Show 0 6 hiir II Ir rN cr 41 I 1 the conf conference 1 I once of tile oneida oncida stake of zion CO convened livened in the oxford ford meeting Biec ting house oil saturday april apostle john 11 II mi an J d elder C D of tile the general church authorities and il frisi dent dilalo S bialo of tile stake presidency were preb present elit after singing 0 0 elder b M 1111 cowley offered a prayer the clar choir qan sang 0 beautiful zion president hale hal e made 1 a I few brief introductory remarks after which 1 reports were aicard front froni the hie several wards ward Biel bishop ioli robert lewis reported arted t lie oxford ward win 31 M barlor arlor clifton bishop Disho pJ J Maii 31 aughan glinn welon bishop L meacham river dale rider elder charles Crosha Cros liaw b by re ile ILI abt alink creek creck ward counselor alvill wm woodland marsh valley bishop aco stewart malad bishop W C Par parkinson kimon preston counselor davill david bowen samaria bishop stewart Sl ewart through the request reque ia of tile the acting officer of st johns reported tit that at ward ui deop joseph dudley alic rry creek aro APOSTLE TLE jony JOHN 11 SMITH believed that hint a change chanc was being wrought among nil all clasi clewes ies of people in ili regions where the latter day yai saints ants are settled the work of god is making be headway adway not a sing single 10 lo attempt to retard the work has succeeded durin during these times moderation should li be our motto it re a great deal more heroism to control 1 under try iliff iiii circumstances c cum u auces than to give way to anger 9 r we are sometimes given to things that are not proper we should not deride other people s religion we having become conversant the lai law y expect to be judged by it thero are laws of compensation that cannot be lic avoided certain ca c things cannot lie be done without di results the man w who bo lives complying with all tile the laws of god od is is heppy aud and conton contented ted tile nun nian who does not do this brings n sorrow upon bini himself self liis his neighbors sense sens that lie he is III unhappy hil lt it il i calp impossible possible os sible said one of old oll to lo 10 love re god whom hoin av we have not seen and late hate man whom we have seen while tile spirit it of charity cli arity should i impress ili press ns forcibly we should t not lose sight of justice tit the speaker pleaded d with the saints saint s to be faithful consistent and true and bore a strong te testimony stimon to the truth of tile gospel the choir san sang and bishop 11 C parkinson Pir Par kinion offered benediction A fonio ou lc hark the soil song of jubilee was sung i by ille alie choir bishop geo gen stewart offered pra prayer y er after ani ringing aug by the choir ELDER C U D FJELDSTED SO said ill we have 0 good reak sons to lie be thankful to out our heavenly father that we ire are connected with his we have enjoyed peace a ns i 1 people for a i garld many years we leave have drifted in was wais in some regains which the lord does not lot allf approve OVe of th the e lord lias has instructed that eliat we should be united if tin this s people were one it in temporal things lings ti the loid one in ili spiritual T i ritual things were we till united cited lie w e could have ill many aill of the things necessary for use made at home taic speaker believed that thai the he lord lom was w is determined by some means to make us one things thing a transpiring tran which we do not sometimes like are for our gool good mid and welfare we learn to re tile covenants COI ClIal lb with our rather ather and to perform forni the duties it quiren of it it 11 is I 1 an 1 I 1 I 1 thill tiling if to know avet I 1 ter we ive are arc livin livius so that we aw 1110 ennit entitled I 1 ed to the le 11 of god to be A itil iw Is ia M in I 1 abiding I 1 testimony our enemies are arc on oil ali alie C albit t to deprive 1 rive us its of the liberties we wc enjoy now it ILLS ilis always been the case ca se that the people of goj ciol vt ere cro persecuted wu we bave no ren reason to expect salvation che alver than tile they it 11 the lie people ople of enoch should cretul 11 we would have to be one in ill order to associate v with ith them the lord will auak luak e u n willing in the t lie day of his I 1 power iftner while we havene opportunity till to work let un it put oil into our limps i now is ii file lie time thile to 0 our it biffi difficulties clil ties we I i hould hiie breidi ich I 1 the it 0 firt principles of the gopel to 0 our u r children i is a t abili t y res resting till upon our lers in ti this I 1 IS i regard let us teach our mir hilt everything avei j thing talat will profit them flient when wedo we do till fill talat b v cc e cin in tins direction the lord will less bles it 1 anil I I 1 we lye will be happy li sippy ELDER CARLli IB spoke of lir he reli religious 11 i 0 u I 1 de that hall taken pra place 1 since tile hie gospel ball been rea through tin the pyo prophet lillet doze joseph lill Sil billith lith principles were taught by ceiri er t toda to da ill that ai lr colls iclet unorthodox a 1 I few years a ago 0 hlll 10 1 0 wai vas a silent lint but steady 1111 inge tuk ill ing 9 ir place ill in tin tile views of le leading re I 1 idiom i 01 1 I 1 thiu 1 inkers i aiters tile the tc teaching achill of t the gospel 1 1 1 e 1 iv by the elders ciders had much tl to 1 do l 0 i in 1 c causing 1 it the speaker dilated I 1 upon t lie pre preparations ions that li il awil made aI for tile of the gospel in this thil age the a government fly crinne lit of tile hie united states wim va s organized and birr ter citizens were intended tie d to ile be free the children childr rn of tilt the latter day saint g 1 ill education v which hiell win va ili til thein eill to maintain freedom apoll thil in ill tile hie fullie their parents hall had manifested great moral courage UM annl I 1 the ili ildren inherited ds a rule good t front from thein we arr are walling making a struggle for religious fre freedain edoin and will NOR gain gain it tor for and aind for an fn ull till pi uple who it nill ill come collie us list tile choir sa sing ll 11 ind was wa liy iler A 11 1 airale sunday lon 10 ii ill bit the choir sung hills surrounded elder S C I 1 iridion iri ion differed olt liff ered artler prirca the lie choir billig ban lard U e cuic clince beffre clicc now 1 1 Vori oils report aal ill ti IlU of UW tin oci alli ions r nd the general and ind I 1 docil 0 cill were tile iconic n alle s were nu in true till I 1 to 0 4 their labans another th r b rn ELLE iff ris IN ws II 11 pleased with the lie 01 opportunity I 1 of meeting wit willi i III this alm con re re u cc I 1 if f bere iere ever wai it tine time when I 1 i c m it bee bce our duty duly kocet to set our I 1 lives ives in or I 1 LT rr the til pres was alint time wo we 43 L young people have not hall hail t to pasa through the trials unit that our pit prents have lind had to endure it is true that lint some soine had been on oil missions hiis bioni und had bud gainel some experience fience but tile the lord lind had beims blessed ced them rind and imd hill answered swe reil their prayers the rhe of the y young 0 1111 people should bo be drawn out to study tile the history of the church nud and of those ww who had opposed this worl they study of Y tile the evidence of tile existence of a god the world imi haa been atthe ait the cathings cach ings of tile latter day saints Si ints dut but ti these w se doctrines s nrc are not new I 1 they were taught anciently there is is a 11 ic ie resting resting upon tile the latter day dai Slin tf to teach their children the lie kirbt principles of the gospel before they are eight years ot of age nae 0 the speaker dilated upon the reception of the 6 holy ghost t ail and d the testimony luo 0 of t alie lc spirit also upon the manifestation of that spirit the latter 41 lay ay iy saint saints bear teN testimony that god I 1 la as kaied up nil a prophet prop liet in this age of tile the and there are arc thousands of witnesses to this truth the speaker had conversed with the lie only div living witness of the three to afie divinity of the hook book of mormon who was wai alive and had heard hini testify to the truth of his hia past te testimony As young people we want to rid nd ourselves of anything bordering upon I 1 0 ik skepticism e I 1 1 ind and gain 11 knowledge knowli e eni 9 of I 1 the e bosl gospel I 1 e I 1 and of bran brances clis of 1 learning ne m g ile he ito hoped ell that we ire would do this and d qualify iTly ourselves oun ourt elves lor for f til titine tin e useful n sq ELDER MILO ANDRUS had listened with pleasure to the instructions of the conference truly is tile lie work weare we arc engaged in a inar below work and a 1 w wonder oil tr we vc are bein being pre prep prepared 1 ired to the palt pait the lord designs se signa tit of in ai by practical experience the results that we begin to feel in ill consequence ot the fictions actions of men inen against us arc 1 1 remarkable kable the cheerfulness of those riders elders who have conic collie front the heui tent tertiary iary tind and of abose tho e who ire arc going H wonderful alie speaker referred to liis his early carly religious experience and some of the alie leacIl teachings ings of those days when gods word cattle came through revelation light radiated ill the minds of those who alio would ic ceike it god through his lias has organized i system ilia L will reach the condition of all nien ind and women we fire at work to bring 0 lift lifland to aig light ad that man mail might ha till e ejoy joy we feel in tile practice of the ordina ordinances of the gospel that wr we ire are engi engaged ged in ii a work woric that builds up tip and makes happy hapin hallin the lie hum hunt humin in race we descove discovered red in ili our youth thit that god had establish ed a sy system stelli that 11 would thrive in I 1 alie ic of adversia ty 1111 ell we were ili in ui auli fault biti found with us mccause bac iusa we ve exercised our god given rights in voting for ineil ot of our ci choice loice we were caled haled fur our union and we hac talc been ever since but it lias ilas not out our growth the tion 0 of f the earth had received in an impression that this aliis might inight be the of god mid would accini its purpose pui pul pose pobe but have ito nut t learnd that the opposition oll of its ellen enemies lies u ii the b which aids its growth the ti time title will conic collie tile the is a of tile alie chinch of jesus clidia of latter day mil ill take tile ilig ilag ot of oin nr country ind lift it on oil ili high ami all people coming coining bere hi rc fiill ill hur have h u r the privilege of worshipping shipping avol wor guj god as tiley they clelie aki ic jile speaker hall spent spi nt fitly fifty six bear actis in ill the t of u the alic gus pe and had enjoyed thereby ile ie desired that the file of god would rest ilan ailion ill all israel the ille choir sing sang owl ben diction wils bcd by dudley bunday 2 1 i in ill the ibo choir billig 1 11 hail all tile vs 1 I 1 1 daiy diy ty ie S 5 it II mile offered pinicy the rhe choir gaii af add let bj clI ali be aitla ni wis avas jolln JOHN 11 1 saibi tint that a tAtT tile guldi uce of tile llie laloli it toes not know 1 alt u be liest best to gi c urto iino the lie with kiil tho lilli atilt liri fro ere vt ut leoce alio llio tf aijo laten li avi the allind liin call be active avid tile toli tongue gile flue flee the n 1 I ads a I 1 lid lo 10 field fl bioni on aich loli iw to feed facil tile the minus is of 0 lie diers ilau naturally Is 1 I civill brina X xu matter aliat liat I 1 tile e lind him libin we find that lie his bis a it Is i iiii ins iii Ilk turu turo to ills his inclinations go out flat to solve boine I 1 being this ilila is esi c the CAL e ben lie be 13 ii afflic tell the holo human to it hereit ecat extent belie L that like mccold MC e make here all tt ill to lu ofir condemnation or happ lileks hereafter we like vt of tile aim bale filfli lu in the bi bible b le in ill tile ibe 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 ot desur I 1 r abc IO 10 f e an 1 0 y I 1 diews 1 e 3 by I 1 lle I 1 a of the ilay day regarding reg Aiding ding tile atelle of clit lit l as to how bow far ar we catt be enade arau 1 by ovir onn otlis the I 1 atter day begard le giri our iii as iii if this planet upon it ii and 11 in I 1 older to lo accomplish it t acl t till chall cb ingco es hall bud to be e brought bruntil brun lil lit in gibli liidi hh li libous bious nul anti daughters upon il if IC vias li plo io lion not only upon admit ani and an I mother ir but blot dimir bous and daug tic the lucans provided by by filet filet bicie beleto to lie pure was 11 is b blood 10 Q d am till 5 provision would lolO nil aji to ED lift allu again tile I 1 COIL violist vi vio lIft out nt by jett jann t chiist fice ice i pelson aiom llie guilt if ll 11 nil i mat ice tat hat our NIL li or condition of lf life ji Is due iK of us its aill tt ill come forti and ile bu jadud clinding ac to our works lie lin has aau glien 1 vis a and ud ordena by N bit if foil ull be of that aliee c principles tire nrc tile way 1 I ilk irks that ill guide id us its buck I 1 to 0 oy our father Fi ither I 1 balth i 6 title ini ol of these ill I 1 by it ull all thas s lire are itis it is ht amr aliat latib ull nieu lu ait alio 0 ts flat lind 1110 banig gle it il leir learned ned men ire are llie ilia billit of baith awakened it 11 them the deckop alent and groth in life aliu inland of inan re aldolf deity Is life lesille til of LOU feitli livera every great thill ahing hed by is ig tile alic tit ft pirl flow milich ia i dec loped As ail illa lii an ail ability tit in make useful I 1 efi j I 1 if front I 1 lie ph n a k if I 1 it 4 f im I 1 u re 5 BI cin call lie learn of 0 tile tx of bod ii istik is f a very active ili IA 1 ot of tho pi luc lillea lie 1 father provided for fer alb chahin it to guide bark back to lo if his Is ue MC i be As ais the blocks of i brud vt ud ure or life by the but vi tit it we moe no i a act for ontE ches aud fur ur oilier filet mid and me brill god I 1 tf if illi children bal they abowd faich faelli in him in ili tilt 11 1 i 1 gd cd G C d c find that adill without oils 16 li lend it 1 16 i readily iveli nill t be dibir th thu tr cry y baa lins gone it oin every bruit oil god I 1 allt 1 1 I if polut fit ruo out one the way that I 1 calLI AIrO trac ot 61 bo inq lone done it Is a spirit ot of that I 1 causes tile desire every oro of bl its ns has liia desired to 10 bo be able to 10 perform some omo acis by w i blell we could blot out tile lie wrong registered tu ill iiii 1114 III i registry lesi legi stry it dinst up u god ba b i s required a turning away from pill iu 1 it t I 1 ia mit artil fur nun man if 11 1 1 cot we lye r fee cc il A little child hut if his As flonc ep ni ran its id mother if bowns upon it it on away but bill in 1 fi I little the i gilld return de to 0 o lire flee a tin it its mothers face ice rather than a 1 I fro n it repents and la Is torii forg ivere we are arc all hat but children in the eyes cj c ta 0 our gol ili s the fill principle of the th gospel it 1 is a naturel nAli iral god prodded ded it bybell we n C li ne AM repented we daviero that jur rii bius 11 be blutter blut tet off of fruin from the pa godit record lie lias provided a natural viny it 1 is simple at rop ia and one til bf till alliy marks it in IA way by baptism m our tin 4 nic etc washed away the busil I 1 blotted aitay flout tile thi books 0 of refuel UIs lir crance by the cair yiu out ont of this principle thele la Is another bap lm tile lie ba fui ul of tile holy A k la Is me received ved M constan fly i arn us in I 1 alic h e acts if lit I 1 our future lives 11 acs and choir us lood good ironi front evil ey il this Is in that hint spirl spirit I 1 ans pou power er coin coining in 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