The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-01-06
CONFERENCE.
SUNDAY. 10 AN.

OF Z large congregation assembled
he the Assembly Hall as per adjou
sed ment.
Us, ELDER ORsoN PRATT was the
ne speaker. He read a passage FRI
Oh Book OF Doctrine and Covenan
en- commencing: "Let every man estee
he his brother as himself and pracTi
- virtue, and again l cay unto you,
e every man esteem his brother as biz
90 self, for what man among you havil
- twelve sonP," etc. A very great al
IL important principle was herein r
!, Vealed. When the Savior instructt
= his disciples to become one" he d
e not intend that they should becon
. Que Identical person, but the speakt
s showed that it was intended theI
should be among them a unity {
sentiment, q unity of spirit, a unit
IL obedience ID certain principles
The fret requirement OF the princlpI
OF unity was that all should be IN
Quoted into the church through beinI
Immersed in water and then born o
the spirit. This was calculated t
enlarge the minds OF the saints RnC
to impalt unto them grace fer grace,
knowledge for knowledge, intelligence
for intelligence" that they might
attain from enc degree 0: grace 10
another until they received 8
iullness, and knew all things il the
heavens and in the earth. When
the saints should receive fullness in
that way, then they would be one
with the Savior as ne was one with
his father. The speaker inquired
what progress the saints had made
during the fifty years last past. They
had increased in the knowledge of
many great and pure principles, and
when they looked bscG it was appar-
ent that they had progressed over =
very large field of knowledge and
wisdom. If those who were not &C.
quainted with the gospel should
make inquiries of the very least of
the saints, IS to the order OF the
they could obtain quite
An amount of information concerning |
it, and of the various duties of the
two priesthoods-the Melchesedio and |
The Asronic. Almost any member OF
he church could explainthe principles
If the gosple far in advance OF what I
vas kuoWn or understood in the shape
u religion by the world at large. He
hen spoke on the subject of laith. In
he course OF his remarks upon this
ubject, the speaker referred to the
.rought Of the past summer, and
t ited that these matters were IN the
lands of God. and it was in the power
4 the Lord to remove such cslami.ies
) drought and grasshoppers, If the
aith OF the saints was exercised to
his end. Referred to the sickness
nat had been SO prevalent during the
asst year, and showed that the Lord
Ould deliver the saints from diseases,
their faith and lives were such as to
insure this Blessing. Touched on :he
ord Of wisdom. and stated that each
Mould obey it for his or her own bene-
s, and not break it simple because
the example OF others. Elder
raft then confessed that he had at
mes broken the word OF wisdom
imself, but had repented of it,
nd his determination at present was
} live in accordance herewith, as :
ell as all the commandments OF
cd. He made this confession in
Istice to himself, so that those who I
light have seen him psrtake Of tea a
: coffee at their houses or at parties, =
light know that in doing go Brother l;
raft had not done right" He al y
somesevere reproofs to the II
miles who neglected to keep the d
amendments, and stated that ss a 4
sneral rule il was the children who :
ere attacked by diphtheria, and on ',
vsstigation it would be found that y
% parents OF such children az had =
zen taken were neglected. of the L
ord of wisdom or some OF the com y
andments of God. The speaker .
osed his remarks by stating that he y
I'd himself been suffering from H. .
3alth, and he found it difficult to ?
esk, having lost his front teeth and y
ID only recently commenced the use y
artificial ones, to which he had not .
It become accustomed. HE dis. "
urse was very instructive through :;
It. y
ELDER ELIAS MORRIS was the next 81
eaker. He endorsed The remarks e
the previous speaker. He thought y
g saints, as q people, did not y
re as faithfully aud humbly u
they used to do when scat :.
red among the nations OF the o
nth. They had been gathered from !,
G bondage of Babylon and brought y
)me to Zion, and instead of being Q
liing to travel ten or twelve miles to !
meeting, they found in some in u
ances that a couple of blocks was too
T to go to assemble With the saints. q
e also referred to the feelings Of the u
ders when called to administer the y
dinsnce for the sick, to those who L
ere not living in accordance with "
e revealed commandments. Urged d
to be faithful and prayed fer the n
elfare of heobedient. a
BISHOP KEsLER was the next =
,eaker. He referred to the subject =
unity which had been dweit upon =
lis morning. He also touched upon .
Ie word of wisdom, and alluded to !,
Ie instruction of the Lord as ex- y
-eased in the revelations. The saints =
ere to be gathered, the centre stake y
Jackson County was to bo built up, .
I'd the wicked were to be destroyed =
the due time of the Lord, unless =
icy repented. He then related some n
his experience, as to the use OF tea. :
flee and tobacco, and also swine's !
esh. And the speaker testified that
trough the discontinusuCe Of these =
iings, his nervous system had been =
Iuch strengthened, and be knsW {
e was nearer to the Lord than
hen he grRtified his appetite for
nose things. He stated that on a /
ersonal investigation he had made
D his own ward, not one child had
led of diphtheria. in any family
here the father kept the word Of
isdom.
ELDER JOHN VANCorT then made q '
w remarks. His mind bad been
allied back to the entrance of the :
ioneers to these valleys. How few 6
lere were here row who had passed ,
trough that experienced Referred
} the comforts that now surrounded ,
be saints. The great results that had |