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Show as himself, the result would be an increase of the spirit of the gospel, and advancement in wealtV and the mean Tor progress in everything that was desirable. These principles were from God, and unless we would receive the thing? revealed far our guidance, our progress would be slow. The Lord had been patient with us thfcse fonv yvars But uftiiy rnimt be established amon the Saints; they must cease t i love this world's goods, and nnife to do the will of the Lord, that they might be prepared for the day that kImII burn as anoven. Prest. Smith bore testimony to the of this work, aad exboi ted all present to think of these things. should in the latter days. And this Zion with the people, and their inheritances, was caught up a..d has been reserved till the last times, when the righteousness of God shall be established in the earth. Elder Pratt then referred lo the inheritances given to the ancient patriarchs, and the division of the land o Isiael wbon they weut into Caanan, and showed how disiinction of classes arose among them, and tliey were divid el into different grades of rich and poor, the Lord g ving theci laws according io their willingness to receive them; some, is Ezekiel said, were "no' good," be. cau?e of the wickedness of lie people. IV lien the Gospel of Christ was introduc ed, an order was established by wlncn aud every convert sold hi laid the pi ice thereof at i he feel, that it might be thrown iuto one common fund The, speaker then de scubeel the establishment of the gospel on this continent, through the inir.itn-ion- s of Christ after his ressurrection and how all ihe Church entered iulo a United Order, by which they hud all things in common for 104 years. 15 this means they accumulated vasi wealth. After ibis period they began to c a.m what they had as their own; a distinction of classes arose; the rich persecuted the poor, and, having rejected the greiit fuuoumenial law of oneness, they could not progress in the spirit of the gospel.and bo separated in two nations, one called Nephites. and the other Lamanites. War arose, aud finally the Lamauites iu the South, overcame the Nephites in the north and drove them to ihe interior of the Slate of New York. Alter many lengthy wars i hey had an For four years the armistice. gathered their forces around Ihe lull assemCuinoriih The Lamanites a)-bled, and the Nephiies were entirely destroyed, as a consequence of the departure of the people from the United Order. In 18S0, God gave commandment to Joseph Smith, to organize this Church, uhich was done on the Gih of Apt il. The same miiny revel. uions were given. In the early part of 1811 the Saints gathered iu Conference at the house where ihe Church was organized, when the Lord required the people to remove to Kirtland The duty of Ihe Bishop was then made known. During the lollowing summer the "Elders were sent forth to preach through various States, two by two, and alter doing so they met in Missouri, when the Lord revealed that Jackson t'outity should be the spot for the centre Stake of Zion in the latter days. The spot for the temple was .designated, and the cornerstones laid. It was then require 1 hat all who came up to the land of Zton, should lay their properties before the Bishop cf the Church. The people were not all willing to do fo as 'hey were required, and the Lord revealed that unless they should put away their covetousness, their names hould be. blotted out, and they should not receive any inheritance. And furthermore, that the land should not b a land of Zion unto them, but they should be plucked up and sent away out of the land. The people disobeyed, and ihey were sent awny. ' And the Lord foretold that they should be "peisecuted and driven from city to city, and from synagogue to synagogue! and few should stand to receive an inheritance." This hal beeu fulfilled to the very letter. The Lord also said that if those who remained repented, and obeyed bis word, they yhould return w.th their children lo Zion. , - - . , j Elder Pratt then read from the Book f Doctrine and Covenants revelations given in 1832 to establish t'ie people in J tne Uruer ot Enoch, or Joseph, that they might become' equal in both earthly and heavenly things. The Saints were made stewards over their earthly possessions, and required to give an account of the use thereof to the Bishops. The speaker continued to relate the history of the first establishment of this Order, and the future that ensued through tne covet otiuess and selfishness of the people, and warned the Latter day Saints who entered into this Order now, of the cm of violation of the covenants they might make, which would be made with God and the holy angels as well as with one another. : fiibliihJ .very WBDKESDAT and SAT CRD AT, bj tk 0M.f PunuaiNO Compact. diaries 1 Penrose, Editor. M and ' Buinjn Mauacer. 11 : ITA1I. OGIHLY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13. 1874. divim-origi- rmi r v-r- a 3 x v i. u ist 1 1 o COXFJKKU.VG'l?. I ti. Utlv JOHN TAVUJIt i $ j Annual Conference . Said, hiiuaied as we are, holding th of t lie Cburcli of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y v cws .lhat we do, we occupy a d.fi'erem P'is.tiou from thai f the world surround-iSiints, pursuant to adjournment ol us. There was nothing anomalous 'ili of April last, contend in. the .New in the principles now being introduced, by statesmen Tabtmicle, Salt Lake City, yesterday, t ey had been advoCtti-The Forty-fourt- pos-essio- h Apo-tie'- n May 7ih, 1874. An immense congregation, assembled. On the stand were, of the First - m Young, President; Geo. Dauiel li. Wells, Lorenzo A. .now, Biigbaiu Young, Jr., Albert and John W. Young, Counsel-Iors- . n Car-ringto- - , Of the Twelve Apostles Orson Trait. Sen., John Taylor, Wilfotd Woodruff", Ohas. C. Rich, Lorenzo Snow, Erasfus Snow, Franklin D. Richards, liiighuin ' ' foung, Jr., Albert Carrington. Patriarch John Smith. Of the First Seven Presidents of Seventies Joseph Young,! Albert P. Levi V. Hancock, and Horace S Jiock-woo- 74i d, ';!-Kldndge. the of Of the Presidency High Ptiests' e Quorum Elias "Smith, Edward and Elias Morris. Of the Presidency of. this Stake of Zion John W. Young, Geo. B Wallace : and John T. jGaitieV m, ,i Of the Presidency of the Bishopric Edward Hunter, Leonard W. Hardy and ; Snel-grov- .. ; Jesse C Lntle. , There were also a large number ot leadaig Elders from various parts of this Territory, and f uui Maho. Conferttce '.Avas called to order by Presid-t- it Brigham Young. Choir sang : "My Go J, h spring of U ray The life of iny delights." The'opening prayer wa Elder John Taylor. Choir sang joy?, offercl by : : "Praise ye the Lord, 'tis good to raise, Your heart and voices in hfspraise." . . i ! ' ., ; in different nations, and had been practised lor a time, in pari, on many occasion. Our history was peculiar. If we would jump into the general whirlpool of contusion prevailing in ih world, give up our religion and feel and act as the majority of mankind, we should be 'hail fellows well met." Put to us the heavens hail been opened, and the light nd we of eternal truth made urn nifet-t- . ooubl not, while tne words of God weie written in our heaits with letters of fire, give up our manhood, our convictions of light, to please the honorable Christian people who bad. in times past, fought to rob us Ot otir rights as thv had ot our P'Operty. Did w submit to ihe dictates of those who opposed us when they said we must give up our religion? Not much.., A they had killed our prophets an 4 burned our houses and confiscated our properties, we liftnd up our hands to heaven in the temple we had built and covenanted with God that we would never rest umil wc had gathered all those who desire i to gather with us. We have endeavored to fulfil that covenant and mean to continue to act iu the same spirit Elder Tiiylor referred to the yearly effort on an immense scale for the ingathering of the poor; the efforts of Ihe Relief Societies for the ben efit r.f the indigent; the labors of the (iishops in this direction; Ihe payment of tithing; the building' of temples, etc. We had desired to progress until we could enter into the United Order of God, that we might be able to go back to the cenh e Scnke f Zion, and now when iho time came for us to practice it, some bcjaine afraid of ii. Put on sober second th 'light we could see that it was not only according to the light of the spirit of the gospel, but to good policy and sound common senfe. There wtre certain articles necessary "for food ami clothing. The question was, is its better to produce these things ourselves or have somebody eUe make them, or go w.thout ? Now, millions of dollars were Kent to t he States fur thege things, ami yet many persons have desired, to obtain some remuuera-- , tive einployaient and failed to get it. Our so far, consisted in the of porclMise goods, - We ought to i as to make them,' anl render the purchase unnecessary. The speaker then Miowed what was being done at Brighain City in home manifactures, the people k.'opfruting lo produce what tbey needfftr food and clothing and had made ii a grand success. He also alluded to fheviui'niense meeting held in Ogden last Sunday, when the vast congregation u'uuuiuioiwly Nbtel to enter into this Order, nnd h ped .that i Lis spirit would bflfecetved ly all the Saints'. Choir sing the anthem : ' JeYnsaleni 'my glorious home." Prayer by Elder Orsou Pratt. wi-d- d -- - it, Said he did not expect to speak mnch luring the, .Qnjifeicnce, but he ihoto who adili ttd. the congregation t express tneir views on Lie system of co-- . operation of labor now be tig intioJueed under the name of the United Order He proceeded le thow tuiil llua-wajioj new thiug, and depicted the advantages which would accrue to the peopla by uuiting and orgau.zing their efforts tin fl indusiiies. In spite of the opposition of el and the wm hl, we aboubj move i fji Mill mi to J in aud tue organize according of the Lord.. U Wihbcd1 Ikose "who touched on this subject to speak freely, mid if thy sjHW'otjvctiiuiji. tt 'point them out. Anil if the merchant.; saw that it would operute injuriously on business, to explaiu it, fur, wtiAt was deseed was tUcs, bent-li- t and ndvauoetueut of the wuole Cboir sang, yt-a- What - P- - -- , wondroMS in. tMngs we now bo-- 4 - i. niub-hiug- s Mk-sou-ri. otthoear , to-th- a-- - Then read the preamble and resolutions, and the set of rules adopted by the United Order of the city of St. George. DHIGDAM TOCNO Said it readily perceived that this United Order would be conducted strictly upon business principles, as much so os any bank or mercantile institution in the country. He would not a?k the Saints here, at present, what Ihey thought of these rules, but wished them to study them over, and they would have an opportunity of showing their feelings before Conference closed. Choir sang the anthem : 0. be joyful in Ihe Lord." Prayer by Elder Loreuzo Snow. would be Friday, 10 a.m. i ' s , ? ELDER D. SfKENZIK t, e , ! . ' ' ' ; bold, A.SUlTlt Which were declared. in days of old," Related the history of the early perse? f ) ,;. . . i tuitions of the Church, aud of the Prayer by Elder Wilford Woodruff. aud drivings in ,Ker Cuoir sang, since that lime the Saints .had expected ' Great God atiend while Zion singa. to return aiid build up the centre Stake The joy that from thy presence of Zion, und to do so they must enter into he order vf consecration taught in tho $arlyise'pf th? Church. I he he KLDEli ORSOU Flt ATT, referred "to the various "doctrines aud lSHl, Joseph iiiucip1es which had been advaueel by In 4U Pall, ho Tresideucy and received by the Smiih, oeirig inspired of the Almighty, vaud f lo f 1ke i ir.iicip!i!!Jf Of translated , the first part of Ihe Biok of people Crat'on and p?lf usieniince Which Genesis. In it a lengthy piophecy was co-had Imen preached Saints ever found, an revealed Enoch, the seventh, sinto they had come into this Territory' from AdHih." Enoch was" called when a j!it not withaum4ig mis. the .idea still youth, to publish the plan of salvaiion ' He succeeded in ong the people prevailed that most of what we needed ror houiu cousumjit'ion. must bo imported bit 1 ling up branches of the Church of from abroad . It ihe people who inhabit God in different, nations.' 'A command, iliese valleys were eelf susfnininj;, rats metii was giver- for Ihe Sain's to gather .t; all they warned to support lite and to one pine?. Thoy did q. and built tip make homo coniforiable, they would be a city, which iwiitf afterwards called the free trom the effects of financial panics Zion of God,' because the people who and the moucy Uilbcul'ies that frequently dwelt there were of one heart and mind, agitated tha wotii ' A great many labor and there wereno poor among thera.i The iug men, utter spooning several months laws given to bring them to t.his condiiu bard work, frequently came out den tion jre uot revealed. After Enoch had dent at the cud of the year. )l was continued his minis' ry 305 years, he certain lhat there was plenty of skilM succeeded in bringing the people into a SoV great energy and ingenuity, if properly direct- eoutiit(i)!V t leave iais world ed, to make everybody comfortable and and.' wonderful iiere the' manife-'failossupply all their wants. It was j roposed of the power of God in their midst, that to direct this tkiil and energy to this when Enoch stood up before Jheopposers, end. .While the people of iUod were of Ziob, the heavens shook and the eai'th planning and scheming how to take ad- trembled, and an island came up out ol vantage of each other, they could sever the depths of tht Sea, and the opposing be prepared for the coming of the Son inhabitants of theesrtb inov d elf on to of Man. A hundred years of peace, this island for fear of the power that happiness aud plenty was the resull ot wa in Zion. The people of.ion desired the practice of this Order among the that the earth might rest from wickedN ephi.es. If the Latter-daSaints would ness. But tbey learned that this could uuite, every uiau esteeming bis neighbor not be accomplished in that day, but PUKST. GEO. r 1 -- , s Choir sang : "An Angel from on high The long, long silen:e broke' Prayer by Elder Albert Carrinfton. Choir song : "Sweet is the work, my God, my - . King, To praise Thy name, give thank and sing." of them, AH .thigs w5 bate Peris'a the ",lu ,uf usl"g- WC ore look in giving Said President Young, glory bevond M, text for this Conferenc- e-! he tuned inl.fi. fe"le as th. .... r both Order said be wished arguments, for and against it.to be brought forwarj-H,0 md ihe wisdom to obtain did not know that he would be able to not use to advance any arguments against it, but would mention some objections that Would our traffic wiilMbe wort lB W was that might be made. One objection Of course not. But we woul life it would interfere with personal 0l6:"i so that we some of freedom the with loin. It might no,her? with one their wr;hner,'liu'' persons who might wish to spend H our ffSru UC"? labor, by combin" lime in slump cpeeehyfying for othce; it be for the applied thousands of of good the wh', might prevent the spending Kir surplus be sold in the ot dollars annually lor ihe purchase ot 8" Enterprises which farted by , articles we could produce hire, and efforts could Z he 7' not would bin a s m.de u infringe c wi.u oi her folly, ' 9 aid of. he Order. Would o 'or J'e:irs vv t.n the right i"' do gwld- of tiiew had bi-epreaching Hie very pr.ncip.es be.orseoff? He be. Our merchants, ihe ,,,Pri. now introduced lor our practice. the Order . -- ould B advanthought everybody could see ,'he would apply their talenisboues-Wunited iu We had been tages of unity. he good ot the whele and elecii in our one .d beeu we doctrine; tions and he had never known of any fitness and deception i, ,uril of ihe men who had been eleuied lo honest penny. We should fin,IM, little object! ins tkatar.se existed oldce, proving de'auUcrs. Although we had beeu united in some things, we ha l in our imagination. Every m, ,boUM in regard set his nnnd, in entering ihiaOnl,.,. . suicidal a polity pursued yet As a people webe.ieve act honestly, and vote aecordin-'tU io importations real sentiments of hn bean, n,kj!' in the revelations of God concernof Babylon, mutual concessions for mntual advania destruction ing the and unless we pursued a different ges. Some capitalists wuld object u policy and united in our temporal putting means into this Order, herur atf.tirs to pro luce what we need, among on wishing to leave it, they could onl we could uot t.e prepared .or dr iw out filly per cent, of their inveat. ihe ev'ents to come. He felt thu time ment and its dividend. He could not mid come to make a change in Zion, aud see the justice of investing capimi wj that the people would leceive it It the labor of stout hearts and willin. had always laken more trouble to bring hands, and then, by and b drawing the the Saints to a unity iu tcmpjral things whole of it away from Ihe Order.6 God that the time had cons than in spiri uat things, tie believed that if the veil between us and heavtnly when His servant Brighain had turned things were taken away, and we could the key on the heans of the people discern the things of eteruity as they whereby they weie prepared to are, no one would be tried for a moment these things, au l he prayed God that iu regard to temporal things We bad the spirit of il would grow and incias been ready to submit our eternal mtcr-esi- s upon tbem. to the guidance of the leaders of PRESIDENT JOSETII YOUKG this Church. He would ask whether Said he fully endorsed what had'bfea, our salvation and Ihe blowings that advanced during this Confer nee. The reac to the eudle.-- s ages of eternity were orih a yoke of cattle, a farm, or question was asked, do we give up our ? o, ue do not any other of our earthly possessions? li agency, in this matter WLat could rational liatfr bjection would not be long before we should ull be Called away and have to leare these to our surrendering a portion id' our infor tlje benefit of the things behind us. Why then not be will dividual rights, whole Tbe people? speaker tln-- showed ing for the Lord to cuiitrol them f r our 1 we shoul be ihit s Wiekedne-and eternal -' willing to obey the good tempoial Creator and organizer of ih uuivew, w is increasing, and the devil was obto prepare us frr taining gi eater power over the inhabi who had sentin usHis exaltation an l prpresence, of the Hence tants eaith, every day. the necessity lor the Saints io unite in oceeded to show the advantages of unit'ng of woi king apart; sad nil things, temporal aud spiritual, that our l ihor of foo l and clnthin, onr i be producing ihe bey ni'ght prepared for great iu of sending oat the ourselves, and come. to we place If judgments changes do not take an interest in ibis work now raw material away and importing artibeing introduced among the Saints, we cles of foreign production, so that from should gradually go into the dark. As a shoe s ring to the covering o the God lives, a change was at the door, and crown of Hie headr we should be adoru-e- d with the beauty of the work of our what tbe prophets had predi.ted would ccuie lo pass, and the sone that Dauiel own bauds. saw, the Kingdom of God, the Ziou of , PRESIDENT RBIGHAM YOl'XO ELDKE W1WOUD WOODRt'JF - ,:; e tV?" rUh. i''?4 W n J J J! onr-elve- g. e in-te- God, would grow and arise until the Said h would occupy a few minutes resu ts foretobt would be accomplished on this subject of yielding up our will to. to the very letter. that of another. Our volition could not be taken away. Let it be guided aud ELDER ERASTUS SHOW. The United Order of Zion, proposed directed iu the way il should go. Yoiv for cur consideration, was a grand com might a veil try to destroy the temper as lake away the will ot au individual. system, designed prehensive, who into those entered it When we yield ourselves to obey ike lo improve principles- of truth we extirciseour manreliand financially, social'y, morally hood and freedom just a- much as to go giously; to assist us in the promotion of into the gambling shop or drinking saand educate oursclver and every virtue, loon. Democracy ia this couuiry lucauf ch.ldren in all that was worthy and What man could control his opposition, and some seemed lo think in regard to fashion and the they had uo freedom unless they opposed family, habits of life, unaided by the surround-- whtt was prefeuted to them by ouers. This was folly. There was jus as .nuch ig community? If the whole people not could what unite they nceotuplili? freedom iu .being obedient to God as to efforts had only give way io folly, pvJsijn and wickedOur former . ness. be.'ii 'uuily of c ipital. It wa now deChoir both and unite labor The the to Anthem, "0, prais sang signed capituL It had been said that thogbest argument God in His holiness." in favor of mercantile co operation was, ; Prayer by Elder C. C. Rich. large dividends. But the effects of this Moderation in all en2 p.m. were not good terprises and speculations was for the Choir sang: be-- t interest of all. The cupidity thai "Praie ye the Lord, my hearttlall w.i3 encouraged by tha prospects' of join large profi'S appealed to the lowest of our nature. Fair wages for In work so pleasant, bo divine." labor, fair returns for the investment, of Prayer by fclder B. Young, Jr. capital, were best for the community. Choir uang: j All firm", organizations and societies is the peace the gospel bring?. "S.veet of d surrender certain the indiyid impli ual rights and privileges for the benetii To simple minds aul true." of all. Without this there could be no PRESIDENT GEO. X. 8M1TU It was des gned to unite government Head a portion of a ravelation gives whole and organize the people so that Smith, Jan l'. 18dl, in relathe results should accrue to the common to h tli good, and not be for the aggrandizement tion to the building of a tsmpie, aud dead fo the aud who ordinances advanable take to the living v;ere of a few ' tage of those who hal less ability to to be performed therein; and proceedd scheme.' The spirit of the gospel was, to show that, according to Uiis revelaheu tbe Lord commanded Hi every one for the' whole people and God tion, a work in His name for us alb The United Order was a people to. mutual insurance association, a mutual and they were hindered by thir ene-educational system, for tue benefit of tnies, he required that work no longer at the industrious and (heir children and their hands, but would visit their enemies with His wrath and indignation. childrens' children, every child borh the "Order being a member of and The speaker described the ditticuiiifi was having an interest therein. Who is fo under hieb the Kauvoo Temple be the judge of what people need for erected; the building being; fina.ly their support? Themselves if they judge duccd to ashes, uficr the Saints had one wisely, and if pot, somebody else must left, having been set on fire by for $000 received who of word the Lord Joseph Agnew, judge for them. The to us was to change our front, to live the job, subscribe! by the people of th in the spirit of the gospel, and love our su rouudiug towns. He then referred f neighbors ns ourselves. - All the details to the commencement of .the building of his organization ooubl net be txp'ain-c- a Temple at this place, and to the opponor undei stood at once. If any one sition always stirred nr by Iho Adverdoubtefl the final success of these princi- sary when work was performed upon it extent of ples, the doubt as founded in his own He described the nature aud been going on for weakness, and the weakness of others, the work which1 had ex aud not in the principles themselv s soma time on this Temple, nd the of tt du'Y For th last few years this people had pense thereof. : It was the been going ou in the ways ef the world; Saints to continue the work. Presioeni this must be changed, or we would go Young, two years ago, had dedicatedana down, as we deserved Is do. All things spot lor a Temple, at St. George, witn on the earth belonged to the Lord, and the ereotion of it had proceeded he required us to be faithful in the his extrikotdinury energy on the part ol - i . i 1 Jo.-ep- - in-t- o d per-ior- |