| Show thirty first anual annual Conf conference or THE or JESUS CHRIST CUBIST or OF LATTER latten DAY SAINTS the general genera conference of the church clon cion 1 in the tab lab maue made great salt lake city saturday april apri fi 1 isol 1861 10 am i u na your I 1 pres lne ine inz ins I 1 were on the stand ot of the first pres prea ples pie lens len s Brig drig bain hain young heber C K abill and arld daniel 11 well of the tile twelve apostles orson ilyup P wilford woodruff john taylor tailor george A smith ezra eira E ira cra 17 belon bemon lorenzo snow and 1 rich urd lid of I 1 ihk lle hus hns P 18 dancy of the S ven veD henties ties tips joseph you i levi L VI W hancock llin cock henry lie lle try iry herr man trian zera zerl albert P Bock rock rockwood wood and horace S eldreda dredge Ei mik or of the presidency of the tha ligh II 11 ph priests edwin D woolley and samuel IV richardb richards of the fhe ie pres prea ancy ol of the knak siak daniel diniel rp dikil rudmer and george georgc 0 B wallace or of tho th presidency of the disho Bisbo bishoprick prick edvard I 1 w ard limiter allun er leonard W hardy nardy and jesse C L f lif iq of the patriarchs john smith and isaac I 1 clorley morim morie R reau e pu george D watt and john V i lon leno tl th conference was called to order the choit iain slin ithe I the rhe loraing breaks the shad os hlee blee eid did elder eldr r lorenzo snow officered ered prayer Choss cho r mig sing s ing graue ye the lord ds is good to praise Y elder E T bensan was called upon to address i t lie con conr coir gation rogation rr tation ile he expressed cpr essed ahn h in self highly high y pleased plea seil sell with the th opportunity tunit y of nie etui it the S tints in in general con conference ference terence he lle bre bole i st strong strone rong testimony to he truth of he the 9 ospel aspel of cm cili revealed to this generation I 1 by jo joseph jospph ah smith b nith testified that the people had no twe ide I 1 to search for any other or any stronger ti eino elno tino tinong nv than that tl at which they have al ready reay received ile lie exhorted the people to 1 that they might win the prize i and sad rad sa 1 1 he lie rejoiced tornow to know that t the he al y v 14 just civit as ready ag aa he ever was to bestow his pi u it epou upon his chosen people pre president ident diniel daniel 11 wells weib said that hat elder denolis bensons text was as a very good one and well weli worthy of coi col side raton on by all it was latter I 1 ay S ant nt 11 it was highly necessary that we should learn what it takes to constitute a saint it is the duty of every one to study to b virtuous and arld truet true to 0 be godlike goj goi like in all ail our acts this is is certainly a work of time bit b it we should shoud be constantly progressing it in the knowledge of the truth and strive to gain light ilg it through that channel or of communication that is open between the heavens and the earth ile he spoke of the power the glory and the eternal reward that lie before the j true hearted saint the promises of reward an and 1 I exaltation are enough to enwrap in bliss and glory every thou lit of the human heart and every idea we have received what moe mo e could we hare haye to induce us to pursue the right way wavy lie he asked inasmuch ina lna much as aa it carries its own reward with il i ile he regretted that the blessings were so little appreciated by the wayward and even by the saints sainta of the most high I 1 in comparison to whit they should be it appeared that the people often forgot their duties claties antl anil suffered darkness to creep into their i minds minda and rover nover up lip the little light that was there we should all ail see and realize the im por taLce and greatness cre atness of the work in which we are engaged it is our duty to draw light i from the fountain of wisdom and then extend it to others we can alt ait see the distress of nat nations iotis lotis the confusion of the wicked and the dist acted condition of all tile the governments of the world hence how thankful we should be that the light I 1 of this gospel has reached our hearts and opened our understandings gsand and that we have ben b en plucked as brands filim from the burn burniaz burning inz and have been brou brought ht into this blessed inheritance president heber C kimball said that the feelings of his fits heart were god bless biess the and ard peace be multiplied unto them he respected and loved good men and women who were str striving lying to do the will of heaven ile he reasoned u upon on the subject of the vine as spoken of in tie the gospel of st john spoke I 1 of the necessity of the people praying that the first Pre presidency and the twelve apostles mi might be baptized into one spirit the the text resist the devil and he will dlee flee nee i from you and said that lie be had bad only to add that although the devil would flee floe when resisted lie lle devould hev hes would ouid watch every faithful saint the adversary may and doubtless will overcome some of this people but that will not effect the kingdom of god it will stand forever ile he also counseled the people to be of one heart a and ra one mind to te do as they were tod to be e unit united ed in all things for the building up or of the church anid annd kingdom of gob of which we are members ile he told the saints to go to work and aboin the earth to strive to make themselves happy and independent both in I 1 food and raiment I 1 president brigham young said lie be was wag thankful for the privilege of meeting with so BO many brethren and sisters in general confer ence he hoped yet t to 0 see a house ahouse large enough t to 0 hold the people but did not know that we should ever see a building capable of holding them on this side of the day of rest we have generally had the privilege of meeting in the open air but butche the state of the weather now nowa precludes our doin doln doing so he ober observed ved thi that the book of mormon was tran translated slated la in the tha Itri immediate mediate where himself and br be kimball resided still it was two years before they were baptized into the church since then the people e have llave passed through h a great deal and have learned much of the things of god lie he reasoned upon the subject of mira miracle clex and asked if he be saw a man turn astick into a serpent sand andanto an dinto into lice and water into blood what proof such things would be that the in man n was sent af f god and answered that it would be no proof of that at all for there was only one reliable kind of evidence that a man moan is sent by the almighty and that is 13 the spirit which jestis jesus diffused among his disciples ile he alluded to saul who in his darkness and sin went to tile the witch wilch of endor for information we can now realize more fula full lv the he blessings attendant upon our being arii ei to these valleys for had bad we remained w we should have been obliged to min mid gleto pleto some extent in the Ahe turmoil and strife that now afflict thana tbs abs nation we can see the nations of the earth gradually a I 1 Is gliding to the bordens of the pi ecie ce of eternal ruin said how bow much manch he lle had reflected i upon the subject of our being called back to the centre stake of zion and be felt to counsel the saints not to be too anxious for the lord to hasten his work but to lucil urn t their heir attention i to the sanctifying sanctify oil ory ing of their own hearts and thereby prepare themselves for the preat creat things that await the people of god I 1 his counsel was seek not to brav destruction upon the wicked but let the lord have his own way and his owl own i time and let us its be diligent in preparing ourselves for those times chaa tha tare re coming L let et each and giitl ever every one be i true to their covenants aal to io ea each c other lie he longed 11 to see sec the time ahen hen the people would be ready to receive the counsel of god i and live by it if the counsel of the servants erva tits lits ot of gos goa is harsh and is not acceptable it is either elther because it is noi not the tru h or that we vve are not right before god if the Amig I 1 easel I 1 hy i speaks irom heaven anti and we are ara not cleasel pl pleased and therefore 10 do lo not receive it we are not in the enjoyment ent of the sp nt rit E t truth ile he remarked ed that he be sometimes wondered 1 it if the great men of our nation ever asked themselves the question how bow can an a can government stand there then is w but one way 1 in which it can endure and that is agthe as the i government of heaven endures upon the tak eter f inai inal nal nai rock of truth and virtue said if martin i j vanburen van buren had bad ordered the state of dilsso blisso missouri url uri to restore the latter day saints to their property the nation would have been much stronger today to day than it is Althou irli he had no reason to doubt that president lincoln is as good rood a man as ever sat in the chair of ba state te yet he be is powerless because of the cor ru eruptions ati that have been introduced and fostered 1 j by the chief men of the nation they have put aside the innocent justified thieving and every species of debauchery and have fostered every one that plundered the coffers of the people and have said let it be so choir sung arisen gloriosa ciori glori oua omi zion benediction by pres joseph young 0 rm the meeting commenced by the choir sin singing in great G god 0 d attend while zion sings prayer was vias offered by bishop lorenzo D y young oil choir choir sung another hymn president young requested the attention of or the congregation till the several quorums of the church were presented I 1 for their sanction and approval E elder eider iter eter john taylor then presented the auth of the church as follows brigham young as president preside nt of the church of jesus christ of latter day saint saints heber C kimball Kimbal lp hii first and daniel H wells his second counselors oi 0 son hyde as Pr eident of the quorum of the twelve apostles and orson pratt sen wilford woodruff john taylor george A smith sinith amasa lyman ezra T benson charles C rich lorenzo snow era erastus snow frank in D richards and geor georgeq ge Q cannon as in members embers of said quorum john patriarch of the whole church dwiel spencer as president of this stake of zion and david fullmer and george B wallace his counselors william edding eddington ton james A little john V lone john L blythe george john T caine joseph W young gilbert clements brigham young jun franklin B woolley orson pratt jun and howard spencer as members of 0 the high council john young as president of the high priests Quor quorum tim edwin D woolley and samuel IV richards his counselors joseph young president of the akst hirst birst seven Pre presidents Jents of the seventies and levi IV hancock henry i zera albert P rockwood horace S eldredge and aad jacob galesas gates Gate sas as members of the first seven presidents of the seventies seven les ies president brigham young arose and gave the following instruction cewill we will readily perceive that the of the seventies are somewhat different from other quorums in the churco the quorum of the twelve apostles is one quorum they are the apostles to all the world the yle high i priests quorum is strictly but one quorum though many quorums of high priests I 1 are made to accommodate members of that quorum living in different localities the seventies are definitely multiplied dyseven by seven ties the first seventy was called in the win ter of 1835 the winter after we returned from missouri what is called zions camp went to missouri in 1834 the next following winter the twelve apostles were chosen the prophet joseph a also aiso I 1 so then be bejan began an to organize quorums of seventies ile he organized one quorum then ba nna told the brethren tw call cali up other ather elders and ordain them into the thi si seventies a for forming az another iother quorum of Ee seventies ventie yentle a and then ar another olber and then a fourth quorum and wd a fifth and a sixth etc liow how many are there now brother brothel r Josep josephir tir brother Jo josfph joseph 1162 CS 11 there are now sixt sixty t two tuo 0 Q loruma ot of seventies the tae tie first quorum whereat th they ey sevel seven of f them gr are here as arst e ts ta of oe 11 tb levei Se veit seit sa ind and of th iti in now tiow stand stana at the head of cf different atio quo rums arums of seventies tv enties sixty three of them havo have been made presidents over quorums qu riu it works very diffee aptly to it does in ii oiher other quo 6 in the be ct church that leaves tb the e first rt seven mn apparently isolated over the boty bo ty of the first Seventy the quorum they were wre called to preside over cven havo have been taken and made presidents of other quorum consequent ly there are only seven men now belonging to the first quorum do we bay say that laa la a fact no only apparent apparently IV rort fort for when the tha seven presidents pr over the first quorum wish to call their quor in together athey they meet to la quorum meetings such as you attend frequently in ili the seventies hall hail they call the presidents of the vailous quorums together arld aud that ii la v y their quorum guo quo rutn ruin there are aue now reven seven ven presidents to transact business to guide and dorett the resi regi bents of dr all the seventies and to call an and ordain oiher quorums qu of sven pvn 8 ven vrn ies les tais this Virtu aisy alSy makes them the presidents of all the se seventies ertle what is tb thir ir true position in in the kingdom 11 of god ancy they lre ire are the hirst first seven presidents of all the bro joanoh ia h the sn or president over the first seven p rs identa f t lie lle severt seventies iea ies bro orson hyde is the benim man now in the quo rum of the twelve apo apu ti of those first chosen into ino ido that quorum this calls hira him by I 1 his bis is age to t be the of that quorum now I 1 will iv 1 I go a step tep s step furter for our conald 1 erat iun the oldest nil nii ati the senior member of tle the faist quorum aih will precide pre aide each eacil in hla bla turn uttel ii til every one of them has passed away th rh next quorum that comes in 0 action way take the senior man fun fon fora fona a president but lift not fiot until the first is b gone one bro oron oison hyde and br 01 oison olson son pratt sen ared are the only two t 0 that are tow how LOW left in the quorum of the tha twelve that br joseph smith selected pel peg haps there here are a preat great wany winy lacre here who vrho never thought of these ideas and never heard anything thin said about thein I 1 I 1 will remark a little further lyman wight was ordained into the quo of the twelve lie was an older manthan man mair than thin 1 I and yet I 1 was the pi Pies eident dent of the twelve ile he and others believed mitat that he ought to be the tha president but you can read the revelation to in the book of doctrine and covenants tho lord said to joseph I 1 have given to you my servant brigham to be the preside president I 1 it of mie the twelve T elve levman could not nut be the president of the twe lve ive this will explain all that is ia now necessary on this point to return to the seventies the firse beeca serem are now presented they are a body of men presiding over all the seventies and they are all in all organized the kin kingdom kindom I 1 dom of god there must be a head or a presiding officer cedy cely as well in the first quorum of seventies as in others mothers as aa you can conread read in the revelation elder taylor taylon then resumed pre presenting se biting tho the authorities as follo folio us vvs john No beker as aa president odthe elders Q quorum norum and elnathan Eld eldredge redge tedge and joseph Josep its lir |
