| Show conference of the E JL M I 1 I 1 A assoni associations ationo of leeber stake held in tie the ogden tabernacle may 11 10 a m meeting was called to order by el EI iler jos A west the choir sang the harun on page guido guidoes Gu idous us 0 thou then great jehovah Jeh oyah prayer was offered by elder A D chambers choir sang san the hymn on page 17 all praise to our redeeming lord COUNSELOR COUN SELOn L A felt thankful for the privilege ge of meeting the young people of mono zion to list listen to the teachings of the tile servants of god and took pleasure in bearing his testimony to the fact that joseph smith was a prophet of god and that the keys and powers which he lie held are now held by the prophet jolin john taylor elder herrick then announced the program for the morning in ber services vices ELDER jonn JOYIN W F r VOLKER pave gave an account of his missionary labora labors in connection with elder walker of eden which were very favorable showing an increased interest in tho the work among the young men bro win F burton stated that in company with bro dro green taylor he be had bad visited the associations allotted to them at the last quarterly conference and as a general thing they were well attended and the exercises rend rendered cred promptly ELDER GEORGE FOLKMAN of plain city said he had been given the subject of the martyrdom of jo seph and hyrum smith and as one of the previous speakers had said ho he coil could d bear testimony that joseph smith was a prophet of god he ile then gave a succinct and clear account of tho the martyrdom martyr doin of the prophet joseph and patriarch hyrum ELDER of the second ward was the next speaker his subject being the ors and officers of the church of jesus christ and by many pointed and appropriate quotations from holy writ ho lie showed very plainly that the organization of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints as it is established upon the earth at tho the present time is an exact pattern of the church as it existed in the days of jesus and ilia his apostles ELD FR S P ua of the third ward addressed the congregation on he the subject of book of mormon prophecies fulfilled he ile quoted from ezekiel in reference to th t the e stick of ephraim and etick stick offo of jo seph and went on to prove that tho the stick of joseph was tho the book of mormon the first prophecy he lie men tinned was from the first book of nephi wherein nephi states that a man would be wrought upon to como come to tho promised land and showed that columbus visiting this land ful filled this prophecy prop liccy also that the war of the rebellion bellion Ile was foretold in the book of nephi in tho the second book of nephi is found a prophecy to the effect that a seer would bo be raised up in in the latter days day whose name should bo be called after joseph and joseph smith being raised up in the itt latter r days as a prophet of god ful 4 filled tho the prophecy elder richards also showed that tho the stick of judah tile bible and the stick of joseph ti the e book of mormon should grow together and the faith of this book should only bo be shown to a few and the word few anciently meant eight as we find ia fia tho the scripture that there were eight goula souls saved during the hood flood in ili conclusion he be bore testimony that tho the book of mormon was a divinely inspired aud true record v ELDER WILLARD JAMBS JAMES in company with bro wm dye said lie had visited several of tle a associations oi during the past quarter and found all doing a good wor work kand and generally well attended COUNSELOR L A 1 made a few closing remarks espre expressing himself well pleased with the exercises which had been given the choir sang an anthem and after benediction by counselor Z ballantyne lan tyne conference was adjourned till 2 p pm m 2 p in tho the congregation wa was called to order derby by elder 1 L A herrick the choir eang sang the hymn on oil page sweet ia is the work my god my king to thy nam name give thanks and bing sing I 1 to show thy love by borni morning angl light it and talk of all thy truths truth a at rug night ff t prayer was offered by elder ben E rich after which tho the choir sang the hymn page ariso arise my boul soul arise arise shake off thy guilty fears after the sacrament was adminis adro inis by the officers cars of tile fourth ward ELDER A T read the statistical and fir financial lancial report ort of the Y 11 M 1 I A of the weber weter ter stake of zion for the last six months ho ile then also presented pro seated the general authorities of tho the young mens mutual improve improvement associations ament who were unanimously sustained as were the stake authorities of weber county and the different wards ELDER JOHN 11 STOWELL of tho tile first ward oad ogden en reported on the labors ho lie had accomplished aa as a visitor with elder nathan halle halls in the interest of mutual improvement they had found a good spirit cherey 4 arthey went and were pleased to witness such a laudable determination to improve in the principles of the gospel and the progress of truth ELDER GEO of hooper gave an interesting biographical sketch of the life of the late to president Jed jedidiah edlah morgan grant who was born in broom co new york february 21 1816 little little is known of bis his childhood and youth beyond that bis his parents raised him in good morals he ile was baptized by tho the prophet joseph smith and most of his ilia life lifo was spent in mission ho he was a man of great character possessed of a zeal prompted pro ted and sustained by the spirit of god his ilia temp tern pel etwas waa humble averse to ansar though ho he exercised a great at force of character when sair salt t ak lake city was incorporated in 1851 he was elected mayor and ro re in that office until his death being considered one of bf natures no by tho the outsiders but ho he was greater still in the gospel his ills works his purity and his faith constituting sti him as one of gods noblemen as well of which elder powers fowers gave some graphic illustrations showing how necessary it was and is for all of us to possess tho the spirit of god when speaking on tho the principles of truth elder grant lived so near to god that at tho tile time of the reforma tion being filled fill ed with righteousness and integrity he labored with success among even corrupt people when ho lie died lie had the privilege of beholding beli glories promised to and respecting the faithful elder powers fowers dosed closed his instructive sketch with an earnest admonition to his young brethren and sis to follow and emulate tile ex odthe president grant and all the okd prophets abets of god so as to secure exaltation ELDER NATHAN J HARRIS of harrisville was on the program for an essay on tho the principles afre legious liberty but owing unavoidable absence elder Z ballantyne of the central board read the paper which betrayed a rod good deal of deep reading in national history and constitutional lawand was an earnest pica plea in behalf of the inalienable rights of tho latter day saints with regard to their religious tenets it set forth that the politicians of the present day tho the congress orthis of this age are grossly violating tho the sacred and grand principles establish established et by tho the fathers of the constitution ELDER JOSEPH A WEST next addressed we congregation expressing his regret that there were no do other representatives from the territorial central board of Y 31 1 I A present ho ile had been requested to revert to the subject of revelation as taught by tho the scriptures ol 01 divine truth whenever god had a people on earth ho ile would reve reveal il ilia mind and w will i it to the them m jesus christ st john of the principle of lifo life oderal and of tho the knowledge of god and his ills son 11 and this is life eternal that they might know thee the only true god and jesus christ whom thou hast sent and christ in another place has said no man kno theaon the scon save the fatherland Fat herand no man tho the fattier buethe but tho son and him to whomsoever tho the son shall reveal him therefore the testimony of jesus is the gift girt of prophecy and the kroph ocies are revelations peter once raid said that he lie knew that jesus was the christ the son of the tile living god and tilia this had been revealed to peter bogod by god the rock was the principle of revelation or individual testimony from god upon imon which tho the work of god would bo be built and the gates of hell should not prevail against it jesus once said lV whoever hoever heareth my words and boeth them I 1 will liken him to a man inan that built his ills bouso upon upon arock a rock ac c now by hearing his ilia words and doing receive the testimony oily of jesus or tile gift girt of prophecy and chereb thereby y become established upon tho tile rock of revelation many in the tho world try to prove that tho the canon of scripture is full referring to tho the well known passage in revelations although tho the bame u book bbown that again there were to bo be prophecies aud the speaker show ed that thero there is no proof that there should be no tio more inore revelations on tho tile contrary wo we learn from joel ilia in thelast the last days the lord would I 1 pour our out his ills spirit on all flesh and the tile sons sorts and daughters should prophesy etc because peter quoted this on oil the tile day of pentecost that is no evidence that joels prophecy was entirely fulfilled because gods spirit eerily waa was not then poured out upon all flesh peter did not claim that to bo be a complete completo fulfillment fulfilment of joels prophecy eternal life depends on revelation upon revelation is established hie the church of god we arc are built upon the ho foundation of prophets and apostles jesus christ being the tile corner blone bronc but revelation is the rock on which it is all reared in daniel we ve read of a dream given to in which tho proud king saw a great imago of gold goldt silver brass and clay but alie alien there ia is the tho little stone hown hewn out of the mountain which will smash the toe of the dmace as tho tile speaker showed very I 1 lucidly proving it with tho the events of history lii story through cli the centuries of tho the worlds events thero there is the fourth bea beast st spoken of also dan vii dr dreadful adful and terrible strong exceed angly etc in tho the verse we have tho the inte interpretation file 1 sainte saints of the most t iyih high shall take tho the king kingdom dom and possess the kingdom even for ever and aver ever one of tho the horna horns should come out and prevail against the saints until the ancient of days should conic conle and until time and times and the dividing of timo the speaker gave interesting evidences from irom ancient history on the assyrian babylonian medo modo persian and other empires Em piroa showing how typically tho the prophecy of daniel foreshadowed shadowed fore the real events of subsequent ages the fourth beast elder west allowed to be the roman 1 E empire its ten horns bein being the vari our kingdoms which came from it in tho the course time revelations xiii F from roin st johns prediction about tho the fourth great kingdom we learn it should prevail over the saints when ft it readied reached the zenith of ita its power bearing eway away over tho the entire known world rid then jesus christ came in the tho meridian of time tirrie ho lie went and obtained baptism at the hands of john the baptist after which A h ho went about and preached the ble gospel 0 spi ce there is but ono on gospel the same now as it was then with the same organization and ordinances baptism is enjoined enjoined upon all as christ told N nicodemus i co emus the very references at the margin of the printed biblo bible proving the birth from the spirit and the water to mean baptism the birth of the spirit is essential to an entrance into the kingdom we havo have faith I 1 repentance anabaptism and baptism in order to obtain ad admission into the fold of christ jesus came as the redeemer of tho the world and after he was crucified ho ile wag was crowned at the a jiuu i I 1 of the uie father and became the king of this kingdom ho he called unto him twelve apostles whom he told to tarry at Jert jerusalem malem to wait for the comforters comforter Comfor terz one indeed judas had fallen away away and on oil peters suggestion the quorum idaa vas filled by tho the selection of matthia i one of the two in choice tho the promised not come from froin the father eather until the quorum was filled we find that thirteen yei yea evan event fourteen were called to be apontes Apo stes es and in tile primitive church lifey kept up tho the integrity of the qu quorum rutn as long as they could i there are other officers in the church prophets pass pas torp tors teachers ami ani others the tile saints aro are the citizenS completing the four elements necessary to every kingdom i 0 dom the king his ot of ulcers his ills laws and ilia subjects bj e ts each of tour parts is essential to tb constitute the kingdom daniel spoke of a literal kingdom every feature of his predictions haying been literally fulfilled fu fal filled daniel said that the the little stone cut from the mountain should shoula smite emit 0 th the almage image on its feet and a kingdom should be set up never more to bo be thrown down on these grounds the speaks speak cr er showed that the kingdom spoken of or by daniel did not not fiot in mean e ai 1 th the 0 church of jesus at ilia time but referred to the church and kingdom of the latter days tho the fourth great kingdom should come forth and wear out the saints which is another evidence This great power rev was shown by elder west to be the great babylonian whore the dragon was satan who drew one third of the hosts of heaven heave n from the lord tho the power of this great beast was t to continue until time times and the tile dividing of times which elder west explained further ow we find the description of the tile fate of the whore the seven heads beads were the seven mountains on which the woman was sitting and tho the ten horns were ten kings who had not yet received their kingdoms bu but would id having barin ono one mind and making common war var on the lamb who would eventually conquer them however can call there be any doubt tha thattie e F oa rth great aaa u sign signifies flea tho roman chuich church in trenched on the tile seven bills hills odthe of the proud capital on thoo liber Tiber therefore Ther eforo we can identify that great po power er which was to war against the sa saints 11 ants to overcome them for 1260 days the kingdom of god had suffered violence having being opposed and fought against even subjugated and overthrown this wo we find verified fied in tho the sacrifices and martyrdom of the tile early i in ii three centuries through the power of tho the dragon yea satan himself now inthe king and his ilia his ilia subjects were killed suppressed and dispersed where was there a vestige of the King kingdom doin left some say that it ie is not right to suppose that god withdrew hia light and his ME mercy from the world but it was not ho ile who withdrew the light from manki mankind ild but it was the wen vien who in their r wickedness withdrew themselves from the light hence the blame blamo and condemnation condemn aion rests tests with men and not with the lord EIder Elde riVert then followed the course of history showing the tile distribution of the tile governments of the tile world to correspond with the predictions of the Reve revelator latoi it was in the days of the ten kings that the kingdom of orthe the lat laa days waa to be established ablis hed the gospel of jesus did no longer existing the sixth century a aa ai i we tave nave ven the testimony of Mosli Mosheim elm the greatest ecclesiastical authority in ili the world that after A D |
