Show H HOME MISSIONS lil lii minutes of the quarterly conference at I 1 r divis darl dari county oct 20 isaa saturday morning the people assembled at the bowery present of the twelve P P pratt 0 pratt and W woodruff also L D toung young gilbert clements elements john johan cook and T D of the the conference opened by singing prayer by 0 pratt rna pra tt all alt the missionaries present had hd severe colds and sore throat throats and were tery terr hoarse as was the case with many others a disease which had made its appearance during the th last 21 24 hours there had been no apparent change la in the weather nor lu in the clements elements to cause the effect elder P P pratt addressed the people tor for two hour hours ail and a half ile lie baid said he te fe t quite unwell and had got eather to t preach or go to bed ile he had not tended intended th to preach today to day but he should have to in order to drive oss off his cold ile be spoke in a very interesting manner upon the birth lite life persecutions and death ot of jesus christ ile iia took for his text the 10 and lith verses ot of the 2nd and chapter ie of st luke and aad egand the ane ang anger gelp welp ald said unto them fear tear noty not for sor or behold I 1 bring you gl id tidings of great joy which shall be unto all people for unto you Is la born this day in the city of david a savior which Is christ the lord ile he said one ona cause why he be took that text tet was that la in a school of small email scholars in salt sit lake city the teacher asked bated the question where was christ boma bonia and there was not one of the scholars that could tell and huid said there Is a neglect among us as a people jn in not I 1 teaching our children as we should the old anit anil new I 1 ceata Teata testaments ments the history of the bible the prophets and apost apostles and of jesus christ as taught in the new testament and that tb at it was time the people were jau itt the simple things of 0 the word of god rod and that messa message e of 0 good wv news e Is as necessary for that assembly as it was for the people of ot judea ne he said that we and our out children should read the bible B me more than we do our children shoud should reak read read the bible until they can cm learn where J jesus gus christ barist was wa born borns and understand bis his history I 1 wish to come down to the capacity ot of children and it they lh y can understand me their parents can perhaps almost every child in these valleys eight years old knows that it Is necessary to be lri baptized at that age aged because they have been taught it by their parents or others but many of them do rot not yot know what they are ara baptized for but if it it was not tor for the name of jesus christ all our ordinances and administrations trat lons ions would rould be in vaina vain and of no effect effects for if we did not baptize in the name of jesus christ our ons sins would not mot be i emitted and if we did not lay on hands bands in the biarne name of jesus christ for the gift girt of the holy ghost or the healing of the sick the holy ghost would not be given nor the sick be healed for there Is no other name given under heaven whereby men can be saved we have baw no promise of any an blessing from god except ad and in his name then it Is ver very important that we and ond cot cur 0 r children should understand his big life and history hl some do not know whether he was ws born in asia or america lie he spoke of chri christs r VS visit to america choosing twelve apostles his teachings to the people and at 0 the last days davs all written in the book of mormon the people should har han it ay iy people must learn and perceive tho the th gospel in order ta to be candidates for salvation or damnation s all should get their endowments but II 11 they sin atie afie afterwards rw ards they will hav have e to pay tor for it at 3 P M elder gilbert clements spoke to the people from the text examine yourselves whether je ye be in the falth faith he lie thought people should know not think merely that they were in the falth faith should not neglect pr inz ins plea that we had hid to go to von or were ware bur buy for the prophet davit craved three times a day dav AT alpio uza lie he wits v prune prime minister of babylon Bab vlon vIon A iuan inan ws WAS in the arvad to ruin hat that hit would lie down and steep sleep without praying spoke of parents and teachers the minds of children the artist and sculpture presenting their paintings and marble as monuments of greatness for thousands of years but the impressions made u upon pori poti the minds of 0 the youth would remain when the he canvass ean vais vass was worn to threads and the marble crumbled bled bied 6 to dust at t 1 7 in the evening the people were ad addressed deemed by elder T P D brown who spoke of hid hit hl interesting mission among the in fit the tha south told I 1 interesting anecdotes while amon among them the de dealing aling of 0 god eod with th him and them in their feadin feeding him on bread and wine of 1 tein iteli itell evirl owa own make miles while in the some were baptized and tried to imitate our customs they performed much lab iab 0 r at the first and would plant and BOW acres of ground which thy dug up ap with a astl ck or paddle they chiy were much aston astonished lebed when they saw the iron plow turn lurn so much ground over he lie advised the saints to be united ani aalt live in fix peace ant an ant t not to gw g to law with each ench other but if we have ought against our brother bem bew become reconciled d SUNDAY oct 21 am meeting heiting opened by pra yerby T D brown brother lorenzo D young addres addressed ed the people upon the subject of setting getting up the kingdom of I 1 god rod on earth in our day and the blessings which god godwin will wiil give ug us defered to the second coming of christ in n the fles fieg flesh t and to the jews who were looking tor for a king kins to come and set dpn the throne of 0 david spoke of our god and doing our duty and we emild would be deill delli delivered front frant our enemies thought we ought to pay our onn debts and not conti contract act jot any except we had bad a prospect of paying them thea the a lie he would divide the last loaf with any mad man ha be owed P r M 1 elder 0 pratt addres addressed 4 the clothed with the splint ot of the iford ions hig his teab teachings bings were very interesting to all who heard beard them ile he defered to the discourse ot of P P pratt iam the life ilfe deathy death and persecution of the tho savi savl savior had formerly wished that he bb had lived in thai thal that day dayi but noshad much ratler rater live HYP in 14 this dispensation J as tt ere were gre greater a ter ten works to be performed he then took lookup ap pp the dook book ot of mormon and linked united all the prophesies together which are to take pla pia ulace place ce until the coming of christ the redemption at atthe the Laina the preach preaching ing inz i therspe the ga J juita unto alf nit nations the building the new jeri salem and iund temple in an canty the cloud and pillar of fire over the ibe dwelling dwell ing lag plaze places th opening of the seah sea the pouring out 61 th the plaines plax plagues nes blowing ot of the trumps rumps the tte persecutions of the th saints and the ascension of the sew new the clanda with its inhabitants there to remain until fil thi the w wicked cled wait waif were destroyed destroy ed tilen then to descend and reign a ta thousand usand years ife lie portrayed the joy grandeur and glory of the glints saints duming during abse evenly and nd the consternation sorrow borrow and hilerd orabe ol 01 ibe wicked at 1 7 jn ln the evening the people again assembled and were addressed addre sed by W woodruff who expressed much satisfaction at what 1 be had heard beard during this ihla conference confers e was s slad lad iad to with erith bome borneo of the twelve anz A apostles and others in a miss n to this territory the prophets and nl apostles who were leading us are the apostles and prophets of vf god or else our faith and works are in vain tain and we have not the kingdom of god with us and re aie ate yet in our slat but hot bit we know they are of god and the kingdom of god rod Is with us therefore t we e are under obligation to receive thir tittle teachings and follow their counsel and by so doing we shall be blessed hienkel the bible book nook of mormon and doctrine a and 1 na i covenants as books for our children instead of I 1 novels for tor whatever was howit in their thein minds binds ands would 1 1 j ba be apt fo a produce the th sanie kind of fruit spoke of tho the 1 gre great at importance of parents giving children a good education and 10 of improving well their time during the period them that purpose that they may be e well prepared fr the work which they will live to perform in future years the conference was then adjourned for three months W WOODRUFF Re reporter minutes of a quarterly conference held rt at tooele thoele city nov 10 I 1 the the people I 1 I 1 at the school huse hune on tin saturday sor nor 10 and conference opened by bi singing and prayer by I 1 el elder der john lyon I 1 I 1 W woodruff ir spoke a few moments and sald said I 1 lam iam am glad to meet inert you la in thi the ca capacity ot at a quarterly conference 1 1 and to vi vilt viat at you in the thi capacity of a a brwon ary in connection with so many other ive we know it Is necessary jor for you tu to have the spirit of the lord in order to be tie by oun our teaching and it its Is necessary for us to have the spirit of the lord ford as missionaries sto sin slon sion narles aries in order to teach to your edification and benefit the lord b has as much anoch to communicate to thi people and behave we havo have huchto much to learn and practise tisey before we are prepared to dwell in the presence of god rod a sn I 1 wish you to obtain the tiie spirit at of goda god that hat vou yon any be edif edli edified led and that you mabby may by faith draw forth things from rom the lord which Is his wll will to communicate unto you tau through his I 1 who may address yon you elder john lyon followed with an address to t the people p I 1 he lie gald sald I 1 I 1 17 fel fei el very weak eak I 1 did so in the old conn coun country t fryy but much more so in this where there Is so much of ilie tile tile d around me roe I 1 have wished that what I 1 had learned in the world was taken fr fromme ommey foi for I 1 have thou thought bt that it had hid done me more hurt than good I 1 have seen many that had enjoyed the gifts of god that have apostatized apostatize dg and said it jt wai was wan all a delusion some soine are in the falth faith when the th sun suit ghines shines but when the grasshoppers eat tip sulp their grain and all they planted they feel as though they want to leave and try to find a better place puce when we have the spirit of god we feel well and are bl blessed eseed ble seed sied I 1 but whence do not have it we do not know what to do and we do rbt prosper temporally nor spiritually PM meeting sleeting opened b by pra prayer yer yen by elder Z prest joseph addressed the people and raid said iam jam I 1 am unwell but bui I 1 hope I 1 shall not leel feel the worce fon for speaking I 1 feel to give god the gratitude of my heart that our ant lives live have been preserved and that we have been chastened chasteney chast ened for that Is a sign that we are r not forgotten for whom the lord loveth loreth be chat Mieth the lord has permitted our crops to ali fall all this year for our good andi audi and salat salvation ion lou the lord ba has a begun to prepare the kingdom of gd for the coming of the great bri brite brile le groom tle lie has raised up a prophet to led lead his big people and has as much interest IL terest in his bis kingdom now as be he had bad in the beginning the testimony of the servants of god has bag been believed from the beginning I 1 and it la Is remarkable to iee zee see how bow many tay 1 I believed the testimony that I 1 first heard of this work all must murt have a revelation from heaven for J themselves th that this work Is 1 ii nt of god be tor there IS hot ot the confidence for faith and salvation that they abound have hare xo no man can know of the spirit that governs alna when he la Is not in the light of christ he Is in the dark and k knows not how he be walks no man can know his own 1 I bernacle tabernacle a except it Is by the spirit of 0 god and in order to 0 o keep the spirit of iod iad god lad we should be cleanly and temperate we should not eat or r drink more than is merely necessary to nourish our sy whatever we take lake more mor e than then till tili ta logs our minds and fles us is and does us vs an injury i we should love lova our tabernacles en ugh tp to adorn them ahm and keep them client clean and pure lui bui bui but should not set our hearts upon them we should love god with all our A heart beart 41 and sot our af dictions affections ulion upon him if we tabernacles we should not send fora tor for a aitor doctor to give glie us as calomel or any barong medicines the cause canse of auch much much ickney ick nei nel and death death 1 because we break fio ito homa home me law and the tabernacle suffers by it 1 r elder thomas grover followed and 64 paid raid I 1 am not ampe competent tent teni to deliver a discourse as brother young ha bat but I 1 must lay a foundation to baid bald upon I 1 must begin with the apostles and prophets I 1 want to a ault auit sk if we have made any god or with our bre I 1 think we have we hate haie e nide mide biad blad a covenant that we would not speak ak the lords anointed Well went nowa now if it I 1 am to keep all my covenants and the commandments mand ments of god I 1 must watch carefully over oven myself and so must you f F if the people of this church all did thel thol r duty and came up to their privileges they could have the heavens opened penea unto them but it if we do not keep oun our ur covenants we may have to wait a preat great while before we obtain this blesin I 1 believe the lord will try and prove this people antil until he be la is satisfied that twity will serve are hini hint through lire life oi or death then I 1 believe joseph and hyrum and the i of ali all 11 dispensations will be engaged tor lor us and to sustain in church and kingdom upon the earth but if we do not continue faithful unto the end we shall phail call not noc get our pay par for tor the privations ve we have passed pissed through for we baar have bave no promie promise e unless we hold out talt falt faithful brul unto the end I 1 do not phink think ank this nation will prosper as they have dine dane done for it if they have their reward borwhat sor for what they have done dona they will be visited with evil the people again hiis asan bled bied at 6 in the oy evening svening ening prayer by elder herriman elder zera addre iud iid dressed ased 7 the thi people he lie sald bald i hav have teen been the haut of pria n is I 1 used to but I 1 will say sy what god puts into my bearo hearth 1 J will take for lot my te thit 11 the word words of the prophet joel gaor for tb thus us the lord I 1 wilt will pour out of my spirit in the last day days upon alj al flesh your mona sons hhall hall prophecy your old in men n shail shall dream dream 9 I 1 ar the spirit has beek bee tee p poured out upon the people and the people as a a cie cje er eat af whole have naye rejected it and anuw the judgments of god will willbe be poured out upon all nations nat ioni loni but the tow row who have bare obeyed the spirit hare bare received tha the gifts put of the spirit accor accord accordine ine lne to the sayings of lle tle the lie prop prophet liet ibl this gospel shall bo be preached pre achet achel in all the world then shall theand com come we have been ent sent from 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