Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-06
Stake Presidents c. n. Lund,
NJ W Taylor T. {. Bassctt and
Jesse \. Smith, the Speakers
ALSO APOSTLE Geo. A. SMITH,
Who Declared That History is Re-
peating Itself ia This Day
And Age

Of stakes and Apostle Geo. a. Smith.
At 10 o'clock the session was opened
by the choir singing the hymn:
Third session, 9Th OF April, 10 a. NJ
The choir sang the hymn:
Sweetly may the blessed Spirit
on each faithful bosom shine;
May We every grace inherit,
Lord, we seek boon divine.
Prayer was offered by Elder Angus
NJ Cannon
The choir and congregation sang,
"Now let us rejoice In the day OF saliva
ton
ELDER G. n. LUND,
president OF the North Sanpete stake,
was the first speaker OF this session OF
the conference, He had been grateful
for the instructions given thus far. He
felt honored IN being member OF the
Church. The Lord had promised that
the work TO be established among us In
these days should never be taken from
the earth again nor given to any other
peOple--a promise that had not. so far
as we know, been made In any previous
dispensatlon The speaker declared that
he had always endeavored to give his
best efforts to the work assigned him.
He had been presiding over the North
Sanpete stake for three years. There
were in all II wards therein There
were some excellent men az the head OF
these organizations. The people, as a
rlle,were endeavoring 20 serve the Lord.
He closed by bearing a strong testimony
to the truth OF the Gospel
ELDER MOSES w TAYLOR.
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He said that we ought to practise what
we pray, If the Saints pray for the au-
thorities Of the Church, they should al
SO sustain them with their acts. Some
people pray for their presiding officers
and then go out upon the streets ind
ing fault with something that these Of
licers have done. There are many good
people living In his stake. They are
not rich. but they are as rule lnde-
pendent He related several instances
In his experience pointing towards the
SAYING that we ought to keep the best
side out, putting on an appearance, so
far as circumstances might allow, In
harmony with our positions In life,
ELDER THOMAS u. BAssETT,
president Of the Fremont stake, was
the next speaker. lie testified that he
had never been taught anything In
his life by anyone In authority In the
Church, that did not have tendency
to make him better man. And he
thought every other I.atter-day Saint
might, IL permitted make the same
statement II WAS for this reason that
the Saints have always been a desirable
population wherever there were new
sections to open. They have always
been taught to he honest, industrious,
vIrtuous and patriotic to their country
The evidences Of the truth OF this are
evident in his stake, and they are re-
cCgnIzed by those who will only look
for them The statement, therefore,
that "Mormonism' thriyes best where
there IL most ignorance, is grossly un.
true. He declared that if we are good
Latter-day Saints We Will be good
American citizens.
ELDER JESSE N. SMITH,
OF the Snowflake stake next addressed
the conference, There were not many
people living In his stake who were
members Of the Church. but they were
essentially good people. The wards
ARE fully organized. Some OF these
are situated In unfdyorable parts of
the country, There had been consider
able advancement educatlonally He
said that he had always had testl'
mony OF the Gospel He had heard the
Prophet Joseph while boy and al
ways remembered this fact with pleas
ure He trusted that no man If the
worse for the example he has set, for
he had endeavored always to do right
Sister olea shipp then sang 'Thc
Bright Beyond,
ELDER GEORGE A SMITH,
Of the quorum of Twelve, WAS the con-
Guiding speaker OF this session He
said thot he had been edited by those
who had thus far addressed the con-
ference. These instructions would be
aiken into the distant stakes and wards
of the Church. and thus many people
might be made the better by them
We are regarded by the world as q
PECULIAR people, II has always been
~ IN the history Of Gods people The
contemporaries Of Noah rejected his
testimony because they dld not under
stand him. The dcluge did not come
because Of N0ah's words, but rather
because the Lord had decreed that II
should come. II does not matter
whether the Prophet Of God desired to
warn the people or not, as Is evident
from the Discrimination Of Jonah, the
words Of the Prophet will be fulfilled
IN any event, The judgments Of the
lord Will follow, too whittier or moi
ihe people receive the warning sent
Them. In the two Instances Just men.
TONED the people rejected these mel
sent 10 warn them So In the case
Of Lot and especially Of Jesus Christ
The Jews asked our Savior by whai
light He reproyed them, pointed trl
lmphantly TO laws given Them by Mo.
ses and declared that He could not b,
what He said He was because they
tncW His father and mother and natv,
own, And though they refused tl
hear Him, flally putting Him 10 an
gnominous death, yet Jesus was IN,
Son Of God, and judgments followed IN,
election Of His words.
1t is history repeating itself In oui
lay, The Prophet Joseph was rdiculet
md ultimately put TO death The pe0
ole have declared that they had n,
need Of his now revelations. that they
had the Bible, and that he did not rep
resent the learning and responsibility
II men. Nor, since the prophets death
has the cause which he espoused been
received with any more approval thar
former generations accepted the teach
ngs Of the prophets Of the Lord Tn,
,ervants Of God who have succeeded
ho Prophet Joseph have continued hi
teachings and warnings But the res
possibility Of teaching and warning tn,
Eorld IL not confined to the authOrItiei
n the Church. II IL the duty OF eacl
person 10 warn and Instruct his neigh
oor, And 80 this responsibility will b,
Ihlfted from the shoulders Of the par
'nts to those OF the children, from IN,
,der men and women among us To IN,
Toys and girls. And we should no
YoId or shIrk this responsibility
He concluded by bearing his testi
nony Of the Gospel and urging N,
laints to live I'm such way that M
me can say that he has been injured
" their examples OF living,
The choir sang
oGulde US. o Thou great Jehovah,
Saints unto the promised land"
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