Show ATTENDANCE t LARCER Y j More People Tab Tabernacle Than on ye Yesterday I I Y V 4 4 I Necessity of r D 7 Du ties or r Lo Life HII m i rd talu the tb Te The I increase rH In the the ro at cterne conference today wn 1 r kt being much r Ir at yes ru yesterdays Snow now mUn again presided and remarks Wi were loads nale by 11 all ot of 1 th kot D Der Ill ders er usher J 3 W Taylor r rand and M I J the at the rr In on onan lr and Elders Anthon lh II t Jl F an and I Ir W ml Cw Joseph F j th the lust SECOND DAYt DAY April 10 A lr r and con Ine sang the hymn Coin li let UI us anew our lieu rund round with lh the year eart AA Rol never Itt still tl till ti Ir ap appear p pear 4 1 lyer by Ede Elder AnU L C by the choir 7 hark listen to the Oer hil bill latan and ally tent grOve Q a sod It hoss from the heights Ab I 0 T The vlee voice ot of freedom p peals 41 10 love J ORAN nAN of the Quorum ot of the w 59 the first speaker this mO incising 1 I i is 18 a brief ot of his hie I It Itis Is a matter ot of surprise thA that people who Iho understand this to be the tho work ot of God should continue to their duties Christ alid said his JUs WIN were the salt alt ot of the earth and nd 1 a Idl lIght unto the world We ar atO ft people of at that character warl bauH because we kow pep tissi Jesus II is th the Christ and that H his servants are sent enl ot of him Do we hOwl shots the necessary example by o roo good Tere There ae are Jan wire who d do not Seine me mike esl In th the things If of God and others do 0 rot not The ln Is that the former ket keet t tie ments ot of Gd God and the ie do da not notI I are not bunt built upon tire rock ot of truth is II revealed by the Almighty In order to develop In tb tili thIngs ot of the tho we must mut th will i of Oo God and perform our fda dU dUtle dutIes tle tIes These Include at qt 41 meet ot of the Saints arid or hr the he and the te o or U law JaW of at I If ou such its tAil to perform these thue du tea Yu will that the they criticIze the auth r ot of oth the h h becauSe r e are d h hr r tf oJ Gowl God 1 wIlt loti ya alta tl that class clan unless s heY repent repent The way to obtain a testimony n as to the divIne character br ot of Ibis Church 1 is isto to do the wi wiiL of t the Father Th The Savior laid down that course I as the means ot of attainIng to suc such a 11 knowl knowledge edle edge Men vet great spIritual And yet through diso and fouty rak malta shipwreck or faith Jiney Big Bigdon don was a a conspicuous n of thIs fact As an example or of te the cite ot of this the Prophet Nephi Ial was an Illustrious IntanO Instance Hi Ills faith and de determination determination termination In carrying out the wi wilt of God was remarkable Ja ill le life WI was tul full ot of exhibitIons ot of thele characteristics le lie showed 1 e In a practical way IY the progress that can ean be made faith and a activIty In the ot of otOo Oo God I If we are faithful not one prom promis he is that has hal ben been made concerning us ua usand and the work of oC God wi fal fail at t fl ful W We should not set our herts hearts upon the thin thins ot of the World bUt de deVote Vote ote ourselves unselfishly to the t build building ing up ot of the Church ot of Christ on the earth sustaining the authorities there thereof ot of In they undertake The U expressed his pleasure It at witnessing the properlY prosperity ot of the the Saints to patronize and I it 1 as n a mel means ot of representing tire the Lter Latter day Saints In their true lIght ELDER ELDEn JOHN JOUN W V TAYLOR ot of the Quorum ot of Apostles eta stated led that thal he had observed a great improvement among the Saint durIng the lael twelve months In the payment ot of their tithes and In attending their meetings and other othor dule duties The speaker p ad been In the world to ft a great rell extent fad and nd had found a great many god good pee e pie among them Had found people who tere wifling to give rhe ot of their sub substance stance slane acor according ng to their meano for tor the building Of churches but they lacked on one great principle tha that the Saints Saint 1 The gifts and ot of the Holy Ghost are among this people and should be sought after by the tho Saints The greatest elt gift ot of God I is the gift Itt ot of salvation The Stints should ek seek otter aner the beat gifts gift They should lek seek after the gifts of at and wIsdom and should hould strive to keep the command meats of GOd d dELDEn ELDER ELDEn MARRINER W MERILL MERRILL ot of the quorum ot of AIle bore Inc hie tel tea to the truth ot of this work work lie le knew that the hand ot of the Lard had hd been over thi ibis people from tire begin beginning nina ning and tel felt thankful that thal he be had thus far b bean n Ible able to retain hi his fellow fellowship ship hp wih with the Church Unless the Saints Unit day to have hAC the tho evidence Idne of this work In thur hearts they wi will not be likely to retain their fellowship In the Chur I If we wi will give Ive our dute duties to the Chruch preference over Ocr the the world we will I b be able to retaIn our testimonies Ind and our fellowship with the Saints I it we will keep the thc commandments ot of the tite theIr Ir Lord 10 we wi wilt not otly save lave but will help those thole who are ara arund around us Ther There are many things amon among the Lat Saints that ought not to ex exist lt Ther There Is an manifested to the counsels ot of Oo God as aa given n through Ilk thA that should be The Th Lord b overcome has haa placed these theu men In authority le lie them there and Ind U it II is dan da gerus gound ground to stand In opposition to them them J It is II our duty to sustain each Moh other and to tho nu au thorl of OO God upon the earth Those Thole vho ho wi will tAk take this course Une shall bal prosper The power ot of is II abroad In the theland land trying to It get us away from the truth anI and to stir up division among the Sant Saints and In some eases Ae with lh sue e cod members of the Church Identify with secret t BK lol sods te ties This Cr course dON does not have bave te approval of the ot of The jle Church They do nt not belon belong to this religious community They belOng lol t tp the word world There I is everything within our to mit melt every Jec l i Ther There Is Ilao also rom room tor fot muc much Improvement In our social as a people In muc much ot of our intercourse there Is 10 no profit because It ld lead us tawny away from ni tIre of the Lr Lord There art are hower that inc are pro profitable table and at which th the Spirit ot of Oa God may be present prest A great greal many matters are orl carried d out b by means ot of programs In ina 1 a out and drie dried form torm Thle There Is a liability to rui Into exe excess In this dl di There are many meny t I direction 11 in which t tl e people may Improve In to the law or tithIng thO the wb who honestly conform to Il i will rl b be and shall hll not be diminished In InI I their r means mean The Saints houd never ner theIr family devotions In the morning and II in tire evening T The pr per tOMa of this duty is II ot of the 1 family tamU organization anti and tv live o of a devotional spirit In the lbs hom bore boref t f the people l TI Ti choir sang nr nrIl Il the mountain shout hout for JOY and jh congregation joined In singing the Plo Doxology by Patriarch John Smith Afternoon Session The choir arid and congregation sang tb the hymn to tue man who to communed with Jehovah Pr by Jer AIder fl D I II Roberts Tb choir sang laDr tle the hymn Otel Great Ga God attend w whIle l Zion sings SEU ANTHON 1 II LUND ot of tb the Quorum of Apt Apostle Wt was tire the fIrst to o address the conference I It referred to the of oC the or of Mormon In relation to spirit wit ual rr gifts The They were wre to tire the effect that such gf gifts should always be manifested In in the Church or of Chrtt Christ Any AlY church Which did not hue hare them WR wits not nota a living but a Ilea lon lone The e referred to wet were not thol those ot of Joseph Smith who wa was the instrument used b by the Lr Lord In bringing forth Corth the Bk Book ot of Mormon They were th the words word or of an ancient Prophet who knew what cn constituted the CIUI Church ot of Christ Not long art after r the Church was organIzed In inthis this dl dispensation the thOse spiritual girs gifts b began n to make themselves anti anU that thu organization was In accord wih with tl the predictions cn con tamed In the Dk Book ot of Mormon Tle This ws was translated by the girt Ift and power powel of f Go God Ha lied Joseph Smith ben been an the mn men who helped him In would ln soon IULe er ered it Titer It are marry prophecies on eon tamed In the nok flock or of Moron Mormon that thal hae have beet been fulfilled proving the divinIty Ivinity of th the work The Saints In this have always been tn In possession llon of the Spirit of the Lord that In has enable enabled them to judge whether or not a person spoke and al ali got ane i ed In with the will ot of God wi Go Sf gift ot of tongues and the tue gift ot of prophecy bate hae always been In gr thI the truth of at the work work Th Prophet Joseph made many prophecies which hue have ben been clearly ful tilled In t the e aly riy organization of the the Lord revealed to Lor reveled the Pro Prophet phet het that people le should be gathered ont n al all part ot of the world unto this land and tb the words hive have been fulfilled worl Our are abroad among al all the Uti nations and tb the honest In hert heart lre are being gathered to the land of Zion Te The way I is opening up R so that before long lont we wl have e representatives In every country In the world God ha has this work and will see that thal I it t a wi MATlIS F lo the of was the it tp We said th that Itha a i il I a C aCl to profess a belef belief In the and ot of the God which hate hae ben been before their day but when confront with the privilege ot of exercising the saute same faith In Immediate revelation they w uld reet reject I it The Chunh Choral of Christ never III did exist on the orth earth only as I It elsta exIsted bythe by the spirit of revelation The Apostle Peter received his knowledge that Jesus Jelus WI Was the Christ through re ret elation and It if anyone any one ever rives receives a knowledge tha that Jesus Is the Christ they must obtain n it In the Ime same way Peter did Ian sn cannot understand the things of God unless he be I Is endowed with the from on high The voice of oC ton tion hl Ira been manifest In this When th the Lord revealed the anew In this dispensation to the t Joseph he made the that the they who should do the will ot of the b r should hould receive this spirit wi ot of eUon and should know to for them that bat the Ioda words that were given glnn to theta them b by the leader leaders ot of the Church were ere tr tius Men who hae have given ear to the or of Goda given ghen through Is Iii have always leen been attend e 01 with Ith success and blessings l and very every one who has hns arisen In opposition to the them has cOle corns to disappointment and bl his toly folly hi has been made manifest In the midst of the people ELDER O 0 WOODRUFF ot of the Quorum of the Apostles wa the nut next le He to say ome me thing that thal would tend to encourage brethren who a are In tl the Lee ur set There Ther Is not luch such a de degree degree gree of activity among the members ot of the different a as there should be le lie had discovered by Inquiry In one ot of the Stakes that the members ot of a CouncIl had not been visited by the Teachers for tor a number or of years earl Te The speaker read ad from the words word ot of the Apostle Paul h he Iken likens the Church to the human bo body showIng that al all the members or of the Church ar are all necessary and not one ot of them oven It If It b be the 1 least 11 could be profitably dispensed with Each should be In pines attending to his hll par particular duty duly the whole organIzation pr being tua thus developed through the per performance or of Ia its functions The he Josph Joseph when frat first cl called by the Lard was Informed that tire the churches exIstIng In that day had bad a ator tor form ot of godliness but bul were re without the power thereof How different Is this Church Church with its Ita fullness ot of ton wonderful In detail and complete completeness ness The members ot of the boy body ot of Christ hating clearly defined duties tho thoe e ot of no On one necessarily interfering wih with those of the other how butt beautiful I It would be i if al all were In pet perfect l hare bar many mony with the organization and spirit ot of the tho Chunh Church I If such we were the ease case tb r would ouid be mo more power a associated with n it than there Is However the corn com la is maling makIng progress especially In relation to supporting the Church Tit Tire people are under ob obligatIon to accept and act acl upon the of the servants of Oo God Such DRIel to do wi will lose the spirit ot of this work ork and place themselves la in laverl verl peril of at losing their salvation President nt Joseph J I Smith then ad dreu dresse th the congregation ater after which the choir sang and the b vae a pronounced b by I 1 Elder J 3 0 |