Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-05
AIISPlCIOUS OPENING
OF CONF ERENCE.
,,..resting Features OF the Beginning OF
the Seventy-first Annual Session-Ad-
dresses by Pres. Snow and Others.

4 Ian, weather, large crowd OF
f's 's,,or,. the reconstructed organ
cary NV. ,,''l ADDRESSES and prevailing ,nss
'S''ps 'a.,, were features at the opening
60 =, '' seysnty.ar't annual conference Re, 1e
q ll' S S, IN the Tabernacle at 10
Of lhe 'n .,' earning. An exhaustive
oe'0eA !, IN ne proceedings follows
rpon ,soeral authorities present
% 'D ,..s o. the First Presidency
'nsl' ,. SNOW and Joseph F. smltn'
L's .',.r, George Q. Cannon was an
p's''. s,count Of severe illness) OF
VIZ ea .. Young Francis NJ. Lyman
p''DI v.n-y smith. Heber j. Grant,
% .UDu ~ T,vlor Mariner w. Merrill
NJ ,SlsOn Il. Lund, Matthias F. cowley'
81 ,s'.hsm o woodruff, Rudger Clawson
"a Reed smoot Patriarch Jonn
sml,b. II Inc First Seven Presidents OF
E ssyeutl,s-seymour b. Young George
n reynolds Brigham II, Roberts iona,
& Ian q. Klmbal Rulon ). Weiis gnu
y,ssnb W McMurrin; Of the Presiding
a p,sbonrle--Winl B. Preston, ROBERT
\ Burton and John r. Winder
f Ths services opened by the cholr ana
n congregation singing the hymn when
N begins
Il .come let US anew our journey pur-
n sue"
Y Opening prayer was offered py Eluer
n John Nicholson
y IAN hall the glorious day,
By prophets long fOretold,'
Was sung BY the choir
PRESIDENT SNOW
81 Spoke as follows Ny Brethren and
4 Sisters Through the exercise Of your
4 faith and prayers, we expect, during
& this conference, that the Lord will be-
stow upon Us His blessings, and this,
* OF course, depends much upon the eX-
4 ercise Of your faith and prayers, This
&work In which you and | are engaged
h can prosper and be furthered only
&thr0ugh the blessings Of God upon our
i faithful exerti0ns-olr honest exertions
T-our determination TO accomplish the
6labors for which we have come to the
hearth, When We look back upon the
Ntcenes and experiences through which
i've have passed we easily understand
1hat our position Is dependent upon our
tlonest endeaY0rs 20 accomplish the
q pork Of the Lord We shorld try as
JaF as possible to labor Tor this people
l8"hose Interest We are called upon to
*promote. We can realize that our IN.
6tufe progress will also depend upon
A ihe aid that God shall bestoW upon us
4 Through our determination and do His
A VIII, under the various circumstances
IN which We may be placed
A You my brethren and sisters win
nave the privilege Of hearing a number
\ oi speeches during this conference from
3 the brethren that are seated here unon
Il the stand and from others. perhans
fyou having come here no doubt for
fthe purpose OF receiving sometime MAJ
Nln reward you for the sacrifices mai
atolne OF you may have made in coming
VIC mat You may well he rspald for
~ lne inconvenience hat Won bave
4, fu .t, IN coming to this Conference
& mere are many things that we can
''nlHA q That are well worthy NJ CON
e.', -1.V' as We are moving along in
paln OF eSal'atIon and glory There
-. some points that we can think
~ ,nat are Of superior conseouence
We discover In looking to ourselves
~ seeing now we have been organ.
- and in what We are doins ~.
&relras "'vIygur'allty connected with
NM. we are immortal beings
- "1Ch dWeils and reslsts tempfa-
~ an 'ns poly Of ours Is immortal
D I 0n never die. and VIII always ev,
9, M. 'r INDIVIDUALITY viii always con-
hWfhilles may begin. ana eter-
w. may end, and stlll we have o,r
Mn y CUR Identity is Insured
lys. =" w " nobody but simply onr-
ksts,,," ua'eIer changes may arise
"a, ~, noilus may be made. viii
H.,. our beings, lndiyldualitv
INV, ,...Iy-all viii remain the same
"A -.ue on Improving, moving an
,n ny negligence Hence our being
lrtlbr g, ''eht condition Is simply
y, vul on this path Of immortal
n IN ,r, we're Whatever may have
M Y. past how long we may have
i..OIt mis-, whether there ever
! ns. s When we did not exist this
n ~ positive and sure. our he
Ae future viii neyer he urai-
loOk N.Y., WI De disturbed. When
D. hIsssn vne beauties Of the world
s. n, uat We see and EXPERT
rs,,, Iany glorious things, nil us
~, ~, we feel and see their
eor. pc idea that the time win
s,nneh we shall cease 10 have
IsD~ "a. It certainly is n llfe M
Ma any W.T. is no such thing as our
ki,u5l ny OF existence, only as our
,,,uss pass from our bodies.
M, ieel thankful that the
nine ,saled unto us these glor-
te,ors Me glorious prospects that
~ The Savior once COM
tr,,,sa hls to a man who found n
sola M an d, n a Held, and who went
(ht seems. V ", ne possessed that he
y man n, uat treasure; and again
BIZ 4 ~, sold all that he had 10
rlts's Oh great price Now we
RI mnel our all and SUI.
be a. l,- 'au for this same
dsy Ssgii,.IIlortallty Why The Tar.
Tln9e,Ills In their past history have
y, hsys " sacrifice whatever they
nost ,nsyss'essed, and 20 through
ef m, Undesirable circumstance
has give up these hopes that
Jun asiSlp lted In them-rather than
and glory. '"'s pain OF exalta'
! ia. Latter-day Saints ,av,r,
arsuars ~ s'oiles IN prospect, which
ihe b., van van express. We ought 10
DE the pcopie the most virtuous
r Il on ny self-sacrificing, that
alhly Arc ace Of the globe. We
y ,h, IT II It were not for these
-lf II WV, ,ue Lord has inspired ms
BE rn,a gtte not Tor the revelations
NOS, urh S,sus 70 us, we would be
our n,'o,ppy people in the world
Sacrifices 81, experiences, air our
DE pss, ,,, sll that we have endured
know 9'' would 90 as FOR ror,h, ,eu
b, hsvs Wy well that the ssyIer
to ', COMPARED the kInes on,io y,
ke,hlns s nan that had SIscny ,, y,
IA, rs 1 Sa5 was wiling 10 o'I saoyIaca
=, ,l something. ~" 'he advantage
n The world for a purpose.