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Show serve Ood with all their . devote themselves and all and hearts, II s king? they had to the, building up of conforward t come V i then dom, sT they might ' ' SECOND DAV. sistently. President Young alluded to the milThr(Jaf, Oct. 7, 10 ft m. lions of evil spirits who were cast down Prest. D. II. Wells and Apostlei Eras- - from the heavens far . disobedience, and tus Snow, Lorento 8ncW an J F. . Rich- - the spirits of the wicked who had gone ards hr.flng returneJ from the South, behind the vail, aud said tbey were af ter the Saints to tempt, to sffltct, to anwere present en the. stand. ' noy and lead them away from the p.tb Choir mug: of truth to disobedience and destruction; "Come aP ye Saints who dwell onjtarth, and, asked what would b the conse " Your cheeriul yoices raise.",. tl. quence if we refused to comply with the Orson Pratt. Elder Prayer by requirements of the kingdom of God?vol- , He then called on those who had : Choir sang unteered to provide the sash for the St. 'Mrt1d awake, with angels join, George Temple,' and who had done And chant the soleoiu lay." noihiug to fulfil their promise, t do so at once, as the Ttrople was ready for th rnesT. b. ii. wells He also called sash twenty joiners Expressed his pleasure at beinj present to down to SU George, and do Ihe go ' with (he Saints in Conference, and t work required in the interior of the the opportunity of bearing testimony to Temple When men were called upon to on a mission, or perform any duty in ihe increase of the Saints in faith and go tiiH church, they should comply at ouoe. prosperity, and in the ,building up of If were building a house and were they( towns aud cities, and redeeming the required to go immediately, they should face of the earth from the dominion of leave the house and start, and not trouthe wicked. When the Saints were ble whether the house be completed or men driven from Nauvoo the ungodly showed not., When Christ called didn'tancientlyto who were fishings tbey stop a disposition to destroy erery vestige rof look after their nets,;but followed birn the t Priesthood j front th efface of .the at once, and if they had not dotne so, earth. Thut disposition was still mani- they wouM never have been ordained his The Snints could not nerve Gd fested, but this work was the Lord's, apostles. and Mammon. The curse of God would and though many might be led astray he upon those who renewed their coveinto by and forbidden paths, tue. King nants in the Jiamo of the Trinity, nnd dom would not bo left to another peo the next day refused to respond to the calls of duty. ple, but from them' God would raise up to; the subject of nnion In be "with which regard those ' who had been before the church for Him, and carry on His work in victory, years, he would say the Lord must have pf labor as well as faith imprest, Wells then alluded to the build ii combination io on the .earth accomplish His work. ing of the Temple at St. George, which The doctrine was in the Bible, Doctrine was .ow nearly completed, that the and Covenants! and 'Book of Mormon, Siiints. might receive the ordinances of that God was aboye all, in all and life for themselves and their dead. Quo- through all, and that His people ruu,t become one by oheyiiig His word impliting from the Book of Psalms, he showed. citly. God was a rational, corporate, that iu Zion Ood had commanded His personal Being, full of dight and truth, blessing to rest, even life far evermore, surrounded by His children, dwelling on and locking 'upon' the pedplo of Zion, the a planet in the midst of His creation?, prophet bud "exclaimed," B;hold how He would ask, if we could learn of the good it is for brethren to dwell together principles by which the heavenly family Lord wanted His peo- lived, what reason was there, that we in unity!'.'-T- he ple to give Him their hearts, aud be co- should not imitate their. manner, of life workers with Uim to establish the reign and become one. according to the prayer of righteousness Go' 'w'outd'accVji-plis- b of Jesus (bat all his disciples might be Hi work through the instrumen-toiii- y come one, even ns be and the rather of those who would be "willing in were one? J The'; Saints were generally the d&y of His power." united in faith, why not become one in The speaker showed the importance of all things. , Tho speaker said he tas too obeying the counsel of God through His rld to go here and there and dictate servants. In proof --of which he referred how, every thing'sbould be done," but the to the word of the LorriffWVatron voice of God was, to leave it to younger through the Prophet Josegh Smith, that irienj '.he responsibility was upon the "tftefslamof the gtfcth should hlfreed, Elders to attend to this, and tho curse of and their owners pui'j (ur the jjpss out of God iwould be upon them it they did not ' i' ' the national treasury. If this counsel uncharge this duty. had been received the great civil war, President Young concluded by showand millions of lives and property, would ing that ihe Saint! biiglit ja order f have been saved io the country. The inherit the glory of the Father and the word of the Lord contained in the Bible Sou. thdy iaust become pure in heart was given through. J its servants holding and be holy even as He is holy. authority of the holy grieithood It wu Choir sang.the Anthemr ,, the same to day, and the people of the i ? "1 will i praisi rhee." eartU were invited to com up to Zion Prayer by Elder Orson Hyde. and leru the tnlud aud will of the Lord TWO P. M." through His chosen servant The Saints "l 'l Cboiraan g :'.LV. had need Jo repent of .iheir slotjjjuluess Praise ye' the Lord, 'tis good to raise, irrhearkeuing te'oou'useC and to awake Your hearts and voices in his praise." to uuioo, to reformf tbeir live's,'" their covenants, and arise to newness of Prayer by Elder Lorenzo Snow. life forkng alheir Bins of omissiou Choir Bang: '" and couitiiissiuu. If there was an obstaWith joy we hail thy servants, Lord, cle in the way, Jf j.here were hardness Thy ministers belo ofbeaft agaiost tich" ol&tt) and other ELDER BOUT. T. BCBTON obstrociiods to the free flW t)fthe spirit of God, these things should be removed. Said since bis return from his mission No person cauld sin aud cover it up, aud he had been privileged with, the opporb justta.'d If sins v tre coinmitteirlB tunity f meeting-wit- n the' Saints, 1il the sinner an4 Ihe Lorlfkntw ef their towns and villages, from Idaho in secret, Uand 'this made Jtwo" witnesses. "y the north, to Ariiont in the south. For h'ou1Jl)e Consulting our best Intere'sis 'this'he was thankful. ".He fnih'zed more by walking iu the way of life. The only than ever he necessity of making the way'io obtaia, a'klngdoatfof glory was Kingdom of God aud its interests first td obvy'thft luws orVbat Einglom. and foremost in all things, now and forPrest. Wells ccnaluded by bearing ever. Te God we were indebted for all testimony te the truthof the work atid. the understanding we had ef the printhe- - general on the part i of ciples of eternal life, for though wecould , (he Sainta to pat way their follies and read until the Lord revealed devote themselves to the interests of the the gespel to Josupb Smith, we were ja kiagdonkrand by declaring that a stream the darkvia regard to.the true meaning uf revelton-haflowed through the of the scriptures, tn receiving the meslining oracles ever since the rise of the sage of ut'e tfc rough Joseph Smith, we haroti. Mid wouU continue, and the were made to perceive that there was hu Suiois would overcome, not by every affinity twtweeu thepeople of God and man going bis own way, but by learning the people of tli world. And as the work tBiTWlll of God through the channel of had progressed h had the opposition of the holy priest hoo J and obeying it. the ungodly increased against the church of God. ;But the hand of the Lord had f I rBESlUKXt UisalAV0C5& Tf been ', overdlis people for tbeir protection, Said we jlrbfessed tine' til SafnlsWlhe in the midst ef the jnobbiogs and perseMoat ilig.h God. To he a true Sa:nt was cutions througb-'whicthey had passed, simply (ta abiait ourslis uurodervedly and all these things'had turned to the to-- ' tuat (led whi'(m! we' hvel Vaiwied to good of thore who sutiered them. Bu( oby. We were taught th nind udh. notwithstanding the visible hand of Pro ' wilt of the Lord couiinua.lly, through videnoe in our history, many became those wbw. had been ordoJued and ap careless, and forgot the lessons wbich Sid beeu taughl'tbeoCHe would ask pointed to. reveal Jtjf jt was ttffJaty the Saints to live W that they could what was" the Jbjeoiof the Lord iu for (hentielves the will of tb gathering a people from the nations of Lord4 njy (ihe light .Of eternal truth tue earthy V&s it not that a people day by day. aud Vuow when lib ser- might be prepared for his coming? The vants epoke- whether MheiO teaiihhigi cry was raised, Come oht of. Babylon, were of God. If the paopla did. not live Urn people, thai y.e partake riot of her so as 19 enjoy 1U boly fpirit how could sins and. receive nptjf her plagues." they k?ow whether hehe speaker, de- Although many who bad gathered to Zion ceived tbeok or not. His exhortation were willing talBacrifipe anything and was that the Saints should take such a everything for rtheUruth, still it was oourse that they could have the light to fact that we had madvtittle progress todisoern ti themselves, aud know ttuth wards that luion' which "was necessary ttoin eVrfrr. 'He askedf did jthose- who La order "prepare a people to meet the wished to. ieaw theif 'coveuaat want to Lord at His couiing.j-S- o far as we be baptixedrnto disobedience-andisreamong ua'these things which gard r Ike counsel if God? If so he we had lef Babylaa to forake so fir advised tht-- 1 kvrp ut of the water, were we filling lit thtt object we bad ia aaJ uol aak to b'. Ujptiiid. But if Ikey view. ' m FOIlTtTsiXTH Published everv WEDNESDAY and 3ATCKDAT by the Oodes PuBusmjca Coxvxnr. E. STRATFORD, Vmineit Manager, UTAH WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1875 isuo.i i uvmii. . time give commerce cheaper freight rates and capital a safe investment and adequate remuneration. forty-fiv- e years of experience shows that the lowest average net cost of the 4 s trunk Dads per ft. 8 inch ton per mile,,, is eight mills, and the lowest average gross tariff, : twelve for four mills mills, giving invest-meriinterest and dividend ; on First-classingle track roads cost from nine to twelve mills, and their gross tariff is from fourtecu to fcixteeQ mills. At the average of twelve ' milla gross tariff and eight mills net cost the profits will fairly cover the iqter est on the cost of a double trucked s road, with equipments and - , first-clas- ! ! t. s J first-clas- appointments, aud atj the, average cf eight mills the entire investment becomes wrthle?s. It is therefore " evident that if ''our standard toads were given to the public Jor nothing they could not mako the tariff rate - required. rail-- . In the case of a narrow-guag- e road the average tariff of eijjhfc mills' gives an interest on the cost of a road, and also V, large contingent fund, and the capital is not impaired uutil the average comes btlow six mills. At the rate of oight mills the 6taudurd road becopies bankrupt, while tho narrow gunge earn i ten per cout ouuhej cost of a double tiack." ' lie holds that a narrow gaue road would pay handsomely on oa amount of business that wull eoatxla standard road merely to ex?st "In all the history of railroading, broad gauge ruiIioad,ltad broken daws from double-trac- k their pwn, maguitudc. In Huisia the question had been triet squarely and the Russian railroads were hetug .... ... r. cub uuwu iiuiu a uvc rll'tt. iwt a vnrue and a half feet gauge, and the result was satisfactory in evcrv sense. A main point in the argument was (hat the narrow gauge system would reduce the original investment in a railroad at least forty per oeat, ani its operating. cxpeasS as liilch more.-Aftethe most tho&ugh iavesti threo-foo- t gition guape has bc btate.s. This the united adopted in secures the largest strength io the the materials, ample itwxgaitude car for all undividablo bulks ar.d weights, and the bst average utilitv cf fire surface and steam, power, in In practice ulso the locomotives. iwir r , ! fr tsauie . Jto , The president of the forty-fire- t Parallel Hailroad lias declared himself in favor of the narrow guag system. Taking up the question of thecouflict arising between the public who demanded (heap. r transportation and capital which required an increase in rates, he considers that the difficulty will be solved by narrow guage railroads which will at the According to Mr. Ilornish, desired ' Charlcn W. Penrose. Editor. ogukx. SEMI.AX- - ii these rjads aro proved to jicld a speed equal to all reasonable condi-tioo- s of coulriierev sud in safctfar xcel the standard roads X consider the narrow guage s loads admirably nd.ipted to a feeders to the region and as broad guaga roads. Both system have their defenders, nnd e;ifh, up doubt, lias its advantages, and if the cost of , coDstruitW u, ruttdnpr ;ei peoses and gcuVral Dinageaicnt coat eo Wttch ltss on the narrow puajre than the broad guae roads the pub- -' lie may reanon'iblv expeci coDsddera- ble reduction in the traffic rates of the former over the latter. , Whether, they will get it remains to be sceu. tuonn-taiaou- , bt i 1 ! '. ioS-ene- t , i the-Bible- d S . - - Elder Barton then referred to Ihe time of the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, when Sidney Kigdon tried to lead away the people, and when President Youug arose ia the congregation, and spoke The people with the voice of Joseph. then, he said, knew the voice of the good BhepherJ. So it waa when tho ex- Tbey pulsion from Nauvoo took plane. had no doubts in following their leader, no dubiety, for the Saints knew that the voice of the good shepherd 'was lea ling them. So when they arrived here, and the word came, thi is the place;" even body received it as the word of the But now, notwithstanding oar Lord experience, when the same voice was uttered in our midst, som of us failed to recognize it, and forgot the blessings which had resulted from hearkening to it in the pist. He cited the example of the early Christians in uniting as one family, and exhorted' the Latter-da- y Snints to take the same course, according to the counsel of Grd, to throw aside their carelessness, search their own hearts to find out whether they were serving the Lord, or building up Babylon, and be guided by the voice of the Good Shepherd. If we lost the testimony of the truth and the love of the gospel, fainiJt' return, and that his provided for; 18 ,bat JL?U b in JSoflMd tb. Spirit ofVhVli', i,fcli0ula prompt him how he had ..J; Udl with which ' ..llT he bought a i.:.ew lefW commenced preaching the gospel publishing the Millenial rley P.Pratt.oeJi.i,; 0 i lunu bonk, i haa . the Book of M.r.oaf tl wben men were turned ' out of tuent for f J preaching and distribSrin pr ed word; and having remain! and sixteen days, w ble, o pa )Jt the priming, besides "J1 auaiainii. B ber poor families. During 9,000 persons were baptized into tbj Church, an emigration offite was rstah lished, and the pH8Hae of merill sous was paid jo America. Ue retarued home, having been Rone neiirly t 0 vear. and found his family in a log hou ' which had been built for them by the iS f f brethren; the cow, sold from 'them was returned by Father John Smith' when he learned the fucts in ihe family were able to sell a little milk' cuSe-th- e his wife did some work, aud they were' provided for in his absence, as Joseua we lost our all. had declared. He related. this, that U ELDER JOHN HENRY SMITH ders who thouglu it uoli hardship il Was thankful for the privilege of speak- go here or there as they were required ing for a few minutes in this Taber- and the j .ung people in the Church' nacle for the first time in his life, and to might, know something of Hie circumknow, on returning from bis mission, stances under which the gospel was carthat the servants of God were rousing ried to Ihe world in the early dajg 0f ihe Saints from their slumber, and the Churca. President Young went on to tell Low waking them to a sense of their duty. He wished to have no higher interest in toe sick had been healed, the lame made life than to aid in building up the king- to wak, the blind to see, and how he had dom of God. He realized that the been miraculously provided with money Elders of the church around him were on his missionary travels by an unseon one by one" passing away.' He was hand. He said this work commence,! in grieved to fcee' that some of the young poverty, like the birth of Jesus, below men of Israel were taking a course to! all thinzs." We could see what hoi pull down that which their fithers had been accomplished by the blessing of ibe labored so manfully to biiLd up. For Lord, and this work would go onward., his part he was determined to follow in and upward uutil Jesus came to reiga. the course marked out' for him by his ani rute. Choir s ing: parents'. He knew that the 'kingdom and priesthood' of God were true, and , "0 be Jovful in the Lord.'" he was willing to sustain the leaders of Prayer by EllerB. Young, jun. the church and ' labor wkerever tbey desired him. It 'was the duty of every young man in' Israel to labor in humility ... THIRD. DAY. and faith to build op the kingdom'' of i j Friday, tO a.m.' " God npon" the 'earth, ' It ,!w;as easy !(o iT.,A very large congregation assembled," preach but not so easy to'practici. He ilia limwa hainrr full with tka i...nti.n " was determined to try 'and practice the of a few side seats.1 principles of eternal' life, to talk' less1 ' Choir sang, and do more, arid set an exampfe worthy i 4'An angel froa on high of imitation. Many claiming to' be . ' tin The silence broke." long, long Saints had indulged in finding! fault wjth their brethren, and at the same ''Prayer by Elder, John Taylor. timo did nothing themselves to forward . Choir sanir, . , .,, the work of God.: Ha hore testimony is ine worx my uou my is.rngf that he knew this was the work of God, ( ."weev fTo praii-- thy; name give 'thanks had that; it incorporated 'ell t,fh',", an! he :"u : u"tfi,n8-'- ' hoped to live and labor for it to his PRSSJDEKV ItRIGIIAX YOVKQ, life's end. . Said he' had prepared a short "discourse ELDER JI. H. HARDY Said he bad belsn appoiatediwbile in to be Tead at this Conference, on tho rNew England to go on a misssion to old subject'of the resurrection; and would call upon' Elder George Q. Cannon England, and had labored there as he " "' it ' ' ; ' had been directed, in various counties, uannon tne reaa' iiiJer discourse, a finding the Saints 'in the 'enjoyment of do justice-twhich would of not ' synopsis the spirit' and faith' of the gospel: In ' It took the' subject. Important returning home his desire was still to 'ia the most positivi manner, labor in the cause of truth, knowing that the voice of the leaders of the peo- that the bodies bf mankind would be litrestored ia the' resurrection, no ple was the' voice of the priesthood ef erally a ' being lost, but it would be particle Son of and that it would lead the'; God, sanctified, 'spirit being substituted for 'those who hearkened to it unto salvation ' : t corruptible blood. No portion of a ba' ; and eternal life. i i rman body would enter into the aolual D1SUOP HESRV HVQHES: ,j 1 bul ha Said bis recept, piiasion to Wales had composition of another" ;bclyV' S6would-b- e with preserved. Jaught bim'jto appreciate' be't ter (t ban identity vittk ever,1 his home 'in these "'mountains and the earth; it snail dier being.parinea a riori- to and then be resurrected fire, of the society the; SalntsH'He believed that if many of Iha Elders Who bad1 bees ous existence; havidg obeyed the law of by law here for tea or fifteen years, were to go its being' it would he preserved ' sanctified same. the and ', by back and see. the condition' of bo old was supported by mftay world, it 'would uot be so difiicult to "This position and reasons, ay quotations from mite tVemselves in the way desired. cogent New and Testa Old the meats, the Book. We ought to give hed to the counsel bf Covenant. the Lord's servants,, who were Waring of Mormon and Doctrine De- sout their Jives in tryiag to uhite the peo- The discourse is published in the u v& nuu to wiia unr, ple. He knew they were called of God cirt cni and was determined to do that which with great interest; nat 'only'by the LaU' y Saints, but maiay others who are they required of him in builJing up the interested in the study, of the future conkingdom of God upon the earth; 'with" ' ., dition the human race. of . out complaint; ju j "" :) ' : . , ( ! 1 1 , - . , , , e ;'"'' 1' i : ' " . . to-rea- ' the-groun- ( '; , ! . - I ad . ter-da- - . - r.- . KLDKR B H.r WATTS. , i Said he j had been in 'this church! fer thirty-fivyears and had a testimony, of the truth," but 'he never realized the beamy and the power of this work ontil going upon a mission to the world, from which heshad just returned. ; He, was acquainted, with t Joseph Smith and knew' that he was a prophet of Gad raised up to usher' in tbo lust dispensaSaints'were tho tion, and the Latter-daonly community who' were striving'ltd carry out the principles-.o- f the i gofpel contained in theicripturs. He desired ' nryl was determined to: redouble his diligence and 'devote' himself to" the cause of God , ; e , y .J PRKSIDENT BRlftUAM Related some of; his i TOOSCr' ' 1 ' experience; in preaching the gospel to the world. , He described the trying circumstances under .which he was called, with others'of the Twelve,1 to go oa a snissLoa to England, lie was ia such feebla-healtthat he had to be lifted into tb wagon, and bis family wtre unprovided for.j.They were without, shoes; he bought a barrel of floar for his wife and fite children and it turned but to be rottea.' When lie waa gone.'a Bishop sold hi wife's cow.'and she had to leave the house ia which they lived, aad move into a suble. He had no overeswt, although it was in the mouth of November,'' and his wife gave him a q.uslt io wrap around him. which he utwd till be reached Kew York, when some friend gave him 'an overcoat. Jeevb premised him be should lit a to i . WOODRITV KLDEH .WILFORU i . , where U Quoted the saying 'OL death tuy ating, OL grave where is tny and said this doctrine of the was meat glorious, and comfo to the spirit,! He reioioed that ia the ; world to come he would have tody - in . which he bad toiled, labored and. suff, red in preaching tiie gospel, to rhe world of maukiad. .Be of the Twelve to. ferring to the! mis-io- n England, spoke of yesterday by Prest. Young, he said, the day und date wber the. apustiea were to lay the .corner stone of the Temple at IV r West anck there part with the Saints to go on their mission' to England, Before the appointed lime came, the Saints werevw-tory- ," rts-urect- ing the-sam- e i ; i - uiifrn vji , i tuc hjimxi : unu wis pwj--v of Missouri awore that oo roan should, be ciillered . to come on that spot aad1 fulfil that reuelation. Jo spite of all the tnre'.ts or tue uooocrats, ana.ioe euon of Satan to destroy the apostles, they at- tended to the work appointed at the time dosignated He. the speaker, was nearly deatt wilu. tbe ague;, I'resiaen Youogr paddled him in a canoe across the M'asi8sippi . aad he crawJed upen a. side of sole leather and felt that he wa. more-- t lor tie uassecuug room missionary fieldv, All the apostles who were appointed, on that mission were stricken down with disease. Elder Woodruff depicted tne trials aad difficulties under which the mission was God acomplished, but the command ofUtaur made up them they befog 'upon, : , n uu |