Show QUARTERLY conference S the quarterly conference rence renee of the salt lake stake of zion convened in the assembly hall at 10 this morning president angus M cannon presiding 1 I 1 prayer by edward the clerk oi of the stake called the roll of the various wards quorums and organizations most of which were represented resen regen ted by their presiding officers the minutes of thelast the glasst priesthood meeting were read tead cud and adopted the ithe statistical report ot the tile stake forthe for the quarter ending march 31 lka ika was read president an angus anus us af cannon said sold he was happy to state that zion is grow that there are now dow couo 2000 lem iem members of the church ili in this take stake S and only daly wished they were all worthy to be called saints he read a communication from theodore curtis asking if it I 1 is right bight to fellowship men in the church who deny the revelation on celestial marriage and said hu lib would like the br brethren ethien during duling dul ing conference Confer ence enco to express themselves on the matter elder eider samuel samue mcka who recently returned from a mission to his native country scotland addressed the meeting ho had been absent about two two years most of which time he had spent in laboring in the dandee dundee conference er ellec ile he had found the tile people poor both in worldly goods and the irwi spirit I 1 of the gospel in his teachings helas he was often listened to with great eat interest until he would tell his bis hearers what denomination he be bevre represented when the interest seemed to to disgust showing the turn at once reat rest prejudice which exists billere there against the work of god lie ile distributed many tracts and done 16 ne much huch preaching in the streets lundby and by the fireside ile he gave an account of his experience in introducing the gospel to several families ho believed his words but were afraid to be baptized on account of threatened persecution erse Ution many persons had acknowledged I 1 bowled ed to him hira that the doctrines which he taught were true but had not the courage to embrace them the salvation army was becoming very popular in some soine localities where he lie popular had bad ad labored and its doctrines land jand practices practices were most diabolical lie he rad ead had heard its members tell ili in public of their immoral im moral and lascivious practices without a blush and declare that be belief lief in christ would cover all such sins excited crowds of the lowest classes would flock to their stand ard and join their ranks rauk but reforma information s seldom eldom if ever followed thear conversion ileah Heal so fco referred to the stagnation of business which exists now in that country and the conse pie whose condition is most deplorable lii ele labors while vall away very much and bor bore a strong r 0 ng testimony of the truth of the work of god and the revelations which lie he had given lie he did not fuei luel in the least like compromising any of the principles of bf our holy religion ion lon iou with a vii W of avoid ging ung the persecution which ch we we are nod n now v receiving lia lla he was determined to austain Ts ustain th the ea law aw of celet celestial celethal ial lal marriage as jwell jw ellas eilas as all ot t the principles of the v elder charles denney gave a short 5 account of his recent mission in great ef britain he said that on one occasion ohe olic and elder arthur stayner jr were ii li holding a meeting in one of the larce large cities A large audience in atten dance and seemed to be very much in teres terl in the doctrines advanced until elder Stay stayner ller lier bore his testimony to the truth of tle gospel and the divine mission of oi joseph smith when tha the assembly scattered like a dynamite explosion had occurred in their midst and only one of the lar large lare e assembly was left this was a fair exam example pie of the experience of many of the elders ili in that country their doctrine doctrines s ade aee are often ac cepter cep ted and acknowledged to be true until they tell who they are and what denomination they rep resent when they ade ace abruptly left by their listeners who seem to desire no further information concerning the gospel he ile had witnessed many manifestations ife of the power of god while absent and aud related several of themy them which were very interesting debore he bore his testimony to tile the truth of the work wark s of god and expressed a strong determination mi nation to go 50 onward in it aie lie heartily endorsed and sustained tiie the doctrine tri neOf of celestial marriage and hoped to be beale beule ahle able to live up to a lit alt 1 the laws has rye revealed aled aleO the choir sang an anthem benediction was offered byeller by elder eider A 11 II raleigh the tue attendance was thau than atthe at the forenoon esi osil session l 11 prayer by elder jo joseph harker elder william knox was the first s speaker eaker lie lle said the time had bad come wen when the sa saints i ints should labor earnest 1 10 live their religion reli rell tou iou md and serve the I 1 aird rd he compared the various wards to to ees ces 0 e ot A which aich conta meu hes ought to be cut off the bishops were the gardeners and should keep he tie trees care carefully jullY prune that ilia dead franchey oran orVn ches chey 4 nay nav day not nov pa prove a nent nenito to the f frait froit r ait alt ile he thought that the revelation r eveia evela tion tiou on writers Wr n ibers who deny should be exbom at once as dead branches denial is equivalent to nau rau such a r bouncing the faietti lie lle expressed a ire lre be u useful jui jul and to work con tat of ual for trie 0 bod and referred tb tue the revelation ali all aydn ayan condemns the slothful servant commanded in all who walts waits to be aud adu r a anu guu s tue the mal romo coro man inan dment with a doubting heart and bor hor says that all should be tie alc active tive seek beek to bring about much righteousness of their own free win ay As an illustration of whai what others might inight I 1 do to advantage he related his experience in ili the sabath sabbath school of the ward I 1 in n he lives where he commenced with a class of 01 six or seven little onesi ones andaas succeeded in increasing that number to forty or fifty lifty there Is a big field pf af labor in every ward vard and tiie tile the bishop hould should see cc that all the members are kept busy ghe she the organization of the church is perfect Calculated ano and to a position and labor for every member in some capac capacity aty ile ho dwelt for some sonic bitne upon the duties and calling the we various officers cers cors of the church and exhorted them as well as the members to greater dill diligence gence gencO and faithfulness the saints should not allow business considerations to prevent them from attending fast meetings 9 and they should be more liberal with anel r fast offerings for the poor all are simply stewards stew ariF and will have to render an account to god for the use made of the means entrusted to them the lord has his pronoun pronounced ced ted a woe woo upon ubon the rich who will not impart of their substance to tile the poor declaring that their riches should canker their souls elder george B wallace slid said he looked forward with great anticipation to the time when the man like moses should be raised up to deliver this people from bondage ili in that day the lord will not say my angel shall go bea before you and not my presence but my or a angel elou 1 shall fo go before you and my presence also if the red sea does not swallow up our enemies they will swallow each other ile he endorsed the doctrine of plural marriage about 42 years ago the lord had bad revealed this doctrine to him and he did not feel in the least inclined to surrender it the saints will meet persecution occasion ally but after a while they will triumph the lord will sustain us if we are faithful and his ills promises will be fulfilled elder eider james sharp said we had covenanted with god at the waters of baptism to serve the lord and keep llis his commandments knowing from the examples of christ and former fornier saints that we must meet persecutions there are no promises that our paths shall be strewn with roses the beginning of this work was indeed small but it has grown in an astound astounding in manner still we arefes are few compared with the people odthe of the ahe earth and we feel sometimes to wonder when the day of triumph will vill come he believed that as a people the saints ard are living nearer to god now than at any previous time regarded the extra exertions of our enemies enem les as an evidence that this is true referred to the mission of christ the cause of his death and what was accomplished by it since ills his time the world has been without the gospel but the very mo ment that itis again introduced we see the same persecution awakened it lj 13 simply imply the war of the two orl opposing oll P powers good and evil the cause olour of our present treatment is not altogether polygamy it Is immediate coln coin communication muni cation catlon wit with god goa anahis and his authority that satan is contending with but we need not troubie trouble our minds us all examine ourselves and see if we are in the line of our duty and seek to fill our hearts with the wita spirit rit of christ and all will end well with us president an angus anus us al cannon said he was much pleased pleaded with the remarks of the brethren and nd with the operations of the spirit thus far fir during the conference president heber C kimball had been heard to predict that when the salt lake temple reached tae the square all hell bell would be turned loose upon us the building had reached that degree of completion and about as much mua of bell had bad been turned loose upon the saints as the they could stand and doubtless for some time to come they will have all of that power to meet that they can successfully cope with still corres corresponding blessings are given them temp temples lytes lyles are being leing com completed pItted and the work is growing rapidly lie ile was very bauc much impressed by a remark of a legal ge gentleman butleman the other day who V 0 aid said while arguing a case in court that the mormons cormons Mor mons never cohabit with women who are not their wives and he only regretted that the assertion was not universally true with this people ile he deplored the condition of alaster day saint who would wilt vilt and cringe M before our oppressors oppressors and beg for mercy at the their r hands promising to put away the wives whom god goa had bad given him as tae the means of his hia exaltation if renounce the nants which they obtain their wives wises cheyno they thes yo longer abid eid eia ela the covenant and ai are re not worthy for forty be had been familiar with the prophecies which foretell the very events which are arc now transpiring persecution will yet canso cause many more moro to turn aside but aply those why who remain faithful end shall shail be saved lie lle that loseth his hl lite lito for th the truths sake sales ball find ft acain even eternal life when he v turn against this work because of the growing gr owins str cuth euth iab of 0 our ur enemies emles he thanked god for the persecution perse cation catlon as it will sift put many who vilo of a standing in arnony among the tho saints nut but when a m an professing pro fesing to ba U alfo aloo alaster itter Ilay Sal sai ut will cower before aur nr enemies and beg formerly for fur mercy merdy forgetting or tile tiie promises of G biou tl he considered hlina conte 1 i hypocrite 1 lie he exhorted tn the splints saints to be humble devot ted and prayerful and hoped that the time would soon coin come ewhen when the hypocrite would lidd tidd no place lace among amons us ns benediction was offered by tea TIA lder 4 ider r A av viberg albers berg bers SAT SATURDAY ning MING conference convened this thir morning at 10 cannon presiding president angus M N C cannon cannou pra era yerby bider hider eilas enas morris john al lees bees of the nineteenth ward arthur D 1 simmons Simi of tiie the twentieth ward william harker of pleasant green hyrum covert of granite george bayce of south cottonwood ton wood and charles C jensen of draper were recommended by their respective bishops as us being worthy to be ordained elders the recommendations were sanctioned bya by a unanimous voje vote of the conference elder robert kobert campbell said the thet saints had abundant cause to rejoice notwithstanding the circumstances cum stances by which we are surrounded the lord will protect te us and bring us off more than conquerors if we ar are faithful manx many are passing through severe ordeals ordeal but it is through suffering that weare we are perfected the saints should elioud allbe one and love their neighbors as themselves elder theodore mckean said this people has been made partakers par takers of great and peculiar blessings it is the constant effort of a lifetime to prepare ourselves for returning back into the tho presence of our aea Aca heavenly venly father ile ho bore ills his testimony to the truth elden elder ellas elias smith said it had been a longtime lon ion glime since his health permitted him to meet with the S stints duts and he experienced peculiar pleasure in having the tile present opportunity most arost of the lime ume for jor two years he had been to his room from the effects f of an accident his 1118 faith falih was not weakened I 1 and he rejoiced rejo iced leed in the gospel did kid not feel feet discouraged at what is transpiring had heard joseph jozeph smith Jore foretell telf these events and many others that have hot yet come to P pass many will ivill yet leave the church 1 through 0 persecution but those who are faithful to the end cad will receive tiie tile reward promised apostle heber hheber J X grant was the next speaker he said the latter day saints should have no other desire than to find out the mind and will of god and to seek to do it with all their powers we have set out for eternal lives the greatest of gods gifts there are many who think that if they can simply hang on to the church their salvation is sure whether they perform the duties en joine dupon them or not this class will nind find themselves greatly jul mistaken staken and disappointed this people have been promised persecution and he hoped it would be for their righteousness nes b but uthe he feared that such had not always y been the case all blessings are predicated redica ted upon certain laws the con conditions of which must be complied with before the blessin blessings s C can caa an be obtained ile he rejoiced that the integrity and virtue of atals people had been acknowledged knowle aged by our most bitter persecutors in so public a manner as was done the other day clearly sho she showing wing I 1 that they are not opposed to us 0 on n tur our account c oi of our vices but bejaut e 0 of f our virtues elder ellas elias morris did not feel disappointed at the conditions by which the thie latter day saints are surrounded as all these things had been foretold and were necessary to test them persecution se will unite and und strengthen the while it sifts oat the ind and will thus prove a blessing to the church sh many are arc already beginning bo to falter the past week has demon lemon iemon the corrupt nature of the proceedings ce 1 against us and the effects that ta they will produce this people will never deny nor abandon their wives and children they would be unworthy to be called men to do so some halfhearted half hearted apostates may do it but no true latter day saint will put rut U t away the wives and children that PC god 0 d has given him the saints will cheerfully go to prison or 0 even die first the choir sang and conference |