Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-05
FRIDAY, OCTOBER ., 1900. SALT LAKE CITY.

feelings Of this kind. ike old Job had.
| for instance. a poor man who Won-
aorcd WIS his children were taken from
him why bis hcr4s were destroyed
ana why bis h1us uIs Uu'lug, went
up in iI1mes and why De was left With
| out anything He formerly was "a
very wealthy man. laft without any.
lhlng. We'll bis friends came aoou,
nun. Ihgy were supposed 20 Doc
| friends. They were fHgu formerly
| They came about him and wanted Co
show him that these evils came upon
him because De- had failed 90 40 his du-
! o. I'M ife past. because he hJiC0mmlttcI
some SIM That was the kind Of ideas
mat they had that they communicated
! 90 him. But there W nothing of the
! Kind. 10 was not $50. They We're
! vastly mistaken The lord had a GER
! tain position u which Doe sought 90
! place job In the future AZ some fu-
| ture time when years ana years had
| rolled away perhaps and Doe wanted 90
! try him. He wanted Go educate him
| so that De- would not complain, no mat
| ter how llly be thought himself treated
| by the Lord That was a glorious trial
! of Jobs 10 has come down In his-
| tory, bis experiences and hts trials and
! 10 has been "a wonderful consolation 90
! the people OF the Lord 10 read the his
| tory OF his experiences and his trial and
/ how we'll De passed through them
The religion that we have received,
! the principles of exaltation and glory
| that you and ] have received. bring
/ upon us persecution or else they are
not those principles that We thought
! they We're They bring upon us trou-
! Die up0u me right hand and upon the
left but we should seek 20 be calm and
| cool as Job learned 90 be calm and cool
| under circumstances Of the most
unhappy character We should learn
| 90 90 this and there are things
that are provided for us by which we
can learn this. Think now of how
much worse you and ] might be-. and
! then think Of what superior blessings
we actually possess. We know that In
the future after we have passed
! through this llfe we VIII know this.
| We win then have our wives and our
| children with u.s. We Will have our
| bodies gl0rihed. made free from every
| sickness and distress and rendered
| most beautiful There is nothing more
beautiful 20 look upOu than a resur-
ractcd man or woman There Is Moth
ing grander that can imagine
that man can possess than
a resurreCted body There Is no
Latter-day Saint within the sound OF
my voice but that certainly has this
prospects OF coming forth IN the morning
Of the FIRST resurrection and being gllri-
fed, exalted In the presence OF God,
having the privilege OF talking with
our Father as We talk with our earth
ly father
What a glorious thing Wen know no
prison walls your friends turning away
from YOU, your being dispossessed OF
your property being driven from your
home being cast into prison being de-
famed These things do not hurt you
one particle. They do not destroy your
prospects which are sull glorious be-
fore you. And then we should under
stand that the Lord has provided when
the days OF trouble come upon nations.
place for you and me. and we win be
preserved as Noah was preserved not
In an ark. but we Will be preserved by
going into these principles OF union hy
which we can accomplish the work Of
the Lord and surround ourselves with
those things that win preserve us from
the difficulties that are now coming
upon the world the judgments
Of the Lord We can see. az we
read In the newspapers. We can see
that they are coming upon The nations
0f the ung0dlv; ana They would have
been upon us ~ we had stayed among
the nations, if the Lord had NOT inclined
our ears and brought salvation 10 us,
we would have been as they are and
will be.
Well now brethren and sisters, feel
to say God bless you. Here are my
Counsel0rs. We are one, We are unit
ed We do not quarrel with each other
We speak wen OF one another because
we ought 90 DO u and we think we are
worthy Of being well spoken Of by each
other And here we have twelve men
sitting In front with me-Twelve Apos-
Ties. There are many Of these that
you know. You know them from hear
ing what they have accomplished. You
have a personal acquaintance with
some Of u.s. Now they are with us heart
and soul We are united together We
DO not quarrel with each other. We do
not Islander one another but we 20
where council requires and we are heart
and soul together What for? Not 90
make ourselves rich. not 10 make our
selves wealthy. but % see what we can
accomplish IN the Interests Of the peo-
pie and we are labOring continually 20
see what we can do, We come together
every week and we talk about what we
can DO for the people. What can We do
for these fOTty-tWo or forty-three
Stakes ~ Zion. Are some Of the pre-
siding Elders. some Of the presidents OF
these Stakes getting too old 10 admin
lister 90 the people? Are some Of them
neelecting their interests? We talk
these things over We study and con-
slider them. We try 10 ascertain what
they are doing and what their feelings
are and how they manifest them IN the
presence Of the neOple. Are they work
ing Tor themselves? Are they trying 70
see how much money they can get into
this bank or the other or are they enc
gagged heart and soul In doing what
should be done In their respective zee
sponsibillties. Wen, we are not idle In
these things
You viii have some speakers here
during this conference you win prob
ably have In the neiehborhooj Of TWEEN
Is speeches here. When the brethren
arise o. speak you ask the Lord "a let
them say something that you want 10
know that they may suggest something
10 YOU that Will be Of some advantage
20 YOU. II YOU have any desire 10 know
certain matters that YOU do not under
stand. pray that these brethren In their
talks may say something that shall
onlighten your mind IN reference 10
that which troubles you. and we win
have grand and glorious conference,
q better one han We have ever had be-
fore Strange as II may appear our
last conference always seems the best
and may this be the case; and you
brethren and sisters let your hearts
raise mp 20 the Lord and exercise faith
while our brethren are talking 20 you
We will not be disappointed and YOU
viii not go home. YOU win not retire
from this conference without feeling
you have been greatly and abundantly
blessed Amen.
Elder Reed Smoot. OF the Quorum Of
the Twelve was the next speaker He
desired an interest in the prayers OF
those present that he might be directed
in his speaking bv the Holy Spirit An
who are present could say that God
had blessed fham aIuga last gouf.V.uoa