Show F IF TY AN ANNUAL anif nil at cocq on friday tha ence met in the atlo atio am t conference called to order by president john taylor taylon the choir san sang g glorious things of chy are zion city of dobur our oar gog goa god f prayer by president george Q cannon the choir san sang 0 t cf zion stand stano is ah bills zion kept 13 b power divine present on th 01 Q ti e birst presidency pr biden bidun cy john joan taylor george Q ar ci c i unon joseph F smith ot n ehu uhe twelve apostles wilford W lorenzo snow Era jav Fr franklin auldin 1 D richardk richards bakham kuung youna loung alb aib albrt albert rt garrington oll oil moses ta fr frais aruis ais aes uis Ls marion lyman Lym anand and li ox or t u inns inny elor clor 0 o uhe tiie twel twelve io daniel II 11 IW wex patriarch of th laurch john sell smith jl it ule uie firt eirl sevan cipu Pres idanis s of SF enties unties hoj e 8 eldred eldrede c tr IV V tylo taylor Abram ll 11 cannon and seymour B I 1 louig oung i of vw ti i int lne iut wr bishopric leonard W V alaray ilary aul alvi av ders rt T barlon burton aio a number of presidents of stakes bishops elders from var varni vanni 1 oua parts of the Terri territory tory Lory i 1 jonn TAT lol Loi ile he was pleased to ha have havn N 1 0 another abnot 1 C r alt abt op port unity with avith th the tho saints in annual Con conference ferenee he was wag for tilo tho favorable circumstances and the beautiful weather winch wo we now enjoy cheso occasions vre re fraught with events of im eai eqi to al saints ca calsing asing them to r reflect act upon the goodness aad aud clerey en u an I 1 encourage us for the events of tae tao future this work avas one which god our heavenly eathor ent eat hor hoi had instituted Institute di it was not the of man maa it was planned in the heavens the father and the son instituted ted it and it ha I 1 uden ben perpetuated by tile tiie inspiration of odthe th holy ghost and the introduction of the holy priesthood tro lyro nets fiad looked forwald divitti foy 1 joy l oland and rad Ead had written and sun sunar vf of our day it t was the dispensation of the tul tui lutness of tin times aes 1 it was riot ot win otwin the 0 of ady any men ment no matter vilida their or br ability 10 to lo carry on this thys work wit without liggit god gods ald aid hi id we vvo were weid d inde indebted teddo toe e I 1 wisdom and gul gui guidance ance 0 of f gl god dior tor ton 19 rod mod inception and be bein begin in nm nin orthis worl wor kand rand in ih cag cac each h siv sidestep estep that we llad tol tal bil waier WG atre viro ytre to him nim for r alu alt the we llad had made without J alls ald nid ho 0 man whatever ills his QS mae mah W for sor the tile advancement bf this work alithe children of interest inte rosi ted ill lil inthis this work worX tho the abing rhe ahe deadens dead ond end unborn andee as er 8 people held their destinies to a great extent in our hands for farour aur as aa but as a people would have a bearing upon nations natio asas as well weli ES as individuals w tho the future jt jit behooved behoved us tas jas Saints md odas as the servants pt pl Godi godl holding the holy priesthood to magnify our callins callings president taylor hailed the voli w fk tion as asis ais als and sisters iowla f ed cd the blemings ble sings of god upon thim them thom in conference and declared that ills lils wrath and alid egnation indignation ind would be upon i their enemies and all ali who awauld light against zion i lw gearge Ti hisam SAM essad upon rese elving the dospel GospeL hd rece rec iveda elveda its it struth for himself The history of t this his ly like that of abraham havin having 1 left all to obey the the tho gospee V wc e had alim believed ed in the true andai ym god andal and n obeyed obey obes ed ills liis gospel and aud and rel re e the promised bless biess blessings ings the promises that were made sade and their fulfillment fulfilment in the tho case bt bf those who received the ahe gospel evidence that gods power was wa ills lils servants and that their authority was wa valid the the alders would not dare to make maue ihk ihl c thle the liro promises they do la q proclaim the th e gospel tf if they weri not called of god eyl dence deuce of the divinity of this work wab was the thil that reigned in ur the families of tj the I 1 saints even in what was wa called polygamy while whilo it wak was difficult for per ers the world to get along with and aad even evan asit us it would be found that there was more trouble troubie in mo non namous ramons 0 o 1 adous fa families alleg than 7 taase liose alose ghobad who hid had received the lay law lav of marriage this was vas accounted for fou bythe bytho by the fact koplo cama came lierk heru for the ibre af god atida thiery trl tri to claw clairn th the eblIs in td tc ansu wio who seek seer 06 first the tae moe noc of god lod and und lits lils righteousness though choll 11 ltv 1 eiders elders elde eide rs were treated b by the peo ajla of the tha world generally t dit dil r wire e a rew few who gladly received t i gospel and bore abeln testimony t i ais ils lruth truth tr ith as hail dode bhore before 1 x la in tho the sins still ahbe ivr r and the power Po nyer Nver of 61 god kvas evaa continually mani 1 SL in ia res response to ribo riho of the servants ailts of if god 01 i was at of tiia tila this his 11 work av or avoldt a oar duty to tc dire lh aTthe v the will of arv wight null nuil hj be dano and ana to nealise realise the fp bauce a uee uce of susa sustaining anlu the erf ants ot 01 u 4 that til tie tiey tily tiey y mi tit lit lead till P I 1 n jo a arioul r ig 1 h t an 1144 thit jle jie he ile v ran vi id A mallo malle known to lils itin servants c v t c anih sany sary to lil alk V ft ress oaf this work and for the iti sigm hirm uon gon of ibe people tho the only way wo we could expect the blessings of god was by kee keo leeping keeping ing ills his commandments and if we dd did this we need not fear the efforts of they conceded we had the night right g to believe belleve but blit denied to us tild the right to practice our religion such was the tho result of the boasted enli enil enlightenment ht of the men of this nation god lod god help heip such intelligence I 1 we were interested te in doing good to ourselves and all mankind then let us keep the commandments of god and we would be blessed with the power to redeem ourselves to redeem our dead and have glory added unto us having made lood good food use of our talents and we owed it to god having come here pure to return with the same character that we had when we left Ilis lils presence theory would not do alone for we would be judged fudged by the deeds done in the body and our professions or good desires were not sufficient APOSTLE r F ar LYMAN rejoiced reio Refo iced in the opportunities afforded on these occasions our religion required not only good in intentions tent ions lons but good works laith baith 1 baith alth aith would nota not vall avail ii us only as it prompted ft Us S to works if the true faith existed it would prompt us to action what advantage had we if we only professed to believe in inh the various ordinances and principles of the tile gospel and had not ot faith to go forth and perform the work A religion don without aitho u t works is dead etwas it was singular liberality that would only permit us to believe god required us to keep his commandments as ss well as to believe in them and it were better that we had never been bom than to break the commandments of god we could not do it we had too much at stake all our hopes depended on us doing the works work sot of righteousness ness nesi we would be just the kind of bf people that god desired us to b be e if fhe ive fre kept ills his commandments we were chosen euden to perform this work before we came camp here we had made covenants to keep kenj the commandments of god we did not expect howalt to wait walt until the hereafter to receive bles bies shi s we were wore receiving blessings here every esery d la day y we knew know that god lived and eveta eseta had 1 I an assurance kur kuc jur lice ilce of this beyond all the reasoning 11 aji avi ud d S sophistries sophis hist tries ples of men we knew aiso also that ahat ilgis this was tile the work of god we vc knew these things beyond all dojic as we know that we have a living and we knew that the nations that fou against zion would i be destroyed and cut onn off the servants servant of god were bearing these testimonies to tha tile nations but the people harde hardened ned kneir hearts and rejected the truth if they would listen and obey they might inight receive the same blessings a as we enjoyed As we had this knowledge n 0 11 edge let us strive to keep all of the commandments that vve ve might be blessed with the unspeakable riches of eternity which through figh our mortal imperfection I 1 s we were not now prepared to fully realize ile he testified that tile the aln kingdom dom was nevermore never more nemly rooted than thag at present that there were never so many persons who were dev devoted to the ther truth and that it would continue t to 0 graw grow in power as god had intended Ind lad ended president W woodruff announced that a meeting of the mutual improve inea inep ment t societies of both sexes would be held in the assembly hall at 7 this ev evening ening eDing also a meeting of the sunday school union most likely in the kii til ame ine lne place on saturday evening lanan and ft ine meeting eting of the priesthood ou on sunday evel evening ling the tte choir choll sang who can cap stand against th works of the lord 11 confluence Con flence fience adjourned till 2 1 1 p in benediction by apostle wilford dwoodruff I 1 I 1 f friday 2 pm the abir sang a n not noot ashamed to own our lord I 1 aila ana and j ap him min on oil earth 1 I prayer by apostle lorenzo loranzo snow the choir san sang 1 0 awake my slumbering slum bering berins minstrel let my harp forget its swell 1 APOSTLE MOSES rejoiced at the remarks made this morning As stated by our venerable president we can accomplish bothin nothing without tile the al aid ald of the lord it was not difficult to discern the hand of god in ih the affairs of nations but it was wag not always so easy esy to see it in the affairs of individuals yet god is the author of life and ovner oNner overrules rules all things during the past few months the speaker had reflected much upon the malice eahl exhibited by the world against us and had deell becil acl to see that we are hated more for our virtues than for our errors we were ourselves tilled filled with wilh pity for tor the evildoer evil doer and compassion for the erring when hatred was directed against the innocent the shaf shafts ts were generally dipped in malice before they hy were shot bot hot from the bow of envy ca calu cain hated abel not liot because abel was guilty but because he was pure it had ad been so in in every ag age e trace U up the history 0 of f persecution and it wolf would be a jound found oun that tha those who invented instruments st 1 r entson of torture were moved by ina malice iee ice and lind envy and by the spirit of lim who aou would td rather reign in hell ban pan hail haij serve in heaven it was the good deeds ebis of joseph the prophet which urged the wicked in their hatred to shed ills hla blood divest the enemies of the tha saints of malice hatred and envy enay loid anu and Viere thore would be little left if we copied thic vices and wickedness of the world we would be taken by the right ha han d of fello fellowship vehip i we were rowing a tide of the them worlds carru corruption wo we were seeking to solve I 1 the problem of the kingdom of god and if we 1 kept e pt free from the contaminations of 0 the age we should surely succeed we were accused of being lawbreakers the speaker could trace his lineage to the revolutionary fathers and he loved the constitution and institutions of the country and he held that if Con congress aress could pass a law in relation to marriage it could enact laws in lil regard to the sacrament and to baptism gedid we did not violate any constitutional law we had gathered here not to be slaves but to be abathe and the very eions we ise suffered would cause our sons to defend freedom and educate them to be statesmen wo we had never thought of secession we expected to gain our liberties under the flag and within the purview of the united states and those hose who called us disloyal were often themselves violators of their oaths to sustain the constitution and laws aws of their country out of all the evil heaped upon us good would come to 0 o us and our cause there were thousands of people in this nation who if they understood us would defend our cause and he ile was satisfied that thal ai mormonism was coming becoming Le better known and the efforts of our enemies tended to draw attention to the truth while excitement raged abroad all was calmness and peace at home and this was not because we were not aware of the r relative strength of and of people but because we trusted in god and in the cause in which we were engaged ile he bore testimony to the final triumph of this work and could sincerely pray for those who fought agal agai against hist fist it APOSTLE albent ALBERT carrington knew that tile the cause in which this little handful lland liand ful fui of saints were engaged was the great and grand latter day work of our eather father in the ahe heavens the wicked could do nothing against this work but for it ile he rejoiced in this if 1 it were not for this knowledge consider ing tile the great odds against us we might find our knees trembling but god and one righteous person mere were were a ve very ry great majority against the wic wicked kd and there were thousands who were st striving riv to actually live by every word that i edeth from the mouth of our father in the heavens when enoch labored after working for over three hundred d years he only gathered a few the great majority rejected the truth and were destroyed from the face of the earth noah koah after preaching a hundred and twenty years only gained seven besides himself out of that perverse vei arse generation but there were thousands upon thousands ready to stand up shoulder tv tu shoulder with our president in anything in which our father in the heavens inspired him to lead forth in tile the speaker marvelled marvellee marvel led at the blindness and perverseness of the people of the world in closing their eyes against this glaud latter day work revealed in this our day no man by human ex experience clience could find out the ways of god or understand ills his purposes yet the way to their comprehension was so plain and simple tle ilc simpie that a wayfaring man inan though a ool fool need not err therein yet this was not followed because the people loved darkness rather than light was not this course coarse absolutely absurd yet it was a fact that the majority majori tk of mankind were thus blind and foolish and self willed no man had the right to do wrong tile the claim that lie he had was incorrect ile he felt to pity all that class of mankind who preferred evil to good and the slavery of sin to the freedom of the gospel go pel pei lie he felt that he could pray for those who were bond slaves to wickedness that our father would cause the scalea to jall fall from their eyes etwas it was no use tv tu argue with them in regard to the beauty of this gran grand work dwork of our father but he would not put a straw in the way of their agency or injure a hair of the tiie heau licau of the worst enemy of this tills work tile the lord had fitted the backs of this people to tile the burdens imposed upon them if chehad he had been told years ago that lie he could have borne wn with cheera cheerfulness illness the opprobrium that had been heaped upon us he would have ref refused to believe 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