Show 11 OR S RINT SHE regular quarterly conference of the st george stake was held here last saturday and sunday present of the general authorities being apostle anthony W ivins milton bennion and wife oscar luckham sisters af ton young and ann M cannon at the saturday forenoon session pres ed H snow welcomed the saints saying he was delighted to see so many present he made mention of the good conditions of the people in this stake saying we should all be grateful tor for the peace we enjoy and for our auxiliary organizations was touch pleased to have president iv ins and so many other visitors with us pres ivins spoke of the response res b lity of parents in making latter day saints of their children the home should be made an education al institution good books should be furnished the children our church organization was given to joseph sm th by the lord the priesthood having its special fields of action then came the auxiliary tons t ons the relief society being the first for women the sunday school 41 woric is fundamentally for the devel of faith the M I 1 assoria eions have the same mission and so cial and literary development of the young the primary department takes the little children and teaches them the fundamentals of religion and faith the whole purpose is to make latter day saints parents should see to it that these subjects are taught by example as well as pro pre capt we express ideals by actions so environment should be ideal the most important factor is example in the home take from the world the good only slater bennion delivered the re liet lief society message love and lee a pure religion is to help the fatherless etc some are now enrolled a n this great work sister afton loung i oung deli delivered ered the primary message the teaching of deals ideals to children self sacrifice etc love thy neighbor as thyself singing helping the needy etc the religion class message was treated by elder arthur K haten hafen the teaching of religion to the young during the school period religious instruction on sunday only is not enough therefore the religion class movement many of our great think ers see the need of more religion than sunday affords hoped all would be true followers of the master saturia Sa 2 ap p in elder oscar 1 kirkham spoke of our young people their heritage and destiny suggested that at our carnivals there should be some his pageant of our early pioneers we should be near our children in sociability we have wonderful child ren and should be thoughtful of them the youth should seek to keep their lives clean and pure because of the great blessings accruing from purity told of the department 9 0 work of the M I 1 A and its scout work the scout work is a great help to the boys especially the country boys sister ann M cannon delivered the Y L 11 I 1 A message we aim to make latter day saints of the young women the girl leaders should be full of helpfulness at all times all should be encouraged to attend mutual meetings and be bunc and regular in attendance we aim to equip the young woman tor for life all should keep the word of wisdom we should truly be the light of the world sund sundi i forenoon elder milton bennion spoke of the sunday school message parents are under a very serious obligation to teach their children the principles of the gospel parents and teachers must set good examples at all times we should teach of the lives ot of the great biblical characters as these will exert a great influence on the lives of the children also teach the person allty of 0 god god should become our ideal of all that is good and true we should cultivate love of him the sunday school should develop these things sister hilda hall of hurricane a r returned missionary from the states gave a report ot of her mission saying she had enjoyed it exceeding ly she bore a strong testimony the truth ot 0 the gospel and said should all be willing to serve pres inns ivins stated that in these proceedings he saw the fulfillment of the predictions ot of the prophets go where you will yon you will see nothing like this these teachers are blessed of the lord in this great work all children have some laith faith from god but it must be developed told the story of jesus ad the woman of sam aria the world needs this water of life that christ gives freely to all who seek it the whisperings of evil teach there is no need of service virtue etc the tune time is near at hand when evil spirits shall be bound we must listen to the true of the spirit of god we have sent out thousands of missionaries to preach the gospel and seventy percent of these are from the farms sunday afternoon i i pres ivins spoke of temple build ings their need and uses had re bently attended the dedication of the cardston bardston Card ston temple in canada and to d of its great beauty inside and out and its surroundings referred to the choosing of solomon to build a tern tem pie solomon prayed to god for wis dom knowledge wealth and all else needful and his prayers were answer ed told some of the history of sol omon s temple how it was built its dimensions cost etc and how final ly it was destroyed in fulfillment of prophesy not one stone being left standing on another we have not spent money on our temples to corn com pare with that spent by solomon our temples are more complete because this is a day of restoration and tul ful filament till fill ment spoke of the sacrifice made by D D mcarthur at nauvoo in giving his choice yoke of oxen to the church when asked to do so or the men working on the temple all of the early leaders made great sacrifices these temples are sacred buildings when the spirit of god is present these buildings are for the use of the people of god and not tor for the world there are no secrets all that are worthy may enter noth ing unclean should enter therein made mention of being with david II 11 wells when a company of men crossed the colorado river at lee lees s ferry the river was in flood and very turbulent and the undertaking was every hazardous all were got safely across after which daniel H wells who was in charge asked bro ivins who bad had been assisting him to accompany him behind some rocks where he knelt and thanked god tor for assisting him this reliance on god strongly impressed the speaker told of an indian at the cardston bardston Card ston temple seeing in vision his people in great numbers there pres ivins urged the young people to put them selves in a condition to enter the tern tem pies ples it if necessary to repent of wrong doing and become clean and worthy related the parable of the prodigal son to show god s willingness to for give those who truly repent and de sire to lead better lives elder milton moody a returned missionary from the southern states reported that he had greatly enjoyed his mission and bore a strong mony to the truth of the gospel elder milton bennion spoke of the saarif sacrifices ices made by the people of southern utah to build schools the st george school is very favorably reported by those who have officially visited it we should all labor to gain an education the church has done much for education elder oscar I afkham made men tion ot of the zeal shown by the people of southern utah in coming to the dixie college pell felt thankful that we wf must be mindful ot of god we need character above all may god help us to be mindful of those about us pres snow hoped all would he be on guard against the evil one we are all one here without class distinction and are loyal to the church of bod god we hate haie a grand opportunity in our school many of the poor have gain ed much through it the west ward relief society held aparto a party wednesday afternoon in the basement of the tabernacle a dandy good time being bad kad thomas gardner returned wed from los angeles cal where he has been his married daughters |