Excerpt from Sixty-Eighth Semi-Annual Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: Held in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, October 4th, 5th and 6th, 1897, With a Full Report of the Discourses The Sixty-eighth semi-annual Con ference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints convened in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, at 10 a.m. On Monday, October 4, 1897, President Wilford Woodruff presiding. Of the general authorities present on the stand there were of the First Presidency - Wilford Woodruff, George Q. Cannon and Joseph Smith; of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles Lorenzo Snow, Franklin D. Richards, Brigham Young, Francis M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, George Teasdale. John W. Taylor, Marriner W. Merrill and Anthon H. Lund; Patriarch John Smith; of the First Seven Presidents of Seventies - Seymour B. Young, C. D. Fjelsted, B. H. Roberts, George Reynolds and Jonathan G. Kimball; of the Presiding Bishopric - William B. Preston, Robert T. Burton and John r.winder. Heber J. Grant of the Quorum of the Twelve was absent in consequence of his being in feeble health. 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.