Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-07

oct. 5th, 10 a. m-Confcroncc was
called to order BY President George y
Cannon
The choir and congregation sang the
hymn which boginA.
I'VE thank Thee. q God, Tor a Prophet
To guido ua In thes. latior-dnysi
We thank Thee for aending thv Gospel
To tighten our minds with ~ rays
Prayer by Elder Charles W. Penroso'
singing by the choir;
''Come. dearest Lord. descend and dwell,
~ faith and love. In every heart,
Then shall We know and taste and fuel
The ioyH that cannot be- expressed
PRESIDENT LORENZO SNOW
said he wished. az ne always did, In
coming before an audience OF Latter
day Saints their faith aud prayers, that
he might auy a0mvthinE that would De
"a comfort and a blessing 60 hum
The speaker fuad from the blrd Hec-
tion % the book uf Doctrine ana Cove
nants. commencing with the 46th para
rrnph, showing that 10 was the purpose
Of the Lord that the Lattgr-day Saints
should obtain the land of Zion unly hy
purchase. The Lord would not permit
them 70 take possession 81 that lana
by force, nor by the shedding VI blood,
II the Lnttcr-day saints ever set pos
session OF that land NJ will be- hy the
use Of tholr means ~ purchase u, IL
WAS not the pufpUHc Of the Lord that
ancient Israel should take possession
OF the land VI promise otherwise than
by puruhanc, but they rejected the
OF the Gospel, and tho Lord was CONF
PEELED. through their diHubcdlenCc, to
give them another law. The Lord pro-
Vlded Tor modern Israel "A way BY which
they could purchase tho land Of Zion,
and there was only one way and that
was By the law OF conHecration. There
were no itch among them, aud n was
only by cooperation that they could
raise enough means to purchase the
land, but the Saints wcrv unwilling 10
comply with tho law OF conservation
ana tried TO secure and hold the land
IN another way than that which tho
Lord had appointed. ana the Lord could
On the part OF the Saints, and the Lord
beholding their condition gave 10 them
another law, lesser law than the law
u conservation namely, the law OF tith-
INK. when u N considered what
consequences followed the failure OF tho
people to keep the law Of conservation.
Il can b. forcaccn what Will be the re-
suits OF failure To Keep itu lesser law
OF tlthlnE, which has been given In 10
place Ia the early days 81 the Church,
diaobcdiencc 90 the law Of conaecratlun
was followed by persecution from their
flhfllFNf an NMANNfA wan NNNW NNNnl
the Millonnlal star, Vol. ~, year 1863.
showing how tho Saints In Jackson
county had suffered through mob yio-
Hence. and these evils were nttrlhut d
20 the failure OF the Saints 20 ohssrvt
The law Of conservation. These outragoa
upon tho Saints were unpleasant 90
dwell upon. but they would come again
upon tho people " they allowed them
solves 90 gut Into the condition u Dis
obedience into which the y oplo ~ Jack.
Eon county had fallen. But the Latter
day Saints would never he taken In
that condition of diHohcdicncc Tor an
amazing information was already coins
ON among the people ia rotation to oh.
serving the law Of tithlnE The law II
tithtnE was then read frDm section ms
81 the book Of Doctrine and Covenants
and the Saints were advised 60 fuud
and study this section. A revenue ID
necessary with which 10 build temple p
10 help to send Elders abroad. 10 sup
port the poor, etc, The first principle
of action for the Lnttor-dAy Saints n Ia