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Show THIRD DAY OP COHFfiRMCE Ths General Anthorlta ot tbe Church Frtstaltd AM) UXAM'IOUM.i M'.STAINED. Instructive Priesthood Merlin; Last Mglil. rnupls nf ths lie-marks lie-marks at Tudst's Meeting. ritiiSTiioou Mr.r.riNo. A meeting nf Ihe general Priesthood was held in Ihe Tabernacle last night, April 71b, beginning at 7 o'clock. The first speaker was President JoietliF. Hmlth. He gavo much practical Instruction In-struction upou the subject of looking after the moral and rellgloua welfare of Ihe young, and see Ing that thoywere not jiermltted to spend their time In Idleness. He also spoke doprecatlngly ottbedlaregard paid by mauy to Ihe commandment of Uod la relation ta tbeobaee'.nceof Iberisbbalh day.Thu conclud tig i-ortlou of his discourse waa deeded to the evils growing out of going Into debt without euiDoUnt reason; the daugers of extravagnnce and data distinctions ou tho basis of wealth. He also exhorted his luarers lo contribute generously to tho funds needed lo complete tho J'emplo In this oily. President WortruiTfollowed by delivering de-livering a d'scouise upon the msgnl-tudo msgnl-tudo of the wort of Ood aud Iho responsibilities re-sponsibilities l'tji upon those who held Ihe PrlrslLood. President Ueorge (J. Csnnon spoke upon the Importance of those holJlng high olllie lu the Church being care ful ea to how they used their authority, author-ity, as Ihoy woulJ beheld to a strlnt accountability by Ihe lurd for the Oianusr lu which they exercised Ihelr callings. None of tho humblest of Uod's ireaturea could lie wronged with lni unity. He spoke also on too necie-slty necie-slty of being chsrllable and of the evil results of backbiting; atsu uton the ueceeslly of seeklug to save cur off. spring, who, according In Ihe evtrlast-Ing evtrlast-Ing covenant, were Ihe ohlldreu ot promise. We ought lo have great hopes of them, even when they went astray, exercising faith that they might bu reclaimed. THIItODAY. , ItultNI.Mj tUXUlH. The choir and congregation sang: Come, corns, jo Sslnts, no toil aor Isbor fesr, llul wllh tor wenil juur wsr . Tlmunh hsr.1 lojuil lliu Ijuroer aisv eetieer, Umsslisil baas four usj ' Prayer by Klder Daniel MoArlhur. The irll el U it like a lira Is lumlogl a, Thslslter dr story begins toe,rasrAith Tha vlthina snil bleinns el ulit sre letarDisi, Ibe sagels sre couidx le villi Die csrtn. was sung by lho choir, tho congregation congrega-tion olulug. Tllll Al'TllulllTlEH ofthe Church,wero presentixl by President Presi-dent (Jeorge lj. Cannon for thu voles of the assembly, as follows: Wllford Woodrull, as Prophet, rlier and Itevtlator and Prosldeut of thu Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day rjalnta In all the world. Ueorgo I). Cannon as First Couu-elot In the First Presidency. Josiph F. Hmlth at tiecond Counselor Counsel-or lu the First Presldeucy Lorenxutinow as President of tho Twelve ApoHlco. As iiit'inUrs of the quorum of tho Twelve Apostles Lorunxj tlnow, Franklin 1). ltlchards, llrlgham Young, Moses Tlialcher, Francis M, Lyman, Juhn li. Hmlth, Ueorge Teas, dale, Helr J, (Irani, Jolin'W. Tajlir, Marrlner W. Merrill, Anthoii II, Lund, and Abraham H. C-tnuon. Tho countelora lu the I'lrsl Presidency Presi-dency aud Ihe Twelvo Aposllis us PropneU, gecresud Hirvelators. Patrlarib to lho Church John Hmlth. 1- irsl Bevcn Presidents of the 1c vei-His vei-His htymour II. Young, C, 1) Ijoid eted, John Morgan, II. it l rie-. Ueorge lleyuoldt, and Joutthau u Kimball, William II. I lesion ae PtealJIne Hlehop, wllh Ilotn r liurtou as hit First and John II. Winder at hie tjec-I tjec-I ond Coiltisetor, Frankllu I), ltlchards as Church Historian and General' Church lie-enter, lie-enter, and John Jaqussashls assistant. Joseph Don Carlos Young atChurch Architect, John Nicholson at Clerk of tha Urn-era Urn-era Conference. Aa theChurrli Hoard of l'.Jucatlvi; WllfbM WmvlluR", lireuao Know, (leorge cy. Cannon, Kail ii. Maeser, Willard Youn,(Je.irge VI. Thatcher, Amos I owe, Anttion II. Lund, JlnlesHliartf At Trustee In Trut for the body of religious worshltport known as Ihe Church of Jesus Christ o Latter-day HjInte-WllforJ WoodruU. All the voting was unanimous. harosr ni eRiwsar asiocuiioss. rr., -uhe, nnt repoiled). No r eawre, I jm', l!i. e( meinlers. l,eSi teui,u,i. AtersrsstusdsiH-s.), i lneres,,tetS Tvul ,rf inrliHS ut Mir.lernsUoas, STtSI I llpniud lu TeRi.tea, sllt-ali elisrlulla ur. USkvirs-UiiM li. twit, llenidteti IJIIIeJ. trceas, rir,l tfaun,h,rl tltars u , snsftA, aeennil Uostiselur, -Mlnsts I. Cutler, Tresfur er. alsrr Asilsrfles.aeerstarj. arroit op atnrp tucisnat Totsl Ni, el fcMintMri. IStl S ot toSHi-as, -ss, Msellksslisld.alSil .rsrsse stlenistire, 0,10 l'lsbur,en!nu duriog bslf rasr-ChsrllsVIs eurpo,,, H.il. II, rnufittioe.sw.flt, leaiple, XI. M ll,l ItHplUI, UltOU. IIOSM istnstnes, SI eel Te. boost, use K, hallliss. tin hsail-Osrii. tit its ts, protMrtr, It?,-isu, It?,-isu, rssl iuis, isue;i, ,( rs,h, N, ttt-sa, whsst I'BtRelt, ss.n-1, UAren-Zins II II loRas- I reallsnl, Jsne a. Itirhsru-, nl lonnselor, lltlsibebt w, Sinuh, sesonl l-ounalor, asrsb l. Kisebsll, aoerclerr iiomsiiu It. 11111, A,ti,u esere !' ,L. ,".."" , errespeaeiag McreUlr, St. Issbslls llvrne, Tressurer Clllacil Schools Iteport of UiH aeadeone vetr, tail t Cillsies, 1, sesilemMis, rn, ismlssne. V, local ST In I ish, m, Idaho, 0, n sons, 1, Slesi, I lolsUI Rtauesu-stsle, Susr, Israslei, Msl, loltl luonmtrr dspartmeet f.s, prcparslnre lies. iBterae-iiaie ssss, roiNmeieial ti, sesdeurn isj. anrmsl SSB. Charrb msmtNirtbln nt sladents lllsh tents t. SeTil.s to PI lers in, PrHsls in, le-trlrrs 111, lleseons ssi. slemliers 3VIJ. 110I bspnted li-7, eon tneiuUers Its. NninUrel Tsrulir.l-n Lsrsett sen ol. IlKsbsia Yonsc Arsdewv, SI ttevo, SM stndinu. On mntlou. suslalneil by unanimous vote, the foregoing n ports weru accepteil and placed on II le with iho r cords of tbe procieiJIugsot thoCuu- cnce. AtMSTI.K JOHN IIK.tllV Ollllt flrtt nddreseej the congregallotl. Following Fol-lowing Is a eynopsltnf his discourte' I io had no doubt lhat the sneakers thus far at this Conference- had sold many things In tbe Interest, pdllli-tllon and well-being ofthe Htlnts. We needed, as a peoi le, a great Tnility ol Instruction, Instruc-tion, and at not lace ciuld we l-elter receive It than here.on these occasions, when the Halitti gathered lu such uurut era from all patta ol the Terrltorj Al last night's Priesthood mietlng many luiioriant toplca were dwelt Uin, tstiecial rofertnee being made t n tttict and pro;er observance of Ihe rf-Ubtiath, In this regard, however, he feated wo wore not as utreful as we ought to be, either In res-ard to ourselves our-selves or our families. There aeeniid to be a laxity of feeling among too many at Ihe present lime In reference to keeping the Hsbbath day holy. This, too, had grown loan extentwhlch was not at all commendable in a people who profissed to (assess la eTery sense of tho word the Uospel of Christ lu lt fulness. There were many other matters whlchshould be 1 romlnently discussed al this Conference. Hmoklng was an evil habit Rleatly to be deplored, and It was no uncommon thing nowadays to see those of our brethren who hed been exfjioundcrs of the Word among the eopIe of Ihe world, aud who had been looked lo ss exemplars among Ihe rlalnts at home chewing tobacco. Wu also saw men who claimed to hold Ihe Priesthood Priest-hood drifting within Ihe con tines of the drlnklng-houee. He trusted Ihst tbe voice cl the servanta of (lod would be raised, calling ut-on the Halnts 10 continue in the good old way of pro-irlety, pro-irlety, wltdon and prudence, and withstand tho tem-tatlons which hedged tht mluonevcrysldo. It men would seek Ihe guldsnce ofthe Hplrlt of tliellvinir (Jod Ihey would obtain strength surllclrr.t tosupisirt them In the hour of lornt tatlou and need. Men weie becoming unmindful cf the responsibilities which they owed lu tbe youth aud to their fellow men everywhere. We had been set, as a people, upon a hill, as a light to Ihe w orld.The spirit of temperance wis one of the groundworks of thestrueturii which we weru seeking to build under tbe direction of Almighty (lod: and na he looked upon this problem lie recognised tbu fact that we must Bet our face llrmly against the demon of Inlnni-erauce, which stalked abroad and led men and .women to deviate frum the rule's and regulations which Hod had given us. Those who uted tobacco and etrongdrluk could not be a puiu and htaltuy ople. There were thousands of men walking walk-ing Idly lu our communities I6dsy. I ur tbee work shoul I le rovlded at far as toaslble, because If men's handa were ci t busy there was lees fear of tbelr faltlnglnto the ways of temptation and wickedness. He rejoiced In Ihe Uospel of Iho Sou of (Jod, uud his great deslro was to see the Halnts the most hsppy aud pros, pcrous of any people In tbe whole fnraiDKNT jostfit . smith hoped that tl.11 excellent Instructions Imparted during Conference would find ample lodgment in Ihelr hearts and minds, so that much good would result from their catherlug together. All the subJictsSrhlch hud been nested upon tiius lar weru most Inij-ortaut to the Latter-day fWlnti. Ill leftrime to homo Industries, It should not be said lhat any of our pro-pie pro-pie were without employment In ihlt rerrltorj, and some elfurls should, lu Ills opinion, be mode by tbe leading men In the virlous settlements vrtitrttiy work could l-o given to Ihoto who ueedtd II, thul Ihey might uutremslu unnecessarily Idle. During his lifetime President llrlgosm Young was very Anxious lhat home Industries should be eucouraged und established nmonglhe people. It would be a good thing lor uny conmuultyto brunch out In every kind of luJustry that would give thu people- employment, and, as far at possible, produce what weiitodcd fat home consumption. In this way commuultlce tiecamu self sustaining und wealthy, and If lbs Litter djyHaluKevtr expeclul tn hermit he-rmit wealthy they mu. look to tin -i, lliioti. Un exiorted his luarors to en, 1 I' the lu.lllullolis that had been lU'.n ucclou i'wjt o.l 3 IOnflriii.fom;xi.74-l .iUUIihe-1lneu'lill. Hwe needed flannel, or blankets liU titles we. to Of furobaw I'"" which vr.r. manufac- I I ' I,, 'rV . home, and Here r spend H M.r from ml. lime forth lot article. -1 ii,j0f roods .were made and could J, obtained .1 ., own ir n Mile ""' h,d ilL rld lot Uinn. Home Inimttln t IJt inly found orlt for out peopte,uut Kpl money within, our own onmrau-iifir onmrau-iifir whl'h would otnerwlso 150 tin- X the I-hl ' ,'fclofy. Bonwol ' Lf tmlhren, hi. MM, ; SjeJ in tbo rmmollon of ' ' iMianillllllr MtlB upon lh.111 In l" Uabllllmi.nl t the unU.i- . .IIobV hJ ' trailed that 1 wiuld recelse licmefotwaril ii St "rarUbli.it homo Itiilltjilinii. IV. SSth lltotti" "ltli laid lied MO) JXoneoftl.eitriatrst temporal hlris SoBset.rtpiabll.lieil In this plod. I 1 J untrnim Hie niaslnit ol "comers" endihe 0l Iff" 'I"K Vtkin."a. , JSlutil ll.eulhoc waa l'suddrnt -T llrterianl Vtiuiie, whom idol wnsthiil C im rl I" thitnrelTH alioiiU vrn 11 audio Leeome merchants m- will a. ilitn. lhe edtuntami. ot . i-opera. J iir. Itolllullue wsro (iliill , Jul. Today, tho sicair aald, " CJ. M. I. waa one of III IUt Sllli- s itantlsl and riOUblu In.Muilona In tin. j Ul'nUnt Hmlth al advocated lbs ralaliliilinwnl of creameili-a In our J ' inlJit. . Dial which ho wai .rcaehlinr, 1 he remarked, u the KO'I' ' J Unit-t mItiiIIihi, Hi K'i'Pti ol common aeute and Tvou, the GotoI of tfuth, and It wai i On. 1 ,1 which the I.attrr Jay rUlnUoujIit 1 ijilariia and honor. Wo ouitht In , hate been contorted tn this yratnano. ' and elilojed the binellls which would hare resulted from II, lint" I or, as we did today, siudlniroiir money out or 1 ll.u country, In n continuous , rtrcam, ts th Ituno o liuuUtnla of thouaud of ilullaia for that which could l 1 rodiiccd at homu Jut a woll aaatnoad. ., , Tho HalnU woro nrnitly a linon. hl to keep alrlctly tti Wold of Whilom, and aUlaln from Ihuiwoof tea, coflW, ilrong dilnki, an I aiold tho uio of loUcco. I iiijij.knt uEor.UK g. CASNOM added a liw ilmlDK wotd, Uarlnit hl titlniony to tho tinnplary brarlnn ol 'mldant Jo h 1'. Hmlth In tlio mat Itr of obittTliiic th Word of Wudora. Iho tholr nir, "I.Ubt and Truth, tho World la Waking." Uoncdlctlon by Ul.hop l.llai Mortlf. AFTfllMJON M1I0H. ' Hltiglng by tbu cholt oudcongicgi- tlom ow let ua rtjok la lb dtjr of aalvatloa, olonlf r ftraitim ua arlh utril aa roam tlu.nl lldinv are 9dnJliig to u and each aad lu.rtlr Ilia dour ut redtfnltoa wtl l'raycr by l'.ldct i:ila lllackburn. llowerioafuaaianon.ya ailnu of Iha lrd, ) UtJ fur roar riltli lanti at ccllcat wor I, waitungby tho choir and oounroi-lion. oounroi-lion. AtvsTl.E um:x70 wow nlJ, In lubalanco, that hu had been terymuch MlHlad and Imliuctrd by l;il had I mii apokeu Uurliin tbli (Jon-IrlatiCF. (Jon-IrlatiCF. Tlio balnta had tacalrcd that Mud of luforraalluli ami couuiel which arory J,altr.i!ay Balnt ntt-d. -J, and which elill bo tut Into f taction In our future dally life. Tbu gathering of tho HalnU In tbtaa mountain moun-tain valleya from Iho varloun natlota M Ihewnild mi truly n initrtl, and mi eluuld bo tho nii.it thankful pec) l ot any uu Iho fjco of llmkloU', aeelng thi. ircmliM which Clod bad made unto tho. who ttmalmd lallhtul In I Ilia caUH'. Tim (luudio! Itltuil riarkntiH which hunit orer ourhcads bafoto wo oinbracod tho trua U npclba J uuiiiH.arr.1 through llicoulHiurli.qi ol tno Holy H Irlt, and our reward would 1 tLCCtdliig tnoiirralth'ulnn.r. Thla ' ( huirh and Kingdom, fioui tbo day It waiorgiMlrrdtlity twojranago, had KiuuV.dlorwarl and couiluuwl toiro grikalntbo lace ol the luoet retlous 1 oUtaclca aud dinlculllea. I( had no ilouttornilaglvlugaa to tho fuluto of thll wort, for It waa Iho Lotd'f Tho Latter day HalnU might hava len KUllty or crrora In the it, but If tin V we r linneat. as vim l'aill. tiler woull bo tuitalued lii making tin ir eacrldce. The Hf lilt of the I.01J waa with the littler-day Hilnta U guldo theniarlihl, and would remain with them If tin y wire liunil In aud faithful ai lulur day HalnU ahould K. The f leaker neat advctleJ in the obligation! resting upon juireittijn the training or tbolr cblldten, and urged them to sit the young a good leiample In all things. 1 Terylblng that was desirable for us In this Iho oaslrcutedby thu nlail of saliallon which we as m lieotle had rrcrlTed, list us Uep all tuucouiuisndiuvuts which t.oa had givin uuto us, 110 matter how (.lait thu siLrllUu might I In concluilou Ilrolher Bnow touched iionlh sutject of tenuis building, and counseled the teoplo to do thtlr utmost towards helping to uinijleto tho Ball i,ake Temule by Ami iibM. Iulbat Inly building, If we properly prepireJ ourcelTos to enter there, we should wltncai most uxtia ordinary manifestations from (lod such as had not btun eion by any itisr people for many iliousautla uf Jesrs. It would be a lasting shame, afltr the trials through which this peoi to had ia.se J during the Isst fllty years, Ir we wore not In a Ut condition tu rtcrlve thoio groat mHuir.statlona of Iho gooilueisand power of Uod whin tho tlino should come, uiaitui' JOHN II. M1.1I1I 11 trmlnJed the I.attet-day HaloU of their (ledgo made by rtsiilutlou at tho list A ril Ciiiifsrenoo to hssu tho Halt J.ake Temilo finished a year fiotu that date. The coramlltie weru uiaklng good trogresa with the Imlldluir, and It would be irady for 'dedication on A til Cth, lbt.l. Jietwcon 01) and .1(10 men were now eini loved upon it, and the money oouttthutod by trie H lints Mas ttllig carefully expended TLeru wore nu belter uiechanlce to tie found, and car talnly noue mote faithful lu the discharge dis-charge of their duties, thau thosu to whom the work has Uon entrusted, Jfarlug made a careful estimate cf the cost, im (ouud that It would is-ttulre is-ttulre 16ll,(X)0 to coraplole the structure, 'ibe work now tielng dune wss of a ostly character, but when llnlsliul It would be most besulilul for the Hilnta to look lll-oc lie trilstnl that the luartsof this oplo woull buouiieit and that they would tisioud liberally so the cause In hand. spoke next. I ullowing u n uki inu lliiuoflilileui.il.. 11, aula ttoatllie repoil m ,lc by Hishop Wli der regarding regard-ing the progress rutde in outupleilng tin Temile In this oty mu.i be Tory gratllylug to all Halnia rt,o structure woul I not bo outlretv eompi.ie 1 by the time named, but wouM t,. sufflcl'lilly a.hnnciJ to admit . r i's llng dedicated an a oik King dom. Ill It ol 1'iu oharacler for which It Is designed It woull l fuilhcrdeiMialeland Iwitlflet subse-tjuently. subse-tjuently. The amouii' named by lllshoii Winder as being needed to compltto the work to bo done by the Ulh uf April next might eeeni large, but when divided rut among a Coplo such as we wero It wan eompaiatlTely small. Ihrnugh faltb muoti hid already al-ready been uoconillliel, ai.il by faith the wotU In thu future cuut 1 lie 1 arrle.1 foiwarl to sunless. I he building build-ing of the Temple at Klltlaod, which the liord con Jescendi 11 to gisce with Ills 1 riiemo,wsa a much greater undertaking than the work now tf lug carried on I yll", as the eriplu In Ihme days were comutallvcly few utij de4-lltuto. de4-lltuto. A literal msr, we were told, deviMilli llinral tilings, and nu doutit we as Iitttet-lay faints wein Judged ly our l-aiher la hesteii ly the evidences (if our faith. On laneuljrctof faith tlis speaker In-slllHol In-slllHol that Ulsplayel aming the I.lders when tliey went forth 11 to .Hi' taut lands without purse 1 r -. r l( Thu liord had always bein with tnem, and even , hen trials aail .nr.tcu.tie. had biset the I.lders, He hl rslir I up Irli lids 111 their lehsll The)altof completing this temple rested upon us as n people, anj If we would unly go tu with will-Inr will-Inr heads and hanls and with faith and determination to accomplish ac-complish the ubjert, success would crown uurUIjrt". rusrewis nj sac-rlfliu sac-rlfliu whloli r.M loo greit for us to make for our CJod, lit order to show our ap reLlatlon of v. hat He ua I done for us. rcmplo work for tho salvation of the dead was a hludlug obligation Usin this eople. lie then spako oil Iho diclrine of (itetidlng thu tlncllesefaslvallon to tho O'ld as well as the living, aud quoted froru the scriptures In tutiorl of the iwiltlon ' takon by tne Latter-liy Latter-liy HsInU on this sulj.ct. Ho showed with great cleainess thst the I Uu cf tidimptlou was Intended for all not only IIiopo who heard and embraced It In this I IV, but that It was ranied to the other side ol the vail. riie ordinances connects I with It were admliilsti ted In Ihilr Uhilf, by those te resenting the dead In this life, In sacred sa-cred 1 laces, mis was an Important! alt 11I thewotkln which the l.sll.r-dsy HaluU were tngaged. Ilrolhet Cannon went on to rnlaroi unun this nlnt, Riving many vain 1.' 1 thoughu and evidences uf lis Ik an , audelllcac). Hatau ha I determine I to bung to naught tho plan ol salvatnin and lu destroy this work uf Uod If It were posillite. llencu thu trials and pefsi cutlons which the Bain's bad 1ml to contend with It at every step takell from the beginning, nlid which had Is-en the miaus or shedding some of the best blood ol thu present century. The trials wu had paimt through already would beset us la the luture; but no esrlhly newer could do-fiat do-fiat tne 1 regress of this great latter-day latter-day work, for Uud hud spokeuconctrn- holhlng haj peneil In this people with-out with-out Uod nod foreordained 1U He understood un-derstood It mid ha I a iiirpuu In calling us t0as Ihrough trlbulatlou, and tne olject would be made known utitonslti His own due time. None of us were be) ond Ills blessings, aud His ilaiiot salvation was so gnat thst 11 umbrae, d the whole universe. Uod had I lee, I this icoi lu with many and RrcatfaMirs, and win. would eichangn Is or hit lot for nnj thing the r01IJ cmldnnctdT lu closing his trmatki 1'resident C'auuon besought llie Hilnls to do sit In their lower to help towards completing com-pleting th Halt Lalo Temile, so th it wliunthuntliof Alll, 16fJ, dawtul no debts would reuialn to emtmiase tp, nn furtlur ol ligations to nieotj then tne tulldlng would to dedlcat-tl dedlcat-tl as It shoull U, and trovu acceptable to Hod our l.ternal Kathir. His Holy Hj.lrlt would lusarrdly rest down uon every one wbo took hold cf or a part In this noble work. riie foregoing synopsis Is necss-atilyamsagro necss-atilyamsagro oar, and only gl'es lalrit Idcu ul Ilrolhet Caunou's excellent ex-cellent and Insttucllve discourse. The tholr rang the anthem, Jeailt, X fur eroi, dive tklun. r.ruedlctlou by.Apcstlo Jlabir J, Grant. |
