The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-08

II, SAG baptisms, s.s46 persons have re-
ceived endowments, 3,640 sealings, 1874
annointings.
1t was announced that Amos Howe had
resigned from the church school board.
Oh account of i'll health.
The various officers of the church were
then presented to the conference for ap-
proval, and all were sustained.
APOSTLE BRIGHAM YOUNG
was the first speaker called upon. He
said he reioiced in the cause OF God, and
asked for the faith and prayers of the
congregation. He wished that the people
throughout the whole length and breadth
of the land could have heard the testiIno-
MES and outpouring of the spirit that had
been the privilege of TIE Latter-day saints
to hear during this conference. 1t was
clear, he said, that the saints were grow
ing in numbers, In faith and III good
works, and that they were becoming
more and more united in spite Of the trials
that surrounded them. The Latter-day
Saints, he said, were not people who
could afford 10 hold hatred and AMI
mostly against their fellow men.
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grow broad minded and broad-souied
even with their enemies, because they
were of the kingdom of God on eartn ana
have inspired men TO teach ano guloe
them. They were, he said, enlisted IN 8.
cause that is as broad as humanity, ana
they had been chosen as a few to prepare
and uphold Gods kingdom here, ana
there was no time to spare. COO, through
his servants had told them what TO 90,
and he had never yet left them to night
their battles alone But there were bat
ties, he said, going on in the midst OF Inc
people that no human eyes ever saw. and
that were known only to God. Ineso
were the battles wageG IN our own
breasts. He never had, he said, such
difficulties with any one else as he mao
with himself and the man who could
conquer himself was greater than he who
conquered a city. He believed the
spiritual and temporal things of the
church should be brought into more per-
feet unity and harmony with each other,
so that there would be no conflict between
the two.
He said he had listened to the remarks
upon the achievements and character of
the late President Brigham Young with
pleasure, and he rejoiced to see there be-
fore him the men who had stood at Presi-
dent Young's back and aided him with
their counsel and advice in times of trial,
and he prayed that they might be long
spared to the people The leaders OF the
church, he said, must be sustained and
their counsel followed and obeyed by the
HcOplo 1lic Od4nbo 1AUbO uOb 1Ce tAACAA
private ambition stand before the COM
mands of God. The man who was faith
full in his prayers at his own freside, and
worked as he prayed, could not fail TO do
right and prosper. The Latter day Saints,
he said, should not overlook the small
things of their religion.
He spoke of the prevailing hard times,
and said there was twice as much land in
Salt Lake county as was properly Guilt
waited, and when the time came that the
population of the county was twice as
large, the land would be made to produce
twice as much as it did now. He advised
the people to cultivate less land and culti-
vate it properly, and said that he be-
lieved the results would be more satisfac-
tory.
He rejoiced, he said, in the prosperity
of the people. He prayed that the Saints
might have the spirit of humility in
their hearts SO that they could pray for
those who had despitefully used them.
APOSTLE MOSES THATCHER
said he believed that sacrifice on the part
OF the people would bring forth blessings.
Three years ago in this building, he said,
the Latter-day Saints made great sacri-
fee for conscience sake when the mani
festo was read, and men and women voted
for it with aching hearts, because it tore
asunder the ties of parents and children,
of husbands and wives. But today bless
ings had blossomed from it. The hatred
and prejudice that made that sacrifice
necessary no longer existed among the
people of the outside world, and the Lat
ter day Saints were beginning to be
recognized as they are. And God, he
said, would continue to strengthen
and uphold His people. He referred TO The
financial stringency, and said that one
one extreme always followed another, and
he predicted better times ahead. His advice
to the people was TO pay their debts, prin-
ciple and interest, as soon as they could.
He said that the power of money is not a
natural or inherent power, but is an arti-
fetal one given it by legislation, and
could only be realized by investment.
He believed it was good thing that the
rich were prone to spend money like
water in extravagencies. Tor thereby the
poor might be benefited, and it was
blessing that the rich must die, so that
| their accumulated wealth might pass in
to other hands and be divided, to the 5en-
eft of many rather than one. Whatever
might be said in praise of the civilized
nations of the earth, no nation was wor-
thy of praise that did not legislate for the
poor and the rich alike.
The people of Utah, he said, when the
present hard times were over, would be-
gin to turn their attention 10 the wealth
that surrounded them here on every hand,
and home industries OF all kinds would
spring up on all sides for the utilizing of
our great resources.
He felt grateful that not one OF the in
stitntions of Zion had been pressed to the
wall by the hard times. and that the honor
of the church had been proven and found
invulnerable, for God had said that he
would glorify her.
He prayed that the Latter-day saints
might remain united, and that the rich
among them might not forget the worthy
poor. He believed the Senate of the
United States would pass the bill for the
restoration of church property that had
passed Congress, and that Grover Cleve-
land would sign 1t.
The choir sang the anthem. "God of
Israeli and Elder John Morgan pro-
nounced the benedic5ion.
| Adjourned until 10 'clock this morning.
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