The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-06
Presidents Woodruff and Cannon
at Conference.
THEIR TOUR THROUGH THE SOUTH
How The Herald improvements Catch on
Judge Judd's Observation-Disclosures
and Sentences---GeneraI Notes.

Utah Central and the Denver & Rio
Grande Western brought in people from
the remotest towns on their lines, followed
by many hundreds of vehicles loaded to
their utmost. Never in the history of
Provo have so many people been seen on
our streets as appeared to-day. Our large
and spacious tabernacle was inadequate to
accommodate them all The building was
packed in every portion, and many turned
away for want of even standing room. 1t
was 1870 when Presidents Woodruff, Can
non and Smoot entered the building, and
as they did so, President Cannon support
ing President Smoot, who is suffering
severely from injuries received from being
thrown from his buggy only few days
ago, the vast assembly arose and remained
standing until they had reached the stand
and been seated.
President Woodruff.
President Woodruff was the first speaker
He was thankful to God he had lived long
enough to meet so many people in Provo
and in this house. He, like all his
brethren, was depending upon the Lord
for all the blessings he received. 1.-THE
Saints must not expect too much from me,
for am in my eighty-fourth year, and am
an old man, and surrounded with the in
tirmities Of life, it was natural for all who
live long enough to return to childhood"
He spoke of the blessings enjoyed by many
of the priesthood which we have and which
give US the right to teach and preach
the ordinances of Gods house; wanted the
SBints to understand that God had set His
hand to establish His works and He was
not trifiing with this people, nor with the
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speak about; and that was the principle of
unity among the Saints. We cannot be
divided in the building up of Gods king
dom, the erection of temples and carrying
the gospel of Christ to the, nations. God
never forced any man to accept the gospel:
He never did and He never will. We have
been over fifty years preaching the gospel
TO this and other nations, and some progress
had been made. He spoke of the unpopu-
larity among the Jews of our Lord and
Savior, Jesus Christ; the people did not and
would not receive Him and His message;
so the Saints have always been despised
and ill-treated by the world. Joseph Smith
had prophesied, over forty-fve years ago,
that already the signs of
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
were in the land, and could be seen on every
hand. The spirit of war and hatred was
becoming rampant in the nations, children
killing parents, parents killing children, etc.
God had given us the holy priesthood and
our mission was to preach and teach the
word of the Lord and save mankind from
their Jransgression and bring them into the
light We should seek to do the will of God
and walk in the light of His spirit, that we
may be worthy to enter into the holy tenn
pies of our Lord and there unlock the doors
to the spirits in prison, and set the count
less millions free. Until the Lord revealed
no tn M haH
the authority to preach and teach and es-
tablish the work of God, since it was
driven from the earth after the death of
the Savior and His apostles He remem-
bered having desired, when boy, TO live TO
see the day when the gospel could be
preached again on earth, and men of God
to guide the people and lead them in the
WAYS of all truth. The church is here to
stay. God has planted it here, and all earth
and hell could not remove it. Union is
what is wanted among the Saints in Provo,
Springville, Salt Lake, Ogden, Logan and
ali over the land, for we cannot do good
when we are divided. He felt to bless the
people and the cause Of truth.
In the afternoon, after singing and the
opening prayer, President George Q. Can
non spoke.
President George Q. Cannon.
l shall not attempt to describe the feel
ings 1 feel and have felt since 1 came into
this house this day. 1t is a delightful feast
to see SO many faces who have come here
to-day to hear the words of love and
peace from the servants of God. I am
pleased with the appearance of this house.
1t shows the iberality of the people in this
stake. do not know the thoughts of your
hearts, for none but God can see and know
them, unless they are given to me by the
spirit of God. We are becoming, in many
respects, a great people located in the cen
ter of this continent with the waves of
modern civilization Surging on every hand
Not many of US ever dreamed we would
live to see a railroad across the continent.
but it came and many notable events that
we little thought of. The people of God
could not be secluded people, for the
nature of our institutions and religious be-
lief would attract attention, and bring to
US
PEOPLE OF ALL CLASSES.
Utah it had been truly said was the garden
spot of this great republic. Fruitful and
Of a healthy climate, all that we see to-day
and lots more not seen by the eye are direct |
fulfflment of the predictions of the holy |
prophets of old. The purposes of God are |
being carried out, and not the designs Of |
men Man may believe and speak evil of |
US, and say our system is a fraud and |
delusion and the men who have and do |
now lead US are frauds and are dipping the |
people. but still we live and are making |
progress never before known in the history |
of the earth. Whence comes this power to |
work these mighty changes? God had es-
tablished Zion, and the time has come for
the gathering of Gods people You all |
know that when you first received the |
gospel in your native lands, your whole |
theme was to gather with the people of |
God. "Oh Babylon we bid you farewell!'' |
is the theme of a song we used to sing be-
fore we emigrated. The only object was to
come to Zion. He had been surprised on
reading many accounts in our newspapers
from many Of our settlements of the dis
sension among Saints. A great many of
our young men, VINO aspire to be leaders of
the people, must learn that it is God and
not them that have kept the peonIe To-
gether, and unless they repent and relv on
God they would fail, for
THE WISDOM OF MAN
could never have led this people ont from
bondage: and the world will vet saw that If
was one of the most marvellous works ever
commenced upon the earth. Brigham
Young, Heber G. Kimball, and all the lead
ers of the people, with all their wisdom and
shreWdness, could never have ACCOMPLISHED
this work. Whenever we become disunited
and contend one with the other. then our
power is broken. No people have ever re
ceived so great blessing as we have, and |
God will hold US responsible for the use of
those blessings. We should be obedient to |
the spirit of God and the counsel of His
servants He liked to see "a man or woman
have their own views, and then be indie
nom ant in pynreSSinu them He did not |