Remarks

said he felt pleased to see the interest manifested by the Saints in attending conference. This afternoon both the Tabernacle and the Assembly Hall are crowded with Saints anxious to hear the word of the Lord, and thousands cannot gain admission. As the Saints get experience they learn also to be wise and understand the prophecies uttered by the Servants of God in the various dispensations. The Saints belonging to the early Christian Church expected that Christ would return to the earth again almost immediately after His ascension, and it became necessary for Paul and others of the Apostles to explain to the people that the great apostacy and other events must first take place, and that the second coming of the Savior belong to a future period. So also in these last days. When the Church of Christ was first established some of the Saints believed that the great work of the dispensation of the fulness of times would be accomplished in a few years, and that the Savior would make His appearance very shortly. But Joseph the Prophet, in speaking concerning this, told the Saints of certain things which must be done before that event could take place; and, as some of these events have not yet transpired, we have no reason to expect that the Lord will come to dwell on the earth in 1891, as some of the Elders seem to have anticipated. The speaker then referred to the wickedness and abominations existing in the midst of mankind, and the temptations placed upon the Saints to participate in them also. The Saints should remember their covenants and keep them, live lives of virtue and purity, and stand aloof of the follies and sins of the world. We should also keep the promises and agreements entered into with one another, pay our honest debts, return that which we borrow, and in all respects act fair and true to each other, for unless we do this we cannot expect that the Lord will prosper us, or that we will have a real Zion—which consist of the pure in heart—established in our midst. The young should respect old age and obey their parents, that they may prosper and live long in the land. Parents should be careful in training their children and plant in their young hearts, so far as it is within their power to do so, a love for the principles of the Gospel and good morals. This can only be accomplished by good examples, coupled with wise and consistent precepts, on the part of the parents. ¶