| Show President Smith in Holland Is II a 1 by II f Joseph K l Smith dell delivered ered cred toro buforo a II congregation of or sI al l lder tit der salute saints and friends In the hall hAil De Ia I e hI dam Holland Aug 8 S I l am Iun very ery ver pleased by brethren and AM sinters to meet with you Ou tonight and It IL gIves me inc joy to see In your Our faces that thai Spirit which accompanies who have received the gospel KOJ el of J briet I look In lit your our tacos and I 1 see ce those who ho have lIuo embraced the Iho gospel I Although we are nt lees les th the tho Spirit of or the gospel makes ui us U and end and is III it a of If Joy JO and to 10 me nie meThe The Thur Spirit of the lie Lord always gives give gl 11 to hI those Iho who r Telve It a 11 friendly look a kindly look we see gee In each other we enjoy that Spirit brother and ami sin sinter jets ter no matter batter what whal land laud we lIe may mil In Inhabit Inhabit habit la bit 1 t am alii happy Jl to 0 y to 10 you ou my breth brethren I ten ren and sIsters that I have hae always loved the gopel of or Jesus I was call called ed cd which when hen but bUl a boy 00 only 11 II years of nr age agn a aI to go on ott a foreign to preach the tho gospel 1 I went ent to 10 thu lilt Islands of or the tha th I yea tea n I 1 had to learn ham a strange language like wine seine of or th Ih s my breth brethren ran ren have hav had tied to do and I felt In my nt heat than that thaI I bad had been sent cent out nut to 1 preach the word of or life to 10 the people of ot the Ih world ord and that thaI testing feeling has hail grown stronger In III my faith ralth and nd In III my heart he rt ever tur since In When ben a small boy bit I remember dis distinctly dl di seeing th the Prophet Joseph Smith I have eat at on hili knee I played In hi hit home bome In my Tn m childhood and Ane I 1 saw Mw AA hi lushes hotly body brought home hOlne front from Carthage after Arter Ms his life lite had hiatt been bun Ink tak taken Inken en fn away a and my m own father fell tell with willi hi his brother for the testimony of 01 the truth inith which they the bore to the world I 1 knew my In fattier father and the Prophet Jos Joseph cpu eph Smith to 10 be good 1004 men pure men meno men who lied had faith in tn the th Lord wh were we willing to 10 Kiy uy 11 down their lives for tor tho lh truths take sake cud and they indeed IndEllI peal pealed I ed Pd their testimony with their blood 11 In i my m childhood and early roM manhood I was wai familiar with willi President Ire nl Young Youn I and was wan trA very er intimate with him Ha He treated me like lib one OM of his lii own children I 1 had Imd every er opportunity to 10 know him and I 1 can an bear testimony to 10 you OU my m brethren aid Rid sisters that thaI he was 18 A Ann anan nn nan of God Gill I have also alPO been mII associated with President John Taylor Wilford Woodruff and Lorenzo Snow III cli my m life lire I have tHU se e n them under and In trials trial tri and I Ican Ian Ican can an b bear ar my mf testimony to you 00 j that I Ikno know kno they were wet r pure upright honest faithful men The Ix Lord rd was WaR with them In their ministrations and sustained them Ihm tn in their high callings and gave gava I them Hta Ills worth word to speak aptak to II the th mt ov ove whom lIo they Ihl presided and I am ant Amba happy ba PT to have the privilege of or bearing my lay IT testimony to you 0 tonight and I am ant thankful to in my m Father l In heaven bevet that thatto to r 0 many of or you JU good 0 people of this great t city etty tt have hAI embraced the gospel I of or the tJ Son SD of or C which wilt Is 1 Indeed InH the thee power e of ot God Go II hall to 10 nil all al who 1 revive lIe It I The t gospel gostel of Jesus Christ will wi al at i w ways y 1 mak k good I men mf better and Id nan r ft I I there lucre are art thois tl who ho have bar h beets been b bud bad bd who o om I will m receive It I It I will 1 nt them li from fm their sine Moe an and an bring bRg them Into fellowship with the Lord lA Mormon t m Urn tim Im a U i It I Is hi I called Jird wilt will 1 make mke good In any land whet where they 11 live In whether In tn this thin land or In any An other land Ind under the tM sean ran In Those who receive rIY the th gospel I will I become Im on better for It I and nd that In the object of ot the gospel inert to II I make ml u I us better belter Ni It I wilt will 11 make mat hotter better men ln and aM ad better betler women and better hUll has mt tones hI and nd better betler and hotter better fathers and better mothers mother aol nJ hotter better bler i t If they In will cIll 11 only live lv accord according k tag ing In Its precept and thee Ih I al oln men who wh are af here heI as your eur ur hate h H been reared r In the Church hu h of or Jesus Jetos Christ of 01 Saints Saint Mot Meet of tf thew have hate been bore bom of tl b tf parent pere who ho bo were members member nf of o the th Church Churl aJ have ha been n born bm under the Ihl bond of the tM th new and n o They 1 have come ceta f out here to 1 this thu foreign II land n In tn them Ihm obedient to 10 tie the I call of or rai the tl holy bol hod tn to l irn r your our in 10 0 1 iM with h you 01 in rl s 1 to 10 set pet 1 a I good example to 0 you Fo and n all al the tb worM world and an to 10 show ahoY aho you yoe yo the I way cay ar that you OU should walk wil in that Ihal you Y might obtain obain eternal life If IfT eel I T pray Irr y ted God 0 my mr heavenly Father tn its tf h t h r n Il ard ll i In lit II the Ih II it uth rind nd the thet i firmly in the h cruel of 4 1 ih Ihal t mav m ma be t Inked trie tru cl l and n leader of or UN the t Minis t In Ill tend end and all al al hn 41 desire lre In to become ml acquaint 11 ed M 4 with Ib the ni thu principles of nf the tbt r gospe pe In Inthe Inthe the th straight Halt avid ind n pith path pall isis heik mm mn t 11 th e nce r of f tI h l Vr rit The holl 1 hive In nM N they tr keep k p he pure and unspotted tr from m the w it rl Pr they should not nel follow folo I any AllY of the fashions or follies rolel of ot the world hut but they should live Jive all those these things and set eI an example worthy of ot Imitation In live Jives I h that they tie may obtain the tho lion lo arid mil confidence of at the people among whom they tho labor lab and that Ihal thoy they may tl good gothi goo and nd honorable missions ml lolis and aud return rei urn when they the shall bo ho released to lu their homes hor pure puro and unspotted front from My I brethren anti sisters IlteN the gospel os e teaches leaches us UI purity purl of or life lre and teaches 1 us tie 11 to lo love lore one InC another to be he kind to all Al mankind to 10 be friends friende to the pee peo people pie III of or the world And let our light lIht so shine thine that thaI they Ihor may ice see our good works work and our Father who Is II in heaven honl We should be true tre to our covenants which we ue make moke In the Iho waters of or baptism wherein we wo are born bor again of or the tho water aler and ald of the spirit and old become Indeed the adopted children of at our Father ther and joint heirs hru with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ May Muty the Lord d blest bites you ou I do not nol know that thaI I shall prolong my remarks hut but I mutt must mu t nay again I am alO pleased to 10 see you OU I am al thankful that you OU have ble received reele the gospel ospel I hope hOllo the thc day will wi hil route rome 1010 when you will wi be b able to 10 gather ather with us In Zion but lut I do not ad advise advise vise he you ou to be bl In haste I trust that you OU wilt will 1 remain faithful ral tul ant and true In your our fatherland to 10 the gospel pl you u have hAe re received reo received ro II no that you OU tony may mn be able to endure all al the trials the Iho Lord may mal see sec e fit nl to luring bring you ou under uner It I it Is through h trials through meeting difficulties through facing the objection and unbelief of or the world wold that gives u that In Increases increases creases our faith enlarges enlarge our com corn comprehension and gives us a 1 broader and stronger tron er Men Idea fM of or the principles which we have received I L must mut say Aa to you ou by b brethren and sisters Ailer that I know that the gospel gOllel It Is true tre I feel reel It II In all Al my m tout soul that Joseph Smith was W I a prophet of ot the Lord that he was I raised rabe up by b the power of or flot Go to 10 do tb the work which he hI did It 1 could not nol have hao been ben done by bythe b bythe the power potter of man mn From the day ulay Ia that the Prophet Joseph Smith tile his hil first vision the tite world was 8 opposed to him The Th preachers of the tile world orl claimed that Ihal the Ibe heavens were tre scaled cooled over the heads of ot man mn that thaI the canon of or scripture was tae wal full filth lul tutu that there would woul be he no 00 snore mote messengers to 10 man that the whole Gospel had been given glen to 10 the tha world orld and that that therefore It I was Wa not It right for anyone anon to claim especially U llly a child like ikI Joseph was all that t al the hen hea heavens he vans vens ens lull has been n opened that thol angels hid had hi descended from above Abe and Ind had communicated Gods Gos will to the soul ful of or man mn once ole more And An Joseph JOeph had to meet fleet all al this objection and an It I created hatred In the hearts her of or those who were werf teachers teacher of oC religious against R him and thus he be had to 10 m l the prejudice and hatred haire and enmity ml of ot all al the tIme religious people of the world They The sought to destroy his life le from the beginning b Not a I moment of his hi life le front from the time that he first started his hil mission until they the shed his blo was U his life le sato safo or without being threatened but lut the Lord Li preserved him until He lie had hd or cr organized Ills His Church ChuNh until IU I II had re restored f restored i stored a knowledge of or the store first principles pies ples of or the lb ao and In the knowledge that we tee 1 were tere ere not only luCre here lr for our per personal J conch salvation but for tor the salvation of ot those t o who had died die without a know ledges ledge leH of or the Gospel He lie restored to 10 us u the knowledge e alto also Iho that marriage was as an eternal principle that bat In order that thAI we might ml hl have hue claim upon U our husbands and ant wives and up upon upon upon on our nr children In the world worl to come ome omeA as A well wel as a In the present world orld we e mu must t be untied united together by br the power of ot God ard that all cli a covenants and 0 Ald an agree ague agreement ment end and ahl vows OW that Iha are ar entered Into In 1 this life Ue that are not net by b led God Ho or by b II authority are Ire void Id and or of no effect after aUr men ml are ar deed dead but only ani those thol principle which hI we r receive ive trIm the Lord Lr and In those flO covenants which lh we enter 1111 tnt Into Inlo tub by b his hla hs MM oM and end that thaI are ar aree ml e d by b HU Ills I authority and Ind by Ills His Hl Holy Ho will 1 endure throughout eternity and an teeny many hiM other precious things In and a all eli other ordinances es CF of ot the Gospel n tIr for our sal pal salvation palt al t are re also al necessary for our fa ra fathers there and ad as a much as aN for those who wh are ae living and an the lil Lord Ir hits has huI laid I It I upon us ua to perform the work ork which chick It Is I necessary n for their deliver deliverance Soc ance 1 front from tr the tM prison house bouse hu e and an from and an bring them to 10 the light of the Ih Gospel I and an unite them t em together under er the th bond b of ot the covenant oe ni 1 I of the tk th Gospel GOJ Cos ef of eternal truth Ma Mai tin things na hl haC urea n re it restored reo stored or 10 to the t earth through the he Prophet Joe In hi II their tubes that tha thab had b MH never been ItA In tn such ful tul nee n in any other dispensation IR of th the world ll so u lIe we wt have greet great IN I cause t u to rejoice nih nd l tn Ut be exceeding I happy because we e h bM hae e received I d the Uie Ue Lords fords word ord anti and Clods loda truth and authority to 10 administer an 1 In the Ih ordinances of ot the th Gospel accept acceptably ate t ably Ab to 10 Him God Go bless ben you OU 1 Is II my I i prayer In 10 the name nam of Aen ken the reservation was organized These Thue matters of ot business render this title one on of ot th the most mast Important conferences ever eu held in this stake slake of or Zion ton FIr Harden was ivas wa sus SUI sustained lamed us as 11 first nul and Elder Thomas Thomal SIT rl as a second counselors coun tn in 11 the stake j Both of or those IhMe brethren are arc dency deney prom promInent treat and alid widely known m me men n and their I selection election for these Important positions j meals broil Itol the hearty hut approval of all al the IheI saints Mint I Interested In this portion of ot tile the Lords lori vineyard j II I Lambert woe as aM re reo leased lell from from time the position Ilo of member of or the high council With Sith the position 1 1101 rendered render vacant In Iii II the council counell through the Ile calling caln of ot Elder Harden to 10 the stake Itoko presidency r there were two v vacancies c In the high council counci which were re by b sustaining Prof Iro Prof William WilliamJ J 50 Snow and ami an I tL I U Ii Bartet as R members of or the high council lIder Snow SIOW is II I th Ihl the present principal of the Uintah Stake I academy There were Here also aleo a te fe change In the officers of 01 the I At tt the dote doc of or conference a sr Idal e lat I meeting nf of r the li taunts mint from rout the Ih ie r w iI s held There were eI present I seventh well ell known eiders that I ha among RI them W tV ni nut I I Barr Borr r Musser In r J Lambert Mild Sila Silan P n Smith and AnI I If f tlc 1 and President m mart I IIa gave gate Ia I the II saints much timely suited stilted If tn to their condition as a the founders founder of It new The new hl of the Ihl pioneer of ur Ih erstwhile Indian reserva reservation linn ion l 1 is composed of If K l l with lh Urr Mu t i is te first anti and us as RI t This Thin Til card has hu been bean christened hut thu I ward aard rd Elder Lambert wa was bl of IC C Woodland Woland In the Ibe stake Make iid III BIr Musser II r wa va u with whit lh the 1 Ilah Iah ha Ita lerlen leris lerl In the and also tilled filled a S I lone lonc I n mission In lit time lb islands Elder has tilled a mission ml In iii h the southern stairs and anti has hal had n a 1 practical experience o In temporal mat matters matI I The new I bishopric Is I composed of or strong lt fn g rugged and experienced men anti and d their under tinder Inder the Inspiration of u the Lord lor Is II certain During Durin the evening of or Sept fp 2 i a n ron con conference ference ferenee of or the Mutual Improvement as association a was wa hold held M I Y w c Stake Clerk |
