Show EASTER TOPIC IN ASSEMBLY HALL Resurrection and Immortality Among Subjects at Overflow Overflow Overflow Over Over- flow Session Overflow O meetings were necessary at both Oth morning and afternoon sessions of the tho Mormon lormon church yester yester- day At tho morning morning- meeting the Assembly As As- halt hall on the Temple grounds was vas comfortably filled In the afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon there was an meeting held In front of or the bureau hureau of or Information Information tion lon as well as one ono In tho tilo Assembly tall haJJ At tho morning session in the Assembly As As- hall nud er Clawson Clason apostle presided Orrin P. P Miller lIller first counsellor counsellor coun coun- to tho the presiding bishop of or the Mormon lormon church extended a cordial welcome wel wel- come cometo to the conference visitors Music was furnished by the thc lIle ward choir and b by Miss lIss Ada Russell The Tho opening prayer was as h by John H. H Barnes of or while prayer was by J. J P. P Draper Charles H. H Hart of oC tho the first seven residents presidents of or seventies took for tor his topIc the Easter theme of or the resurrection lon tion and the Immortality of or tho the soul He le drew the parallel from natural lust lust- Ing ng saying In Jn the tho great reat lesson of or Nature the thc seeds lie dormant In the ground for fot but a short o t time I m and n. n then o opening up p U Dear oear JUt tjui me Ute worm lies within with with- in n Its cocoon but hut later emerges as a wonderful creature It Is not possible that man alone should bo ho sown in III barren ground Around The he strong strong- de desire desire desire de- de sire for immortality that exists in man would not have hae been planted In him only to be bo mocked W We C e are not mere playthings s for a n. days day's existence and amI the tile spirit of the Individual tho highest form of or energy is enduring Rex flex L. L Pratt president of the Mexican Mexican can mission spoke of or the evidences that Mormons have of th the truth of their be- be lIets He lie told of work among the tho Indians In- In lIan and spoke of the prophecies that the ho will become one ono da day a white and delightsome people Progress Progress ress has hM been made ho he asserted but much labor must still be bo done That the prophecies of the Lord 01 are being being- fulfilled In this da day is more than ever apparent as is witnessed b by the European war earthquakes und and other predictions that are being being- fulfilled It Its Is s our dut duty to people who do not believe In n Christ to get ret out and mingle with them hem and any nation today that suffers hardships and national loss Is ia experiencing experiencing the fruits of an unfortunate past without the gospel of or the truth Tho talk of or Andrew Jensen assistant church historian spoke e of or the tho fruits of Mormons and wont went Into the history of the ho church In Utah to show that when Mormons had been left from tho the ef efforts efforts ef- ef forts of outsiders with mistaken ideas to o reform them the they had developed a community that was in man many respects admirable certainly better than at some other times Mormons he said wore were not yet et white fiS s angels nor were tho they hoy as black as night though they wore sore sometimes pictured that way He referred to o the thi time when soldiers were stationed in Utah and were ac accompanied accompanied accompanied ac- ac companied b by something like liko camp followers On one occasion thon thou he ie said a man from Provo had told him that he had heard more blasphemy in Salt Lake In one da day than would be heard icard on the streets of oC the then Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon town of Provo in years S. S O. O Bennion of ot the eastern states mission was the tho closing closing- speaker o of the morning He lie dealt largely with the problems of or tho the mission field and urged the need of men of or mature years ears rather than boys bos in the mission over o which he presided and others of or this countr country Nevor Never has there been a time ho said when missionaries were more needed for the work worle Tho The power to spread the gospel is in you and me and wo we shall be held responsible for tor the results accomplished |