| Show GENERAL J conference AT ST STGEORGE GEORGE FIRST DAY 11 MORNING ORNING ST GEORGE april 6 pursuant to adjournment made at the last semiannual semi annual correr ence the general conference of the church of jesus christ of lat ter day saints met lu in the temple in st george there were present in the priesthood stand president brigham young and his counsellor presidents john W young and daniel H wells of the first presidency elders john taylor wilford woodruff orson hyde orson pratt charles C rich lorenzo snow erastus snow franklin D richards geo Q cannon brigham young jr and jos F smith of the quorum of the twelve john smith patriarch and local authorities of the stake bearing the priesthood in the other stand immediately i opposite chis set apa apart rt for the presidents of the several quorums of the lesser or priesthood sat bat in the top row bishap edward hunter and some visiting bishops whom he had invited to be seated there the other three rows were occupied by the presidents of the several quorums of the lesser priesthood of the stake of zion president B young gave out the first I 1 hymn lymn which was sung by the parowan carowan choir the prayer dedicating the temple i and opening the general conference was offered by prest preat D DH H wells the beaver choir sang high nigh on the mountain top a banner ia is unfurled elder george Q cannon read from the book of nephi pages and also the first verse vers e of the revelation given april 1834 page Book of doctrine and covenants new edition he reviewed the subject of union in temporal affairs briefly alluding to the social unions which had bad been attempted in france and in different parts of the united states the combination or union enjoined upon the latter day saints was of a much more binding nature it formed part of the law jaw of god delivered to them and was an essential to full salvation in gods kingdom om god had entrusted to us the mission to establish right forms ard ami the correct practice of every institution which would enable us to live right physically and spiritually socially morally and politically here and hereafter if we as latter day saints did eur our duty we would cast behind us the unsound and darkening traditions of our forefathers we had commenced the establishment of a reform in the marriage relation in obeying the divine command we had been greatly blessed we were called to effect a reform in in our oui financial or business relations and our efforts in tills direction would be crowned with blessings and our power our and our neighbors would increase crease for good i in n the land his concluding remark was 1 I beai bear testimony to you my brethren anc sisters this day in goda gods Temple that the almighty requires us to enter into this united order and that we cannot progress much farther without this union president brigham young enlarged upon some of the views ad va danced ced by elder cannon the combined choir th anthem and it shall come t pass in the tho last days the meeting was adjourned 2 p in elder john D T mcallister of of f fereti the closing prayer A 9 2 pm the beaver choir sang let le those who would be saints indeed prayer was cd ed by elder jelde john taylor the parowan carowan choir sang the th lord will comfort zion elder joseph F smith s spoke 0 0 the privilege of entering into a temple to worship the god of israel and adverted in an earnest manner to the necessity of the saints sainte having their hearts prepared to serve the almighty we wo were called to serve servo god with all our might mind and strength the saints must expect to receive opposition and persecution just in proportion to their faithfulness in living the religion of heaven there was a warfare between christ and eella and this would continue till righteousness covered the earth god would triumph all the powers of earth an and keil hell hell heli combined could not hinder this he exhorted the people to be strong in irr the lord the purposes of heaven would be wrought out this work in which we were vere engaged would never cease till it fully accomplished that whereunto it was sent As individuals we might turn aside from duty and apostatize yet this kingdom would never be given to another people but would stand forever as was decreed from ane beginning he set forth the low estate of that man who did not seek to walk in the counsels of the almighty god had bad prospered and blessed us in these mountains we had brought our thousands of the poorest of the poor from the nations of the earth the united order would be easily established when we were willing to recognize the truth that we did not own what we possessed but that it etwas was the lords nords we were not prepared for babylon to fall for we had not done our duty 1 in preparing ourselves to be helf belf sustaining god had given wisdom and inspiration in p 1 r a tion to ers to direct oui our e efforts f r orti orth and labors but we had bad nt been sufficiently diligent in obeying g the counsels given us he conal concluded eded by lay exhorting to increased diligence in obeying the requirements of our holy religion president kres Fres dent john ayoung said we hil hll ablhad had much to learn perta pertaining inin 9 to this latter day work we were the most united people that we knew of on this earth but we were not united as we should be for we partook too much of the business ways of the world too much of or that way in which the wicked walked who preyed upon each other and built themselves up at the expense of their fellows it did seeh seem that we should stop and consider our ways and combine our efforts the ins inspiration gi ration the power of god und and the living oracle plesent to direct us to T those who held this power we must more willingly listen and more readily obey he concluded by saying I 1 vly lly my testimony mon v to you my brethren and sisters is that god calls us as to change our manner of business and prepare ourselves to live more agre agreeably ebly to the will of heaven prest B young younk said he desired to preach in terms not iorg lorg long iong but loud in all nil our deal deai we should ouid do unto others as we would have others to do by us the parowan carowan Pa rowan choir sang oh the lord all ye nations praise praise him hirn all ye people meeting adjourned till tili loa lOam m tomorrow benediction by elder lorenzo snow SECOND day BAY bly lo io 10 AM ST GEOSGE april 7 1877 the st george combined choir sang all hail hall the glorious day by prophets long foretold prayer by elder thomas J jones the beaver beaven choir sang an rii an them oh come let jet us bing sing unto the lord elder charles C rich spoke on the subject of our present duty as the covenant children of god one ono of the imperative labors placed on us was to so combine our temporal interests that we might be delfaus self seif sustaining ta we professed ta to be saints of the most high god if we jived 11 up p to this profession we should be always ready to receive the directing word of the almighty and govern our lour lives by it notwithstanding the expert i ence some of us had had for so many were not aa as forward in the path of obedience as us we ought tobe to be the the world who knew linew not god was to accumulate great wealth in the hands of a comparatively few and allow t many to languish in extreme pov erty was not the way r the will of the father eather of all required those who would be obe B adient to 10 his will to have so organized that none should f poor we were called to build the he kingdom gf f god on ane earth by practising irae irac the principles principles of ausness US Bessin in al all ail I 1 th things I 1 if we reviewed ofir nr experience we should find that most of our difficulties with each other arose from selfishness when we took a course to show that we did love our neighbor as ourselves perfect agreement would be very much promoted if we were questioned honed we found the general feeling ng was that we desired to be sub eject act to the will of heaven in all things now we were called to tol manifest this desire more completely in our lives we must take a course to be found wise virgins at the time of the lords lorda coming elder wilford woodruff realized his dependence upon the spirit of or god to speak to tiie the edification of or ohp the people he ire spoke of the divine mission which had been laid upon joseph smith to whom had been given the keys of the and of the Melchize dec dee priest hoods b by y me means ansof of which ordinances were administered according to the law of god for the salvation of the living and of the dead it was a fact that brigham young had been raised up and endowed by almighty god with power to lead th the people in the ways of life eternal and to organize the covenant people of god in all things it w was a a fact that god had raised up elders and helps in government to carry this great latter day work let us go to with a all ali I 1 our might to work out our own salvation and to redeem the generations of the dead it was our duty to hearken to the counsels ol 01 the servants of godana to net act upon the instructions given t to 0 us relative to the united order we had been protected by the power of the most high had this not been so the prophets and apostles of the lord jesus christ would be just as na completely destroyed from the ear earth barthin thin in this generation as they were anciently rhe the rho purposes of the almighty would come to pass judgments would he be po poured ared oui out oud u pon upon all nations we have nik been as faithful nor as prompt as we should have been but where we had heretofore been slack in the performance of duty we should improve he concluded by very earnestly appealing to the latter day saints to be diligent in attending to the necessary temple ordinances for and in behalf of the dead elder george Q cannon read the following list of missionaries to europe alexander P V mcdonald alexnder F mcdonald jr david milne all of st george john steel toquerville mahona steele Pang witch daniel D mcarthur william H branch jr both of st george Geb geu Kirkham lehi edw edwin I 1 n D wooley jr erastus W mcintire both of st george thos lockyer jos E cowley both of logan aaron mcdonald st george anklin Fi S richards ogden warren B smith american fork R cleghorn Cleg horn born aurelias Au rellas iii miner ner nen both of bait salt lake inke city edward partridge fillmore lo 10 arizona nells neils joseph richfield rich field henry job smith salt lake city philip de la mere tooele thoele city A H patterson leman curtis and sons wm win ballard murlin plumb john plumb parley sabins sabine libeus T coons george patten jr george Hill killion ion ioD daniel thomas william hall and john syms syma all of payson and pond town so the untied states stales john alger aiger st george page of washington joseph nobles springville Spring ville john D 1 4 pearce earce st george The conference by uplifted hand handt w without dissent voted to sustain the appointment of tho the fore foregoing going to 0 o their respective fields af labor elder geo goo Q av cannon spoke of the blessings of peace anid arid prosperity per which were being enjoyed by the saints he spoke of the increase of poverty and wretchedness wretched neri nesi in new york Wash washington inkton and other eastern cities and feit felt togia to give thanks to god for his gao goodness to his people but when he be considered the antagonism an between christ and aud he quentio questioned ned in ni bi mind would peace and immunity fram persecution be continued to ihei this people our trust was aw add and must t be in god be he was wa s bui bul our domus fender if it our lives were ordered bordere in faithie faith falth we should continue to be boo preserved president B young addressed the th conferences conference to the effect that the tho purer the latter day saints were the greater would he tha the rage of 01 the wicked but the less liss would bo be their power to persecute the parowan carowan choir sang saing idas As ili ill the eheart heart after th tho water awater brooks conference adjourned till 2 P pm m benediction by elder H henry henny nr ayring 2 rpm PM singing di b by ane beaver neaver choir prayer by elder orson pratt the parowan carowan choir sang god goer moves in a mysterious way vay elder geo Q cannon read the tho following list of missionaries x walter J winsor elijah potter frederick hamblin charies charlea riggs rigga lawrence 0 mariger john T fa eager er D david iv d K udall levi stewart kanab ea nab david avid J johnson alma W johnison johnson W J powell hans hana golbranson joseph city george B gardner virgin city CRY wm eager hillsdale john Averet tJohn V freeman bro nichols washington wyllys D fuller puller revilo revile fuller alfred aifred bandall Ba udall george earia earl eari harrisburg james dean calvin kelsey frederick judd brigham hall commodore P liston listen st george moses curtis and sons payson joseph bull jr 0 H riggs biggs SaIt salt lake city Mo moniah stahL L hancock jr angell leeds leads jefferson C wright virgin city robert bobert S berrett james montgomery eugene campbell edward W wade wado anva a north ogden robert bobert sloan wm win burton ward royal B sagers harry emery samuel peterson Pete raon A F frazier ra G P joseph W taylor salt lake city peter graves ephraim Ep braim fred A miller lynne john hubbard M W dalton willard city bobert robert lvke lake of the kiowa nation saml L adams W J carter st george henry flamm flamin logan ogan jacob naef jacob I 1 A tillei provi dence jacob Sch arror payson daniel jacobs SL st charle charles peter graft graff draperville Drap erville niels madsen j jr r 2 brigham city F P F hintze A frederickson logan B P erice city edward hemsley job wems Hems hemsley fey mill creek elder cannon caution presented the following authorities of the church who were unanimously stained sustained eu by vote of the conference brigham young prophet seer beer aud and revelator rev Bev elator and president the church of jesus christ of lat ter day saints in all the world j ohn john W V young and daniel 11 wells counsellors coun to president brigham lorenzo snow brigham young jr albert carrington and george Q cannon assistant counsellors coun to president brigham young john taylor wilford woodruff orson hyde orson oreon pratt sen charles 0 rich lorenzo snow erastus snow franklin B D richards george Q cannon brigham young jr joseph F smith and albert Carri Carr noton inston members of quorum of the twelve john smith patriarch of or tho the church john D T mcallister president of st george stake thomas J jones and henry eyring his coun sellers manius marlus ensign james jamea G bleak john 0 angus angui wm win empey erastus W mcintyre hamuel samuel I 1 miles Richard Bentley john 11 macfarlane macfad Macfar dane iane erastus wo snow charles smith john lytle archibald sullivan joseph birch members of the high council of st george william fawsett of the high priests quorum of st george stake william G perkins an and d john join lytle lytie his counselors joseph young president odthe of the first seven presidents ortho seventies and levi lev W hancock henry herriman harriman albe aibe albert alp rockwood horace romeo S eldredge eldridge jacob gates and john van vari cott members of the first seven presidents dents denti of the seventies wm squires president of the elders quorum of st georee georce stare stake Era erastus ettis B snow and alid ephraim wilson his counselors ed ward Hunter bishop leonard W hardy and hab ert T burton hi h s counselors easton keisey kelsey J president re ident of the priests rients ri ests eats quorum of st george stake robert D covington and william barnes bannes arnes his hid thomas cottam president of the teachers quorum of st george take stake josiah G hardy and samuel samvel B hardy his counsellors Coun edward W starr president of deacons quorum of the st george stake |
