Show THE 0 OlF THIRD DAY continued front page eral cral church R Bs corder and wilford woo woodruff druff his assistant I 1 I 1 george goddard wag was stained as clerk of conference the following names names of missionaries were read byeller by elder elden YoUN 10 Gand annd and unanimously sustained by th tho the conference STATES f wm M PaIn palmer ler ier monroe robert robdrt lund iund st george E G woolley Thomas Judd jahn CH 0 harper arper payson Pr franklin frankiin anklin haymore payson zebedee coltin jr spanish fork william lowe willard I 1 william ward i Sha shadrach drach druch Joi jol lees afes t james montgomery weber co thos TUbs Richardson cabbe valley vailey i FOREIGN 4 lewis howells alle ebenezer Q defrieze st george rg 0 john miles bt st george e 1 jabez W taylor lith ward george goble veit vest ward james jamis mcfarland west weber stephen L richards farmington john F F corlus vor Por lus ius ephraim AV spring city james keller brigham city S P neve 8 L lacity I 1 city ole hanson login logan 0 N boren jensen iet let le ward S L city K maeser 8 L city jos home gunnison theodore H Braend li leo add ld ward SL giu v y ward 10 rael 1 1 ikamas aiA ala iolen lolen hyde byde de aki park Pk 1 I 1 I 1 alder joun JOHN VAT CO COTT bom bore to 0 o the greatness of ihu iha 16 work york of god which had been grat aug ing nad and aad increasing kince tits commencement and traced ha development amidst all nii iho iha opposition tion and persecution through dhigh passed which zend rendered ered eTed it a most marvellous marcellous marv ellous work nad aad a wo wonder n thares theres tha the results i ula of the labors of pf the servants of god hnyp in reaching to the nations of th the earth were now w before us in these valleys of tha 1 q mountains tens ef of thousands who were gathered here fram tram all parts parta of the world who had received this blessed gos appl ppl sa testimony 6 fim ony wits to its divine e origin 7 ile he spoke of the necessity of 0 living livi I 1 ng before god that we could dould have hive faath in him 1 s so 0 that his hij would accompany our adm administrations iniestra to the lck ick and raise naise them up to health an ana soundness by the laying 6 an or hands he spoke shoko of the pei pel personal orial expedience experience e C 0 o k he saints and their glorious prospects future by faithfully abs observing their coyen coven covenants iq apts and living their hein heir religion 4 euer said he had bad been down among a people wab ei en tirel ignored goa god heaven and abd all sacred things his labors had been devoted those who had boned once known the truth and had bad mingled their voices in bearing testimony estimo t to the truth in this territory wild had bad turned away from the fold foid of christ and were now located on the banks bankA of the missouri in of pot tat tomie por for many days he and his bi brethren ethren devoted their time in going from house to house avidan and in doing BO so they only met wi It hond thone family but what had rela reia relatives ini 16 utah they met with hebry a very veny rank apostate spirit ina thau that region of country th they ey also aiso met with quite a number who had been deceived and led and werd word lingering by i the tho wayla wayll way 7 to td all such they eden eger exercised alsed much pat patience lende fende and labor and bore bord i mony 1 to them of the the truth and some of them rejoiced in their teachings and renewed their theli covenants I 1 while others would wait and by being kindly written to by y dg here bas bad again to the faith conference was earned till to marrow morning at 10 a m i the chair sang an anthem anthea i i gise giro ear to tb gyfford my word benediction by eider elder eldes enias ELIAB lei LES morris 1 l I 1 i f at t i r i i FOURTH DAY 10 am the tho choir chol ir sinia sang M dhe the graat great and glorious dospel gospel light i i haa baa ushered forth unto y sigbe player by eider elder jonn JOHN T CAINE the choir sang aang i what wondrous woud coul 9 now behold DK wu iva la ot bt old oia ELDER JAMES TAVES A LITTLE said bald he had been beon wenty twenty five fiva years in the chuida church most mosi of which time hohag he had spent in southern Uta hand hads hadj had bad like many of his bis brethren gained considerable experience in the ples plea of eternal truth he was on a mission to the states some few months ago and had mingled considerably with the diffie different rent nent religious sects of the day he did not feel to condemn them as having no good in their systems all men were not organized alike seme some av were enabled to receive more advanced truths than others the more he travelled and mingled with the world the more he was waa satis satisfied aled fled that while there was much evil in their midst there were thousands of as goo dand as honest men as could be found anywhere we must eker eier exercise cise else charity towards sall all nil meb men for those who did not obey the gospel lo would certainly 0 obtain from our heavenly father a salvation according g to the light they had haq I 1 lived ave d u up to ELDER ANQUS M CANNON bore testimony to the truth of the everlasting gospel urged a more faithful and devoted life to the building up of zion to the building of temples that we might see gods goda kingdom established in glory never let us oppress the hireling in his wages but act our part nobly as men mian of god that we might finally be saved in lis bis kingdom with the elect of god ELDER it T BURTON really realized e d that the great work of god commenced in these theae last days daya was of vast lih ith importance 6 ri ta n ce to the children of me men il when V hen the principles el of the gospel were again brought back to the earth and its s gifts and blessings les ies enjoyed the spirit of persecution tion was aroused especially in the religious world when the testimony 0 of r the servants of god first saluted our ears on prayerfully investigating vesti gating those testimonies and principles which they taught did 1 we that it was not a cunningly n devised fable but a system of alvine divine truth that would bear the strictest scrutiny demonstratively proved from the bible and from the bi blessings i we had received since we yielded 1 obedience to the ordinances of the go pel pei we could bear testimony to the truth of the mission of joseph smith the gospel therefore that we had bad received was nothing short of the power of bf god unto salvat ign as in days of od old when christ and his apostles eo joyed the same A F sad said for the last three years he had been in bt in the erection of the temple the basement ot which was completed and other portions of it were vere rapid lym ly advancing dancing HO hel blo bore rei reh a good testimony of the mechanics sen pen sent pent t there from different parts of the territory of ful laurs labors and the excellent spirit they enjoyed while laboring there he boal spoke 0 ke highly of the generosity of the people towards its erection and had bad no doubt there would be bean a equal response by the people towards the fhe completion of the temple tempie in III this city ELDER JOHN T calne said his falth and whole soul were as ag much engaged in the building up of the kingdom of god as those were more mord conspicuous in bublic public speak speaking lui ibi than himself for he e was naturally diffident he exhorted tod to a faithful arid and practical cal cai exhibition of our faith phoui in our daily life he had always accorded t to others the same amount of liberty in the exercise of their religious convictions as he claimed for tor him blin self ELDER WILFOR DWOODRUFF recited several instances of the iho power of faith recorded in we the bible and said saia aiso also by that same power abse joseph lph smith had been enabled to accomplish chomp lish all that he did in laying the foundation of the great latter day kingdom by faith ohe the he apostles bad been able abie to travel without pursa or scrip tens telis of thousands of miles to preach the gospel by faith president 11 yeung young led this people into the wilderness where whore the savage bavage was accustomed to roam by lly faith naith faith falth in ia austry and the bIes bles blessing sIni of god this barren desert land had bad ad been turned into a fruitful field wat hopt t the tho ho power of god t th ho efforts of the E el 11 7 rr r thib llna territory t tory would never hav ave besu been peopled led by those wo we biow low saw hett here eveny every eveny every one who tee Teb received elved the gos goa pelva elwa elva under obligation to bear hear testimony to the truth the prophecies althe bible auld auld not fiot have hav been een NI fulfilled fIlLed if 4 an in angel had not come to the earth and brought the gospel to the children of men why did god choose that untutored boy joseph smith to be entrusted with the keys of salvation why did he not choose one of the popular preachers of the day simply because god could not uso use them for they would sell the kingdom for popularity hence he chose ft 0 poor boy and lej led led him by revelation day by day until he had com corn plated the work h hewak elwa 11 raised up to todo lodo do he then spoke of those who bad had never heard beard the falness of the everlasting gospel and the for tb temples to be erected enthat so that the ordinances of the gospel ml might bt be performed for these in the sp spirit world he addressed a few encouraging words to the young men also to the members of the bellei relief soc societies letle letie the choir sang an anthem A sing BIDS praises to tho the lord benediction by elden elder ards 1 p pm in the choir sang t I 1 saw a u lillys to earth ha he bent his way prayer by elder GEORGE Ii B wallace the chor choir sang bang 0 lord of hostal hosts hoats wd w now invoke chy thy spirit mait most moat divine while the sacrament was wai being administered the names of the foi fol foi lowing missionaries were tead yead by elder brigham Brig bam young xoung ard and aits by gy U unanimous vote votia lf ro EUROPE john dykman sen gen salt silt lake V olty city thomas nail ball coalville Co alville john robinson Bo binson Coal villo david divid W davis logan a benjamin H tollman ward salt sait lake city N M peterson richfield rich Bich field jasm peterson richfield lorenzo D young salt lake city thomas thomad allsop south bouth cottonwood cott Gott onwood erasmus christensen christens e d i bear mear river biver city UNITED STATES J T lesenbee neson Leson bee monroe nicholas chOlas Tl 8 smith mita spanish fork forte ELDER ORSON pratt spoke at length on the tha introduction of the gospel by a holy angel according to the prediction of the apostle john while banished upon the isie isle isle 1518 of patmos I 1 he examined from a scriptural standpoint the religious pretensions of the roman catholic and protestant faitha also refer referred red to tia tim tie tle puritan fathers who broke loose from the ecclesiastical tyli tyri tyranny Anny of the mother country and established themselves upon this american continent where chev they could I 1 worship god according to the dl dictates of their own consciences he spoke of the introduction of the gospel by a holy angel through joseph smith band and the organization of the church and also of the downfall of babylon babylon which had reference to that great ecclesiastical power spoken of by the apostle john the word of the lord was to all those who embraced the gospel in the last days come out of deraay he her any people that ye be not part partakers par takers aLers of her sins and receive not of her plagues the gathering together of the saints saint he also showed to be in accordance cor dance with the the prophetic writ ings ingson of scripture the setting up of the kingdom of god in the last days he referred to as ais spoken of by the prophet daniel in interpreting the image which he saw in ia vision he exhorted the saints to faithfulness ful ness to be prepared for the glory of zion and the coming of the son of man mau with the apostles apos ties lles and patriarchs atri of old who will reign as kings inge and priests on the earth forn fora thousand ous years according to promises made to them the conference was adjourned till next october 10 amat am at the ew tabernacle uncle the choir sang an anthem J we wi praise thee the 0 god 1 I 1 I 1 benediction e by elden elder youna GEORGC GODDARD clerk of conference |