The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-04-06

rived at.
Shortly after 10 O'Clock, the Fifty
eighth Annual Conference of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
was called to order by President
Lorsnzo Snow, and after the choir mad
sung The hymn commencing:
Our God, we rsise to Thee
Thanks for rhy mercy fr e,
| We here enjoy,A
Apostle John w. Taylor offered the
opening prayer.
The choir then sang:
know that my Redeemer lives,
| What comfort that sweet sentence gives.
| PRESIDENT F. A. HAMMOND,
of the San, Juan Stake, was the first
speaker. He had been most une1pect-
edly called upon, but would do his best
to speak upon those things that most
concerned the people at the present
day. 1t did him good to behold the
faces of 80 many of his brethren and
sisters, and he had experienced most
pleasant feeling since coming into the
| Tabernacle. He felt that II he could
not meet his brethren and sisters IN the
hereafter, be would prefer to 20 on to
the other plaza. 1t had always given
him Joy, energy and VigCr to hold up
and prosecute his la5ors in the church
from day to day, and that feeing was
growing stronger within him as he ad-
vanoed III years. To ute nautical
phrase, he DID not think the old ship
had lost her Roadway at all. OF course,
We are meeting win opposition, that
was what We expected aud looked for
if we were 10 have fair sailing all the
| time, it would not be well for US, for we
| might get careless, and thsn if we met
with some ObstrJ ctlon the result might
oe far more disastrous. There are
times when we feel that if the Lord is
not with us, we have little hope, vet |
rejoice III what We ara passing through
| 10 day, ecause there can be no doubt
but that it is for our own good. 1t is
our privilege, every one of Us, to know
the signs of the times. in order that we
may keep pace with the events of the
day. My father was staunch member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and
one day | remember he had a converse
ton with a membe of the church who
had been attached to II for forty years.
and the church member admitted that
he had experienced so little pleasure that
he did not feel that he knew as much tnen
as when he first became converted. This
was not the case with the faithful Lat
ter-day Saint; his knowledge and
power grew with advancing years.
PRESIDENT HENRY HERMAN,
of Washington, Kane County, was the
nPxt speaker. He had been in the
church tifty-fve years, and knew by
what he pad seen and heard that the
principles OF the gospel were true, and
If there were any persons within the
sound of his voice who did NOT possess
the same knowledge, he would say to
them, humble yourselves as q little
child, and seek such knowledge in the
only proper way. sHe bore his testl-
mony to the truth of the gospel, and
urged all to remain firm and steadfast
SEYMOUR B. YOUNG
1t was q pleasure to him to arise this
morning, even though it was a great
surprise to him. He prayed that the
Lord might inspire him to say some
thing that would be of. benetit to his
brothers md sisters, from whom he de-
sired their faith and prayers; that they
might rejoice when they separated and
feel that it w3s good to MT ct and speak of
the blessings of God. Brother Ham
mond remarked that his faith had
grown brighter; that he had increased
| in knowledge, i'll power, and wisdom
| since he went down into the waters of
baptism in 1882; Brother HERMAN had
expressed similar sentiments, and borne
strong testimony to the truth of the
gospel. Both of the speakers he had
personally known for long period of
years. He had. with the latter. the
! pleasure OF pulling a handcart across
the plains in lS47, and had found him
then, as now, a faithful. consistent SER
want of God. He was thankful that we
we're able 10 have a testimony that God
had spoken to US IN tire latler-days.
When we went d WI into the waters of
baptism, it was for the purpose of hav-
ing cur sins washed away, but that
was not al that was necessary. Re
pentance did not forgive rs of our sins,
but obedience 10 the law of the gospel
was necessary, and it was not until we
had the hands of the servants of God
laid upon US that we felt We were men,
bers of the Church of God. If Jesus
had BUNDLED himself to go down into
the waters of baptism, did it not be-
ONE everyone of US TO do the same9
We find throughout the world many
churches, whose creeds saw: believe
and We shall be saved" Baptism by
immersion was the only true way, and
YET {. ere were manV SectS who believed
that they were doing that which God
had required Of them when they took
an infant and had it sprlnkled. What