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Show among tbe epirits in prison, and the worltOB eartlt would devolve upon our youDg people. They should wake up and turn to the Lord; and the young men, instead of smoking and drinking and playing billiards, be preparing themselves for the work required of them. He asked the young men to record the dealings of Gol that were manifested around He had been moved upon bv tliecn the Lord from the beginning of his connection with tbe Church to write the sayings, Berroons, proptieciei, Sac , of bmith md Urigliani Young, and he felt the importance of it much ha' he coul not eat or Uep with satis faction until he hud done it. He wnt d this course followed by our Toung men. in regard to the question of school, he would say take the .money spent for and tobacco, and lea and other things of tliis kind, and devote it to tbe catie of education, and there would be enough to school every child in the Ter ritory wi hou ny lax of five per cetr. He coucluled by testifying thai no oue could he save I in the kingdom of God, except by obedience to the everlasting leveule l lrtu The people ef God were always eotm. mantled, to 'build temples. .What for? That the inielligeocie from on high and have a holy plaoe into pure might which they could come and reveal the That a font thing!) of the heavens. might, he placed where the living could t baptizvd for the dead, that the in habitants of the eartlt who had departed without a knowledge of he Savior, miglr have the benefit of the ord nances of the gopel, and be judged according to men iu the flesh." We Lad this, and everything iliMt was worth hiving lor eterui y to otter to the inliaiMMMis ol iho earth. Who ele oul olf.r it'.', No oue. Would i hey accept it? No. They apurned it. nd their preach r warned Old Joe them against it, cryinir, I Smith!" I "False prophets!" are a dangerous people, they alike an they vote alike!" kc. lie ci old say this whs ull ih-- y could bring against the S pints, nod yet the teaching of Christ wu "Kxeepi e are on ye tre not mine." lie could Hay if this people wjuld bo truly one, in tie United Or ler, they wuld be & blessed people, there would he no poor aiming them, an t they would be the happiest peeple on the earth. Choir sang t La Anthem, 'The earth ia the Lord's And the fullness fSinntf viii-ke- 1 r a Christ ELDER B. TOCHO, from v to pay for goods which make orselve, w. should be eontH ' If articles ly impovertshed. at home cost more than those import.? the means were kept for home circuU tion, and therefore it was better to sustain heme products. Ue co'nsi? erel our mercantile insli,u" tions should give the preference', K0 f as possihle, to our home nmU aud a sitt in bt inking t he n int.) In! ' ket. We must take a course t nWt' or we would ii ' 'oter n ami helpless and dependeut people. poor Clioir sang, ' 0. prai-- e God in His H otine-s.- " JR. High Said we were indebted to God and His Priest, but was "called of God to be a for the knowledge we possessed been for the priest after the order of Melchisedec. prophets tbe of gospel. If it had not He came not to do bis own will; be said would Church of revelation this doctrine is uot mine, but His that spirit "my sent me A'thougli he was the Son of God be had to be authorized from heaven to perform the work of Ins mission. Je3iis ordained the Apocilesto the same priesthood conferred upou himself, aui they in turn cnterred it upon o hers, under divine direction. Paul, the Apostle, alihouh he had seen Jesus und heard the voice of Lis mouth," hi ml mid of h.id been heuli-ne-- s of the Christ, by pour and wu i ti Wine that God had cho-hiai In be a witness o ail n.eu of what he uad seen ud heard, yet had no riht to preach and adiniiii-te- r in the liuii.e of ttc Lord until he had been ordained to tbe priest l)oo,l under divine iliieclion Tiie iniiii.-ier- s of the Cnurch of Jesus Christ ot Lut faints did not tra e never have been orgnnizea. iuc v,unotian reformers had 4boreil earnestly ior the welfare of mankind, but they did not have, nor profess to have, the revelations of God, nor attempt to obtmn aod exercise the gifts and powers conferred of the upon the ancient se'V.niis a promise in to He reterred Almighty. t Iim Itook of Mormon that when tha record should ciine fonh it should pstahli-- h the truth of the .h wih record, the 15. ble, and that tnose who would re Prayer by Prest. Brtghatn Young. ceive it and seek to the Lord with all their hearls should have the spirit ol Saturdiy, 2 p.m. revelation and learn greater things Choir sung : than those contained iu me oooks. He What wondrous things we now behold showed that the Bible wis the stick o. ' By prophets seen iu days old." Judith, and the Book of Mormon tiie stick of Joseph, and tliut in Iu tilliiient Prater by B.shop E. F. Sheets. l hud of the of they propnecy a pus olic succes- their aulhoiity Choir sang : s on, bill niter hundreds if years hud become one in the hand- of the servants "Ail hail the plorions day of God. It was necessary tha a prophet passed awny miicc the niithority aud be in last By prophets long foivtold." the should forth cmiii' days, power of the priesthood had been of the and the cnue intelligence light K der Geo. Q. Cannon presented the because of wickedness, John the F.UDI-.LOHENiCO SNOW bad appeared an conlerred gospel and its ordinan 'ts had been lost. authorities of the Church, who were S .id tkat seeing this Church had been ll'ipti-- t of revelation had been reThe h ihe unanimously sustained by the Coaler authority of the storedspirit in existence forty tivn yearn, we had ani-- p upou Joseph Sim in consequence of this the and he be the whicti d, ence, as follows : pnesihood having e opportunity of testin? in our expewho had received it had arisen Saints to Ihe lor of reu.iion sins, baptize Brighaui Young, Prophet, Ser an rience the va'iie of its organiz ttion. right but not io cmilT the Holy Gho-.- t by the and left their native lands and gathered UeveUutr, and President of tne Church that not the During wittoMiandiog period, ou of hands, Peter nere that under the directionof the Lord of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaiuisin difficu lies anl opposition we hud been laying .hune- - and John appeared and ordained by the spirit of revelation they might all the world. Cilled to encounter, we bait not given up Sini'li lo the upostleship, and he be brought into ptrlect union lie showGeorge A. Smith and Daniel II Well?, one principle that had been revaled to ed the folly of division and of the idea all received to er inlminis in llors io President Biigham Yuiing. conns; iiuthotity u- - from God. We had given up for the ordinances of th gospel of sala-- t that there must be two opposing parlies, Lorenzo Snow, Brigham Yomig, Jr., the time being, our homes and lands nr.d the lie considered that there was no safety Albei t Cai iuii. He in mm coiifen ed this priestrington, John W. Young, umj for property, several time, rather than the lU'publto under such a political Gru Q. Cati'ion, hood upon oi her-u- n ne div. direction. ler assistant counsellors to any doctrine or principle of our division. Our object was to become one President deYoung Urighnm faith We expected ut some lime to re- Ihe knowledge of this fact w;is not nt upon the ipse dixil ot these men, temporally as well as spiritually; to fulWilfoid Woodruff, Orson Jchn Taylor, turn and build up lho.e waste places pend' but ibose who uii'ler fil the vecelatioits of God contained in Uyde, Orson Pratt, Sen., Chas C. Kiih, the aaiu In tegaid to the doctr.ue of their leuchiiig accepted the Doctrine and Covenants; to be inl received mi it. LoiehZ.) Snow, Erasmus Snow, Fraukliu obeyed celesti il marriage, he remembered sitin the principles of life and salstructed the Ghost which toe D Ktchards, Geo. Q Cannon, Brigham Holy stamped upou h Smith, uuud i he Uuili of ting with the l'rophet vation till we grow together like the and ihe their mission, Jr , Joseph F. Smith ami Albert Young. twenty live yeas ngo, ou, the banks of two bucks he had meationed. If the the MUsissippi. wtien he told him knowledge thus obtained was superior to Saints believed iu the revelations of God Carringtou, members of the Quorum nf Ihe Twi be. that he had received that doctrine by the evidence of all the senses combined, they must recriie and the prinWutrever the Elders of this Church practise John Smith, Patriarch of the Church. In ministration of angels and rev. la. The liible l ciples of the United Order. George B. Wal ace, President of ikis lions o: (Jo). We believe that doctnue went hey pieacied the same gospel, an ! the Bo k of Mormon that Stake proved nud the same ihe same results followed; ot Zion, and Win. II. Folsooi unl t ns much now as ever we did It it the people of God had all things in com- John T Came his counsellors. was to and ia addition conferred, spirit c o ld be showu to us that this or any all Hie gilts and ou ward manifest mon whin thty wero under the guidance Win. E id ngton, Thomas E. Jeremy, o;ber principle of our faith wisfulse athis, bestowed the Almighty who of The pilgrims Christthe ancient lous II. B itiiell, Miner G. Adwood, John upon it would be lor oor interest to relinquish lauded on Plymouth rock had all properians. was 'Ibis It. hound at B Hum the DiimcK. power inglou, Theo. McKeau, it. Hut otherwise we thou'd hold on o Latter and that ty in common for ten years after tueir liosea Stout, MibuiJo Pra't. J U Wiu. Saints (lie day together, trii ur faith, in the ultimate believing them to these valleys from their ar ival. This Order was necessary for der, Get J. Tay or, Henry D.uwoodeyj umph of the tru h. We had rooeivel a brought Now they had to receive tbe salvation of the Saints, aud it they Milieu Attwood A M. Canuon. Joseph native lands. knowledge of the truth of this g stiel of insti uctions it they rejected the Kingdom wf concerning the will of the rejected Home, Andrew W. Winburg and George a character that could not be mi k n. God. was impossible to receive cue It i elm ion Lord in as well as members of the High Couucil. tottmporal Circumtanlial evidence might prodace of our laith and reject an- Netieker, principle was And ihe desiuu tii. President ot' die U gh things. Sin. spiiitual Eiias a 60nvi tion in the m:nd, bo(tlier.'e iu which there is peace and other, and remain connected with the Pries sf Quotum, aud Edward Suelgrme uuity. aiions of God were of a dill'erei.t Church. Unless we received the United A religion that would not aud Eltas Morris, Ins counselors give Order the Order of character, prednc ng certainty. We hid powir. Enoch, we siiouid iu regard to the body and inductions Joseph Young, President of the first this tes'iiiuiiy lroin God, and the cirnever iuherit the Centre Stake of Zion. cumstantial evideuc also which gave ns its labors as well as Ihe spirit, was only We wcro indebted to those who had re- seven Presidents of ihe Seventies, and Levi W. Hancock. He .ry Hernman, Athat assurance which the apostles and fit for ihe world bey nud tbe vail. God s ceived this Order, for the good was a peace in kind to their unit. lbert religion P. Kockwood, Horace S. EldriJge, tuples' prophets of old obtained. In all ibat we which rested upon tbe laud by the Pro Jacob Gates and John YanCott, menibeis had accomplished under this knowledge present condition, and was in accordance videuce of God through thuir prayers of ihe first seven Presidents of toe Sewe gave all tbe glory to God. If we took with their nature and circumstances and ami obedience. Somt of the set tlurueu's dvve l in to calculated them to venties prepare the credit to ourselves, we might become had failed in this Order. Why? Not beihe immediate of the and Father E W. Davis, President of the Elders' society w hen we we but all ascribed popular; cause the principle was incorrect, but in and W. W. Ta) lor and Junius Quorum, had done to tbe Lord, an opposition was the Son. aud the just and pure of all the The ot the Lord was revealed consequence of mismanagement, which F. wi'I ages. in Wells, his counsellors. created the world. He concluded by ihe living oiacles, aud the otten caused the failure of private enEdward through lluu cr, Presiding Bishop; God's all wbo invoking blessings upon We had coin'e here, not to Leonard W. Hardy and Robt. T. Burtou were willing that we should enjoy the spirit of truth bore record of it in 'he terprises. hearts of those who drew near to God gam individual wealth, but to build up his counsellors. liberty of the gospel in common with and kept his comu an lmeuts. ihe Kingdom of Go 1. All the improveSamuel G. Ladd, President of the others. modern of ments eeience were The on ike show went to brought speaker Pi i. sis' Quorum; Wm McLachlin auJ It was proposed by President Young forth (o hasten the work of God in its of in union necessity temporal things, Jus. Lat'oaij;, bis counsellors. that the bishops, their counselors, and time. We oughl to seek that work first of the TeacAdam Sp.ers. the teachers in the several Wards, be a and the results which would spring and and if we did so, all earth- hers' foremost, from and buildihe that of the it, ebject committee to take measures for the deQuortitii; Martin Lnizi and Henry tte must I. ly blessings would be added was of work not to this hits coiinsell jrs up ing oppose Dorennis, struction of insects lhat prey ou our mike (he interests of God s Kingdom Presidmt of tbe Deacous' Jas Leach, fruit trees. This was sustained by the any government or injure any people, The rmciing wedge of but to introduce rood government, es- paramount. H. Pickuell and Thorns John unanimous vote of the Conference. ' Quorum; tablish peace and prepare the way for apostacy in one eut tiuns was the ilivi C. Jones his coiiu e lrs. Choir sang the anthem : the coming and tuie of Him whose right ion of ihe spiritual ami the temporal, in Trust for 1 will extol thee " George A Sni.th, Trti-te- e and this had been attempted among us. to is None of God it the laws of Latter-daor reign. the Chuich of Jesus Christ Trayer by Llder D. Young, Jr. were desigued to injure, but to bless. But what we called temporal thing were L Sniith, and John John Sharp. When he Saints, Friday, 2 p.m. Celestial mairiage. properly carried all spiritual with the Loid F Sheets, Elijah Y'ung, Choir sang, was for tee happiness aud salvation looked by the sp;rit of revelation upon Smith, Mosts Tuaicher. John Vaa "Traise ye the Lord my heart shall join, out, of w cine n as well us man, to give every the great work required of us, both foi Cott, Amos.M. Muser, J is P. Frei', Iu work so pleasant, oo divine." woman iu the church Hie opportunity to tbe living and the dead, befell that we F A. MiicLe and Thomas Taylor.as tii become aa honored wit and mother, did not realize tier appieeiate our posi Prayer by Elder Orson Pratt. e must wake we should. and for the purpose of rai.-iu-g up Choir 6ang, up a lion as Albcr Cnrrington. President ef tbe and unite for tha United who our'effoits, would from Fund io gather 'We're not ashamed to own our Lord, righteous posterity, of the whoU Perpetual Emigrating their birth be inclined to obedience to Order was tbe the And worship him oo earth." pioor. ihe law of God. He bore testimony lo building of the Church.. It was tasy Truman 0. Angell. Architect of the ELDER U. W. PKXK8SK the truth of the go,spel and to the fact enough to talk about it, but practising it Church. Addressed the congregation. He said that God heard aud answered prayer, was auother thing Thousand:, of quesOroon Pratt. Historian and Genetnl the object which the Latter-da- y Saints aud that He always had and always tion arose iu relation io it which puz- Church Kecorder, and Willord Woodruff had, in coming to these valleys, was to would overrule for the good of His zled men, and human seldshness was the his assistant. Lei us.not thrnw aside lear thu ways of God aud walk in His Saints, the efforts of thiir enemies to great obstacle, lie also presented the following: ihe eternal riches for mines and houses had and He received them. concluded the gospel destroy paths. They injure Presideut of the United Order in all end ami and learned some little of His character by predicting ihe certain triumph of this railroads, worldly property, but the world wherever established, Bright"1 and designs, through the teachings ot work, the uvertLrow of uitsiule. the let us devote ourselves heart and soul to Young of Zion. KIders of this Ctiurch, in the various Fir-- t Yice P. esident. Geo A. gathering to Z on of the best of the the interests i which gave them birth, aud they nations and the final dominion of Christ Daniel KLPER UKO. Q. CAS SOS had come here to take a deeper draught and ihe priesthood and his Saints over from that fountain of which they had all the en rlli. Announced a meet.ng after the clos of John Tiy Assistant tasted a little in other lxnda. They Oi l KLl'EK GF.OKGK Q. CiXNOX. the morning's services, in the Taberna- lor, Wilford Woodruff, Orson Hjde.Oreoa not roine uere to obtain riches, nor Said he nail rejoiced iu listening ta the cle, of the stockholders in Z. C. M. L, Pratt, Sen , Charles 0. Hich, Lorenzt merely to better their condition, tem- remarks of the brethren and especially for the purpose of taking measures to Snow, Erastus Snow,, Franklin Dporally, but to unite their efforts to aid the discourse delivered this afternoon. carry out ihe origiual designsin starting George Q. Cannon, Drighaw in establishing ou earth the same form of Oua point he would tuich upou briefly. Ihe Institution. He said the principles Jr , Joseph F. Smith and Albeit Young, d where the Eter- Thai was ihe failure of the predictions of of were true, aud recomgovernment that nal Father lived. The main object of evil agaiust us He could not help mended Iheaiselves lo every reflective Carringtou. David McKeuzie Secretary, their lives was to learn the will of the thiuking while President Younj was mind. He cousidiel that our co opera-liv- e Assistant Secretaries. Geo. Gotldard. Lord and it out in their daily iipeaking w.th so much power, institution bad beeu a very great D. O. Ca.'der. P A. Schetlkr, Jauiv success taken altogether. practise. Iu order that they might be of ihe prediction wl.ii li was putdii-heShareholders Jack and J. T Caine. instriioied in the luiags of God, certain last year that President Young would hnd received a hundred per cent on General Bookkeeper, T. W. Ellerbeck. ' He hoped their investment.' The institution had persons wi e ordained of God throug . die on the 8th of December Treasurer, G A. Smith. whom. His will was made known to that the lite ot Prest Young aud of those titled over the effects of the' financial Assistant Treasurer, Bishop Edwsrd them. And it was their privilege to re- veterans of the truth associated with crisis lhat bad atlucted the whole coun- Hunter. ceive light direct from heaven to their him would be preserved for many years. try. We should seek to build up and Board of Directors. 11. S. Eldridge. owu souls, bearing witness lo them of The predictions of the wicked associations iu John Sharp, Feramorz Little, Mte against us strengthen the truth of what thty heard through would fail every time, while the utter- our midst, for they would pioveot great Thatcher, John Van Cott, Jas. P. Freeze. tbe living oracles. There was ibis dif- ances inspired of God would be fulfilled blessing to us all. The guod effects ot Henry Diuwoodey, Thomas Taj lor on ference but ween the minis) rations of and to ihe letter. co operation had, been manifested E. F. Sheets. those who held the priest hoo'1 in this Choir s ing the anthem: Geo. Goddard v,as sustained as Clerk throughout the Territory. He pointed to the success at Brigham City as a ca-Ctiurch, and the ministrations of the "Beautiful are Thy Towr's" ot the Conference. He believed by taking a wise iu point. preachers of the various denominations Prayer by Elder George Q Cannon. ritF.ST. BtUGIIAM YOUXQ of religion. That while many of the latand business course we could establish in10 of ter might be good meu, eiuoere in their branch a.m. manufacture of die 10, every Said the times and seasons for the acSaturday, Aptil desires to impress upon others what Choir sang: dustry necessary for our Welfare! While complishment of lb purposes of G'" the stream of gold tvus funuir.g ut el were known to the Lord, and it was Ui they cjnceivsd io be the truth, iheyonij "0 God our help in ages past had to offer their ewa views and opinOur hope for years lo come '' the nation to pay for goods which could right to reveal ihcm it he pleased. Tb ions upou religious matters, but the ser be matiulaciuiea in the United States, ii Saiuts did not know the time fixed ttt Prayer by Elder Wilfoid Woodruff. wc' would be impossible to return to specie the tarns of Go ) in this ChJrch , spoke, and , Choir sang: winding up sceue, and it was w the with affaire of sulva lain of When So ordinances bad thi? in the earth it knowu to the angels, certainly administered bondage long payments. li.n, by virtue of authori'y contctrcdrAn J darkness e'er the nations reigned. i'eiritory. AYLlle our money went out not revcalod ts the speaker. But tb" lo-ep- li 1 upon them from the heavens. glorified' himself to be made go:-pe- s. v 1 er-da- l'.z-kie- ihr-iug- l.e-tve- l i.ur-elve- wiih-druwi- i, I I lht-re.it'.- ubn-quentl- Prayer by Trent. Brihain Youug. Joi-ep- Choir sang, Friday, April 9, 10 a.m. now wi le thy glory shines, 'r aihrr II wooden ii.se." high toy Prayer by Elder Loienzo Snow. Choir Sang: "Sweet iu the work my Gjd my Kiug. To praise Thy mine give thanks aim Jo-ep- 8iDg." BLLllCR WII.FORI) WOODRUFF Stid there generation of mankind who needed the light of iuspiiatioii 1. ; .. i. ii nuum ii uK .i nunc mnu .iuif. wuere lie ure the undent nations and mighty cities which had beeu built up to defy all time uo4 pJOf, with their palaces and tow- era anp tempter? luey were gone, and their history alao. and nothing w s led but a remount of their rains What was t le caue of t.ieir destt u : i n? They de p tried lroin Qod and turued fioui Ilia ways, aud iu fulfilment of the words of the Prophets who went "o warn them of iht consequences of their luiquity, thev hal been utterly destroyed, aud us Jesua had prophesied about the temple of not oue nuns had beeu left ..oloiiioU. another that had uol be:n thrown upou down." The Lord hvl never permitted any declaration of bis piobtts to mnai.i uniutbllcl li wa inpos tb e by ordi nary humin means to enter into and Lui ibe ovrooiue ancient Bahylou. prophets of God ha predio ed its over throw and it was acjomp.isbed. When these great nations aud cities were destroyed their enemies were seized with a disposition to demolish the libraries, and inua their histories hud ben destroyed Wert it oot for the It ble, which Had heeu preserved by the Almighty, there would be no authentic record cuueniiag muny of those nations. And were it not fjr the Hook of Mormon, tlso preserved by the power of God, there would b no reeoid of the people, and the great tities and temples and migh'y monuments erecti 1 by the nations who Bnciently iohaluied this continent, now crumbling under the ground. As the Lord hud not failed in iullilliog the the prophets ' concerning t'nore ancient kingdoms, so he would net fail in one jit or littW of His word through the prophe s concerning thin people, tbe gathering of Israel, the building of Z'on and all things concerning the piewent generation. Elder W'ooiiruff referred to the promise ef God ii the brother of Jared, that his posterity should inherit this land; that whatever nation fchould tuhabit if should keep His commandments, and that if they did net keep them wl:en they were Mpened in iniquity they sheuld be cut off. Two great nations, as recorded in the Itook of Mormoa, had been cut oil, reo' and branch, from this bind, because if their corruptions, lie shewed that Ibis nation had been blest with the beat human governmeit ever given to man. Km if the people continued iu their wickedneaa, thy aio would be cut off. A sure a the Lord destroyed Niuv h4 this nation would be swept from the earth unless thty repented of their abominations. As lie had a soul to save, be be leved thtt eery word of trie Lord through the prophets would be fu tided, aod the Lord would plead with this nation by tire and sword, and with all nations that would not repent and keep Hi commandment. Tie Lord had worn by Himself that no weapon formed ngtiust Zion ahould proper. Where was there a man, from the greatest to the least, who had wilfully fought against Juep:i Smith, or Hrighum Young, and the work they ha to perform, who bad nut beeu cm sod of ue Lord? Zion was bound to rise, re urn and and build up th wnte pUe mighty and glorious inlhaemli , In view of the great events to he would ask, had w any liuie to idle aod atf? The Lord vspected u to labor and build up f,on and warn tha nauons ol the things tl.iu are con ing njmn them. Tbe time would soou he When those who had labored in th would Kingdom pat away, and instead ' 'ricl!ng here wou.d be laboring was no 1 sty-iars- 1 be-eo- Iran-fpire- of 1 u-- fr . Pre-ide- nt 3-- , 1 v key-stoti- o i , na-lion- s Smith-Secon- Vice-Preside- Vice-President- , - Kit-ard- s, exi-le- ery y, ye.-terda- a 1 . e |