Minutes of the October 1874 General Conference

Minutes of the Forty-Fourth Semi-Annual Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, convened in the New Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, October 6-11, 1874. First Presidency: Brigham Young; Counselors George A. Smith, Daniel H. Wells, Lorenzo Snow, Brigham Young Jr., Albert Carrington, George Q. Cannon. Patriarch: John Smith. Presiding Bishopric: Edward Hunter, Leonard W. Hardy. ¶

Tuesday, October 6 Morning Session: President George A. Smith delivered [[1874-10-smith-individual-salvationthe-success-of-the-work]], emphasizing self-sustaining communities and home manufacturing. Elder Charles C. Rich spoke on labor for salvation (summary only). Elder Brigham Young, Jr. delivered [[1874-10-young-saints-are-living-witnesses-of-the]] (both filed separately). ¶

Tuesday, October 6 Afternoon Session / dated October 7: Elder John Taylor delivered [[1874-10-taylor-destruction-of-the-wicked-by-the]], on temple building and eternal purposes, and Elder Wilford Woodruff delivered [[1874-10-woodruff-the-gospel-of-christ-unpopular-in]] (both filed separately), declaring the revelations given through Joseph Smith "had been fulfilled to the very letter." ¶

Wednesday, October 7 Morning Session: Elder Albert Carrington and Elder Franklin D. Richards spoke (summary only). ¶

Wednesday, October 7 Afternoon Session: Elder Orson Pratt delivered [[1874-10-pratt-gods-ancient-people-polygamistsmarriage-relations-are]] (filed separately), on plural marriage and patriarchal practices. ¶

Thursday, October 8 Morning Session: Elder George Goddard and Elder Charles W. Penrose spoke on preaching the Gospel (summary only). ¶

Thursday, October 8 Afternoon Session: Elder George Q. Cannon delivered [[1874-10-cannon-seek-for-perfectionreign-of-righteousnesslive-in]] (filed separately), on perfection and unity, followed by missionary calls. ¶

Friday, October 9 Morning Session: Elder John Van Cott spoke on the opportunities of the Saints (summary only), and Elder Wilford Woodruff delivered [[1874-10-woodruff-saints-are-choseneternal-life-worth-more]] (filed separately). ¶

Friday, October 9 Afternoon Session: President George A. Smith spoke; the General Authorities of the Church were sustained by vote of the Conference; missionary calls were read (all summary only). Elder John Taylor delivered [[1874-10-taylor-knowledge-received-by-immediate-revelationcooperation-in]] (filed separately), on cooperation in temporal affairs. ¶

Sunday, October 11 Morning Session: Elder Orson Pratt delivered [[1874-10-pratt-all-men-to-be-judged-out]], Elder Charles C. Rich delivered [[1874-10-rich-guard-against-temptationthose-who-trust-in]], and Elder Albert Carrington delivered [[1874-10-carrington-crime-a-transgression-of-lawsaints-are]] (all filed separately). ¶

Sunday, October 11 Afternoon Session: President George A. Smith delivered [[1874-10-smith-faith-without-works-is-deadpray-to]], Elder George Q. Cannon delivered [[1874-10-cannon-saints-are-the-light-of-the]], and President George A. Smith closed the conference with [[1874-10-smith-prayer-must-be-remembered-in-familieselders]] (all three filed separately). ¶

Key topics: St. George and Salt Lake City temple construction, home manufacturing and economic self-sufficiency, monthly temple donations (50 cents), spiritual reformation and individual accountability, redemption of the dead, and eternal nature of priesthood ordinances. Missionary calls to the United States and Canada. ¶