The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-18

had come from lon distances and business throurh-
out the city was generally suspended. There were
present on the stand:-
ar the Farsi Ifes,dencp.-President Brigham
Young and Daniel u. Weas.
Oftae T,rere Apost rs. --orson Hyde Orion Pratt
MILFORD Woodruff Ezra 7 henson, George A. smith,
snow. !. u. Richards, George z. Cannon. J. +.
Smith.
or me High II trstIt0Od- John Young Edwin ID.
wooey. samuel W. Richards.
O( me Prs dencv or M SrenteS. Joseph Young,
A. r. lockwood, II. s. Adridse. Jacob Gates, john
presidency orths stake. George D. Wallace, Joseph
i'r. shIencv or the asnoprtc.-Blshop Edward
Hunter, L. W. Hardy, J. 2. Little.
We $50 noticed President Lorin Farr. Bishops p
Vaughan. Phineas II. Young A. o. Smoot. Nathan
Davis, Alfred Gordon Lrenzo ID. Young. G. Layton
A. II. Musser, A. II. Raleigh and numbers OF elders
from the city aud county wards.
The Conference being called TO order. President
morning h Sreaxss the shadows ies. '''' '' ~
the opening prayer WIS offered by Elder Geo. A.
Smith,
singing BY the Twentieth ward choir-"Fathcr,
how wide Thy glory Shines"
Elder orson hyde expressed his willingness and
qualification TO meet with the Saints Ut conference
and To olier such remarks as would he trusted, he
beneficial to ali as seDled. lie referred To the say
ing III Scripture, that IN the latter days there should
be Slv0urs upon Noun, Zion. He said undoubtedly
the ancient prophet had his eye upon the present.
tlme We all had our motive IN profe ising to follow
KIN yd0.n ami become tile saviOurs OF our
elders have crossed and Travelled over the earth
to preach HIS gospel. aud these WHO have obeyei the
truth are saved from SIN. We gather. the people
from every quarter. The elders or Israel, wn0 are
actng rs savlou.s OF men, are gathering Ia their
sheaves. Tn Is not all. when the farmer mas gath
eled his grain 1t must be thrashed wlnnowed and
ground and the bran shorts separated. So tns
au.nts, when they are gathered, must be taken by
the hand aud taught aud prepared for . kingdom OF
CORY We are preaching tnat the son VI Man Is
coming upon tine earth, and should lie come now we
vUa ar fA min
Tor bread should come upon U.s. We want to be pre-
pared not ouy to feed Cue Immortal mini, out the
body that holds It, II Is the privilege OF the servants
OF God mere not only to minister in SPIRITUAL but III
temporal things. spiritual sermon IS very goOl to
hear, aud some would Tx, " hear discourse OF that
klnL
Now to talk about storing up wheat, we have heard
1t for years. What i the ENCOURAGEMENT to me- It
may be SAID, Tor shall aave hand it out to those
VINO have Iuanderedr Mucl every way. For all
that The Elders OF 49, DEL can save ana for oil the good
they can DO tney will receive u reward. Taere -
time for all things and now is not the time to store
up grain. | can recollect the time that wheat would
not bring forty cents Dushcl. Then is the Tune to
store II up; but IN times u scarcity 1t should be
handed out to tie hungry. Must hold on to 1t and
my lr ends per.SlY aoseph OF old was q savior 10
his fathers house and to the nation in which ne
dwell. lie actually purchased tie nation with grain
anu saved then alive Nov snail we lake course
to bless oar bre.h rens This IS the wrong time to
store up gran; but we shou stO it up when 1t Is
plenty. Now is tne time To nand II out.
Let US learn to be saviour5 OF men. II we arc
watchmel aud saviolrs ol the people IL Is necessary
that we Keep sharp look out Tor en- .mies have
devised maly ways TO accomplish or overthrow.
II Is the talk OF the pubic Journals wnat coarse to
hard to live; we nave made our homes In barrel
country; we were forced 10 come here anu put IN
Efforts We want to live. II we keep the command
menls we shall; and II we VIII open our hearts ana
administer 10 those in trouble God will not forget US
IN the day OF adversely 1t Is supposed when this
railroad Is constructed that 1t will prove down.
fall by the great numbers Of people tnat will bring
into the country. There IS purpose in the present
struggle to build that roal, and the main pur-
pose IS, to get the most money bJ the
coIending parties; but the Lord has In view the
aeli, erlnce OF tue honest from all nations And in
stead Of the completion Of that road proving the
downfall Of the Saints 4 they Will be wise their feet
will be made fast In these everlasting hills. Let
those who are politically wise see what is coming,
contemplate the condition OF the world. Those who
OF power. And when there Is no safety among the
nations abroad, those who will not lake up the
sword VIII needs nee to ZION for dy Of burning
culated that this railroad would be the means vi
the Saints but It as been the means OF
We adopt the fashions and style OF diving Of IN I'M
cody world; the BabyloniSn garment Is here; cut or
ana o Of nsr a be not
takers Of her SINS" II we live by the law Of God
arms Of victory to the paradise or GOD There ia no
danger In bowlng before the Lord and calling upon
His name, but there Is danger IN scattering our
this world. Enoch walked with God over three hun
drcd years and the Lord took him and his people,
kingdom OF God and we sail have JOY and glad
ness. Let us be saviors OF men. Remember these
The Brigham City choir sang the anthem, ~ win
lift up mine eyes"
assembled this morning. We have separated our
serves from Babylon aud come to this isolated place
as far distant as We could get from them on this
globe not because OF the facil ties we would enjoy
In temp raj things but We came here because we
were obliged to come here. We were told that
would have to fee from our enemies n the people
" mann
they will fight aga INST this people, for he who Is not
Tor us is against u.s. We have learned this from the
mountain In the town or Manchester, Ontario
county, N. Y. The Lord revealel himself To thus
the people, when made aware Of this fact were died
with anger. The order VI the day is, If
he believes that God speaks from the heavens
all be agreed to prosecute this boy. This
Is the difference between that which IL ordained OF
God and that which Is OF the devil. There never
has been auy fellowship between the true saint ana
the wicked. The devil is opposed TO the heavenly
host AMI they to the devll and wickedness They
may make you think that they are the most gentee
and moral people In existence but within them
turks the poison that would destroy the Kingdom Of
God.
The people of God everywhere have been COM
mande1 10 gather out ami assemble In ami be
and temporal destruction. We have come to this
country and have labored to make this desert Yield
to US temporal subsistence. We can not live In
this country II we do not labor, We are obliged to
labor months In these mountains to make roads TO
get our timber for luel an encng sun. This labor
alone Is equal to the labor OF thu Eastern far
mcr to mature his crops. Aud then we have to make
thousands or miles OF canals to guide the water to
Lelds. III tile Latter Day saints had not launched
into these desert wids where would have been the
u railroad todayf II might not have been built
for y century TO cone and where would have been
your gold minesf They might not have been opened
Tor nfty years TO come. by the settlement OF TINS
Territory great half way house has been estab-
lshed and our neighDoriny Territories owe their ex.
itence 70 the settle oil Utah by this people. 70
we are the old settlers. When we were driven out
OF Jackson aud clay counties, No., the Inhabitants
OF Clay SAID, 'lou have not a right IN Clay county
because we are the old settlers. We have plenty
OF land that belongs TO the United States,
but want TO buy" We were Obliged 70
nee TO county where there were fee
settlers but when the saints began TO prosper they
SAID, '.You have no right here; we are the old set
ters.n They took possession OF our property In
Jackson, Clay, Caldwell and tho neighb BRING coin
ties. and we made our escape TO Illinois aud built
city called Nauvoo. When we began to grow and
tGat our former enemies were not punished for