Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-06
a MORMON wHooP-UP.
The Saints Listen to Old-Time Mormon
Harangues on Polygamy.


Copyright, 1888, by the California A.,ociated Press.
SALT LAKE, April 5th.-The Mormon
seml-annual Conference opened here to-
day with rather light attendance Apostle
Taylor delivered the opening PRAYER. call
ing for blessings on Wilford woodruff. the
present head of the Church, and his coun-
selors, on the Lamanites and "Thy holy
priesthood which Thou hast established in
Thy kingdom" etc.
Elder Hammond told how much superior
his spiritual experiences had been while a
Mormon than before, while Methodist
elder. Seymour B. Young blessed God for
His ordinances to this Church. Obedience
to the holy priesthood is obedience to God,
and disobedience to the Counsel is disobedi-
ence to Gods commands.
Baptism for the dead was revealed to
Joseph Smith by Jesus Christ, who went
into hades to save souls imprisoned there.
and to proclaim to them the gospel Then
the speaker came out
SOLID FOR TITHE-PAYING
To the Lord. He didn't want to see con-
tribution-boxes passed around, so come
down, brethren and sisters with a tenth
of your produce, of your income, of your
merchandise the glory of God NAV
be made manifest and Israel be gathered
into the kingdom. No one but God could
have instituted the holy priesthood, the
establishment Of the orders of the church.
and the building of temples, for the bap-
tism of the dead, for the remission of sins,
and the holy rites of our order. These He
revealed to us through three witnesses, and
His prophet Joseph Smith, whom He gave
to be spokesman to the people, DR..
Young then came out
FLAT FOOTED
For polygamy, by saying: 1.-THE doc
trine of celestial marriage is one of the
true and glorious principles revealed
through the Prophet Joseph, and God will
require it of this generation if they con-
tinue in their attempt to prevent Gods
Israel from carrying out this blessed prin-
ciple of the faith handed down to us bv
Gods specially revealed will. Upon
obedience to this great command and the
other essential principles of our faith de-
pends our eternal salvation"
THE GOOD TIME COMING.
In the afternoon Lorenzo Snow. the
Apostle who has served term as a convict
in the penitentiary for conscience sake"
indorsed what had been said, and called on
the Saints to be patient and wait the COM
ing of Christ in the clouds of heaven.
" His followers have always been perse-
cuted, and why should we escape. But the
Saints will come out triumphant in the
end, because God is with them The Lord
wants to try us, to see how much we value
his promises, as well as our beautiful and
bright hopes, and the blessing of the ever
lasting gospel"
HOPEFUL ELDER.
Elder jacob Gates said 1--WE will tri-
umph yet, and our enemies will come with
humbled heads and lick the dust at our
feet: We will never give up till we have
achieved victory. We never will give up
till every lip has confessed that Jesus is
Christ. that Joseph Smith was his prophet,
and that Brother Taylor was seer"
oANNoNs wIND-UP.
Brother George Q. Cannon, in delivering
the benediction, called on God to "confound
our enemies" and for blessings on Israel
in her affiiction.