| Show Skies L of GOll Tabernacle This Ih Stub I ill l tile Sll Arc G Also here ec From and azid From Canada and H H I tt II I H IH I P EXTENDS HEARTY WELCOME TO THE J j jj j j GATHERED SAINTS AND SAYS THERE IS t t MUCH MUCE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR jl Rides anil largo were vre the that on the opening of a the ot of J Ih the In the Tabernacle thiM The he are that thu tho t wath i US as Ideal 18 n coull bo be for whIte lan 1 l who V i J s hc IH In upon went to tho th stat sa gave theIr time to 10 personal there were aWl tUI ci il wIit w wended their Wl vay t the tue toll to gi the f or Ot th Inc to C UJ most at o the jn In the Hal guI Ier Th WM I Lt gool ono In Iii al till wel well tor lor X t 1 rc to IhO thoc oe strong oC O welcome i ind f Jo eph F I a nd n 1 he Wa to I see ec so of at the Church pres present enl ent an so O ol of the tho represented I R was n a sign 1 one that spoke wel well for tor the of the who had been een pros prost t In great grent during the season on tho ho part pai t lt ot the elements In diver of at the tulous T countr So far as the Conference wal wa concerned he was verr yer hope IJ f rul M and for tor a time of ond It 18 observed ob that there were thole present who came from tar far tarT T and niI I n near ar Al All of the anI anI Mexico and Canada have to the attendance Generally 4 the stories of pro prosperIty perly and Lint plent from their respective 10 1 Ih the prevailing period of at extreme me drouth has rendered less Ies bright than thun the they y otherwise would thi be That ha ha refer refert reference 1 t ence more to various Iti In Utah In neighbor In more remote remolo sections In Canada conditions are arc arcI t leg slates thal I 11 nil that could be In Mexico six Ix months ot of heavy henvy i if f r runs nuLl time have nn an oven even longer pel when there thereL L M no at ni nit to m moisten the earth and mal make glad the I f heart ot of the farmer larmer As AH Ivins of tim Iho Mexican mission n ex nI I r pressed I it lt It has been ono one extreme otter another but thel then 18 I It t a land of at extremes as a wel welt ns a a ot of Ien even temperature paradox s It mo may seem then Ihen we have no complaints to otter and have havet t much to b be thankful for And so Bo it II wa with other men ot of J who spoke for the es from rum they felt that L there was more to bo be thankful tor or than to 10 mourn over I I thee there Is 10 Lt a ot of bespeaks I a most sue sueI I I und and Conference H HH I HH HESHION nellor Ing Church Were oro OPENING BESSION be e Con terence of the Church of oC Jesus Christ d Cf Saints convened In Salt Lake CI City a at 10 I a m in mOt Ot Oct I 4 liO President Joseph 1 F There were pre present nt of tie the general generl flu au Of OC the First o oI I ieh h John It H Unit amI An Antton n toD H Lund ot Of the tho Counci Council of the Tuh there were John len lent lien t 71 SmIth George W v I V Cowley Cowie Abri Abra um Ln O 0 Woo ut luder Clason rt Smoot and Hyrm M Smith Pre Vre IJ g of oC the Church John aUh first pre of Seen teven Ut tiei Seymour 1 IL Young Youn Christan Christian D 1 n 11 Hobert George Jonathan U Kimball Hulon f Wels Vii 1 W V lc ot of otIbe Ibe WIllm 1 B Rolert T Burton anti ond Orrin 1 P ir tr Fh cr lIkewIse 1 a large aber or of of Slakes their Ind other leading men ot of otI I tu Te chOIr sang the begins Or Oar WI WI raise to Thee The Tanks Thanks for fhy rh blessings tree free We here enjoy Prayer was by Eider Collins P ia Halas Eder gIng b by the choir and Vc tica P r elf of Israel brae Or Our ony on delight On hor a We e call Or Our Iha 1 b l day clay And ADd ou by night O Or King ur lr Deliverer our al all SMIThS ADDRESS lIT li klo brethren anil aM sisters I 1 rI yoU h ily y this morning In your ur n I hl Ills I a of the Church It I 0 pleased to et ee so BO lan ninny t q ar are here this 14 aih c i to see ao 80 many I rr authorities ot of the C ubI and the I 01 f At i anti also man many ot of the Iho tl he various missions ot of h t g Indeed pleasing to see e ur Li here on oa tO thu rel great I a responsibility t having hang On wih with the t 1 the to the on na naI ot the th foil with toe care of Int wih th I Zion of oC In the tho various Stakes Slakes l I the h inference we desire as S 1 permit to HIve give an i rs 1 as Inn many as possible of oft t are arc abroad and ot of t u s r the stakes ot of Zion to 10 ll 5 IU and In oer that rs tearh reah as many as possible we J that the brethren who speak I lJ e tha that porton portion of the of t enable them to ill i speak l and briell upon those t thai al We ha tl rOle eanie to their minds 1 2 lb h e p re Ih A osle the Ire Ires 1 and the lie lie dt t Elders r Who hI are Practically tray n the the Church hurel the tho I tk tr II OI f Zion find the various n I ae Ie froll train time to time I ia 1 Ily postell poste In relation 1 T t f the bt t work ork of the tho Lord b t sn Iel s that Iho they have 1 tn I aiM able to speak to 10 us In o t subjects anti matters 10 l r 11 fr Interesting and t I h h nerl of 11 it to 0 the t r m fl to the tho conference alion or of the whole peo peov a aI v d I r t 1 6 to the people w t to the 11 tt HI p funned merc mercy unto tt n h the t r Which hal has been ill al I I I f t In many parts NUl of oC L I lee I that the 10 n and that It Or Ii Nult for tor nn great 1 In fl o g Ib the people In con can L sequence of the drouth but ut we feel that al all wi will be c wih for forni I ni all their needs 11 In lany many ot of the country countr also Iso wo we have leen exceeding I iy blesse There has hns been UI un abundance dance of at wafer vater and II In sonic our people have Leel been visited b by unprecedented rains resulting In Great 1008 hoods Which ha have ve more Inore or less to the people but thil this of course Is hi not notto notto to a vry very great extent Wo e feel teel In our hearts that Zion Is prospering and that ni all Is wel eli with the peoPle of Gol God nt at large still we te that t there Is grent rom room for tor UI Us to Improve and that the opportunities for advancement are wry very extensIve Wl e hOfe hope thAt IhM ul uli the Saints wi will can continue their diligence ant anti faith faithfulness before the Lord In the work In which tle they are engaged that 1101 Zion ma may continue to 10 In the tops tOIS of oC the mountains and that the purposes of oC God Clod Almighty ht concerning Ills people and Is Ills work In the latter days may be ant consummated and tull fully realized We Ve feel that the Lord wi viii bless Is Ills pea peo pIc Ile ROti the earth for their In Inthe inthe the future moie abundantly than In the past In 11 us we and our diligence and faithfulness before the Lord Ird In I keeping Ills com coin walking In ni nil right before 1 and ami acceptableness him so o wi HIl Ills 11 be cl cd upon the people and ni all their substance and upon the earth which they We Ve congratulate 01 brethren and sisters on your appearance here this morning nod we pra pray Gid God to pour out upon you OU and upon al all of at us Hs Ills Hal holy during title Conference that we wema ma may have hae n a time of reJoicIng and that we ma may lie be able to net and wisely In the matters of that may be presented before etore lS us that we nUL have the spirIt ot of union love loe derolon to the cause of Zion ing In our hearts that we mn may have no feelings of dissension but that 11 we mR may maybe I be e one that wo we mn may bl be Indeed the pea eo pIe ide ot of God GodIt I It Is not nol my mr purpose to prolong my remarks this morning hilt but I desired to express my gratitude to m my Father In henen for tor ni all ms Ills mercies and bless blessIn blessings In ings s unto us We vilI 11 pa a to the people that we e ehn hn have ve no reason complain of the di dill ence ot of the so tr far ni us we fire to 10 judge e II In the laW of oC tithing We So believe eleve that the Latter ater lay are that jaw JIW al as ni as lie have ever lane done and w we of oC you rou that you ou wi vIll con can continue to do this until our hands shall he be frol from ni all obligations and until We shall have means In the storehouse of the Ir wih with which to 10 accomplish greater worlo which 10 may he be sary to he be done We t feel el there I s mUth much cnn can Le he don ilone and luch much that ought t to be done In tile Interests of Zion and for the Iho benefit of the people of God GI We Ve feel that an effort hould be ninde to time the Temples of God those houses hao been for or the of ministerIng the orl ordinances nances of oC the Gospel therein for the living anil the dem We desire that these thee buildings shall he be Ir anti kept In repair anti In n a wholesome ron con 50 that time the Spirit ot of the may clelin 10 in them arid that those who ho minister ter therein IRY mas tel feel the presence or of Jl Ills Spirit We also I feel that when the time lime shah COIe come anti and ur handl hands shall be free from the R that thU no now rest upon u us that other places houM be prepared tor or the cn con or of the taInts tn in more kt In oller order that thole those mort who Iro aro at al great distances from the center ma may have the privilege e of the ordinances or of the Gospel Gopel heln put to 10 the great eat expense I anti loss los of at time that II Is necessary no now In from ro tl to 10 1100 miles In order tO 10 Ihl the hou houses e It of hod We e oder hope hore to 10 lee se the day when we 1 shall hll have temples buit built In eel everY direction lon In the thet t or of the land where the thele they t are for tor tin convenience o of the le for tor we e that nn one ot of Ihl the greatest r that rAl rest the he ut of G to today dB day Is that their shall 0 be turned I unto thale father fathers Ild and that they shall do the work that II is neo to 0 be dOlo done for lor them In order that the they lo together fitly II In tim Iho bond Lond ot of the New anti l erla t tIng log Ing covenant flom from genera generation lon to Iener Iton I For or the Lord has bias haitI the Iho Joseph that th this s Is one ot of time the greatest responsibilities that de valves ulon ill In this later day I Gail Goll help us to do 10 this work mind lieu UI us to 10 lie he faithful one amid all that we ve mn may have hao leans mucous wih with which to I It II is m my In iii the name of JesUs Alen Airmen JOSI PH President or of the wal sas the next le uI wu was to 10 hear that 11 all II Is well el In ii of the Saints In the fIey Were concerning the iy elfine of tile the Saints In Utah Ulah and were wen eager to 10 take ot of the of oC hi I lii I time templeR There were vere about six hundred The ot of many were only hos werl vere un an ente earnest t and bant I It was not so 80 nc esar ho said In Li quote Scripture II in defense defenso or of the truth for fOI forthe the or of CAlifornia were not In intIle tIle main very wih with the be hut but I it WIS sas necessary ar to sho show the what hiat the tho tm uth lint lOle dOIe for us The fhe l idea ea b by sonic some that Ihn t the youth of Mormonism would when they themselves tear the Iho fabric which their fathers had woven easily be shown to be a or of our opponents for tue young men are testifying wih with the sa same li spirit that actuated their fathers to the I ot It The he Eiders have done n a good work there then lider Holin Robin Robinson Son went on to give statistics or of the la Ia lors bore that are iii the alfor nm mission The fhe Elders there hail let met ninny friends among the men of oC the tale state lie He that the hOles homes Lord ford would bless the Saints In ill thel their ELDER mm It H president ot if tho Southern States Slates mil mis slon Ivas as the next lie Ho hall had been heen In iii this mission only about three months lie He the II ople or of the south wIth those of tIme the extrell extreme west vest he hal bind formerly labored ns an a Th were about I ninety Illers In his nw new Oell and he 1 have tor or this number The Th labors or of tile the I Elders hall had been to a great extent confined to 10 tho ho countr country PlaceS Illace lie He Mt lt 1 a joy In comIng to Conference twice I a year ear amid cit reo re haitI for Cor the time spent h here re reHe lie He Gal God to bless the Saints BImm l liEN N E of if tile the Middle States Slates missIon next al ad time the conference We are aro In iii nn an uge he sold said wien when the made to the lre are he lug Ing fulfilled The fhe kingdom lom of Got God Is being established In Ill thio Iho earth and we have havo been beon blessed the prIvilege of at seeing Gods and ana helping helping to 10 es I it The fhe conditions that prevail li Imi the missions II ar different from those that preal prevail here ThIngs which Ile tile Saints hero here do not notice are Bre magnified by those of at the world le lie referred to a recent In New York and to 10 tile the that are made mad to 10 ant 1 it appear to 10 pc be I t result or of tile doctrines ot of the Church lie He wondered he said whether those among UI us who are riot of oC our faith would not rise up In the spIrit of American fairness to the mi 1 Infamous lies es abolt about the Saints Wt We lele believe said the In blood atonement and so sodo sodo do al all the Christans Christians In tile the same wa wani way ni Os do this the Mormons WI We beleve believe that Christs to bloed wi vili atone for tor sins Anti nd weL we b leo In blood to II III tN the same that tIme the naton In It nm ly that he who iio sheds mans blood should have his blood shed b by byman man There Is nothing In tile the Mor mal mail hl idea of blood atonement different from that hell boil b by al all Christians In corn com cornmon mono mon lider Iter Beh read from the mani manifesto reslo festo issued b by the Iho authorities In ill 19 le lie had bad ani only n a short time ago UKO been asked b by a man of If IC It was not true Irue that the President of oC the Iho Chulch Church Issued an all order to take lake the lIfe of ni apostates lie Ho had also lt at another lime ben been told that hat Mormon woolen women Int had to walt walk from Sal Salt Lake to CI Cit to lek seek from non there the doc trifle of oC blood atonement The he b by men tn In religIous elsewhere wert svere not nol charged against tile sects to 10 which they belong belonged ed But Dut it II Is wih those who I belong to the Saints Eider r lUch went on in to 10 of the teachings he he had trl from hIs l boyhood days lie He had h en taught to 10 leJard ns as the most crimI crime nail and lext next to 10 that the lOls loss of vir II tUl toe lie He bore a ston strong to the truth ot of the Gospel J 1 A of the Colorato Colorado omission was the Iho next It very ey necessary ur to 10 met meet ot of duties for often to ho bo reminded our dutes there Is nn an the words ot of Gods lie He spoke of oC the mission The he territory covered was waR large all and time tho number of Ehlers laboring there disproportionate disproportionately ly small Nevertheless many thou thousands i sands ot of People hal had heard the Much lull gool good hILl been done there have ben been few baptisms He had been heen questioned In relation to the wa In which the Saints con controlled trolled the young oung people In the Church ChurchIn toled In an he bind detailed the work done In the various associations for the Iho lone youth slid the labors of the specIal 01 cers whose 1111 lut duty It was to 10 look after Clr the young oung PeoPle ts As a result he was to Instruct the minister ot of the penO who Interrogated him that lIe he might the same caine resul result among his ock 1 Eider lder ex pre ed ills his willingness to 10 do so but said that It would b be useless because tIme the clergyman received n a for tor his cervices and was there therefore tore dependent upon his congregation and It if Ill lie dis displeased pleased ed the members of his church would discharged him while Ihl the of at tile Church prach preach wih with without out hire 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