| Show JI SAINTS I l GATHER T f fM M AT GO CONFERENCE Session Characterized openIng From the First BY Addresses Presidency I LARGE CROWDS ARE PRESENT His Trip Reviews broad and Tells of Conditions V of European Conferences V I or tile LI t the II J hl Ino lvery lel J so lu 10 ho O Tb b a e of th 10 Ire th tab tah tO At Al well 1 with waA W wel Il rde Iwar ThI after and far ar tron ants f a ome tM ain nl target larger D hi be more rol row there e I aud arni by the tho In n will doubtless have wi to be hell b WI wa The opening rom alt three thre of the tho addresses 11 Id bY br oc Y 3 portion of the time the major tro re 1 e In con Ils If which W itch on trip to many of Ih return that are Iro hureh 1 rm ET of the pra V There were cere Win Vin Vinder John U n letY y Josell Joseph Authon 1 F U It Lund ot or the thC quo tur der ll ad aI M It Lyman of Wa um smith Henry Jota Heed Hyrum Rud Rudget r Albert Smith M I Georg I 1 Craon p Geore George W O 0 aini I F of the soV soVI pr Seymour n B I It Kimball J Reynolds George Josoph W S a Wels Chrie U hart of the td Chales Wm I n B Preston Hobert T bJ and Orrin V a 11 number ald or O 1 of u With their counselors td t thir or of ward Smith caled called the t order the thO choir and t th tb hymn commencing Redeemer of Isral Israel Our only delight Oo 00 hom for tor s a we cal call Our thado hy by day dayA A d our mir pillar hy by night our lUl 1 our our ni nIH wa offered hy 1 ider Wm Vm wa 1 r L h n Ihen sang eang the tho hymn begin bC trials throng our T nc lay ar d rU Oi on ye Saints ot of Gol God GodI lla day ire long rg the I fr win Ned It ha lre life and truth abroad r S spoke just 50 HI His which report J I or the Iho by F W wa wao a as feel tery grateful morning I I hao of tb the fees of t my brethren ane and hire at tto ho opening of our confer r and aa on all past we ve met In our oUI I fIr of y hope bopo that thal the tho pice and d love ot or truth lruth nU anti tle the roo rood my may Fo bo paramount In ni niI till that m may b be said laid or 01 done during our nile I rf 1 1 It Is i gratIfyIng also nho to oe e etl I t th thi Dh ber of our eur anti ids tl tr who ae are ap II at II lust t tork It t an Interest t In our or ora V ork a aol l in the e couo e or nt Zion which a well well ro for r who are pros ores V caL 8 and d I that tile tho tt I i f the o I Ia In InI anti that their I l I I Ire g an anti their love lovo for the growing ng anti the bl lE mo more and d more 11 iii I 0 of the he truth of tim geI Ul which 1 ha U brett ben restored In I theM tatter day L oma ms to point to the Of the cause cl The arth has b en 1 a very cr great tent by the II te th rl ri the last season ard an the j no I ef g ur have tl I 1 and nih hay have een rop i t only spiritually tut at 10 temp temp and I 1 think wo we 1111 Ih Cite C re that the tho good of tl C L are aro rg g 1 u itt t that at ticy nrc II lit In roRI J anti we tie hut but f few an aA deter detor tOll WI we ever er were or lS tnt t an rR of the men Church er re to cont 1 f to light t the hu good V fht tOr t k 1 it to 10 nth faith ITS or I lustre r to feelings of welcome to Iho t who Sit are aro toda y all anti to 10 thORO who shah y conI retire and S say to you OU flint t I wo we love day trout e aM aj th work or of the Lord LOld to 10 cn lu o nol ever err before Wo Vo r arala we Iro are not Ills WI dO 0 hot Ilot e loie i le lit II j II l t and 0 know that mighty tl t save that Ito has T tb 10 I I Irs t ot nf flits from tnt r lIne t 11 II Ih tile a 11 ul U hat jt It In ha Ii th II consequence 11 1 t o r 1 I wt iv bavo es s r 5 I M C i I a Il iii ma L Iu lr that hint wo i tho th bu Ia b d to live anti Iro grow it I WC we are is a Ia 1 bl the tho wI anti I r ng 1 f TIit who r rules th tIm Vt or Inen but or nt ha WI r tie tin In iUT 1 11 to HII wo we extent f r A Ind to r ire 1 of Ils Ili anti boa hal 1 s lon ti Vt I a t It we dirt t I ll nt mit n that it wal was 1 that bur I up In my mr tk 1 1 boil holI that bark r I f r OI Something to tile our ij te Id for lor of the of lob t to 1 late date n d that t donI or Ibl thwart rt th attempted to be 1101 ilon itt I late hui of at God and to 10 de fr been Irr th Rood or of hlen o over er op Zion for tor truth thC to t 1 Oh nn nd that I I re the end for tor th tor er ernt nt GOd they r t Work ay I lt or an ally man nt not mIn mIntor Ver e I With Uh f the Iho 0 my lay nl of en brethren who I If r tit were Ibl Present thought La It Occurred I J did to ot f our h t UI b before fore I 1 to 10 mn ma until just n a af mete to 10 I the Ihl condo tl t Ia with t n a r T wih friend to tb The estern t thought n little littler e Eal arose and 11 in my or Od matured I V I far M at 1 my determination to leave hall home for tor n a tto little while concerned on day I left ert homo home for tor tora fora a little that I expected to lo oh ob obtain lain tain rest but a change rome ome times Is IA rest to lu men who are aro constantly engaged In that Iro mire strenuous ani and vry very As It Iny may lo ho Interesting to 10 some of toy my broth rel eon anti sl sisters ten I would like to outline to you rou of my visit vIall When wo we lef left hero here We ve stopped ul Ui and ns as I have hae travelled the plain lit In the la s of 1 nay childhood again In the days of 1 ely youth with ox teanis and lulo anile anti forth I 1 concluded teams so ao It woul ho interesting to 10 makl matte it 1 visit to the old camp or of Israel n at Win ter lr Quarters on the bank or of the Mix ls url rIver riser ald wo WI thereon I think I it was IVUS the tho th ot of July the tho Pio Pioneer Im neer lar larON day dayON ON hISTORIC Ve a har time privIlege of meeting wih with lomo some of Ihl time elders II III the mission work there and the few saints who are ure living aboUt Omaha and that vicinity arid hail 1 a Hool tion of Pioneer 11 day W We under the tho old historical tree said to hlen hecim planted b by the tho halo of f Illg hum Young which now Is one OM of thu largest trees II In time the vicinIty anti there our friends their east which we wc partook o of wih thI them WI ii IS as with with I great rea t pleas uto Ule answering InquIries made of us We Se next I a little halt nt at him go o Ind n a vIsit wih loro MOttle of our children there who art FolIK going to 10 school aver a very wih wIth them although our stay there semy Wl Vi were not nol long In Nel New York lS Its we there onlY ut a Cel few hours the gallIng of the tho vessel Our across tIme tho A Atlantic was never o pie a L ripple Oi oil the ocean nor to tn the voyage moe more titan upon a sea LADs AT Ar We Isso landed II iii 01 elm time Iho day or of tron front there vt visited time tho Ily cIty of anti the next Iho hut city or of In holland II Itt ie attended a confer confor Inre emmee ul of IY and wo ivo found there n a lively branch of time the Church Wo e Ild time tho of meet In with th the young oung omen men VItO ho have gone OM out remit Zion to proclaim the gospel to that anti as some Komo or of their parents mn may bo 10 h hero lo today I desire to sty to them that they have havo great reat fa reason on to bo be or of their los boys I 1 eo do not now or of time tho thome me that wo we had with 11 all tile tho elders In the missionary felds fields th we visited I do not nol think there can le be 1 ma Al all the tho 1 a like number of equally noble excellent spirited mn men R tnt uro your boys who are aro ou out In a the tho mission ar ary foll today 1111 alit I 1 think this nn man ho bo bald 11 of them Il mis n a few exceptions at the Iho most BACK TO 1101 From Si e C returned t l amid held another cOnference wih with OUI our people the tha Saints and lono some und and friends who Cro I invited 11 tell In nail 11 thom them themselves selves Heles ot the opportunity We e had n a 10 inert t excellent time wih there thore Hero here we 0 found another flourishing branch o of the Iho Church Chuh anti time the elders ehlers ni nIl nr n them young oung men active energetIc Ic faithful virtuous aumi noble Iro lure do doIng 10 Ing 11 all In their power by y example R as aswall wol wall ns as by to spread the word of truth that eople From hero we 0 visIted stopping 1 a reI fei days at tho city of Berlin Here again we 0 met with the Saints ald with the tho elders al as nR as coull could Iel get together In that ml missIon slon anti wo we hail another very enjoyable time wih wIth there them Hero we found celent condItions existIng lut but Int condi conditions tons that were vere not tn favorable and which I regret to in anti I wi wIll brief briefly I II I ly aa amy that It lx IA tub thIs Some Homo of our i who have hae gone ho 10 ler I In to or to other hy by th their h In Iii not Pt IH their duties h 1 theIr leg maca leet lect to go to tn tt meetIng of than tho Saints ii h their holding apart front the Saints tho Irl turn not wielding n a or good upon the People of that country t 1 want to lol toll you ou that anti antiI I 1 tar ay It to 10 IW may regret They hoy make tl tilt o that they hao to tudy Ind have havo IJ t o cery d a II Iii and da day out cult and when Sunday monaco I If tho they do not llo to contInue their Practise are 10 so fatigued that they cannot afford to go to meet lug Now Nois Ir If ni nil o of you IU have havo children II mt that condition I would advIse YOI you to o stimulate them to do o their duty amid Ett set 1 a good before the people ot of the ti world 11 iii this I rEal really thInk that the tho selling sendIng ot of our to to study Is IN consid crumbly overdone and r I do not believe that IS as n a rule aimy good Ir or Iny any liar lr good per imps haps or of a 0 lIttle moro morn practise wi wIll over 10 ii our who 10 go there CONI IN I we went to Zurich lit In Ind helt hold n a conference From there w vi i out ent to Lucerne toad th rc to Borne Berne we again Int met wih with the saints lit In RH nail had a mo most 1 and vis It not nol only emily wih with our In general limit hul who visited wih with ts mix 0 also held meetings wih with the tho elders In MiI some instances having IS as man many all as 50 or 01 7 present with us UN II at on one Ile time From herl here We ive returned to I or lt itt least we daub came to England havIng landed lt at Dover ott on our way over b by byway way n oj of Parle France where we ice me Ie n a coupie of days In Lldon 10 we again met wih wIth our In confer once Wo We also tact with the elders Ine als very cr many of lt mit that mission ni nil of whom so tar aA r I 0 or see ee to be In Irh I I tn faith Ih and l and ani r rady ili anti active In iii tIme or of their missionary t We har had a gool good conference I In IJ n we e hail had 1 a most excellent gathering and met wih the ilium of the mission In iii prIesthood meetIng From WI we vIsIted Scot and attended In hlll burg anti where hErl wo also hail hll 11 time with lh Ihl popl people anul ancl wih with the elders of that portIon of Ih the British south Muth trona WI ive nt at Liverpool antI It another conference of oC our pea ant plc lt at In 11 arid aud held n a prIesthood there litre we VO the same its far nR as our elders were ivere no mm noble mmble ble lot of young len men bright intelligent acte active honorable upright risen pure pura fn and sweet 01 as wore were ever found In nn any of 1 the worl A AIN IN i LONDON ON nON nONA A After tel 1 a short visit nt at we returned to tn WO 0 spent I a row few 1 vIsIting Its In that tat gnat city ly tho places or of Interest Front th there rn we re returned turned and took look steamer again for our native hand lanI 01 Ott reachIng New York the o of September w wn made macho nr mar IR as halll hastily an R f anti ond Vermont the birthplace of the Iho the tho Joseph Ind spent ent it IL of Iny days there wo o found that att Improvement hlll haul been un on eler the Iho dIrection of F WI chIs The hava be been n I lat I oc off beautIfully the memorial cottage comma cOIn anti made ready for or occupancy hint II Is reaLy looking beautiful and here Quite 1 a largo large number o 11 our ii who attended the cul on the of o last MarinI hearing that r I WIS iuis there did 10 the honor to call II ni Upon mime amal shak hands anti they Iloe us UR IIO 1 it little visit The burden of their petition Wt ws lont Dont mice lake Mr cUl away Detton from un They them want Mr Wel I tn with ON From hero here we visited the f 11 and the thA old of oC the JO Joseph SmIth and nd Ils hIS fatally We also IHO visited than tho glove where the Iho Or first t prayer of the tho Prophet Joseph Smith IS orr offered d UI imp nTH anti where time the IIRI hint ot of th thit ur of were iere to toman toman man In these latter days with nc tu the opening of the dIspensation roC In which the tho ot of the Gospel or of Jo stilt should hould bo be restored to the tho wold ammi the of time the holy again d upon num TO o Ihl the ur of lu such h ns as p jOhS deta not serious thought amid nud PiU lt lit least h imI m my would not be trite There hero II I about tho p to one rno nn to ni nil I think Ille have tIme tho divino or of the prophet anti who alo ate wih the tho or of gospel that hI he was instrument iii ai II In tho or of the Lord In IIA to the earth cuth 10 Io mo ate Ils it Is to 10 I it Is to the tho u of that great greal and good mal luau nail his u associates In time Iho 1111 haYs of oC Ihl Chul Chinch amil wen oven time tho Wil Vo n visited V leur th tue hi lull Ihl I ho ot of nok of iere mid to t lie Prophet by limit Iho ull Iho timey ivera gis gh el cit In IC h by hll Is 1 it truth that Ihal till i SainI wl will IIno it to 10 a In I a II t I ii C ii g Ut th u ci I vi ii mm Ut hunt y of o f I Im e 11 tumult who hll Imas tl testimony IJ I the a a ii who iv ii ii waH I EU nin I ml II iii 11 thu of 1 tile gospO pot to time tho eta of GO GOlS S TO 11 wo wit vIsited Ohio 1001 11 again over lie Iho liegi gi lS as n a Illace of the mun IRI nanny n o I a thrifty I dwelt 1 l lit III numbers than Ihan toda today Wa Ve IO n ft little scattered vIllage lag Tho Is II must This The IOPU 1110 at ont 1200 or 1500 people The still stands It tug I a or of the tho sacrIfice or of this poor but ninth people who II in early a 11 da day not theIr means menns and amaul thel theIr and amid their comfort Ile the comfort ot of timeR famIlIes for ito ho pUrpose of building that In obedience to time the command or of God Tho Those o who possess It II now comprehend little or of the objects nail Pursel purposes for whIch the s or of Gall Goti are hUlt built They little th the main prInc pie the doctrine time tho rel on and clu cause o macking It to temples unto Ire tire rejected by those who are aro today In possession lon of the tho buIlding I it Is lm III itly today ns as an ordinary meetIng house anti I ui plate for tor Sunday school So lung as It Is used for oven this put nUI post 1050 wo WC have havo 10 no reason to complain atal we 10 do not complain we gone gon I It wo we have outgrown I it Tu To Today du day wo we have no use for It us ti the tho Lord has shown us oven 1 a Loter Letter anti 1 ni greater grealer way isay In so far no nn I In tutu con concerned corned who possess R It are per to I tt although tho man manlel lel II lit whIch they In of It to 1 In mind Is exceedingly quos ques Or OF r From Irom Ohio 10 we did not foi follow 0 1 down the course courso or of the Church Into Missouri from Into Inlo the state SIMe of ii We Ve passed over ovel parlor part 1 of tw th migrations ot of tho ho saints going dl root to Carthage the scene ot of the tho taut mal I hind n a desire to be ee that place 1 as I had never Icon scott It before anti antiI I tel felt that I ii Ic to see seo the spot where the tho bood limed Q nl men nen was shed for tor the tl testimony y t they y bore o otho othe the tho world ot of the divIne mission to toSi Si the they aero from God to I time the of the tho gospel amid ond tho WiY way of Ifo life and salvatIon to the world I wil not attempt to tell you ou or to 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