Excerpt from Eighty-Second Semi-Annual Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: Held in the Tabernacle and Assembly Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 6, 7, 8, 1911; With a Full Report of the Discourses Whatever may be the feeling of those opposed to the work of the Lord, whatever may be the feeling of the unbelieving and scornful, and those that are contemptuous toward the work of the Lord. Let the spirit of wisdom, of good judgment, of intelligence govern and direct all the acts and labors. And all the thoughts and desires of the Latter day Saints. It matters but very lit tle to me what men may think of me, or what they may say about me. So long as I can maintain a con sciousness of having righteousness in view, of having an earnest desire to do good and not evil, and so long as I am conscious that I am, to the best of my knowledge and under standing, following the dictates of my conscience, and the promptings of the Spirit of the Lord to me in the line of my duty. Yet we often wonder why people are led by such a spirit of bitterness, of animosity and opposition to any people or to any individual whose record in life has been, barring the common weaknesses of common mortality. Absolutely above reproach. It is surprising how men can become so vile as to publish and declare slan derous things, falsehoods and mis representations with regard to men and people who have never in their lives done any man or woman, or any community of people in the world, any harm; who have'never injured a soul, and whose whole life and mission, hopes, labors, and earnest desires have been to benefit the world, and to bless and ameli orate the condition of'mankihd'. It is surprising that such is, th'e case. Such has been the case from the be ginning of this work until now. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.