| Show Y SIXTH ANNUAL conference sixty sixth annual Conler conference achurch of jesus christ or litter balents COLV coi OIled in the ibe tabernacle t lake city at 10 a in on satur april 4 h president wilford druff f the general authorities present on stand there were or of the wilford woodruff george tannon and joserh F smith baaith ot of quorum of the twelve apostles Apoe ties re ZE franklin 0 richardis bachar Ri charis is cis M lyman john henry alib georae teesdale Tea edale heber J 31 gt ot J olin john otay lor Marr Marri lier oar W errill till and abra abranam dam 13 canno latch john smith ot of the first wen an presidents of seventies st sty y rb young C D nolde jo jonathan thab G Kim kimbail baij jons wells and edward steven of the presiding bishopric wll wil aa B preston rubert T britan anu ano ao n B R winder cabied called to order by baat at george Q Can cannon norl the choir ad a d co congregation ganv afteme come ye saints no toil nor labor fear y batt with luy joy wend your way hard to 10 you this anis bous guiney ney may appear 1 i Tace snail shall be as a your day ray ei by elder job john n W fides by the choi f 4 hark I 1 listen to the leers I 1 they for volunteers volan teara rs on zions bright and flowery mount behold the officers 1 WOODRUFF our hearts ought to be filled this 1 with gratitude and thanks living to god our heavenly father lor the be blessings that we enjoy at the ob sent time for the privilege lesce of be ae ambling this ibis ai diorious glor orious loua morning in this tabernacle to in the sixty sixth annual conference of the church of jesus i bast flat of latte rid saints it if there e ro S tp any AIDY man on therace the ace of theearta the earth tb p ought to be ul who ought to have gratitude who ought lo io be faithful to the god of reaven beaven and the church and kingdom of god it is my if when we look over the last hearp and see all that the lord has abue boue since the or org organization of this the cumber who have passed away and trie toe duany changes anich have taken place we wrought ought to be the blese logs lags ot of god our history has baa been beau a very peculiar one and we have been called to pass through many events we have arrived where the promises of god in the revelations in the bible book of mormon and doctrine anu covenants by the devoice voice of Prophete the Prop heto of god are being fulfilled before our eyes before the heavens and before the earth we stand here today with this great and mighty responsibility resting us as an the holy priesthood and the saints sainte of the living god tv tu labor and to be true and faithful to god to our covenants to the gospel oi of jesus christ to those laws lawa and principles plea which god has baa revealed revea ted concerning the lost last dispensation and the full news of times I 1 feel thankful for these blessings and hpe he pe that abat during thle this eaD conference forence the apostles and the aldere of ismael aud ald the people way may be filled with the inspiration of the almighty god that we might comprehend and understand the punition pusi tion wo we occupy today in the be light eight of hea vea ran and earlb eart oat the spirit and power p of god may bad with us that we may know the mind and will wili of gud god and re ice together and be able to penora the bingo bing required at our I 1 lack god to NOSH bless the latter ilay day saints who are assembled in this conference that these blek blessings sings may baay dwell with us during these meetings from henceforth and forever amen PRESIDENT JOSEPH F SMITH expressed his bis gratitude for the presence at this general conference ol 01 president woodruff who had been wonderfully blessed and preserved by ahe lord to minister to the people li it his name his spoke similar jr concerning presidents L george Q banno und ind lorel lorei zo snow and eler el er franklin D richards Richard li who had bad led useful 1 and faithful lives jives in the church oi 01 lor for a long series of years I 1 in L the same connection of valor ard integrity to truth be referred to brethren of the Council of the twelve kenerelly Kene rally and to the large number oi 01 other good brethren who had bad gloved worthy laborers lu iii the ibe work of god the speaker then dwelt upon the fact of the numbers or of elders who were being seni into the nations to warn the people of the world he looked forward to the extension of missionary labor to populous countries which hau buo never yet been reached by the Eldi elders arm and anticipated that bat the missionaries mission ariefe would briore long have access t to 0 classes of people w with ith whom they hail bad out not heretofore been able to come in ILI contact coni act he spoke of the wonderful wonder lul change of sentiment that had taken place regarding diDo the latter day it had been brought about by the lorti lore this condition might liot always exist ago as opposition must be met in the future but the people would have increased wisdom to meet with obstacles as they might arise president smith dwelt for some time upon the danger associated with cimei of peace and worldly goodwill unless great wisdom were exercised and purity of conduct should exist ht hi pointed out the nature of these dangers yerwand and what they consisted of anu ana how they ought to be guarded against the concluding of hi his 9 discourse was devoted to the necessity of parents parenti teaching their children to love jove the truth and in it giving numerous nUmero uv excellent Eugest ions upon the value of early training ug in the same connection be delineated that kind ol 01 mission mi eslon rry ary experience abi if cultivated faith in the elders who were sent abroad on oil miss missions iotis and the conditions condition which tended in the direction of des dee that principle or at least retard ing its ito development io in their minds ELDER JOHN W TAYLOR of the ol of apostle apostles followed lie he expressed bis bin gratitude at the privilege of listening lit euing to the lomp inspired ired teachings of the prophets of gud god he referred to the prophecies made by the servants of god some years since when conditions were much lose less favorable thou than at preset I 1 aid ai d testified to the fulfillment fulfilment of as many of those predictions as ae time bad permitted he elt that those still awaiting fulfilment fulfillment would not fall these prophecies had bad a beacina upon the improvement to hocur in ohp 11 financial and social condition of the people of god the lif spIr t 1 atlon thus thug shown in the words of the servants of god should be a cause of thanksgiving on the part of the latter day saints the spirit of hatred lar formerly marly existing against the sainto sainte and the cou contempt tempt of the world toward the people of god had bad als disappeared appeared in a great measure and a feeling of respect aud and confidence bad been established the saints were becoming better understood kind and their mission more lully fully comprehended and respected the world tied had learned earned ahn agn tte tl e efforts of the ra bernacle hoir and others that goud good can come out of Zio oland more notable good would be recognized in the future Rep reser tattoo of litah utah in itil tbt government belaR now of a free and ff ff ilent lelent character greater ghou could bt bo done by good men in washington whether they be non or latter day aay saints there bad never to 0 o the la knowledge been a L union ot of church and state in utah an aej no such union was wanted the Ppe alier exhorted all to new courage and andio and to press onward in the work not giving way 0 he closed with a testimony to the truth of the be work of god and the seu self sacrificing spirit off at the officers of the church tile the ant hety from afar gracious lord thou had bast gu fathered why flock book was sung bung by the 0 oar benediction by patriarch john smith Af termon on st owlen I 1 2 p oo 00 singing by the choir sold now let us rejoice in the day of salvation no mo longer as strangers on earth need wa wa roam good tidings are sounding to us and each nation and shortly the hour 0 ot redemption will wil come onyer yer by elder eldar ed edward I 1 Pait partridge ridge the choir parm y I 1 hark I 1 I 1 listen isten t the gentle strain oer hill and valley grove and plain I 1 it echoes from the above the voice of freedom hefte and love PRESIDENT SNOW the saints sainte had fiad beba called to labor IB a the I 1 inte a of our father god it was wall one of the best desires desire that could possess us to gain ulu log ing of the purpose of our com ng luto into the world from of former estate and so 0 o put out oar whole heart into the lator jar of carrying it out we were doub dome a pretty good class of people bedre we came here ber and were invoke innocent inno celt when we made our ally advent nt to t tola 4 probation we were in tal athla stage 0 that wi we might ultimately obtain a ful of joy there was in of tho B ok of doctrine and a promise to the effect thai a time would come when whatever a man inan shall ahall domire doire ire he be shall receive before that time alm shall ahall come a wrest change should ot me over the he whole face of nature thle would affect the whole animal creation as wellna man all destructive agencies would be banished these 3 take place piece and the he prom sea aee gaver us joy we did not havo have things as we them here we did not sue euc ceded in inducing all ot of our ebi lures to do as we wished them to 0 o but if we proved faithful wo we would we aid cju have all our posterity with on 08 it might be a great period of time before all this should be realized but it would surely be if we were obedient this bad been p prom rom joed to the be speaker speak erin in the temple at kirtland and he firmly beli believed evea that it would be fully fulfilled fulfill td d he had great faith and confidence in the magnanimity nani mity and love of god they were so compre bonel ve that we could not mot fully understand under stana them every man woman and child could do something toward securing scouring exaltation and glory the opportunities were exhaustless exhaust lese it was a mighty work we bad to accomplish for our selves anil and when performing it we were also aleo op rating in the oe interest ol of others 1 president snow related the expert experience of a young man who wasted wanted all his estate in profligate living and wap wac on the point of au suicide icide when a super natural being checkai him and ur ed him to follow his bla counsel with the be promise that I 1 iu u two years yeara he be woul woula i govern a bl blodow odom he was wae to live a ly y moral his kingdom won d be secured seeking honest employment and livinia laith faith ully for two years be found himself a ruler over his spirit pint sou anu desires Oe siree he was waa informed formea lu that this was waa the be realization of the prow promise lse this thia was the great object of the second detate of men to ov obstacles clea and temptations and learn leard self control preparatory to their be coming rulers over others there wai wah no need of heavy sacrifices might be feces nary ary and each one could show a willingness lu lo sacrifice for the he benefit ot of others othere the work of the lord to in behalf of his hia people had been wonderful wonder tul durler the pant few years yeara miraculous works having been performed in their behalf the highest should be bb on account of the spiritual blessings or the gospel witti with the glorious truths it athae haig taught born ot of god in his hia image wen men were to become moro more like jibe him through overcoming difficulties and temptations in thin thia respect the prospects were particularly bright the lord would be pleased pleaded with one am bilious to attain to spiritual advance beut and to become equal with god through receiving ot of his hia ful new in with the original devign with the no bew W light thrown upon their condition and prospects by the dospel the sai ts would certainly not be willing to sacra res flee those acte lor for any earthly even in the family relationships to be continued hereafter there was sufficient clent to compensate them for all human losses joelee it was wae a pleasure plea aure speaker to re birot the promise that we should see gee each other to in the dext life when all enmity would be banished banta hed from the earth it was a pleasure to see eee this great audience diance of faithful saint who were associated with thi the work of god he concluded by invoking the blessing blea aing of god upon the people ELDER J GRANT of the council lof of apostles followed he said aid in there had bad never been a time la in we the history of the when there cause for gratitude as now of feeling bad increased in a marvelous degree ft a fact which deserved tile the deep eat gratitude of the saints liberty ot of utterance rod and the blessings of the spirit had attended him in his ministry mini etry the people and god bad blessed the sainta through the labors labore of himself and other servant of god similar blessings being experienced by the laborers them themselves this was wap not on account of increased knowl knowledge efte and power on the part of the elders so eo much an the greater spirit of faithfulness which attended the people themselves the time of barvest having now come the spirit of god had bad cuore sed upon toe the priesthood and the people mike alike itself in ID the ibe greater faitie fainn and confidence of all it all would turn their at aution to the ibe preaching 0 the gospel by precept and example there would be a ireat great number dumber of convert convene made among the people at home failure to live the he commandments command mand menta ments of oud gud would weaken the effect of preaching their aud and those who thus acted would be responsible for the jack of faith on the martof part of the young on the ibe otner ormer hand band it ir all titi ifould live to the law of god a marvelous work for gid would be ver i er amed the changed feelings fabe t the of the land toward aiu day saints were spoken of bud arid allu berated by items of current history itell greater fiver favor with all good met men could be galled by honesty and strictness in the lives oi of the peo ule ale all bad been taught day by day the 1 simple I m pie principles aud and duties of the gospel yet jet some were seemingly more anxious to perform threat great w than to keep the little commandments turning to the flu ancial condition A t the people trie the speaker stated lb that a t if the word of wisdom were strictly kept the money thus saved to the community would give ample employment to all the idle meo men in zion lo ila closing the speaker touched upon uon the neicle necessity kalty of home industries ELDER ELDEB GEORGE of the Co council of the apostles was the next speaker he urged the saints to become becom iii more consistent and be not nofre mere hearers bearers of the word but doers ol 01 it as well it was the general desire that bat we should all have understanding I 1 what god wished us to perform we werl were living la in the latter days day which were to be similar in some of their conditions to the times of the flood in those ancient days the word of the lord was preached and the professedly wise people of the world uld did not alcert of it de ri matters were to a great extent in our da anere were many inducements to reject the light of the gospel and to depart from it after it had bad been received As the apostle paul espres expressed ad it prophetically we wale living jiving in perilous pert loue times when false philosophy was ana false and gp spirits were abroad the speaker relate ij some of his bis early experience in the church illustrating the fact face that when meo men who had bad embraced abe gospel became puffed up in pride and imbued with a 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