Show GENTRAL CONFERE me tim THE forty third annual conference of the church of jesus je sus christ of latter latten day saints colive collve convened fled fied in the new yew tabernacle salt sait lake Late city on sunday april oth 1873 at 10 am the number of people present was large probably b efant and U nine ine lne thou thousand a and d 4 there were present pre sent on the stand of the first presidency brigham bigham B young sr and daniel H wells of the tacar twelve e apostles orson hyde orgon orson pratt john taylor wilford woodrum woodruff Woo drum druT george Q cannon brigham young jr and joseph F smith patriarch john smith of the first seren seven presidents of seventies joceph young albert P bock boek wood horace S eldredge and john van cott git nit of the presidency dency 0 of the ah priests quorum ellas elias smith edward croe groe and ellas elias morris of the presidency of this stake of zion george B wallace and john john T caine of the presidency of the bishopric edward hunter leonard W hardy and jesse jesso C little there were aio nio al niro aleo o bishop elders and leading men fro from in nearby every settlement in the territory the Cone conference rence was called to order by president YOUNG the choir ming wing i great god attend while zion the joy that rom thy presence pre euce the opening p prayer myer was offered by eld eid elder elden er YOUNG jr were not ashamed to own our lord aut aul worship him ou on earth was sung by the choir elder eider E der GEORGE GODDARD was wag elected clerk of the conference ELDER JOHN TAYLOR addressed the conference ile he spoke I 1 of or the causes which brought t the e latter day saints together in their present location showing sli sll owing that without the principles of the tho gospel el they would not have come lere here he also touched upon the restoration of the gospel of jesus in this last dispensation the object of the gathering together of the saints was that god might have a people to whom he be might communicate his mind mirld and will when the elders to the saints in the countries from which they tiley came the ilent silent whispering whisperings of the holy spirit showed them the beauty and symmetry odthe of the principles taught and demonstrated to their minds the purposes of the almighty and the relationship they sustained towards him this spirit operated upon the whole church arid and drew its members together they were not here to do their own will but to do the will of the almighty the saints had but started in the race and the tile prize they had in view was salvation for themselves and arid man mankind kind wind generally their business was to operate cooperate co with I 1 the almighty for the accomplishment of his purposes to build up zion place society on a correct basis and add ana to properly organize it elder taylor discoursed for some time on the designs of god and the futility of all powers to hinder binder their accomplishment ELDER GEORGE Q canson CANNON was tho the tj ie next no it speaker he ile treated upon the wonderful work which goddad god had wrought lu fa connect connection lon ion with this people the promises con coh with the vork voik which joseph smith was instrumental in inaugurating oil on the earth were exactly similar to those connected with the gospel taught by the saylor savior and abid his hia apostles and not only were the promises es 61 milar similar but the fulfillment of them had also been equal y powerful and demonstrative alivia the rhe speaker to the remarkable fact of people coming comeri together from the various nations of the earth all having the same i i mony regarding thu despen despe ns a tion of the fullness of times that which had tram trag transpired lied tied in the ga gathering together of 10 the in the last days was clearly predicted by the ancient prop prophets bets an actual h kingdom higdom of god had been lieen founded and a church had been 0 organized rl anizel after the apo apostolic tolie tolle pattern pa t to m everything very connected with the atter jatter J day work showed that it did not originate in imposture but that the principles upon which fi had bad been lieen organized arid and was conducted had bad been given by rey rei revelation elation from the lord it would be as easy to stop the rolling in of the tide as to stop the theAng gathering ga from the nations of those who embrace the gospel for the love of it when a person drank into the spir spirit I 1 t of christ he had an unquenchable I 1 e desire to gather with those who b had ad obeyed the same principles principle thi feeling and desire emanated from god and he had bad a purpose in imbel imbuing his people I 1 with a desimon desire of this clara clana character ctr th the fact that the saints had bad received the desire from flom god was a strong testimony that he be wished them to separate thern themselves selves from the cor eruptions of the carld and that they should throw mide aside ide all old traditions and prepare to be taught of the saviour through his ker servants wonder ully pre served rom the snares and raial machinations hl of the enemies of gods ki kingdom 1 n dom s and they had been mar ve if bously sly siy bleed temporally he ue had made the wrath af pf nian man to praise praire him ana and had bad restrained t those hose who would not praise him the speaker dwelt for some aime time time upon the eternal nature of or the work ork 0 it ter being destined not only to ben befit the lat latter ter day saints but all the human family he spoke upon the labors of df the latter day saints in behalf of their fellow men and predicted that the time would come corrie when they would be fully appreciated ho he alluded also aiso al to the great labors of or president pre pie aident young boche how bow he had devoted his time and roeana int rot ans ana or the of the leople people he concluded by aspea peaking ing of the great baue which tho thir latten latter day saints had for being than thankful koul krul to the almighty for his great ule ble blessings sings PRESIDENT YOUNG advised the people who attended the tile meetings to come well weil clothed eind and wrapped plied olied up that they might riot not take cold adjourned till 2 p in the choir sang s i 1 I will extol thee 11 prayer by Eider elder Jose josephf ab X smith i dpn 2 PM the congregation this afternoon would probably number not wt lis less S than ten thousand leopie people the largo large building being neaily neally filled to its utmost capacity many strangers were present what wondrous things we linw behold by prophets seen lu adaya ol 01 old was sung by the choir prayer boob by y ELDER eldeb WILFORD WOOD j t RUFF the choir sang s w awell jwell slug sing all bau to jesus namo name I 1 houar and praise Pral we give I 1 1 11 the sacrament of the lords supper was then administered pre PRESIDENT DE IT BRIGHAM YOUNG addressed the Confer conference ener he said paid he wanted the attention and faith of the congregation we had come here to ble be bene fitted and in all of our worship worshipping shipping wor in exercises the spirit of the lorr lors lord was the best of all things we could possess he directed attention to the great variety that exists edista in the mentality and phy pbs physiology biology of the human fam oam family ilyas lisas as also in all the creations of god he also discoursed upon the variety of ideas entertained by mankind on different diller ent subjects it was represented by ti a certain class of persons that the tile latter day saints were the enemies en crules of mankind but this was incorrect those were the enemies of man mankind kind hind who wished to substitute error for truth darkness for light strife sor for peee pece tho tho the peacemaker arld and those who delighted iu in virtue and purity were the friends buds 7 president young then do devoted voted a a portion ofhie adis discourse courso i tos to h ow b by y what means or course 0 of f condio condu peace could coula be made to prevail revall retail beaw between ee n individuals an and in families neighborhoods and com that those who sought bought to jea establish buch euch a condition were the genuine f friends T I 1 ends endi of the human family while those whose influence tended inthe in tho the opposite di ahe enemies ene lutes rutes of gnan in whatever sphere they might move he next dwelt upon tile the causes that induced the latter day saints sain ts to gather to these valleys andallo and also upon the causes which lel led led some aen acter they had gathered to slide away ram from the tho principles of truth and become engrossed gligros ed jn in worldly worldly th things ings those thos e wh who 0 came calme up here and devoted themselves to fangs pertaining t the world might heap up gold and silver but in due time I 1 ita t would fould go 90 from them and would prove their destruction st some of the latter day saints had an idea that they could take the follies of the world in one hand and the savior in the other and expect to get into the presence of the lord jesus they would however ond and find themselves mistaken foche fon for he would dro drop them so far as DA thiv the majority of tio the sainte saintel were a good loving god fearing people but the they y carried with them a number who were not pure f in their hearts hearty henert he next showed the gradual nature of the progress odthe of the people in developing within thorns thorus elyer elyen the principles of light and truth and how a holy desire within the heart to become godlike god like was like a guiding star leading the individual back to the father he adverted to the absurd foushi fashions ons of the world and saints sainta to avoid avold them he clearly portrayed that those who kept the commandments of god would eventually enjoy everything ery thing that was worth possessing and enjoying the next branch of the subject treated upon by president tres Pros ident young youn was the prevailing ideas in the he world regarding god and God godliness line and the differences between them and those entertained enter euter tal ned by the latter day saints notwithstanding those dit dil gerences feren ces cea the latter were the friends and not the enemies of m mankind a n and they purposed boring Ja I 1 in a kan kin conjunction on june tion with avith the savior of oc the world until the last of the sons and daughters of adam that thao would be saved had been redeemed the disco discourse ume was an elaborate one a lidi ildi an adequate idea of it could not be conveyed in a short ihori synopsis adjourned till tili tomor to mor JO mim mrm aim the choir sang bang thel the eyes of all R naye raye rpy ELDE R brora C si S ELDREDGE DY dalk ka k A 11 bim nim t MONDAY april zio am ato tre in lip ily tr i sang bang the time la Is nith digh that happy time i r that great expect edg edt di blessed day pm prayer er by elder orson PRATT come we that love lore the tha lord and let our joys be known a I 1 was sung by the choir jEL belber 1 bER beb ORON 1 1 1 ito nore bore tet ret testimony timon ilmon y to the odivine ivl ivi neau ilu itu the bitter hitter day work with was identified he spoke of or the existence of smallpox small pox in sanate san Ban pete which he baid bald was of a a mild type tye and had nowAl now almost mosten entirely disappeared ile he also mentioned a disease called spotted fever which had appeared the re mostly attacking little children and proving very fatal the speaker then spoke of the judgments which were to td be poured upon the inhabitants of df the earth in the laititi days dayh and said sald that judgment was to be be visited first upon god gods own hous eor among his own onn people and then upon the world whon when the Judg judgments ments menta of god should be poured out upon the wicked b cause of their corruption would be found among tile tiie the latter da day Sal sai saints the speaker ker next dwelt upon the I 1 fate of combination combinational a which went befit out from and oler operated atod against the work of god showing th that a t such organizations invariably died out notwithstanding that they started out with great pretensions as had been plainly demonstrated demonstrated d during u ring the last few years he also erbor exhorted cited the saints to aid their who were still in disa distant nt land lands to emigrate he ire concluded by y beaning bearing testimony that J joseph O smith Omi thias was wa s a prophet of god and that brigham young w was s legally appointed io lo succeed him and carry ook roK norward forward vard the work that he had bogun ELDER eldeir ORSON omos was the next speaker he ast first lids lifs coursed cours edon on the 1 importance and abid n nature of the last lash despen bation the latter day dy saints had made madei rather siaw slaw progress ro gress in the work gorgod of god noti notwithstanding that tha V they ther illia had done well in jn keeping many of the commandments of god he lio thought however that ahat a reformation tio n was needed dad among cheppo the people ae with regard to temporal th things g we he alluded to the heavenly orner order that at ode ohe one time existed among the ne philes hl 1 es as described described in the tho rook book of mormon rl ormom eibie elbre that order ovder of things established was there were class distinctions and many ann men felt felc lifted up above then brethren 1 because of their great riche riches S gilli arter after tho the introduction of the order mentioned there were no poor among the tho people the tho speaker spyker next spoke of the revO revelation atlon ginex by god to joseph smith re regarding arding the anc I 1 described e cub edthe the natu nature reaf of the iw jaw and how bow it was designed tobe to be operated this order e said had not been carried out by tho the saint sAnd he elaborated upon tae causes pauses which had operated against its permanent establishment the principal one being beina the le 88 of the people the law of ti tithing thing had bad been heen bee hee n given he next showed clearly the el char he hoped ed that the t inie time would c come me w when ne n distinction the pt gf class now eki ekl existing st would be dope away and which was manio manie sted sied id in all the walks of life the speaker speare concluded b by adverting inato to the labors s f fP Pies ples resident ident young in endeavoring to in induce the pao people to enga engage geln gein in home hornie matiu manufactures fac PRESIDENT nar nai you fu delivered a short df discourse course counse in which he be showed that the lord had bad not the mast least objection to the latter tatter day saints entering into the order of enoch he ire said it wm wai in accordance wi with th his mind and wid the 06 minds of or his brethren that from one thousand to five nive aye fire thousand of the young youn and middle middie aged men among the saints who wh 1 0 were fond of study should go 90 to work and arid study law and advanced several reasons why the breth brethren reir should prosecutor prose euto cuto this study he hd concluded by giving excellent instructions instruct fons relative la ta the nece necessity writy odthe people beng ready at all times tb 0 odey oney the dictation odthe V inah inan things and showed holy how a community of people could become nich rich li cb adjourned till 2 rpm pm i th the Q choir gau sang 0 i the klason king pt glov prayer by ELDER ELDERS GEORGE GEORGD Q canson CANNON i 1 1 next 1 wee 4 SMITHS COMPANY wa behave have been favored with the tha following extract from a letter aletter by president horgea eor geA smith to his son john henry dcamp CAMP neah near jafra JAFFA GATI gate jerusalem feb eeb 26 1873 MT all I 1 first view of jerusalem was from the 0 northwest the worst few fow lew from which to torm form all an impression beim belm mostly the wall which must have been chiefly built by bri the edams edans sincer the days daya of 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