The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-10-08

Called to order by President JOIN
Taylor. Choir sang hymn page 50:
Softly beams The sacred dawning
Ofthe great nellennial morn;
And TO saints gives welcome warning
That the day is Fastening on.
PRAYER by Apostle Lorenzo Snow
Choir sang hymn on page %:
Arise, o glorious Zion,
The Joy Of latter days;
Whom countless saints rely on,
70 find a resting place.
APOSTLE F. NJ. LYMAN said:
am pleased to meet you in this gen
eral conference, although it is a
great task to speak to SO large an
audience. This work that engages
our attention is more remarkable
than any that the Lord has ever
commenced upon the earth, and His
determination is that this work shall
stand forever, and never be taken
from the earth. l sometimes fear
that we are not as energetic as we
should be in doing our part to carry
on the work, in observing His laws
and that we do not prize them as
we should. If we did, we would not
sin; we should be every day seeking
to get his Spirit to prompt us and
urge US forward to accomplish His
will. We are too much interested
in getting a living, and to lay UP
this worlds goods. We must seek
to get such things only to enable Us
to build up the kingdom of God
The spirit and body are one, and
svmpathize with each other; the
body cannot live without the spirit
So it should be in fulfilling oul
duty. The spiritual part should
come first. The chief part OF oul
lives should be used in works OF
righteousness, to develop the moral
spiritual and intellectual man. tC
gain favor with our Father, and tc
Law up treasures which, when We
die. we can take with US. We are
not ambitious enough to excel IL
righteousness. We rather seek tC
secure wealth, and we forget thai
true wealth is not this worlds
Goods. Orson Pratt was not rich
man. but he is weather. than al
the rich men Of the world, for he
earned the title Of son OF God, anC
his wealth cannot be taken from
him. II man puts first the king
dom of God, let wealth flow unt(
him, he will not forget the use of it
but he will use it to build up the
kingdom. The more wealth a MAJ
has the better his facilities are fol-
for building it up. Money is very
necessary to build temples and othel
works, and the men who work OF
them need some money to buy The
necessaries Of life. 1t is not neceS
sarv that wealth should cOntamin
ate a man. If it did, what shOult
we say of our Father, for it all be
longs to Him? It does not b Ions
to the Stewards or the ROthSchildS
It is only lent to them, and the,
have to leave it to their children
Now this wOIld's wealth isnecessar,
and useful. 1t belongs to the Lore
and He has a right to say what shall
be done with it. He has a right t
say to His people that He require
the use of One-tenth Of it, and tn
other nine-tenthS they are welcOm
to use. Now why should the LOr,
req"ire this? There is a phiiosophi
cal reason why He should requir
this. He is the owner Of it all, an
He is the fountain Of life and light
and knows what is good an
necessary for us. He sh
brought together this world b
the same laws by which othe
worlds have been made. and tn
gospel gives us a knowledge o
these laws that We may be saves
from sin and spiritual death. Th
Lord requires us to have faith il
him so that we will be willing t
be led and advised by him. The
to repent that we may turn iron
sin. and would that we all had don
right from the time we embrace
the gospel to the present time. w
will find that all the laws that Coz
has given us, tend to keep us ali Il
The straight and narrow path
Pacing the authority of the priest
hood upon every man in Israel seem
evidence TO me that the Lord wa
well acquainted with human natur
or he would not have planted sucl
safeguards ABOUND us to keep u
faithful, and away from the poWe
that seeks to destroy men. Hence
the necessity of all these plans, an(
with all this Israel goes over tn
wall. They will nos be kept in an(
the spirit OF God is grieyed by on
want OF faithfulnesS, fidelity ant
truthfulness. If we had found ;
country watered by heaven, al
around our territory we would hay,
invited ali to come. If railroad i
coming we are ambitious to get con
tracts, The Latter-day Saints ar
not slothful people, but we hay'
not listened to our cOunselS IN
spiritual capacity, in attending t,
our meetings, our prayers, etc. w
all have homes and plenty OF foOt
which we eat regularly, we EaV
good clothing, Our houses are bette
furnished, and we eat and drink eX
travagantly, of those things that ar
good, and OF some things that ar
not good. Now it is the duty Of u
all to quit doing those things Jha