Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-05
CONFERENCE CROWDS
INCREASED TODAY.
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Two Well Attended Sessions Held Priest
hood Meeting Tonight General
Meetings Tomorrow.

breathren to abandon their homes and
go 20 other localities, without first con-
sulting their presiding officers II Is
not advisable for Latter-day Saints to
go to and fro as they may fancy with
| out seeking counsel from those author
lied to give II. All things shodld be
! done In order and by direction OF prop
| er authority. We should be In har-
! mony with the spirit OF the Lord. II
we take this course the Lord win make
us power In the land. This IL His
design III we ar good Laiter-day
saints, we will appear In our true light
/ IN the eyes OF honorable people Of the
earth. We are so regarded by many
Of them even now The most desirable
results will accrue from our being In
| harmony With the Priesthood, In the
! order thereof.
Let us see to II that we shall lend
our influence to increase righteousness
among the people There are many
! things existing among Us that could,
| TO a great extent be abolished, espec-
Tally IN the settlements. Among these
are saloons, We are anxious TO save
our sons from being led astray IL the
spirit OF God Is constantly In our hab-
AANAiNilNf - WI iidNt a ililEnA9 tlttN
In that direction.
A great deal OF Temple work has been
done. An immense amount Of IL sull
remains TO be attended TO. Many have
entirely neglected this most important
duty. There Is no greater responsible
ity resting upon the Saints than that
which relates to the redemption of the
dead through the performing of vicar
ious work for TIE dead We viii. bye
and bye meet those who have gone be-
fore u.s. II we have neglected opportu-
mites 10 redeem them. Il will place
us In most embarrassing position.
The speaker concluded with an earn
est exhortatlon to the Saints TO be
faithful and true to their sacred obli-
cations.
ELDER JOHN W, TAYLOR.
Of the quorum Of Twelve, was the next
speaker, He began by reading from
the Sfth section OF the Doctrine ami
Covenants, The Church, he continued
IL guided by revelation. But there IS
q medium through which this reyea-
| ton Is given, which Is the Priesthood
| Though each person in the Church is
entitled to revelation, yet II is only for
| ms own guidance not TOR lhe guidance
OF the Church The Lord has always
given His win 10 men through the
Priesthood. II is through men holding
this authority that the gifts and blcs-
sings are manifest, Notwithstanding
the various christian" sects deny this
fact. IN the days. Of ancient Israel,
whom the Lord took away the higher
Priesthood Ia Moses, the higher gifts
those, namely which pertain 20 this
part Of divine authorlty-were taken
away with Il.
The time would come when We
should go to the great empire Of China
and every other part OF the earth and
convert enough people among them to
| redeem their dead
Every soul on the earth Is entitled
| TO know that God lives. He bore his
! testimony TO the truth Of che great
latter-day work, to the mission OF the
| Prophet Joseph, and to the fact that
God IS guiding the course OF this
! Church.
The choir and congregation sang eve
thank Thee, O God for Prophet"
Bencdicton by Elder William Bulge.