| Show H z SAINTS AGAIN ACAIN 1 IN CONFERENCE Se iA Session S ion Com Commenced Commenced C i in iii the T Tabernacle Under Auspicious 51 The Time cond annual confer conCer em slice ent has baa to the city the tho cus eus tomary largo large crowds crowd from 0 on 1111 time the north to Mexico on the tho thoth th have hII VI come to 10 attend the annual gathering und and o of the most satisfactory tory regarding their I Is I that tUut t they time the rl Oft pro p lime This condition 1111 to be general and end while thi prosperIty Is IB wry very marked In tome sumac portion of ot tho the country there Is I n nu no hard times time In any ny section 11 Such uch a lna lh therefore will serve lere to lo make the pre preal seat al a memorable one Al AI the today May was Ins fairly large It would undoubtedly have hae b lJ been en n much greater hail had It II nut nol been for the Inclement weather Coti Ut I I semIannual con ferenc ferance of time the Church of oC Jesus Christ tit NI a Saints convened In the Ihu Bait Sait I Lake City at ut 10 am Out Got th 1901 There were vare present of at Dip general authorities of or o the this FINt lency Joseph Jo eph F Ii Smith President Snow watt was absent nb on account of Of OC the quorum of a the tile Twelve thore were Young Johh Henry henrI Smith eorge John Julio W V Tay fa lot lor Marriner W Merrill Morrill Anth n H Ii lund LumI F ii Cowley I Ie Abraham p 0 Woodruff Rudger and ed Patriarch John Smith fI t the tho First Seven fell Presidents President nf ot Seventies Seymour Symour U Jeor Jeorge e Reynolds Ito Jonathan II 0 O I Rulon S 11 Wells and awl W J of the Pre Presiding Presiding siding silting William U H Proton Pr ston Robert Ho rt T Burton Burian and John R B Winder inder The Time and congregation sang the hymn which begins Come let us anew our fur journ Journy y pursue put ue The opening prayer stas offered by Elder Eider Eld Seymour Semour B n Young Toting Singing by tile the choir and congregation congregation tion Redeemer of nf Israel Our only delight On whom for a II blessing we W call Joseph F 1 I Smith was the first er lie He hoped that the tue would have a time tinte oC Urn UK the Ihl entire conference nc Snow sn I he ho explained was suffering from I II Id und mind thought It nut nul to t 0 1 Ie oui nu this th morning thorning It H toss not howe er a matur to 10 give alarm to the thu Saints a es the Illness of the President wa waA vaa not Mt severe evere There are art many subjects on which the tho apostles can ran speak and I hope hUlle that they tIme tho will be lie Inspired to 10 present IhMe subjects In such a way wa iss ns III best bent b t to lo iOu Ini press them Ihm on the tho minds of o the Saints There are arc many moan man evils existing at nt pre pro sent Fent In the time world worM arId and to stale some extent among us till It ought to ho be our duty dut to 10 check times these evils lIs as ns mulch as it itIs ItIs itis Is In our power to 10 do It One of these thelle Is the disposition to break the llie Hub Sab Sabbath bath This Thill Is III more mort prevalent among the young youn hut It also Alpo prevails among the older aider people Another of these evils elIs Is the taking of cf t the th name of at God 01 GodIn Godin In vain The Lord will not hold haIti him guiltless s that list Ills His name In vain ain aln There Is it anther another wrong that seems to tobe tobe tobe be In the till rId and anti that Is IB the Ih uw use of ot tobacco Time TIll Int ought to set their Ih lr face ePil like hike Mint 1 this practice There Is II still Mill another evil etil tOme some of II the people are also p s attention than they should to the this ii s of the Presiding Priesthood The Is III and ond cannot annot be ba bespoken spoken n p with Impunity Op Opp p petition to II tt leads to apostasy lint to 10 severance from ever In the tho Church Thus Thov who hold thU thie power should honor It II 5 o that they tIle m my may y exer else elM lie Its rights Timers Th rl In is a spirit on the part of of our In lo l dissatisfied wan nome anti and to 10 semi sell ell out und smi move to other part of the country The authorities of ot the Church do eo Mi nut Mt entourage encourage this sPirit If the people want to 10 go ill ls It Is I rte desirable that thai t they the counsel with the Iho presiding to so that h l they Ih ToRy may be gullied guided properly When hi Is III not net Ine Io tio tendency to is to go 0 to in places where they the a with 1111 other Saints and ml In tn n break sway away 11 front the Ihl of the fie Church Th The Ihl people should r re remain main together an II much as nR r I o no so that thaI they ther may III tOW crow strong Atron ant and mighty In the land Ry By It ad we Wr become week weak k and this Is 18 i nut not IJ I the In Intention of the h hf wrest work we w p have em sot Wherever the lists hll i been and on l I the limper authorities i It II hsu Its t been n according or to 10 o th h mind of o this the Th These e ire are I very vet 1 mt and hoUld h uld v oy our An n nobl nc of Dr them would mak muirs ui us U strong trone In is she h He Ii prayed that kd w mild M bless the Ih speakers f Mk r and tin the Ih SaInts Faints who mv mar me attend he this conference SMOOT S of or the Ih Quorum of oC tb th Apostles was time the next nett speaker ke 11 lL read a ran of See Sec M G of 01 the ft Bk of ot Doctrine and Cove tilt the substance of which wa that the gluey rt rr or of f Zion would ouk y yet 11 t he bI to 10 the world There I is IR good and evil In its Inthe time the th I orld When tac subject nf of n tb the Ihl earths faUe R was dl c Mod In the we learn from it the Pearl nf AS AStas lira h I fW II an II treat tas Price there wet were rt bete b e o f Satan atA desIred to become a aI ala 1 I la unto He Ti n refused ob obe dl nOi t to te the t hI will 11 ef or Jod 1100 I li n In all cli ages agea gee th tim t I the Ih children of m mon miti n sal aA th tb e kne a If f the wick nl d ii Abraham y I l 01 Gel wn In when he itt i nIl no nn th I M he I of that counte Th rh 1401 1 him to tt hf h his wn icon 1 the nI Ir r The if do Af of ibis hl h sr 11 u H lid itt t f bY bl Abraham w without hi his the ind nd Ue lit thi Ihl 1 p he lie receIved W groat mIghty 11 If It s e live lIt II t I to 10 II i principle df II t W a r 1 1 t lalm tI f t th n the le Of H H I P l It If 11 t t HW live the le uI of f I re 1 w it claim the who bo ow obey Pt pI I i 1 I 0 thai r t S SO it is with rry vry la Their The Th la t err vrr tf W bIM blessing hll and If Ie 5 fl I he its Its lis h bene ls w we nusi nII 1 obey OtT It 1 n U hu lit the this law of f feel 1 mo mr r than iban those UIt e ev v ii 4 not iut and iid can ran approach th tim the lArd iff 1 lit tr In Ills U promise pM Jl JlII II ll ul uI tf to this from personal persona in tIt t prayers frn the thel W v h c r I n l 1 11 vC d I aJi I i ciU M ai Zut zID li 1 lie t tb that l this would not nui I come to Pat Pass until haUl w wW I t full tUll obey oley this lesar h I HO lIo to lJ se IP the dAy ben time tw IW t f Would I I tIJI 1 lt to tn of m lm ml I ahl a lane bug u its th are round found u mt 10 to see IO flee hl her In III t S One of the great law Jaw given tn t tho the Church l is to redeem the poor luau sands of people ro r lii and the i best b thought of at o brI lias been 1110 forth ie 10 IU this condition The limo law Ian of Is U the only remedy for the evil There are Ire T mail ll In the Church w WilD Wha would be 10 willing KR to liVes s fo for tor time tho of th the gnat truths of oC the o o pel He lie hoped that the Saints would live hive the apparently W etA important principleS oc if tue J tf In ln er than titan when the tho thon time i should com Mim th they y might be he In iii a si fit nt n condition to receive th the higher hl laws of the quorum of postle next ad dressed 1 time the tit Conf erem u W tao pres pre wit font nt the general lenoral authorities of time tho Church also Saints from rota parts as well lell as ns front from f It Is IsIt isa It a whether we WI really hond hood the purposes of the Lord and arid wh t lie He Is U doing In the Iho earth Many Inny of ot time tha youn are art passing along In life without taking any an thought Title Thin l con titian Is visible vl In families wards ward MII nai Stakes Yet the Lord Is I doing doln n a mIlt diar work und nod a wonder won TJ Ill J si speaker read react from fron a ni elation riven through t time Prophet ht n II the Oth day tin of April l lQ fl It I r 11 Iut of the organisation atlan of or tIme the Ih fliOr ell n 11 t Which In is I I m ov lV the lit Lu i u give he rt to 10 III all the word th the h Ps d L t hould utter sitter It also embodies gi t ton tand and on mighty promises Hi th work which he lr i t f jh mith tai ln i Ot i In I ti 7 I No tr n up ott thi m i 1 1 f York work by n power In h It ni f It ruid oil Only bo be hr hd j I v the power of P time Mutt Mort high Hod fiot By fly that r rit It haa Imus b n developed from Its oney to time the present The speaker then time the of this work from Its beginning to the present time tracing It its history from rain Its In 1810 Its career had been woo l beyond yond its actor had hati be been n clearly established to r Oli nn tor tun the tIo status of cit the the extent und and tIme the pos es lons of the iho of Saints the extent of its art arc now reaching out to not heretofore visited by the There ate are lilly fifty Stakes of if this the Church InK one une In one In Colorado and andone one In Oregon The missionS number fourteen one recently In Japan In nil all these theeo and the tho Stakes there sire according to last host years statistics members The portion of the wits was devoted to showing the tho of the of time the being diligent nod and faithful oho also the obligation of all to regard the counsel counselor of or the authorities of tile Church as from hod Time The choir and congregation sung sang Our Clod we ml raise to Thee Thanks for Thy Tim blessings tree free We here enjoy Benediction by Ilider Wm II 1 Smart Afternoon Session J 3 p m am The Tho hymn begins begin Now let us rejoice In the tbt day of salvi lion No longer Ioner as strangers on earth need we roam roani was sung by tile the choir anti and lion Prayer tr was offered by Elder Platt D B BLyman Lyman i Tile The choir sang gang Lord Thou will hear mo Inc when I pray ELDER A 0 WOODRUFF of the of the Twelve was thus tha speaker He lie hoped that those who had come caine lo to lh the city for or Conference would avail themselves of time the opportunity unity afforded them to visit lh the State fair and learn of the progresS that the tha people of Utah are making In a way From the tue Infancy of the there hiss hns been no decrease but bul a gradual In iii Tile The enemies of the LordS LonTa work can do nothing It M No weapon formed against the hai ha prospered The Tue result of opposition 1151 always been a spreading of he work He lie tend read a passage of a lout to show that this fact In to our his lory has had fulfilment Had It sot not been for the made against us the seed of the o ipU would not hare lotte ben been co tb prolific Had it not noi been for the tue opposition which some of have met with uw the our principles greaKer saker doubted whether In the natural would be Stakes cour course e of event there In Colorado Rut But In Mexico In Oregon our brethren were driven to anti and formed a nucleus at d h it location for a prosperous b lIP convinced that time the Lord hd had not thU thUlie an ancient l at Israel more abundantly Tt There re are r rm ny He lie h had d ble sl u us evidences hewing that thai divine Pro bu us SlId and guiding our den h has river over He hIs said that thai there WAS M no question tu Concerning Gods b waya for HU Ills p t to b be vw was nein d Time The only out these lueso to earn earry er Si we were willing purposes In iii r labors lie spoke of hl hia the stake of Zion Iii lie hd biel seen of the Tl The were twe tar lor hind IB in thI work the and the mot most part without thEY up syi yi whereby W wet N OM enabled lo to provide for ci f C to When WUn the people ib ibe they tills this run of the T e to the h l laul t of M Mand the of r lo to tIts this and In Ii the Lord rH had 4 the lead to slot aM hut I tie it 5 Ant lie a bIe HU III i t t this elton all such for t I i Y W 1 of Hr his referred to r Of I IU t og i mP t I U ri I i 1 auf mi titan 1 tk to Nt cra 0 such euch e a bA LUt c r T We take dill thIn aJ then thOy tIO t mell U to ve Ih ud tie t wh who g as n a nt t hOI hL re tile the ther I r t to D Cf 31 OI Ltd Ins n the I i I I r ft t iMmar rn to II Y Iha i icen re al r to ELDER MATTHIAS COWL r of M teD was va tho the tf the Qt th ertI who iIO it at t XI t JP k doubtless find tl o In the ro lit hIs In makof markS O ti t faIn fruit of the lh Tb lII given el by S lil Q tP to the ce ct celes W II J les showed L Ellif j es a ain i il i t tho nh s l t I c tM V of 01 thu 1110 wor i I in Its full tul fullre re ln n the earth CIOn r of tie te Wolent church or ortI Ory cr Y 18 thi the tIu lucri tI I t y IL J hai al been bce MM killed oft off tol of hail llad been rejected ejected the earth but hut had ml tho Prophet to tile the t Prophet J StU ms WR that the tho tl ake of f u II qU grut great t American dil flIt flIte r e llo her for fOl his counti coin U And Ab answer would doubt I jf Iw M k j M ht ft JI grent statesman 2 r ji halt Il thaI I Hn pr no I greater iW JIl Iti Young tl i r lay duy luy I bul l la flint UlU the ns nil 8 a body octy I ye I tl th Writ ot or ao ai i There Thero ThereS S f i V ln In thit respect t under fOr d auti Ind Our Ourn n consist COlS let of or nr depend of et our numbers number lumIel 6 u 1 humility L t 1111 T t warned tho the young men mel menI I T 1 ot profanity which wan wm IS to OwL God whose name lame 1 i held ns al most 10 t sacred A it J rt houd be he rondo matle by br b thi Idera ihra to tu Induce thare th r addict e o 0 turn awn froin fron Wh Jn Th revelations of thy thu Lord to 10 us Un In hi these days tell tel us S that the th priesthood wan wa called after MelchIe MelchIede dek de to avoid the tho too frequent use uno ol at o Ills Big 1 name And AnI tho Lord Jecus Jeu hat hafl given un ue UI an example of tho the manner Ih which we ie should Address addre the Father It Itla 1 Itin la Is a n shame shomo and disgrace to the Littler Latter day that tho the name of at 00 U Ic I taken no much In vain Wo o should take tak up tip i n a crusade cru nt against profanity nud I not stop step until this thic habit la lu entirety entirely era ern eradicated lOll I IHo Ho lie referred also to some Borne of ot the other little simple duties Buch nM as o the tho Word of Wisdom the tho dutes paying of ot tithes and the tha keeping ot at time tho Sabbath day He lie t thought that wo we ought to do these theo things Instead of delving Into tho the mysteries of ot the Gospel We Wo shall pot not progress much ds de long lone a 1 ne wo we have hao Jot not faith on urh to quit sticking BUcking a n pipe or cigarette Lh hf Lord would give us u knowledge nI KB lS we were sere prepared to receive lt I t 4 I Wo W need Jed riot iUt be he concerned the success R of cC Ihl Wok It 1 Is hi II not the tho work orl orlof of mono man but r and nl He Ji cannot canno tall fall Ho linn han ahl that people would be gathered Into the Church from every ery nation therefore we need have no concern regarding the ned succeed H of thin tho missions that are nrc being hell lucce established 11 whether It I be In II Japan orally or ur ally other lInn of Cl l the earth Eller Colloy pok for fomo tUne Upon lIlIan the lie of ot the l Elde nna nl I bring being being faithful in the laws IWI of the where they twy maj ma sojourn or in which tiey tI may dwelt dwell del He lie H alo that the work of or the thu Lord ul never nover be tIC divert vel from Irom rota th the earth It H h hll OI to Hta He Il exhorted the the moule ti I to be hi II faithful and al 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