Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-24

Spirit of the Lord was with us. lie
announced that President George q.
Cannon would honor us with his pres
ence during the conference. ana ieit
that we were highly favored In many
respects. Exhortcd the Saints TO We
meek and humble, and bore a strong
testimony to the truth of the Gospei
He urged upon the people the heoes-
sity of attending to their Temporal
duties. and paying their tithes ana
offerings, and spoke of the good WORK
being done by the Y NJ. and y. l.. NJ.
l. associations, and by the Keller 80
cities.
Elder Charles Sperry, In addition TO
endorsing the remarks of Presiueh,
Paxman explained the duties anu
privileges of the Seventies and Elders
quorums. He spoke of the precarious
condition of many of the nations VI
world and of the. calamltles that arr
daily Detailing the people, ana IN
planned how this was In accoruahce
with the predictions made by ancient
and modern Prophets.
Elder Isaac II. Grace made brlei re-
marks expressing his desire to con-
tinue to work for the furtherahee Oh
the Gospel.
President George @. Cannon ex-
pressed his pleasure at meeting with
the Saints. He spoke of the influence
OF the Holy Spirit upon us and what
great blessing 1t is to us. lie eN-
planned that Satan was a spirit of great
power in the councils of heaven, ana
that he advanced n plan of salvation
which. when 1t was rejected, causeu
him to rebel. and he exercised the
power that he had In inducing others
to follow him and succeeded IN ieading
s.ttr..t Ii. ~ tl..
and that by reason thereof he ana ms
followers were cast OF of heaven anu
lost their first estate. He compared
the course of the evil one with that OF
many persons who become possessed
with desire to thwart and destroy the
plan of salvation and on that account
speak evil about those Things they
once knew to be of God.
In the afternoon the Bishops of the
various wards made their reports
which showed matters to be in a very
satisfactory condition.
President George Q. Cannon again
addressed the people. He referred TO
the opportunities of doing missionary
work at home. and related how SONG
yonug Elders In one of the wards had
visited among the non Mormon resi-
dents in thar vicinity and awakened
considerable interest among them IN
the principles of the Gospel, when
He spoke of the disposition being man
Tested among some of the wealthier
classes In the Southern states to re,
ceive and entertain missionaries ana
Investigate our doctrines. and said
similar reports were being received
is opening up the way so that all VINO
are DESTROYS will have an opportunity
OF hearing the Gospel. a..
Elder George Teasdale made the
closing remarks.
on sunday morning Elder Sudbury
made the opening remarks. after when
the general and Stake authorities were
presented by Elder George Teasdale,
and on motion were unanimously sus-
tained
Elder Teasdale said that on inquiry
he had found that there were some
children over eight years OF age VINO
had not been baptized. He said there
should not be. He explained the neces-
sity of having this ordinance attended
to, and spoke also on the necessity OF
teaching the children the benefits oil
the Word of Wisdom.
President George Q. Cannon FOL
lowed. also speaking on the Word OF
Wisdom.
In the afternoon, Sacramen. was ad-
| ministered by Elders William II. Petite
grew and John A. Booth, after which
| President George Q. Cannon again al
dressed the Saints. He read from the
Book of Mormon the instructions given
by Christ to His disciples on the west
ern continent. He also spoke on the
law of tithing and the great blessings
to be derived from observing 1t.
Elder James w. Paxman said he
was grateful for the privilege we have
| had of having President George @
| Cannon in our midst. during the con
| ferencei
The choir sang an anthem and bene'
diction was pronounced by Elder James
| w. Paxman.
The conference was adjourned fol
three months.
A Priesthood meeting was helt
Saturday evening. which was addressed
| by President George Q. Cannon, Eide
| Teusdale and Elder Sudbury.
It. G. WYNN. Clerk.