The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-06
AFTERNOON SESSION.

President George Q. Cannon opened the
services by announcing the hymn:
1.-The spirit of God like a fire is burning!
The atter-day glory begins to come forth. y
Prayer by Elder B. H. Roberts.
The hymn was announced as follows:
Lord, Thou wilt hear me when pray,
am forever Thine
Apostle Moses Thatcher.
l desire very much the aid of your pray
ers as l have not been accustomed to speak
ing to such large audience. 1 regret L
could not be with you from the beginning
of this conference. l feel the sp, rit of God
! is with US this afternoon. You have been
| edited by many speakers during this con-
| ference have nothing special to speak of
this afternoon, but l know this is a busy
| time and all who wish to can work. | will
relate a story: When the Powell eXpedi-
ton went down the Colorado canon they
! had boats with air-tight compartments.
so they would not sink. When these boats
were drawn into a whirlpool and sucked
! down they would soon appear about hun
dred feet below. This has an application.
We must have our air tight compartments
made from doing right, and when we are
sucked down we will soon appear again and
not stay under
If we do what is right in whatever bust
ness we engage in, we will be able to hold
our heads above water. We are always in
danger of turning our thoughts upon the
acquiring of riches. Though there is no
evil in riches themselves, the possession of
them may make US blind to some of cur
duties The temptations around US are
now worse than formerly, but, if the peo-
pie keep their work in view there will be
no danger of falling by the wayside. If
God should bestow on this people riches,
the only danger would be that the gift
would be worshipped instead of the giver,
which would be extremely improbable
The Lord has said this people will be at
the head of the earth, and to my mind there
is no more powerful factor 10 remove the
| evils that surrounds US than the acquire
, ment of riches by the people But should
we acquire riches, would we worship the
gift or the Giver. If we would worship
the latter, riches would be a blessing, for
Capitalization of wealth gives power not
otherwise to be acquired. A man of oul
religion may be scoffed at because of his
belief, but if he is wealthy he will com
mand a certain respect that will help hin
E in his work.
Our missionaries know these valleys Il
be as blessed as any on earth, and are al
: ways glad TO return to them for they know
prosperity 10 to be found in them. A com
. mercial traveller once said In my hearing
l that the leaders of this church kept the PEG
Die DOOR DIV having LuGu pay LllnluR all
Q that they rolled in wealth and spent tn
. tithing money. l took him to task for thi
and other accusations and asked him few
questions, Arst quoting to him the sayinl
of an eminent Republican who spoke Il
= the Salt Kake theatre some time ago, an,
who said that the third in rank of the state
and territories as to culture and the educa
ton of the people asked MIN II Their
"a was a state of the Union wher
y, there could be found the pro
l. portion Of people who owned their home
that there could be found in Utah. 1 the
J. asked him shout the state of the people o
l. Utah as to their prosperity and he then sal
he had had the information given him B.
different people and could not tell wha
truth there was in his statements.
Our missionaries have gone whereve
there was civilized people to be found o
the face of the earth, and all the Saints VIII
have been gathered have been ia ght b
the elders ss we'll in temporal as in spiritus
matters. All who have come from the oil
world to Utah as Saints have been sen
here comfortably and cheaply and hav
;. been received Hospitality by the Saints upo
- their arrival
This people has not been driven by thei
leaders as flock of sheep as some peopl
say, and our condition is better to-day tina
that of any people on the face of the cart
and it will be as long as we are guided b
"a U0e SplrlI OF Iuls ISllSlOu. SdplIdl uOcS III
10 array itself against labor in these valley
y and when these two forces come to ope
es hostilities in the world these valleys WI
I'd be one of the peaceful spots of the globe.
I'd All that the leaders of this church ask,
r that the people will follow them and the
If will follow Christ. We may seek fame
n glory but there is only one path to CT
$. and that is to resist temptations in th
10 name of Jesus. Let our motives be GOO
lg and let us separate the good from the evi
it There is reward for all the good and
el retribution for all the bad in the hereafte
US May Zion grow and prosper is my praye
10 President MILFORD Woodruff
s. then arose and said he was gratified TO g
le so large congregation assembled TO list,
x TO the words of wisdom which would fl
be from the mouths of the divinely inspir
d. speakers. He then SAID he would give
es opinion on some of the temporal matters
~, the church.
ST. God created everything: the earth, u
do SUM- the moon, the stars, the animals al
ey plants of the earth and lastly He Great
TX man to dwell thereon. Father Adam !
IT. created and gave him sovereignty over Il
rid beasts of the field and over the plants
lo- the earth. But Adam had /