The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-07
FIFTIETH ANNUAL CONFER
ENCE.
TUESDAY, April 6, 20 am.
PRAYER by Elder Orson Pratt.

, and Weber stakes thai some very i'm
portaut questions would be voted OF
tomorrow, and he wished them Il
notify their bishops and the leading
men generally OF those stakes, and a
many others as were able to attend
to be here tomorrow.
ELDER F. d. RICHARDS said: Wher
we contemplate in the light OF his
tory what fifty years have done IN
the bringing forth of the gospel and
the building up of the kingdom o.
, God, we have great reason to fee
/ that he has done wonderful things
for the preservation of his people, oI
which we should be glad. II the
past fifty years have brought into ex-
istence a Territory with 100000 OF
$50, 900 souls of the Church OF Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints in it,
what may be expected that the next
fifty years will produce ? We can
hardly notice the motion OF the
passing minutes, and scarcely see the
motion OF the passing years. but we
can look hack over fifty years, and
see what God has been doing for the
Establishment of his holy name. The
speaker then reviewed some OF the
prominent items of the history of the
past fifty years. The deliverance
i from the mob at Fishing River; the
Just dealing of Judge Douglas, the
| promise made by Joseph to him in
in consequence thereof, end the sub
sequent lo5s of the prize promised to
him by his opposition to the people
in later days; the inimical influence
of Senator Benton as brought to bear
sgains, this people at Winter Quarters,
when he instigsted the calling upon
the moving Mormons for 800 OF their
abIest men to go into the Mexican
war. and lis miserable end and
death; the sending of the Buchanan
army in 1857; their arrival at Brldger;
the word sent by President Young for
them to come no further; how they
staid and wintered there; end before
they entered how Buchanan sent his
pardon and peace commissioners and
their treaty with Brigham Young;
their subsequent location at Camp
Floyd; the coming of Governor
Shastier here, and his procla-
nation forbidding the carrying
of arms, and others Of his Infamous
and puerlle acts and his death here;
the bigo,t3d and hypocritical course OF
Judge Mexican, and the evil that he
tried TO do here, and his subsequent
death. The speaker then called the
peoples attention to the frequent
.dehverance which God had given to
this people. We are not called upon
to 90 to war with cur enemies, but
we are called upon to have to do with
the elements of life and the preaching
of the principles of spiritual and
temporal salvation to the world at
large. In this year the twelve think
it would be proper to make this q
time of jubilee in real earnest, for the
forgiving of debts, the redemption Of
morlgaged homesteads, and the gem
eral delivery of the honest poor from
the bondage OF debt, and the giving OF
some means to the poor who, through
adverse cIFcumstances, have hardly
been able TO keep extreme poverty
from their door; the sending, by the
rich, of means to gather few ship
loads of the poor from foreign lands,
and the granting of freedom from in
debtedness to the Perpetual Emlgra'
ton Fund TO some poor who are not
able to pay.
Elder Nuttall then read the stats
teal report of the several stakes.
Anthem.
Prayer by Elder Lorenzo Snow.
Bpm.
PRAYER by Elder Albert Darlington.
The financial statement of the
Truttee-in-Trust was read, after
which President Taylor said that
vouchers we're on hand to substsntiate
the statement read.
Elder Lorenzo Snow moved that
the report of the Trustee-in-Trust be
accepted, and that the report, with
accompanying documents, be sub
mitted to the auditing committee.
Carried.
The statements of amounts ex.
pended on the Logan and Manti
Temples, aud of the business of the
Perpetual Emigration Fund Com
psny for the past year, were then
read.
ELDER ERAsTUs Snow said: l con
graduate tae Latter-dsy Saints on the
general prosperity and peace that are
on the face of the land, the good de
gree of unanimity and good feeling
that exists amongst the people. The
financial report that We have heard
together with the reports of the schoo
superintendent and of other public
officials submitted to the late Legisla
| tive Assembly, all tend to show TIT
general advancement of the true IN
terests of the people. The numerous
school and meeting houses lately
built are very gratifying to US as evil
, depces of general prosperity. The
r discourse this morning set forth the
h doiugs of the Children OF Israe
: during the year of jubilee, extending
j the relief to the needy, releasing To
\ debtor from his bonds, etc. It is to b
4 hoped that this spirit of kindness vi
r have influence and sway during tn
It present year. We hope to zee
MI renewal of our Efforts and from til
time We may make more rapid pr
!; igregs in the sacred principles of OF
holy religion, which sre necessary
prepare a people for the coming
f the Son of God to reign OF the eartt
The books Of the Perpetual Emigr
# tion Fund Company show an amour
y of Indebtedness due by those wi
~ ihavs been emigrsted by the fund,
,vtaearly $1,000, GOO; the operations
=, the company during the last 8
4, months were limited TO only aoo
- SIC. 600 instead of which the compal
- shonld do a business of extendlr
-. relief TO the poor of foreign lsnos
~ 800. 900 year. A great number
the poor who have been emlgrateo
IN that fund. have been faithful to retu
"a the sum advanced, others throu
.. adverse circumstances have be
i unable, while many others hsve be
y, nngrateiul and have not do
al their duty in paying back t
H. means used in their emigration.
,ar is designed during this year to
free the bands of those worthy p'
who have paid sll they could p
.ne hat through adverse circumstan
ow have been unable to meet the
ID mand in full, and at the same u
80 TO remind of their Indebtedness
IL ~ kova heen migrate