The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-07
FIFTY-SRC0ND ANNUAL
CONFERENCE.

morning, April 9Th, 1882, by Presi-
dent Taylor giving cut the hymn on
page 142:
Sing to the great Jebovsh's praise;
all praise to him belongs;
Who kindly lenHthens out our days
Demands our choicest songs.
Prayer by Apostle F. D. Richards.
Hymn on page 265:
The great and glorious gospel light,
Has ushered forth unto my sight
Which in my soul l have received
From bondage and from death achieved.
There were present on the stand,
Of the First Presidency-John lay
lor and Joseph F. Smith.
Of the Quorum of the Twelve
L. Snow, F. ID. Richards, j. II.
smith, F. NJ. Lyman, Erastus
Snow, MILFORD Woodruff, B. Young,
and M. Thatcher.
The first seven presidents of the
Seventies.
Presidents of stakes of the High
Priests Quorum.
PRESIDENT TAYLOR SAID: we are
now commencing the tfty-second
annual conference which has been
held by the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints. Since the
commencement of this work the
church has had to pass through a
great Vicissitude Of changes. we
have had revealed unto us the ever
lasting gospel as it has existed in
the various ages of the world, and
no matter how we have been sit
uated, the same spirit, power, light
and revelation have been with
Israel. We have been deprived of
our rights, and have been robbed and
pillaged and plundered time and
time again, but we have always felt
and still feel to put our trust in the
living God and the principles re-
vealed for the exaltation Of the
human family. A message of life
and salvation has been revealed by
God through his servant Joseph and
the keys of the holy priesthood have
been conferred through Joseph upon
many men and they have gone forth
to the nations Of the earth telling of
the unspeakable riches of the king
dom of God. tits a message of peace
on earth and good will toward man.
We have gone forth without purse
or scrip, and the Lord has SO
labundanJly blessed us that we have
gathered thousands and tens of
| thousands from the nations, and we
expect still to do it, without any
fear, without any trembling. asking
no odds Of any man, only being
careful to put our trust in the word
of him who made the earth and
those who people it. The antago-
nism and opposition we have had to
meet has always existed, for war.
fare always existed against God and
his principles. Everything is right
and will come out right. Ny feel.
lings are peaceful to the world, anC
to this people l would say, be calm
be peaceful. l feel like shouting
Hallelujah! the Lord God omnipo.
tent reigneth! and will take care OF
his saints.
APOSTLE JOHN HENRY SMITH
said he had been in the eastern
states for a little season, and il
would be impossible to explain the
feelings and sentiments that exist
there against this people. Ou
friends are not numerous and are
not willing to exercise themselves
very much to aid us or protect u.s.
and we are in d position that we
must rely upon the Lord for helI
and succor. In the acceptance OF
the gospel, when he was child, sc
far as he was concerned and so fal
as he could understand, the speaker
lssid he determined to devote his life
land ability to the principles OF thai
gospel. There are many people II
| the east who are, in a quiet way
seeking knowledge Of the principles
of our church and who believe thai
this is a time when the
elements of truth and righteous
ness can be disseminated freely ant
fully ameng the children of men
land it is for us to labor IN that work
Ito continue to preach by our Wort
and actions that the Lord had com
Imenced q work upon the earth
leave others to crowd us, leave then
| to do the wrong, and do the evil
while we feel safe in our reliance or
the power of Him who is our God
Zion will continue to grow. W.
may be tried and sifted and tested
but the standard of Zion has beer
unfurled to the breeze, and the grea
destiny of the work which God has
designed will be brought to pass
Let us bless the human family
preach righteousness, scatter good
will broadcast and be saints IN verl
deed.
.APOSTLE F. M. LYMAN said tht
peculiarities Of this people and thi
work are being brought to the. LIZ
ice of the world, and more uhiver
sal attention to the handful OF PEG
lple in this territory is being brOugh
Than ever before. 1t is not the WUrl
of man, and the Lord has assured
us that it will not be broken dow
lner given to another people, out will
island for ever. The history Of God
people in all ages foreshadOws to u
what we may expect. The MAJ
who would undertake to build u
the kingdom of God upon the eartl
would have to face sea Of OPPOSE
ton. for there is in the heart OF nal