Show tabernacle A feast of council and instruction the people of county asked to begin work at once on a tabernacle the quarterly conference ol 01 the church of christ 0 latter day saints of the weber elake of zion commenced in the tabernacle in this city yesterday morning at 10 As has always been the case the tabernacle ws filled to overflowing time before the hour ot opening arrived besides the presidency ot the blake and ward authorities the revere present on the stand at the morning session A richards and geo teasdale W K II 11 Bt owell formerly of Ogden now of mexico and other visitors the services commenced by the choir to lh brightness of glad morning astep opening prayer by W R II 11 dtowell the choir sang come comete Co saints a toil nor labor fear in whick the entire congregation joined president L IV Shuit litt reported the condition of ivener baake lie said that ahe docial conditions of the people were better by far chaa they had been in the past bat few difficulties had needed adjustment and the people deemed to be living their religion the sabbath school occupied the entire attention of many of the brethren and slaters and yet the excellence sought for had not yet been attained he counseled more diligence oh a greater of the faints in qualifying lor thia borki it was the intention of the betak presidency to commence ward immediately perfect harmony and fellowship existed between the presidency the high council and so far ae be knew in the bishoprics and of the stake apostle george teasdale Tc asdale addressed the congregation lie said in effect s icons myself and you upon having the privilege of meeting together here today to receive instructions 0 our heavenly father with bood and honest beatta th atwill brin forth fruit to his and glory it is a pleasure to be associated ad we are children ot our heavenly father converted to the prin the doctrines of christ gathered together to have our minds refreshed and to receive that light and truth which as essential to our growth in grace and lo 10 a knowledge ol 01 the truth 1 congratulate myself aad fellow laborers on having oar written in the lambs book of lite that our heavenly father lias beene eo kind and considerate ae to draw us into the fold f that we have become ilia children by adoption that of the royal family die ciplys of alie lord jebus Christ gathered in one boly brotherhood in ceiri st jesus that we have the privilege of the liberty of the be redeemed from from the superstition and darkness that covers lie earth and the minds of the keople and that we ha gotlie privilege of walking in the light as he is in the bight that we have eject fellowship with each ather and that hie blood clean fieth us from all ein so that w e may be prepared for his coming I 1 remember while in england there used to bo in the aimy a regiment specially reserved for alie reigning or queen called the kinge own I 1 think there is a certain class of tru lithe kingra awn jesue christ referred to them as hie sheep afy sheep hear my and know and I 1 know them were his words also all that the father lath given unto eliell come unto me in my experience J baye realized that there ie a certain kaaa who cwm to take to the principles ot the ot chaiet naturally they eoma aimes that when they heard prin caples it seemed to them that they lad aard ahem before IC ira sweet to ameir 1 when the doctrine of christ were first promulgated it almost too tobe arne that they should lava aha privilege to live of the of times kihen god would restore hie earth and cauce to i bd ordained I 1 aport ke prophets gaitors and teachers for the work of the minis the could alie day they had forand prayed forbas before them i when the church of christ ft entina itlie and alid priesthood wee i taken away from the earth there ceased ato be apostles apost lea and prop lieto and here arbee instead caari mado doe rt rince ideas and which were never taught by cesnar christ or hia the people came under alie biond of error and 1 doctrines and the fear of jod was taught by the precepts prec epta ot men while they praised him with their lip and drew new their bearbe far moved from him because of j their lack of light and truth now thie ys why I 1 congratulate ourselves that have been redeemed from that awful la which alie gospel found us and w understand something Bom ething of the which is in ava e aba we need ive have the bo hp ri 0 thia ia asio ih d ra of the longer under the dom um o 0 te achere what more can ws we do not appreciate U we an be pitied to think 1 has ballal ua out of all alie raf lions of hie children to be his tt ivee to represent him on earth div ue power to understand the doctrines ea of enjoy the inga that lead to eternal life land then be pitied 1 e our appreciation and in our if we practice what we preach and arc exemplary exam plary we manifest that we appreciate the love of god and that we en deavor in our feeble way to reciprocate hie love and correct principles and hia righteousness on the earth there ie only one way to be biero never was but one way few care about it or they would find it the 8 they do not find it is because athey do not want it the reason they losy it after having found it la because do not appreciate it that is alie secret ee cret show me thy faith without thy and I 1 will chow thee my faith by works bayn the apostle if we truly converted wo will practice what we preach from the principle of self preservation V it beeme different to us who have been i gathered out of the world than it doea 40 the rising generation they know not what it is to bo redeemed lor they tare taught correct birth it they grow up they will practice it it jovo iniquity they will practice alicy are they lean that way it tor righteousness simplicity peace and holiness they move that way they how it in their we have our agency and we manifest it we have individuality divi duality and our individuality ie manifested by our works and our ex but those who have come put of tho world ccase as a thing what a glorious privilege it is to be redeemed from darkness and super hence we have cause for congratulation I 1 am thankful beyond expression for the light and truth shed on my mind the speaker then asked what the congregation gre gation meant by progression and stated that it was downward progression unless they increased in humility faith and obedience in being and in caring for the widow and ane fatherless cited the history of the Nep hites in their a worldly standpoint and stated the savior had called those things which are highly amed by man an abomination in the sight of god he spoke of the covenants cove nanta made when partaking of the sacrament of the necessity of being meek and lowly and living ap to the covenants made and manifest jesus christ in our work none he said can become his disciples unless they bo praying men and women and he then explained the philosophy ot prayer explained that the spirit must pe converted to do evil and our hearts corrupted before the bodies would sub mit the record of a misspent life was an awful thing the lord wished to restore us to our ignoc nee it we get remission of our sins vein christ jeoug and die as such we will come forth from the grave as lovers of righteousness the speaker then briefly referred to the payment of tithes lie said be large hearted generous not tricky not mean do not rob the lord nor cheat him but consecrate an honest one tenth of what lie gives II 11 not I 1 would not give much for your faith what do you believe that you can receive thrones principalities and powers by casting contempt on the word of lie says if you love me keep my commandments and further prove me now bere 1 with ii I 1 will not open you the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing that there not be room enough to receive it the speaker closed hs remarks by calline down the blessings ol 01 god upon the assembly and the priesthood 0 the etaka superintendent R A ballantyne reported the conditions of tha sunday schools throughout tho lie advised against aga inet certain evils which seemed to be growing in that members and teachers of the schools would often indulge in pleasures on the sabbath day instead of attending to their duties and increasing of the schools otherwise he was gratified by the progress and growth ot the sabbath schools the singing of a beautiful anthem by the choir elder lorin farr benediction and the conference adjourned until 2 p m SESSION on reconvening at 2 p m the tabernacle was packed every peat and aisle was full while a largo crowd stood outside unable to gain admission president shurtliff announced that an overflow meeting would be held in the third ward meeting house this announcement did not in the least lessen the pressure although said meeting was later on filled by a large assembly of people conference opened by the choir sing ing sun that declines in the far ern sky prayer was offered by charles kelly of brigham city abo lion joined in singing how firm a foundation ye saints 0 the lord the sacrament was administered by the priesthood of the second ward the general authorities of the church of jenoa christ of latter day saints s sustained at alie recent conference and the authorities of the weber stake of zion were presented to the assembly and the statistical report for the year ending december was elowin a total number of souls in the stake 0 which were children finier eight years of age solo by lira idessia deau allason assisted by miss may driver hagbert anderson and ed tont entitled holy sabbath a composition by squire coop was exquisitely rendered apostle ia D addressed the assembly he said in view of o 0 having so much the fact still re mains that we are never satisfied any more than the eye is satisfied with seeing or the ear with hearing but though tins is the case we not go so far into mysteries that we grow non sene ical and froeli foo eli I 1 have heard of some one giving to a child in sunday school the question what was the probable age of abaca at the time he was driven out of the garden of eden when wo et to euch extreme in clina eions it is time that our attention waa called to those things that pertain to our doings it is the doer of the word an not the hearer that is justified t requires a constant labor all his precepts the hymn and after all aba criterion is if I 1 truly ove my neighbor I 1 am in the narrow way when we have cared for bec onaca our duty to care for al who are net able to care for themselves we are however apt to forget them in our readiness to comfortably care for ourselves weare subject to vicissitudes and these produce oftentimes change that are trying wo bare had some trying experiences in the past ten years in recovering from them we meet other changes and thus we are being tried in all bilings ti lings I 1 viii to eiynk somewhat to the oa of the stake superintendent ballantyne tell ns hoy many children bluye are who are not yet pu rolled in ane sunday school I 1 call the attention fit this whole assembly to the importance of the sunday school it is the first and the earliest institution where we teach our children of god and ilia ways the primary associations take the children he laps of the mothers and teach UM a there they go to the sun v of tins work I 1 wish to say ti e bishops look fo this part of your work t tho bishop 1 I to be ever fresh and ready to fco tiro abe ye abe office ofa bashop ataman wd it ial a great tin a aba head and brain altet this h the fock you must not forget th apts that are coining to abie earth ever year 11 have flocks in good ie year coming do not forget that new lambs that must be cared for until ty pw into sheep instead 0 thinking that your work is done and sit back 40 your easy chair and grow stereotype your work is continually increasing on your hands it ia increasing dally for good or for evil according to your diligence au the aine and more and more of it I 1 hope the re ie not one bishop who thinks lie is too particular in seeing that flock attend to their duties in every sense of the word tode constantly progressing increasing and enlarging your diligence should increase instead oi diminish you must never tire ot doing good otten 1 when the apostles apost lea have felt worn out I 1 eo eliat they could hardly stand on their i feet they havo stood jup and preached and the lord baa blessed them and they have preached themselves well if a bishop feels that hie teachers are doing nil that ie necessary that the poor are bein cared for and that he can take it easy it ie time for him to get by himself ana geek alio lord and learn why ho feels that way we arc uniting in doing we will grow with the growth of the work it not the work will go on and wo will bo crushed under the weight while the work is increasing and spirits are coming from the other world the bishops should tee that the little boule are cared for and that not one of them ia lost every will be required at you bands bome day it takes a to learn how to be an apostle and to be a competent bishop who can teach his flock improve them heal them when eick care for them and guide them in all thing sWe have not yet thoroughly learned our atiee I 1 tell you that you will not be permitted to go forward to glory if you have not cared for your children and brought them back you will nt t get into eternal glory with your children scattered through the world here and there lees t hey aro drought back for you cannot be made perfect without them now let ua realize our responsibilities and live up to them the bishops are clad upon by the two priest hoods and it they are faithful to the magnifying of priest hoods they shall receive blessings and powers to the renewing of their bodies you should give evidence of sensing these great things eliat are upon you from the sunday schools our children go to ahe associations and quorums qu there being a constant growth a greater lesson could not be given in the freeh than the eludy of the growth of human aeouls the speaker then shobe to those who had erred encouraged them to resist evil and advised those who had remained to extend a helping hand to instead of chiding those who were already being chastised far more by the spirit of god than they could be by their brethren and ei etere next atie speaker touched upon the poor and in earnest entreaty called upon alie people to consecrate that which god had given them to the support of the poor that they might be cared for without calling for the ileane which had been contributed for other purposes lie spoke of past extravagances hoped bound lessons had been learned from the results and hoped that hereafter the eaines would care for the poor build their places of worship and carry out the counsels given without calling on the church as a whole for aid lie then spoke of the absolute feces eity of having a new tabernacle built the population doubled in ten years when ahe old tabernacle was built it wats a magnificent structure for the financial conditions of those days it was built without money the same could be done aday if the people would come down to first principles A house nt least four times as targe was needed and it could bo bult the speaker took the occasion to say that it was a growing evil among alie young men that they were not willing to work but preferred to live by their wits instead jf their and the young women were setting eo that they would not marry a man he could support them their working in the household there was no excellency without labor and it ia time our youngsters were finding it out he called upon the people to go to work and build the house this year lie also ft dished a thorough scrutiny of the records that were kept throughout the elake called attention to the importance of keeping them correctly and completely and closed by showing tho importance of every elder in israel keeping a journal of his life and the blessings that would flow from it in after years the choir sang en anthem |