The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-08
In deserts sweet, peaceful land;
On lions mount behold it stand.
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FRANKLIN D. RICHARDS.
president of the twelve apostles, was
the first speaker at the afternoon ses-
sion.
He said he was very happy in listen
ing TO the addresses made during the
morning session, and at the spirit OF
humility which prevailed. He was fur
ther pleased that most of the remarks
were of a practical nature, and per-
tanned largely to the tilllng of the soil,
and he hooed there were none pres
ent who did not appreciate the fact
that all material blessings came from
the earth, either by tilling of the soil or
the working OF the mines.
He believed that all the efforts of
the brethren should be devoted to the
building uD of Zion, until all the till
able soil should be under cultivation as
far east as the Missouri river.
He spoke of the death of President
Woodruff and the apparent haste OBJ
jected to by some TO fill the place left
vacant, but he said it was deemed ad
viSable to act quickly now, much more
than it was in early times, as a num-
Der of the apostles were getting old,
and it was not unwise to fill the places
left vacant by those who had gone
beyond to join the departed Prophet
Joseph. with those who remained.
There is a difference he said, in the
grief now felt for a departed president,
and that which was felt in the early
history of the church, a difference that
comes with a better understanding of
the blessings we enjoy.
He then recited the history of the
church, the departure of it's members
from Missouri and the early expert
enceS in this valley.
Reverting to the time for the election
of a successor to a departed presidents
he said it had never been reduced to a
fixed rule, no precedent has ever been
established, and it never has been done
in the past except at such times as the
spirit TO act has influenced all to SO
act, and this was particularly the case
in filling the recent vacancy, the spirit
came upon them all and they acted ac-
cording to its influence for what they
considered the best interest of the
church, both spiritual and temporal.
NEVER BE DISCOURAGED.
Apostle Heber ]. Grant, the next
speaker, began by saying that he re-
joiced that he was able to again as
semble with the brethren, and that he
urgently wished he would be inspired
to say something for their good, and
that he never had had any other de-
sire when standing before a gathering
of Latter-day Saints than to say some
thing that would be of help to all. He
endorsed with all his heart the re-
marks of President Smith, when he
said that the Saints should not become
discouraged but should rather make it
set principle to die hard, and they
would then find that they would not
die at all.
He was glad, he said, that he was
one of those men who never became
discouraged in the battles of this life,
and that he hoped all would try to
cultivate a disposition never to stop
at obstacles, but rather to always hold
themselves as able to accomplish any
honorable purpose, and to ever hold an
ambition that is of an exalted order
He then followed with a long argu-
ment upon the evidence in existence
that the mantle of Joseph Smith fell
upon Brigham Young and not upon the
leader of the Josephites, citing the
prophecies of the Prophet Joseph Smith
relating to the, difficulties the Saints
would be beset with in the Rocky
mountains and their persecution by the
United States.
People visiting Utah are always sur
priSed al what they term the wonder
ful foresight of Brigham Young, but
all know that Brigham Young was di-
rected by God in his work, and that the
of it through his
o5CASS was OOl a udlUI dl IGSuIl-
BOOK OF MORMON APPLIED.
Apostle George Teasdel was the last ,
speaker of the afternoon, and began
by saying that he was filled with /
and praise for the privi- |
lege he had of being a member of the |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day |
Saints.
His discourse consisted largely of |
readings and quotations from the Book .
Of Mormon, with Illustrations of their /
application to the present work of the |
Saints, and a few remarks concerning
the election of President Lorenzo Snow
to the presidency, which, he said, took
place when no meeting was called for
that purpose, but rather when the
apostles were meeting for other pUr-
poses, and the spirit of the father came
upon them and the successor to the late
President Woodruff was then elected
Oy divine inspiration.
The choir sang:
Come, come, We Saints no toll
Nor labor fear.
Benediction by Elder Joseph E. Tay-
or.
Conference adjourned until Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock
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