| Show E ENDS ENOS ANNUAL SESSIONS Testimonies Borne to the tho Good Goodness Goodness ness flOSS of God in Aiding His Children AUTHORITIES ARE fIRE SUSTAINED SUSTAIN D Tn V P Smith hll UI 11 Jn III lU Th In to 10 the lg ot tho authorities of ot the Church and atul tot th r ot of a II report of or the auditing mention ot of which wt In tt yesterdays News the cloning MB f R lion flon ton of ot conference characterised by id sc from I Union Hulon B BIs t I Wells Is Jonathan JO O C KimbAll am Josoph Jo ph W V ot oC O tho the first von n prel Awis 15 ot of O seventies a II tOI tc concludIng Ing ng from President Joseph JOO F when Wh the conference wn ad nd adjourned for Mr nix sl fI months The rhe choir congregation tang ung Pralo pral e to 10 the tho man who Communed with 1111 Jehovah God moves moes In u IL L mys l w nd We Vo o thank thee 0 O kid God for or a 0 prophet Noel oel Pratt and j vr v a n duel dutt lw t IM Breaks Elder lIr Milton it If Willing of ot O Malad make offered the tho th i Invocation and und the Uie b benediction was pro proto to by I Elder Charles II H Hurt Hart T S WELLS Tta TI first speaker or of Iho tim afternoon ASlon was WH tL Elder Eider Rulon fi S V lIs i who poke In part as Os G follows I 1 wish w lh to 10 bear benr testimony Ic to tho of Ot the everlasting gospel I 1 find tint myself strictly In III accord d with I ill that my m brethren have spoken t I f iv vt I have been bren fed eti tho the breath of or lire life Tho Th gospel Is 1 for the tho salvation of or all aen and ond Is a wonderful work vOrI It will come to all of our children Ith r In this liCe or In the tho life lito to come rome It Is II an Individual affair with every Cler ono one of ct us cu It tho the Inhabitants of ot orthe the Mirth therefore to pay heed heffi to this Message mc It Ills Is no condensation on oi their art to 10 listen to tho the humble tilt foul before letoee thorn them one can call be bo 1 who will re rc j the gospel after atter having had II nil an on opportunity to accept It I There are two to things required of t nil men m n 10 to to know the tho will nf ut God und nd to 10 do It II Every Ever human being should f feel I that It II Is his duty dut to find out tho the ill of ot God It cannot be bo found out without some effort Indifference rence is the upon humanity An Intelligent Porn person per on ought not to to try to find out God and andIn Him In will Faith Fulth In III God will wilt move us ns ti to action Rellon and teach tench us ui to appreciate light rather than limn darkness It If we wo want to know knOl let leI us manifest that I desire deslie by pitting forth the effort and asking Him Who alone can tell us We 0 may start many on the path towards know knowIng knOwIng Ing log the truth but bul wo we must mUSI not nol stop there Faith Fath carries us on that poth po th and loll we go co o on growing in the tho th knowledge ot or the Lord LEON ESi O OF REPENTANCE It may 1110 be tho exorcise ot or faith that hat leads us to a knowledge of ot orthe the truth U It g s repentance teaches u UI to do These truths will ever eor eler stand and bi be the same Each of or us has constant use UBO for these principles Tho The absence of ot light Is to darkness and by the tho continuation In the growth of ot knowledge darkness It should be therefore the n ot of Saints to to get light knowledge and truth Faith repentance baptism and ond the laying on of ot hands for tor the 1110 gift girt of oC the t e Holy 1101 Ghost are tho the fundamental principles of ot the gosel I of ot Christ All Mi Mithat that thaI wu we have heard at nt this conference ate are but tho thu different ph s of ot these thes J principles WIlY PAY TITHING Why are arc the tho people required to pay tithing It Is for the tho benefit ot of tho the Kopie for It II teaches them tho ho exorcise of oC faith In God and Ills works They i want nt to 10 see Zion prosper and the tho tom tern lies Ies of Od maintained they the want to 10 see lee ee their sons SOIlS go upon missions Indeed d every principle of or Christ Is founded found cd on Oil these thc o fundamentals I rejoice In Ill a n testimony on of ot this work 3 I know knol that Joseph Jo eph Smith Is a II prophet tent Lent of or God Thu Doctrine UnIt and Cove CaVil Covenants nants thrills nw mJ I may ma open It to 10 read When President Smith boru his per r ball lonal testimony as to 10 the tho divinity of tho the mission of or the tho ProPhet Joseph my hole being was wall tilled filled with approval wid I 1 said Anion Amen I know It too May Hay wo we I grow In the knowledge of ot God Cod every CIery day I ask osk It In the Uio name minnie of J Ju tu Amen Amon GOLDEN The next speaker was Elder Golden Kimball vIlo ho said In part My I lIfe mind and my labors are devoted to 10 0 this Ihl work vork and whIle I J have not nol wen been l uble to do my mr full duty because C Cot M tt my amy 10 physical condition tI all I trust that wy zay labors of ot tho tue years havo ha shown my toy loyalty loyal I to tills this th work 1 J hold fIeld toe th tb name namu of or the Iho prophet sacred I 1 have i r l the tIme world when I havo taVI Joyed the tho Spirit of ot God 1 I could tell my hill III whole tolo history In Ini i fl e minutes leaving lOll out tho fILIAl bod part pan w ot It hut Inn us n I look It II lIver I feel that thul i have hale gt at t times said Hald und and dune done HIM Ih lIat I 1 II l Ish h I had liati never saul and arid done It u has taken mo hIlO a It long to learn to W mini my own business und to leave hn vo we the whops bishops hull and presidents of ot stakes to 10 their tell own on work orle I 1 for fIve years III In tho the south Jim and us wul UI culled a n professor I have havey y culled called It II since simico Wp Vo 0 SWILl send tilt the 1111 OVId beardless youths un elt ec Itel thorn to tu tI stir Iho world I 1 have tom fIJI or many years yari y and cannot yet IJ till tell tie gHI 1 story as It U ought to bo io tOIl W i I I Why do wo we 0 generally our men IIII nt III homo I 1 have huo just ju t from California und and J I assure ou iny went vent out to t j ros rosi i ret dent 11 ns RH lu Ifil addressing IId b 1 there Umero Brethren nr It II Is 19 wrong wron for tor us to 10 bo ho h Hit Inlo 1111 by out our I 1 SILL 1 Willing to 10 o take off LIft my hat liat t to buIlt men In ill our OUI midst They hey have 1110 up ti our JUI community TO 1 HIV RIN 1111 You Oil un floer nil w II man do 0 a n wrong thins nil hn he i r 1 to o Ply over ver It nay say how tOI yo ou nd tind tin tinI d to tf oi no 1111 t I I yno t lg us 11 to 10 O ro rou flit Wc cannot U 0 Lot or of God d u It Ij iI J tho tilO Proper thing to ii Mill NI U 1 nil tin but t It St tt not his tO Ilo P pl tJ a n inn jo Co Wc wo m tho the l Lu pay price JirU q It 11 it II Ile lIed While III ii 1 st RI nc u Park lark nl 1 I vis IH he hen und t 1 I wa r Ja 1 kf g ILL 11 tho I eJ Li rf n C mid nolle tin l I 1110 WM Wail left luft rt Will lio ho d If f 11 I no lIn told me e ll 1141 Ih lilt fJ to fr HAIl Hai M il board a artI ll Hit 1111 li I iii i would be III betT tT tr nd Inri tol 1 broad i l ln t for or IR I 1 P lu II J niu II h i ho h tilt flu It I t hI 1111 im Vell hit n ii Way on IU us h I J i ni III lr f to Ret gut a 1 little of f Ihl U thing i 3 11 S i lu IIII for tor ur those Iho IU Hi d ys j I 1 m n If IC that wai wat the way he lie looked at lit It U I 1 could coul not Illume him Brethren let us grant thee thellO old 11 men mell little bits of Lot Itt Lotin lottIn tIn in overlook their weaknesses I um urn felting old Jill JOSI PH AV W Joseph JO AV W to Mc olo In part as ns follows I r thank God GOll that I J have a II t testimony mony of the tile truth of ot f tiLlS gospel Mor MOI lom Is tile Iho power of or God unto nl ni I have hu been Impressed with tho fact that mon mOil from various lit t i have hao borne borno their N here hele during this conference OUCh each ot or them has hns tho the very Cr They Iho havo testified under tinder tho the same saino I power 1 have havo looked over time tho Immense un congregations that have at attended t tended ten erl this conference thought that God Cud had hn gathered his Hock from throughout tho the earth to t worship In III Zion God Is performing things that ho he promised by b i tho the mouths of ot His HIli prophets tlC Aro we WI 10 prepared to receive tho men mc saps sa Goti has for in UI Do we wo nizo the tho voice of fit t the tho Good Goo Shepherd I believe In ill tho tIll doctrine taught ot ol the Father Futher He le said that thoy should speak is 18 they tho were moved up tip upon upon tipon on by the tho Holy Hair Spirit It If we wo have recognized this spirit III In the tho words that I been heen spoken here hore we will not nol go away olla questioning tho counsels that hove have been given Wo We VI will vill rather lher en to put PUI Into Inlo tho practise the nd ad advice vice I co we wc have heard I In this work I know It 11 IB In time tho power of Jf God It has hns tilled mu mo with hope joy anti I testify with my concern concerning ing lug the tho truth and tho salvation within It Go GOd held hl us to be true to this work worle to our covenants and to our brethren I ask It In IU the name name of Jesus Christ Amen AnIon Elder usher Hebor 1 J Grant rend lend time the report of the tho auditing committee ot of tho tuto Church TWO RESOLUTIONS S Richard VT W Young OrOSO from the tho midst of or the tho audience and expressed a n desire to rend read leo two resolutions apropos or ot the lie lepOlt Just read Smith Invited Elder Young to 10 the tho stand Bland Elder Young then thon read tho the follow following folio lug ing In resolutions which were Iy hI y Resolved That the tho report of oC tho the Church auditing committee to which wo ve have Just listened be bo received and approved Ond that a D vote of hanks bo be O and th the Slime saino Is hereby ex tX extended tended to Rudger Clawson Clowson Wll Wil WIIlIam lIam lam AV W niter fliter August W VI V Carlson nod mid Henry II H for the tho Intelligent and thorough manner In which they the have hava performed the gratuitous labor of ot their and be bo It further Re That the Church In con conference ference assembled expresses Its Iti full tull fulland and unqualified confidence In the finan financial cial eRti Integrity Judgment and fidelity to 10 trust rust of ot tho the and pre presiding presiding presidIng siding brethren to 10 whose discretion under tho Iho constitution and order of ot the IB is entrusted the tho control and distribution of Its revenues and prop properties properties AUTHORITIES SUSTAINED The Tho Church authoritIes were propos proposed ed eti by Elder J 1 Grant and ond all were vere unanimously sustained Elders John Henry Smith Heber Heher J Grant nod Anthon AV W V were pro posed pod rind and sustained nn as n mem member ber b of tho the general board boord of ot Religion class work l JOSEPH F 1 SMITH President Joseph P 0 Smith In III con conclusion of ot tile the conference con terence uk hl gratitude to In Goil for tor His manifold blessing Never before ho lIe said all nil the tho meetings of or a general confer conference ence been so 80 largely attended The pronounced n a blessing upon llin of stakes their counse counselors lors lees Um the high councillors and upon them the tho spirit of oC faith and hilt wis wll wisdom dom delhi UM nil 0 also alMO upon bishops and LUId all In ill any nil WilY way holding tIle the that nil 1111 might prove true to covenants amid to 10 the lie of lit the tho Lord worn pronounced up ull upon on 01 organizations friend urn enemies tes of or the iho Church that the might be led tj to t till tho error of their thull ways wn II In iti opposing the th work of loll Clod PlOt Prof l find and John Johll J 1 Me 11 onil tIme the members ot of the tho choir t heartily thanked ih by hy for 01 their contributions toward tIlL the h success of ot tho tile conference |
