The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-07
AT THE TABERNACLE.
Second Day of the Semi-An-
nual Conference.
A VERY LARGE ATTENDANCE
Ay the Speakers on
Saturday.

| Semi-aanual Conference was al thai
could tie desired, and the attendance al
the Tab: rnacls yesterday morning wa:
considerably larger than on the opening
day.
The choir sang the hymn commenc-
ing:
Come We children of the Lord
Let US sing with one accord
Prayer was then offered by Apostle
Moses Thatcher. after which the choir
sang the hymn:
God moves in a mysterious way
his wonders to perform.
Apostle Heber Grant
was the first speaker, and he urged
upon the Saints the necessity of ful
Milling the commands of God. They re-
joiced in the blessings which followed
obedience To the GOSPEL. 1t filed their
hearts With love for all mankind, and
made them wish that they too might
partake of those blessings. Too fle-
ouent;y, however, after leaving meet
Ing, m5n were heard making disparag-
ing remarks about the sermons. They
could Lot be blamed for not
liking to hear the command
mfnts preached about when they
DID not Keep them. Others said they
were sick AMI tired OF hearing tithiug
preached about. They said: Why
can't we have tie Gospel as it was an
ciently-without money and without
price" If a man were to get up on the
| Tabernacle and shout IL, he could not
proclaim the fact that he did not pay
mis- tlthipg any louder than he did by
such conduct The speaker then read
commandments in regard to tithing
aud stated that what he said of the
people auciently, that they robbed the
Lord, could be said of the Latter day
SHIFTS to day. Very few of them paid
their tithing as commanded. There
was nothing equivocal about the law.
There were many who paid something
to the Church, but it was not tlthing
because it was not the tenth which was
required and if ma" owed creditor
500 he could not cancel the debt by
paying $40 on it. Because some mtp
were
CARELESS IN PAYING THEIR TITHING
was no excuse for others acting in the
same way. No law could be fulfilled,
snd no comm ndment kept without tn r
reward being received. If he fulfilled
the law, no man could take away from
him the blessings. He had stated at
other times that not over rs per cent, of
the Saints paid an honest tithing. A
great many said they were not going to
pay any tithing because the government
was robbing the Church. This was
merely an excuse, and it was a very
easy matter to find excuses. No at
tempt had been made by the govern
ment TO take the tlthes paid by the
people Ii he knew that the govern
ment would take the tit les, however,
he would not stop paving it, because he
kew that if he robbed God, the testi-
mony, worth more than all the world,
would be taken away from him, and he
would be left in darkness, and there
was no blessing equal to eternal life.
God blessed those who paid their tithes
and offerings honestly, therefore he
would rejoice if al people would keep
the law. Many desired she privilege of
entering the temples and officiating for
their dead, and wanted everything
without money and without price be-
cause of their good intentions. But
good intentions would not build
temples There were individuals VINO
attended meeting Sabbath after Sabbath
to hear what they ought to do, and
then went out and failed to do it. This
would never benefit them. Ifthey'we1t
to meeting to feed upon spiritual food
and did not digest it, it could do them
no good. He realized that
The GOSPEL WAS TRUE,
and called upon the Saints to keep all
the commandments of God. A man
who had lost an arm was not perfect,
physically; keeping one half of the
commandments could never make them
perfect. All the commandments were
for their benefit. Men were naturally
selfish, hence the law of tithing was re :
vealed to them. No man could honestly
pay his tithing and be selfish man. II
he did his whole duty in this respect,
his sel6shness would depart from him.
If he kept the word ct wisdom, this
body would become suitable recep-
t. Gle for the indwelling OF the spirit.
He testified that if they would keep the
commandments. they would receive all
tie blessings and be ready and willing
to go to tae ends of the earth 10 pro-
claim the gospel. He closed by iuvok-
ing the blessings OF God upon the
Saints, and ex1sustirg them tU do their
whole duty.
Elder John Morgan
Addressed the congregation, and felt
gratt full for the privilege of meeting
with the Saints in general Conference
assembled, and for the spirit of God
whicn had been manifested in their
midst: then be was permitted to testify
as TO ihe truth of the gospel. and advance
some OF the principles CT 1--we ard GAL
Yatio1. There was no subject that
Should be dearer 10 Their hearts than
that of rearing, training ard schooling
of their children. snd leading them to
faith and salvation. Fathers and
mothers, for the most part, had
heard the principles of the gospel
preacher in foreign lands, and had re-
ceiyed testimony after testimony as to
its truth, and gathered here with the
eaints. This, however, was not the case
with their sons and daughters, born in
the valleys of the mountains. Nothing
occurred to them to cause them TO in
vestigste the principles of the gospel
They instinctiv' ly acknowledge the
truth OF the gcspel, because Of the pre-
vailing belief by which they had always
been surrounded. They were Latter
day Saints in name, at least. but as thay
grew I'D to manhood and womanhood,