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Show LARGEST ATTENDANCE IN FIVE YEARS SATURDAY UTAH STAKE CONFERENCE Relief Society Members Outnumber Other Auxiliaries at Opening Session of Conference; Con-ference; All Wards Represeted. DR, J. A. WIDTSOE SUNDAY SPEAKER The first session of the conference was opened with the congregation sinning, "We Thank Thee, O God, I''or a Prophet," under the direction of Mrs. Zona Whiting, lender of the Mapleton ward choir, with Mrs. Leoim Van Wagouen of Provo at the organ. Invocation was offered by Prof. Reinhard Macser. The Mapleton ward choir sang, "Beautiful City of God." ,Iioll call by wards showed a good representation from nil of the wards "iirt branches of the stake with the exception of Soldier Summit branch which was not represented. A roll call hv iM,vii;n,-n knowledge. "Many people in the United States today are of the opinion that the morale of the American youth has been slipping during the past 20 year," said President Eggertsen. Educators are now concerning themselves with working out plans whereby better character training may be part of the school program. "In our educational lines we are moving on. Educators are hoping that the character of our youth be improved that they adhere more strictly to the Golden Rule. For this reason the Latter-day Saints must also move on and go a step higher. That is why we have ourl church seminaries and our univer sines. "I am worried sometimes because so many of the people now days want immediately such things which they cannot afford just because a , neighbor may have such a thing. This is not in harmony with the teachings of the church nor for the best welfare of the individual. It I is not in accordance with the princi- pies of those who came here in the ' early days from foreign countries who had saved and sacrificed to be able to come here and build up a city unto their God." ! The Springville Second ward choir sang, "See How the Morning Sun Pursues Its Shining Itay." Bishop George li. Maycock of -the Springvil'e Fourth ward said that too m -- are asleep to the opportunities op-portunities this promised land. "On shttttnr.y I heard President Creed of t. Jolumbia Steel corporation corpor-ation give the 'Mormon' people such ""'.' ui.iiii.jiuioilt showed an overwhelming majority i"i' the Relief Society. All of the auxiliary organizations were represented. repre-sented. The total attendance nt the Saturday Sat-urday morning session was S00 with the Mapleton ward leading among the ward with 115 present. A male quartet from Mapleton sang, "School Thy Feelings." The first- speaker was President J. William Kinght who said that the large audience was pleasing and - gratifying to the stake presidency. He praised the exceptional singing of Iho Mapleton ward choir. "The church tenches all of the highest social ideals taught by the various social organizations,"' said President Knight, "and besides that the church also takes exceptional care of all of ils members, men, women wo-men and children alike. "We plea with the people to make the ward sacrament meetings a greater success than they have been during the past year. They should be meetings we should enjoy to visit to bear our testimony of the thtnn-n a compliment as no 'Mormon' would have dared to give," said Bishop Maycock. "And I heard our governor gov-ernor say that anything that may be needed by the steel corporation could be furnished by Utah. As the United States is indeed a promised land for people of foreign countries so is also the state of Utah a promised prom-ised land among the states. "I wish we could enjoy the privileges privi-leges and the opportunities that comes to us by working in- the church fit Jesus Christ. If we all realized the joy and happiness that comes to us in this work, there would be more people who would pay greater attention to our religion. "One of the greatest lessons we must learn on this earth is obedience obe-dience to authority and without it we cannot advance in the kingdom of God. Bishop J. F. Bringhurst of the Springville Second ward said that arrangements had been made for for which we are grateful to the Lord. "We have every advantage in Utah stake for ward activities, but it seems that the outside districts and stakes where men have to work hard for a livelihood are more at-I at-I tentive to their obligations in the church than we age. "We should serve the Lord on the Sabbath day attending our sacrament sacra-ment meetings and leave all entertainment enter-tainment features for the weekdays." week-days." Bishop James H. Clark, newly appointed ap-pointed bishop of the Timpanogos ward, expressed pleasure in his new labors. -rThop Richard L. Mendenhall, recently setTnrSJis bishop of Ma- ipleton ward, saidthiHTrc4iT-uii.l church is a church of opportunity asT well as of responsibility. "To have a well rounded out life, both financially and spiritually, we must study and think of the principles princi-ples of life," said Bishop Mendenhall. Menden-hall. "We can grow in this work and accomplish good to our fellow men without hnving a high office in the church. The Mapleton choir sang, "The' Lord Is My Foundation." Rulon S. Wells of the first council coun-cil of Seventy represented the first presidency of the church at the conference. con-ference. President Wells said that education educa-tion means salvation. He declared Divine guidance is necessary in the education and development of mankind man-kind for the well rounded out life. "Latter-day Saints understand what it means to receive special enlightenment en-lightenment from the Lord." said President Wells. 'God is the great educator of His children, but we may assist. That is why the church establishes schools of higher learning learn-ing for the proper education of our children. Superstition and wrong ideas hold no place in these schools, but the truth must be taught. "Truth is brought to light through the inspiration of the Lord, but God recognizes the effort that is put forth by man in- search of education. educa-tion. To become real doctors of divinity we must first of all be endowed en-dowed with the Holy Ghost. 'We need the companionship of God, the enlightenment of the Holy Ghost in order to obtain the righest education possible." Mapleton choir sang "Onward, Christian Soldiers." The benediction was offered by John- J. Hayes of Thistle. AFTERNOON SESSION. The afternoon session was opened by Henry Clinger of Lakeview offering of-fering the invocation and the congregation con-gregation singing, "Come, Come Ye Saints." Tiie Springville Second ward the holdiih'gi2minnry classes during dur-ing the comiurrschnnl' TI. n je Relief Socviety building of tW Springville Second ward. In ringing terms he lauded the integrity and honesty of the leadership leader-ship of the Utah stake presidency as well as the other higher officials of the church. He declared that he had known and sustained all of tbe presidents of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from Brigham Young down to and including Heber J. Grant and had known them as true men of God. The Springville Second ward choir sang, "When Dark and Drear The Sky Appears." "We live in a wonderful time," said Elder Rulon S. Wells in bis remarks at the afternoon session. "Our time lacks the spiritual feeling feel-ing it should have. The rest of the world may lose its spirituality but Latter-day Saints should never allow al-low themselves to become indifferent indiffer-ent towards the work of the Lord. We have been given the gospel of Christ and should never treat our obligations lightly. "Sometimes the lack of attendance attend-ance at our sacrament meetings seems to indicate to me that we are beginning to get slack and indifferent. indif-ferent. Why is it so? A great many attend the quarterly conferences confer-ences in the stakes and in magnificent magnifi-cent numbers they attend the general gen-eral conferences. "Yet the attendance in the sacrament sac-rament meetings go down to as low an average as 17 per cent. I suppose sup-pose some people are anxious to have an orator with an eloquent flow of language to speak to them. "But that is not why we should meet in the sacrament meetings. We meet there to renew the covenant cove-nant we have made with the Lord in the waters of baptism. The principal princi-pal purpose of the sacrament meetings meet-ings is to worship God and with clean hands nnd pure hearts partake par-take of the emblems through which we gain eternal life. "It is in the ward that we have I our membership ; it is to the bishop of the ward we go to learn of the i standing of any member of the i church. j "It must be a lack of apprccia- j tion of these things that makes us neglect that unit of the church which is a cornerstone in the larger edifice. The Springville Second ward choir sang, "Arouse, Oh Ye Mortals." Mor-tals." Benediction was offered by James Gillespie of Pleasant View. choir mi dor the direction of Myron E. (Jnincliil, Jr., sanf "Av:ike and Arise.'' President 8. P. IVsertson of the stake presidency spoke of the netivi-litvs netivi-litvs in the church of the late President Presi-dent Authon II. Lund, to whose memory, he said, the Scandinavian people of Utah had recently erected n large monument in a Salt Lake cemetery. He emphasized the necessity of spiritual education as well as secular secu-lar education. He declared it was jas necessary to have spiritual wis- dona as to obtain earthly or material |