Show = DISCOURSE Dtlhld at Iho Oonar1 Confaneo of Iho Church In Iho Tabor rmoo Salt Lnko City rndny April I Oth IBOB by ELDER JOHN W TAYLOR = MarooneD IIV AKTIH WINTER It l gives me great pleasure to have the privilege ol meeting with the latlerday Saints in tilt conference I nceil net Uy la you Ih311 I hOo been highly tie lighted with tim sound Instruction that we have received this morning ont the Itttlmonles that tiMe been borne by rijcrs A II Cannon AIIII MV Merrill Thoe brethren have hn potlialnirto thu congregation tie great nceely for the people bengemplocd I liniglno that some Ieorle also need Ilitlr mind mpIocJ I delight lilY brethren and inters to belong to an nnocbtlon that orihini God and where all thing ore done by common content I delight lo te numbered ninonR that people where even mm can speak liU own vlcwi tithoul lecliig under any rcitrkiloni I delight in being associated with nil orranliallon where brie It I a perfect hue I of liberty extended unto the mem tars thereof taut Ito Apostle said I he sal not athitned of the Uoipcl of Christ tort was the power of Got un toialvalion unto all those whobciieved aol a perfect law ol IIhollylhal It I pined liberty to Oo what wat right While silting on my scat I have been going over a little or the early history of the Church ol Jonas Christ of Latterly Latter-ly Saints In speaking ul Ihese things I hive depend inllrily upon hnll I have lead and what I love heard others m but m near nt I can unilcritand Mtpli Soul camo to establish the Church Chilli upon the catlh In tlilt dispensation ol the fulncst of timis lie was not a graduitc ol collect He u polO man who prepared lilmtelf to tai t the leader of this great iliiptnutlon lie vain on ollllnnry man Jabotlng wilh hlv father In the fieldt Hut the loid hid mercy upon the joung mm and tnJoubtcdly he had been ordained be lure foundations ol the cntlli wero laid to come forth In this dispensation to be the medium troughs which the Lord thould reveal Hit mind und will unto the children of men Hut there It one tiling I hate noticed from the cry time tint the Ilupliel Joseph went out lo pray In secret In I the woodlands In the Male of Ntw York the power ol Satan has been minlfest that power attacked the joung nun I lu such nn ixtent that It seemed hue It would destroy him but our lather I In heaven Al I His Sot I trios Christ con tletcemllng to answer the prayers of Slim voting Iruphe C1II0 dUll II and vUlted nun and Ihe power 01 Silo wit at once liaimlii d I Now 111 nut strange that the devil cait tot olow Ill young j i mm lu he l flue while he poured 1 out Hilt soul unto Util It may Seem strange I nome but I mutt confess that I hive got to that condition of mind where it 1 does nut look Mriuge to me Wo fin1 I tWit the Prophet ul the Lord 1 in going lo keep hi appointments wild the angJi Motonl was Interrupted nod waylaid ny lufhins who desired lo destroy hit hUe We find that Iho mmlttirs the variout drninnn itiuns In the rIO < in which ho lived were arouied with bluer anl muslly ngalntl him and Iron that lime lorth It wn one cuntmual stream ol oppicstlon and opposition until 1 the diy lie laid down his I Ihc I fur nill testimony ul our Lord and Savior Jusut Cllrlsl think I He 1rophcl ova arrested unio fully nlnothnes and honorably nciiilsied uf Ihe charges that were made against himWhile While Ir1Velln In the Southern Staler I vltlled ihe hume ot Lulonel Clnrlet achary n ictilent 01 Henry cuunt Georgia He hid attended a electing Ihol was held 1 by Llder Malhits 1 Cuwley and 1IIell md Invited in tu bit home allcr tie inciting the ivan a man ol prominence I and ixperlinc hit hair wasns white assimw He I said 10 me that there was something Grange aid icmatkaiile abutii the Mormon people peo-ple Hi I remembered well ol tearing I i in my vears ugo ola young piiphei I called lutph smltn that 1 > Iod lo itcvivu revelation irom thin Lord m the Male ol New Y uik tIn also re I membcied hearing 1 of him going J lu I Ohio and rum lucre lu some ol the wettcrn stales tIn said I ho had IMKII I I iiidlng the newspaper lor ibout lurly jean and lul read n great many uiticles ubuut the Lalterdy Stints but I f 31 had irs or lead iii > tong oudauuut them Hut he said what nut impressed me very tirongl II tno last tint you tKoplunavekiuwn and tnuluplicd und hiully > ou arc liking a pan III tin pullltn ui the nation He Contorted lhat he tlougnt hi ronld sec something in limo destiny ol the Mormons Hut h itO II greater Iluivor bill it limrt the power 01 man tntl I kit cumpiimiinlid lu belong to the organitaiKm lu which tins gentli man referred Allcr ihe Iruplret had left tc stale ol New York ho was busy nil the time and he op oiillon against Inn 1 bcame great tmd poweiful You all know the ilslory of the pcriccntlon lb l the rfiiiut In Mlttourl and In Illlnol The per eculloil began lo have Us ebbed upon some of the liltcrdty bihu At li I Iho ptrahle ol the btvlor someol Ihe Mod hid fallen upon ston ground and when pirsccuilJit came tncy turned I imoaysorroiv net II I wat loiind that the need hid not nun good rout 1 hit cant le can-t seen In the early hUtory of the Chinch There was one in in who luld < 1 the position ol counielor tu mIle 1ripliut loseph bnillh lie was n grit ur nor md bo became so iniliutttl with lime holiser 01 ill arollmy Shirt Ime Ilioiulit he louKI CAy Ihe Kuigdom C > d ore him mind he told I lite liophi1 that he thulium II 11 Iulr he could get ulI nig wuhotit him lh 1 Prophet Mid You try II Sidney ° He did try II i and he withered up and be ciiiu almoil unknown and tort lilt rileslhoud I III gilt Ins power at ito all llioM who have mined tuelr el acts ovay mimi his people and t > ipme I the pr sUIng authoilty Iheieul irom lIft 111 tu tint hii the kmndoni of Guil hat not Ken shakui but Hat gone sleadi > loitvard soul < l onwaid until It las annul 1 nt u condiuuii whin there will bu I iren em tluru K mil conlcicnc reprosenta lives ol tiiJiii lilteen lo Ivvtnty natlont who will hold up their hands to support Wilfurd Woilrull as tutu pruphet scum mil mere alum lo llm Clinrcli Mm > of he SiliiK lilmoll lault with the 1rophel loirph unvIhe I pietldmi million ties hound lault with him and at onetime one-time things hIIS reached such a climax Hut there were only two ol lime 1eh ApotllM them pimtnt who stood ruin ami lallhlul to the 1rophct loteph Satan It u man uf teat intelhuince having dwelt with limit the tlernal I ilh iand he knew that Joseph Scott wu m cinbrjo ono ol the grimiest prophett tint ever camu luith amon tho ililldiin nf man Therefore ho sought In I < seizing hold ol nnd live powering him to Mot out the possibility ol the Chuich of GoJ being orgllilell in this time iliipemaiion ol the loIns 01 limes Hut this It anollier Inttance which shows that tIn vvitdom ol the Iid It greater than the tunning ol Ihe tlevll I he Iord cjinc to the Irophels aid when he knelt In the w > o < lind in secret pri > erwho wita alled b > > JUM and ha had slienglh kit ell tu him accord ac-cord ng to lilt day and be was released Iron lie 11a00m ol the evil ono Whit I want to bring bilore jour mnili It thin lore I were m1I who hud lestihtfd I III it God the Lternal Fattier 1 hid given Hum n testimony who bad liutlhtd that Jeiut Christ was the hull of the true and living God and hat loteph biiulh bad beam raised up as a pro > hrl und they tumid their laces I away fiom She savant of God in limo hour of liibuUllon hese 1 are lheymy I birlhicn I nnd sisters that the Savior likened 1 unto the seed 1 that ell upon nony ground and It did nutgroiv 1 hey stood < 1 nrm tarn hill svasun but win persecution came they lound fuult with the 1rophel and spoke coil ul the wurk ol Cool I fOIl I can 100 that Mine Spirit just as plimly today working umong the Utitrdjy balms as It worked in thi State of Ml null In natty timrt I can oei in tIle bI I kground on u two ap it tales pulilitlu ig I 0 docunun lo wliitli they do not t gn Ihelr nanict crouchliu dual behind the grats like an astattln who It I going tu leap tipin the piss r Iy and sub him In the lurk I evsih see mat swum ninrit of apoitaiy luiklng wide riley tIm ln surface iltacklng tin tone Oh pretldmi lIaeklllf lilt j Church 1 1 rrfa nt Ills iaimce lo I I coiietpon Icnce to tlie New York uai lint hit auiicued onl Iti recent l > snu ittacklng 1risidrn Cannon In a very hanilui manner nnd Inlming lint the presiding nnlliorilles ol this Chutch ate decflvlng IJ prople and plundering IIII UKIII I lllctt your iwut Ihlt It only another inspiration of Satin who prompled the pvrseciitlont m time mate of Mistourl unill the t1en i were worked work-ed up till tiny were willing lo put tIle IroplKt II Joseph Smith to death I am nut speaking now of the people of lime vv rid run there acre Lilt r dot Vilnu so called wit willingly give their consent con-sent lo these things IIf we have got mell i nell women In our whirl today wlio IIlIhllKly give Ihelr coiKuil to these falsehoods Hut are published abroad alxiiit thotf whom od hat placnl tu ptolde over n u I want to tell > uti that mi mm ilur hiving melt up I hit right hand consulting to sui > oit ctriulu inrii at Hit iiMidintt I ChIll iritirs ol tins 1111 If I r1 Clmrcli cull light thott men without breaking bit covenants md transgress ln < the lOtmimnilmuitk ul the Almight U hellirr In II chinch or In n business cupacil where you make covenants to tlu reimin lliingt II > ou tluiiot dothem yimi irciuvitnantbieaken those moimo am lice and I il ilean Irom this nay itjoke J I and be oceedlng glad 1111 I you he tongue ol mm was given unto him 1 to conlej Hie truth rule elll leslimoiiy 1 of Jetus Chnl it I given unto this People that we tmay testify ol Him Iheiic shlmg aullioiltlts ul this Ututih are given ohio lid people lImit SWay may guide mil dnecl us by ihe revelaliont uf Almighly God 11 U I a day ol prophets or 1110 a day of nothing therefore s lour lour houses In order and ito not be lindnvlaiill wilhihr pietiillng authoil tits ol this Umrcfi I honor m I men 0 j 0 hug thai frnldent Wi > u < lrull It I an aged man and Iretidenlt Cannon and sinill have tlieir own way about things Irnl dint Wootlrull it i eiglitt el hl e iso age Huv inin > 11111 are herein tlin COIILII Cation llul am el clghi IIj eight I I years ohtr CluiHi gvu lu Itltr die auihoniy I lu bid n tan Is und it should be buund In hiaveli to Loieoneaithand It should he luMdiiilifavcn Itler called unto bit attistanii tales nnd John thai they mlgnt iiiunsei wlih hint What U the object of having u cminstloi Kit thit In I shall sit down und be like u piece of wuoilf No The I place ol tin ioim > < lort In the prol CIK > of this Church it u stand and huM up I the mint ol ihe Ira phe until the nun gort Uown il necett nip and luruel prevails A counselur it tnppwed lo cunntel He supposed lu line an tiphinmof hll olin 11010 stippoied 10 he hlletl wltli the Iowr inspiration nf Almighly Cud when old ace overtakes lie prophel song und revclatur his counselors are there 10 t stand by and iticnjilirai lum and to < give countvl liy vlnueol the authority vwtid III them 1 walll lo say that I eIotc emcee uhiegly when Ihero It I so I much mil I found with tIle pretiding authoillles of this Chuich because 1 I know that the 1 spirit of their calling U with them I know that the cnemlct ol Ion would tike to see SIte watchmen I step down from the towers ol ZOIl and Icuc Ihe gales unguarded and Ihc people peo-ple at the mercy ol n drove uf ravenoiit uoMM llul thanks be to the LaId I our hind lint we hive men of long ex 1lonco alibI melt oslo hue been tried md hubbell In I thu Clmrili ol Ood lo stand j in that great and JII Impoilint tI putl I hum We are one bielhren and sitters l one In eart itttlmony ol r our Lord nod i bavlor Jeilit Cluitl one in a dctlre tu build up the Church and tu seethe Latterday balntt rtalled llul gieal and honorable position wlmli C III l josh lied liny should occupy in 1 the list di > i We me nol restricted our oplnlont I want 10 nay lor the beiieht of the Litter da > Sainls and all the world Ihat I have hclonged In 1 the iuorum ol I HID Twelve Apostles fur n number of years have Imil the great pilvl ge of meeting with I the liist I Ilvsuiency I often I and have alwiyn had the tuivllege of speaking speak-ing mv mini ulalnly and r < inilitll > without with-out any reslnriion and I it has horn the sime wlm the oIlier brrthnn 11111 I want lo ny Ills when a iurttlon is tlecided II Is I deiided unanmmual And II I being oung have made a loot ol iiisell by dilliiingionilnuallt with men of wisdom nnd tncv show me wheiiln I am wrong lilt I nut to bi supposed that I shall lemam n fool Ii fever and not unite with lilY brethren No II It I my lIlt alwas 1 lo acknowledge the truth Wo uiniighut II halve e ale one I delight to set the Ircsultniy ul this Church stand I film and steadl ill and at out man even at dud the aihar I and Iho lonl Jesus Unlit and hue Holy I Glimt are onelIol one III person but one In Uitli one III authority ono in principle and one In test ililmilil I feel wall all my heat lu niy to the 1 nr IHicriU baiiilslet I use 01 beiome lamted with the spirit ol faull finding Let us remember that the Holv I OhoI guides UA in the waS of all tiulh and II we all have llul sir I wi all seu alike 1110111110 1 loll > 00 Ills when 011 see Ihe Imldunc of the Chuirh divided and 1 tic AIolI divldetl nnd the piople divided in the ihlngt of Ood then IOU w ill I hear the kind nhouls ol ourvnrmiis fur lloey will rejoice SiCOiutllugty bitan the father of lies and the intligator ol all the pcrsiciilioiit agmut lint piopla broIl the sixth day ol Apili iSju until tile i > enlda is jusl us 11 lob as cveruh i Ot lile eneigy and deicrmiiullun I la carry out Ins mission agimtl the piinciplcs of liuthnnd nghtejusni llulliren und siileis If any ofou hove laund lault with Ihellishopof your ward or with Ihe pictidinl of your Siako or ovuthi lImo preiJing uuthuntlet uf tin Church o home und repent your slut ami put your liuuieholiU older A lie II loot iliildrena > k IOU fur bread do hot gun unto them a stuiplon in the way ol slandering the iuiiiding IIYoth Chmurmhm lorllell I you tin tied Hut > ou sow m the luiru of jour ihlldicn will behaidto uproot I bear testimony unto > ou that numan speakIng hay I thin Spirit of the luwd will ever cmicue the nuthuntlca ol the 1rletthood which God has placed over him alter he has had the privilege of lifting up ht hand to either support not suppoil that man Let ut be one and nol dIe alwa > s lo have our own way and be drternnned hive II For that reason Ihe devil today ii In opposition opposi-tion to the pilnciplcs ol truth and tliJiteoutnttt He I wit determined hue hit own way and all those who w ere determined have their own way went with him 10 the number ol about one third ol mIle halt of hcavin Let us feel to say Our father who or tIll heaven thy will be done Tint lithe rplilt Ihe ltilleliUv balnts should enjoy May the Lord blest 1 p05 my brethren aimb r sIsters And should lucre be any stnngirs present 1 sav unto iliem lob hat icveatcd unlo this people the pilnclplet ol truth and rlghteoutnctt I and if yon will repent of your slums and go 101111 Into the walcis ol baptism von shall receive the testimony ul the Iou Ohott and you shall know lorI yourselves that what I say It Hue God I ln lr r II tea bless you all and the honeit in heart In all the world and help us In be worthy 01 eternal life Is my priler In the name ol Jesus Chrltl Amen |