the mlied rscis of that peculiar land. Hat when It came to sincerity and devotion, thole inuld ho no question,-but what It waa largely found thtre. The authorities of tho (Jhureli of Jctut C'hrlit of Latter-day Buluta wel e worthy of I lie confidence of tho rialnla,, Tim latter should uphold and sustain them, l.ore tenets love aod confidence confi-dence forgets confidence, therefore we should low and trust laili other. If wioncs existed In the Church they could nut bu corrected by the mum of the iwople, but by tlio proper tribunals, tribu-nals, etlabllihed for the settlement of nlltlrreDces. Keep well cultivated the strocic cord of allecllon nnd lookup lo thoau lu authority with ttutl aod confidence. Ho thanked (lod Willi hi whole heart that we had with ui thla afternoon tho .'residency of the Church. Today wo were, aa a o-pie, o-pie, lu thocnjoimuot of liberty, which waa near ami dear to us, and he rejoiced re-joiced In the society of theso men to bleu and comfort tho Halnts on thla oc-cailon. oc-cailon. lie prayed that tho blessings of the JiOrd rnlitht be In the mldlol thla people and that they might follow the light of iDsplratlou, AltirrLi: y. v. mciuiiM le'd from the GSIh nctlon of (lie book IofDorlrlnoand;Coveuantaon the sub-eel sub-eel of prayer, being a revelation clven through tlio rrotdiut Joteph Krulth In Octolir,lb3l, ut lllraru, 1'ortage County, Coun-ty, Ohio. The coming of tho Lord Jeaua C'hrlit waa the ereut lnt at which this prayer aremed to be direct-id direct-id the object of our work hero upon the earth aud endeavor coutlnunlly to spread abroad the Ivlugdom of (lod hero below. We weru called upon to lay thu foundation of a great and mighty work upon tho eartli, and tu prepare tho people uf all natlonn for the iicond couilug of the Lord. This win thegrtatest of all dispensations: dispensa-tions: and the work which thu l'rophet Jorcpli Hmllh continued to unfold un-fold to our vision, &a set forth In some of hit last srruioue on the liumensu responsibilities resting Uon this eo-Pie, eo-Pie, II devolved illon iih now to curry forward, fl Trials and persecutions had beset all the lalthlul sons and daue,hteiiof (lod from thedajaof our Bailor, and thla would be the lot of all Irun Llulstlana as loog as lllo lasted. Miny of the rlalnta who embraced thu Ujipel In their nutlvo lands were si urncd In consiuuence by their friends at homr, Lut they were content con-tent to make any sacrifice for thu (Jo. (si's take, and gathered with their brothers and atstere In thesu valleys. Jlut In all our trials Ihe Lord had been with us, mid tho greater the aacrllleii the greater would bt the blessing. The speaker cited some of thu struggle through which tho Haltits pm.td In the early duys of the Church, but showed how, through all, thu Lord's a hand had protected us, p'alnehoode had been oltculalul broadcast osneern-lug osneern-lug thla people, but a change for the better seemed tobecoruliiir Ip thla respect. re-spect. Thu Lord has brought us lien, to maku our light shine upon thu nations of tho earth as well aa upon the people around us. In regard 1) the Hall Lake Temple, the sptaker expressed! hi confidence that the help ri'lulrid to ccmplete It would be forthcoming, mid that in six months from now thu building would I e dedicated to (lod. 'I huitheie would be four Templie In the Territory of Utah. Let us treat tho strangers win. joine within our gales with christian lovr, aud he doubted not that liore and tbero onionu theli most In heart would o found thesu who would embrace our failti. Aflernralngtlio Importance of secret pruyrr. HMher Jtlcharde remarked upon Ilia fact that tho Hook of Mormon " now bu.ii published In sonm leu 'Meruit languages, most of which lie enumerated, sod advocated at thu forihoomlng World's Fair tho establish-inent establish-inent of a department where the , Church woilra priulid III tho various Isniruagea mliibt b ciilalnid, Copies would thus find their way Into foreign counlrlea and so the truth would I Psd sliroad among the lutfous. lliti speaker dliecled Ihe attention w to Bovenllts to this subjtct. Itwasa great woik which devolved upon us to send forth the (loitel message mes-sage to Ihe human tsniilv, and he yet looked fjtwsrd to the accMnpllihmsbt otgleatthlnzsliy the uiralml (Jod In this and other laiuK Tills was the Lord's work, and, knowing It, we should rX fotttatd laboring unceso Inaly Tho foregoing Is necestarily only a brief synopsis of Elder Itlcharda' el-oellent el-oellent dlscsurie. I Vl'ttlDKNT at'altUE Q. 1AS.1U.V. KolloteliU l n brief outline ol lilt n marks: He haj enjoyed these meetings meet-ings today Very much, and eiprxa-id hit great regret that he coubl not I e resent on tho opening day. Tills was a llmo when wu could temporarily forget and lay aildo the cares, perplexities, and annojancia of lite, , Hsln tu woMa of rouniel, and partake of that luavcnly Inllueuce which alwava prevailed lu tin so Conferences, The Wil had wrought great things In our behalf. This latter-day work -wat a standing miracle In thu eyes uf all the rations if the earth; It Wat a con-tlnuoJ con-tlnuoJ testimony, an ItiJcatrucllblu work. It was not the plan, wisdom, or device of tuan that had wrought nut such wonderful results which we witnessed lure on every hand; and the Lord would hold the Inhabitant! of the earth accountable for the knowledge knowl-edge they had oucernlng this work, but which they did not nuke a proper use of. Whero could bo found anything any-thing like It lu the whole worm? This Church wst founded and had Ueu carried on In tho faeo of nil the opposition opposi-tion that bad leu brmigtit to bear agalmt It. He rij'irrrd that tho Hilnls could meet together In Conference under un-der euch favorable o!rcurii-taui-i as now prevailed, and that the heavens were still open tu ut. This wua thu only Church on Iho facet of the earth) so far at bo kiien.that gave In every worthy male member 'thrtuof the rrletlhood and thu authority tooftlLl tin Inllieordlnancea of the House of U k1. (Jod Intended to miko of ut a i-trat and mighty peoplu. Ho had revealed to ua that no aro His chtllreu; and what a glorious rovrUtlon this win! This (JmikiI would I ring ua back Into the pietence of (led and thu Lamb If ii only obeyed all l principles prin-ciples ond remained lalthlul unto the end. The anthem: Iai the Mounlahti saoul for Jor. was suog by thu choir, and the whole congregation Joined In thu Doxolegy. llonedlctloli by i:idcr L. John .Nut-Uill. |