Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-04

onr Al ,dow by day aud our pillow by night
Our kinr, our Dolycrcr, our all.
Payerby Elder Brigham Young.
sing ng by the choir
Come. dcarcs, Lord, descend and dwell,
a. iarh and love, IN every breasG
THfn snal We know aud ttstc nud ieel,
TIC Joys that cannot be expressed.
This AFTERNOON the congregation was
an larte as not only to fccupy all the |
,ettipg oapicity, hut likewise nearly |
the whole Of thu standing room.
PRESIDENT JOSEPH v. SMITH
was the flrst speaker. He warned the
peoplr 10 be On their guard against |
picipockets ami other bad characters |
VINO hal probably been attracted TO |
this city from other places 10y the Con.
ference and deuicntiun, thinking ~
good lime to practice their trade among |
the crowds which w0ull be- drawn to-
gethor on this special occasion.
lie felt grateful for the privilege OF
meo Ing with the Saints under such
favorable circumstances and coudi- !
lions az this time, and he prayed that
the Lord would pour out His Holy
Spirit ahundantly upon al those OF His
faithful Saints who had assembled 70.
gether. This was great time for
Them ~ people. Zion was growing,
anu the people " tod were multiply
ing. We were Ia Il great Gospel school,
wherein We should be faithful stuuouts,
In order that we might be- prepared
for the great responsibility WHICH
might devOive upon us 20 tho people
OF God. One OF the great Lessons nee
essary for the Lq,ter-dny SAINTS TO
learn was that that which was spiritual
was above ana superior TO that which
was temporal. They should set their
hearts anove things fat higher than
this world could afford. 1t was .necrs-
Rsry thnt every man and woman
should bring himself anu herself TO the
standard that they could say In their
hearts, "Father, Thy will, not mine,
be done"
We were now preparing 10 70, day
by day, into this Temple which had
been IA course OF erection during the
last forty years, Tor the purpose OF pre-.
stntiug ourselves before the Lord aDd
making unto Him the otlarlngs OF our
haudiwofk. lilo was thankful that we
mai ueuu 50 successful Ia this labor anu
I y, we huu been permitted to ace M
pltsh Il In the time we haI; also 10 SEQ
in"txcellent spirit and kindly feeling
VIII ou mad been manifested by the
Latter-uRy Saints everywhere In reia.
to- % tuis undertaking. lie was
hKewise grateful TO God his Heavenly
Father Tor the literally which tue
people had shown IN cOntribut-
lug u their means, within the
last year especially, towards the
completion OF this house. The Lord,
he was cure, was well pleased with the
Saints Tor what they had thus done;
ana he ieis convinced that the maj OF.
ny OF the peIpIO among us were In
possession oil the lisht spiril-- he
spirit Of the Gospel. We must not
70 into Gods holy Temple
with any bitterness In our
hearts one towards another, with
hatruu in our s1ui towards our neigh
Dor, bu. must humble ourselves before
the Lord as little children.
The speaker o1unsrled his hearers
not 10 loss the Sun lloft opportunity
which presented itself OF doing
ROOD among the children OF men.
He urged the Saints 10 be honest In
theiT con victiOns, tr ue anu sincere in
their no e.sinu, aud consistent In the
certain policy which they had marked
out for Themselves. II was necessary
for us to be- o humble people before
God, aud We should never hArbor In
our uearls feeling OF uniOrgiveness
towards our ntig hbor He himself
desiTed TO ask the Lslter-day Saints
everywhere TO forgive him for
any wrong which he, u
weak, irail, erring creature, has
done, aud II there were any VINO had
at my time wronged him either In
word or deed, he gladly extended 70
them Tree aud full forgiveness. II
was not necessary, however, that we
should he bowed down In sorrow, or
enter Goi's Holy House with heavy
countonanc,s rather did lie desire
that we should meet together with
cheerful hearts aud spirit OF happi.
ness.
by his own voice the Lord
hau spoken from the heavens in this
the last dispensaliOn, and this work
would 20 GA spreading until IL COW
eIad the whole earth. IL was the work
OF righteousness, aud IL was our duty
to ackuewl edge His hand in all things.
Ihe Church WAs ia It's infancy when
he was born, some fitty.iOur years
RSo. For over thirty years OF his life
he had been connected with tue Priest.
hood aud nAd labufeI among tue poo
pie Ut home and abroad, preaching the
Gospel, bearing his testimony to the
truth, anu trying 10 do good both by
prUeept anu example. Men might
piOposr, Dul d1i Almighty WAS ulspOh-
Ing OF THIS work 10 Ills own way, and
would nring all 10 pass In HI own due
time, This mlssiOn oil the LaiIer-day
Saints was 10 do good TO al aud wrong
& none; and this was his own indi'
vidual desire.
Too speaker dwelt upon the Word
OF Wisdom and asked how many
OF them Kept 1t absolutely? Not one.
hall ot the People called Latter.day
Saints; ana ye. IL WAS the command Oi
GOd unto thbm-One OF the laws which
He required us TO keep inviolate. Il
was our duty TO learn that there wa
something In this life anu In the lie Il
come more desirable, ana more last
ing than riches,and that was rig hteous
ness.
Let us 20 to the Lord In faith, nothlnl
doubling, anu we would hereafter re
ceivo our reward.
President smith echoed the senti
msnt expressed by President Woolruf
this morning, that never before In Ia,
history OF the Church had Create
unity Of heart anu spirit existed be
tween the two leading councils OF tn,
Priesthood than prevailed today; an,
yet there was room for Improvement
He prayed that the 5alnis might nlst
be united In all things and sock Il
know the mind anu will Of God.