Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-06

ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
The Sixiy.Fourth General Anuiver.
sary Of the Church.


To spend one dav with Thee on oafth
Exceeds thousand years VI mirih
Prayer by Elder George Reynolds.
Singing;
Glorious Things OF thee are spoken,
Zion. riiy Of our God
He whose word cannot be- broken
Chose thee Tor HE own abode.
ELDEH uEnEH j. GRANT
vas Gale upon 10 address the congro.
CATION. He sail II was always
pleasure 10 him to have the oppoftu.
nifty Of meeting with the Latter-dny
saints, aud especially was this the case
at the annual Conference. file ruioiced
exceedingly In tho Gospel Of Jcsus
Christ, Ia the plan OF life and
salvation that had heen revealed In
his our day, and he prayed that he
might never break any Of the cove
uanis into which he had entered with
God. His great desire was u know
the mind aud will " God anu 70 act
va accordance Herewith. In proper
ton 20 our diligence, iaithfulncas ana
humility In keeping His command.
mruts would lie bless aud assist ~ Ia
tue labUrs Of life. A man who pos
tuacd the testimony that We were
engaged In the work OF GOd valued
that testimony more than life itself,
and the mort earnest desire OF
every true Latterday saint, male Or
female, was that their children mBy
grow up In the nurture aud a1mOni.
ton OF thu Gospel, anu 20 keep the com.
mands NJ 0od that they may be saved
In His Kingdom. We received tusti.
mony OF the Gospel by Ubeyiug its laws
und oTiinnueet; We received a kuOwl-
edge u the divinity OF the work In
which We are engaged ny Keeping the
commands uf God; anu our children
would receive that knowledge exactly
NJ their parents had before them.
The Lord had commanded that
We shBll teach our children
the principles Of tue Gospel, ana that
they shall be baptized wheu they are
eight yrhft Of age. II wu failed 10 keep
that commandment the blessings
which He had promised u would be
evoked and we would have mourning
aud sorrow IN seeing our offspring
crow ~ wi!houta desire 10 serve God.
La after years, when We enieavoTeu 10
tHttil into Their minds the principles VI
ihe Gospel, failure would come, bo
ruuso The seeds OF error And uistrust
would have been already s0wn, aud We
would DO unable 10 control them;
whefeaN hAi We done our duty the
opposite Of this would have been the
fusuit. In conclusion Elgur Grant In.
vodel tho blessing u q upon this
e1plr.
ELDER GEORGE TEAsDALE
was the next speaker. He said that he
appreciated the privilege OF a-soolat.
Ing with tho Saints In Conference.
He spoke briefly OF his recent lahore,
Ia connection with Apostles Brigham
Young anu John Henry smith, Ia the
Mexican mission. Hu remarked that
the Saints were there located In a
beautiful county, anu they h Il
passed the most labOfi0us part OF
opening up OF that region tor prosperous
homes. fhe mission was In good c0L-
uiliOn, which, No tat ~ related .
tultlemont-, was about seven years old.
There was q tunueTy, Touring
mill, a good deal Of nuil.rai-ing, anu
tue progress made was suTprsing.
The speaker referred to tue words
u Pau, who said hc was
can apostle not Of man" lie was al
apostle raised up by Christ that
tne Gospel might be- preached by
him, Toe wUrds Of Christ Ia reference
10 the necessity of being "puru ot water
aud u tue ipitit" 90 order 10 sue or
enter the Kingdom Of God were dwelt
upon, The preaching Ot the Gospel
und the naturalization OF the
ordinances thereof could only be
zone ace p'shly by those holding
divine authority, being "cAllcd OF God,
u- was AatOu." Even aa Paul was
called 10 be ian Apostle not VI mnn"
uut OF Christ. lie who administered
lnptism must say 70 the candidate for
entrance toto the Kingdom Of God
"Haviug been commissioned Ut Jesus
Christ | bhpil2a you IN tne name Of
the Father anu OF the Son anu Of the
Holy Ghott" To reject the Gospel
was serious matter That hu.
q Ofiiy anu plan were Withdrawn
sitter the days OF the ancient Apostles
be- ause the people rejected the mes
"a e., The same GJapel as they
pE gche1 has been restored and a
Prophet (Josoph smi.h) had boon
Iaistd up ia TINS age 10 establish the
tfuo Church II the Savior. THIS
WIS the testimony Of the Latter
day Saints 10 the world. But
tue great bulk VI the people
had no faith, and without laith twas
impossible 10 ploasu Cod. lie wished
10 tear bia testimony thar We were
living In the hour OF GODS judgment,
aud the GOSPEL was being preached 10
oil nationu Tor a witness; anu the Lat.
teI-day Saints were the witnesses. He
knew that Joseph Smith was prophet
OF God, AMI had seen tho signs follow
the true believer continually; and he
also knew q MS great satlsiaclson that
THIS organization known as the Church
OF Jesus CHRIST Of Latter.day ga nts Was
the Church 0f the living God. Tue
speaker stated that since the year 1852,
up 10 which time ho WASH member VI
tie Episcopal church, he had been en-.
gagged more lees IN the work Of the
ministry In tins organization dutlng
that period no had had a variety Of
experience, preached Il good deal, AMI
Travelled very many miles Tor tho dJs'
pei cause, VIII we, lac asked, be faith
iul ami true, or be- satihhed with the
mere theJTy OF the GOspe
Lrt ua teach our children the
principles Oi righteousness by
practice as well as by preCep, and eN'
ample had greater force and more iniiu'
ence upon the people tnan precept.
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