| Show FO FORTIETH TH ANNUAL conference han len t eky T thirtieth A annual of the C Church of jesus CP christ rist rise 0 of f lait lter X day saints convened inthe in the ten this morning the w e I 1 p 1 beautiful the saints wl live in t thoi thal ai country U try se settlements cameta came conference galarte in large numbers on and aroun the aclid we noticed 11 president ge gelya oxa axa smith sinith andries ident daniel HL H Well WI sot presidency sl dency Apost apostles lest iest 0 ra pratt prati 15 jiin hn taylor faylor wilford woodruff ezra T benson lorenzo snow erastus snow I 1 franklin D richards george Q cannon brigham xoung young jai juhn and joseph P F smith patriarch P john join smith john young edwind woolley and samuel W richards Bic eio hards the Pre presidency sideney of the high prama phie prie quorum george B wailace wallace ajr anu ana john T caine calne of the presidency of efthia this stake of zion joseph young youn albert P rockwood rock Bock wood horace S eldredge dredge and john van cott of the first seven presidents of the Se venUes seventies edward hunter leonard W hardy and Jes jesse bessec seC C little Ii lttie ittie the presidency of the bishopric there were also bish bishops OPs El elders eiders derand and lead leading men from every settlement ment in the territory the congregation sang the hymn on page geons ons of zion president geo A smith opened the conference with I 1 prayer I 1 the hymn on pago page 26 ipg was sung sang commencing menel ng f the 8 spirit M afat org od ilke like P fire is burning p 1 A SMITH first addressed the tho conference he said the igi sub six months had been remar remarkable bie ble with mith the latter batter day saints on account of the great progress they had made during that time they were beginning to understand the proper proper course to pur sue int relation to business and othen other mat mai matters this as the result of the principle mentioned and acted upon by joseph smith th eople werd were taught true principle an ana were learn learning ipg to govern themselves an effort had joeen made last year to gather other the poor from ona thena lons tlona 00 th result jewit of this thia emmons effort had been beena a pretty bett iett large lame emigration another effort jo accomplish th this is i lauda bleik bleem object would be buli made during this conference the should ant for friends inthe in tha the old aspeel especially illk hos who have befriended them in relation to his late to i h R s settlements president smith said he never in his life had hadri een seen suchs suche good feelings manifested by the people as he hb had seen evinced by the sain saintalia talin thosa those places he had bad visited the majority of the people in the cot tord tori country were filled with energy and zeal for the work of god eldea ELDER GEORGE Q CA CANNON non nox next spoke he thought that this was the most important conference that had ever been held by the latter day saints we are entering upon a revolution cevela eions were given from the lord to jo sep hSmith which inculcated the order of enoch the principles were simple and although they tiey were new to this generation yet they were old as eternity Those principles were called th thoi thoo order dOrder of enoch because the people of enoch had practiced practised them when this order was reve rete revealed repealed nied aled to joseph smith the people were not prepared to receive it rhe the latter day saints like all other people were more advanced in theory than in practice yet the saints are far aheart any other people in ahe practicing practising the les theodies theories they advance the pr ies P ples pies of jhb ordera of enoch have havo habeb tieh een th thus u s far except in a few instances a dead Jetter but those principles have n ever never I 1 been ipa tight sight of from the time they were revealed thirty six sis ix years ago unless we can agree aggee with and practise tise tisO those principia in our oun lives we are tord told uli uil unqualifiedly qualifiedly tha we cannot be permitted to go back to build stake and accomplish the redemption of zion eslis elis mils X are existing in the world that have deiv e existed to a greater or oi lesser extent in all ages they are to be been seen in our own country when the foundation of this great Republic Be public was laid it was ex to become the glory of the world theau The le e v vU M 9 of the tha tries hown hovi however ever even have been transplanted and become common in this land an aristocracy of wealth is steadily arising whilst another class are steeped in misery and siu giu squalid i alid poverty attempts have been stay the progress of these thesa evis evils tho the attempt of t the e le arians to establish a system of at Nauvoo from which the ht saints had been drinen driven was wras in instance of this kind this attempt adroved a failure io so have havo all other at tempts dampts of men 0 of them themselves seles to att attain airi alti nhia khia object it required the lord to ac acl aci i sil sll the uniting of mankind to ta 6 r 1 q one common bond As soon as 1 m work unity as manifested and love diffused among hmong icho obeyed his revelations the biord has had said that unless we wd are equal a in temporal things we cannot be yurl eurl r 1 I 1 in a spiritual thin things gs this does not mean that we 6 shall shail wear the same clothes have hair of the same color etc but to have an equal claim on the treasur treasury of the lord on the blessings of G god and slid his holy spirit the object of the he introduction of the order of enoch among this people was to introduce on earth a state of things that would bea ben be a pattern of what existed in iii the heavens and thus make pre preparations for the coming of the savior elder cannon hen then read extracts from several rovela novela ions lons in the book of Doc doctrine fAhie and hid fid cove nants rants on the order of it was vas not the intention odthe of the lord fjord to allow the same evils to find nind place in hl his bis church that prevail in the world isome some have baye thou thought thab that should the order pf af enoch be introduced introduced it would encourage the indolent none kone need fear bis his this dhosi those stewards who do not increase upon their talents will wiil not receive ae the same blessings as those who are diligent this is onet ona of te the greatest prin prini i 3 caples to check grasping dishonesty and other evils here is the solution of ane of the great grent problems of af I 1 the age agg i ELDER ezba T BEN son sox was th 6 next speaker sneaker speaker he said sald weare we are aro here herd to tOr learn dobey an dohey uhe order of enoch jenoch althe property we may appear it to 01 possess posses s belonged to tb the lord andaas only loaned dousto 0 build up his kingdom to gather the poor and aud accomplish Hl W i e J no legal excuse for neglecting gelecki 19 ob obey e the e counsels of the servants of god dd the h coo epo ep o operative movement 4 wak waa one ona d of f vast am importance ortance the laws of Utah and luid ita condition are aro beginning IQ Q ba respected s actea by byn caf pah haf Is is called callea the outside w world orld many express tha opinion tha thai president B young is is the tho greatest nin fiU financier in the world else elbe the united condition of the latter day saints could never hever have havo been brought about we might have arrived at a greater greaten degree of perfection feo fec tion asEr as der def in fil israel if we haa had had baa I 1 laid aside all ali puy jealousies wh whick s sometimes beset us ps although gh w 1 have hake bettered ou our r condition in id heart heart lv I 1 alth iby and thanksgiving and tirade I 1 6 ja to bod god gud tha 14 0 as as it is le oon von jaurig YA rule rula an d e shail shall be bless biess blessed whether h de sires us to raise silk enter oera oora o or rouffy thina thing else letus do if it and it will ivill result in the tha israel LU good thing for far the lord nord is operating amoia among this people II 11 f the congregation sang bang the hymn on pa age e 29 anise arise 0 Gior G clorious lous ious zion I 1 conference adjourned till 2 t e m 1 1 31 1 1 i i president prisident id 0 H ablis wells dismissed se d the meeting a j 7 aprin APRIL 6 2 lp mi the tha congregation this thia afternoon was much larger than in the tho e morning the large tabernacle being nearly filled the congregation was called to order by president brigham young the tabernacle choir led by byi bro gands sands sang the first fi hymn commencing the morning breaks the shadows nee flee prayer was offered up by elder soo joo joi soi ceph F smith tabernacle choir sang gang the hymn dif on page beginning know this that every soul is free frel ELDER FRANKLIN D Bi cHARDy addressed the congregation the saints come together to be strengthened that they may be able ablo to dippell whatever darkness may beset their path when we first heard the principles of i faith batis baptism tn for the remig remission sion slon of sins sias and on of handa banda for the reception of tit the mhd holy ghost those principles principle s were as staggering ibous gausas as ithone those advanced principles that are now taught in relation to temporal things latwas at first difficult for us to bounder under stand those beautiful principles that are bre necess necessary dry to be attended to fon for dortheal thes thee ia ovation of our dead since that time the tho saints have advanced by obeying the coun counsels sels seis of the servants of god hod in relation to our temporal affairs we shall become to the world as great a for astonishment in regard to condition ridi tion aa we ae are in spirit matters we should become a for them to follow after the true of government is that which is after Patriarch ial arder that orden order will bring about an assimilation of interests and consequent good will wiil will we a very artt great degree of unity in relation tp temporal tem borai boral matters but we are re pd advancing in that direction it w was the de design sign of the almighty fd d make mako the interests otone of one portion of his fam i ily the interests of the other portion that th a t the whole human family may way become one pome come some doubtless doubt leAs think that they tiley are too wise to be taught by the ser ger bauts of the lord this was comparable with instances where children would not be taught by their parents if the parents would inform themselves in regard to all necessary matte matters r tife they y would be able to teach t their heir c children and increase their knowledge bo so it ia Is with the servants of god in respect to the saints it is the privilege of those who hold the holy priesthood to teach and instruct us ali all things that we do ought to be done dono in the name of our lord and master jesus whether we take possession of farms or build factories we should do it in his name in the chari chail changes that are taking place in in our temporal affairs we are arel going through another conversion we ive are like ilka a child who ia Is making its first attempt to walk walks our faith in those matters will increase until the ordel order of enoch could he hei introduced and the interest of the entire people become identified with each other ELDER Q CANNON read a re ort of zons mons cooperative operative Cot co merch an tile tiie institution showing ng the progress that had been made in this great movement by the various branches of the institution he also read a report of the female relief belief societies Soc letio letlO PRESIDENT ris nis iDENT delivered an interesting inte resting and aud instructive discourse upon the subject bf cooperation operation co and other temporal mut matters fers his remarks were reported in full fall alid arid will shortly be published I 1 4 the hymn on page phwe commencing 1 we thank thee ngod 0 god fora forn prophet was sung conference adjourned till tomorrow to morrow morroy atio atlo a m j T nr n r benediction bider biden bl r der den erastus q now I 1 e S i X t f wednesday april apil zao zno ain a aln m rk the h 6 ca conference fer e n bev was wan ask c called all ali ed to 14 0 or 1 1 r ld derby e r 1 b y 1 elder geo goo Q cannon cannou 1 the Tabernacle Choir sang n praise ye 1 5 I 1 elder wilfordt Wilford 1 the tab tabernacle friia luc caloir q sank bang sang thell the hymn it i the tho list P ELDER elden ERASTUS 74 addressed ss ea tho the t t e I 1 conference we N e come together as bishops ps elders eiders cizl irl priests ets Teacher sj etc 0 to o recede ahe the bread polite IM from telfus tie tle lipa atthe servants 0 god ipa maali gaail V oali hali become q one we ite ife are a wonder er fo 16 the 1411 nj nations lonso of the fhe earth earah if they had eyes esea edi edh t ea ana and hearts 10 fo lo aaers amers tan d thy aby they would 1 now no w tiet ulet fd bling bring a peep like ilke this from all parts parta of or the world and nd form as and united an organization on aa as exists among as via i ia ft aag agg as great reat teat a miracle as praise to raise the dead the lord jesus except ye areene e ar are not minei m 1 in e W he prayed that vis bis his disciples might be one this oneness essis is bot hot meant ida in lda a physical sense we dif fer for in stature and proportion it is a unity unify or oneness 0 of faith purpose and interest that thit is s desirable we should arrive at classes an and aristocracies of wealth abolished the constitution ution framed and established by the fathers on this continent was the thee best govern government I 1 on the earth yet there is great ireat disproportion betwixt I 1 classes in this country the struggle between capital and labon labor is very great thela the laboring classes are under the necessity of combining to r resist the encroachments encroach ments of capital the quakers are e to some extent an exception to ih this s rule by economy and frugality they have become almost universally rich and are area a class of themselves among the saints there are instances where parents allow their children to stay at home rather than go to sunday I 1 school and the pa parents lb themselves will not attend moet meet ings inas r budaus because probably thelca cannot ap perr peir pea r 4 sowell owell dressed as others these things are ara not pleasing iame sight of god godi cp ep operative movement which has been heen recently inaugurated by oun our du president ax ident wilt wil wll correct correct many evil evila eu ait as lipse these it I 1 I 1 would be well artho for rot the saints w oread read the tte tie revelations in the ther doctrine D I 1 arid aila covenants in n relation iott lott tc 14 order of enoch according to 16 that order the means placed in our hands handl could not be used for self aggrandize ment but hut would bei be the common commod property of bf the kingdom of god to be used for the benefit of thaw tho the whole lole iole seyen seven years ago the baltins were not prepared to build ayo ago centre stake of zion we have come to these barren wastes fo to redeem the land and gain an experience to prepare us for that great work there ig Is a tendency amerig men to take honor and glory glori to thipa themselves eulves the lord la Is willing wa we buquid all have haver our VA due due luthe kuthe buh but ha reserves to himself the privilege of awarding it maygoe may god ble bie bless biess us a ali all f q u t amen j an PRESIDENT mn ent T DANIEL aniel H wlas wius next spoke we are here to take into consideration those thosa things that will con duc t our best interests there ia isa propensity in the human heart to walk according to its own imagination in stead of df obeying the voice of god wet leed reed instruction continually if weara we are lot biot instructed we shall never learn any more than a child can learn to read and write who is never taught talais the tha 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