| Show aw awn n raj LP i P an fn pil fo it IT or tit ciru cilc OP jests Es C CHRIST RI 0 LA latter T 4 isu isy W 3 L DAY SAINTS convened i iche i n ae A tabernacle nacle i great salt LArg i City friday april 6 1860 at 10 am amk pr eviden Young presiding orl oa oil the stand of the first presidency president pris ident bigham young 1 of the T twelve elve eive apostles orson hyde orson pratt wilford woodruff john taylor ezra abenson TB T benson enson charles C rich lorenzo snow eie ege E erastus eit ra it ui snow and franklin D richards first presidency of seventies joseph young henry herriman zera albert P rockwood and levi AV hancock A priests john youn young edwin D WS oIley samuel IV richards egin FLin phinehas ehas if young william W phelps and samuel L spragues ilof atthe lot lof the presidency of oath lh stake daniel vani el spencer er a and nd david hullm fullmer er i patriarchs jphn young and isaac morley edward edward hunter A 0 smoot aej and L D young ig lg 54 reporters george devatt Dj D L vt and john job n V long dong the e conference was called t to order orde I 1 by the president choir sanz suns athi q morning creaks the shadows flee v n prayer rayer was offered b velder john tay taylor lor sung come come all ye saints who dwell obi ohi earth 11 president B young spoke of the church being thirty years old this day and of the won der working hand of providence that has fias hitherto preserved the servants of the lord aid ald abd the church of christ through all the vicissitudes clr cig addes oe ot a persecuted life said that thattie the methodists presbyterians rians and all ill other sects of religionists have some truth amongst then them but that none of hem them have a p perfect W system i still the sincere and honest a mong it ang them will have a better and a greater salvation than they anticipate that the heathen thi id and those who never heard the law of gorrill god goa GoN wiil rIll be redeemed while those who have heard the law and rejected it will be con demid brings brin again zi bioli on and the watchmen ahmen shall see gea e exe eye je to eye saviors will come up on mount alfi and officiate for thou sandland sand sands sand and millions of those who never heard thelah th elaw hut but who buld ouid have obeyed it if they had bad been blest bleat with the privilege that norie none will ali ail be finally damned or destroyed except the sons of perditions that we may show mercy to and lor pray ray tor for our oun enemies those who persecute us for the lord showed joseph smith in a vision that they them would all be saved except the sons cons of perdition and for them we have no ll 11 right to pray the world will receive more mote happiness than they anticipate and a better kingdom r than thin they can hope fol foi for the lord will establish his laws and by them thein will ivill his kingdom be governed announced that thedac would be occupied by the twelve seventies and high priests on the stand who would make short speeches and bear testimony to the truth jeider 1 elder eider 1 orson hyde bore testimony to the divine W coygn ab it of gur pur our religion io said he knew that it came from froin god an and nj that the lord spoke through joseph jpseph smith as he now does through brigham young testified that he was fully filfly satisfied with all the organizations of ot the church he be knew they were ordained of god for the work of the ministry and the perfection berf ec of the saints eider 01 elder ida wilford woodruff re rejoiced 0 iced in the privilege of meeting with the saints in general conference referred to the lords prayer and made remarks on its peculiar construction and significant I phraseology ile he related in brief his his experience with the sectarians sect arians before he heard the gospel 0 christ adverting to his arts arches aiches after the true knowledge of god abdala that it aitor alTor afforded ded dea him great pleasure to bear testimony that he had lived to see the lay day when that knowledge was freely imparted to the honest in heart ile he bore te testimony stimon that the kingdom of god godias was wag established with wn all its gifts graces and blessings contended that gothing could be aspired to by mortals did dad equal the priesthood now restored restorer to ahe earth the wealth and power of the world he considered unworthy of comparison with it he testified that joseph smith was a Prop hl fhe fihe book of mormon a true record revelations in the book ot of doctrin trine and covenants were from heaven etler orson pratt spoke of the vastness of fhle labors of the missionaries harles haries of this church Ert portrayed rayed the wonders that have be been wrought by y them in the past thirty years and asked the question what shall thirty years in the th e future f u developed dev elope and bring to pass said the progress of this kingdom will cause nations and thrones to tott erand nAnd erard tremble with fear and excitement and the hearts of the righteous to swell with a fullness of 0 joy that the days of the wicked are numbered the kings rulers governors and gentile nations have been weigh balances and round found wanting AI al many testimonies that mat are to be evenn the last da dars days after the testimony of thi tiia servants of G god 1 eder elder eider john taylor expressed himself pleased with the privilege and thankful for the honor of being numbered among the latter day da saints he prized his standing 0 in the chirck church more than all the riches richea of the world for lie knew the lord controlled the affairs affair bof of his people testified to the truth of the bible boo k oi mormon doctrine and covenants and thab that joseph smith was a prophet seer beer ime nav elator and that president youn your youns young is his lawful successor and that the gospel p el as taught tau by the elders of hala haia his fala coturri church is the truth theaven and the power of god unto urto choir sung do what is right belder 4 elder I 1 E eil ell 4 yta ta 1 Ben soli soll n h e h a I 1 dj b been een grea greatly ly s strengthened while traveling r a ve D ing among the saints th the past winter and telling them what he knew briefly reviewed his experience peri ence in connection with the methodist nieth bleth odist church and his first acquaintance with and in tro to the doctrine taught by the latter day saints bore testimony that he knew the religion he had embraced to be true for he had received manifestations of the spirit according to the promises made to the toe obedient elder charles C rich bore testimony to the I 1 saving nature of the gospel we have to advocate and testified that it will impart a present salvation fo to all those who obey it through lif iii life ilfe e he urged upon the people the necessity of considering si their religion one of a practical character and of living by its principles that we may attain all ill the te bies blet blessings sings promised to the faithful contended that we have no evils only those that spring out olit of our actions and therefore if we strive to put away our follies and continue to practice our reli rell religion lon ion we swe shall be saved with an eternal salv salvation antion bore asti the restoration of the gospel with that authority which binds on earth and seals in heaven elder lorenzo snow adverted to the fhe bt varied and trying scenes through which the church of christ has passed during its thirty years existence on ane earth said that it if we seek to do ri hight right lit everything around us and that we put outlands our lauds lands hands bands unto will 2111 bill prove a benefit and a blessing and increase happiness within us reasoned on the propriety of doing as we are told by those having authority to instruct us in the ways of life choir sung 0 ye mountains high y l Pen benediction edition by pres joseph young 7 2 r PM i i choir choln hi ling sung praise my maker while h ave breath 2 prayer by ezra T benson bonson singing come ye that thab tove love the lord elder erastus arastu g snow id dresse athe cong rega J tion on the evidence evid ence and testimony that have been gradually developed in this church bore boro testimony to the divane mission oz 0 joseph smith that he be baa bad received the personal administrations of holy angels and by revelation had laid the foundation of this latter day work that he holds the keys of the dispensation of ahe falness of times rejoiced that he had been favored with the privilege 0 e of believing lieving and obeying obe yih the he doctrines of this chur ch 1 which he re received cei cel ed twenty eight years ag ago go related some incidents connected with his experience since he became acquainted with the gospel ile he c ouid could apt say that he had bad comprehended all things at once but as his understanding increased his mind mins became enlarged so that he had grevnin groV grown nin jil the knowledge of the truth elder franklin DR ichards gave an account of his receiving the gospel q in the state of massachusetts since tc th at time his only theme had been to mingle wit with it the members of th the kingdom of god and he would fould not wish to live upon the earth except in their so society clety and ill in th the tha ejoy enjoyment ment of the holy spirit ile he bore testimony that this is in deed ohp gospel of jesus christ and that we are members of the k kingdom in dom of god recommended to the saints that personal and individual chastisement that will m make ake them submissive to the will of haae heaven n and one with the presidency in all things thins thin s alluded to the merciless of the wick edin causing the saints to suffer torture and every kind of physical and mental affliction also to the workings of gods power in the controlling of all hll events for the salvation of israel advised the people so to live that they might dwell in the light of truth continually for his own part he was determined ter teT mined to walk hand in hand with the saints of the most high pres joseph young observed that his brother brigham was the first man who preached the gospel to him at that time he was traveling in canada preaching for the methodists cile nile he became bedame acquainted with the book of mormon about two months after its publication but be he never investigated the sabi subi lct etthof of its coming forth for two years when I 1 libi came two hundred miles to preach it to to him he received i it and went forth ort th testifying to the truth from that time to this he always has had a testimony to bear that joseph smith was a prophet and that the mormon was a divine revelation and he could bear testimony that the keys of power were now committed to josephs suc tuc i censors ces cesH sors gorg elder zera told of his having men ren in this church over twenty eight years that he had previously been looking for som something ething strange to come upon the earth in the last dispensation pensa sensation ensa tion spoke of the marvelous works that iad lad had been performed in this generation and of the increase of disunion in the sectarian world when he first beard of the book of mormon he experienced a shock that was very much like electricity and when lie he saw it he felt well satisfied and enjoyed thi the good spirit while listening to the account of I 1 its lis s coming forth ile he his experience in the church alluded to the that had taken place at various times and the designs of the the wicked in trying to injure the saints eljer E lder ider albert P rockwood bore testimony to the truth of the gospel he had received spoke of having first received the truth from presidents brigham r and joseph young in 1836 recited inter interesting e stin items concerning his reading the book of mormon i 1 1 and investigating tige tite the tha doctrines of the church ernid mid that ee he traveled to kirtland to see the prophet ph and that the very day he wai wei joseph was aras arrested arl 1 bue cue times while traveling travel r from kirtland Kirti and aad to the lake made remarks relative dahis ordination di tb and add testified fi bd that he had T been eed instantaneously ik healed ed from lameness in his limbs that had afflicted him for or years I 1 prest john young expressed himself grate ful fui ul for the privilege of the brethen brethren ren and hearing them speake speak of their experience nce and und if it were not go so late in the afternoon after noo n he could tell some same incidents of his experience of a a singular character that transpired before joseph got the plates platts and also man mah many mahy y 0 others th er that had occurred since he always rejoiced in the society of ot apostles and prophets he knew their testimony was true and it afforded him great pleasure to be a witness to it many mady man uan y thins things thin 0 s had been said that were measurably his experience but he wished in iri addition to that to testify to the signal interposition of the almighty and the manifestation fe of his goodness and power during our oun sojourn in these valleys but in a particular manner during the last two years still he knew there were grumblers grumbl ers in our midst midst this however he knew to be in consequence of those individuals havin having a bad spirit within them for his bis own part he e could always receive with pleasure every doctrine that had been revealed in the church and if it were proper he could speak til till twelve at night and tell teil of the great and glorious visions that had been 0 opened ened to his mind exhibiting exhibition in unmistaken xe able plainness the truths of f t the e everlasting gospo admonished the saints to be faithfull faithful to abstain from every appearance of evil and in al all ann things s to do right As a patriarch in israel he het hel hellested blessed lessed the people in the name iriaine of israels god prest Brig brigham harn young felt well weil satisfied with our birthday party alluded to the great variety inthe in the testimony of the brethren al though thought they had all spoken upon the same subject he desired the elder elders to try and understand der stand men and women as they are for there is a great variety of judgment talents and of power to explain the things that th at are in their minds therefore we should never judge J d e only from the intentions and the act lie lle felt felb extremely happy in the good spirit that prevailed vat led and anan in baliv mandof of the es of the past that had been brought vividly to bis mind it was twenty eight years since he went to canada to tell his brother joseph of the restoration of the gospel joseph was a spiritually minded man and he had more confidence in his discretion than he had indis own though he had been brought tip up in the mi midst ast dst of those flaming fiery re formations from his child childhood hoody he had kept aloof from them and had prayed the lord to keep him till he had good common sense spoke of his acquaintance with the methodists baptists presbyterians rians quakers and shakers but their extremes were nonsense to him be always looked to see if the preachers hal had had good common sense to place with the bible exhorted the saints to trust in god and keep heir their own hearts clean ile he blessed the people in the name of jesus christ choir sung ye elders of israel isral iome come come I 1 join now with me I 1 dismissed by patriarch john young SATURDAY A april rii ril ai 7 10 A 31 the meeting was ballex called to order by tifa tila th e president lf choir sting sung hail to the brightness of bf zions glad morning 21 prayer by elder IV IV phelps singing by y the choir president daniel spencer related his experience peri ence before and since he embraced the gospel bore testimony that god has spoken from the heavens in this generation and communicated munica ted his mind and will to min man gave tave a brief account of the mar manner itier in which the gospel vas as brought inlo 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