Show tho conference convened at 1030 on friday morning may ac present on alic of alie first presidency of the church john taylor aco Q cannon ami joseph F smith of the quorum of apostles wilford woodruff erastus snow loranzo snow franklin D It ichards albert carrington II 11 J grant and J W ta alor of the presidency of alio slake win B preston M W marrill and C 0 caird alo other prominent brethren i opening exercises prayer by president Q cannon wai U ritE STOX alic conference I 1 trust hat all the saints who have gathered at tah conference have come together with a prayer in their hearts that the words that may be spoken unto us whether of instruction counsel reproof or commendation may be dictated by alio holy spirit this is a beautiful and auspicious day the latter day saints of this stake never saw a day eliat was more so it is indeed a day of rejoicing among us am pleased to be able to report this stake in a cooil and condition throughout alic wards arc blessed with good presiding olai cars lu speaking of cache valley stake I 1 mean to include the districts lately organized into lian nock and oncida stakes the latter day saints of these stakes arc as a rule trying to live their religion and alie various organizations as sabbath schools Y AI and Y L M I 1 A and societies arc iu a flourishing condition as a rule and areil a good i ork the also growing in wealth just about as fast as they can bear it and there are some poor among us they aie being looked after carefully by the or if not they ought to be our temple is finished or will be liy tomorrow to morrow but alic idea not go forelli among abc ilay taints t abat alicy inay now cease con to alic of temples ic temple in salt lake i not yet and for one I 1 hope never to sp alio when there is not here a to lie built ami fm isial though alic saints have donated liberally towards the erection of this house alicy have increased in and arc better off today to day llian before they began to build it the prayer of apostle oreon when he dedicated the ground has been fulfilled in this respect A 0 MOOT 0 utah slake 0 zion addressed alio saints I 1 lime been much pleased with the remarks of pratton especially su ichard to ha manner in which god bis dealt with the saints tills temple district a bo leavo to li binally in building a house unto ibo dicine ot abc lord abit ho has old shows eliat the lord docs not forget his and eliat he Is ready to bless the willing and obedient among Ms it may seem that in alio tho lord ams dealt with ilia peo ale wo have been called to sac our bomes and property anil yet in acry instance where we have biado I 1 of lloil kind willingly tor the sake ol 01 abc gospel it has resulted in our good blessing and and in advancing llie kingdom ot cod the tord has surely wrought luciy mighty miracles in this cescil alio llio ol 01 his people and a wayfaring man though a tool need not cir in seeing bluit ilia band has been over llis people 1 often think that biad we remained in the cist and illinois from whence we were driven wo could not grown as we liae here in these I 1 pray god aliat alon may prosper and 0 arcome c ery power that opposes her or seeks her destruction may god grant for christe Chii ste sake amen SNOW aie happy diya in which ts abill assemble din big this conference so tar is our pleasure and and the that will be given arc much depends upon ourselves and the spirit we havn within us during our attendance at this conference when I 1 consider the present circumstances ot the saints and look forward to llie that cpin them I 1 feel to exceedingly we are whom the ancient prophets said should be among all nations and sitter eliom the lord bohld send his ushers and hunters that we might be gathered out of he world and constituted his people this knon ela hn been communicated to us by the gospel in baoy instances saints birst embraced the gospel they acro tinned out of employment and it as though they must suffer or alie very necessaries of life the prospect before them was dark indeed and yet all this their way was opened up them they were to alon and imo become prosperous happy and in niamy Sn wealthy bile we were in tho and bc we heard the gospel we bad not the comforting hopes of alie future that we have now when wo lost in death a wife or a child our grief at times la supportable for we had not an that the bics tics that bound us to the dead were not severed forever bin by the liblit of the gospel we know that the ties between members ot a timily arc eternal and and that they cannot be severed by death or any other power as we have obeyed the law of god it to roe alicie is a people on the face of the froin whom gratitude to god is due that people arc abo and it seems to me that we ought to be willing to make and evcic tor tho advancement building up of the kingdom of god no elder of israel should entertain feelings on the contrary our bosoms should swell w etli emotions ot noble generosity ero sity we arc maligned and it is said of us eliat we are utterly depraved auie but a greater falsehood could scarcely be spoken of us of all people iu we bhonn a disposition and willii igness to labor and make sacrifices si atie of humanity when i ico tho latter day cair by prosperity and in possession of istir house firms and properly I 1 feel to ask myself aro bliesa people sufficiently grateful to god do aliey realize their wealth and prosperity sire not the result of their but of iho of god epou tha e efforts to mairow as lias been said the temple upon yonder hill will be dedicated to abc loid it will bo a glorious glo rions history of the latter day it has always been when c hryc bad an opportunity to enter into as in Kirt lanil tho alic of their lives in building com and dedicating a temple it was 11 logoua time with them and some pt moat gloriot ever witnessed by nian transpired lu it abod hie latter day god bless hh aci rauh and handmaids hand maids who have obeyed ills celestial law I 1 bow alic c is ecat comfort and consolation I 1 lor such then I 1 say to the ol 01 the lord who have the law of the lord is a blessing and comtois and for you chii ion dream of or lord promises a blessing on condition of obedience it means to elioso alio obey alini stay grovu instructive to us nal we all receive such alcis ass mss aaa desire is my prayer in the mainc ol 01 the lord josm vinen coussee OR II 11 WELLS addressed lue I 1 leel or the privileges of aliis eliy no all ever loose any thins by to alic building bui ldina up the kingdom of god I 1 have this in ny own life and know it to be so alic present is alic beat day tint latter day israel ever saw israel has gained ever bioco alie of iho kirtland temple alio dedication of the temple ol 01 nauvoo was a gibat but we im einck alien we hac gained two temples since llian tho of these temples is 1 aning witness to alic truth of this and to the knitli of this work and to ho and sincerity of the saints we abc merely alie instruments of alie lord iu his bereit it wo will allow him mill so ua as ills honored lishing that which will beem but the n aik oik ij the lords anil liduor aud glory to iris been to build alili temple has been no crow dlug bor the the LIU built case anil yet it is hie lara cit and temple wo luno abt elected in alic ays of and its were poor and it was a tax up ani them to build a temple and yet iu lc boid alie temple to be built alln a tiina or he gald jie would tho ith their dead in alio daya 0 the caiti did boc the 0 tho to the of aliv tfx had not at ible lime been lait it wl made known to the saints in t and thousands ot aci pies ill vibe built the lenal minding lip 0 chii cadilli alicie hlll be nt years in this work nal la alic tints will the 0 their dald by john r M by iral emilli uto CANNON alic occa lon lias in to h one of more or druary to in is 1 it li buo ouo orinc ol 01 our liaci and iu bo back to by ua aa 1 l louic alibay to be remembered alic ot a it an acut bis red so in abc n to lose its anil 1111 elt csibi lance ller emotion lo 10 therewith 1 awn males ail offering unto the it Is a thing to thit offering may not be accepted ol 01 allin mid it ts 1 thing lor in to anat the lord eniy because ol 01 we hac dobie or to datum uis roin u and to accept our I 1 hiiro had boine such as tace in with this temple 1 lie servants pt abe lord nv lit to 1 lucail here or a temple alio ground waa dedicated aud the corner ol 01 the bull dlug cre laid with appropriate alio llio babuta went lorali and the anil auw it t lucius for to go tui hi and dedicate it I 1 hiitt doubt ut alic ol 01 alic selection ol 01 the ground neither do 1 doubt lloil the lord ft the building yet them MC d tills subject and I 1 would liko to sec iho e w ho cuter the to able to manifest maui fest llie spirit of bod i we profess to be llie choshu the elect ol 01 cud audio belong to Us church which cau be by the lecca tion of can be administered only by tho authorized authorised tv nants of god hii this respect u differ all kotlier in the I 1 believe thic god ba accepted the labors of alic S ilits in the eruc tiou ol 01 chii 1 believe BO I 1 have becu alic of the cod in the men lio have directed alic labor and because 0 the blessings ih attended abe saints during its erection it is a peculiar aca temple building the anger hatico and ol 01 alio enemies ot alio it was eo in kielland Ki rlland also la in the attempt cuido tharo to commence lie erection of a temple t was so in damoo it was so when the temple as we arc told thit abe w 01 loica their tools and n camons capons in luicir at llie mainc lime alio tt ork atu on alio temple li bond with their ralles close by was similar in tho enemies ol 01 the sainta did their utmost to the 0 the there undertook to the temple at jerusalem the enemies 0 llie their utmost here lii utah it lie ol 01 tho could have had their way would haie been no commenced in salt lake city there would not have been one finished in st gcoy is nor la login Alln siou lias been nude to the ity of tua suns hallo building piu ji is thit whoever goes to build a temple according to the will nod ol 01 god is always blessed Is no exception to the rule the saints better oft alter they built alic than they it it was so in aan ind it is so in st george the and hie ot thu people that the people kiive steadily indrea ed 10 wealth since alic ot alic temple ethcie xo doubt alie same is tilio of alio saints in tills stake could accurate figures be obtained you arc belter off your arc better tur saud you baic more means aud bethic you to build aliis temple alic lord Is teaching m thai the caioli and all that it aro and by which repaid as calculated to klicin lucli ns going ou missions purse or scrip building temples etc Is making his people wealthy fineu who buic spent their time in service in the and you will tand that god has 0 o blessed them that they are as prosper oni fiill to do as there are who hive devoted ill their time to their own interests ibo same is true ol 01 alic inan who have mair lage ind hae large families it might be supposed would ahcin ahey lire as well ol 01 their aro as well provided lor aind have as comtoi table homes as arc alic amities ami ties ol 01 those who hau not entered into this it is lie same those who build temples 1 tell you ni bie thieu and sisters thit the people v ho build temples to the lord will become a peat and mighty people is something in connection wah that eliat draws to us the aid nud sympathy 0 the hosts of he nan the time during which david ind solomon were building a at was tho golden age of israel it Is said that silver was ai in streets ot jei as and sold abounded fa lavish abundance inasmuch as we devote libe liberally rilly ot our means to the erection ot temples to the loid io will pour out wealth upon ii as fast ai we sire able to no it it is good for us to our means this way or these temples mill be used not only tor alic 0 ordinances but as places ot instruction w acie knowledge will bo communicated to and poured out upon alic latter day saints through the it sa nut ahn intention of the loid to the education and of his saints to what is religion but they will be instructed in science by the light of the gopel all alia i become and cay tu ind it is the design ot tho almighty that his people aci iiii 1 fullness of knowledge of all kind and all departments of intelligence TAt LOll it Is not my intention to talk cry long tills aaflei ant I 1 desire to refer 0 o some martcia associated with alic temple Is to be dedicated to mairow especially financial lin ancial tho saints of this temple district lime very liberal in donating towards the election ot aliis and it is dedicated we want tu liae i full of the connected with it I 1 ice aliat liat am luany and liero irom 1 distance aad in the nimo of ali of logani f bid you welcome I 1 kaow thiis n alio of alic ot this stake I 1 hope you aru all aided willi lodging it any aiu not and will it kronn to the committee appointed for the pill pone they will bo pi 0 aided tor sometime ago it was announced tuu we could not dedicate thil temple until it was paid for it would not bo for us to offer to the lord is not bourg the speaker here explained alio on v hit hit wag proposed the existing on the building should be paid naively through alic agency of alio llio Tri itte lu trim tho aliu was submitted to alio llio far d wis by si vote the said the appointment to the ot bic eidling biho made it for ot aliis stake to he appointed he then ce sicly the names of C U jird ai 1 as urson benith as counselor all 1 were ily in UK positions named the speaker then continued not very tar hence irael will lie tin people will aa bo the on tho earth glicr uio t intelligent world they will e hie people on tho alie atine h not fsr a dmn vill tc proul 10 be able to wf alitt ho was he Is now lon in xion nl alio tone 0 o wits will become alic licad ol 01 alic corner at ahe floso 0 president rc ditl llast cannot nn lick cn ot to the temple lie alto hie temple would be bield at half pat ten to and that they w donld be ance and perhaps twice conference to give nil an opportunity to attend in the temple die conference then adjourned till ahli afternoon it halt pit two in the |