Show conference MEETINGS thursday cot cof 5 1682 10 a m in ropon seto eio ero oro an invitation by the first presidency a goodly number of the tho officers and members of the church met in ahn tabernacle the first presidency several beveral of the twelve apostles Apo aties atles and many leading men and bishops were present president taylor called the meet ing to order choir eang sang let zion in her beauty rise nisai her light begins to shino shim prayer was waa offered by Q cannon choir sang glorious things ct theo thee zion city of our god NT JOUX jonn TAYLOR said bald he was very pleased to mesi most with the tho saints this thia morning the weather seemed beamed to be a little gittons pit idus lous and many people appeared to be afraid to come out because of the cold he did not net know but they were J as t as correct in their ideas as those who had turned out to meeting those who were pre present ent exhibited their desire debine to associate with the saints of god and to listen to the principles of eternal truth it was thought wisdom not to prolong the meeting this morning on account of the cold he proposed therefore to adjourn until 2 in the afternoon I 1 when the meeting would ba hoid held in the Au assembly nalls hall where allwoo all nil who could got in would ba be comfortable it was impossible to meet there thia this morning as it took some time to warm the place he aad and hia brethren had a desire to mae malie tangs things as comfortable comfor tabia tabla as rig possible all the time we would try to fear god and work righteousness obey his laws and heep beep his hia commandments mand ments and aad thus have the spirit and bles bies blessing sins sing and power of god to ba in our midat fio fie would say to the tile saints sinta inta ints assembled that the god of israel was with his people and would ba with them and it was for foe them to do right tear fear god and keep heep hib his commandments he concluded by blessing Jales eing all israel and all who loved israeli israel and exhorting the saints to ba be faithful in all things the choir band sand the ant anthem liem ilem glory to god meeting was adjourned till 2 in the assembly hail hall benediction by president joseph P F smith 2 rpm p m meeting was held in the assembly hall which was comfortably warmed 4 the choir sang como come holy ghost oar hearts insl lasp arx iza fra lra prayer elder lorenzo Ij orenzo snow the choir sang 0 jesus the tho giver of all wo we enjoy eldeb ELDER NV WOODRUFF said the tho church of jesus christ of latter day saava ma as organized 62 52 years ago on the oth of list last april and since that time it has furn funn furnished ishad a grand school for the eiders elders of israel to be educated in not only in doctrine abu t in the of government the priesthood Is one of tho the most delica delicata vei tei and aud important gifts gifis that was waa ever conferred upon ninn nian on the earth there are many maled and but few chosen many glave glavo been eai cal called led not only to the As rollic but the Melch isedee priesthood the tho prophet joseph organized the tha church in 1830 and the world havo been afraid of it over ever sinea alnea ho lie or organized in it by nevell neveil tion tion he had no power to accod dilba pil olisa sh what ho he did except on the principle of revelation the inspiration of almighty god is la the tho only power by which any of us in our UA adap adad y GW eau pau do 10 anything any thing tow towards ards the tha building up of the kingdom of god od all that wm wag ever spoken and placed on record by the ancient prophets and patriarchs was under tho the influence of tho the holy hoy ghost and all their prophecies if they ard aid nto nio not fulfilled fil til led will be fulfilled in the tha due dua time of tho lord adam spoke by tho the holy ghost and nod his words will be accomplished god will not dif dlf appoint the expectations of his saints he las has set his hand to carry out the great pro gramme of t he tho last daye days the nearer wo we got to the lord tho the more faith we have and the farther further wu are off from him the less our faith will be and the more likely weare togo into darkness It requires faith ingoe to endure tho the tribulations through which the saints are called to pass and to believe that all things will be fulfilled spoken apohen of by the prophets there are tens tons of thousands who know that this is the tho work of god there Is JEs no power beneath the heavens that can prevent the purposes of god being accomplished what is the matter with the world and the cause of its opposition to this thia work it simply arises from the fact that god hns baa bet set his hand huud to build up his kingdom and that is the reason why the ministers minis of religion and others fight night it as they have hava done from tho the beginning he then testified to the good counsel that joseph smith and brigham young had always given to him and to others he testified that neither president young nor any of the leaders of the tho people had anything to do in the mass mase massacre acre at mountain Meadow abut albut he heard the report of john D LW leo who never intimated that be he had taken any part in the dreadful deed and he also heard president young condemn the net act ne and express deep sorrow that so much innocent blood had been shed in this territory elders of israel have hava never ben bem instructed tod ted to tako take ilfe lifa or the prope property r t Y of others but to become saviors Is men upon mount zion and they hannever had never been counseled to do any act which would not bear the light of heaven and tho the records of the earth tarth elder of the power and influence of tradition with which so many of our dur people have had to contend the god of heaven looks to the elders of this people to aid clid and aud assist him in carrying carry earry ing out his purposes the eldera should be bes awake to the responsibilities ties that rest upon them at the present time nie ile le erred to many of the bay say batinga ings of the prophet joseph and the revo yeve lations that came through 3 hi him ki if we did not buildup build up this thia kingdom we should be rejected ourselves our selven he had no doubt about the ultimate triumph of this work neither had he any apy doubt about the fulfillment of these revelations that gud god has given through his servants in these days ho he spoke of the new birth of all who embrace the gospel which takes awny sway tho the fear of death he hb also related a few incidents in his own experience the work that the elders eiders of this church are called to perform is such that if faithfully done e will entitle them therb to glory honor and in the tho world to com come ha he then spoke with regret of the tho our government is now taking in sowing seeds that will bring a harvest of trouble and if they did I 1 d not angdahl anguish and death referring to the increase of evil in the world he said sald he was 20 years old before there ever was a plu piu committed in ja the state where ho he was born and now every daily paper teems with tho the recital of every kind of cf evil committed in the land he exhorted all to faithfulness and prayed that the spirit of god may be with the elders of drabel during the conference elden ELDER swo izo SNOW S spoke soke oke of tho the invaluable aid of the woly holy spirit in the tho imparting of ut true truo intelligence to the human mind he read extracts from the book of esthee esther and related tho the particulars of tho the conspiracy against the jems jews in the provinces provin ces cea of media and per pei sin and their salvat salvation ich lou wrought out through faith and prayer and the diligence and self sacrifice of queen rather esther ho he showed that in the provi dences of god described in the bible testament and book of mormon there la Is astr s striking ikinS analogy between the tha epo cial deliver ances that god effected for hll hil people anciently and those that have heen bean niada ninda towards tho the latten latter day saints in ja our day and that would also alio ba be tho tha caso case in the future rulure wherever danger has hab appeared imminent towards the people of god either in ancient or in modem times some means havo hava been manifested justin timo time to avert the impending evil but bat in order to secure these deliver ances the people of god must bo be found in the dle die discharge charge of those duties required at their hands he spoke of the experience of some of the ancient worthies and the power with wh which ch they were inspired some people ope thought that this work would be e overthrown bat all faithful saints that keep the com corn mand ments of god know to the contrary the knowledge of the principles of the gospel drilea vre we ave have avo received fills us with hope and faith falth in reference to the future of this spoke of the manifestation ofa of a resurrected boan boing to john the there re delator while on the the islo of patmos and a similar manifestation to joseph joeeph smith and others in the kirtland temple which constitute testimonies that god lives and hns has an oversight of his people that the world are ignorant of A knowledge of tb those osa ose that come from the eternal worlds will enable men and d women to tand stand a firm and ste steadfast adrast to tho the faith of the gospel let this leopla ba be united one with un another other oiher anu ana keap heap the commandments of god and lie he will turn tho the hearts and the feelings of the rulers of the nations to be favorable towards us and causs causa the chains and fetters that are new now sought to bind ua u to bo be broken let us therefore humble ourselves benoro before god and seek beek earnestly his loy holy bpi spi spirit rit anade aud and llo lie will deliver us from every evil the choir sang eang an anthem sinz sing to tho lord gordn in joyful strains strain adjourned A di till friday F rid y borni morning 10 am benediction by president joseph F smith |