Show j WIS T THE D Y YI Yh l I Gathering of the Saints d h to a Close Drought brought I Will be April 6 1 m ST HAS AS BEEN INTENSE Yesterday Was Rep I et t or of the Ele t or the c Circh annual conference adjourned yesterday nf nt t a b g mornIng at 10 till Wednesday Y meetings will VIII be tic Jo Resumed ben o oct gathering of oC the great close There Is Ia no brought to t a C I I tho conference Is one but b history or of In tho i best belt Church be and that It will bo o e among the th peo p o tile ot manifest from the inter Interi alreadY I Is 11 ye l b bY tho 0 thousands f rt i Some come hither to worship before ht the tho theay LIO lka those thoo tho e preceding It tb Lord IMd ay afternoon was full tull of oC represented largely the and element 0 of tho the Church from r ger that the tho speakers were oung men who have re rc reI of I a amber er called to positions of re te roThe T beta been f The News report closed remarks of Elder William m Me zIe Met Ith the pre t of the Pioneer stake bo o IM AI by ELDEn NEVIll I II MORRIS MOURIS reorganized organIzed d dell recently he ot of the 0 tAl Stake Ho hid had endeavored ell lAke fake all AU ll W hl h i lIfe Ufa to discharge tho the thon Ii I n red of ot 1 him Ini In a Church ca en daCes re id hu IO had learned that t by and ind fulth comes comei success In Infelt felt 1 fl Pleasure In being sur aur ur lie He by bi men nIen n nR were near lent him ho oo thought ht had always mia mis us They rhey regard us tt a itH a alck 9 u tho lack lck a ft high regard reg rd for virtu rie ope h It is therefore our duty dut to aid nd the their r minds of or this thia error He lie lieu Hed U flOud d to te bear bellr a testimony to tho the trUth o of ELDER DER RICHARD W IV YOUNG ot of the tho Ensign atako of oC Zion Jon next speaker no lie said anid that ho he u 1 the tte be Wen been proud tp bil bd with this thia people lie Ho knew their Jorth lIed orth their hone ty their virtue for tor the thc truth It Is no norv thing tig for tor the people of ot o God iod to be bo rJ rv of ot This fhi bas always been beene iI that reasonable e Ot of Saint It U I should I have hae little In common th tM the for tor or we bring a me mere liat the world has haa broken the tho coy coy cov re of the ancient church lie He said saida that at te he desired a to lib Il useful to his peo to ta the capacity with t iKU Ie hleb the Lord lArd had endowed him ELDER ELIAS ELtAS S KIMBALL l IM ALL dent of ot tho the stake Make e re to organized was the tho next speak It f r lie He was va Interested he said Faid saidU U la th e work which had been entrusted to him Ho lie had hili absolute and confidence In III the honor hon r and In Ini i of the authorities of or the Church u ui eM he to la utter his hll protest WIrt anything said against tho good gooI not tiati of ot any an of ot them Ho Jle knew the tUch to be he true The Saints In his inks would compare favorably with t He lie Ie said Mid that tho the Saints should revero the men who toil hid the e priesthood love bye tho the Church II 11 had bc I m cn presiding over tho the BlackfOOt stake only about two months It Jl I i s a i new ne country and would furnish h ph opportunity for tor those who are aro homes It Is h an nn Immense every em foot of ot which can cnn be Ir lie He estimates that his stake It If the land were divided 1 proper I 7 amply imply accommodate ac tut At recent present there were wert some soma UN conditions connected with tho the DUr weather but lie he had hall faith that to 1 lord rd would modify these Ho Ito pray 1 that t the Saints would Increase In Inan filth It and an good works S and Leo Foster Fo ter sang sling a n ns 4 t As s Pants ants the tho Heart ELDER M 1 SMITH S t cf the quorum ot of the tho Twelve was the tho of ot the conference Ho lie re r j W I In the testimonies that had been ben benn rr He n C too hUll had a n testimony t of ot tho the tor Go and he was Ill not ashamed of at It itte Thousands Thi of young oung oun men inca In the tho Church M te tell frit could benr the some tamo testimony It III In ii im mistake RIe to think that tho the young youn MS mn of o sZ are not following In the tho lh thet lt a of their r fathers at lors There Thero may t hIre wre h and flu there mere the to a n young man who Is IB Isto tot rot doing d dIn I BO put hut It would not flat bo be ante safo to w re e e from acm tOm our narrow expert Ie w that th ha the rat body boily bOt of ot Mormon lonh are ar not gl Rn firm In the tho truth True Irua th borne by these young youn It We re le may mav not bo I W the tho 10 samo as liI those Men coult o b 1 borne bg n by their alders till the youth u r may havo TOS of o oiti the th e Gospel 0 oSe no Is III I many nY instances In the tho his hla tory tog of ot re leion lie ite aiRed why wh It Il was that the tho Apos u l hould di diar lare that th t ha ho was not warned of af ho tho th Gospel and anil answered t Ml t It was probably because there th ro re so among anIon the ancient Saints h h wt of ot the truth ly n l ther w aln if these Wv people that he hc kader was not of ot his It Od fOd 11 tor or he ht l no w it to bo 10 the power Unto tire oro somo Us i who ate me likewise of at the tho people of ot God Why should we wo be bo ashamed of ot our OUI religion a religion that teaches us to bo be honest virtuous God There Is IB no reason for us Ul to bo ho ashamed of or these things He lie desired to declare to tho tIie Saints and to tho the world that no Latt Saint would deny Christ and mId tho ho light which lie He came here to reveal The Gospel Is the power of or ted JoI not to those who ho obey Him not but only to tp t those who believe It will not bring salvation to any who do not believe notwithstanding tho the pains which Christ suffered Buffered for the tho sins of ot otmen men nen 2 He lie sj spoke oko of or heredity among the tho Jews before Christ that the lie fathers havo have eaten coten sour grapes and the childrens teeth are nrc set Bet on edge Olge They believed helleved In I n this more Indeed than they were Jus titled tilled by b tho the fuels facts And they Olcy some iome sometimes times blamed this principle for their own Inactivity In III spiritual matters There are some In our day who reason In I n the same way WO blaming their fathers and mothers mother for their own faults The Tho sacrifice which Christ made In lit greater grenter than any law of ot heredity blood will purify man Inan from his Infirmities that tend ten 1 to bar his path to spiritual useful usefulness ness flees Ho saw ea no reason why wo we should bo be of or these thello things s He lie felt fell that there Is la no need for tor UK Un to turn our backs upon tho the noble and aini upright men who have htwe led and are leading lending tho the Church Ho Ito prayed that tho the Lord would preserve us from rein doing any nn thing that would bring reproach upon the work of ot God ANTHONY W IVINS WINS president of ot the Mexican stake wits was tho the final speaker of or tho the afternoon session of at tho the conference There were Saints In his stake their land woe was essentially ji a l desert country the government has not given Riven any assistance so eo far tar no liS the tho construction of ot roads road and bridges Is concerned yet tho the Saints have accomplished pUshed a great grent work In preaching the tho Gospel to the descendants defendants of ot the La The school system so AD far tar as their courses are concerned Is among the best In the Church The Tho moral atmosphere there would compensate for the financial advant advantages ages found elsewhere Ho ITo had never Mer beard the name of ot God p by b a 11 Saint In his take Nor had fo so mm roon ono one drunk or ot using to tobacco tobacco bacco barco He lie went on to speak of the man manner mannor nor ner In which the teachings uplift out our minds s the Tho people of ot tho the earth know nothing of at God Clod the real teat God Gall of ot tho the BIble until the Prophet Joseph gave forth his revelations of or the tho truth Tho Tim angel anKel Moroni lifted tho the veil eil that had hidden en this continent In darkness starkness then came cumo John Johll the with tho the Priesthood he was followed by b the ancient Apostles Apostle conveying to tho the Prophet the MelchIR del Priest hood The Tho Church Is 60 10 times stronger not lIot only In numbers hut but In faith raith than It as 60 50 O years ears ago ugo We Ve understand It better bettor than tho the did then Our religion teaches UH us to bo be honest true virtuous men and women and aM tho the world has haH no need to fear our doc doe doctrines trines trifles Is It treason the speaker to believe that thit It Is la best to serve enc God Jol to tell the nation that this Is a 11 choice laud land above nil all others and that nil all who sho live hero here must insist servo Him It would hardly seem seoul so He lie prayed that wo we might bo be patient In lit for tor the outcome of or tho the work of ot the tue Lord The choir sang nang the anthem nu Glori Glorious ous Is la Thy Name 0 Lord and after atter benediction by b Patriarch John Smith tho the conference adjourned 1 until Wed Wednesday April 6 G at nt 10 |