Show 41 REMARKS el jy president daniel 11 II wells wens ap april ril rii 6 t report KEPOrT rD BY glo gro D WATT Bret brethren hren bren and sisters I 1 do not know that I 1 abail be ba able to speak so that all of you yon can hear bear neither dol doI feel that what I 1 may say is of the greatest importance I 1 have never felt that con fi dence derce in addressing the people that perhaps I 1 should bu but I 1 feel today to day as I 1 always have felt an ail interest for the tho welfare odthe of the church chinch and kingdom of god to which I 1 belong and to devote myself and nd all I 1 possess or can control to its Us progress and ana building up we had lied in the forenoon a large amount of business busine ss resented ted to this conference as texts for the tile elders to preach upon and having tile the direction of the operations connected with the public works and building the temple more immediately under my particular charge I 1 was pleased to hear bear that subject presented among the texts for I 1 know that it is the tile mind of or our president having often heard hirn him so express himself that those improvements should progress as fast as possible and it will be my endeavor so long as I 1 am connected therewith to devote all tile tha energy I 1 poses possess posses to their rolling forth that is is tile the beelin feeling in ny rny bosom and I 1 believe it is the feeling of every saint to have the labors upon our public works and the temple TempIe forwarded with all possible diligence in order to do this it is necessary for or us to be faithful and diligent in our efforts that we may have sufficient heip help to carry forward the work from the reports laid before yon yog in the fore noon tho the financial condition of the church has been well represented showing liow how means meads have been received and disbursed during the last two years and of course tho tile amount and kind remaining on hand you tou observed from that report a large amount of indebtedness by individuals some if I 1 remember embe r correctly if those who know that they have unsettle uns ettlA balances against them and aro ara able to liquidate them with labor and grain would settle and pay it would have llave a material tendency to expedit expedite Ly the accomplishment of important public designs niday many of those debts have accrued against men W who ile lie had advances made to them when provisions ware were were scarce and some of them have removed to other places there is an invitation now extended bothem to them to ta return and pay their indebtedness they can do so by their thein labor or in other ways and it ii ig ii very desirable that they should attend to this mii duty as soon as possible ble there is is also a great amount due to the P E fund and it really seems as though brethren who have means to liquidate their indebtedness edns would scarcely need an all invitation to do so They have had the benefit of that companas Comp anys means they hive been brought from the old country to this place by that aid and when they get gel here some appear to feel indifferent with regard to paying their indebtedness all know that this is not right for that should be the first debt they should ray pay they should not wait until they get rich lefore before afore they pay especially when these debts can be paid in I 1 lubor libor stock gra grain 1 ln cast and wrought iron inon or any and every description of available property at command in this country money of course is preferable articles have to be turned into cash before they can be made available for bringing the people from foreign lands jn in consequence of t these 1 lese iese facts facia the operations of the fund have to be me measurably asir asur ably suspended for a time lime and church means meang cannot be used to aid the immigration this tins year as hitherto if those thosa who are indebted to the fund for tor aid rendered to them will return tile the compliment for assisting their friends do you biot understand that trial they will have to make good the expenditure that now stands against them if you understand this subject as I 1 presume you do you will see the obligations under which you ou lie if you do not respond olid when able and as soon as you cani canto to aid others who are equally worthy and desirous of corning to this tins place remember tile tiie situation that you were in hi when in the old countries and reflect upon their anxiety to come coine and tint thit it is LS impossible for many of them to do so except through the aid of the P E fund hundreds and thousands have been helped out that would have luve been still there but for this tins assistance and hundreds and thousands are still there who wiio look to that fund as tip tib th ir ir only hops you stand in indebted for the use lisa of the means yoa you have 1 had will you refund them or not that is the question guestion for you to decide tins this is not a day of many maby words but a day for men to go forth in in their power in their might and strength and do those things incumbent upon them 0 the biz cottonwood canal should bp be finished to facilitate procuring rock for building the tiie tempe much acup 11 labor has lias already been expended upon it bat but it requires le quires still mor more a the bre bra bretl th iren ran have been very diligent ift in this matter but we expect eliat we shall ii llave ave to call upon them for further labor on ft that work we ate are alvious anxious to have the water let into that canal to test all weak places that they may be strengthened and the work thoroughly completed for tile the water is needed for I 1 irrigation as well as for boating will you lend your aid in this enter enterprise prize will we complete it this thu season that wet we may boat rock for the tile tompie this will be proved by your acts as well wall as by your faith stona stone cutters have been called for and only a few have as yet reported themselves are there but few in in the country if so men can soon learn the trade will those who are desirous of obtaining work come forward at once and take hold bold of this brench of business and dress dregs tile tiie stone none needed for rapidly prosecuting the work oil on the temple 1 I thought I 1 would draw your attention to these few jew plain facts and let the brethren who preach to the thi til pop hive an eye to these things to the tiie interest n esl est und taid general welfare of the brogdom of god to the rolling forth of the work bulli ng ing tempi s that we may be prospered in in the t snags A ns 0 ged god 0 what is prosperity AC according Gording to my understanding it is not so much gaining the thins ebins things s of this world as it is 13 pro progressing gessing in the knowledge d e of and what are true dicres riches they are not so 0 o much the obtaining the things of this world as they are in in securing the principles and keys which unlock tile the treasures of heavenly wisdom I 1 of the knowledge of god and things thin gs that pertain to efern eternity enmity ity these are the he riches we are seeking afre afier this is the progress we wish to make in order to accomplish this it is necessary necessary that we should be faithful in in all matters commit teddo to our trust honest before god and obedient to the counsels of his servants I 1 know that I 1 have ever felt to be so and I 1 have felt to do more than to nii nie talk taik I 1 have ever felt ready to go here or there as I 1 have been told and I 1 feel so today to day it is my ray meat and drink to do whatever I 1 am told I 1 according 11 to the best understanding I 1 have it is upon this principle that I 1 have been able to do anything I 1 have done the lord has enabled me to do it because I 1 verily know that I 1 have haye not strength in and of myself to do what I 1 have done since since I 1 have been in this tilis church and kingdom I 1 have ever felt io 10 lean upon the tile lord for help and I 1 feel e so today to day I 1 do not know when I 1 felt weaker or more like Mim humbling bling myself before my god and my brethren than I 1 do at present it is necessary that we lye should humble hauble ourselves and lean on the lord our god and go in in his might and strength and give his hh name the lionor honor and glory if we would succeed in accomplishing anything for the benefit of the house of israel it is his work lie he only wants servants to do it and he lie will not have bave any but willing servants ile he will compel no person to bring forth his purposes they must do so of heir their own free volition they must esteem it a privilege even as it is a most moat inestimable privilege lo 10 haveit havelt have it to do ile he gives this to us to be our work if we will do it if it if not lie he will willI give it to ome some one else he does not expect to run after us nor non to have his ser servants vanis do so it is for tor us to seek to them and the lord that abat that we may know his will concerning us and be faithful stewards and honest before him and willing instruments in his ins hands todo to do whatever we can to TO roll roil forth his cause and kingdom to have llave our duty made manifest lo 10 us is I 1 ii all ail it we need 11 eed then it is is for us to go here and there as be he hail hall shall dictate and require these are my feelings feeling it if I 1 know myself and have always been and I 1 feel to rejoice before the lord that I 1 have the privilege of being associated with his big servants in the things designed for the rolling forth of his kingdom and bring to pass his purposes pu poses on the earth I 1 have felt to renew my covenant and obligations 1 fo to walk forth before them according to the best light I 1 have got and to strive for moie mole I 1 think it is riez ne essary esary for us all to fee thus thug and I 1 think we will do better bretter in that way than in in any other if we wish to ha have ve I 1 the be juice of mormonism within us as br briham remarked ibis morning if we wish to bein be in sti for good in the gands rands hands of god got I 1 feel more like receiving exhortation than elv anit i it I 1 feel more ilke doing than talking t still I 1 do ri not 0 t wish to withhold any good thing I 1 may be in possession P 0 s s assion of I 1 feel to do what the lord desires a and d will help me to do I 1 care not dot what it is so it is the word and will wiil of he file lord I 1 should strive to do it I 1 feel to ba be submissive in the hands of my brethren to be as they the will I 1 may at times be stiff ani 4 do 9 thi things n s not pleasing to them burthey but they have been merciful ami kind tome to me in these these matters and have been filled with forbearance I 1 feel to devote myself to the lord with all I 1 have and cen con control and with all the lord shall bless me with and I 1 ask of him hi in as a great favor 0 to o ac capt of this in my y of offering fiering and d dedication di cation catlon true I 1 have not much to oter offer him I 1 wish I 1 had bad barmore far more but what I 1 have has always been consecrated and on the altar I 1 understand that to be the principle of salvation and I 1 want vant to be clothed with salvation that my words may be words of comfort and consolation to the he people I 1 feel more like blessing the people of god like my bi biet biel ethren hren bren and those whom I 1 am associated with I 1 know that thesis a good people and the lori lord delights to bless them it if they will so live as to admit of it lie withholds his blessings many times for aw argood good perhaps some soma would not make a good use of blessin blessings s but tut would turn away and deny the faith ha hene e I 1 feel that chastisement is also good the lord loveth whom ha he chast eneth may the fhe lord bless us through tilis tills tin s conference and through future f life and help us to doilis do ilis his will and ani nd keep his commandments and it if we have had the blessings of the loly holy ghost poured upon us to an any extent let us keep what we have and seek for more if we have been faithful over a a few things letus let iet us ua try to be faithful in all committed to our trust and increase let us seek sak for eternal riches get hold of the principles i and keys of knowledge which shall unlock c k the treasures of heaven to our understandings that we maybe better qualified for the of ef our duties that we may go forward in the work vork of god an and I 1 be faithful children and seek unto him our father with full purpose of heart and boil righteousness all the days of our lives with per feet hearts and willing minds may the lord pour poun out his blessings upon us and may we be faithful and diligent in all things we have to do may he be bless the earth for our sakes that it may bring forth for the sustenance of the people in the valleys of these mountains may alay he hasten his work in its time that wo we may be useful under all circumstances in building up the kingdom of cf god be united avith him dwell in peace unity and strength that the ahe fruits may spring forth and increase a hundred fold then we have bothin nothing to fear for no power on earth can prevail 1 I gaint this people it i they are united one with another let us seek this unity of spirit and put away all lings and dissentious dissent ions and sustain each other there are many more ideas that could be advanced but I 1 do not believe in long sermons I 1 love to hear the he brethren speak and I 1 like ilke to speak myself to say what I 1 may have to say and then hen stop I 1 think that is ig most beneficial and keeps our minds more stirred ui up and lively I 1 will therefore close with asking god to bless us all in the name of jesus christ amen IT is SINGULAR rather that some who have hare lave left the homes of their early days their friends and relatives for the gospels sake and who have tested the weakness and rottenness of 0 man devised institutions and been privileged to contrast them with those revealed from the heavens in this our day should ever become so darkened as to be uneasy and dissatisfied amid the greatest blessings and privileges at present extended to man on gri the earth but BO so it is and they not only yearn to again mingle in the ways IV ays of former folly arid agnor ignorance ance to join the giddy throngs in the worlds recklessness and dissipation but bub they are prone to speak evil of and otherwise misuse their on only y true friends few circumstances so obvious obviously ly display the cunning subtlety and power of t the h archenemy arch enemy as does the course of such individuals d no person compelled them to come here at least no further than the oppression and imposition of the wicked over the honest may be deemed compulsory they here enjoy the most perfect liberty to do every thing I 1 that is right and to go hither and thither jn in accordance with the requirements of 0 their best beat interests te rests but the most enlarged bounds of right fail to satisfy the cravings clavings cravi of of their uneasy y min minds dg all this is their own affair they being agents of their own conduct bind answerable for its results but when about to turn turna their backs upon the free air of these mountains ande ands and the pure principles of heaven they are not alwa always Ys satisfied with departing in ift a quiet honorable gentlemanly manner free of indebtedness to those who have befriended them and with no property except what is their own or rightfully in their possession neither are arc all of them careful to honestly admit that mormonism nisin is too straight true and strict a path fort fortham for them herfi to walk in but are eager eiger to asperse what they the had recently so warmly advocated and testified esti fied of its truth such conduct has a tendency to cause dubiety in the minds of ofa some who are carefully watching the pro progress r esq of the saints af in Ls 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