Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-05
PRIEST. SNOW TALKS
TO THE CONFERENC E
Delivers Opening Address at Tabernacle this
Morning What the Gospel Has Done for
the Saints and What They Should Do.

minatlon that had 70 be exercised be-
fore the son Of God could pass through
the ordeal, the sacrifice that was
necessary.
] believe that his Father had edu-
Gated him. had passed him through
scenes that We're OF very serious
character of great trials and he knew
Just what be could depend upon from
the facts that We're illustrated and
shown by his experience. We place
men here from time 90 time IN positions
uf president of stakes. as bishops OF
wards. We are called upon sometimes
TO take into consideration whom We will
place IN this stake cor that stake of
Zion TO preside over u.s. Perhaps there
are fourteen thousand members. Lat
ter-day Sains. In that stake on there
may De fifteen or twenty thousand, and
the prosperity Of the people of that
stake, To- a certain extent anyway, de-
Ponds upon the qualification OF that
president
Wen, now how can We determine I'm
order 90 make the proper selection
How are we 90 determine sO as 90 make
a wise selection, in placing the respon-
sibllities upon man that We propose
TO take this position? The people OF
the Stake are greatly concerned. they
want good man they want a wise
man, they want a man that by night
and by day win think how he can best
improve them make them happy place
them In circumstances that VIII be
agreeable, and advance them We look
around 10 find man that We feel has
a thorough interest in the people, and
that is wise and a good man, and u
Is well that We should That Us our
business-tO look after the interest OF
the Saints and % place such men be-
fore them 20 look after their interests
as win be faithful In their calling and
win be unselnsh. and win not spend
their time in any other direction than
that which pertains TO the genera adj
vancement of those they are appointed
TO look after Well Is II possible that
We sometimes make a mistake and get
the wrong man? Is 10 possible? Well
you perhaps should Boz the judges But
/ can tell YOU one thing surely that we
use our best efforts 10 find the proper
man. How do we do 10? Well, we send
somewhere about eighteen hundred
missionaries 20 the nations of the earth.
We keep about that number Of mission
aries I'm the different nations We APP
point men here az home we place re-
sponsihilties upon them. large resp0u-
sibillties We look over the history OF
these men. Perhaps this man was
Bishop Wei, how did he act and per-
form his duties as a Bishop Did be
devote himself 10 he interest of the
people Of bis ward ni was he trying %
make himself wealthy Was his mind
devoted 10 saving what he
could for himself and In en-
HANGING his own individual In
terests and that OF his wife and
children and neglcctIng the interest Of
the people OF his ward9 How is a.?
Well, we inquire around We get the
history Of the man his past experiences
He has had several calls here and there
Did pc answer those calls9 Was he
called as a missionary 90 leave his wife
and HIS children and go 10 the nations
90 be gone two years or three years or
four years as the case may be? And
did he 60. on did he say. "Oh, no: /
would Ike 60 go very well, but my cir
Cumstances are not quite So pleasing or
advantageous MS they ought 20 b. un-
der such circumstances in order that
/ might go; ] cannot 60 and leave my
family very we'll"
Did he make these excuses and how
has he been am along the path OF his
life for the past few years or for many
years as the ease might be? We Judge
the man not always by his looks or ape
pearance. not always by hearing him
preach a sermon: but we Judge him by
what be- has done or failed 10 do in the
past That is just the way the Lord
intends TO do with you or me
exactly. We will bo judged according
10 what we have done or what we have
failed 20 have done an along the line Of
our experiences When Jesus was
placed IN a condition where acting in
prOpriety or otherwise confronted him:
when he saw before him the cross and
the immediate prospects Of being placed
upon n and Of his undergoing those
eNcruciatng tOrtures that he had seen
others experiencing then his nature
failed as Il were and he said Father
II ID Is possible that this experience or
this cup pass from me. let ID pass"
That Is the way he told the Lord. But
Notwithstanding. he said, III this can
not be- done Thy will be done. and not
mine" So he was placed upon the cross
and suffered that eNcruciatIng torture.
Supposing that he had failed the ma
lions u the earth and the people Of the
Lord his sons and daughters. would
have failed 90 Doe put into that posi-
ton Of having the opportunity that YOU
and I have today They would have
failed FOR a long time. 10 say the least
OF course the provisions would have
been made and the work OF the Al
mighty would have been proceeded with.
hut there would have been a halt there
But the Lord knew lust what he could
depend uuon, and therefore he selected
that son OF His. our savior Jesus
Christ, and he has wrought out that
great work of redemption for the hui
man family. the living and the dead
Now brethren and sisters what have
these principles we have espousad done
for us? Are YOU satisfied? ] am per-
fectly and fully satisfied have gone
through a great many things that We're
very unpleasant FAR from being agree
able. an along the line. and ! 30 not
know how much further or what else
VIII Doe required 0f me NJ this charac-
ter; but ] am satisfied with what the
Lord HAS done for me- and what ] OK
pact he win do IN regard 90 my tcm-
poral affairs temporal salvation. and
also IN regard 10 the future.
My hopes IN reference Go the future
lie ore suprcmcly grand and gl0r-
l0us and 7 try 10 Keen these prospects
bright continually: and that is the
privilege and the duty of every Latter
day Saint ] suppose am talking now
20 some Latter.dav Saints that have
been sorely tried and they have
thought sometimes perhaps Ike the
Savior fclt that he had no friends.
that his friends had AN gone and
everything was going WRONG and every
thing was disaCrepable and his circum-
stances were continuing 90 get worse
and worse. and those that be- depended
upon Tor assistance failed perhaps 90
render the assistance expected and an
that sort Of thing Likewise everything
c0.rcti nos hrao-1os frrk fol-. .'r r-1
We almost forget the relationship
that 500 s,auu 40 fo IUe L.r..u.
gin 90 feel as though Il was not what
we expected
wonder n there are q few here with
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