| Show SPECIAL conference of TUX SALT LAKE STAKE OF MN the cau cap for a special conference of the Salt Lake stake of zion to be held at the assembly hall in this city may ath and ath 1887 was numerously res bonded to this morning by members of the priesthood and saints from the various wards of toe the city and country countr tr non upon the stand were president abram H cannon of the presidency of the seventies bishop john R winder of the presiding bishopric president angus M cannon of the presidency ot the stake president ellas elias morris of the high priests quorum and others the meeting was called to order at 10 a am in by president angus M cannon the choir sang the anthem on pane page of the hamn book commencing barth with her ten thousand flowers aia AM with all its beams and sli showers prayer by elder abram H cannon the choir sang the hymn on page 10 com commencing great is the lord its good to praise his hie high and holy name the roll of wards was called by y clerk of the stake pro tem m james 1 stirling showing all the wards warda of the stake to ib be properly represented excepting the fourth and twentieth wards of this city the following quorums of elders failed to respond to the roll call third seventh eighth tenth and thirteenth the atie minutes of the last priesthood meeting of the stake slake were read and approved the clerk read the statistical report of the stake other business having been dispatched PRESIDENT A M CANNON addressed the congregation he was pleased to see aee so large an attendance of the saints before him it had bad been two t wo years and five days since a conference had bad been held in this stake of zion he spoke of the character of the times through which the church was passing which were designed for i the development of the saints god had not forsaken his peaple our leaders were not permitted to be present to counsel us orally but the spirit of god which it was the privilege of the pure in heart to enjoy was preset present and it would lead and guide into all truth we have no reason to be discouraged because we are ostracised ostracized by the world Ws we are not to suppose either that our actions are not recorded for or against us because we are not called to account tor for every act on earth the angels are aib taking notes of all we say and do and the authorities of the church bow know mope moe concerning us perhaps than we are aware every soul will be weighed in the balance and goo god will feel our heart strings and test our integrity in all things to him that over cometh will be given to sit down upon gods throne job was a bright example of patience and integrity teg rity and the lord rejoiced in his faithfulness jesus did not seek to do his own will but the will of his father in all things we are left more or less to ourselves as thel they were to see whether we will sta stand n true or turn like the dog to its vomit slid and the soito sow to its wal wallowing lowin in the mire we might pass by our bishops bishops and other authorities on earth but we cannot pass by the Angels aria and gods who guard the heavenly gates unless our hearts sire are pure and our actions correspond with our professions we did not come out of the world to follow after the ways of babylon and the sacrifice of earthly things for heavenly blessings was required at our hands bands the spirit of god was sufficient to inspire us and sustain us to endure all things lor for christs sake it was not the man who was most outspoken in defense of the principles of the gospel gospe that would be most liable to stand if that was all he did but it was the man who lived up to 10 those sacred principles lind and acquired atred the necessary strength to endure lure in the matter of selling inheritances for money as some were doing a manowes ma his neighbor some con sidera iian ont as well as himself how would he be answer for the souls of his bis brothers children corrupted by contact with the wicked who might thus become through no fault of their own parents the associates of those who would lead them away and destroy them there were such characters in our midst and they were to be guarded against by all means ELDER JOHN T CAINE was the next speaker this was a time for all men to be persuaded in their own minds and to know as all might know by the holy spirit their duty under all circumstances without asking counsel of anyone this is our right though it might also be needful at times to ask advice of those who were wiser than ourselves we wd were not net passing through anything that was not intended for our good and the present was to prepare us for future things we have been told that all that can be will be shaken our ex experience perlene e was the experience of gods people in all ages they were persecuted in the name of law as we are it our political rights are taken anav our religious liberties are no more exhorted the saints in his bis day to bold fast to that liberty with which christ had bad made them free and be not again with the yoke ke of bondage A great effort had ro been een wade made ifor years to bring this people into bondage special legislation on framed on purpose to entrap them kad had been enacted in spite of the guarantees of the constitution and the f fundamental und principles of our government these special laws severe as they were were not harsh enough to t suit certain berain local conspirators cen spira who hoped by strained and unwarrantable table constructions to ducom accomplish the objects they desired the intention of congress and the con often put upon acts of congress grassby by tim tu loc local courts and other parties were two different things to entirely he had bad been assured by mem berkof bers of congress that the test oath contained in the edmunds tucker law could not be made to apply a to a mans belief 3 although I 1 such auch an application was now attempted by those who affected to be so BO exercised about the mormon conscience these men had bad pretended for years ye a reg mat all they wanted was lei jer the mormon people to be loyal and agree to obey the laws and now they were fearful of the mor mons doing the v very thing they pretended to desire I 1 they hey S were not the judges of what the mormons cormons could do conscientiously let the spirit of god be the guide and inspirer io every man should do his bis duty as the spirit leads him the speaker said it was his business to go to the polls and vote and tie ne hoped all who had bad the right to vote would do likewise and not be b apathetic in this or any other duty enjoined upon them nor listen to the sophistry of those whose object was was to enslave them I 1 A M CANNON informed the congregation that it was very desirable lor for them to be present at the afternoon meeting a as important matters would be presented some changes were contemplated in regard to the high council owing to a number of its members being disabled from active service through feeble health and other causes the names of the new council would be presented to the conference it was also very important that the priesthood meeting in the social hall at this evening should be attended by all who were concerned the choir sang an anthem the lord will comfort zion the conference then adjourned till 2 p in Bece benediction diction by bishop john B R winder 2 pm p m there was a marked increase in the attendance this afternoon all the seats seat 8 in the lower part of the house and most of the gallery seats being taken at the time the meeting was opened president A M cannon called tho the congregation to order and tue the choir sang the hymn commencing come thou glorious day of promise come and spread thy cheerful ray prayer by elder edward Sti elgrove the choir sang the hymn were not ashamed to own our lord and w worship iship win him on earth ELDER JOHN T CAINE was the first speaker he read from the record arguments which took place inthe in the house of representatives presenta tives mid and the senate v upon the edmunds tucker bill as co confirmatory a fir matory of his bis declaration this morning that it was not net the intention of the lawmakers law makers to search the consciences ot of voters voter in utah or interfere with their freedo freedom in of belief he read selections from t the he remarks of the hon mr hammond of georgia senator edmunds of vermont senator ingalls of kansas and others all of which went to show that it was the practice of plural marriage and not opinions as to its rightfulness that was the subject of the legisla legislation tiou referred ret erred to the speaker said it had been stated by certain anti mor moos mons that president cleveland favored the edmunds tucker law in its en tir eity this was not the case the president told the speaker that he did not favor it in its the fact that he be did not sign it was proof of this president cleveland himself had asked the speaker to tel ted the people of utah that they might rest assured bar dt bat the law would not he be executed in any spirit of vindictiveness and his recent manifestations of oi disapproval of the course of certain overzealous over zealous federal officials and his pardon of jose joseph tv H evans an aged man out of the penitentiary was an earnest of his sincerity in ia making this avowal ELDER MILANDO PRATT then presented the general authorities of the church as sustained at the last general beneral conference of the church who were unanimously sustained by the congregation he then presented the authorities of the salt lake Stake of zion who were also sustained as follows presidency OF THE SALT LAMB LAM of ZION angus M cannon president joseph E taylor and charles W penrose first and second counselors HIGH COUNCIL presidency angus an us M cannon joseph E taylor and narles charles W penrose Pen roae councillors councilors Counci lors william mckean george J taylor H dinwoodey joseph horne home A W jobs job T caine jeffie W fox elias morris james P freeze milando pratt H P richards alternate Counci councillors councilors lors ellas elias A smith jesse jease W fox jr alonzo H raleigh lial elgh J V I 1 C young john nicholson john dark clark david L davis davin james moyle orson oraon A woolley W W riter clerk of the stake and high hiah council james D tirl laK I 1 stake reporter arthur winter chas W hyle hyde john lyon lorenzo lorenzoa Loren D youna I 1 oung win J smith geo W hill win draper jos JOB C kingsbure Kings burr t A H raleigh truman 0 auge angell I 1 alexander hill E Jere presidency OF THIC HIGH QuO kLum ellas elias smith president Pre aident elias celiaa morris and edward HOME missionaries OF SALT LAKE STAKE OF 00 ZION I 1 anderson fames H ward arms armstrong ong francis eleventh ward A alinell Ai inell t theodore third third ward bull ball yoseph joseph seventeenth ward beatie walter J ward brighton brighten win wms S eleventh ward burton Burt milaim bulard C fifteenth ward brown henry W cottonwood bennoon Benn lon iou hber north jordan ballantyne richard draper crump reynold A Ver berriman riman clawton claryon Cla wyon redger eighteenth ward clawson spencer ThIrLee ward cannon george M seventeenth ward Christo pherson n martin runner ward clinton jeter fourteenth ward dougall william B bi seventeenth ward davis david L seventeenth ward davis davia david P F seventeenth ward eddington hiriam seventh ward eardley jas W third ward farmer erastus G Hor herriman riman flashman james T sixteenth ward goff hyrum west jordan groesbeck Gre esbeck hyrum byrum fifteenth ward goddard reber heber S thirteenth ward handy leonard G twelfth ward hobes francis U D eleventh ward hafker joseph north jordan harris thomas seventeenth ward hyde joseph S seventeenth ward hyde yd frank eFrank H seventeenth ward beasen enson andrew seventeenth ward johnson james H U second ward knox iwin wm seventh ward kimball andrew is nineteenth ward lambert george C seventh ward lambert richard G Seven tit ward charles eleventh ward morg morgan an joseph R fifteenth ward M murris rr ellas elias fifteenth ward mitchell bell frederick A eleventh waru MO movie ae jas H eighteenth ward may mckay saml saint eleventh ward mcmurrin iii jas L eighth ward musser I 1 sail W first ward mcmaster alexander eleventh ward mcgale james sugar saw house ward miner aurelius Au fourteenth ward nicholson john eighteenth ward naisbitt henry wi W twentieth ward P friday samuel fifth ward P paul ant joshus joshua H tenth ward pack ack marvin nineteenth ward pratt milson nineteenth ward pack ack ward E jr ninth ward quist u st john A big cottonwood ri kiter t e r wm win W ninth ward richards franklin B S eighteenth ward richards samuel wt W sugar house ward john first ward simmons joseph F twentieth ward joseph W sixteenth ward stewart joshua B seventh ward stayner arthur fourteenth ward sharp james twentieth ward savage charles R twentieth ward sloan giobert robert W eighteenth ward snell john W I 1 eighth ward ainold arnold H first ward turner william ward wood william nineteenth ward woolley Alba roul H ninth ward willes william william twentieth ward wa walsh ish john joan tenth ward woodruff codr uffer jr wilford fourte fourteenth euth ward woolley orson A south cottonwood young joseph D C second ward young harry A first ward the presidents of elders 17 in number and their counselors and the bishops bishop and counselors of the several wards were also presented and sustained leader of choir E beezley Be ealey members of choir and J J daynes organ list arnold H as president of the german meetings of at salt lake city and henry reiser and christian willey as his counselors joseph H dean ean resident president of the hawaiian meetings and rid richard 6 lambert as his hia assistant john C cutler stake superintendent of sabbath schools schools and david R lyon and richard 8 hornet horne coun delors the presidency of the relief st society clety T Y M and Y YI k RI M I 1 A and primary mArT associations mere jere likewise presented and unanimously sustained owing to lack optime of time the names have in some instances been necessarily omitted J the clerk of the stake read mad the statistical ta report ot the sunday schools the statistical reports ot of the second and tenth quorums of elders statistical and financial reports of 41 the relief societies and tha tb statistical report of the Y L M U I 1 asso associations clatious all of which were unanimously an I 1 wo kly 1 accepted president A ug ft cannon then read the following report of the directors of the church association of the salt lake stake of zion which was accepted unanimously REPORT to the latter day dav saints residing in the salt halt lake stake of zion we the under undersigner undersigned signed officers of the chu church ach association of atre salt lake stake of zion respectful iv represent that on the second day of march 1887 president john taylor as trustee in trust of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints assi assigned ned granted and gave to the church chuoc IT association of salt halt lake stake of zion certain personal property situated and located in the county of salt lake consisting of hay bay grain cattle horses and other personal prot property bevy of the aggregate value of about idealizing az tag as a we did that this means soliven so given to the e c corporation was originally donated by the members of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints without respect to domicile or location and being cognizant of the he fact that the tew temple to 1 now in daurie of pon truc action tion I 1 in n this stake mb in iveans means to effect its completion a ebion after consultation with several of our brethren of this stake we appropriated hated all of said property to the agero building of said tem ale le and delivered the same to william B preston as trustee to te be by him expended in ia the construction of said building this thip action WB wai taken by us in the firm belief that it was as most appropriate |
