Show QUARTERLY conference i SATURDAY 2 pm the congregation was called to order by Prest 0 F the cibir sang in ancient times a man of god prayer was offered by elder B gale the choir sang the hymn beginning 0 lord responsive to thy call BISHOP DAVID MOORE addressed the meeting wo have cause to rejoice notwithstanding our persecution for these of the times which we have been looking for no great purpose was ever accomplished without much trouble and opposition anciently many of the saints scaled their testimony with their blood and no the case in the latter days but god will prosper hia people even though it will take much pain and a mighty have no principle to compromise for awe are the will of god eader ilynn addressed the mooting he had to speak of but the gospel we are andhor the reason that we bolie yc modern revelation vand practice what we believe for this we are singled out and persecuted by our enemies we say enemies because their treatment to ua so denoma nates them whenever the gospel has been upon the earth angels have visited men why should they not today to day we believe that angels berred the authority of the arlest abod upon our prophet joseph smith the only way that the gospel could be restored for he ancient apostles died without conferring son ferring the gospel upon any onland no man this honor unto himself savo he be called of god we live in athe dispensation agthe furneis ful neis of jimca aheu all shall be into one before the great millennium of the lord whick we believe is near at hand there are certain things that must before this great day of the lord and these certain things are being fulfilled by the latter day saints we are persecuted that we may become united and see alike we are certain that gods king will be overthrown we may be imprisoned and persecuted but god will sustain us and see us things if we aro faithful to our trust the choir sang an anthem and conference sunday morning prayer by jas Weather SUNDAY 10 a m the congregation was called to order by president L W shurtliff 1 Awa keye Saint god awake prayer was offered by bishop edwin stratford singing 0 O awaked minstrel B h C i reported thai condition 0 o thA the attendance is better than usual at this season of the year the enrollment is about the same as that of the last report thare are at present nearly faai thousand engaged in sunday 1 school officers and teachers the teachers seemed delves farj their labors by study and way the schools are materially bene fitted and the corps of teachers isnow i chent than at sany sunday school history er hadi heard their was a disposition on tha martof a great many to break abo sabbath and chehad caused ap in i imade I 1 ia regarda coatter but be ws happy to report that there waa very little of sabbath breaking practice dhere are a few who seem inclined to go seek pleasure in bath i ing canyon amusement ard ment in euch directions thia should mingle with influences which i are not compatible with the gospel we highest degree 61 liberty ia given our young in all enjoyments enjoy ments on the sabbath ilay which are acceptable of the lord we arnlold are lold in the scriptures we must not to do our owai will on the sabbath day but must seek to serve the lorda our young people generally are circumspect on the larda jiam feir they are progressing rapidly and aarein evert excellent and young women they feel boyto attend abo sunday gc hooli the speaker prayed the bleesing blee aing of the rest upon school workers tant aft well to all tho duteil will receive the obstacle wo meet arth from time to time are for the purpose of trying us the servants of god in olden times had similar difficulties to con tend with the speaker had never heard better reports of the condition of the saints than are given in at the present time and it has been his experience that themore we are persecuted the nearer cewill live to our god he never felt better in the work of god the way is open and clear before zion and if the saints of god will walk in his ways and keep His laws they will be all right m the end BISHOP w addressed the congregation he had listened with pleas the report of brother ballantyne in regard to the sabbath schools he saw no reason why the Latt erday sainta should feel discouraged about the future for god will overrule all things for the good of the people we are considered peculiar in our worship and in bation butyer we are only following the example of the savior we know that we have received the truth many of present remember their joy and satisfaction when they first bieard the gospel which they knew would exalt them in the kingdom of god every honest person is anxious to berye the lord in an acceptable manner and this is what the latter day saints have gathered to these mountains for and i that wo built up and strengthened a the cause we have espoused we are we should be up and just with each other the gospel we are engaged in makes busone and we have erous duties to perform and if we will be humble our heavenly Heay enly father strength to accomplish com all that is desired but wo must be careful when in prosperity not to forge tour lord we aust to pur covenants and f we do this othere will be no trial lut what we can withstand it the speaker hoped we would continue to be in favor with the lord and then all will b e well bishop E bad been thinking while brother ballantyne had been speaking in reference to sabbath breaking by the boys and girls that a good sermon might preached be to the parents on that subject for if they will only set a good example there would be very little difficulty in getting our children to observe the sabbath althey should A man never yet cotrich go through working on the sabbath a man who will break the sanctity of that day is not prosperous there is more pleasure in serving god than in anything else there are numbers of poor aco pie who stay around in the city expecting boget a days work once in a while instead of going out and endeavoring to make a home A great many of them instead af pf staying around the cities if they ifould go out into new settlements and strike for a home for themselves would do far better they out in the country where thoy can bind wheat or help to make acobes adobes any thing to make a livelihood A true Latter vday saint never feels better than when he is working for himself for then he is in a fair way to independency rTh eLord controls the helm and ho will give to his people the victory over every opposing opp influence APOSTLE JOHN HENRY baiera was pleased with the opportunity of meeting with the saints in conference he had listened with much interest to the instructional which had been given to the brethren and sisters pertaining to the observance of the sabbath our religion is not ays ia an every day af fairand should not be like oura sunday clothes put away during the week and brought out again on the succeeding sabbath in his judgement jud gement cannot be paid to the observance of the sabbath it is day of rent and also annae to receive spiritual food to warnings in regard to our lives ir we fail to provide food for our bodies death is the natural result the same is also true bof the spiritual manahen man when he is not provided with the things required and which are absolutely necessary to prevent biro becoming unnatural and fanatical for there are as many religious fanatics as there are fanatics against religion the proper training of will tend to develop the spiritual as well as the bodily ele in man and it is necessary that one day in a week should be devoted to reflecting upon the dealings de of goa and to ft bourbo from whency and in this act an acknowledge the supreme power of our heavenly father will be rendered there is a the speaker supposed that is as seldom spoken of among the sainta a any other principle that is the observance of fasting this was observed in nauvoo and atia well known that fasting w of great efficacy in the obtaining af pf blessing from our heavenly father many instances are keown where the sick have been healed through prayer and fasting the body is iauch more i susceptible to the influences of the spirit of god when the stomach is not overloaded with food this has been the speakers experience and it is also the ex per ienco of every faithful member of the church the law of fasting should be observed to a greater es tent than it is not only that our friendson friend sin need may have food but that our stomachs may have the rest they require and the speaker remarked that he was fully satisfied a large majority of the human family are digging their graves with their teeth by never giving their stomachs and other organs a time of rest the savior bold his apostles that certain blessings promised them could only be obtained through fasting and prayer and the saints should practice this principle in order to obtain the same blee singa the choir performed an anthem and the benediction was pro by elder wah aright conference adjourned to two pm 2 p m the meeting commenced by the singing arise ariso with joy survey the opening prayer was offered by joseph hall the hymn all praise to our redeeming lord sung and the sacrament of the supper was administered by of the second ward the general and local authorities of the church were presented the assembly and unanimously G R belnap has been released from acting as home missionary on account of official duties levi J V A taylor have also been released in consequence of the labors in the sabbath school E n the condition of the am associations in the A number of the societies not in session at the present time but there is a general desire among the young people to do right the associations which are in session are doing well andrt is hoped the time will soon come when all the societies will make it a point to continue in session all the year round that the members may have the necessary interest and vim to carry on the work the lord has reposed in them and that all may be enabled to stand up for the privileges and rights which belong to them APOSTLE JOHM 1 HENRY SMITH said he was thinking while witnessing the sustaining of the general and local authorities of the church that another three months had passed the papers of the country have been teeming with the idea that mormonism as the world calls it is in its death struggle but as he looked upon this congregation he was led to think that if the peo pie and the government of the country could look upon the assembly here to day they would think we were the most alive dead monsters in the world he desired an interest in their faith and prayers the gospel as we have embraced it is to the speaker one of the greatest of themes and there is nothing he prizes so highly as his knowledge of the same and while it may lead through orby a thorny pathway to the accomplishment oi the objects or to the attainment or fulfillment of the promises of god they couch within themselves such prospects of happiness that as far as ho is con cerne dup to the present time the terrors evils and 1 trials that may hedge the path way would not in the least incline him to turn away from the accomplishment of that which he had set butlo perform the Latt erday saints by the world today to day as almost in a state of rebellion but iffe look around atthowe at those who are assembled under the shade of they bring with thorn not the weapons of war but the olive branch of anger stamped ciori the face of anyone but the abiding faith in the good cause they have espoused which leads toa careful and cons life the speaker heaired te address himself generally to the young people upon the first principles of the gospel in his experience in the work he had noticed ahm tho elders frequently bring upon thena selves persecution in that they are inclined to ridicule the religious belief of others rather than to reason upon their own by this means they stir up animosity he had heard an alder in this that the only time he was mobbed while on his mission was for sing ing but in some instances it has not been tor singing but for treating unfairly the religious belieff of tho hearers ho wished to peak of tome of the doctrines of chris danity not out of disrespect tuanyi of the f various sects but in order to explain the theories of the lat ter day saints it i held by some religious bodies that the savior accomplished all that could ha done for the redemption of the human family and that they can do nothing for thema elyes while others believe that certain ordinances are essential and in fact hold that even little children are eternally lost unless administrations are attended to tho latter day saints believe that adam ainner for the accomplishment of a purpose which was tho peopling of this sphere he broke the law and the penalty which has also been pronounced up on every one of us was death and there is no chance by which we can escape we cannot do this anymore than the infant can provide for it self food as our father has made provision farour care durings helplessness he has also arranged i so ourselves perform labor requisite to our growth and our salvation and little cli ildren are not held account able cannot take responsibility and there is no charge against them we are taught to walk in the light as the savior of the world was in the light to keep thelah and commandments and be faithful in the observance ot all thet binga given for our guidance the speaker never feli to ridicule people for their religious beliefs but rather to them arid seek to bring them to a correct knowledge of the deity and also to an understanding of the provisions he bag made for his children those who have gone before who have never heard the words we have heard or the doc been taught will have the privilege of listening to them in another sphere and will be en r abbed to receive or reject them for themselves this plan which we have embraced this cfaith of oui fathers and mothers promises us eternal life and exaltation conditionally upon our keepe ing the commandments lot god they are also conditional to those who haye gone before by their keeping the laws of god when they are made known unto them he desired to impress upon the minds of the young that this is one odthe primary doctrines of their faith faith is the motive power of all our actions it first engendered in the mind of morse the telegraph andoe edison the telephone it caused watts tomako a practical use of steam and led stevenson to revolutionize the world with the railway faith ia acknowledged by the infidel he will say is bour that heals you alie effect of repentance pen tance can also be seen for it works in accordance with natural law we bee a man who is a drunkard he bis clothing and his furniture to obtain alcohol with which to satiate hi appetite ap pette but he and health aud vigor begin to show themselves ahia wife and family are no with squalor and unhappiness one then can doubt the correctness of this principle the principle of baptism is also in harmony with nature itself we use water in cleansing of our person and of our household articles and to do so is in harmony with the laws of god the laying on of hands for the gift of the holy ghost is also done in accordance with natural principles thus we have the four primary principles of the gospel tisland mand the lavingon lay ingon for the gifton the holy ghost and we in harmony with the laws and they are the laws of god and are aalam as they were recorded as the statutes of the government tholan oj marriage which is tho foundation of the state and by which the earth was peopled was ordained of god and given ifor abo benefit people and is harmonious with natures jaws mar ariage in the catholic church is on lotha sacraments and is its very foundation stane all ordinances for pur benefit that we may go babli our the accomplish men tofi his the speaker desired to bear his is fio principle revealed to us or doctrine which wo have embraced but what is necessary |