Show CON oj church of jesus christ of latler day DAY oct 10 1880 10 a n the was called to order by president john taylor and ile choir bang abe hymn the morn ingbre aka the shadows prayer was offered by elder edward partridge and he hymn arise abe glorious xion was sung APOSTLE FRATT the birdt speaker ilo intended to speak on atio divine authority of the priesthood we have in this church thousand male members who hold authority and power which we say is from heaven if it bo from heaven then the lord lias manifested hie mercy in once bestowing the great power on man but if on abe oilier hand it be not from heaven as our enemies say we are on the same platform as the world with its various denominations and religious we are as well oil as the balance wo are not indebted to man for lie authority we posses saw is cot the origin of this world has abolished ablis hed it and he did not do it all at once authority ol 01 some kind was bestowed before there was any church it was in the finding of the golden plates and the tansia lion of alie records this did not confer the priesthood on joseph smith but it was a portion of divine authority held not alio llio prist hood of fleshly ordination when lie brought forth the book of but he held u priesthood conferred upon him ios before the foundation ot the world we have also learned that all he have had this conferred upon before malcot this we ican in tho great price it speaks of the noble ones by the lord before the world was abraham was among that number and all the high priests who lived from adam down to the flood the ordinance of the priesthood was without beginning and an end it is being handed down from all age we have read in abe re re lation given on 1832 that without the ordination of he priesthood none can se the face of alio llio lord and jive in the spring ot 1820 the boy joseph called on the lord and he biad a hee venly vision eeling alie glory of the light of god upon him from which took him high up so that he the father and son and heard the words of the mouth of the father joseppi see chis vision and live bebau o he had been ordained lo 10 the priesthood of endless life be fore lle worlds were made he had b cn ordained and set apart to antio duce alio greal and glorious work of the preparation for the coming of ahe ton of after a while the prophet had the priesthood recon firmed upon him on may 1820 by leer james and john and he received the keys of the priesthood and the authority to administer to all the sacred ordinances of alie kingdom alie lord saw pro per after to build little by little one portion of the priesthood after the other jn june 1829 he called twelve men to bo apostles about this body and its calling we knew nothing except wha the lord revealed through his servant joseph of the twelve fell away others retained their standing afar this seventies acro ordained ta work under the direction of he twelve many were called a few of them were unfaithful and eventually slid the church OT their duties we were at the time until alio llio lord revealed it and set out their duties gout abe way in which alicy were to be organized he alao revealed the principles of their presidency all was not revealed at once as we were little children and could not bear it the lord gives us knowledge little by little precept upon precept just as WHO parents ive their the education by degrees by and by after the church WA ore aimed the lord saw fit to install bishops to take proper care f the properly when on juno ad 1831 lie revealed at general con lerendo hi will that they should aeo from the state of new york andl go to kirtland Kirt laud ohio to abe wicked plotting of the ungodly then there were men bet apart to take care of the property that the people could leave without incumbrance the lord deals with the people according to hi own pleasure and after the saints had come to kertland elward partridge was ordained a bishop at that time there were no high priests exists ing n alie church and bishop Pait ridge wa bidden feb 1831 t chiae his assistant or counselors from among the elders on aar apr there we nothing aid about neither about bishops the two paragraphs referring to such ollice in the revelation of ho above date were afterwards added by the prophet joseph to make alie revelation more full and comprehensive hen sive afterwards the high priesthood was instituted after the order of the son of god bishop partridge had his many duties assigned to him in kirtland and after in jackcon co missouri the speaker here gave a historical sketch of the founding of the branch southwest of kirtland showing the lords dealings with his people in alie latter part of summer 1831 bhoj partridge had further revelation in regard to dividing the land he had been direct el to for the church under tho law of consecration wo see ft great difference aligned to partridge and those on our preat ward bie llop not long after newell K wa tso appointed a bishop bichop having the pener jurisdiction over anil indian while bishop whitney in the cathrn coun tries ohio and new york they were both general but not presiding b chops the lord kive a relation ader ahe of the from wherein vincent knight and other were LIIM death el aft wu ia liia gereral bishop to attend to the poor and nady by and by it be a to liev 11 bere elrre to bo ti chop of ivarda thuei wo ave three exiling of Halio pH caoli with it lutica and privileged i circum at pra wo havo general blahopolo to luo IM fir a tho speaker knowledge n every take of xion we and lii a agent eliote duly U to attensil to iho wherein hh jurisdiction extends over that of loc il the thus ordained orde redall ahins pertaining o 11 kingdo Kins do te city when it will bo coun ty will nt be ft stake but the headquarters the center of the kingdom where will reign in hi glory bearo swelling and increasing in numbers gunj power and our stake will bo more autner ou our birds lengthened tue speaker prophesied tint the timo will come when the L ird will so manifest hi power all those who will not in the book of mormon be cut from the people stion will chine forth in the might and glory or theford ind he people avo been left lifter flie gret destruction will acknowledge alie lord and ale M wound bair wor karo growing we require additional powers and ollices aijo colbe in creasing iq the or of the first soon after the church wa established the lord showed Ili awill with regard t the order of government the twelve have done their graat work in traveling abroad io breash the gopel and abo of betting ill things in order a presiding council tho supreme aul bority in tha bojc in alie boy did after the prophet til alio first ire dency organ iad have again in such calling chico he of dent young in a hoi vever alie lack of some one important counsel the council of airet presidency taken the matter in sidvin ment and had now filled the vacancy in the first ledency ld ency tareo in the two of lave been filled mhd will aho be tupp liol the mariom 11 lord i hen arose to th tt in alie afternoon alie matlo ot be laid before the general conference Con forence or the people APOSTLE AXSON AX SON he rant of bood were afternoon for the purpose pur pOte n th matter taylor i the serviced servi cei to an nd by an anili ui benediction by elder Vilf irr etro l mf Joh rii lyl ir I atie congregation which wa the most nuni erom ol 01 allia to order the choir aug the oti god our help in agea pat elder albert invoked the almitty aej the liyan O god the eternal father WM delivered by the full choir elder orson th n the the church to the vote of the conference the first few kotc were taken in the following order airel the council of the twelve then the pa pre identa of beakes and their counselor and the high caun belore next the high priests seven lies bis llop and coun selora eale and deacon the of all the bifi tar ent quorums and finally the entire congregation male and fenigle fe niile the following were pre belted and all of them unanimous ly sustained by the quorums as well as by tho entire congregation john taylor president of tho church of jesua christ of latter day saint an J prophet ecer and i 11 geo Q first coonc lor and joseph smith second counselor to president wilford woodruff president of the council of iho twelve apostles the twelve apo sly or ilsoe of bliem with the counselor a follow then voted for in the marinor marin tr that llie others had been AV Woodi sen C C lo 10 renio slow now fraklin Fri klin D li ichard Brt ghani young al and a thatcher cr of the twelve and john W young and daniel thir coun balor the vole was in tho francis marion lyman w a noat and seconded for an apostle in the council of the namo went through tho oa resa of voting with areaux el to the othera i r john henry smith Wile blK named for member of tio quorum of itlie twelve and unanimously sustained after theise the vote vaa taken in the old na adner bulhe whole congregation at once uplifting the counselor lo 10 drubi dent their counselors Counse lort ivere sustained ined prophete pron hete seer and then followed the rest of vencial aullion alies and of the church patriarch of tho church john smith i As the first even of the Seven tite young bevi W If ancock kenry eldrede Eldr hacob tacob gaten johl van colt and W W the church edward hunter with leonard W ly and robert T burlon as hi counselors jolin taylor as for the body religious worshippers wor shippers known and church of jesus chrit of latter arty saint to hold tho ichu bitte to it properly and contrail for it the twelve Ap oittes their hun ter as counselors coun elors d tho trustee in albert cerr cislon ui slon of ibe perpetual oa 01 for iho and F I J el dreago joeph V ageos ala aber ani II 11 Win lT hnry kobert ou cauti Cw uti mi u oron aal eral church and truman anal T un and ani jt l u tot A auditing committee awood ruu E snow P D aej J iporen a clerk afulu fiedoral fie noral gcorge latib n church porter i iu on presentation of elder george Q cannon ciul motion of elder F smith the new levied edition of the doctrine and cco and the pearl of great artee were unanimously accepted by he conference as containing abe regeia lions of abo lord binding upon ill latter aty saint elder camion read a linof amounts ofee fund indebtedness mended for remittance by llie dency of the various st ikes of aidi an t passed upon by the president of abe P E fund company a follow in bear like stake principal and interest tog liter beavor box elder achu davis juab stake kanab stake Mil lahl slake moran stake carowan parowan stake sanpete stake 2716 allt lake slane sevi er atik stake is st george stake 55 utah stake COCO wasatch stake C weber little colorado and arizona no reports TAT LOR now arose during afie of th a sacrament it avns A for him he aa that ja lie abe had been properly provided for lie pla ined how the att e ve 14 clcil iu he of pire t presidency since fac deal of young iut as alicy did forborne time after the death of be prophet josephu llie twelve li td magnified calling and ho afe en eaker leave preferred to leave remain with if ishad been ahe will ot the load but no aop lias a right lobance lo bange i ie islan ani instituted ervrit 11 to ahra abe having the bitet nf felted abid his brethren of the lad com aided with him when lie stated t be nutter to them 11 was alio gratify ig for him to see he ng aad the united sentiment manifested in the votes of the people n the new organization organisation such voiel could not ber found lut truth tho i oice of aft the boico of god speaker then referred twelve p aj ed of duty filling n e to conform will and mind of tho lord ife also that the spirit of oneness and unity by the peopled in alli conference should be in ill things and blessed all wo loved abd and im and triad fo keep llis by vir of tho holy priesthood an fn the name christ elder woodful WOOD RUl also arose and bor testimony to life work lie aso mentioned how he had often seen hedio abet joseph in dreams inci afis death tind also president young klimball anu jedediah grant and closed wl h an impresa ne exhortation to the saints to demain stead fuit and tinn in the frithof fie gospel ot ajesm christ to its close by the ginging of the hymn tho spirit of iod like a fire is burning ia which the whole congregation joine I standing tho benediction was arh bounced by bluer joseph V and adjourned until april ath 1831 at 10 am |