Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-13

Conference hha pAsstu away win itA
rcjoccssofa In somewhat tfa mnchan'
I.sl wsy, "a many would assume, pgr'
.gularly since the rallrcats bring and
return ifom ail points. visitors 10 IN,
yreat occasion.
COMPARED with old times, whom
travel was slow aud tedious and roads
dusty Or muddy. there has been much
of a change; but many came then who
DO not o1me nov; thv OK team OF even
tho horse Ia voted Glow, aud many 70.
main nj home, probably among thest
some Of the most impressionablc and
devoted Of tho people, .and now i'd
vanced In year,. They care not foi
Tho trouble Of team, camping out,
ETC.; 20 they have to get the enjoyable
Inspiration Of years gone by somowha
At second hand.
Most Of officials come as matter Of
course, anu many no doubt reproduce
tile thoughts, suggestions, cou nsels and
revelations that are given with great
iait iuluess aud fidelity; others do
not possess the faculty OF retaining or
Of representing that which Ia heard or
learned, and only In very general
aud iragmcniafy way can many settle.
men,s get the JUNCTION AMI spirit Of this
great gathering Of authority.
Yet tho main Interest OF Conference
- educaiionalj corrective, suggestive,
expouniing aud developing truths
long known yet like all divine things
ever evolving new phases, features,
Ideas, light, aa the exigencios Of pro.
gress ahd growth may demand. Topic.
presented pass through quite a diver,
sity Of mentality in the speaker, who
are mainly Of the Presidency ami the
Twelve, 90 that n consideration Ia,
been given whatever may be prom.
inent or nrst foremost, aud 1t Ia,
been Ia some sense, exhausted, many
sides at least, have been presented. H.
this sense alec there IL general
"sowing Of the seed" anu finite mau
probably eau never tell whore, when
or how that may gcrminate aud
bring oah fruit The average
Latter.dny saint Is wonderfully reoep.
tive when truth or true principle II
enumerated; but all soil is not quick Ia
action, all tessons aru not favorable,
aud after sll, ideas long pondered
uTon, II 90 OF ao.ion, uiatureI
after lapse Of tlmg, are each
more likely to be Permanent
and enduring than when created uu.
der momeutafy impulse by the mag.
netlsm Of language or even tho
iecundlty Of Inspiration iolt at given
tlmeand place. Men con be moved up, n
by enlhusiasm, by the con,agion Of =
multitude, by the g. luonces around
anu by a generosity Of soul which, ~
moments Of exal.allon, sees no obstacle
and knows no sacrihoe until II Gomez
to practical experience. Then, ami MOI
I'll then, dos "sober second thought
aisoft itself, aud it is found while eth,
spirit was land is) willing, the iiesh II
Woak.n
Some arr critical because 20 It'll,
that 10 new invites the attention OF th,
Conference visitor. but this IL III,
thought mainly Of those who enjoy
conunualIy"the droppings OF the sane
tuafy.h 10 them the food may hav,
an everybody kind q taste about H.
But the visitor IL not 80 much surieileI
To him OF her u Ia ga feast OF mi
things, OF vine on the lees well re,
hurd," Tho nrst In somewhat cap
iuu.i the alter 10 hungry. rno Dr.,
wants the tummings, the elsgaucIts,
the rhetorical elJquence Of the we'll
trained speaseI; the latter simply nskt
sometliug little different from Whist
he has O, h.mr, where variety IA none
TO atuulaur,aud even the expressions
oisome local brethren are as ga thrice.
cold ia,o."
The inference IL not unfair that ,he
intellectual friction Of headquar,ers
ami surroundings should develop a
broader mentality than does the lille
uamle. or country towt; and this
thought lays, no doubt, AZ the base Of
missionary appointment ia stake; but
II also uusCrlisa the institution OF an.
uual aud ssnl-annual conferences, III