| Show II H 1 ON D Il M I It J t h if L SION t i Ev ve P Pea q q s Including first I ir t ts r s d Deli el s sitZ itZ t the f v i H rh irh f AUTHORITIES ln ARE SUSTAINED S Jia Congregation or g f rt d to f Honest st Tithing and It s Word of Wisdom J 1 i J Il l Tribute to I UI hs PI t hi lie r S or r i lip J of J Hie Church oft of Je toi o IL close He ul I 11 yos afternoon it was r of oC the In el sll ng gatherings of the tho kind In tho history c pf f Church the ses sessions e from beginning n to end c HI bolus spirited from orn tle vl w of the ul tJ dresses r Es si and lInd all the meetings heill largely attended n There were w c the 11 Q II speaker during the tho last session lon name nuu i ly Presidents John R n Winder Anthon AnthonH Al thun H I Lund f Elder Seymour Se K B Young t Patriarch John Smith and President Joseph Jo eph F Smith in tho ho order named When hen the News report of the con conference ference Closed llo I yesterday afternoon nfl 0 President I John fohn R H Winder hall had JUt Just started to 10 sp Ho Hc upon the tho IH a u stricter observance of JC the AVord of VI and the regulation of the trunk Another Important subject not not much referred to during the tho confer conference ence nce said President Winder was wa ing It Is III a IL principle In hu hI be bo 1 11 with all his 1111 heart Any An man who paid an honest tithing would bu blessed ed none nono should perform II that thaI for the purpose e of receiving r blessings In III the tho way wi of oC dollars cents As A to how lOW the tho tithing t is ox the people need have no worry JOr concern He Ht kny 1 that eve was tl and proper records thereof kept so that a IL strict accounting could co I 1 at any time bo 10 had I IThe The speaker 1 did not know l how many man more conferences he would bo be permit permitted ted to with the tho saints but he washed to hear earnest earliest and a t solemn testimony that ho knew whereof he in Iho matter of oC tho way w In wHIch Iho tho finances of f the Church are ure conducted PRESIDENT I ANTHON rHON Hi H LUND rUND President Anthon the tho next speaker feelingly ot of President Winder r of his wonderful mentality at Iho tho advanced 87 and testified d that in nil all things ho was a man of faith and faithfulness C President Pr lelent Lurid referred to a I revelation tion given by tho Lord 14 1 1 months be lm before fore forc the organization of the Church that a ml work waa wa about to tobe be 10 instituted among alTi ng tho children of mon men Now after a n laps of 78 yeara wo to a U great extent s o made mad As Aa it tt prophet Joseph rC Smith by byth th fulfillment f l of his prophesies fi and andas a as no c r teacher ho Is 11 sustained by the tho purity or 1118 teachings By y those thol e who know It Him Wn ho was VOS beloved hel and thos noi livings living who personally ac lC acquainted with him never 1101 tire of ot tolling telling ot 01 Ills hL of ami of or soul sr l The Jho adversary has and doos overcoming work w rk But Buti i God GU was nt tho helm holm and thwarted rl all ull attempts to overcome tula Beok oC 00 Mormon M was wa published 1 j tho th Church had I ho iO pamphlets ts or other works tho gospel But tho Book o of Mormon wag waa a strong I ad advocate J of 01 its own divinity It converted men as Brigham John Joseph and Lorenzo Young YOm For a 0 time It 1 that argumentative books were ll tt l means of or spreading thu tho gospel thu ms the th Book of f Mormon itself But the conclusion has been be on reached Ic that thai the tho bent means of teaching the tho truths contained in the Book of Mor lon is ro tu increase the output of tho Itself It elf There had recently been published In hi tho northern copies copl of C tho Hook Book of or Mormon and an only the tho other er day clay an on order hud had been received from ono firm for fOI GOO copies th edition to bo delivered nt lit once speaker 1 hoped h pod that tha the BoOk Bo lt of o Mormon like Wo Bible should bo d into all 1111 languages and bo bore read re in III all 1111 parts ot of the thc world The organization I ot of Church was not lot made piece plc meal nor U I added upon from fl 1111 timeto time to time When the tho Church wan although there th r were te not numbers to t fill tho re 10 but It was wu already known by h the Prophet t Joseph just what the mind and will of tho Lord Lort was In r v gard to organization For a time the Church hurell was directed by b elders Idel uh uheI eI high were mIlI lr o presidency was organ organized 1 and In 1831 1835 the quorum of t the tho ll o completed folio hort Jv v afterwards by tho thoI seventies I In all Ir o tho plan had already 1 been laid out by b revelation IQ 1111 office upon office was tilled when the th need of the Church Ch eh made It r The martyrdom of Jos Jo ph Smith IHs thc he Pro l I dency und and the rightful t rill aha nhu leadership leI le toll upon Ih twelve l apost les 05 Tills was ut lit Is Ii had li l been b i in the days dc i pf ciC the BaJol At IUs death no 1111 mention l n yas made n of or any l n pr his rela to 10 l 1 of thu Church blit l t the sl t Tell fell Up m the th apostles with all nt To I fell o I oC vere cl jj submitted to Peter Poter James Jume and was formed d Uio tho dency denoy When To eph died the res res lf tho Church Chur h foil 1 n There was w s po talk of or In IiI the matter of ofa a leadership el for rO j ahe Chur h fI jre was was no n r n of thea the Church as a has claimed by some the prophet pf or ti tord W I ti s Hl lu l wicked wl lo men nion vm that a Justl tor f I the Lord o il rejecting tho I Church and disorganizing Some Somo hien 1 n were w re too to stay st bythe Chur h trying tr g did not warrant that the md true wore rejected roje t d by bythe b J the th Lord Lo There waa v s no 1 lion hence no ra Bi 13 YOUNG The vote taken t for the tho suppression or the habit among um ns th Lat I te s l endorsed by Elder r Seymour SO Bf D ou Ho gal hu h wished the thu condition c n sought for might ht be lie Co ChrIstian n ull l In III the th land I Irrespective ot of cr ed rho observance as r t h re o vo voth th of 01 l ho up on SUlla of tho lr H city for fOI p vl lg been lieen seen seon frequently of late and saloons 1 ll hei l been bee found with open doors oh o the Sabbath day da dai I lii i the th observance bs of of the Word Vord of I u s Ii i er r of r body bod 1 of mind and ald ot of soul linc n nt t se l f 9 1 s l m d he cannot x but ut 01 greater tar strength lir In f l that g There Tha e Ire nian things that th t tm m need d reforming r f m Is plenty of t elders to tp do whether at Its ItIs raU but h lt Ivl should sho l Iii out OUI and nn Invitation ex extended x tended to the tho wrongdoer r for rii liv living 1 ing ingA A solo dolo Sweet Hear 1 wa ei er by h l lI I Cardner John T hn Smith was Wil the th next lie Je endorsed lH d all al that 1 hn l had lind been hel said sahl testified that it ha om life right Joseph ns II the 11 v Go i und and have been In the right path their work has las boon heln Jus julE l true Uli Sonie people commit mure i C n l than of l Ji and the speaker s ie lwI felt Cel that perhaps he hl was wi In II that hat I slon though his bis PI deavors IiI ift do 10 his duty The saints II l by h the speaker to lo listen st li to the still sll small voice of or the tho Spirit of oC 01 I of the Church Chur h wore 01 then plis by I EI r leher Teller J Grant Gru anil ll l li 1 u l Tho rho address of tho Conference e by IW president Joseph Ius ph F FSmith Smith Smili will 1 pc page one I n |
