The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-04-08
The THIRD DAY.
The Conference Proceedings
on Saturday.
THE USUAL LONG EPIsTLE.
The Duties of the Saints Clearly De-
fined - The Need of the
HOur-General.

val from adjacent settlements of large
numbers in carriages, wagons and Other
vehicles, and the result was the larges
attendance yet seen IN the Tabernacle
for the morning services.
The services of the third day COM
menced by the choir singing the hymn
With all the powers of heart and tongue,
III praise my Maker in my song,
Angels. shall hear the notes / raise,
Approve the song and join the praise.
The opening prayer was offered by
President Angus N. Cannon, and the
choir sang:
shallI, for fear of feeble man,
| The Spirits course in me restrain,
Or, undismayed in Geed ana word,
| Be true witness for my Lord?
| Elder John Nicholson
was the first speaker. He had been re-
quested to address the large con-
gregation this morning, which had
assembled to hear discussed
the work in which We are
engaged. He had attended ali the
sessions thus far held, and had taken
gaeat interest in the proceedings, and
trusted that the spirit enjoyed by the
previous speakers would DE shed upou
nlm. He had been particularly inter
ested in the remarks
CONCERNING THE SITUATION
the SAINTS found themselves in, and had
noticed that the opposition to the work
IN which the Saints are engaged had
occupied large portion of attention.
The righteous in all days of the world
always had to face disagreeabie matters,
anG in many cases they were worse
than those we are compelled to face to-
day. An important question was: Are
we I'D accord with the higher law in the
practical affairs of life. and is our con-
duct IN accord with the principles we
claim to have received from heaven.
and which are superior to the principles
Of the world2 WHAT is the higher law?
1t is the law Of self sacrifice for the
benefit of others This is the underlv-
ing principle of Christianity, for our
Savior laid down his life in that cause.
Are we exhibiting the same disposition
as was shown by Him? If our conduct
is not based on this priucipls,
then the question is, can the heavens
cooperate vita us2 Wherever PEG
pie have kept the commandments of
God, they have been blessed and pros
pered exceedingly; but wherever they
have departed from them, perpiexity
and discomfort have followed. There is
RAMPANT IN THIS COMMUNITY
a disposition to set aside the welfare of
the community for self. He had heard
an announcement made of an assault
that was TO be carried out in reference
to this community of Saints. at does
not appear" said one of those inter
ested. that we can consistently expect
any more legislation for Utah, at least
during the present session, and the |
only manner to solve the problem is to
buy these people out and let them go |
where they please" And 1 hold |
It as an indisputable fact |
that many of the elders of |
Israel are aiding in this scheme? |
And how does this apply to the higher |
law? 1t may be that some will take |
issue with me on this point, but 1 care
not. [ stand as an Independent elder
in Israel, subject at all times to Iegiti-
mate authority. We are placed On the
defensive when such declarations as
that arc made, az coming from the
other side. It is a maxim the world
over that the owners of the soil rule
the world. and yet We are doing the
best we can to lose it, lose that which
we have come here to hold. Is such a
course consistent with the actions of
men clothed with the priesthood? If
such question were answered, it must
be in the negative. And he who con-
tributes TO this wrong is comm surabIy
In f,,r4 aa TO-
debt that every man in the
owes to the community
= the efficient services of
servant Of God, and if he
DISPOSE OF HIS PROPERTY,
his efficiency is impaired. 1t is often
said that examples speak louder than
words, and when a man sets an ex
ample, he creates likeness in the COM
and when he does so, he is
for it. S3ppose there is
person who sells himself out in the
midst of the community, and every
Of the community follows his
example, where would we be? We go
out into the world as elders, and there
is one particular passage that We are
very prone to quote, that people must
come out of the world, if they would
and yet some of these very ,lders are,
so far as it lies in their power, en-
deavoring to destroy the effect of this
by inviting the people of the
world here. We speak of the
stakes of Zion. Is this a stake
of Zion? Then, what right have l to
pull up that which the Lord has
planted? Apologies about being in
straitened circumstances are some
times given as an excuse for selling.
but in many cases look upon such rs
make
NO PERSONAL ALLUsIoNs
and stand responsible personally for
this statement, and if this practice is
we will be like Sampson
when shorn of his locks-our strength
will be gone. Let any and ali PROPOSE
tions be based upon the principle of
rather than of self-gainr.
This is my position before the Saints in
Conference assembled.
Elder William NJ Palmer
of the NORTHWESTERN States
was the next speaker. The
remarks made by Brother Nichol-
son were true, and not only that, but