Show V LR 8 T nay DAY conference Con Conf farence orenco orence ims res resumed lilied a at L 2 I 1 1 p pm ni it 1 singing by the choir of though deep deepening ning trials throng thron your way ways press on press on ye ot of god prayer by eider elder SNOW sivi the choir vang sang glorious things ot thee aue arc sp spoken quen guen zion city of our iod lod sod B ELDER LDER LORENZO D young said fio lie had bad attended tho the ali first A con ference held in this valley ami every subsequent one excepting one when lie he called to mind tie tle the past and compared it with the circumstances cum stances of the present lie could 1 not but acknowledge the inte interposing po haud band of god in behalf of ills his people it was a question whether the saints were sufficiency thankful for innumerable blessings from the almighty no jo people that ever phin planted teI tet a a col eol colony opy gilch unfavorable as did the latter latten day saint saints had over been as they flail been in thes thesa e vp valleys therefore no people sho 1 1 bo huu hun humbler ibrey t than ha n they r 1 J just u S t a F sogn a as tl the 1 0 r people eo pio pie were ared to uso use aright the tilo temporal blesser blessings digs of it the lord they would become wealthy I 1 it t sopie sonie times appeared that they had more of those now than wt was Is good for them it was apt aidt poverty and persecution that destroyed the fait falt faith falth hand and stand ing of tho the saints 9 but rather rattier the tho allurements allure ments and and temptations of wealth the tilo speaker next directed the of the congregation to alu tle necessity of parents proper and salutary attention tto ito to their children if parents were more careful regarding their conduct the children would manifest a greater degree of interest in the principles of righteousness preaching by practice was the most effective tive mode of showing C forth the beauties of the truth the speaker concluded by desiring the blessing of god to rest QA on oil all who mif manifested ested estea a disposition to righteousness ri 0 E elen ELER L Brat joien JoliN TAYLOR delivered a discourse on the com ne of the tile gospel of christ in which lie lle showed that the latter day saints were endeavoring to carry out the pro gramme grammo mine mino of jehovah in relation to the inhabitant inhabitants 8 of the earth he ile also defined the difference between the government of god and the diali erent governments and nationalities of human origin the T ile lle speaker c er dwelt dael t elaborately upon u poll the religious and political rights of humanity manity liu ilu asserting that they tiley should not under derany any circumstances be curtailed or interfered with in concluding he prophesied of or the final triumph of the kingdom of god ELDER aJR bore testimony to the truthfulness of the tile work of god in the last days and spoke of the evidence that the leaders of the latter day saints were jed led by inspiration and that the th latter had llad been gathered gu leered t together under the direction of revelation the E eiders elders iders had not asked the people of the tho world to believe their unsupported testimony regarding their teachings teaching but all could prove provo the matter lor for themselves the tho saints had received a testimony of the truth and the danger with them was that they would become absorbed in the things of the tile world he knew that the ilie S were not living up to their privileges and did noten noton not on joy so much of the spirit of god as they might there was a d deplorable disposition to run after money and to pay too much attention to dress and the vain fashions of the world if the people would live more faithful they would have more power and influence and the wicked would not have power over them if the people would repent and live nearer to the lord the wickedness that now existed in salt lake city would not fester there to lead lad iad the youth astray wickedness was no part of the kingdom of god it was noticeable that generally the first feeling manifested mani maui rested by parents when any of their children were sick was wan to send fora for a doctor when they should have faith in god and his liis healing power there was not that amount of faith among the people in that direction tha that t had llad been displayed in years past god could overrule all things for the benefit of those who loved him and kept his ills commandments the speaker 4 llad i ad seen many interpose tons of providence in behal behalf of his ills people ho he exhorted the people to give lve ivo ive heed to the tiie whisperings it of the hol hoi holy V spirit and not become contaminated tamina ted with the evils of the world the speaker desired that t the ho lord would bless the latter lutter day saints that faith and good w works might 1 abound abo und among them ELDER elden GEO GICO Q CANNON C aln announced that a priesthood meeting would be hold in the old od tabernacle at six pm the choir sang li bi t 1 beautiful are aue m thy towers 0 aers adjourned till october fth ten tell am 1 M prayer by eider elder chanles CHARLES G C cir CIT priesthood MEETING according to announcement a large number of the br ethien of the tiie priesthood met in the old oid tabernacle at six in the tho ening ev and remained together for about two hours hour the spirit of god was largely enjoyed at this meeting and the instructions given were of the most clear and pointed characters character giving all who wilo enjoyed the spirit which dic dictated them a better conception of the tiie way in which the 1 lord ord des designed ned to build up tip zion tile tho aspea speakers kers were in the order in which they addressed the tile congregation bishop dwin edwin hunter and alid presidents brigham young and and aud 0 A smith the building of tem pies and operation cooperation co in its fullest werm were the main topics dwelt upon i eff eaf v s 1 1 4 TUESDAY 1 act 10 a m lif z an in angel f rom on high the long long j wat wai wai sung by the choir 11 aniu Tho the opening prayer by elder eldell WOODRUFF the choir sang bang jhn t I 1 saw a tal mighty annel annei flyg fly to earth ho he bent his bis var vay war ELDER eldeb david mckenzie me salol spoke e of the fruitlessness of preaching that was not dictated by the spirit of the lord when the lord biord spoke through the elders the teachings 0 of f the latter never failed of being profitable to those who received and acted upon them his remarks then turned upon the beauty harmony and comprehensiveness of the tilo gospel education to the tha latter da day y saints ants did not merely comprehend a training in book learning but inculcated all things that would prepare the human family to occupy the position that the lord desired they thes should ultimately attain to the speaker then alluded to the signs of the times showing that they were wem indicative of the fulfillment of the predictions of the ancient prophets in the setting up of the kingdom of god and the demolition moli molit monition tion lon of governments origin some of the tile latter day saints were not devoting lelent sufficient attention to those matters tind and were giving too much heed to the things of the world the lust after worldly gain did not bring unmixed ha happiness p even in this life but tilde tended tride d in many respects to an increase of care anxiety and responsibility the lord was acquainted quain ted with the organization and consequently the wants of ills his children and could alone devise a it plan that would bring happiness to them the object of paying tithing the necessity of obedience to the counsels of the living oracles of god the ultimate establishment of the order of enoch and other important buble subjects ets eta were touched upon in a very emphatic manner by the speaker he advocated the patronizing by the saints of the savings bank that had recently been established that they might save gave their means moans to accomplish worthy objects that they might 1 have ave ate in view ELDER famen IM var IV V CLUFF said he had llad devoted the tile greater portion of ills his ilfe life to forwarding the cause of god ori on the earth and he lie felt feit eitan altan an increased desire to cont continue inbe in that labor he believed the majority of the saints were increasing in faith knowledg knowledge ei and good works but many had takena course contrary to that of progress the main maid portion of the tile speakers ers remarks wore were devoted to defining the th 0 nature of the practical duties of the latter day saints from the time of their baptism onwards showing what the people had accomplished in gathering the poor ft from 0 ni the n nations i and urging upon those who ba had abeen been assisted by the P E fund to refund the means used in their caso casos cases also in advocating the payment of donations to that fund elder cluff said that since lie had returned from his last foreign mission most of ills his time had been devoted to building a j railroad be tween and echol echo that the people of this city might inight be sui supplied piled plied with coal from the beds at the first named place such temporal labor was as much a part of the duties of or the elders as preaching in or anYthing any thing in n that line ELDER ender SMITH bore boie testimony that thia the work in which ho he in connection with the rest of or the saints saint was engaged was of god lie ile he had bad been redi redl reamed reared ad in the church the company with which ho he travelled across the plains in 1847 1817 was id the rear mr of that dt 0 the pioneers and when bi he ever came ipen dil dix the tracks ticks of we tile latter he lie felt that iveas it was waa the file road toad to ta zion the I 1 in n the measures that had been binau inaugurated bytho by the tho servants allt ailt of lof alae the tho lord for the furtherance fur illa r of uhe the work ork odthe of the almighty the evidences of progress towards the attainment of that grand object one of the most dangerous tendencies of the age was towards infidelity and the saints seq should uld see soo that their thoin children did old not become becom e tainted with unbelief udd bellef belief elder smith devoted a large portion of his remarks lo 10 tho subject of education and urged tho the necessity of the children being iring properly taught aught in all useful brau bran branche clies in including a sound moral training ile he held heid it to bei bek one of the most important subjects subject which could be considered by the saints he also counselled counseller coun selled the people to avoid and discourage the evil of intemperance j PRESIDENT TC A S SMITH spoke s bab on the necessity e essi essl of keeping the word of wisdom exhorting the saints to abstain asta from every thing forbidden bidden for foi therein as as far as climate and other conditions would admit he adverted to the de degrading degradi rad i I 1 ng and de destructive s truc tive tivo effects of drink some people said the they could drink or let it alone should let it alone those would not keep the word of wisdom would be ultimately with deep regret at their neglect 0 duty on this point president smiths remarks on this subject were very clear and pointed A portion of his discourse was w devoted to educational matters te a short synopsis of ochi his remarks h however would not do them justice justlee his suggestions on the it last named subject were highly instructive the chor choir sang lord adjourned till two rii riv prayer a eiby eibs by elder CAAS C V icci V SECOND DAY DAX TUESDAY october ath singing 0 py bythe the choleff Choi Cho leof though now novy the tha nations sit sst beneath cho tho darkness death opening prayer by ELDER lorenzo SNOW the choir sang praise yo the lordi nordi my ny heart shall join in so pleasant so divine t j I 1 ty ELDER LDER ORSON PRATT dell deli delivered Vered an elaborate and interesting in dise disc discourse dUrse on the building building 0 of f temples and the purposes for khizh sueh structures n ere ero de designed sigried to be bemused ad the thi ad address dress was reported f 1 M ELDER LORENZO SNOW made some somer very clear and instructive remarks on the order of enoch bleh bieh lie ho declared that the saints would not be permitted to gato go to jackson county to build up lip the centre stake of zion until they had obeyed the requisitions incorporated in that system of things operation cooperation co was a progressive step direction the speaker told what was being done at Br ighani brigham city in the matter of operation cooperation co showing that much advancement was being made in those matters there cioth cloth leather boots and shoes cheese butter c were being manufactured extensively on this big t principle besides there were sheep and cattle herds a merea merca mercantile ii tile tiie sto store re a butcher shop and a dairy all conducted oa on this plan those thing thing zee nua a the people there excel len ien leny advantages especially in these t times I 1 nes hes of scarcity of money boiley 0 o 0 the the tho I 1 choir sang bang an ivi Ivl ll slnar of the mercies 0 of th ha aLord lord e till tea am tomorrow to morrow prayer by ELDER GE GEORGE Q 1 canson CANNON ac ja f to t THIRD DAY dily fr f r n WEDNESDAY oct ath 10 a ill rii i angel from tho cho joyful message ha has hag made known knorn J was gas sung un g by the te d choir choin hoir opening prayer by ELDER J JOHN jonn oiin TA AYLOR ft 1 singing by the choir of or ore ove orr fr I 1 great mat Is the lord tto good to praise j ilia high and holy hoir name nanie ELDER WELDER WILFORD WOODRUFF f re i spoke of the eternal nature of the gospel thre there never had been but buit one plan pian of salvation aly alv atlon and ri never ewi would woula be tie tle tio tile prophecies s of ancient men of god all pointed to 6 these latter iatter times time as tho the period when the lords purposes would be accomplished the human instruments chosen by the almighty to ful fui fulfill till his beli bell behests behesta ests werm were gene generally raly not taken from those who vero vere considered powerful or influential among men but rather to the tile cont contrary lary iary this had llad been the easo case in this dispensation the surroundings of joseph josoph smith were word gra brn of a humble character but he lie was taught for years by visions and by angels sent porth forth from orom god until he was prepared to coni commence mence the thid great work of the lord loid in the last days bo be taught laught of or god because ho lie had no other source of information he lie laid tho the foundation of a mighty work he brought forth ancient records and translated them by the gift and power of god into the english ian lan gaage joseph smith never attempted to ow III in any ordinance of the gospel until lie lio received the tho priesthood estwood est hood which was authority from fron god invested in hi manthe lord sent forth john the baptist who ordained the prop liet joseppi Josep lito to the priesthood which gave him authority au th arity to baptise ac and afterwards peter james and wid john who conferred upon n him the priesthood giving him power howerto to minister in the spiritual things of the tile gospel joseph smith under the direction of god did laid the foundation of the greatest work ever inaugurated and which was perfect in all I 1 its ts parts joseph smith lived sufficiently long to confer upon brigham young and his hia brethren all the irlie keys powers and blessings necessary to carry on the great work of the last times and then sealed his testimony with his blond the latter day samata batata had been led here by the hand of revelation through the instrumentality of Brig brigham barn harn young and they had been been blessed and prospered and had in these v valleys ril kli leys less fuin fulfilled filed many prophecies prop heales the saints were called |