Show Of Or TilL THE GREAT GRA T LA OA A Y WORK r 4 Address A ress by uy b bELDER ELDER JOHN HENRY SMITH i it Conference of oC the tho Church t tho Iho of or Jesus Christ of oC L llor y In Ln tho thu Soil Suh Lulo City Friday trl D October 0 6 C 1905 I am pleased with tile the privilege of OnH oti u in lii tho commencement of ot off wm with you oU f conference At t the April this In Mexico and ltd not flOt noth I hafi a l bm been session neMon One Ona On h here hero until tho last aBt considerably under I was va year US the c weather and dill did not ot part II Ih you ou In lii the conference at that time it lifts has been a 1 t pleasure to 10 me mo thU morn mor I lu his to 10 hear tho the songs of ZIon and Us ls LI tell to the voices of our brethren In In Instruction conditions at nt reporting tho the upon ho tho th labor labon of ot the thu Elders c f tuo th 0 Church and In II the testimonies thit have hao been borne concerning your our de Ity nud faith In tho ho work rk our F her lhor has hoa established In the tho world the promise that It should never be b wih thrown do down nor or given Iven to another peo peonie people DIe nie That promise has hns ha ohM found lodgment hearts and him Iia ro re rom 1 z believe believe in fl your Ind hlll m w wih With h you OU In tho the midst of many K experiences CAUti e and wilt will wi In tho tie fu U tae tuI trIS remain imparting hope anil which haiL cause you OU to pun POS POSes fortitude and necessary seas the tho ho to es the tit you OL h have havo vo been called by tho the Almighty To Tome Tome Tome me It Is ever ft I Joy to remember those memorable words and old wherever I have havo found whether nt ut homo home holo or abroad whether In your companion under the sound of your our voices or or In the thC association and ant companion companionship ship of ot o th men of the tho world the tho same game lamo Joy and nd satisfaction has welled we led up U In my soul as the tho remembrance of o these theno words has ha come como IS up In my mind Tho The Latter day ay Paints have havo no 10 cause caune for concern o far ns as the work Itself it Is In concerned 1 a been heen It is lB a l heritage of the tho Lord It I I wt rt It Into the world to fulfil tulO n 1 grett purpose and nd they to whom tho the incH mes message me meRge sage Rge of ot glad slad tidings ma has hal come coma ore aro under the obligation to heir iel part purt to ti tho the beat t of their th lr ability based upon the tho re b that ho he who Is In warned shall warn his hi neighbor In this connection we wc that thero ther are mo fow men len in tn this tide congregation but hut what 11 t have havo performed this thin sacred duty dut with wih fidelity and ond faith Consigning their families to the mercies of the Lord they thoy tho have entered the field lehl In II almost almost every land hand and nod clime t and anti have sought to free ret themselves from roni that responsibility which attaches to the tho acceptance of nt the tho Gospel Oo pel In iii II heralding the th name amo among their fellow creatures that when they thoy stand at the bar of ot o the Great areat Judge and the books are opened ollend nd they are judged out of the books from tho things written therein It will wi be bo found that In fulfillment of the sacred obligation ami ani the discharge dl charge of this requirement their names nr are o there and that n 11 and faith the tho love lovo of our Father I and delty an of His Is children characterized their lives To this end the ones who sit under the tho sound ot of my voice upon won this than occasion have hae hlo ministered with that determination that patriot patriotIsm Ism bm wih and that lovo love that only n a lovo love of the Supreme Doing and an nn absolute Be Belief belief lief ilef In II tho mission entrusted to tl their thir lief care caro could cause them ther to exhibit When I look upon the faces facen of or mothers and these wives we who ho are arc con congregated ane hero here today tota I remember too i that they have been blen in no degree less les heroic or less lacking in that abiding determination In I connection with tho the work worl to which they have been called along with wih their bun hus husbands hu bands fathers or brother brothers They riley also have havo regarded It I ns as among the acred heritages of ot the human race and old it has been their determination that while husband or father was In the field feld car carrying tho the gial tidings of great grea t Joy to the children of ot men en their homes and their firesides should be Guarded from from ther the of or tho the enemy elem and their thelt children should bo ho nurtured In thi th filth faith which Is dear dell to themselves Ana while perchance in some Rome Instances thesis th so children may not have been na tui fully fUl equipped In tho the faith an mm al they tho I should be n ns tin has hns been Intimated In the remarks of presiding brethren this morning moring the tho responses that have been made malle by tho the younger members of tho the bear h ar to the heroism of ot otther their ther mothers the tho faith of or their thir fath fathi fathers ers and the honesty integrity pos pod possessed sensed by themselves MISSIONARY AltY Mv MY h brethren and sisters sister I rejoice to tobe tobe tobe be numbered with wih n a people such ns us you youart ou art are I rejoice to recognize the fuel fact that you ou have coma from many lands halide landl unit and dimes and ond that you yon 01 abandoned those lands for tho time sake of the truth I have havo pleasure In tho the fact that It has iia been bern my ray privilege In connection with my to meet you In those tho lands to lar Ear ir witness of at the tho of ot the J in lii It Ihl and purity to tod 4 d lr id that the tho Prophet of or this day da dispensation did gaze upon tho the face faco of cr th Ih Father arni tho the Son Soni nati Ind we wo bear ber berthat that witness In harmony with tho the dec lec arton that went forth In A former day dal da that nn on angel of ot the tho Lord Jord should fly t through tho the midst of heaven having the l J Gospel ospel to preach ti 11 t then them that dwell del upon tho the earth to t tev ev nation nalon to lo every ever kindred to every oven to h every people I r have havo re Jo jol 1 I In the tho faithfulness you have ills din Ils dinI I S In tn fl tho tim fulfilment of oC your our sacred lut dut In lim time tho that II receipt of warning In n thc tho tarryIng carrying of o these the o plad tidings anI in hi meeting the obligation in the th m I and womanly way wa In 11 h which It It In done don by b tho the heroes and hero nf nos who Ibo hmo have bullied theRe thene hlo western r and II havo confronted ni hlo r and tribulations Incident to lo tI it establishment of home homen and nHI th thi b of many In sections of our ly 1 1 As I look Ionic upon the tho fares face of men len lenare WM w are arc titling sitting before ma mo I r fee co thOM tho who w hwo sacrificed every een Interest In InI jn ft Worth world for tor or tho th cluse which to their I Tig wn M most dear and I t recognize th In their doing thIR It was wan WI not nt to top p President Young Voting It was true IS not tO o ri z se sl s President John Taylor H It I wn 1 to IPIE please picao e President Wol Ir iff It t was not to Pres f 1 Lorenzo Toreno w It wn WI vos not r pleano President Jo Joseph eph ph V P Pl 1 11 Hi and his hil but n h l as an to their own consciences sni ani In to perve that who called fl i ly time the t HI voice of or Ills His Hs Spirit to nn an In I r of or the truth nd Ild had bad badH hada hlll H n It I In their souls lolls that the th most r 1 duty which mortal could din IUM i f n fl to live lve ant and minister for Cor tt of or tim human race to f c rI ih In them nail nn an If pta I nut ing of nf tim tho gonel and ami to It ii t of his II r I 1 their fellows i 10 lIOE rM tin tIm tinn c n 0 1 rind nf of th nr a I i Ine Joy and o therein th 1 TRI r TO WOULD TiE lie gospel go goIS IS pel we havo hlo embraced 1 lu Is tho time L u It t came from rein the tho th It I J to ai J bron b n ent nt to renovate the world vori to o ri among mankind the liv I faith which had so RO largely ly depart r Ni from tt the breasts of tho the human tam fam I tv 11 and a to 0 bring them to a no of the responsibilities they the owe t w to the tho th Ii Divine Moster Monter Nothing can con Itay by Us its S progress You YOl and I t may fall J t ho 0 wn wr wf may lack Jack the for forand till ti and all Inith to endure mid full fullOn tutu our lart but the work has hns gono gone On from the tho th day the tho announcement was wan wasi ta noo 10 i of the time administration of or heavenly bl beings nail It I will wi continue in II Its ls on ward march until every nation naton kindred I tongue and people throughout the tho uni universe universe verse vero shall shah hear tho the glad tidings of ot great Joy and hove have the time privilege of ot ac accepting IC accepting or rejecting the tho same name lalO In the ex e erciso of ot tho the agency our Father l has hal given to them I trust that lit ut 11 the ful tot fulfilment of M our duties In II the discharge of or the great obligations that are ours our hearts IH artl and amid Ind minds will 1 never waver It I can never bo Le anticipated that this work shall be bo mode made popular with tho the hufhan family at itt lt large It I can calm cannot car not nol be expected that Its 11 will wi lie accomplished without pp op opposition position It I must meet adverse adVerb u elements it must mut overcome obstacles It must moult IUa secure tho the ground grou 1 step by step without fear and amid without favor faor honoring our heavenly he Father ather and maintaining the dignity Il nl of that Priest Priesthood t hood Clod hod has ha given to us the grandest heritage h that was ever given to time the children tIme the world of men In II any Iny day unit and age of ot I pray that the tho of the Ion Gos Gospel pel lel lel may ma abound with wih you ou In Iti the tho future futuro as In tha tho past that true to the obil obligations that are yours in 11 every ery place and In every Oler station among all al men inca no matter matler who or where wh re they tho may ma be h you may mn know where there you 0 stand and un know knowing knowing ing where you stand you may lay have hae the faith and tho the fortitude to ss your views ami your OUI sentiments H It I has been my amy 1 experience thus far In life that tha there Is nothing In lii connection with this work for which tiny any man In the time world need blush blu h There has his been no revelation lion tion ton given gen to the Prophet for or which thich wo we 0 should have hae the tho least feeling of ot regret or concern There Thero Is i nothing within these statute books given by our heavenly hev heavenly enly Father I ther for which I 1 as ns one of Ills his sons eons need net blush On the time contrary 1 I honor hint Him for giving the same rame nod and purpose In the time fulfilment of lifes mis mission slon sion It if Ha lie le will 11 give me mo faith f lh anti and nd for fortitude fort fortitude t tute so to do to raise ralso lse my may IY voice In their defense amid to stand for the ad ni tl and spreading of or this work as ns I 1 know H it I came Caine from Him Jm The same Is bi true truo not only In iii regard to our membership In tho the Church of oC Jesus Christ ot o Saints but lut It I Is true In regard to 10 our citizenship In the republic of tho the United States No o nian of ot standing In this Church has bias ever In Iii my n presence pre given gen utterance to a word ore that thul would cause use me In any nn sense seno of or the word ord to be he ashamed of ot my I citi elti citizenship in iii II this glorious land landt on the tie I contrary the tho and fueling that has h s ever come from tho the lips ot of the themen themen themen men with wih whom It has been my amy lY liege to mingle has been to preserve our constitutional liberties and nn an accord tho the same rights to every other man whether er he bo ha Jew Jel Pagan Pa Christian Mo to or Infidel So long ns as a he ho in not nt with wih the rights r und and Ind liber hiber ties tes of other men his liberties should be bo guarded his rights should be lie pre lIre preserved served and he should be honored iii hi tho the exercise thereof and his rights main Justly Just and properly Standing I before you with these sentiments In I my lily heart I trust trus that we wc will wi continue to main aln oin the highest citizenship It Is II possible for Cor or mortals to do mind that we shall shah stand for our own oln liberties thru we ve shall Ihal maintain them to the tha best hest of our ability be ho subservient to every cr principle that Is In II right and con concede concede concede cede nothing that Is IR wrong hut but stand stan by b the truth honoring the Lord fulfil Ing log our obligations preaching the tho prin principles ot of righteousness to the time children of men memi and amid pointing tho time way of O life to every elery man maim ln In whose company compan it may be our privilege to come comeI I bear you my testimony to the truth of ot the time Gospel and the mission of ot Jos Jon Joseph Joseph eph i to the time mission of or his hs asso associates elates that stood n round around him aimi were true to him to the t mission ml of Brig ham Young who Was WIl faithful earnest devoted lev el aol and of ot a 1 heroic mold and who rho had ho lo not been hen of such type would ouId have failed t In tho the great mission that was vas given glen to him honoring and es en esteeming esteeming teeming In his lifes ministry tr that lie he heroic role man whose blood mingled with the tho prophet in iii Cathage o Jail l John Taylor true trim to that humble and Ind earnest M rate cate of ot time tho principles principle of tho the gospel on on one of the tho most successful that over ever I preached It In the world Wood Woodruff ruff and amid to that upright man of the til Lord 1111 Lorenzo Snow who presided In righteousness nesi over this people penile And I Iwi will wi not mint In any Iny degree slacken In may rny lY allegiance ant nd respect for the man who stands at lt our head today No truer nina Inn ever breathed brel thet the tho breath of life le leo No o man maim hns hOI over aver been more moore Inre willing to stand up tip for tor the principles of Justice and mercy merc No man ha ban hlf been more loy by loyal loyal al mU In preaching the principles of hit his hi faith No man oman In Is more ready reary rend today toray to discharge unit that high responsibility aol all I his hl fulfil tull very every obligation Hitting by side mire those who commencing In their boyhood have ministered In the Interests of this work and alt who have never nIer faltered nor not turned their back Inck upon time the truth In any place lle or station Such Huch has bias b bee been n the tho character of the ho he heroic role rolo men who laid lal the foundations of these commonwealths Such in Is the th character of or the men amen who stand at It t the head of these Stakes and and of ot the tho Seventies and arid who have carried this thin gospel to iu the time nations and an otto of the thu th mothers who have guarded their th lr hearthstones and taught their children In the time principles of o eternal life lre I 1 bear my witness to title work woric orle I know that It Is I from toni the Lor 1011 that it I line has como caine COIO to stay stoy that thit th t It will Viii con continue to I spread and in the world and that It I Will wiit wi becom th the joy jay of tho the whole earth May God blew bie you IU with wih faith and nil fill 11 you with wIt h under Blinding may we wo be loyal to en nail anil to our heavenly lather Father ID is my prayer In the name Ille of ot Jesus Jesu Amen |