Show 1 tI T Y YI Yc c I COOPERATION AND THE UNITED ORDER I Report of at In Boxelder Andreas At dr SS at tho Annual Conference d and aid Harmony y j Ot tho Church of Jesus Josua Christ ol of o Latter Among the tho I n d us t s day dRY Saints Sainte In to tho the Salt Lako i Community Overtaken by II Caitlin Calam Calamity City April ft 4 1003 I ity No Unions U or Secret S t I Bif Y ELDER CHARLES KELLY for far Indu I lI Edu Education lU lUS S President of or Stake cation and Training ut of the Young I dU r 5 5 s r Beloved I trust that tho Lord lorlI wo ino utterance the tho tow few mo mor moI r I I r may ma stand before you In ro tP to tiro tho t made by our OUI be bo beloved loved president I appear before you P II a II representative of ot the tho Slake pt pf Zion lion ono one of at tW tb oldest Stales Stakes of ot ZIon located In the tho ilu extremo extreme north pt pf OUt our state stati on to southern Idaho and aid eastern Nevada bounded on tho cast east by Hyrum anti and Cacho Cache Stakes and IId on tho south by Weber Stake W We number about members of at tho of ot Jesus Christ of day in our Stake we have a R over OWl 1500 who bear tho the holy und And Priesthood a strong army of ot and were WI Poo all alive active and energetic In the perform performance performance ance of the Ule sacred duties required of oft that t nt priesthood thod and authority which l God Jod has restored to the earth we weI I certAinly bo be a n strong and a n ato powerful of at Zion I 1 am pleased d to c cond 1 to tl report to this conference e our condi condl condition Boll tion no Aft a a 1 stake stahe I urn nm pleased to say that tho the presidency of at the stake am are united and love each ellch other We Wo unite oil every proposition before wo we go be before before fore tore the people We Wo have a High Coun Council Council cil who aro are united with the presidency 4 of It the stake We Wo hold High Council 1 I meetings once a I month and at each of I meeting all nil matters of ot general J interest to our d and organizations f sj r arse ore are discussed and ana a a thorough thorough under understanding l standing arrived d at nt Wo We are alB active In lilting the tho wards words of at which there thero aro aroU f U 10 1 In in tho the stake together with 11 branches I am nm pleased to tell you the the same BlUno spirit which prevails prevail with the tile presidency and anel High IlI li Coun Y can be bet found t In III every ward The Boxelder stake of ot Zion In Jn the last seven saven yeam has hns doubled Its tithing accepting tho ho counsel coun el of at our former and beloved President of ot tho the Church Lorenzo Snow Enow who counseled this whole to t more m ro fully tully observe that taw law and Mil pet got closer to the Lord Ioro and receive reecho Ills blessings Our stake has hils been endeavoring to carry out that advice c and I testify that wo we have Got cot nearer to tho the Lord COOPERATIVE COMMUNITY CO I There Thoro Is s a II greater greMer spirit of at union and lovo lava for tor the tho truth among our people to today today day than ever In my experience of be lie between liet between tween t thirty and forty years among that people That principle taught by President Snow years ago ngo by lIy which wo we got together tog ther In our temporal Interests and established what we called the United Order that principle of ot co coop o ot t I by which all were employed In In sumo some Industry or spirit of ot ott 4 t that principle has hns not left out our ou stake entirely In those days we had no idle boys hoys and girls no Idle men and women In our county We Wo had employments established l there that took In every body bod We had hatla a a peculiar currency by which we VI met our obligations It was wasn n II scrip that was made modo suitable to our conditions In which our brethren and sisters were wee paid from tram the lie shoes hop the carpenters the blacksmiths tho the dress dressmakers dressI dressmakers makers I the tho dairy workers and from tho the other departments thirty In num number number ber bel that were organized in that stake slake For years ea my brethren and sisters fiN AM there was love union and Industry In Inthe Inthe I the tho midst of that people Out But for tor some Bome I cause causa or other misfortune came shall shallI I II say through the tho providence of the Lord We say that the Lord nit All things well and that nothing happens ns hit bUt what lie knows about At any tiny rate misfortune came to us Thu Tho enemy enem came CAmo upon us and us between and O for tor circulating our scrip which was never novel Intended for tor or an as money and wn wo got but very ery little lit of at It hack back from the government govern men t Fire destroyed our woolen factory which entailed a I loss of at between and j but tho the unity of ot tho the people yaa sufficient suf for tor tho the occasion and It ItIS was IS rebuilt Wo We are an nn Industrious people now but wo we have not got those Institutions Institution In our midst You will remember re remember member that Boxelder D Stake was not noted noted noted ed throughout the Church for tor Its Us co cooperation cooperation operation for tor Its United Unite Order But Dut while wile the Institutions of ot that order have gone the by which they were created and governed so many years oarl under the tho administration of at President Snow has hus not left our people We Wo are lire area a united people In our stake vo 0 have havo not got 01 ti II secret order or combination outside of tho the Church of Jesus Christ of Saints When a a young man comes to our Priesthood meeting with a n recommend from his hla Bishop to be or ordained an Elder the question Is put to him Are you a II member of at any secret order Ho So far tar the tho answer has hns been No in every instance We arc are trying to educate our brethren and sisters slaters against the Introduction of these evils Stun Many years ago wo we a taught these thele prin principles principles to our people and antl though many attempts have been made to Introduce those these orders Into our stake they have been without effect I am nm pleased to tomake tomako tomake make mako that hat statement to you ou at nt this con conference conference ference tr nc TRADE UNIONS AND SECRET ORDERS o S SI I 1 was Pons very cry much pleased with the re remarks remarks remarks marks of Elder ld r Roberts touching these matters A brother came to me the theother other day and asked If a trades union was a 11 secret order and whether It II was wasso wasso so Ao considered by the authorities of ot the Church I said I did not know how the authorities s viewed trades tradell unions but I would consider them secret orders It ItIs ItIs Itis Is a I system by which one man Is pro protected protect protected tl and another Is 9 turned adrift Ills HIs family may bo be suffering for tor the necessaries of at life lite ho lie may lUaY be a I skilful mechanic and all lIil at honest laborer but ithe It Ithe Ithe he Is not a n member of at a 11 certain union he cannot get employment I told tho the brother that in my opinion trades unions un unions unIons ions are aro secret orders and come under un under under der the tho orders described In the Dook Cook of at Mormon ormon I feel that their effects will willbe willbe willbe be felt by Ly and by In the tho world and also among ui us II If It we ve unite ourselves with them I asked the question through one oneat of at the Apostles whether this order was considered among the tho secret orders and andI I received the word that to all Intents and purposes It was and they th y should be discouraged I am thank thankful thankful ful tul that t In our stake thus far they the have h W been discouraged I am thank thankful thankful ful tul that wo we are as liS good a I people as we are arc but bt I do apt want you OU to think that t we ke 0 ere are all perfect by b any means We Wo have havo saloons In our midst wo we have apostates We wo have halfhearted I Mormons wo we 0 have those who are aro on o tae II posed to God and Ills work but tho great Brout majority of the people IUD are on the tho Lords Bide aide and are 1110 desirous of serving Him and anI roping keeping Ills His commandments glorious Wo have prospects before us In the tho stake otake at present We lye have a 1 new sugar factory In iii 11 course of ot erection we have hao a II new railroad being built through our valley valloy we wo have havo tho the prospect of an east side sido canal caMI from the tho ho hear Deur river can canyon canyon canyon yon converting Into farms orchards and beautiful homes some acres on the cast east side of the tiro river that are aro arem m w barren and almost worthless The canal Is partly party built but whether It will willbe willbe be finished or not Is an nn unsettled ques question lion tion at present With these thelo conditions before us wo we have splendid prospects In tho Ito Doulder Boxelder Stake Slake of at Zion Wo We will have plenty of ot work for tor Idlers It If there thore are any families good members of the Church that will w will Sj II come como along to the tho Boxelder stake and help hell raise alse beets build tho the railroad and make mako a canal and redeem the land that Is yet et open for tor purchase at nt a nominal figure wo we will wilt welcome them Thom and will not be bo un under under der Iler the necessity of ot going to Canada or orto orto orto to any state to look for tor em employment employment plo ment INDUSTRIOUS EDUCATION A serious problem that confronts this people today is What shall wo we do with our boys and girls It H Is true truo many of at them aro are going to tho lie colleges and being educated but It Is le only tho the brain that Is being educated not the tho hand They are not getting that Intel which takes tho the etude crude material and makes it subservient to our use to tomake tomake make our homos homM comfortable and to furnish turn Ish our own shoes hats and bon hon bonnets bonnets nets and other ather things that we wo send our substance for tor to other places aces and thus thul build them then up Instead of ot ourselves I feel that the day Is not tar far distant when the principles presented by Pros Ident dent Brigham Young to this Church Churchwill Churchwill Churchwill will be bo more mor fully curried out for tor we have havo a I man at lit our head today who Is looking after the Interests of ot Zion Elon whose pen pell Is busy dally on somo of the most timely articles that wo we have rend read for years Rend Read the Juvenile Instructor tor tho the Improvement Era I ra and the Des Dea cret News and there thore you get the tho word of ot the Lord from tram Ills his servants who cannot reach us All nil by their voices I thank God Gall for tor these men mono I thank God for tor tho the past nast prophets for President Young YounS the tho n Moses of ot latter times timeR who led this people out of at bond bondage bondage age and planted their th r teat feet In III these beautiful valleys valle of ot the th mountains and located our cities and an towns I am nm proud of at the of the ho city In witch which I live for tor It Is after that Illustrious man manthe manthe manthe the city of at I rejoiced In sitting under tinder the lire his voice I rejoiced rejo ed In sitting under the sound of tho the Voice oleo of at President President John Jahn Taylor his successor Upon whom ham tell fell his hili mantle mantlo I rejoiced In the teach teachings gs pf that meek and lowly Wilford whO to a certain ox tent made peace between us and this nation by disbanding the Peoples Party larty and aUd by Introducing through the will and revelation ot of olOM the mani manifesto manifesto festo which stopped measure pro proceedings against this people When he stood In that sacred Barrell edifice the Temple he made the tho statement that now no the tho thoe set e t time to favor Zion had come Has Ilan not that prediction been literally fut ful fulfilled filled tilled Just Jutt us as literally as IlS many other othor predictions that have havo been uttered Tho The remarks of ot Brother Drother Roberts re reminded reminded reminded minded nio mo of at that poetical 1 man Parley P 1 Pratt who wrote wro 0 The rite K I Ivy y to The Theology Theology and led who prefaced ono one of his chapters with lines lints Oh Mystic Babel Do bel lonG lone has hns been thy reign I What direful evils follow tallow In thy train The Tho volt veil Is III rent thy mystery revealed Angels cry woe wool and God Gal thy th doom has haq sealed scaled Tho The nations from thy long lone and dreary night Are Aro waking all ng now to everlasting light Those words rang In my ears ars as liS Elder Eider l Roberts Roberta called our attention to those these modern Improvements Light has lias coma come Into tho the world rho Tho axe has lias been laid laidal at al tho the root of at all false doctrine That ThatIs ThotIs Is why our friends tho ministers are ara trembling That Is why the churches are arc fearful Light and truth have hove como come Into the world and they thoy will prevail God Goel has established this work worl It It Is not ours our He lie has hal given Riven us U pastors after Ills own heart hoart to feed teed us u with knowledge and understanding I Iam Iam am 1101 thankful to bo be associated with will this people This people are my people p their God Is my m God I 1 want to share shore with you my brethren and In all the conditions that arise I came cams hero many years ago and have havo grown crown grownup grownup up under the light and Intelligence that hoe has come como train from Jail God through Ills his ser servants p servants r I have havo sat for tor over 86 al years with very few tew exceptions exception ex under the droppings of ot this holy holy sanctuary while the Hie Prophets of at tho the Most High nigh have hove fed ted fedus tedUs fedus us with knowledge and understanding and I hope to enjoy that privilege many mallY years fears yet yetI I pray God to bless bloss tho ho Saints to All III us with His Ills Spirit and with a desire to heed the counsels counsel that aro are given to us from those that lint pre pro preside side ildo Then Theil lion Klon will trill prosper every weapon that drat Is formed against her will wilt l he bo o broken brokon to pieces for tor this Is our Fathers work and we are told that Ho Ito and ono one nun man are aro ti u great nt majority The power Power and Influence of ot this tide people are being being felt In the earth today as ne never before nn anti and l we Wo are aro only commencing It ItIs ItIs Itis Is only ani the dawn of a n brighter day dllY It ItI ItIs li Is I but hut the tho commencement of ef the work our Father line has established In the earth eaith and which will be bo Inspired and ond sustain sustained ed by Him halm from this time henceforth until the kingdoms of at this Ihl world be become become come como tho the kingdoms of ot our God Gall and His Ills Christ Mao Mav Ma lIe He give u us Ills His grace prace ace and Spirit sufficient sum lent to establish Ills Hla right righteousness righteousness In tho the earth to sanctity sanctify our hearts in tho tune truth and to be bo guided unto Ills His praise that In the tho th sequel of ot our days lute like many who have havo lIa address addressed ed us here her we may be 10 gathered home horn to our Father ather I end and rejoice in ills His 19 salvation h Is my prayer through Jesus Christ Amen |