| Show Condition of Cliurcli and People = = = = = = a Dlteourao Dollvnrod at the anal Conference of tlio Church In tho Tobernncln Stilt Lnko City Friday Morning October Bill 1891 by PRESIDENT GEORGE Q CANNON = lIRlOkTRU IY AIITIIUR WtteTP1 It mutt be n pleasure to all uf in to I lute 1retldent Woodruff with ut this morning lie hat been fullering horn a tory revere coldlint almott protlrattd him fore number of day 7tu trots recovering re-covering audio able to be with no lie I desire however an enplanatlon made lu the Conference that lilt voice loin I irh n condition that lit doe not feel h ta tpeak tlili morning In other i tilt hl health U I cowl I i 111 Lord hat been kind tout In per iiniiiK unto once more meet together i ueral > conference In the enloyment I i 11 x great many bloating etptdally I iini cacao come here undlslutbed and tikirrirt praise and uUrn tlunktgivlnjs I to our Uod I hough the season thai li now treeing tree-Ing hai been In tome respects a trying I one In consequence ol the financial nrills In which tire treotrie have betn placed think I we can come before our I Ijthrrlii I leaven and worship Hun I with leant filled with uralllude tot Ill I rd telIl I iiircy lilt klmlnen and Ills lone suflerln toward ui lilt people Our land in the moil of place Iou produced In abundance hue It I no likelihood of inline In the land either or man orb or-b I Our heidi have yielded plen leoutly and lotaje for our anmult U hbundanl food also of all limit nece > iry lu human being It plentiful thiuuilinul all our settlements It It I hue many tufler for lack ol employment j but Ilili it not confined to Utah II being nwst nnlveml And even In this re ipecl out circumstance undoubtedly I letter than thote of the great majority of thin Inliibluntt of tills continent We Irate escaped tempests c > clone fun and cicit disasters WJT hat not obtruil ed Itself UJMJII ut there hat not been even elemental warfare to disturb ut urh at hat prevailed In tome placet The I ltd Iron blessed the Latter day Saints omit not only them but all who live In time mountains and valley We bellevu that Hit blessing It I upon tills land anti will be upon It at long at the I people arc disposed to keep Hit I commandment eof ri lIi = el troI mandment I believe that not only do I the Utter day Saints appreciate the bounllf of providence lhai we < cnoy < ofhrru lg rl1r here but thor others not of our liii a plainly Me hat I this lea I bleated land sill that the laor of Cod It shown toil In It climate and In all the elements necetanty for the comlurt and nusten once of human beings Hundred of people bear this testimony and when they leave Utah they look back lo their residence here at n dellghtlul ipol In their memorlea II othei not of our lallh can appreciate these feature certainly I JI who hivo been gathered here by the hand of Clod can apurcdate them and tech thankful fur them And I believe Iliil In no part of thus great republic do tine prnyert ol a thankful people ascend more nnllcdly I unto the I oil of heaven morning and evemn fur the hlrttlnn bestowed upon them titan In Utah The Incmae Ui pulse the IhankMlvliiKof grateful hearts ascends llk II hl from the habitation I of the littlerday I Salnlt and nowhere Ihrouithoul this broad land Is tins praise ollcrcd more unitedly and more sincerely Iliuii Irom the hearts ol Ihote who compose Ihe majority of the people ol Hits territory Heaven It I not deal lo Ihete Hunks giving This incense atcendt grate lully unto God our lternal Iilher and the angeli rejoice over a wople who appreciate the bleisinj 1 ol 1 the Great Creator It hattecmcd lo me In Mew of nil the Lord hat done for us every tongue that hat railed against iheMlnit IICCJIIM of their wilungnot obey the doctrine of gathering and to come to this desert land would 1 now keep silent for prosperity hat attended the Latter day Saints since lucy came here and the eyes ol I the groc nallon are now attracted to tints land which It one of the choicest spots upon the wlule continent con-tinent What a contrast there It be ten the lecling that now exists and the feeling that prevailed when the Latterday SemIs came here and lor years subsequent thereto How plain It is lo be teen Hut God did nut make promises In vain or mat Hit lertanti in making promises lo the people 1 did not peak HHhoul aulhutlty lodjy our land II shutout the envy of the people and our sliuailoiils looked upon at most desirable The wisdom the li Mijcm tine Intelligence 1 = I the unsellitlineM I mat have been manifested by thin leaden of the Latterday Stints In the arrange men ol tate lellKmtnM In the nil Illbution of the land In the conservative course taken In regard to water and in the distribution of the blessings of providence pro-vidence with at much equality tars slbe mid In the cute mat has been thoan tot the wellare of the poor all these things are beginning lo receive at Fee ttnllun Teople now me beginning lo recognize that the men who led the latterday Samli here and who founded thlt commonwealth were men ol great whKtom They wit admit now that they were men who labored for line public weal I never heard a urongcr euloitnini delivered about any man iron 11Ilend 1 to In Denver recently tire testimony that was borne by a prominent gentleman gentle-man at the Irrigation Congr tt concernIng concern-Ing 1retldent Young 1 nc truth upon these point Is lieglnnlng to be rccug nicest and the day it not Ur distant when the example of tire ben 01 Utah will be quoted tot others to follow In building up I communities that shall be eltuslaintng Ire Irom debl and In which the earth and the waters and other bleating shall be distributed with come degree ol equality and with re tpect lu the rightt t all r I thank God i fur the change Hut IMS taken place In thla rlllIHltI and that though recojm lion Ira been to long deterred ill It coot Imc our want and the worth ol time people peo-ple their patient labor their constant cJII rrli and unurlng endurance their fidelity lo principle their attachment ho the noil combined with their lnidlty and their imposition to help each oilier arc now beginning to be recognucd at they thould be Tin ought to be a cause of rejoicing for all of ut because wo know li it we iMvetullered In the tt through niluepresentfltlon laltehood and the misconstruction uf motive 10ik now where we will wherever the rIden of tunis Church are I minorIng and we can see the hind ol God with them and HM 1rovldcnco over them Our Killers who go out to preach the Gospel have the same success In some retpcctf that they bad In ILu dayt D They may not convert to many but me tame bletslngt the lame gills the tame power that attended the preaching of tine Gospel In the beginning of this dispensation dis-pensation still accompanle that preaching preach-ing by Ihe Hider of thlt Church They inert testimony to the inhabitant ol the earth that God It at Wiabl toilay to be tluw gills graces and bleMlngt upon titus who sia Hit waits lie ever was giving Ihe tie lo thin lalne statements ol Ihota who have apotlallied from the troth anrt allowing the osonlni 1 Ihal Gob hat organised Church that He hat restored the 1rietthood and mat that Priesthood will be continued until Jesus hall come through the authority of Ihe apostlethlp which Hn conlerrod l upon hums servant Joseph ard upon Ins servant Oover CowUery Uunng the roll tix months In the Nortlmetlern ant Southern Stale the IUert hay been very tuccetilui In linding pople willing lo listen to their tesllmouy Tiieic Iras not been that tplrlt of persecution that our < retlimi und Irom In hornIer Jiort and Ihe Elders are encouraged In Ihclr labor Throughout our own Territory there hat been a great deal I ol traveling and visiting done by the Apostle and others In the varlout Stake of 7ton mission arira do a great deal 01 local lalior It It necessary In 1 the growth of the work cl of r Ja that the lauon of the ministry hould be more Uidely distributed because be-cause tine people are Increasing and It Is out of Ire rawer ol the first Presidency Presi-dency the Twelve Aposllet and thr Seven Presidents of Seventies to do all the labor that sos done formerly It thould be the aim of the Iretidentt of htnket to call Into Ihe ministry y lung men and to hy the burden upon them of preaching Ie Gotpil at home Let them cultivate the gllll lhat tin y may lie enablnl to speak In power and in tine demonstration I ol the Holy I hAn to the IKople h-An I know and you know that when men have that power resllm upon them though I they remember not Ainntlet or members of thin First Presidency the people listen to them ullh delight and receive their teaching with avidity 1 hope the Idea will never previd among our people that God confines his gills and I uracea to the I First Presidency or lo the I Twelve Apotllrt or to the I Seven Presidents of Seventies I know thai God It I the God uf this iieiple and every young man or middle nied manor man-or aged mA1I1 10 will seek for the power uf God can obtain It and he can declare lime truth ot God In the poncr and demonstration of the Holy Ghost and It Is lust at good at II It were told by Ihe President of the Church ur by one of tOn Twelve Apottlet I would like to enrcoumoge tine Hlder situ that I view The field Is while for tine harv et and laborer are wanted Ills beyoixi I the power of the Tint Presidency and IoW Twelv to do I all the labor herelore I I the Hlden are called to the ministry and I they I ldca seek hut the gills mil fur the power and authority the loly I Priesthood and exercise II and not Ihlnk because they are not Apoitles or Ireti 1 dentIn that therefore Ihey have not the rltht to teach and to peak with authorIty author-Ity If you have any doubtt upon this read the tKlyclghth section ol the Doctrine and Covenants and tee what the Iord ta > i upon Hilt point Among the nation whero the Elders ellIbr el on i are laboring the bleulngt ol 11 rest upon them In time Islands of the M a great work Is I being done Samoa hat received the glad tiding The Friendly Islands have been preached to Doors are being opened there fur Ihe louver tlon ol these degraded I remnanK rut the House r Israel the SamUich Islands Is-lands It I a longettabllthed mission lure Hitler are laboring there with a good deal ol success Oil the Society f rob 3 tI Islands our Hidcrs are bringing iiuny Into the fold of Christ In tew Zealand Zea-land and Auttralia the work is prosperIng prosper-Ing Tine lldcr have lately opened anew a-new field in fttminl1 and are labjrlng therewith tome degree of encouragement encourage-ment In bundmavia work Is pro prosing pailicularly In Sweden and l touts I are bring gathered out In Gr many thug auoum are mot favorable There It i an immcnie field opening up before Ihe Kidcrs In those regions rtuina and Hungary and the Danubian minclpahlle I will i > et hear Ihe Gospel The Urd will break down the barrier I As the Either go forth He will I open the way J before them an I they I will be the I meant ol bringing souls Into the old There are regions which seem almost Impinelrable I at present but If we rune zealous lrl In our labors if thin spirit of our calling reels upon ut and our souls are filled with ardor nine Lord will open the way hot the preaching of the Cot pel In land wl closed to the bearers ol Ihe Gospel In Great Ilrllalii Ihe worklt I apparently reviving timer allil we receive report that there are mare baptltmi now than there have been the people are ptylng better attention to tire prrachhiK ot the Lldert I and at a recent conference at Pretton the hall wat filled to oveiflowing Pretton you know It the place where the Gospel GIIm wat lirst prctched 1 In Great llriuln These are encouraging reports con Iderlnl thin circumstances which have turroundeil the lldera and the missions The First Presidency have been led 10 advtte ihe President 01 the European nntsbn not to rush line people out here Iou hastily We have sintered from hit I I Sonic ol our Klders In the south and In the northwest jr our nl K demo In Europe I hive teemed to Ihlnk that at soon at aSIan I a-SIan It baptlted Into the Church he must be rushed ulf to Zion Tills It nu II Ir I unwise and we have cautioned the pre intents of lhee mist mi not to do this Ut the Saints ttay Ire and get a little knowledge and experience or Ihe work mid not come here almost entirely unacquainted un-acquainted whim tine trial that Laller day Siints generally have lo conlend with Lei them remain ant be a sustenance sus-tenance fur Iha Kldert who are laboring there lo comlorl them and strengthen rI liandt and not leave the mtttlo i wholly destitute ol experienced members mem-bers There hat bten loj much of this disposition manifested by many Kldcr You who have had experience know thai to have new member Immediately gather to Zion Is 1 not attended with good rllo eatll i rl results They come here unprepared I I to meet tIne irlalt lhat Ihey I have to con lend with i and frequently apjiiallie Wo d t not wint lo bring people to this vpll llhll comity lo apottatlte We want lo bring them here to be steadfast to lIre haitI and lo prove a support to tIne work ol God Their faith ahiuld I be ripe lhrou < h experience to that they can endure en-dure line vicltnltudet I and trials whic I i naturally have lo be contended 1 with Incoming In-coming 10 a strange land 1 We Imlleve lhai ml policy will be attended nttnlh good result Aicording to my view there h u been ton much sits spIrit prevailing pre-vailing lhai Hldert l mut go away irons here well equipped lininclatly nut without nurse and scrip at in former > eart I I do nut bol ese in I tu hu d HI line I never have believed in It Gnu will have to give nu revelalum thai I have not yet received 10 cause me lo Iw I deve In It LaSt proper in Ihod t ut preacn Ing the CiMpel V line son of Gjl j lo he naiions ul r Ihe cartn I dj not Iw heY In Ills Klders h KOln olin punet an I rrli 1 believe God iso theta leed and ciolhe Hit Kldert today as Ha ever was This it my personal enlrresslrm I lo not speak lot everybody It nu > help tine Cider If branche can be left glI to be strengthened i by the addition addi-tion ol new member aid lo be a tup port to the rider who go there to preach Our prospect therefore looking overall over-all lIne field are encouraging We hue nMhing to mourn over unletslt be our follies and sins God It I doing II a pan At every one of > oil who lead the newipa mutt be conscious of lie It bearing Imltmmty now by the iudgmenlt which lie MlJ should follow fol-low the testimony ol Hit Eldeit His agents Alto Invisible lo ut are doing their part We need not think thai we are alone for God and Ihe Heavenly host and Ihe agents whom He tends here are doin their part in this great work and are bringing to pats Ills I ellrfnf lle ell ylle glorious 1 designs Lwry one of us should be encouraged lo labor while the day last In Hilt great work And lie will open our way and will lift tms upon up-on high II we urn obedient to Him There n no promise that lie I could give thai He hat not given lo ut I pray Cad lo bless u and 10 fill ut with the Holy Spirit and the gift ol our religion widen I humbly ask in Ihe name of Jout Amen |
