Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-02


; il. This had been so from the TINT
Of Christ down 10 the present. IN
SPEAKER referred especially to I'M
prosecutions and trials Of the Prophe
Joseph Smith aud 10 his subsequen
martyri0m. He also drew pictur'
Of the suffering endured by his CO
laborers and followers for the Cos
pel's sake. Notwithstandiugall this
however. they stood firm to theil
faith. aud the trials which they h3t
undergone only made the peopit
more united than before. Though
persecution still followed the Saint
It bound them still closer together
and this would continue TO be the
case until Gods work had been nc
conplished here below. That WORK
would 90 on despite all the opposition
that could be brought to bear against
it.
| PRESIDENT wILFOItD WOODRUFF
then addressed the conference. He
said in substance: No man occupy
Jug the place that do at this time,
addressing a body Of Latter-day
Saints, could answer his own mind
or the minds Of those who hear ex-
cept 10y the inspiration Of Almighty
/ God and the assistance Of the Holy
Ghost. III were 10 tell this cOngrega-
ton which has assembled together
as a Mutual Improvement Associa-
/ ton Of the young men and maidens
/ OF Zion that | was not deeply in
/ terested in your welfare, | should
deny the faith. Indeed the circum-
/ Stances in which we are placed
cause me Is well as my brethren
to have the deepest Interest in the
rising generation who dwell here
I'm the mountains Of Israel. ] will
tell you why: realize the fact
that this world with all its
kingdoms, thrones, principalities,
and powers, with all its wealth,
seas, rivers, lakes, its shipping, tele-
! graphs, railroads, it, mines, its gold.
and silver, the whole Of it has to 60
into the hands Of the young men
and maidens who dwell upon this
earth, who stand in the midst Of
some fourteen hundred millions Of
the human family.
Had l the power 20 tell by the
visions Of heaven, 10y the reveal
tons OF jesus Christ. what will
take place when this generation Of
young men and women shall have
Passed through another thirty years
Of this life, do not think il would
be wisdom for me TO reveal it TO the
world. Nevertheless, | will say
that no generation Of young people
before this has had greater evidence
Of the revolutions, changes, sorrows,
or afilictiOns that will Overwhelm
the world, that will overtake the
inhabitants OF the earth, than those
which are 10 come TO pass in their
time. The sOTrOwiul fact "a be-
fore us that never in our
history has such n food Of crime
and the power Of the evil one try
ing 10 destroy the children Of men
been 50 rampant rs now. One
thousand murders are committed
today upon the face % the earth
where there was one Il hundred years
ago, or even when the Book Of
Mormon was translated into the
English language 10y the servants Of
God. The sIme in regard to sui
cides. Look at the black catalogue
Of crime in our midst today. Why,
the world will not realize all this
unless they look Mt the signs Of the
times and read them. The signs Of
all heaven and Garth indicate 10 us
that the end Is approaching-that
the Son uf Man is at our very doors. /
To the sons and daughters Of
Zion | would say: l have done my
mission to the world. have trav- |
cled far enough to make n journey
arOund the world six times within 4
the last fifty or sixty years Of my I
life in preaching the Gospel 10 the |
nations Of the earth. My mission is I
now closed in that respect, and in I
the few days | have to spend here | I
want TO use my voice in the cause /
Of the sons and daughters OF Zion.
Those who have obeyed and /
served God have always been I'M
popular with the world, in every
age, from the time Of Christ Him
self. The Lord raised upa Prophet
IN the 18th century. Joseph Smith,
the Prophet Of God, lab0red with
US for fourteen years after he had
the Church Of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints; he es-
tnblished work which viii stand
until the coming ofthe Son of Man.
myself have Travelled with him
OF miles, and spent n
great deal OF time in his company.
But he is now on the other side Of
The vail; so are also those Apostles
who We're then with US, among
hem Brigham Young. john TAYLOR,
George \. Smith, the Pcatts. Z
lud many among US now will
Don follow them. But the Church
md kingdom Of God Is here and
will remain 10 the end.
would say to the young people or :
lion, "The God OF heaven has laid (
lpon your shoulders the honor and
csponsibility OF bearing of this
ingdOm in your day aud genera
ion. You are called to build up !
ion, to manifest your faith, 10 keep i
he commandments OF God, TO al {
in the ordinances OF the I
louise OF God both for the living d
nd the dead. This is the work
our fathers have laid upon you. @
Use up and magnify your calling. i
Tepare yourselves Tor the great I
ORR Of God Almighty which rests /
pom you. IL you are unpopular and Z
erseCutsd-what Of il? WHAT il /,
our names are cast cut n evil a
mopg men? There is n God in I
'rael. He holds your destiny as c
ell rs that Of all nations under q
eaveu, and He viii not fail or dis q
point any Of His Saints. - To those {:
no are engaged in the primaries, 1
! Sabbath schools, in young mems n
nj young womeu's mutual i'm e
associations, let me say, v
We cannot be divided in these mat ii
n" Having spoken Of the excellent d
ork which these institutions had 4
in the past, President o
alluded TO the Relief So Z
eties, which he said had been a I,
eat blessing to this people. t,
1t has not unfr,quently been said T
7 this and other nations, "GOu a
i0rmons' are not fit to live" il
ard things have been said against c,
{; and there have been so many A
: told about Us that nobody knows al
hat is the truth. HI
Some time ago | came down here
lih n whole car load OF ministers in
their way 10 attend a conference, ca
ID as we passed by the Sixteenth IA
ard sChouihOusr one Of the Gu
ntlemen sitting 10y my side re- u,
aTked, "Mr. Woodruff, what is eS
at building?'' replied that il JC
is one Of cur schools. "SchOol,'' pr
exclaimed, "DO yCu have NJ
ioOlhOuses.' | replied that we OF
rtainly habitat we had twenty +
iurch schColhouses in this city. Fl,
Why" he rtjoined, Il am sur sh
sed; / did not know before that Js
II 'MIormons' had a schOOlhCuse;I I'd
| not even know that you taught Al
ybody!" 4 man OF his standing of
1uld have known better: but that Tn