Show I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 if 1 I 1 I 1 DAY the fifty eighth semian semi an nual Conre conference rence IN SA r LAKE CITY 1 interesting proceedings of the tho first day Y M 31 1 I A conference I 1 A synopsis of the rclark S of all the speakers A LARGE NU aielt OF I 1 to the capital ml mad the concourse contin daily increasing with ech each incoming train to 0 the I 1 SALT LAKE airry oct 6 7 the fifty eighth semiannual semi annual c conference r of he the church of jesua christ of I 1 latter day sainte saints convened in the I 1 tabernacle salt lake 1 city at 10 a m october 6 issa apostalo lorenzo snow presiding 1 there were on the standoff stan stand dof of the quorum of the twelve apostle 1 lo I renzo snow franklin D richards ichards ll john henry smith and heber J grant ra patriarch john smith of the tile presiding council of the seventies 1 horace S eldridge jacob gates abram 11 II B young I 1 of the presiding bishopric john II 11 winder there were also present a it large largo number of presidents of stakes and other leading brethren from varl cue us parts of thin this region where here the church is ia established conference was called to order by apostle lorenzo snow the choir sang come all ye sons eons of zion and nd let us praise the tire lord I 1 his ilia range ransomed m c are returning accordi according ng to his ilia word the opening prayer wae was offered by apostle franklin D richards lUc harda singing by the choir I 1 know that my redeemer ain ches es what comfort this tweet sweet sentence gives 1 lie ile H lie nos he ile lives who once wee was demid dead 11 he e lives my ever living head elder jacob gates addressed the conference he ile rejoiced in the opportunity of meeting with the saints in general conference it was the first time in several years that each such a privilege had bad been enjoyed in this building he ile was remind reminded edby by what we had been singing that god lives this is the last time the lord purposed to prune his vineyard prior to 11 his is coining coming ae as a mighty conqueror when every knee would bow and confess that jebus is tho christ irwill it will also be acknowledged that joseph josef h smith is a prophet and that bis his successors are among the chosen of god during the 57 years of the existence of the church in this dia dispensation pensa tion the saints had bad gained experience ex greence gri ence and and lie the loid 11 required that they ey should hive have more faith as a consequence the r speaker eaker knew know that every phase tr through which the church had bad passed had bad been overruled for the benefit of the faithful hoso whoso A feet had been thus placed upon a higher plane brother gates then dwelt upon the principle of revelation as applied to the call calling 1 r g of men to be ministers for god T to 0 thia this epherem men must be called pf god an wae aaron who was selected by the tire voice of the lord fresh from the divine fountain thie this system of truth with which the saints are ident identified ifield had also been revealed in this way V Y it inculcated the same doctori doctrines nes a pre preached ached by the savior and hi ills anc ancient rent disciples who dwelt in mortality contemporaneously the prediction Te diction by john the Kove in reference to tho tire restoration in the latter limes times of tire falness of the coq gospel 1 was referred to and the speaker liel held J that the very fact but of such euch on an event being predicted showed that there wae was to be a falling failing away from the true order of the gospel it if such were not the case ease a restoration would be superfluous I 1 it was the greatest bt ht blessing that 11 could be enjoyed bv by mortals to kno know w enjoyed that god acs ics blo t speaker here her e gave a relation of the first experience of the Prop liet joseph smith sinith w m lien lion he lie 1 was visited and instructed by the father and the son and when he be was i chosen as an ai instrument to ina inaugurate the marvelous work of the abc latter atc times I 1 he ile could testify to the world that god i lives I 1 because hia his eyes had seen and his ears heard I 1 the present was a time pf trial and it men suffered and oilier other inconveniences and hardships for dorcon con tc mieiro ienco eake sake the day would come como I 1 however hoever when freedom would would 1 spread P ad over this goodly land which 1 had d been dedic dedicated ted to liberty notwithstanding the forbidding appearance of tiling things on tho the surface the speaker considered tills this a bright day because because it immediately preceded the break breaking ing through of the light of liberty and truth in than i i greater brilliancy 11 I 1 ever the righteous had nothing to I 1 i fear but the wicked had hall gre great it reason 11 to do 0 o as the lord had enid through r i his Ilis prophet that he ile would visit lui lot va tho 0 latter with swift and terrible jud judgments 1 I 1 the saints should renew their faithfulness and keep out of their hearts every feeling of animosity toward i their enemies I 1 1 apostle john henry smith eaid sald it was ever a matter of pleasure to min mingle Is with th the saints S in conference and speak of the ao of god it 1 had ape been the happy lot of the speaker n not ot to buffer suffer much tribulation he had grown to manhood since the arrival of the sainte saints in this part of the tire 11 I 1 world he ile had been tangle taught in the jq firl principles of the gospel from infancy 1 it and d they had become part of ill hie 5 I 1 life 1 0 the 10 lord rd had done him the honor to I 1 9 civo ive him a of their correctness I 1 and he had looked upon them ae as f above price when hearing hie his q brethren speak upon them they awakened aki I 1 glorious reflections in hie his mind they had been revealed for the benefit benei I 1 of mankind that they might have an aps assurance urance concerning themselves thein and their approval by their r hea heavenly velly father it was a matter of a eur surprise that few people understood them we have haye indeed cause for rejoicing thai thal our out minds have bave been ready to accept of truths and to direct our i in accordance with then them the I 1 1 ezeaker had never been t taught by the I 1 kidera elders any principle but had been sustained ll 11 1 by the Scrip scripture tut v and by bv natural i M law 0 it 1 6 e fully obey thord there i in I 1 no need of offense it against any one they teach love forbearance and Z ta kinunen kin unee so to all and the good we can do to our fellows will result in good to Vs 14 aids la Is the character cliar actu of the goi govi 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 jle JL 0 ss 4 11 I 1 0 I 1 pel 11 in the heat of controversy we ma may not be a aa a considerate in relation to ti the e views of others aavo should be but this was no part ot of tho the gospel when the elders mere sent out they were instructed to be as conservative of the religions reli eione of others as possible drible poe sible and to confine themselves to the ho declaration cl of the pure principals of troth truth ae as revealed in the system s stein they had espoused cipo used perhaps this teaching teach inz had not been adhered to as closely ae as it all uld have been it was not good LOW to create choate sn in the breasts of to whom hom m vie M 0 preach reach the gospel a feeling of there lias been no necessity for the elders to assume a spirit of aggressiveness but rather to c carry the spirit irit of conciliation and kindness in a nor 0 I 1 the lie faith of the go gospel I 1 should bo be declared in simplicity tv faith in god in ilia ills son jesus chrict in baptism by immersion tor for tho the remission of sin fin and arid tire laying on of hands tor for the reception or imparting of the holy ghost many people had been deceived concerning us I 1 they saw u us a standing andine et alone as it were and arid many forces operating against us yet we go on our way wa unmoved u me ved and they wondered at the ribe ys spectacle t ie not knowing kno ing whether to attribute ritt t lie phenomenon to the tile power of god or some oilier other cause faith was a great governing principle and should actuate ua us as a people it it should enable tire saints to rely upon the promise ol 01 god that it they would keep his ills commandments lie ile would open a way for them out of every difficulty wo cannot claim as a people that we have been altogether free from the improper feelings that have been exhibited toward us we e have acted sometime without duo consideration tor for the tits rights and prerogatives of others yet we have havo been fairly consistent the lord had pr promised 0 that if wo we took a proper course lie would soften the hearts of I 1 those who had felt disposed ill toward us and thus wo we would be able to ao accomplish com our mission of salvation in benefiting our fellow beings jt is to be hoped that this will bo be ano case and that many misunderstandings misunderstand inge that have existed e will by the light ot of calm reason re or be dissipated the speaker not only rejoiced in the ordinances of the gospel but also in the moral law which made personal purity pu r itah imperative n pera tive there had grown up p much laxity in the them world orld in reference to the latter requirement it was required by the lord however that we walk in the light ot of moral purity if wo we fail to remember the ab 0 obligations of the lord in this respect our condemnation will he be tho the result the world had drifted from purity of life and the lord was calling us back to pioneer tire road to a better condition we should ever keep before us our individual responsibility by our record shall we As bo be judged the speaker in conclusion boro testimony that afima is the christ and that the gospel as revealed anew in this ago is true elder milo andrus addressed the conference he ile expressed gratitude to god that he was still alive and bad had the privilege of taking part in the progress of the work in ili which the saints were all interested ho ile dwelt upon prominent aromi periods in our history to the speaker the history of the church for the tile last 50 56 years bad been of deep interest he ile had the same aspirations and desire desires as formerly to bequeath to ilia bla generations after him the legacy of a sound faith etith in the principles ot of truth A study odthe of the operations operation of truth on t the he earth afforded great joy in the study of these principles pEes fleat es and of the history of men we can draw lessons of wisdom wo we can observe what result have occurred from given effects in the past there is a great less lesson son given us in the experience peri ence of job who was WAR lovedon loved of G god he ife was blessed exceedingly with wealth and prosperity the enemy of to have an opportunity to test him with m ill the hope ho e that th at he might deny god and fall the rf h a terrible trials to which lie was subjected flu are a matter of record the tire effect upon job of ln his s fearful afflictions will be remembered yet ho lie remained true to his god when tempted by his wife ho he replied that she talked like one of the silly women perhaps there thore may some parallels in these times to that incident was there not some talk of this silly quality when men were mere persecuted and afflicted finally the ma man n of faith and pat patience ienco exclaimed that in the latter days he would standon stand on the earth and eoe see his ilia redeemer many men bad been tried during the progress of the work of god in cheso days borne some bad had been unable to stand the troubles with which they had been surrounded others hati maintained their integrity and after their tribulation they haj had been greatly mul multiplied ti lied antil and blessed as in the case of job J the file speaker 61 next no x i directed tho the attention at tent io n of the congregation to the experience of jonah although alt ho he did not fully regard the word of the ord lord I he was not cast off it would wo ald not be proper on hilt account that his ex amplo of disregard should be followed by bythe the elders we wo have no time lim 0 to rest res t from our labors until our last breath is drawn in the fiftysix fifty six years of his e in tho the church the tire speaker speake r had ad never heard the prophets apostles and elders teach any one to ein sin ho ile could ray to all the world that jesus ie is tire christ he ile lias has seen the heavens manifest their tro treasures agures in the glorious gifts of the Go gospel rapel ho ile concluded with a strong exhortation to faithfulness an art anthem sing to the lord in joyful strains was wart sung by the choir benediction by elder ellas elias morris afternoon Sex SeA slon sion at 2 p in the congregation was again called to order tho the choir sang from froni page of tho the hymn book awake prayer by samuel A woolley singing from page 0 the timo time is nigh 1 gh 11 elder hush huch S gowans president ident 0 of I 1 the tooele thoele stake of bf zion was the first speaker he ile delivered an earnest and impressive address in which he lie appealed to the saints to let lot no power of tho the destroyer creep in and separate them from the love of god and IV his work the this NING will endeavor to obtain a verbatim report ol 01 president gowans ser mort moil tor for publication c at some early date elder Abi abraham aham ir 11 cannon ol 01 the first presidency of the seventies was the next speaker he Ile said eaid the truths which we have heard this day are those which will save us if we will m ill but adhere to them our spiritual growth has been remarkable in all tho the things of god wo we made vait vast advance but white while we are thus advancing in heavenly matter matters it is to necessary that wo we shall make M a k 0 progress e qs in n tho affairs of th the e e earth aaa we N 0 o s see so every dartho increase of he the tribulations of the world the anarchy and the murderous strikes which are asserted between capital and labor we mu must at make careful observe aaion that these thing things shall not arise in the land of zion heretofore we have hud had a new country and there lias has been enough labor and sustenance tor for all ut as hie tits community progresses progress oe in wealth we will see the asserting of the dark powers of socialism and anarchy which seek seele to spread ruin everywhere here god himself has chown us ever how w we vs may res ly escape 0 from theeo these threatening di sasto rs he has shown us that there thero must bo equality in righteousness in the kingdom Kinei ioro in early carly times it e law of consecration was given to the church the tendency ten deady of which is to remove all power to oppress for it was given that the poor poo r should sh bo be exalted and the rich bid laid low I 1 be that our religion requires it if it may bo be noce seary I 1 the sacrifice of home wealth an and even life if wo yve not W wiping to Q uve supreme 0 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 1 I 1 I 1 i devotion I 1 f fear 1 that fiat TIP we are tire not living aa as ner near to td god G as we me raould live we emust must rely upon him for only in our god is our arle deliverance wo ft e mav call for human help but our call w bill ill in vain wo may loolu for human help but that help will be withheld ith held it is union union upon w inch rich e 0 must rely it was a union union winch fiade this land the chosen abode of liberty it was ft as tire union union of the grand patriots pitr lots of the tile past century m which gave to this country and the world the holy Cons titu lion ion which wo we all revere we e too wo are struggling for the supremacy 0 of I 1 tile constitution and arid for the tire f freedom of all men and wo we are making mak ing our struggle for tire lift law of god which x is 39 higher and greater than all cons titu bione tione or orders of men for it 19 writ ten upon every human heart by the hard hand of |