Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-29

ia, Twelve were out " the way-that
thew did not know what they were do.
Ing: bat | want 10 say 10 The Saints
that We know exactly what we are DO
Ing. / would have stood and seen
every temple taken from w II the Lord
had not commanded me 10 do ~ |
did.
What could DO, what could Joseph
smith have dOnu-poOr weak men, a.
we arc-to build upa Church upon the
ancient pattern Of Apostles aud
Prophets, and do that which all the
Christian world together could not, un.
less we were inspired Of God. And
why cannot the Christian world no
| ~ Simply because they cannot impaIt
that which they have not received.
No man who has n plurality Of
I wives l. required 10 break his cove
nants. lie should feed, clothe aud
support them aud educate their chill
/ dfcn.
President George q. Cannon was the
next speaker. lie saidi eau bear
| testimony 90 the truth Of what has been
/ said. III Of God. ! know that Presl
| dent Woodruff has been led by inspifa-
| ton. I have heard him ray that he
| would rather 20 out aud be shot than
b. sny " No any thing improper In te'
lation 10 the principle Of plural mar
rage. Here were the Saints on one
siiu determined TO take u certain
course, aud the nation on the other
siic demanding that the practice Of
| plural marriage should cease. Mnuypco-
pie spoke ~ me about II, urging the
nectsaity VI some action; but ! said
there wa. only one man ON earth that
| could speak the word. The word
Of the Lord hae come TO us through That
man 10 cease this practice. This
principle, In many Instances, has been
abused. This "a evidenced by the fact
that some, because the law encourages
~, have furutrn their wives. have
turned them out ani have ceased 10
support them-Wivus who have bccn
true anu faithful 10 them. How mean
aud cowaIdly Il 10 10 take thi. ruurse.
Such men viii not he worthy Of wlve.
In eternity. The Lord viii Judge Us.
lie knows the motives that actuatt vs..
There will be men who never had a
wife, nni again men who have had
but one wife, who viii enter into the
celestial Kingdom of our God. (Pfcsi'
dent Woodruff said that !. true,
aud some who have had sever
nj wives will mott God knew
our hearts and tue opportunities W,
have had Of obcylng Ills command
meni- aud will Judge " accordingly
I .ay this for the consolation Of the
Saints.
A certain man among ~, who IN w.
ually pronounced In hi Views, wa,
very much exercised when he read
the manifesto. He sought at.stimuny
aiHi learned from God that ltwa' right
The Lord knows our sacrifices nnt
suilorings and has accepted our oiIcr
Ing.
On the Goth but one meeting wa
! held. Three and one half hours weri
spent ~ most interesting manner
President Lorenzo Snow dilatrd OF
the c0urso marked out tor the saint
= hy tho predictions ~ ancient Au,
, modern Prophets. Present prediction
will be valued by our pOstcriiy rs WI
value tile predictions u ancient times
spoke on obedience aud sacrifice. Salt
u brought forth honor glory aud Ian
, mortality.
: Pfesld,nt wilford Woodruff relate,
some instances where tho power q
God had been manifested In a mitacul
Gus manner while he was ON q missiol
Ia England Ia 1870.
Elder Seymour u. Young CAV
h several Illustrations from Church hi,
q. tory VI the fruits Of obedience, aud {
the painful results Of disobedience {
the commandments Of God. Whcreyt
+. the servants Of the Lord 10, the.
o should remember that they arc r,pf,
a sontatives u Gods people and citizen
In His Kingdom.
. The sacred quartctto "God In Mere
u Hear our PTayers" was rendered h
ladivs' voices in most crcditabie AN
/. pleasing manner.
Presidents Cannon and woolru
occupied the remainder Of the tin
10 giving words Of instruction, cOuns
q and advice 20 the Saints.
q \ good spirit prevailed throughol
!. the entire conference aud all In atten,
w auce seemed highly edited and We
70 paid for meeting together.
y NEG.s JENsON, CLERK,
!. BRIGHAM Cry, oct. ~, 1891.