| Show WE TERLY conference according to announcement quarterly conference of the box elder stake and the last conference of this bear ear was vas held saturday and sunday in the tabernacle elders heber J grant of the apostles quorum and joseph IV mcmurrin of the first council 11 of severity seventy were the visitors the first meeting on saturday morning was a gathering of the stake and ward officers in the priesthood and there was a good at lre present sent condensed reports of tile the condition of the stake were read by stake clerk S N lee and comments on same were made by the stake presidency instructions were given by elders mcmurrin and grant on saturday afternoon general conference meeting was held to which all the saints were invited the services opened by the choir and congregation singing the hymn come come ye saints and elder joseph yates offered the invocation the choir sang the hymn zion stands with hills surrounded president stohl was the first speaker and lie he confined his remarks to a discussion of tile the materialistic viewpoint man has taken today and made the observation that in the public schools where the teaching of religion has been prohibited science so is teaching the young people things that are in direct opposition to the alie accepted tenets of the faith of the latter day saints and education tends gradually to lead the young people away from a belief in god and his revealed will for tills this purpose a theological seminary has been instituted and soon the new building will be completed and better facilities will be offered for the teaching of tile students are taking tile the course in biblo bible history president stohl admonished the people that the scriptures designate all who wait to be commanded in all things as slothful servants and he urged the people to do their duty because it is their duty and not wait until the 1 matter has been called to their atten f tion cioll president mcmurrin was tile the next speaker and lie he chose for his theme the wisdom of the earthly wise and illus how men set up as judges and att tha an any I 1 3 C TM nce I 1 alewe d hat alii alb education 1 aira ate 6 itself from divine origin arid and 9 guidance hallm becomes as aa sounding brass gild aud tinkling symbols in sedr sa asur as its e goes on saying baving malkind nian kind in the tit presence of red god god is the foundation of all light and me met who set themselves up in ill opposition to his laws must fall fail in their pur purpose ose ile he bore a stirring testimony acl divinity of the gospel i I 1 President Grant rant was tile the concluding speaker and lie he contin continued tied alon along the same line as the other speakers ile he related a circumstance wherein a noted scientist had endeavored 10 to lo prove to a nian man in tile the church that the bible was wrong because it did not harmonize with science in its account of the creati creation Oll of this world arid and iloff the discussion ended by the scientist admitting that there were several simple truths that lie he had never thought of such as the indestructibility of matter for instance elder grant then related a nit number niber of incidents which had strengthened ened his faith arid and the testimony that he always had been blessed with the knowledge that tills this work is true he declared that any man who will carry out tile the of the saviour and do the will of the father all know of the doctrine tile the choir sang the ilyina dark is the human mind when bound arid and the benediction was pronounced by patriarch win horsley II on sunday morning the sunday school children and their parents filled the tabernacle with a throng that totaled 1541 1544 the session began at 1030 and the sunday schools occupied the first half of the meeting in rendering a dogram stake supt bupt jesse W hoopes conducted the exercises which began by the schools singing the hymn in our lovely deseret after which the invocation was offered by joseph F hansen the second hymn was how great the wisdom and love and the sacrament ent was administered by melian olsen and robert jeppson under the direction of the second ward bishopric during the passi passing ng of which a ladies chorus was rendered by the first ward school a duette by masters whitaker who sang the e holy city a reading by miss aliss grace valentine of odthe the second ward and a boys chorus from the third ward school elder heber J grant was the first speaker and he related a it number U aber of stories to the children on tj the e subject of perseverance some of will which oil were of a personal nature and Soni ore fully illustrate his point lount he sang the hymn come int ints come e saints after which he called upon members of tile the choir to a assist s at him lit in a quartette which rendered the hymn 0 ye mountains high elder grant singing the thel bass part ile he made a few more remarks along the same line and impressed upon the children tile the tact fact that by doing a thing over and ove ragain it becomes easier to do not th that at the nature of the thing changes but the power to do increases elder joseph W ln was the next speaker and he bore witness that thai perseverance is an attribute that all al should possess especially perseverance in tile tho right lie confined his remarks to an explanation of the word won of wisdom and the virtue there Is in faithfully observing it he urged alf al continued from page ahr STAKE conference AOL continued from first page to preserve their bodies in cleanliness which cannot bo be done it if unclean habits are termed formed the closing selection was the hymn we thank thee 0 god for A prophet and the benediction was pronounced I 1 by elder 0 C dalby at the afternoon session 1225 people were present the meeting began by the choir singing the hymn come we 11 that love the lord and the pra er was offered by elder C W richards after waif which 1 the choir sang the anthem 1 sons song of the redeemed the general and local authorities were ver presented by president W C horsley II and unanimously sustained with a number ot of changes in ili the auxiliary boards miss cattle callie lund sang the solo A new kingdom and pres joseph Afe mcmurrin Murrin was the first speaker ile he confined his remarks to the duties of a seventy and reported to the conference that out of some seventies in box elder stake only two were filling missions at the present time and yet the calling of a seventy is to be a minute man and go out to preach the gospel lie ile contrasted the difference between those who have been converted from the world with those who are still groping in spiritual darkness using his own parents as an illustration and he voiced the sincere appreciation lie he feels in being privileged to be born in zion and reared among the people of god he declared that lie felt so grateful or this blessing that it would be a pleasure to him to go out and spend all his time in ili bringing the gospel message me to others that they might accept it and receive the same blessings and this is a duty that devolves upon all who have accepted the gospel tor for the injunction la is that he who is warned must warn lite hla neighbor ile he asked the noble wives of seventies to encourage their husbands to accept this responsibility and be ready when the call comes lor for no man can go out and preach ach unless called by the proper authority tho Ulo rity it Is not an unbecoming thing in a man to indicate his willingness to go on a mission and any such will doubtless receive immediate attention by their bishop ile he said any seventy who is not willing to accept the responsibility of his calling Is not wanted in the Sev entys quorum but should be transferred to some other quorum and be given work to do at home the alie seventies especially are wanted to administer the saving ordinances of the gospel to a perishing world and there is great need of missionaries all the time the echo male quartette sang 0 give mo me back my prophet dear and eder helier heber J grant was the next sp speaker ealer lie ile read the hymn ul zion tor for me and made some comments on it then exhibited a pham entitled the little white slaver which is a compilation of evidence against the use ot of ane cigarette made by henry ford ile he read a number ot of extracts from it which were indictments by men of affairs in the world against the evil of cigarette smoking at t this his point a number in the audience began to leave the building in order to catch the car southbound and elder granted suggested that a short recess be taken and asked victor to sin gIll go where you want ant me ta go after which lie he resumed his discourse and pointed out some ol oi the gifts ol of the gospel particularly illustrating the gift of healing lie he cited a number of cases where the sick had been heated healed in ill liis its own family under the administration of the holy priesthood ile he read extracts from a sermon of a reverend gentleman which was delivered some years ago in ili montana in which the speaker pointed out some of the things that the orthodox churches lack elder grant called attention to th the fact act that all these deficiencies are contained in ili the gospel as taught by the latter day saints and lie he bore testimony to the truthfulness of the message which joseph smith declared unto the world the choir sang the anthem loyalty and the benediction was pronounced by elder J H 11 lillywhite the evening session was announced to be a mutual improvement session at which those organizations would be represented on the program the meeting opened by choir singing the hymn 0 god our help and the prayed 1 was offered by elder J A fishburn I 1 the second song was the hymn 0 it Is wonderful sister geneva F wright was the first speaker and she gave a definition I 1 of 0 truth amplifying it at some length mr air and mrs W 11 II griffiths sang a duette and principal abel S rich of the theological seminary discussed the manual lesson self control as a condition of success K C wright and john AV peters played a cornet duette and elder heber J grant occupied the remainder of 0 the time ile he read extracts on truth from the power of 0 truth read a again 1 number ot of extracts from the henry henr 4 ford cigarette pham and made comments on the same aud and he also read from senator A J Beve beveridge ridges s book the young kanand man and the world in which the author asks a number of 0 ministers to give their views by a plain yes or no to the questions he asked concerning their belief in the personality of god the personality of jesus christ and his mission and some other points and not one answer came in the affirmative practically all the answers were made with qualifying statements or explanations but none cane came out with a trank frank yes that god Is a person ol of body parts and passions and his son jesus jesua christ Is the redeemer of the world elder grant stated that any child in the church of 0 jesus christ of latter laiter day saints who is old enough to understand anything can answer all the questions with yes yea lie he made a number ot of comments and bore a stirring testimony to the divinity of the gospel the closing song was the hymn behold holdia a royal hoyal army and the benedic beneo ic ta alon was waa pronounced by eld elder er fred cheal over a thousand people were present at the meeting |
