Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-10
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The choir sang the anthem;
The Mountain of the Lords N

The choir sang the anthem;
The Mountain of the Lords House.
Prayer was offered by Elder Edwin
d. Woolley president Of Kanab stake.
when Thou CONTEST to the Judg-
ment" was sung by Sister Lizzie
Thomas Edward and the choir,
ELDER GEORGE A. SMITH,
Of the council Of Apostles was the first
speaker lie related an incident OF a
man I'm Kansas who was building a
wall three feet high and 10 feet wide,
so that when a cyclone came along II
might turn the wall over, after which
II would be higher than before Nor
monism, said the speaker, is like this
WALL every cyclone that has struck 1t,
has made II higher than ever,
Elder Smith spoke on the evidences
OF superior power TO that Of man,
Nature as we'll as the history Of the
world teaches that there is such
higher influence. From the beginning,
man has been taught that there Is
hereafter But there are two powers
IN the earth, each striving for the mas
terry over man, One strives TO lead
him upward the other downward.
Every now and then, In the history OF
the race the Lord has sent prophets to
teach men concerning God and the flu
tute life. Adam, Noah Abraham,
Moses, and many others had ondeaV-
ored 10 instil into mems hearts
knowledge Of divine things, These
prophets had no fear except that they
might not do their full duty TO God
respecting their mission, Christ, like
wise I'm addition to Offering up Him
self as a sacrifice for the sins of the
world, labored during His brief career
to lead men toward God. revealing
many things concerning the future life.
There Is an important mission for US
to perform In this life That mission
is to save ourselves from sin. II is our
duty to treat each other with kindness.
to deal justly with ourselves, and with
others, and, IN short 10 strive con-
stantly 10 keep ourselves untarnished
| by sin.
1t is not, however, only from the
| testimonies borne by the ancient
| prophets that we derive a knowledge
| respecting God and our spiritual exist
| enCe I'm the hereafter. In our own age
another witness Of Gods truth mas
| arisen 70 bear testimony prior TO the
| final redemption Of the world. Joseph
| Smith, the modern prophet and revea-
| tor when only "A youth OF II was
| youChsafed Il vision In which he saw
| God the Father and his Son Jesus
| Christ and during his life he taught
| the world many important truths con-
! corning the other world.
But the Saints do not depend solely
| upon even these testimonies, great and
| consequential as they are. Everyone
| who Is doing what he should to bring
| about salvation has the privilege OF
| knowing, by the testimony Of the Holy
| Spirit something respecting God and
| the future life II does not matter
what the theories of men concerning
| the origin and destiny Of man, are: we
| have evidences that we are the chill
| dren OF God and that we may I'm the
| end enter His presence.
In conclusion. Elder Smith admon-
! ished his hearers 10 live In peace and
| love one with another, for this matter
| OF our souls salvation Is a serious and
| earnest concern.
The choir ard sololsts rendered the
| beautiful anthem, GOD OF Israel, Hear
out Prayer
ELDER JOHN HENRY SMITH,
Of the same quorum, was the next
| speaker, lie had been at Tabasco
| southern Mexico, since February last
| first days OF the conference During
his absence he had met number Of
prominent people, who had treated him
very kindly,
lie was pleased to be with the Saints
| once again at conference, 10 hear the
| words OF the servants Of God. The
work Of God would march forward,
| and mo- weapon formed or turned
! against it would succeed IN retarding
| IT'S progress. lie trusted sincerely that
! the sons and daughters OF Zion would
| always be found on the ground es-
| tablshed by the fathers.
Recurring to his trip 10 Mexico, he
declared that he had nothing but good
| to speak of the people. He had met
| President Diaz and his cabinet whom
| he regarded as wise and good rulers.
| As for the people generally he said
! they were a fine specimen Of natives,
Notwithstanding they lacked many in
| strumonts Of enlightenment found
among civilized peoples,
lie declared himself one with his
| brethren IN seeking the interests OF
| tho work OF God. lie prayed that tho
| Lord would bless His work throughout
| the world, and not only the Church
| but the nation OF which we form q part
and whose nag and interests he so
much rcvarpd Tie closed with a fer
vent and powerful testimony to the
| truth
ELDER j, w, KNIGHT,
one Of the presidency Of the Taylor
stake Of Zion, was called upon to re-
port His stake, he said, was pros
perlng. The quarterly conference. had
only recently been held at which the
general authorities 90 the Church had
been unanimously sustained The peo-
pie then had been suffering somewhat
from drought but the Presidency VI
| the church had come 10 their rescue
with means TO enable them to continue
TO TN their farms.
ELDER ANDREW KIMBALL.,
President Of the Thatcher stake OF Zion
next reported. The people were, on
the whole prosperous though for sew
eral years, they had suffered from
drought Recently however there have
been heavy rains Probably 5000 acres
OF farming land on the river banks
had been destroyer. Many canals, too,
had been destroyed, Sull the people
hoped and laborcd IN faith,
The spiritual condition OF the people
was good He thought that there was
no more faithful people anywhere. Reg
ular Priesthood meetings were held, az
which there was a great outpourlug Of
the Spirit The home missionaries were
doing an excellent work In bringing