The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-04-05


which God has given us to ket
This. is our calling, that we mu
sacrifice in magmfying our offiC
and clarifying God, for we glori
%. God when we do the Will of &c
We are supported by the spirit
IN God when we do these things. "
N should be prepared to encounter Il
worst while we hope for the bes
We should be one, we should
united, and work together in bull
ing up the kingdom of God, and
we neglect to become one, the LoI
> VIII bring things about which wi
compel us to become one. 1t is
very pleasant condition after a
: that we occupy for we have tn
plan by which we may apprOac
God, and resist temptations. Ma
God bless us and enable us to kee
his commandments and glorify hin
q APOSTLE FRANKLIN ID. RICH
. ARDS said: | feel thankful thi
morning for the great amount o
q blessing and prosperity that w
+ have; that no one attempts to moles
= or make us afraid, and that so NAM
+ of us have knowledge of the prin
; ciples of eternal truth. We haV,
, reason to be thankful for the plenty
that is within the land, while thost
ON the outside are some of then
suffering the pangS of hunger. Also
for the mild winter we have had
while east and west of us they eX.
perlenced a very hard and severe
season. Let me say the Lord has
promised grace in time of need, but
not for borrowed trouble. Let us
not then think that something dread
full Is going to happen. Peace is
being multiplied among us, and
there let it abide ;ido not let us Dor
row trouble, but let us understand
that it belongs to US to keep the
commandments of God, and if we
can find grace to do this, all the rest
is perfectly safe. From the time
when the Lord told Joseph in Mis-
souri, that from that time his peO-
pie should begin to prevail we have
done so. Let us understand the
ways Of God, and draw nearer and
nearer to him while we are in peace.
Do not harbor any feeling of re-
taliation to your enemies, for it is
said that we must " forgive all
men," This is pretty broad say
ing, but we must do this before we
can ask God to forgive US. We must
be true to the holy professions We
have made, and while the world
cannot know the thing of the spirit
because they are only spiritually
discerned, they have the privilege
of knowing them as we do, if they
will obey the same requirements.
God has revealed to us something
of where we came from and more of
where we go, and it is by this we
enter into eternal covenants with
ourselves and with our wives. The
Lord has told US that If we want a
continuance of the associations
we have made here, that
we must provide for them
here. We rejoice, and are
thankful for these principles. There
are to-day three temples in progress
and well advanced towards compile
ton, and we trust that next year
one will be ready for dedication. No
elder of the church who has the
spirit of his calling upon him but |
wishes well to all the human family. |
We trust to God to order our WAYS |
III mercy, but we know not what we
may he called upon to go through. |
May the work go ON is my prayer, in |
the name of Jesus. Amen.
Choir sang an anthem:
Sing to the Lord in joyful strains.
Benediction by President George
Q. Cannon.
Adjourned to o'clock pm.
The choir sang the hymn begin
ming:
MOrtals. awake, and chant the solemn
lay.
Prayer by Apostle Erastus Snow. |
The choir sang:
o, Lord of Hosts, we now invoke, etc.
President John Taylor requested |
that as there were so many present |
the greatest order possible be MAIN |
tanned.
PRESIDENT GEORGE @. CANNON
said it was with great pleasure that
he met with his brethren and sisters
in conference this day. He was
thankful that he had this privilege.
He had been absent for fifteen or six
teen weeks, but had enjoyed himself
very much, considering the circum-
SC--jiTes. His health was excellent,
S Sait IhSeftid not know that he ever
LeiU H. under similar circum-
SSboU bod ,iI h ennring the past winter.
saints, but he hadh SAID about the
turbed in his feelings. u Deeh as
be an excitement about tire lhlghE
warfare, and a conSciOusndSsU VI
eventual victory on the side of tH
saints that made such warfare bear
able. Whe all was quiet he felt
alarmed. The natural condition for
the saints to be IN seemed to be
when others were disturbed about
them, stirring up OPP osltlon
against them. The zeal that was
being manifested among the saints,
the labors of the home missionaries,
the young peoples Improvement
societies, relief societies and Sunday
schools, the union of the people. all
tending to consolidate the people,
making them of one heart and one
mind; with all this activity at home
and abroad, it was no wonder that
opposition should be fierce, and a
great deal of agitation respecting
the Mormons. They had been
taught from the beginning that this
was to be the case. They anticipated
lust such opposition and warfare as
that which they have to meet. AS
the work develops and the purposes
of God unfold themselves, they see
the literal fulfillment of the predic-
tions of years ago concerning the
work. Joseph Smith, regarded by
many as a prophet of the living
God; on the other hand, looked upon
as an ignorant impostor, unit tC
| Iive-that Joseph Smith was grad
ually being lifted up, and through
that act the name of Goo
was glorifed. He was being
proved to be a prophet, not by thu
Latter-day Saints alone, who were
} feeble people, few in numbers, bu1
| the inhabitants of the earth werl
: doing all in their power to establish
/ his divinity. How marvellous ar
| | the works of Godl How singula
| and by what various means h
| brings about his purposes, usln.i
S men and nations to accomplish hi
: iendsl In the early days Of til
/. church the saints had faith that til