The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-05

address as president of the church.
AFTER announcing that those unable to
secure admission to the Tabernacle
would be addressed in the Assembly
hail by Apostle Anthony II. WINS, as
sisted by Joseph Z. Robinson, G. NJ
Ellsworth, c. III. Calls and Andrew
Jensen, he said:
1T is source of great JOY and salts
faction to me To see the large attend
ance at this, the seventy-ninth semi
annual conference of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
am glad to see and welcome you all to
the conference of the church, and
trust that the true spirit of light and
life and the gospel of the Son of God
Will pervade all the meetings of the
conference. 1 hope that every soul
present will receive the true spiritual
light and that each will feel repaid for
his attendance, and I invoke the bless
ing of God on all who have come.
Blessings of HaIf-Year.
THE Lord has bic. : to a re-
markable degree during last half
year. With the exception of a few
failures of crops through frosts. the
season has been most prosperous one.
l urge upon you that all the Latter
day Saints remember the Lord for the
bering constantly that the church and
its members acknowledge the hand of
the Lord in every good thing. The
Latter-day Saints do not wish to in
crease or prosper or profit without the
aid of the Lord and his sanction. We
should remember the Lord by the first
fruits of all our increase and should
not forget the necessity of providing
the means of carrying on the Lords
work for the increase of Zion. Since
the last conference houses of instruc-
ton and worship and buildings neces-
sary for the use of the laborers of the
Latter-day Saints have been erected in
Idaho and elsewhere through
out the mission field, and we are con-
tinuing to do all in our power to assist
in the work for the increase of Zion.
1t is not nay intention to speak in de-
tail of what is being accomplished, but
I rejoice TO say that since the last con-
headquarters for the British
mission have been secured in London
and a foothold has been gained in that
great metropolis whence so many have
b cen gathc, ed into the covenant of
the gospel.
Efforts of Enemies.
THE Lord has prospered Zion. and
I rejoice in the manifestation of his
kindness. l am grateful that, not
the efforts so strenuously
made to injure the church and to bring
it into disrepute, these efforts have
been the means of furthering the work
of the Lord. These efforts against the
church have had but the effect of
the church prominently be-
fore the world. We want the whole
world to understand the doctrine.
origin and purpose of the work of the
church, and this can only be brought
about by bringing the world into con-
tact with cur work. This is being ac-
through the attacks upon |
the church. We want the just and I'M
Outstanding world 10 know and under |
stand our doctrine and our works. |
There are none so blind as those who |
will not see, none so deaf as those who |
will not hear, and none so heartless |
as those who seeing the light and the |
ruth close their hearts against it.
Great Changes Coming.
I'VE are living in momentous age. |
Great changes are coming upon us, but /
alone is at the helm. He has chosen as /
his instruments those who obey him and /
keep his laws The Latter-day Saints /
should judge these men who are carrying /
)ut the Lords work Their lives are open |
books. You know and understand the de-
tires of thei- hearts. The Lord has sus-
aimed them IN their positions and Will
continue to sustain them as long as they
Ire faithful - him and to his command
nents. If any one of them fail to keep
he faith and obey the will of God. the
will surely fall upon him.
when / arose to speak to you TODAY |
{ was in my mind to present to the con-
erence the revelation given to Joseph
smith in 1882 for the benefit, help and
prosperity of the Latter-day Saints that
hey might purify themselves and enjoy i
he blessings of the Lord. This revelation |
las been taken as text by nearly every |
peaker who has ever addressed you from |
his platform, but il contains new theme
nd one that is necessary to be taught to
he world. This revelation was not orig
nally made obligatory upon the Latter