Show ot of the cache valley stake of zion WOODRUFF CANNON SMITH address the con congregations apostle moses thatcher president smith on politics rom f irth page SUNDAY AFTERNOON Conr conference orence met at 2 p in the tabernacle wag wa filled to its utmost capacity while baliv anany waru obliged 0 to go away tho the meeting was called to ort order I 1 er 1 in president b orson smith tile the choir and congregation sang we c thank thee 0 gud aud for a Prop liet I 1 have been re requested d iv by tile the preside residency bev hero hern to de dedicate this liou jaoue ze the old portion of this house was wait dedicated some gome years ago 10 1 7 0 but the main building bring being unfinished was never dedi dedicated catel wo we understand the brethren have requested me to offer oner the dedicatory tit v prayer I 1 have generally left tins this labor to my mv counselors clors but inasmuch a enuch as I 1 have been particularly reque requested tell 1 I will endeavor to offer oner a prayer before the lord and I 1 want von all to unite with me men women and children ildren cli that out our minds may be one in what we ask of the lord the dedie dedicatory atory prayer was then offe kofl cred redi by president wilford woodruff mr cowley as aristed assisted isted by tile c hoir rendered the solo olo 0 0 ily father I 1 liou hou that Twel leth WOODRUFF I 1 would like to talk a ot le luat ift cin call get thet faith of the saints will the spirit of the lord to at assist eist mr chis inor before I 1 cattle came to ol oid I 1 studied with a garld deal if interest ome tome t of tile the paintings painting 0 brother moses thatchers hrit before bedorr pilate and christ calvary upon the t lie cross I 1 hou bought glit after lookin looking mat at the scene alp ilp descended below all thin things 1 silt 11 nine came to earth eirtle was taber in t lie was born of nolar born in the due time of the biord traveled from froin the manger to b 1 eross cross and onward to tile the throne 0 i I 1 grace race appointed to pass through lit lac in poverty and tion all the davs of his life poor lie ile never vi led a dollar that we lye have any ak 11 of for a fiort period of ue thiap years and a half lie he ored lored in tit alie flesh lie he performed 1 reat labor the or organization animation of church v and lid Kin kingdom kandoin doin of god in ll if s g i lay day ordaining r apostles seven and 1111 a few di seiple who followed 11 lit in through gli that time of his life ilire are on oil ti alie ie earth cirt li lie ile was put to it 1 ath nailed to the cross cruci I 1 for the redemption of the world i r ery cry apostalo was ivas either crucified 0 be headed or put to deatle in some on anner for the word vord of oil od arid and x of jesus christ except lohn john 0 hie I 1 c revelator min tire they clotild riot not kill the lord appointed j h I 1 n to live otherwise lie would hinc i tire same fate as ag the ia tiers six sixty ty years of history have we as a U lio ople passed through why you got the I 1 presidency licy with vu in today to day after sixty years ye arsi chy ave VOL apostles living in in your who walk your streets day and night llight n why do 11 ou on have 1 1000 latter day saints gathered together t in these valle valleys N S of tile mountains in a nation of sixty I 1 millions of people these rhese questions hould bo be answered lit in the odthe of alio latter lattur day saints there is A meaning in ill all these ti lings s we c ii live c in ill a dill arent a tion lion in ill a different din erent or order avi of ti bilings ings in ill one olle i of tl alie word from what the savior and his apostles postles I lid did that wa a lay bly of sacrifice those holy and noble the in ill that alien inc n boro bore apostleship div and allol 0 generation and laid down their live lives for it three years and a half tile savior labored in the priesthood ail and then ile he was ciuci lud fied lu d tire the apostles foll him chev v labo labored for a number of years arid and they u were ere pu pul t to death by 1 tile jews ar id d gentiles ind and god took them houle home to himself ile he then took trio tile priesthood front from the earth and it lias has remained in tho the hands of god and his ion jesus christ until revealed in fill fill ulment nent of tile the prophecy of isaiah mi many clity centuries had passed millions of human hinnan bein beins beings s jews and gentiles gentile have beer been born in the spirit world and not one soul of them has hall hail power to administer tile the principles of life arid and salvation bionto to the human far family nily there have anve been millions of good men mc n who have acted accordia according to the li liblit ailt they hall had such men is as luther vesley and the nui numerous nerous others who caina came arid and preached according cordill 0 to the knowledge n they possessed but tire they had not the power to adin administer inister one ordinance of the go goepel pil they did not hold the holy priesthood that had been taken away in fulfillment of the voids of ismah Isai ali jeremiah ezekiel arid and all the holy lot prophets I 1 want to speak of those men who have been called to per perform forin the work that liaa ha been done iii ia the earth in our day when koepli joaeph smith sinith tood stood in tit the llesh in this fir alie lift lat dispensation who was joseph St smith ilith was lie he a law lawyer y er NV was as lie he a doctor of divi divinity n ity was lie what is called a i great greaf man a learned man mail no ile he was a youth a youth unlearned in ill the things and s systems stenis of the car tit lie ife was a pure young noun 1 man inan who wa was moved upon by tile the holy ghost arid and wat war administered unto in ii his youth while s something ile he vas was I a pure young 0 man mail who was moved upon by the holy glio ahot t arid and was unto in iii hi 4 youth white bOl something bom ething like fourteen years years of age in lie he had in an administration in ill answer from the father and son to liis his prayers ers the father said this is my beloved love son hear ye e him joseph nuth lis listened bened to that aliat proclamation to tile words words of ul jesus christ joseph sinith wa riot not crucified cruci lied but bill lie jie was inart martyred marty red in cold blood ile he for the word of god I 1 I 1 d 10 th 1110 loy aj J it seems strange why the prophet prop liel and liis his 1 broth cr per pt r to be taken out butof of our midst joseph smith wa 4 ordained to to lay the foundation of this great dispensation of the falness of times ile he was ordained to organize 7 this church of jesus christ of latter day saints saint on oil earth forthe for alie last time finie and prior to the conein coming of the aon ot or mun man and sixty years have passed since the organization of this aliis church on etli day of april I 1 became convinced eon vi need myself on reflection after the death of the prophet that thai lie he was ordained to lie die ile he was ordained in my my view to lay lav down his life and shed his blood a as a testimony to this dispensation of tile the falness of times I 1 am ain satisfied of this in m my I 1 own mind but that does not take anav the curse or the judgment a from who put him to death the lord lias has ordail ordained ordain iod od that zion shall he be built up tip the lord lias has proclaimed this aliis through tile mouths of in aired men I 1 feel to thank god that we live in a generation u when fien we have power to build up zion to fulfil fulfill alio the words of the old patriarch jacob who when lie blessed liis his sons told joseph joseph that lie he wasa iasa faithful bough and the blessings of heaven were to be upon hirn arid and his posterity you are liis his children you are arc ins its descendants ants born in the klesli and scattered amon among the gentiles in ill tin the dispensation of the falness of times the people who have icee ived liis his gospel anil and who hold tire everlasting in priesthood by which the inhabitants habitants of the earth carth ara warned to prepare for tire the judgments of the almighty thatis thai is the lie reason we are here lure ap spoils apo oILs icks arid and elders ciders thousands unit and thousands thou ands of whom are in tire the lleti alc h in this day arid and it generation are i jut bat it as ready to go out and lay lav down own their fives is as were ivere the cail early V apostles but J god ordained otherwise in ili regard to tile alie work of gol god the lord never f mt fet et his II 11 M land hand to ac corulli complis Comp lih it any voik in any age of the x world or ld but what ile ho it had ail tin an element clement prepared for that I 1 embraced tile the gospel aeto after r the first sermon I 1 ever headd I 1 had been looking for it from my iny bOvI boyhood lood you believed thet the gospel and went forth and were baptized you had hands laid upon you yat for the eption or of tile tho holy ghost whether you came caine from england 17 norway Sw Sweden elen scotland or fro from the alie islands of the sea if you had not had the spirit of god with will you you would not ilot have come here you in logan would not have tins this temple this tabernacle nor this congregation 0 but you listen listened cd to tn the spirit of god arid and to the teich ingri anil and testimony of tire the elders of israel tile the lorl lord lias has promised u us tit the building buil din up of zio zion ii the g gi of the gentiles to these mountains of israel now tiny this is inar marvelous it iti ia true this body bod bof of men and women here in these mountains have come here strict strictly IV through ii the of god and lid in fulfillment fill filli ment neilt of the prophecies prop decies of isaiah jeremiah ezekiel daniel iio II osea ca and others look at the weak things lungs of tit alio world lit at such men as have been called to lead this his people joseph smith was a young voting C man inan lie ile had lived fourteen years after uio the organization 1 of this church when I 1 lie l was martyred marty red Brig liam hain young followed iii him i iii lie ile iv was ras a humble man mail in his day dav and time the lord railed called hini him and lie stood tit at the licad of the twelve A apostles you know what lie did the revelations of the lie lord were wit i him bini day by lay and lie taught arid and continued to lead this people by the lie power of god and tile revelations of jesus christ Cl irist lie ile laid lid the foundation of the alie great work of israel in tit these ese mountain 6 many any gentiles visited us on oil the occasion of the arri irrigation 0 aaion congress arid and those genelen gentlemen tell marvelled marvellee marvel led at the lie b beauty auty of salt lake city I 1 told them that 1 I with brig brigham hain young helped to lay out that city in the midst of sage brush lie ile laid the foundation of the temple tempi and tabernacle and was at the licad heart cfall of all tire the work I 1 am now going to talk about revelation people have an idea that revelation lias has cc aed why nah v b bless I 1 e ss your N our this church was never led except by inspiration of Al almighty inight god Brig liam young it was a a humble man mail jonn taylor aa Q 4 4 mikea T aki I 1 cuir if W was 1 S a 1 far fanner nier arid and that esthe way the lord has chosen I 1 his lis apostles why lid did lie he not call the wise wic men of the earth because lie could not use then them they are arc not the elements the lord his has called lie ile lias has called the weak things of tile the world choen cho en them to lead and 0 guide the affairs of this church I 1 have had some revelations of late very very important ones to ni me 0 I 1 wanted to bring L your minds to what iz is termed the manifesto the lord lias has told tile me by revelation there are arc a 0 great many saints a great reat many ganv members of the ilie church throughout zion who have bee been sorely tried in their licarte because of that manifesto notwithstanding in the testimony of tile presidency and apostles orthis of this church the people to do riot not understand it the lord tells tile me there has been a good many tried ever since I 1 got of that revelation I 1 have heard of a great many ganv who are arc of whom I 1 lid did not know lie before fore now the lord has commanded me to do one thin tiling lie ile has ha told me ine to ask tile the latter day saints a question and this is the question isyou if you will listen listell to what 1 would say gay to them that they should answer lie die t question put to them the by tile alie spirit arid and power of god t aney hey would ifould all believe alike with regard to that arid and the question is this which is the wisest cours cour sc c fur for this people to pursue purs lie the presidency and the leading men of israel to stop thi aliis s practice of plural marriage in tire mid midat mida A of this nation at the sacrifice that is I 1 s if wo we do nonstop it of our te temples at the stoppage of every ordinance in every temple we have got of both fr for fir alio living arid and for the dead for the imvris of the presidency of this aliis church the twelve apostles trill and the fathers in ill israel at the sacrifice of their personal persona I 1 or to lo cease ceas e our enc enemies inies ili had laid their plans to carry out this the lord revealed to me exactly what would take place it if this people lid did riot not stop ti liis its practice knit and in ill that case if we did riot not toll stop it you you would have no 11 uge in the temple here fur for brother alroth r merrill nor brother I 1 los kellN nor brother leishman leishin ail or tiny any of the brethren trouble would come upon the alie whole church and kill kingdom 0 of god anil we ne would be obliged ailed of necessity to i top thi practice or whether we should stoll it according to the lie mind and will of god gl unto us it arid and have our prophets 17 KE y free tern ples in ill tile hands of this people fo for ajile the people ti go there and I 1 the dead I 1 aci I 1 this ati 6 0 n fl or VOLI to answer this is vy 1 k ion ilic u as aa a 1 W avo beet been alf ini if twe we had not tak eh when we have gona s far ar ns his we could go then lien wen wea i e cj US t we were commanded to build triple in ill jackon jacks oil county we ve coula conlan f liba ot accomplish it il but the lord t docs not hold us is cespon sible iva 11 wo we have gone as fa fir as we ca cail 1 wt wa are justified I g ag to stop trill igon D rd many men have been eriq a anil ii thought brother woodruff pd ad lost lom his faith in go gol I 1 and ivas wasa washout a LAO out u t to apostatize this is not the esy i tho ille iol lord d 11 has a told him leini crac to in do now I 1 W 1117 hako ou gentlemen and ladie lad ii brethren a and lot sisters lay this t wart ian and d think of it had we ive n ap u tile the courso course we ave havo have don matter if we had not jenoine Je soine step I 1 saw ex cx act acely w whap I 1 would como come to t olp pass pa with rega mcg 7 ital I 1 to this thi mea meltire tire I 1 have lia biad d aija is fear for a long L timo time since I 1 hiJ hav i een wn president of this church W n ti I 1 have ail opportunity to express press my lily beelin fe r elin s I 1 have felt as it ii I 1 y were civi I 1 I 1 I 1 r 1 v but I 1 will say this that sh should 0 uld havo seen peon all these cal ides femc anoll mv if in 1 fr frid had bof no the ilic lord 1 command ine ine to t do this chills I 1 wil 1 ire lord dictated to tire ine and laj it before mv my 1 re thren brother gini annon ion hei here e brother ih othar joseph I 1 ve apostles bev fell in with I 1 me C the twel apostles fell feil in iv with tit ine inc wha because they IV were re move moved I 1 tit bip by the inspiration of god bod and I 1 ji IP a of jesus christ to lo boloso loso 1 80 1 I leave this matter ciyou avii P TIO tile lord is at work with the lord |