The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-10-07
FIFTY THIRD SEMI AN
NUAL CONFERENCE.

SAT URDAY, OCT. o, 1883, 10 A, II.
i Congregation called to order b,
| President John Taylor.
| Choir sang:
"Come. thou Glorious Day of Promise, ,
etc.
| Prayer by Elder j. D. T. Meal
lister.
Choir rendered:
"Asise, arise, With joy survey" etc
APOSTLE FRANKLIN D. RICHARDS
| was the first speaker; was thankful
| 60 the Lord for affording another
opportunity Of attending these
meetings. Thought the peopl G
ought to be thankful for the MANY
blessings yOuchsafed TO them during
the time that hes elapsed since last
Conference. Many efforts had been
made to take away from US those
blessings and privileges that we
have enjoyed since we first settled
these valleys, but without avail.
and God has caused us to prosper
The government missionary judges
have been laboring here with us for
some time, but N their zeal they
overstepped their bounds; their de-
cisions have been reversed at Wash
ington, and all has reverted to the
benefit Of the Saints, and we have
not been, as yet, converted from the
"errOT OF our ways" When the
order foroidding the regular parades
and drills OF our military companies
was put IN force, leaving us unable
to protect :, ourselves, even
from the Populations of hos
tile Indians, God was still in
our behalf; the most savage
tribes seemed suddenly to have lest
their righteousness, and we have
had no trouble with them since,
1t lisa singular circumstance that a
man should come here clothed with
power as Governor, a man who had
ceen through the war, who was
credited with monopoly of all the
beauty Of his State. and make such
a pitiable object of himself as he had
done. He would not dare have at
tempted such an outrage anywhere
else, by which he endeavored to tu1n
out from the Office to which thew
had been legally elected, four bun
1red or FIVE hundred of our people.
md now when he has had the nm
pounded cheek to do so. and finds
hat his plans have failed, he sneaks
way FROM the Territo-y and leaves
he issuance of the commissions |
20 the Secretary. With all his SUBJ |
unity of cheek it seems that he did |
loC have the courage to face the
men he had attempted to rob of |
he rights of citizenship and |
+ Offices to which thew /
we're legally elected. Referred
the remarks of President Taylor
esterday morning concerning the
rganIZation of the church. We are |
redited with having In Utah state
'lthln a state; that we have q
,rong government here in Utah,
hat is the way our enemies put il.
ook all around US and we see a
)ntinual disturbance going on.
lere are wars and famines, insur,
actions and calamitles of various
lnds, but here we are compare /
vely quiet and peaceful. g Trne. /
lere IS q little commotion at times.
lt this Is as nothing compared with /
le condition Of those around as. II
hink of the calamities by which
hole islands have been DESTROYED.
;arcely week has gone past with
It 9 cyclone or some other great
dgment occurring in the states
I'd ether places; AID all these are
ming upon the people of the
orld. as prophesied by Joseph
nlthi years ago. The speaker ,,
ought the local authorities in the
fferent settlements were some
mes lax in their attention to the
'iritual welfare of che people un.
II their charge. Had found that
ere was some timidity on the part
those who had been ordained to
e bishopric, and it seemed to the I
eaker that they were so afraid of I
ing wong. that they were afraid q
attempt to do right. Advocated J
e idea of ferreting out any Mis- :
LET that happened in any of the y
lrdss and exposing it as an ex- Z
lple OF what would be done with y
y offender against morality and @
tue. The authorities should 9
ngle more with the people, that !!
people might know and love \
em. Let US teach our children q
rlty ana righteousness, so they Z
II row up endowed with all that u
necessary for their exaltation v
e and future salvation. Would u
to see the brethren more care. "a
in regard to the keeping of the u
bath; thought they should at pl
d their meetings in preference
lunting for stock or indulging in
Idly pleasures, and that it was
ing for them, when going on a
rney, to start on Saturday or al
day, in order that the holy Sab. p
b might be taken advantage of.
lorsed the remarks of Brother
", on the previous day, in refer.
to the employment Of the ell IN,
to heal the sick, instead of rely Gid
so much upon the doctors. Re ~
ing to the missionary question,
aid that if man was wanted to
)n a mission-no matter where 7
was his duty to 60, and God
Id bless him.
POsTLE MOSES THATCHER then Na