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Show it any things He has done for us. If we know a brother or sister has a weakness, or has dune a wrong act, and is even going astray is it right to tell this until he feels that hi folly or sin is known to every one, and his heart is hardened against repentance? Such things we are well aware grow with every month they pass through, and what at first wai notj nuc 1, becoii.es mountuinot s As Latter-Day Saints we have not time for such things; every moment is needed to build up ourselves. This is accomplished when we build up our brethern for then we build up ourselves. What a blessed bless-ed thought it is, that while we are working for God we are building up ourselves. Every good act rewards re-wards us in the doing. God has called us to be His servants and handmaids, his sons and daughters. daugh-ters. He has given us a testimony of the truth; an 1 the Holy Spirit re quires of us in return to warn the nation of the earth, to give to others what we have so abundantly received. receiv-ed. I don't believe there is a people on the face of the earth who are so willing to work for others. Those who have been called to take missions have generally responded, and have not refused to sacrifice nearly everything they possessed to make ready for their journey. Still I would like to call your attention to the fact that those brethern who sacrifice their means, are seldom poor, but through the providences of God t hey are prospered. The great duty of warning still rests upon us. Many excellent people peo-ple have not heard of the doctrines them. They brought back glorious reports. Our leaders who have gone forth to convert have gone in like manner and glorious is the work they have done. The bre'hren and sisters have gone into the temple, and there been baptized for thousands of their dead frit nds. Futher than that they have givtn them endowments and the benefits of the sealing ordinance. They have done all for them that they could do for themselves, and it now depends upon them wht t ier they are ready to receive the work are nut. The priesthood holds the power to seal in heaven and seal on earth; the very words used tell that the powers of these ordinance extend beyond the veil; it is for time and for eternity also. People of all other churches suppose sup-pose that marriage ends with death, when we know the contrary is true. Few indeed, if any who have not been taught by the power of the gospel gos-pel understand what our Savior ment when he said upon this rock will I build my Church and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it, etc. When the gospel came to us in our native land, and a flood of light was let in upon our undejstanding, we rejoiceed and expected that we should receive a greater fullness after we were gathered to Zion. Now we are here, have we receiv ed what we expected, and have we made the spiritual growth we desired when we made so many sacrifices for our faith in the ild country? What have we done for our children? Have they grown up without this : knowledge of the gospel that is so DISCOURSE. Delivered br a.iostle A, H. Lund, at Moroni Nov, 15'b. 180. RepmleJ futhe l(cirt. My brethern and sisters, I am pleased to meet with you in confer-cace, confer-cace, on such a beautiful day, and ; ia such a pleasant place. I con-gratuHte con-gratuHte Moroni on having such a substantial neat building. Such a ' beautif u j ilace predi ;posjs us to go:d feelings. I feel t'.at we shall have '. a good conference, that the spirit of God is with us. We may have some more of the Twelve with us before be-fore the conference is over. Such .' is the anticipation. If ve draw near to God, and seek for his spirit and understanding, we can have such things as will build us up, and the unsatisfied desires of our heart ', and understanding. It is quite a '. privalege to meet in these cot fer-ences, fer-ences, un ler such agreeable circum stances, I remember when I first . joined the church in the old country that we had to walk twenty and sometimes thirty miles; yet we long-' long-' ed for the time to come, when they ' could meet in such capacity, and together sing the inspired songs of , Zion. Th.-ir greatest desire was to to be gathered to Zion. Has not the Lord bejn kind indeed to the ' saints, who were for the most part of the poorer class, who embraced 1 the gospel in early days? It is 1 marvelous how he opened uo the 1 way before theu, making it possible 1 '. for the poor to ba gath.red. Many I made great sacrifices in order 1 1 ' reach Zion, and were very thankful thank-ful to God when they got here. 1 7ave they been as faithful to the prompting spirit, as strict in the preforruancc of their duties since that time, or have they allowed , other things to take their attention , from the precious things of the gospel! gos-pel! In some cases temporal things have occupied the attention and absorbed ab-sorbed the energy rather than the . spiritual things. It is right to display dis-play energy in business matters, but let us not forget to "Seek first the -; Kingdom of God and His righteousness, righte-ousness, and everything else si a'l , be added there unto." Those things which last beyond this life, those . , things which we can take with us , beyond the vail, should be dearer to us than the things of this life. If a "persin by his business, ability and iudustry should become possessed of ;"-., the whole world, and . was called , hence, what would it profit him? mming oratf nm possession could 1 , he take with him, but must needs e teacn at all, and many more nave Heard the rumors set alloat by our iiiemies, which have prejudiced them against us, and led them to believe the Latter-Day Saints to be the most degraded people on earth. They are quite astonished when our elders go among them to find their sentiments of a lofty character, and their conduct exhibiting a high mor al standard. Instead of 'Mormonism" being a synonim for all things impure, where our elders have keen they have left a splendid record. Their teachings warn against the sins so rife in the world. We can't blanui people for being prejudice against us, when one consider the enemy who has worked work-ed against us, and the weapons of slander and falsehood employed. The warning of the people of all nations is a preparatory work, before be-fore the coming of the Savior, Great events are even now approaching, approach-ing, and this must be accomplished accom-plished before the pouring out of the viols of wrath. The Lord says through the prophet Isaiah, that we must give warning to the people and bear the testimony to the wicked, that their blood rest not upon us at the day of Judgment? precious to us? We have sacrificed much to secure our own salvation, now what are we doing for theirs? ylany excuses can be found, no doubt by those who have neglected to send their children to the Sabbath School, Primaries etc, but it is a religious duty that our children not only receive the instructions that can be gained in these institutions, but to send them to a Church School as well. Many persons complain that they have not the means, and in some cases it is th tru h The Bishops should look around for some suitable person to give all the children religious instruction, either after or before school on those days, or on Saturday as might be found most convenient. The teacher chosen should be one who can draw the children to him, who can win their love and confidance, anil instil into their hearts noble aspirations, and high desires making them good men and women. They are ignorant ig-norant of their duly and want leading lead-ing and teachiog. That we may one and .di go home from here strengthened and refreshed is mv . ntyr in trie" name of Jesus, Amen. go empty to his Creator, would , he not be more proud in that su-' su-' preme moment of a good record, than to be able to tell that in this life he had been very successful in business? What a satisfaction it would be then, to be able to say he had spent his time in building un the Kingdom of God, in feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, minis-- minis-- tering to the sick, admonishing the ' wayward, and giving the precious , word of encouragemnt to those who , are laiden with heavy burdens, and appreciations to those who are press ing forward in the path of duty. The general report of the Bishops this morning has been that the -'health of the people is good This is a great blessing; but the reports refer to the physical health only. I hope their spiritual health is in the same condition. If there is any bodily ailment preying upon us we are generally aware of it, and anx-' ious to ipply some remedy, but how is it with our spiritual, ailments. It is certainly our duty to take care of our bodies, and also a duly to en , quire into our spiritual health and . know h'W we stand before our Heavenly Father. Wt should strive JJ understand our spiritual needs, . and net let dissatisfaction indifier-, indifier-, auce, greed of g i i, tnvy or any . of the diseases the spi. it is subject to, to firey upon it. Jf !e Jto run on . the certain consequence is death. T"! I'.' . ... I hrough the mercy of God we have learned that His power is sufficient suf-ficient to cope with death and that His mercies are extended to those who have not had the privalege of embracing truth in this life. In showing their readii.ess. to build Temples and their willingness togive their means to do this work, the people have exhibited great faith. No one person has ever gone there in faith and with a pure purpose but has departed feeling refreshed and thanktul for the privalege. When I look upon that beautiful building, and see the Saints of God flocking there to do such an unselfish work, I am impressed that Christ will find faith when He comes again to the earth. In joining the church and coming com-ing to Zion there may be some uncertainty un-certainty regarding the motive. With some it may have been the prospect of loaves and fishes, though I do not think there were many of that kind; but in this pure unselfish labor ia the Temple which we do for cur dead, b; the sacrifice of time and means we a'. lest a pure faith. God has asked us to do this, and we do it in spite of the world's sneers. Ilaptism for the dead is a doctrine which belonged to the church anciently, but was lost. There is in the Bible enough to show that it existed Paul in his teachings makes refference to it in 111c age wc live in is swept, wttn a spiritual epidemic 'of infiilelity. Jan boldly denies his Creator. Indeed it has become fashionable to den) . that there has ever been a creator. -.They now ascribe to nature, the power of being self creating. When a man no longer, believes in God he is on the road to spiritual death. A person afflicted with consumption consump-tion is often apt to let the disease -get deeply rooted before he suspects sus-pects the danger of his situation he has a spiritual consumption that is as fatal to his soul. When you feel dark clouds of doubt gathering . around you, go and'seek dilligently unto the Lord your God, for that .spiritual healing which He alone .can give. When you loose faith, .you have lost your most precious possession. If you are without faith you are without hope. Those who begin to find fault with their bishops, and the manner in .which they preform their duties; or to criticize those in authority over them, should . seek dilligently for the cure of that kind of spiritual -disease. . We are all greatly responsible for the influence we exert over others. .It is our duty to be patient with the dissatisfied, and a great responsibility responsi-bility rests upon us to build up those who are we ik in the faith, to lend .a helping hand to our brother in the hour of his spiritual , darkness: . And to bear a testimony to him of ' the goadness of God to us, and the . a way to matte one ueueve mat tne pr ncipal was so well understood as to require no explanation. In one place in speaking of the reser-ection. reser-ection. "Why are we baptized for the dead, A the dead rise not at all? The Catholic religion also bears traces not exactly of baptism for the dead but of the belief that something can be done for the dead hence the masses for the dead. It has been perverted to temporal gain until 110 doubt, may think it originated origi-nated in that desire, when in reality it is a faint glimmering of truth. The Book of Mormon tells of that state in which the dead abide, between be-tween death and the reserection. The Catholics, say masses for the dead, and believe they are efficacious effica-cious in shortening the stay of the souls of sinners in Purgatory. There is no doubt but the ceremony of baptism for the dead was known in the church when , the pure gospel was still upon the earth, but in the changing of the ordinances this prin ciple was lost. Jaroslof of Russia when converted to Christianity, and being rilled with zeal, and anxious that his forefathers should share the promised blessings, took up the bonei of several of his ancestors and had them baptized. Christ in disseminating a knowledge of the gospel in his day called upo.i poor men and sent them forth two and two withyit,purse or script, to preach repentance, telling them that what they aceded ihould be giv |