Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-04

| position. II has always been true that
| where the people OF God are prosper
Gus the powers OF evil are more active.
| The Saints must expect, therefore, that
| Satan and his hosts Will be the more
| alert. The powers Of darkness are al
ways arrayed against the power of
light. Recently we have had an ex-
ample OF this in the treatment some OF
our missionaries have received In our
own country. The speaker quoted a
| saying Of the Prophet Joseph Smith to
| the effect that this antagonism would
| continue until the Lord overthrows the
| power Of the devil. The only Import
/ ant consideration for us IN this re-
spect IL that we determine to withstand
all the attacks made by the adversary
Of good The Prophet Joseph was es-
| peClGlly tried, and 50 were those men
who succeeded him, No one can point
J TO these and say truthfully that
| they over failed in their allegiance to
| the Lord The only reason why they
We're prosecuted was that they had
been called of the Lord and they
| proved true to this sacred trust only
because they knew their calling to be
OF God Knowing this, they were
strong in the power Of the spirit,
We have all received the same spirit,
| We testify that Joseph was a prophet,
Notwithstanding very few OF us ever
saw him In the same way we testify
OF the existence OF our Savior though
We have not. as people. ever seen
Him. We should take heed To- the
words OF the prophets, whether living
or dead In the days of prosperity We
should remember the Lord. Elder
! Young bore a strong testimony TO the
| divinity OF the latter-day work. The
hatred OF the world should not discour-
age, but rather stimulate us to greater
| diligence i'm serving the Lord
The choir and congregation sang
The Spirit Of God like a fire Is burning
The latter-day glory begins to come
forth.
The visions and blessings Of old are re-
turning.
The angels are coming to visit the
earth.
ELDER JESSE ~ SMITH,
president of the Snowflake stake, was
| called on to address the conference. lie
said that he had been called to preside
over the Snow flake stake OF Zion ~
years ago. If the Saints here would
come t. this stake they would see
place where the spades were kept
bright and idle words were few, where
the barns were full and the paths to
The meelnghouses were well worn, The
organizations of the Church were well
patlonized. They were short, accord
ing to recent newspaper report only
Of water ard good society. Elder smith
went on TO explain that his people were
doing their best to supply these neces-
sary conditions They were making
rapid progress In supplying irrigation
facilities. Wren they first went into
the country. they found after buying
lanG. thar iney were on ground belong
ing to the railroad; and owing to this
fact they had experienced some diff
Guilty. They nae no saloons and pro-
family could not be heard on their
streets. This Was moi a small thing to
say Of neW country where cowboys
atoUnded
AT the conclusion Of the speakers ad-
dress, President Joseph f. Smith ex-
planned that Elder Jesse n. Smith was
one of the two living cousins Of the
Prophet Joseph.
ELDER EDWIN 5. WOOLLEY,
president OF Hanab stake, was the next
speaker, The presidents of the stakes,
he said, had responsibilities in proper
tion TO their positions as the heads of
their organizations, This position re-
CURED great deal of wisdom and pa
tienee TO guard the interests OF the
Saints. Like the previous speaker, he
could say that there were no saloons In
the county where the Saints Of his
stake resided. The people, as a whole,
were prosperous,
The Saints should seek for the gift
Of discernment, In order that they may
ward az tn attacks of the adversary
of all Righteousness. The devil Is al
ways cndeavoring TO get the Saints TO
find fault, TO look for defects, so that
they may be disconnected. But II we
can only see what the purposes OF
Satan are we shall not be led away
from the truth.
Elder Wooley said that he had been
here since 1913. Ne had heard many
predictions made In this and the old
tabernacle and had lived to see these
fulfilled. Pefore the financial distress
of 1899. the servants Of the Lord had
warned the yeope of Il. The warning
has again been given today by Presi-
dent smith ana If We heed this warn
ing, we shall be blessed This comes
from the inspiration OF the Lord, ana
will save US from difficulty in the fl-
tuie. lie had no fears for the Saints:
for the majority OF them would heed
the COunsels Ct the Lords servants. He
prayed that the Saints would manifest
their integrity for the truth.
ELDER BYRON SESSIONS.
My dear brothers and sisters, feel
grateful to my heavenly Father for this /
honor that Is bestowed upon me this |
iacfning In being called TO address you |
and to represent the Big Horn stake |
~ Zion ! feel proud Of the people |
ttat you have sent into that stake / |
presume that there are before me many |
&: the fathers and mothers, the sisters |
and the brothers of that body Of peo- |
pie that compose the Saints IN the Big |
Eorn Stake OF Zion. | wish 10 say |
to you that feel proud OF them. They |
have honored me in my position. / |
never have had yet an unpleasant |
word from one Of the colony in the Big |
Horn stake In the last three years. II |
Is three years the 22nd OF this month |
since ! left nv home In Rich county. |
in the Woodruff stake OF Zion, to go to
that land, according 20 call, aud | |
fool TO thank the brethren for that call. |
! thank my heavenly Father that | |
was taken VI root and branch and |
moved into that land. | feel satisfied |
now with my labors. which | never
Rave before. AS has been said by |
Brother Wo0llcy. I was born and raised |
IN the Church, and ! was born I'm your
beautiful city and Immediately after
my birth was taken to what is known
as Bountiful. | thank my Heavenly
Father that my parents have obeyed |
every law that God has revealed for
them to obey and thank my Heaven
~ Father that a great portion OF the
people in our land have obeyed those
laws, and are the issue from some OF
the highest laws that God has ever re-
vealed, Do not worry about your
sons and Vour daughfpra no pot |