Show 1 1 r 1 1 1 hse nse tSE gond POND DAY I 1 monday 2 p in m choir sang I 1 I 1 upraise praise to god immortal praise for the love jove that crowns our days prayer by preside president i nt frigaa TM al cannon choir sang atho tho rord lord my pasture shall prepare and anaw aea mey meg ltha itha dirO dire president george Q cannon then tinn read the statistical reports of the ya rious stakes stakes of zion I 1 a APOSTLE APO aro ERASTS said the gospel as expounded expound cd by the savior and HisA His es was wasa a perfect lay laly of liberty all the revelations that God ever gave to inan joani in ancient clent elent t or modem times tended to true freedom nothing connected with the gospel of christ has the cy to restrain men of their liberty these doctrines have aftem attempted p wed aed to draw a line between liberty and licentiousness between libert ilbert liberty yand and oppression oppression and slavery blaver slaver are the result of sin and violations of the the everlasting gospel either elther by y the ruled bythe by tile rulers or both and generally by both poth true freedom of mind and body and the tho enjoyment of human liberty rest upon li human man integrity and virtue and the observance of those principles of truth upon uron ti on which all liberty is founded there are some people who think they are always in bondage c unless they are all the time t trying frying to get into tr gubie some seem never to be happy hapy unless perfectly miserable Oppre oppression slon sion and slavery are in in no DD way connected with the tho gospel of jesus arist the nihilists nihilisms lists of offus rus 1 sia sla s ia the socialists of franceane france ania and the 19 Liber liberals alel of or utah aref fl panting for liberty but to obtain their ends which would certainly be anarchy and destruction they would assassinate the tb e representatives re presen tat abs of government kill hill the king dethrone jehovah the same restless spirit that agitates sueh such people has existed in former ages of the tho world and their course is related in ip bible history and also aiso their thein sad nad fate is made manifest by toe the displeasure of the almighty do against their rebellious course agthe the powers that be are ordained dain edof of god iod 11 and a monarchial or republicans republican or other form of government ern ment is yar far better than no government ern ment or the rule of those who most clamor fi fot freedom with their mouths huf are aro iro ire tyrants tyr ants auts in their hearts and are arc destroyers of good regulations and wholesome restraints stra ints the oppress oppression lion ilon of or a king is preferable to the oppression of a mob where every mans mana will is his hla own law lad the speaker made a wise and discriminating contrast between the govern government men t of god and the condition tion of anarchy that I 1 is being aimed d at by freedom shouters in different n nations a eions of the earth he then spoke e of the power and efficacy of the priesthood in the settlement of difficulties by pacific measures on the th P ae of amicable t ment I 1 there ere are ao no officials on the icaco copt oi the earth who are so easily approached apar por for the purpose of lis ils t teang p ak to and affording counsel and aid ald to those needing git it as thedarl the tho various dd authorities autt iori lori ties liea and officials in the Q church and aud kingdom of god and tig ilg there arg are no peoble people who understand berty herty rt br better betten t than the latter latten day dy rain aims alms I 1 nor for or ther they the have babe learned it in the gospel ej 1 he could bear teotimo y to the fact fact that there are no better social and family r regulations 1 any here nor any more true liberty than can be found in many of our tt polygamous households and that they y were vre tar tai sti superior to those existed in many pl places des ces in so called christendom in a political sense we afe aie are plain edo ed 0 because we will vote for our friends and give dur our sanction to those whom we know will make a wise and proper use of the power and means placed in their hands and will not vote for our enemies who seek ek place and power for their own aggrandizement and personal ends some peoples people lg ideas of liberty seem to be independence of law hostility to union order and peace our regenerators would make it appear go to the polls and vote vow their ticket tj eket we are oppressed and priest hidden ridden yes we devote do vote with the priesthood we would indeed be foolish to vote for our ene mi esthen lieu let us ps vote voto for our friends everybody acquainted with cheter knows that the municipal co ltv nty and territorial offices of utah are arc more justly and equitably managed the taxes are less and the wants of the people are more judiciously cared for than in any other state or territory in the tho united states stated we have not one defa defaulter fliter tilter in office here for ten in any other state there are some who have heard so much of this twaddle about being priest ridden that they think unless they vote with their enemies they will be put down as mormon slaves ja ves but reflecting men see through these things there where are aro peo eie ele who instead tf of beginning to ie etmer etter the tho th world by purifying their own hearts and homes try to serve god like the devil by turning their attention abroad and thus thug create anarchy it is like the idiot who because he is himself houseless and is compelled to sleep on the steps of the nabob will put the torch to the nabobs nabors palace and destroy it fools can destroy but it takes wise men to build up when the time comes that the extremists of the land sweep through the country with the violence of a fl tornado god will interpose his arm and the saints of god will rally around the constitution and form a nucleus around which men and women of virtue intelligence and love of order will gather ther and carry out the purposes of god in promoting peace and true liberty ho he directed some plain and pointed remarks against those who are bp op posed to order and good gov government emment and showed that all law humane human and divine should tend tot to the h e maintenance of human rights and the welfare of all man manki kiml nJ ELDER joun JOHN NICHOLSON said he considered it the greatest I 1 privilege that could be enjoyed to be identified with the great work of the lord established in our day by revelation from heaven the divine diviner character of the work had been manifested to him personally by the spirit of god so that he was wag enabled to bear witness to its divine authenticity the promise made in connection with the preaching of this gospel of the kingdom that each obedient believer should ri receive an unerring individual witness of its truthfulness was one of the characteristic features that strongly distinguished it from ali air other i terms terns claiming to be religious and saving the speaker said that since he last had bad the pleasure of attending a general conference of the church he had bad spent over two years on a mission to great britain where he be had rejoiced hi in proclaiming the gospel among th the e people of the world while engaged in that labor be had taken pleasure in observing the evidences of the development of th the work of god in the progress of the ax exponents of its prine princ principles does loes he had labored 1 in n t the h 0 ministry previous to coming to the gathering place and was as then nearly 20 years ac ago 0 acquainted with the condition of the F elders eiders comparison was largely in favol favor as a whole of those now ernt enit kent erit out the young men born horn and reared in the church were as a rule manifesting much devotion and fearlessly proclaimed the gospel among the people the speaker bore testimony to the divine character of bf the mission of joseph smith regarding whose claims to being a prophet there was more abundant and striking evidence than in the case of or any other man laying claim to prophet prophetic fd inspiration that he knew anything about prest geo Q cannon then read the financial reports of the ibe logan and manti mantl temples prest jos F smith gave out opt notices that the elders called 0 on A a to europe who wiio were expected to td leave on the of april will not now leave until the also that a meeting of the young I 1 menfi and young ladies ladlee ment associations would be held heid I 1 n the assembly hall in the evening 01 al ai 7 the choir and congregation sang sing guide us 0 thou great Jeh jehovah oyah ovah saints unto the promised land conference was adjourned until xio on tuesday morning mornings j t benediction by couns counselor I 1 D H wells s t THIRD DAY tuesday tuesdays 10 a in the choir sang t I 1 the great ard and glorious gospel 11 light A t hag has ushered forth hunto tanto my tay sight prayer by elder eldor E idar john coln 11 smith 3 M I 1 the choir sang i come corne listen to a prophet prophets voice t and hear heap the word ol 01 god I 1 apostle F it LYM layman heartily endorsed the sentiments advanced by previous bp speakers eakers during this conference we wo have a message of life and salvation to preach to the children of men and god requires this service at our hands we must tasa as a people practice as well as believe what nhat god has revealed for our out salvation we will be responsible to god for a faithful performance of all the duties required at our hands god has in his servants to go abroad and preach the gospel which ch we have received and thousands have been gathered from the nations of the earth in leaving our homes we have necessarily to make what appeared to be many sacrifices but in reality we have made an excellent exchange for our apparent loss has proved to us a great gain we have gained power to obtain blessings connected with the gospel which we never could have enjoyed had bad we remained where the gospel first found us god lias has taught us how to get free from our former sins how to receive forgiveness how to escape condemnation how bow to escape eternal woe how to obtain wives and children and associations that will endure for ever with eternal lives eternal riches and glory and exaltation in the presence of god but in order to secure these great and inestimable blessings we must live for them and regulate our lives ives a according rd D to the laws gad I 1 nas pas b given w or oi we shall ta tain in to these blessitt bles bies sitf speaker pel k ar then len ien dwelt on inthe theba eions ons OAS that are necessary tor bof the exaltation exalta we abe are af swi bwl namely bv by complying wm gom dom plying vat ordinance i af the he d m I 1 tit YA abd 16 0 o motive 0 iv hollist honesty bf of to obtain the forg ivene sins and the reception of irh IRE rifea ghost ghosh and after persons i as members of the chun order to receive and enjoy bloy the and blessings ble bie sOngs of god thley t h continue to observe every ev r tn a ment meat of tho the gospel abe U f abi ta we take every step rhe raf aneta no step that 13 wrong forward with and zeal vit kit the will of god and un understand every Tomman dment i is 8 me esteir that hones 10 tV M I 1 truth p ti rat a n d integrity I 1 U tehi ty i ar ja as faith or baptism b p as air fir ing tithes or any ot other r rule ruie e e qui rement there is I 1 no 0 raaf reaf I 1 ure uve in doing vroni but t 6 blight that commes cornea pon the if e from committing ld id sin 16 mod nap r 6 forbids us either C ta tl laws of W cad or of a r man aau we ough to be thiv tife tire moat law deoni peon on tait bno S the earth earths we ive ha evert every iber y in the gospel to too doi rot he the good VV w e eari cari V while w hiie hile weare avarell jn ta world but we ha vernot to do elther either t tt Q our oun fa milie arp qi 9 h b we have our agency and caan can ean acu beu act ket y we choose but the law A of df llad not give gideus us thet hight right to dolla 0 q i we arai arek are aro a christian community ie believe belleve bel levei level in n god and in III jesusi leh leb chrid child j H and ard i nd they have a perfect right taghi ug laws and to lay jay aft cwm legand ru rules and duties that must be ik served by order to io gemi geml blessi blessings begs figs that ire ird are po promised M is 1 ed 1 I 1 gi has hag told us that this work dure nure forever and our bodfis L endure lh rough out but a anity it is necessary to cultivate i the powers af pf our bela beli being ng aff tifa 0 gp S and moral and antell po powers and faculties should beja beia nud nua i cultured by with our physical faculties f jo josea smith was a prophet of god i d st lord tutored and instructed instinct ed hm fl years sears bedore before hie fie entrusted hime the and the wak J god required hafni hamo to do atis and jani lord Is s giving us his word wt mai mal we are ablo able a bhe ble io to receive recel re it i t we ad I 1 be apt scholars and learn leam to tc liv lil ily 0 every word that proceeds i from B H after an nix earnest appeal to all pra p im to live faithful to the truth tru thin V lua ius ori gri to secure the tb e bless Aln sin go of the I 1 a he prayed that gol god GoI duld contini to inspire his servants durings durin gt remainder of the Come rell reil YOUNG pelt pleased with the spirit s p frit irit thit aima animated ted thia is conference inference Ct abid if lk latte latter day gamme samme would strictly s serve and carry out th tha the ek counsel that are given them there th ere moli vod be lets lefes need for so much preal preachy by the elders eide elde ra yve yvo ba a know that god led bs us to td I 1 th the thy mountains we know that hen het ed edep up the prophet joseph sm sn in preaching to those who asselt at these conferences the eill eldi know they are addressing those i understand what iod lod god sod they are not an ignorant peco but knowing the jaw law of god is a thin thing g anath and the e doing I 1 t 19 the fact is we do not live strict according to the light that we ve hr received he desired himself ek eti nal life in the presence of god s c if he failed to obtain iti it it would his own fault in not strictly abw ing the laws of god and so with t k brethren and sisters he hadi badi bently visited the settlements W and be he was delighted to notice ti growth for they were fast fil fah U ti up in numbers and he verily eerily belaf ed they were also growing in fai faa he was satisfied that sooner or hii bit we as a people must observe sone some the statutes Ws ot 0 thet the lord tb that at now tr 6 as a dead letter in our books for OK has decreed that his people must united what course po urse tha to adif adopt to make us on one i e he did jt 10 know whether by letting looser us our enemies or some other vaia did dia not matter for he felt bonfi that the time would come whelm would either become united d torf to by common ton consent sent br be to until we obeyed the revelation revel atio atlo had been given god has peo permits 1 us to go hi theror thither the mines to engage in rai ral gai and other enterprises in our ow owl 1 irrespective ve of each other ober I 1 there mere is no safety sa f Q tv for us except fin tin beldi being united the centre St stanola akOla jaek jack son county will deverle ne built up until we become one the redempa tion of zion which has to beace pil shed and the city of the new jerusalem efu em that has to be built will have to be done quickly if accomplished within the limit ot time prophesied piles plies led by jho prophet joseph and if we did not make mako more progress the work di devolve e volve upon the Lama he also spoke of the condition of many of the ca cooperative operative co institutions which he had ober observed ved during curing his visit through the settlements he spoke on the principle ciple elpie krin trin principle of consecration and urged t the 0 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