The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-13
FIFTY-SECOND ANNUAL
CONFERENCE.

nacIe at 10 o'clock on Thursday
morning, April 9Th, 1882, by PresI-
dent Taylor giving out the hymn on
page 142:
Sing to the great Jeboyah's praise;
All praise to him belongs;
Who kindly lenGthens out our days
Demands our choicest songs.
Prayer by Apostle F. D. Richards.
Hymn on page 265:
The great and glorious gospel light,
y As ushered forth unto my sight
! Which in my soul l have received
From bondage aud from death achieved.
There were present on the stand,
of the First PTeSidency-JOhn lay
lor and Joseph F. Smith.
OF the Quorum of the Twelve
L. Snow, L. ID. Richards, !. IL.
smith, T. NJ. Lyman, Erastus
Snow, MILFORD Woodruff, b. Young,
and NJ. Thatcher.
The first seven presidents OF the
Seventies.
Presidents Of stakes of the High
Priests Quorum.
PRESIDENT TAYLOR said: We are
now commencing the fifty-secOnd
annual conference which las 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 eXaltatlOa 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. It is a message Of Leace
on earth and good VIII toward man.
We have gone forth without purse
or scrip, and the Lord has so
abundanUly 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 !
ings are peaceful to the world, and !
to this people l would say, be calm;
be peaceful. | 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 Il little season, and it
would be impossible to explain the
feelings and sentiments that exist
there against. this people. Our
friends are not numerous and are
not willing to exercise themselves
very much to aid US or protect us,
and we are in position that we
must rely upon the Lord for help
and succOr. In the acceptance of
the gospel, when he was child, so
far as he was concerned and so far
as he could understand, the speaker
said he determined to devote his life
and ability to the principles of that
gospel. There are many people in
the east who are, in q quiet way,
seeking knowledge Of the principles
Of our church and who believe that
this is "A time when the
elements OF truth and righteous
ness cen be disseminated freely and
fully among the children of men.
anu it is for Us to labor in that work,
to continue to preach by our word
and actions that the Lord had COM
menced q work upon the earth;
leave others to crowd us, leave them
To do the wrong, and do the evil;
While we feel safe in our reliance on
the power of Him who is our God.
Zion will continue to grow. We
may be tried and Sifled and tested,
bat the standard Of Zion has been
unfurled to the breeze, and the great
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 very
Iced.
APOSTLE T. II. LYMAN said the
OF this people and this |
work are being brought to the no. |
ice Of the world, and more uniyer.
sal attention 10 the handful of peo-
pie in this territory is being brought
han ever before. 1t is not the work
If man, and the Lord has assured
is that it will not be broken down
Tor given to another people, but will !
stand for ever. The history Of Gods
people In all ages fOreShadOws to ms
what we may expect. The man
who would undertake to build M
-he kingdom Of God upon the earth
would have to face a sea of ODposI-
ion, for there is in the heart OF man |
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