The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-07

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4 The morning session opened with
Valging by the choir:
IRark listen to the trumpeters.
They sound for volunteers,
On lions bright and t1owery mount.
Behold the officers.
Prayer by Elder David H. Cannon.
The choir sang:
Earth with her ten thousand blessings.
Air with all its beams and showers,
All around and all above
Bear this record, God is love.
Elder f. VI. Lyman
was the first speaker. He esteemed it
{. very great privilege to attend these
general conferences. 1t was necessary
that the organization of this church
should be kept perfect. and that the
burdens devolving upon US as a people
should not be borne by few only. When
our stake organizations were made
perfect there was no danger of any
portion of the kingdom being neglec-
ted. We meet together on these occa-
Sions to receive the word or COG from
tie presidency of the church ana
other inspired servants of the Lord,
and those who spoke to them were
moved upon by the holy ghost; their
words were the scriptures, just as
were the words Of the Savior and the
apostles Of old, and were suited to the
requirements of the people at the pres
emf time more particularly-of gath
cred Israel today. We had cities ana
towns to build, the land to subdue ana
difficulties to meet. and 1t was necessary
there should be a prophet. seer, and
SpeIaf0r s1lch as President Woodruff
Was TODAY. and those who had pre-
ces5sd him, to stand at the head OF TINS
gt3Et work. Then there were his two
twelve apostles, men
who held the keys OF the Kingdom
with authority to regulate and set IN
order the affairs Of the church. Ii dls-
orders appeared on the surface they
full physician dealt with a patient, and
those upon whom the responsibility
rested throughout the various stakes
should see that the people were well
looked after, in order that their saliva
ton might be made sure. 1t was IN the
nature of man to sin, and the
brethren who had charge of this great
which came under their notice in the
respective wards were checked in their
incipiency. It was by the voice of the
Lord that those who held authority in
the Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter
day Saints had been called to fill their
offices CT responsibility We, as peo-
pie, had no preference as to those who
should stand at our head. We prayed
to the Lord and said, THY will be
done" The matter was laid before
him and his inspiration came to Us by
the Holy Ghost.
This kingdom had been organized
by the inspiration of the Almighty, 1t
vas sustained by him, and would be
50 to the end. It had been established
10 nd
grow less than it was today. On the
contrary, it would increase in numbers
as the faith of the Saints spread
abroad. The fame of the Latter-day
Saints was only just beginning to
dawn, and the day was not far distant
when thousands of people from the
various parts of our land would come
= to visit them and learn for them
m IS their tue worth.
Elder Brigham Young.
followed. He said that God was will
ing TO bestow his blessings upon his
Saints if they, in the exercise of their
agency. lived worthy lives. The power
of choice rested with them as to
whether they would follw the path of
dea Jh or Of life. Proper ambition lead
ing to life, should be encouraged. but
covetousness of the things of the world
by the Saints, would be a sin, consider
illS tile IdNOIS NTOQ naQ bestowed upon
them. All the privileges of laborinr in
sacred places for the salvation of the
siving and the redemption of The dead
were peculiar to the Latter-day Saints.
and # they would be humble and
united they needed not to I-enble for
the future of their work The Saints
would not be free from the power of
the adversary until they became a unit
IN spiritual matters, and were filled
with love for and confidence in each
other. One WHO had no confidence in
the order of the priesthood had no con-
1ldence in him who established that
order. All personal preferer ces must
be sacrificed, If they should come in
con tact with the plan of God. This
coutd be done only through full faith
IN the Almighty. Enemies might arise
among the people. but union in their
MIDST would arm them against all AT
tacks. He had no fear for the future
OF the work Of the Lord, or for the
opposition it might meet. This
WOO tend only TO advertise the
WORK OF God 1t was, perhaps the
ooIIs way 10 nrlng the gospel be-
Iore governors and kings. to take n
mere through opposition and tris1
lie thing for each 10 do was to accent
IFnat might come, and subject ali -.
zonal feelings TO the good of the sen
eral cause. If the judgment of eso, !
MAJ with reference to the church
should be followed out, great confn-
sion would be the result On The o+bs,. |
hand, they who would follow roeei-Iv I
and humbly the inspiration of tbs
spiI1t of God would be in a condstioy, /
30 inherit all his promises.
AdverSfty had never hiadered tbs
progress Of Gods work. but bv tbae
means the Individual faith of aarb
and consequently of the whole bad
0een increased, and it had come to rhe
1oint where 1T was necessary for eacg,
2 co his duty and trust to God for.
Ene rest Thus would true union ana
Quality before God be brought abouS
10 matter Ehat differences with re-.
gard 20 business or politics might a,-
ST or arise. Ephraim should be heirs
# Jacob and should attract the frl1er
ribes of Israel; this was the desatinv
If the Latter-day Saints. BY tho
gathering of one of a city and two of a
anliiy would the redemption of the
whole human family be brought
Ibout. through the work of the living
ind the yica;ious work in behalf of
he dead. Would Ephraim continue in
his great mission or rebel against II?
The mercy of God to the Saints had
made them prosperous; would this
lessen their faithfu.ness ia
performing his work?
The purposes of God could be
'rcs1gilt about only through his power,
VI he derended upon the union, faith