Show 1 I 1 T N X 1 A conference I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 St leadia discourses and bahat 10 I 1 I 1 on sunday nov 1161 the semi I 1 manumal conference of the boung mens I 1 mutual improvement of I 1 the stake was held in the I 1 I 1 tabernacle this large building was I 1 not as well filled in the morning as it I 1 could have been but during the after packed thera 1 woo prewit on the stand apostles 1 I 1 morses thatcher and john lien 1 I smith elders rodney 0 badge rr S burton the presidency of the stake I 1 I 1 I 1 tie stake central board and the I 1 of the various wards the music was by the third ward choir who did excellent service I 1 the first meeting was called to tl order at 10 a m by elder thomas shreeve vo of the central board the OP 1119 exercises over elder I 1 them an fn land of plain city 1 rendered of the life of 1 ne hl ile dwelt journ e 7 wil his parents through the wilde r ness his character and teachings trio bana dealings of god m ith the people of nepal duriex his life and the I 1 tat se a made to them of eternal life 11 am f t ahful to the end C I 1 are vre of mirael ll 11 was the subject I 1 1 presented by elder T Y stanford ile gave na account of the journey of I 1 the ten tribes of israel tot lie north I 1 country how a portion of them ere left in the northern nort Lern countries now I 1 known to us ile gave evidences from the bible and from outside sources 1 1 1 1 that those who accept the gospel are 1 ra a rule descendant it from those who I 1 wele left behind during this I 1 journey mainly of the tribe of and that therefore the e tatter day saints were of that 0 le the israelites who were called tn I 1 I 1 Prop liets the chosen people of god elder jedediah Ballati tyne who had recently returned from a mission 1 to thil southern states addressed the 1 congregation for a obort ilia missionary eap exp orlon ces during h leftwo tears absence it was very interest 1 I 1 ing especially so to those alig have passed through the bame labors and difficulties I 1 lie wits followed by elder I 1 C badger ho spoke of the work of the tits I 1 A t I 1 and benefits to be ir om a faithful attendant atten dan ce to the duties of I 1 I 1 each association and general in fave I 1 I 1 of these organizations so an tal malte them as effective and as far reaching ns possible in bringing the youn R men 1 1 of zion to a thorough knowledge of the gospel ap M aher the opening exercise tbt 1 sacrament was administer edby the bishopric of the first ward 1 ak tito general aal local authorities of the Y 31 31 1 associations were I 1 i then sustained by the largo assembly superintendent E 11 anderson 1 stated that had been ae completed throughout the county and 1 that after the meeting a report lom the various associations concerning the reading course would be heard f elder Mosi all hall the first speaker e during the n dwelt upon the I 1 evidences of the truth of the bible I 1 1 1 ile took for his text all scripture is s given b inspiration of god and is I 1 profit a ate for doctrine for reproof for correction for in right 11 it timothy 3 ile said it has been said that out side of the divine origin of the bible 1 it container eg more sublime truths and true history than any other P book extant in tile world though t many things were difficult to understand as it has been trans from a dead language where 1 it is cu remely difficult to correctly I 1 translate the niceties and parts of speech another reason why we can 1 1 not interpret certain portions to our I 1 satisfaction Is the length of time dur ing which the bible was written where it to wonderful indeed t ba inday of the most valuable portions 1 1 were not lost I 1 I 1 ions throughout bible lands ire daily bringing to light evidences 1 of the divinity of the bible the 4 speaker dwelt for sometime upon these I 1 I 1 discoveries and their character ile wd the bible agrees aith history V 1 speaking cf C god R s 4 1 loes all profane history T h 6 i BE a of india the ruins of v 11 egypt and other nations bar out the truth of the account of miff fall and the deluge these ruins speak of abraham kb raham his son and other ancient worthies giving complete histories of men were written andlee chef I 1 by he athens 1 he 4 a ili conceded to be the oldest bobic in existence in Z the laws of are found the moral 1 1 t lie religious ardithe social laws an f it would have bem a creater m jacl had moses made this law bv his own if icom titan it was to receive it from P god near mount sinal I 1 I 1 the internal harmony of the scrip 1 f it tires ti one of tho greatest groa test twi denCes 04 of the divinity bible une au dhority hal said tk 1 a I 1 I 1 0 1 1 I 1 11 biblo not a dinglo contradiction of principle irin ciple can it ii brittell in the same simple style and yet it was I 1 00 years in being written dur ing A eich time every shado of intellect had contributed to its flages the working of miracles hy clorist has been corroborated by heathen n who even lis A uan of wisdom and po er tito speak or then upon the various prophecies of it 0 bible that had been literally calil il led tho de str action of the adroit cities of genf salem babylon and tyros as jophe sled by jeremiah isaal and ezekiel tile debasement proud land egypt the granary of tile world at that time by earlom nut ions nearly everything overy thing in the life of climb t has been foretold by the same book which records their fulfillment the been tile greatest of all factors in our civilization and were it to be removed chaos an why aud crime would be the result tito great ost men have honored tile bible at fred mhd great I 1 bacon all havo believed in it over people have bald down their lives in defense of tile bible oven since tile coming of christ and yet they have saved their lives in most instances by declaring the bible to be falbe or christ an im poster stronger evidences of the truth of the bible thin tile of tits martyrs can not be found the lecture wag ve ry interesting and aa listened to with great atten tion joseph adams of abo V our tit ward 0 den pang tito lost chord in very pleasing style elder W S button of the terri tordal central board testified to the goodrich a of god and tile beauty of I 1 tie net 1 ies I 1 0 tile saints should take broader views of tile gospel and its objects alms and ultimate results than is general lahe ewe all the laws of the 0 8 PI are not in tile few books voth which tile saints are acquainted many truths lave bean watten wrt ten the bind dealings of god are in them delves and the intelligent those of the of god ca n trace many truths in ilis deal logs with the nations we are cacti writing an indelible history of our lives though we may not know it and we are writhing in such a way that ato can dot d ece ive though we may dovo eel ourselves and our friends by ilia force of habit we are forming our fracter with chains that can iv be broken when away from leont e andred and friends many of tile men would recall the joung dao moments they in their par blives indulging perhaps pernicious habits then to rave I 1 uch thoughts in the future do not r gret the past but utilize the pret we must not interpret the ards wolard ours notions not igns iten refuse t behave any stimulants in their he because they claim they keep the word of wisdom but they abuse their families most shame fully stich men donot keep the of wisdom we must be seek to improve daily and hourly try to make ourselves stron gerand better our asa better and more lle ful we are beginning beg innig to see the bad effects of desultory reading now we wish to be more thorough stop our CA ro I 1 arn to d hect the from t ito ekuni and chooey tile former let us make our mark dur ing the season we aro now upon so that at its end we can say w olave po alich the cleur sun an and con forence wis until 7 I 1 m B en edict ion by elder joseph pat ry IF m 0 1 p I 1 th 6 the services the hymn if antho days of abraham pow er ams 11 off red by E ider ben E I 1 lich abe choir sani guido ug ch thou great jehovah saints unto the promised land apostle looses thatcher the speaker of the evening addressed the large a said many things have been wd of those who have lived be foe upon this continent I 1 wish to add concerning that which was spoken of title morning on the fife of not so much of his life all d that 4 of tile peo I 1 I 1 lie led their ruine their bux ings and temples as found in central america and mexico there must have dwelt on this vast numbers of people not barbarians but nd civilized and learned in all the arts and many of the sciences as known at the present day in the valley of mexico al 0 located fhe extensive ruins of an ancient rity known to writers and explorers as the city of the 1 I its us f traced is shown to have silv Z rf baties in the midst of 10 1 0 Is anc lent city once stood I 1 bound N hat is known as the of the M con the larger pyramid covers an area equal to twelve acres and whon perfect was feet high tito lesser covers an area of abott eight acres and is some waty civo or eighty feet less lit flight these vast structures were constructed by itaman handa and tile massive stories are as true and as perfectly laid to the line as any building we avo any knowledg know ledo of these birge pyramids are surrounded by myriads of other emiller stine wires which estava reference to the starry firmament till 3 people had a very extensive knowledge of astronomy they originally built sith earth and bohunil the walls together ith solid layers of cement from eight to twelve inches in thickness thick the walls tire evenly islo down or the four sides and in tag complete form are cov bied with rock over aib ich it heavy coat of ce ment Is plastered so that tile noonday sun as on tho pyramids of t strikes on the four sides of egar the bo i ld aln these bufi dings have not been ex explored the interior bult sufficiently so to discover interior rooms beautifully painted decorated and frescoed tile work re inibig as perfect Q preserved as abt modern of art when the azteca aztecs came from the north they found this city and these pyramids in ruins they found also certain traditions of an extinct people them to make a record that the people who built cheso mag edifices were a white rice and not ofa dark skin as were the azteca aztecs excavations demonstrated this record to be true for a peno ing tile graves of allis en elgh toned cleople the discovery was mods that they were a light haired race Extor iding from tile pyramid of the sun to the of the moon 39 still to be econ a taci eway of cement it remaina in such a perfect condition that it can easily be fracos without imaging any other excavations than vie already made by the winds and the storms tle smaller pyramid Is encircled by rows of seats on two aides facing this cause way ia doubtless on occa 1 I of at agh t to ill at thousands thou sanda of people there is a book writ ilip of this people a band aliat came from across the sea at the confounding of the languages at the tower of datel it speaks of a people that traveled through he wit berness for years they with them a great many it well its the bon yb the leade this little bandoff twenty two individuals found favor in the bight of god when 1110 languages were confound ed r 04 d t to god L that retain of ats father his pleading were abard and grante dand I 1 I 1 4 P by ila naked that lie preserve pre servo the I 1 a ga 0 I 1 as bellas them ito accompanied hiru this anrod in alad give I 1 tier details of their travel he when may reached the waters they constructed eight barges or bonks and crossed the sea low they increased in 1 I pu lation had lauded on t I 1 a continent how as t ime pasted on strife began wicked ne 93 increased righteousness ceased battles were fought and they became an extinct people tito same writings also refer to there zeopling of this continent and give a very similar account of it to that given vy the aou ng brother this morning 1 hen but a youth of fifteen years I 1 was met by the proposition that the book of mormon was not true as that book emoke of animals which were not found on this continent co lumbus discovered america which were such a barange eight to the natives that on the advent of cortez and his army of five hundred men carrying with them a number of homes the azteca imagined ima the men and horses to ito one bet ing when mounted and that on this account milay battles were aon I 1 could then only anav er 1 I eicove ej the book of mormon to be true 10 but I 1 could not tell why but wile n a great french explorer while exhuming ats city sixty mil estrom mexico disco ered a largo nul liber of animal bones which were submitted to the great scientific school dt mexico the learned savanis savants pro atheni to be lie bones of cattle and horses then this explorer exclaimed ill the learned men of washington and file wise savant france shall agree with the savanis savants of mexico I 1 shall have opened up a brailich of natural history dad science that will be a wonder to the world and it proved to be frue the learned men agreed upon the of the mexican thus we have rey searches and one by one the bear testimony isit hout a know of the contents of the book of 3 on by the discoverers of the divinity of this ancient history we lesve a knowledge through joseph smiths translation of the book of mormon of tile wars which devastated the country of the retreat of the Nep hites in a northerly direction stop by step I 1 to cent scientific researches demonstrate this line of retreat to have been trul described the signal stations s retreating people can be traced through central america tile it art of iftiger thence on across the ailed up iver aej up through ohio until the people map their wear march to the hill Cu morall in now york where brave souls drow their last brouth of life in one day many of the fortifications on this line of retreat are still preserved and show by their choice of location as well as manner of construction that the people who built them were in lire dIsI we may read in these si tha are left asp how this people erected fortifications for the protection of their families as they re treated contending ever cucil of ground until tile last ba n ofield was rea reacted cled there are not many evidences left in the territory of utah of this anci enil civilization but that the azteca aztecs who were a dark race came from the north arid pasted through utah and arizonia Ar izoria there is no doubt throughout lie utter territory there arp ruins of vast cities and extensive canals stretch lilg out for miles and miles at mesa there Is at present a large ancient canal constructed hundreds of years ago a great portion of which Is even now used by our peo plo in the irrigation of their lands there is no doubt that the whole salt river at one time contained a 11 and wealthy population rk t he rio casa grande in hua more extended traces of a most sorely distressed people are visible on every high point where the suns rays could shed their arbth and where a single yard of land prote mod from the pacific showers could be used for cultivation human hands constructed stone walls to hold in position pasi tion enough soil from which t 0 r a so a little food for a scanty ani l fence Inthe gorges below YI 11 es hamlets and tents were found on spanial si anial station grave of the poor sentinel who ledat his post in the valleys ner the larger towns but wherever a human foot could find a resting place the ground has been utilized ott either side of the rio verde F an be found numerous of ancient q y cortito illy ion they also ar 3 pich bell yell the line and plumb asur bouses for better pl imala 1 with celeni I 1 V MAe seventeen rooms in on 0 of these caves on the walls are writ inga in ancient characters eions that would tell a wonderful story of u distressed suffering retreating ople so 0 day a rop e an a 1 cevela r abati day bain w 0 t a I 1 r s own time ay rea them a d ake t hem known us these caves as a |