Show I 1 conlin continued tied from il I 1 l pave i 9 I 1 been working in miracles iracle 8 amount ast us one OIK oU is that a few years ago i we ire had a governor 11 II here ere st us ile he felt anxious that there should li bulI bo be nothing here but u what hat lie ho have control of find and was very interested in behalf of liis his on oi it authority lie ile called himself the representative of tile the government anil and would not even help to celebrate the fourth of july why what was aias the iho matter N we c must not have a fourth of july celebration that was the matter and when the lie boys thought this was ili an overreaching over reaching of authority ione done for tile purpose or of oppression they got together ind and had sonic some wooden swords sword and ami a company of thorn thein marched arched in out while the governor was vas away aw ay iy and his vcr very interesting secretary got it into his lead head to have them arrested because they were out leavin having a sword exercise with sonic some sticks of wood now that the ION loyalty ralty of the latter day saints sho should uld not be seen we ire were prevented fron from I 1 performing military arv duty and liono honoring 11 one 0 of tile laws of the terr territory 0 ry this caused a little provo provocation at i oil in the hearts of good loyal citizens but what is tile result up to that time we had to pet get out ag dinst tile the indian but the result has been that all the indians around us u have turned friends ads to it na we have not bal occasion occa ion to fight 0 an Ind indian lian we have lye ii iid had d india indians ns come comedo to visit Pro president silent young and get counsel front from him and 11 he e would always till them to lie be peaceable and to be very careful not to hurt the whites well now is that a miracle that goi go god i lias has wrought when we were back in the states tile the nation tossed us its like a football loot ball and every time thor rolled us over we rc were bi bigger 0 ger ali than i before and when we came out here it seemed hard but we thoai thought lit it a great reat blessing to conic come here to almost it a naked wilderness where we could have the company of ourselves and tile the spirit of god was not this a great blessing was not the wisdom of god in tins this A few years cars ago a cloud was over us this poor birther hall to go to prison this sifter had to go 0 on cin the underground many mally were incarcerated whilo while others were abere allowed to mourn the absence of loved ones it was that the knowledge of this people should lie carri carried cl to washington asli ington 0 where it could bo be known there what kind of a people we were and that we arc trying to live here in their nation and alli we ave could not get ct it to their cars and e eyes yes in any aily other way these th bilings i nis were done accordi according ip to the cle brov providence T price of god dod that ti the gospel ili mould be brought 0 to the heads of this nation they had brother cannon mong them but they would not hear him hill on oil tile gospel could you or I 1 or brother r woodred Wood rud disco discourse unc to them the lie gospel plan N not ot one of us lint dut supreme courts courtr had ill to know it caseb of this people had to lc bo adjudicated had to know alfont us ind and tile rev revelation lation on the eternal ove covenant nant of marriaga ia his has buen been publiA wd in their public documents tile are arc without excuse and Qc 0 of our revelations have been put in their reports and those 10 poor or brethren ind and sisters who have suffered mul crad imprisonment will have credit for causing this tin s 1 gospel to 0 o lie 10 carried carrid to ii ington bigton ind and to the leads calls of this nation this is a glorious time little in ill which we live ike when NY hen these things ale aie being ilono done for u we should do our duty ironi morning to ili night lit and in under understand tanal the hand dealing of oil if we so go on oil in ill his I 1 gond oo 00 I 1 walk in his covenants and i sanctify ouri alves alve we inc will lie be able to vak up ill by and bye in eternal life and glory may the lord give us its his spirit to liable enable us its tit ti understand ourselves and his way ways and to inherit et ernil lives through I 1 ii jasu caliri t amen an anthem antlick ing 0 a uirt ette uns v as sang I 1 ind III 1 mhd ho benc biliti litzou u pronounced by inelder samuel ll 11 nf 1111 ani city liou 1 built glit 0 the forenoon services to a cloe clo e anday sanday S afternoon tio tile chor and congre congregation congregate gati t on alag the piri of god like a fire is brilling bin Bu ring illing prayer iraq offered by elder lioi JOHN T eainer sly my 1 I ethren and sisters I 1 I 1 calise that there are thoc tho c ii pre who are more inore competent to address you upon subjects that will lie ile instruct tie the to you lut but I 1 have ever inalle it n I 1 rulo rul to endeavor it to discharge every duty required of me to the lie be beit t n of f ili my ability I 1 shall endea endeavor or to ile be lell led by the spirit I 1 may may bo be to sky say in regard to my labors in 1 alic lie congress of tit tho united states as ah the representative of the people of utah during 0 the past part season that nothing or of a character calculated to be detrimental to the people has been pasi passed sed efforts edfors were madu made in this direction but through the libora of ovir our I 1 brethren find and our friend ind and through gh tile the bles blowing ting of almighty hav od 04 ill tile the sel lenies s hn ha failed rile plan illin of dis entirely 0 claw cl law was passed assed anil and that iva was t providing that the alio territory orv of utah should lie redl red for representation in the legislature we expect the men who ire cai entrusted I 1 with this duty will vill dis di s char charge C c it in a dav way and manner which will bo right 0 and profitable is as american call citizen enl benl tho the great majority ity of congre s tell inen feel that they have adone done enough and that more inoru legislation is Is entirely entirely y and would lead to evil they have taken a stand to leave the people of utah alone to work out their own destiny sonic some men high 1 in I 1 in power said paid they were opposed to any more steals seem seemingly i aily ea acknowledging I 1 can ing that they had ben guilty of sonic gome steals anil and lid did not wish trish to steal any any more tile they seem to have read the admonition of scripture let libil him that stole steal no more we are misrepresented now notwithstanding the concessions that 0 have been made there are arc those elins e in our midst who still claim that we ire are not yet in harmony with the rest of the people ind and among n tho the thit that arc I 1 re made is ili an attempt to make it appear that there isa desh e on the lie part of tile the mornion mormon people to institute hero here in the territory a 1 union of church and state they allege that eliat the church directs in everything pertaining to our political alra affairs irs one man clai claimed nied that it was a genral general belief hat that lie file legislature was largely r influenced influence by the mormon church well I 1 told them that I 1 was a member of the legislature lagi latura and no member of tile the Mori mormon tion church had ever to influence my vote you are arc bound bouhl by your party it whether hether you think a thing is right 0 or wrone said I 1 in ili utah we inc have no party and we always voted for what we lye thou thought lit was right M anti and in 0 o far as I 1 tin am concerned my vote was never solicited for air any meaurx mea well wel I 1 they said that was all very very gooi booi good but the impression had got abroad that the territory under tile the legislature was entirely influenced by the mornion mormon people our ili higher her duty is to god our heavenly father to him we are indebted A for tile the blessings with which weare we are for the air we ire breathe and the food we ire cat we have also aleo duties to discharge toward each other and tile the one does not neressa necessarily rily corillia or interfere wit with 11 the other therefore there is no necessity nece sity ity for illy union of church and state r neuit ni uiT aroc roc ro c and delivered a brief discourse lit in which lie endorsed the remarks of brother caine alluding to the pa pat past t iiii korv of this people lie he pointed out th that at our views berc vi arc ap appold poAd to tile the union of church and elate ADRIS apostle mo delivered an all eloquent discourse in which III he showed that the Z gospel could not admit of union of church ii id slate ile he referred tr to the Ili history story of ancient nations and the lie liand liar 1 I dealings ot of tod iod with regard 0 to tile them touching s were made regarding the church of god on oil earth lie likened lier ber history t that hit or of tile the defied joseph who ill was q put into a 1 pit sold by his bre brethren thi lell in ait is boned in ill egypt but ultimately was raised to lionor honor and the savior of if his fathers fat licis house so shill hall it bo be with his people I 1 tile the latter day saints faints they die have i glori glorious destiny they hall become the saviors 4 of this great nation zion shall ariee arit cand and shine and put on her beautiful garments the rile speaker wa very very earliest and ini pro Pres Five in liis his ic marks and the discont SO o WI was one to which no synopsis could doilis do justice tice arc ident Won drifT it again M ain arose and mrle a brief explanation why tile m Ili festo was issued lie ife assured the he saints that it was tile he mimi of tile the lord that thai tilis this should have been done ile he encouraged cd allic lio c pr frelent elent to lie comforted in their hearts before tire lord an and duet duct were sang a ami 1 1 the li benediction was pronounced by bv ihor i hoj W II if maughan Maug liall a monday morn moni ng conference convened at 10 am the alie choir and congregation fang prayer by fider elder john E carlisle singing by tile etoir after honorably releasing a few of the alie brethren from offices which they hall had faithfully hilled alii d the names of the church ind and stake authorities and other offic ns including luding new appointees appoint cep presented dInd and unanimous unanimously 1 I 1 sustained the statistical statistic il report was read SMITH with tile assistance assist ince of your aith and prayers I 1 will cu endeavor deavor to occupy a gi few moment ts giving to tc tile best of I 1 mv py ability a report of t this I 1 its stake of zion in ili regard to the lie stati statistical report tile the numbers stated a as drawing ailing 11 support should bo be us as drawing partial support T alio ho 11 name anle of the cies of tile the elders quor quorums tinis were not fiot presented because Icca the there ro lias has been so many changes change many have been orS ordained ordain tined rd seventies ana am elders quorums tire not in ill acon to lie ile reported until we have made a tour lour of the stake and affect at a reorganization n I 1 know of no existing in fl lie c quor quorums of the priesthood d sonic somo difficulties abere are between members of ol 01 thy the wards with which we no have baire labored I 1 would i ay av to my brethren and sisters that tha as a few 1 as I possible of their difficulties should appear before the high council it is is bettor better to settle difficulties at home I 1 ido do not wish you to think the members of the high council unwilling to attend to such matters but it is not always necessary to appeal to them I 1 can call truth truthfully full say there is a 1 manifest interest on oil the part of parents in the work of the sabbath bools M and I 1 wish to remind both teachers and parents that our examples before these C children hild cil is influencing their characters A 1 young man inan should not think thill his mission filled be because catic lie he taught a class chiss in a sunday school 11 in almost en c cry cry settlement the bi bishop with his counselors are actively engaged in the sabbath school this is is most commendable I 1 find request still unattended to and that is in connection with the lesser priesthood we find young men who do not know what office they told is a labor to lie be performed in order to get the young youner 0 people of tile the different organizations to attend to their dut duties ici and I 1 feel sometimes that the conditions accrue fionia a lack of thought about alie these c duties on tile the part of of the liar ent I 1 have heard it hinted that ali it sonic people have complaints to make inake against their bishop all and counselors isyou if yon have any r grievance with yo your ur bishop settle it with him I 1 wish to call the attention to you that are arc present to what 1 TIC c have done one in file lie improvement of the tabernacle you ce cc what further anil improvements we contemplate and which the desire to complete as soon as po possible sible we do this because we ire think it will be to tile the advantage 0 of this stake of zion now no w brethren ind and sisters we ire can call not do it ourselves it isyou is you who pay for it and to you you belon belongs s this comfort and praise we ask you to continue to assist unjust us just as much as you are arc able to complete it satisfactorily facto rily may ala the spirit of god C go with us its that the truths told in ill our lie hearing arin may may live long iong 0 in our hearts lir arts is is ni my y prayer in the name of jesus christ amen ELDER THOMAS PRIDAY DAY reported the labors of tile 11 home 0 rile missionaries tile pis t winter wi riter 1 I am 1 ili glad my bre brothern theril ind find sisters to stand before and report our labo labors Is we c have divided this stake oreion of zion into five district the brethren avei acio I 1 called for six month who were nvere sent in pairs to these several d districts Is cach remained in each cadi d dis Is for WO weeks in this way way we have visited teil every family il in this inn some i of the brethren 11 have nc ile elected to keep an all account of their labors but I 1 will r pic gic you vol tile the members that have heen reported to rile inc there have been 18 families visited by the brethren 11 who have I 1 and ili lour four hundred and ninety six meetings and three hundred hund reil ind and thirty y saints that wore sick haye have I 1 lecci ved administration I 1 believe thit is a correct report as given to ine inc we have endeavored deavo red to labor ind and to hold the spirit of tit alic lord in ill t trav av elling ellina g amon st the saints paints who have received us its kindly and invited us it s to visit them again iain it wits was proposed that the home ionic missionaries lie honorably that for the lie next three thre e months there would woul I be no homo ionic I 1 missionaries neslon ili in tile the field feld ind and that the bishops should lie ile at it liberty 0 to o invite any of the brethren to their nv wan artl tr tl Is tic TI tl c honic home missi ie acs ics were therefore honorably released C 0 t CAM president ilent U ine inato to lye a 1 little report of our iiii mission sion in canada wo we have now in canada three hundred souls of nf about fifty fl ft v t families The Saints i ere in tiu ui bally all y kond T left there one or two ol of tile smuts saints were sick but are arc now on oil the way to recovery we are arc getting long along very well and the he majority of tile the people are striving to servo serve tile lord and to keep ilia his our bishop ind and counce counselors lors and the officers of tile the church there take a deep interest in our sabbath schools I 1 and we have our mutual improvement associations we strive to keep keel these in working order all they cir round during n tit 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