Show FIFTIETH ANNUAL conference FIRST DAY april 62 p a grayr by elder albert carrington the financial statement of the waa which president ident taylor laid that Tou chera were on hand to substantiate the statement read elder lorenzo snow snored ahat the report of the truit be accepted and that the report with accompanying document be submitted to the auditing committee carried tho statement of amounts az OR th loan and manti Ter and rf the of the perpetual emigration fund company for the mi year then rad tott tho latter jay saint on the general prosperity anil peace that are on the face of the und the great degree of unanimity and good feeling that exist the peo pie the financial report that bad been read together with the of the school superintendent and of other public official submitted to tho lato assembly nil tend to show the general advancement of tho interests of the people tho numerous numer oui school and meeting houshi lately built are very gratifying to the people aa evidence of general prosperity the discourse this morning jet forth the doings of the children of israel dur ing jubilee extending relia to tho needy releasing the debtor from hia bonds etc it is to be hoped that this spirit of kind ness will havo influence and sway during thi present year we hope to see a renewal of our effort and from time wo may mako more reea in tho plea of our loly religion which aro nece siry to prepare a people for the coming of the son of god to reign on the earth iho goolsb of the perpetual emigration fund company abow an amount of indebtedness debt edness duo by choso who have boon emigrated by the fund of nearly lt the operations of tho company during the mouths were limited to only about instead of which the company should do a businga bus insa of extend ing relief to the poor offo lands of a year A arc it number of the poor who hao been ami by that fund havo bacur faithful to return the aum advanced othera through ad vera circumstances davd been many been ungrateful and hava not done their duty in paying means used in their it is designed during this year to set free the hand those poor who tate paid ail they could pay but through ad verge circumstances have been unable to meet the demand in full and at the same time to remind of their indebtedness and duty those who have been ungrateful and have not paid when they coul dhave ayi itt have wealth abou Llian of paying the iasa with regard to the tithing statement tho speaker said that he could bear to tho remarks made by tha presiding bishop and by president deit young before bis death that there 19 not more than ft half of n honert paid chwa if ft full and bonat ti tiling nero panl thero would not ba any alty to ask the people for anything more by way of donation out of expended on the manti temple about was paid by donation and be repeated the remark dent young that a f ill tithing donld cover all tho necessary for building temples and other public there pea to be rr able i ho receiving and ui buring of the tithing excepting it may be in isolated which are corrected aa goon as they come to notice we are making many new and loadice for the saints in other words strengthening the stakes and lengthening the cords of sion thail our nation should of as ii not to be wondered at they have the ame jealousy that was manifested in thrift and me chanilal ch anical skill and of abo latter lay saints who bellied there in erly times not that these thing aro injuring the gentral est af pf the country only that ahoy are provoking aba ill feeliks of onie who aro of living in eai and dissipation si as the latter day to permanent improvements and supplying a population and providing for tho of numerous abil and pom forta of lifland i duca uon our nation aiu to find fault with us for our m image relations not that that hoy fear that in utah naem pro vails nor that and mothers and are not honored and thoy ind purity not pro tut that god the cf been BO liberally ordained tbt every pure minded end virtuous winan can find a husband and hare the privilege of becoming a the certainty of tho proper ad honored respect beine vouchsafed to their offspring while many tens of thoua andi of the fairest of the land are languishing and dy ing a the victims of the lint of man ness of the marringa mar ringo narrow ten it seems like hypocrisy for the religious leaders of the people to cry down tho marriage system of the cormons mormons Mor mons with the children in the bunday ic hooli more than one third of the population of under ina another third under 20 As a w aro extremely anxious to acquit befaro our nation and the a good in every department of life wo aro to educate our elas and pur children for a great work of restitution and the bigotry and superstition of tho world are breaking away and giving way before ag we become better known wo aro multiplying an extending our and increasing and tho earth and want roona we are building up nu berou families and our children arc and abroad upon tho face of th earth elder snow spoke very como of tho practiced of the civilized world especially fost icide and in showed effect of these crying and damu ablo in and called at antion to tho that tho of crimea were loud in their denunciation of the lattur daiy cruci fy abom them and if necessary put chent to anath aal ached shall wo lend ourselves to these crimes and deny the principle honorable to the surplus wooton tho heart of onfry day saint answers no chii morning prayer by elder W SECOND DAY april after the usual opening ceres monieda mo niesa few remarks acro made by ELDER leal W CEi t day ho was seventy boscn acara old and had boon a member of th church for fifty coara and bad been through all abo and trials of tha church through that period h bore a strong to the truth of the latter work to the book of mormon and doctrine and and to the divine midion of the authorities autho ritie of tho church JOB tati OR eaid ought to do something in this jubilee tear to the poor to thane who are burdened with debt and as n design to release at one half ot the in o the perpetual deml gratiaa annd and a it ii a matter in fahloh you are all to lay the twell join with TOO heartily in this Uge flon the u to one halt of ho indebted aei to that company the amount of the due it and with at 10 per cent amount to IC NOTT ro to are poor and struggling against circum to pay the amount is suppo od to bo held against who are able to pay tho amount that we to clear is fa vote was called by show of band and the manner of laringina to will bo dictated in a to be by the twelve another matter there i a carpo duelon tithing account ive belieka that to pay one tenth of our increase or of our time crery year for tithing A great many hare faithfully docobo do and a great many have not done so we want now to break yoke from those who are worthy and we irish there ceball be a re leaffe of the who have not been 10 meet to 1517 SO we propose to release conr half of this amount to the deserving poor this wilye brought about under tho sanction of the of ataka and presiding bishop of the church A vote was taken anthis subject ana was also unanimous we had a great scarcity of water last year and in consequence many have lost their are in straightened many have lost their propone to raise 1000 ot good cows to bo distributed who have lost their block and hato no cowa left tho church will furnish of thia number and tho stakes will be called upon to furnish the balance of for that purpose A vote was called and TM unanimous on chii matter J we propose that the poor who have lost their adeep shall batal adeep and the church will thia number and the stakes will furnish the remaining A vote waa called on thia alo unanimous J we ahn relief accie ties to distribute the wheat which they have on hand ca a loan for eed to choso who may be in need and alio ao become apon return of it after harvest the badim have got A vote was called from the badiea and was there ia no more harm for private people to forsire ona another than for the public if choie holding debt against other who are perplexed and poor will them god nill alp dif I tell this in the nime of the lord jesuit chant I donld lihn to M I from their debtors lit I have booken bogomo of the tom aad they foel like bosn this look quite prop rou faith u for thi year look end coro cach nill taL care oaut find we hall bp hie copla and lio trill be our jod L W next addressed poke on the principle pla ot tithing the brethren aed to devota ayery tenth day for taft purpose but a time went on and they got more work on their baad the hainli preferred to py a tenth of in crece instead of the tenth of their time he regretted however that many fell abort who pay more t lian they did while bome who claim a standing an good saints did not pay one cent of tithing after exhorting exhort iny thoe who had been delinquent in matter to and after pay an boneet tenth the following of were read CHEAT x charles W stayner salt lako city icse ward salt lake city john donaghon Dona khon mendon Io kHey billiani Wil liani C ln thomas X smith logan rees patie valley idaho thomas jackson Glem william D williams ogdan ed word kay mona J W pleasant grove thomas grigge ward salt lake tr edw ard kang barj sal city john ayana brigham city robert S fishburn britani Bri hani city may cock jd ward salt lake city lorenzo farr ogden newton farr ogden james finlayson Finlay aon wm C mcgregor Pd rowan jamea lowe beavor KC ItOH C U loan cabarle P pleasant grove llana J logan neile An darion ephiriam chriatian monteel Mont pel tor ida ho simon Chri tenon richfield ich field anilara johnson john bri madden peter andern jen I elianore Elit nore 00 john balilo alpan latre K john W jackion Ja clion tm M palmer Sali nii abraham R liht ri ht etli Warl Cily jan ti alina abadi andonian An donion mount joawph W hurt aist ward city B II 11 roberts Contre Tillo ThoO Tv baffi et rort fio laabs apan york david alma P Spill burr BOCi henry C boyle georga milleville millville Mill ville T bean william J bean albert D peter A newoker Ne hoker bulard B prova waltor scott provo william dark lehi nichol P Spring carl C Sch ramai john alar manti ulrich kinrd Roson baum georgo L jr brichan Bri ghan S van dake ogden sidney corny provo sat tm byj salt lake city the report of the iun jay school unior for the pait year wai chiq read and certain named gersoni per soni were requested to kneet at the council home on next at ten am aid that the best aneio aut OB miu ioni thata hiding the spirit thereof upon them he thir wall taken cutre of during their flotence for although good abir when proTia iona and the wherewith thein aro better sinding by the bed by cufr MOMI TWO t a meeting called to order opened by prayer and the general authorities of the church prevented preen ted and were sustained ined ELDER ALBERT read from nephi c al p 15 but the laborer in ahall labor for they labor for money they hall did thoo understand that thefts were the worda of god waa it understood that if we who inhabit this continent will do hig will lie will bleab and us exceedingly are we careful to god with all our might mind and strength and our neighbors neigh bora aa the perpetual emigrating fund company wag organized by young in ISSO and wa to be perpetual in 1869 abe perpetual amiero tion fund daod or in emigrating tho poor and succeeded in bringing out from europe nearly all of those who acro in poverty he waa vexed to many of those who bad been assisted to utah by this fund had foiled to pay back any of their indebtedness was in accord with tho yota taken as to relieving the atorthy poor from half their abt and counseled the saints to keep out of debt said that Z C II 11 I havo bot ha kiino to laako any concerning tho of indebtedness but they aro willing to kiako boms releases on correct principles with to the co op it haa apen said that it is no longer a church institution but that it la now owned by a few wealthy men and that wo are calling upon the people to sustain a few capi taliM thia is not true but h an infamous statement hio owns stock in that institution and there aro holders who are latter day sabita I think that the people ought to that institution and then the institution ought to sustain the people with regard to the perpetual emigration feind we think that decent honert men will pay obligations and that other wilt not wo will forgive the poor and those who are able to meet their obligations one duty that we owa to preach the gospel and for this wo send out and ahila these breth mcp ann to makit die and hp rail upon tm pr ital to me that this is done ll 11 fitl artor clr of OUT brethren and not dwell much upon their anil all lave far too selam we drunken iff and other kin to esbit amongst bia lope l ope W want irain bonitt in comet principle ami for thin wo hare organized our lacna anil young Y pray or and treat well all honorable men and let the dovil tho then dwell on tho id vantages of courtesy and proper behavior ono to another lie touched on the united Or derand desired that hoie elder who acro in the habit of getting drunk or committing any other w be cufa olf from tho church and it wan the duty of teofe presiding pre tiding oter them to ec to it the concluded by calling apon the presiding officers of the church to purge the people of iniquity for aid he I clear my of their blood conference waa adjourned to meet again at 10 chii am |