The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-06

.-,a. col III mas Deen blessed 10 a very
Sltdt extent by the favor of the Lord
uurlnS the last season. and most of orr
toUpie nave reaped bountiful harvests and
I've Deen prospered not only spiritually
out also temporarily, and / think We pos
Sess the evidence that the good works of
the 1-atter-day Saints are not diminish
dirs; Dut mat they are indeed increasing,
anu we all with but very few executions
are as determined today as we ever Were
% as ever any members OF the church
ever were to continue TO fight the good
hSnt ana Keep the faith
- ueSlre TO express my feelings of well
come 10 the Latter-day Saints who are
tLiS eouay and to those who shall attend
ILLS conference, and say to you. my breth-
IeII ana sisters, that we love the truth
ana the work of the Lord today even
more than ever before We are NOT die
heartened. we are not discOUraged Wa arc
not faint hearted. We believe in the Lord
ana we know that he is mighty TO save
people from the first moment until the
present moment. and that it is not i'm con-
sequence of the wisdom of men that we
nave escaped the plots and schemes and
Vaccinations of our enemies: thef me- me-
have been permitted TO live and grow in
the land, to become what we are, but it
IS through the wisdom and mercy and
blessings of him who rules the destinies
hot only or men, but Of nations We owe
an 10 Coz; we extend our thankfuIness
ana gratitude to him for the manifested
ton.
Owe Enemies Something.
L was going to say that we did not
owe anything TO our enemies; that was
the FIRST thought that sprang UP in my
mind, but l Will hold that back I think
We owe something to our enemies for
Inc advancement of the cause OF Zion.-
Ior up to date everything that has been
uone or attempted to be done to thwart
the purposes of God and to Illustrate his
designs have been overruled for the good
OF Zion and for the spread OF truth. and
that VIII continue to be the case unfiI
the end, for they are fighting Gods work.
and not mine nor that Of any man
very recently. with the approval Of
some of my brethren who were present
when the thought occurred to Ine-and II
did not occur to ME until just a few hours
before ! came to the conclusion-T started
east with friend to visit in the east
ern countries a little. The thought first
arose in my mind on Saturday evening
and was matured so far as my determi-
nation TO leave home for a little time
was concerned. on the following dav.
LET home for a little rest-not that / ex-
pected to obtain physical rest but a
change sometimes is rest to men who are
constantly engaged in duties that are
strenuous and sometimes very burden
some. As 1t may be interesting to some
to outline to you briefly of my visit
When we left here we stopped at Omaha
and as L have Travelled the plains in the
days of my childhood. again in the DAYS
of my youth, with OK teams and mIiIa
teams and so forth. 1 concluded ii would
be interesting To make a visit to the old
tiers on the bank of the Missouri river.
and we went there on, l think it was the
z4th of July, the Pioneer day.
Visits Historic Spot.
I'VE had the privilege of meeting Will,
some of the elders engaged in the mission
work there and the few saints who are
living about Omaha and that vicinity. and
Gay. We met under the old bistoriceI
tree said to have been planted bv the
hand of Brigham Young and which now
is one of the largest trees in the yicin-
ity and there our friends snread t6air
feast. which we partoOk of with them We
associated with them with great pleas
ure. answering inquiries made of US
We next made little halt at Chicago
and had a visit with some of our chill
dren there who are going to school and
had a very pleasant time with them al
though our stay there was very brief
We were not long in New York as we
landed there only a few hours before the
he Atlantic was never so pleasant before
not ripple on the ocean nor ANYTHING
to make the voyage more unpleasant than
sailing upon a lake-a placid calm seq
we landed in Antwerp on the eth dav
of August. and from there visited the
city of Rotterdam. and the next day the
city of Amsterdam, in Holland. In Am
sterdam we attended a conference Of Lat
ter-day Saints and we found there a lively
branch of the church. We had the pleas
ure Of meeting with the young men who
gospel to that people. and as some OF
their parents may be present here today
desire to say to them that they have
great reason to be proud of their boys.
/ do not think-speaking now of the meet
ing that we had with all the elders in
the missionary fields that we visited
DO not think there can be found in all
the world Ike number of equally noble
excellent spirited men. as are your boys
who are out in the missionary fled to-
day, and l think this can be said of them
almost as a INDEPENDENTLY few excep-
items at the most.
Meets Holland Saints.
From Amsterdam we returned TO Rot
terdam and held another conference with
our people. the Latter-day Saints and
some strangers and friends who were in
vited in and who availed themselves OF
the opportunity. We had a most excel
lent time with them there. Here we
found another flourishing branch of the
church. and the elders, all of them young
men. active, energetic, faithful virtuouS
and noble are doing all in their power
by example as well as by precept to
spread the word of truth among that peo-
pie. From here we visited Germany,
stopping a few days at the city of Ber-