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Show I "The heme is (lie ( urnon-toiie i the church, nation and toveriimei. i anil W the most important insiin I tion of all," said Kidrr Sieplieii 1 Richards in his address at the Si" ! day afternoon session of the I la stake quarterly conference. "School j are important but the boys and girl j must get their fundamental trait J ing the home. The home must b relied upon to produce real men an women. "I want to testify to you toda. that the present generation of youn people are the most intelligent, th most faithful f no most devoted an the most promising that ever grace-God's grace-God's footstool. While it is tru that our young people are inflr. eneed to a degree by the things tha come to us from the outside, i pleases me to see how much ou young people, cleave to the slain: ards of the church and how litil they adopt the sinister standards o the outside. Mrs. Inez Knight Allen was re leased as president of the Relic society cf the stake ami Mrs E'.ect Smoot Dixon, wife of Senator LeRo Dixon, was sustained as preside!; of the organization to succeed Mr-Allen. Mr-Allen. Mrs. Dixon, who has serve-for serve-for several years as a member of '( stake board, has not as yet sele her counsellors or board mem : T. Sterling 'Taylor was r'0 " as stake superintendent of,, ligion classes and as a mc the slake board of eduog: -place will be taken by E' Sfy "j ler, formerly principal ''i Davis high school antt. -J tendent of the Alpine school-o.. now associate professor of ceonoi. ics at the Youug university. E. S. Hinckley and T. Sterliu. Taylor were sustained as alterant' members of the stake high council. President J. William Knight 0 the stake presidency presided a both sessions of the conference Sun day. There were present at til-forenoon til-forenoon session 1430 person. '3 V 2150 at the afternoon session's tabernacle choir under the dirA of Professor J. R. Boshnrd rend.-re-the music nt the afternoon session. Representing the stake presidonc President S. P. Eggertsen expresse. appreciation for the support that i given the stake authorities by th. members of the various wards. "I see in the teachings nt. j church those factors wltf. n'Ui keen us dil't'c'-' fro"! ''' ' 0 the world." sum Tb. frA'l'.ferr.n''. lfrl"it' younk people should be laugh ;rlo be married iu the temple, for lim 1 and all eternity, iu Ibis I see th j salvation of mankind. It is a sal guard which keeps our people froi 1 going away on iu.lik'.o, pulhs. T go through Ihe temple they nui.-live nui.-live clean and pure lives. We ma have to go through some kind e trial that we may retain the thin that marks us as a peculiar people. President T. X. Taylor urged th members of the slake to closer appl cation to their dulies. "I have an abiding faith In th ultimate outcome of this cause, said President Taylor. "When I so thousands of young people stand u ready to push this work onward, never worry over some minor mi-takes mi-takes that some may make. It ma trs not what we may say, but . rnlter what we do aud real! are. If vve to the covenant we have made, the lr.!' of Ui will accompany us." The invocation for the aftornoi session was offered by Palriar. Albert S. .Jones and the benedictb by President Franklin S. Harris. The morning meeting was a co tinuation of the priesthood convc Hon which had lieeu held Saturda The opening prayer was offered I Reed Knudsen. Lester Taylor, president of t Elder's quorum of the Provo Thi ward spoke of the many benef thnf will come to the tnenihoi-M of I1 priesthood by attending to thi quorum meetings. Arnold Roylnnce, a blind boy Springville, gave a splendid uddn on the duties of the memlcrs of t Priest's quorums, while Fred Moo a young boy of the Provo Fif ward, said that by associating wi the members of the priesthood, n of the bot habits In the conimnni tho young boys would be grea1 benefitted. By living clean n honest and living a pure life, a D con will set an example not only the boys of bis own nge but to i older people also, said (Jlen Vine, a member of the Deacon's (juoruoj tho Provo Second wnrd. "Man is of supreme Interest God-" ftaid Elder Richards at ' forenoon Mission, "Our Father more concerned with the sdvai ment, tho salvation nnd tho progr of man than anything else. lie 1 given to man the talents and In1 lects that mako man above all ot: living things on the earlh o which ho lias Ikm-u given authorit "If man is of so much vital c sequency in tho world nnd efernt how much more so when tho pov and authority of God ts set u him. The priesthood is a portion God hood itself. Ho who uss it the cnusc of righteousness Is j, forming r function of Godliness. "The men who bear the prlesth are equipped with a power for k vice the like of which Is not to found elsewhere on the ea transcending all other powc (Continued on Page F Utah Conference (Continued from I'-.ixu One.) matter how important they may appear. ap-pear. The priesthood lies at the foundation of the church. Without it there would be no church. All of our orxahiznlions depend upon ii for their sirenu-lh. This (treat power It is tiiat iiorforms the ordinances or-dinances of the cospel. "Ii. -ill use of the bestowal of the priesthood in our church has been common some think it is cheap. If is not cheap, it is priceless. The world depends upon it. The Gosp 1 will never he proclaimed to the world only by ti.onc. who lamp th!3 priesthood iiml the ordinances which follow Ut promulgation can be performed only by those holding that power, The world, ullnontjli U knows it not. is dependent upon, it e !.. c, I,-.. 1 1,.,, societies, and should not ally himself- wilh any of them. At the close of Elder Richards' address, the deacons withdrew to the library under the direction of Bishop A.' L. Booth, and were addressed ad-dressed by Elders Aldotis Dixon and W. Monroe Paxman. Elder Dixon's subject was "Organization of Quorum ami Method of Individ-mil Individ-mil Stuclv." Elder Paxman considered con-sidered "The Special Calling of a Deacon," the various duties of the deacon being enumerated and explained. ex-plained. For the other quorums of the priesthood, a demonatratkm of ward teaching was given, Eldm-ti K, S Uipcklcv and Hugh ,M. Woodward Wood-ward ncling tin toachcTH for a family fam-ily consisting of President Joseph b'. Kceler and others. The topic for consideration was the counting of the blessings of the past year. A roundtable discussion followed. I "One of (be things that we need is ( I a decent discipline, and respect for I (he authority emulating from God and for law order. There seems to I be lil lie respnel for liny authority at liils time. If things do not change there will be chaos in the world. "The greatest sermons for the evangilization of the world will be preached by this church in the lives the members of the church are living." liv-ing." The music for the morning session was furnished by a chorus from the Seventies ipiorums under the direction direc-tion of Prof. Franklin Madsen; a ; chorus of Deacons and Teachers from the Springville Third ward nil-' nil-' der the direction of Elmo Coffman, ' a chorus of Deacons from the Lake J View, Vineyard, Sharon, Grand View, Pleasant View and Timpa- i nogos wards under the direction of "I Prof. Charles J. Engar and a chorus from the Elders quorum of the " I'rovo Third ward under the direction direc-tion of Frank Woffinden. The bene-- bene-- diction was offered by Patriarch s Joseph B. Keeler. At the priesthood convention held f. Saturday Elder Kichards was in consultation with the stake and " ward officers during the forenoon y and in the afternoon met with the members of the various priesthood quorums of the entire stake at 1 College Hall. Elder Stephen L. Richards of the Council of Twelve Apostles addressed address-ed the presiding officers of the stake at the Saturday forenoon session of Utah stake conference, taking as his theme, "Essentials of Leadership." Leadership is dependent to a large extent on personality, said Elder Richards. "We reveal what we are in part by what we do and say," he continued, "and in part by some sort of telegraphic process. A small book would contain all the recorded words of the Savior, but it would require re-quire many volumes to tell what He is. There is an indescribable something some-thing the power of personality which each individual has about him. Much can be done in developing develop-ing a favorable personality. Leaders Lead-ers can and should strive for a good personality; it can be acquired by right living." The art of presiding and the functions func-tions of various presiding officers were discussed. Among the qualities quali-ties which should be developed by presiding officers, according to Elder Richards, were sympathy, defiteness and clearness in making assignments, power of developing interest in Gospel work and dispatch in conducting meetings. He urged that more attention should be given to making preparations for the meetings held, and the welcoming band should be extended to those who come. College hall was well filled on Saturday afternoon at the Latter-dav Latter-dav Saint priesthood convention. Elder S. P. Eggertsen of the stake presidency gave welcome to those assembled, and expressed appreciation appre-ciation of the splendid attendance. Elder Stephen L. Richards of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles addressed ad-dressed the congregation on the subject, sub-ject, "Priesthood, a Perfect Plan of Service." In beginning his remarks, re-marks, Elder Richards called attention atten-tion to the definition of priesthood usually given the authority of God delegated to man, but added to the definition the words, "to use." The speaker declared he could not think of the priesthood given for any other purpose than for the sen-vice of man. There is only one way of magnifying a calling in the priesthood, he asserted, and that is in furthering the work of God on the earth. The priesthood, according accord-ing to the views of Elder Richards, was a perfect plan of service because be-cause it had to do with the most vital, the most important, and the most helpful thing in the world, the salvation of human souls. Elder Richards expressed appreciation of the work done in various vocations . of man, and mentioned especially a skillful surgical operation whereby the arm of a boy, badly broken and lacerated, was saved through the aid given to nature. But the saving sav-ing of the boy's arm was not comparable com-parable with the saving of his soul. The priesthood is engaged in the divine function of salvation and exaltation ex-altation of the souls of men. Man is not made for the church, but the church for man; and the ) priesthood is a means by which the church is maintained for the bless-' bless-' ings of man, explained Elder Rich-I Rich-I ards. Take the priesthood irorn ) the sacrament meeting, and what ) does the sacrament meeting be-, be-, come? There would be no author-' author-' ity to administer the sacrament, and ' the administration would be sacri-) sacri-) lege. The priesthood, likewise, lies at the foundation of temple work and other church activities. Elder Richards also spoke of the quorums of the priesthood as an opportunity op-portunity for fraternity and brotherhood. brother-hood. He asserted there was no occasion oc-casion for Latter-day Saints to ally themselves with lodges, fraternities, fraterni-ties, or secret societies. This statement, state-ment, however, does not apply to business organizations. Elder Richards Rich-ards urged strongly that Latter-day Saints should keep themselves for the service of God. There is so much to do in this service, he asserted, as-serted, that no member of tlie church has time to belong to secret |