Show WORK OF M. M I. I A. A AIS a IS TOPIC TAKEN UP BY B. B H. H t. t Subject u t Considered a at t Both 4 Morning an and Afternoon t Meetings R BrIgham II lIe Roberts was the thc speaker i at yesterday afternoons afternoon's services ser in the Tabernacle His address was devoted entirely to demonstrating the thc necessity for tor existence of the thc Young Men Mens Men's s Mu Mutual Mu- Mu lu- lu 4 Improvement associations notwithstanding notwithstanding not not- withstanding their abandonment t of theology as a a. chief subject of or study and in showing that the field now oc occupied occupied occupied oc- oc is even broader than before i In the morning there had been services services erv- erv ices In fn the Assembly hall as tho the first lr t tJ t J meeting of oC Liberty stake quarterly k S conference conducted by President r Hugh J J. Cannon of ot that stake who also presided at the Tabernacle meetIng meetIng meet- meet 3 Ing lug In the thc afternoon which IU likewise was a part parl of oC the conference At the ther r morning session the speakers wore were President Hugh Hug J. J Cannon and his i counselors Arnold II H. and Briant S. S Apostle lI Hyrum rum M. M I. I Smith and Mr I. I Roberts It was at the morning meeting that the subject of or orthe S the improvement a associations was in introduced and it was carried over to the afternoon session Officers of Liberty stake were wen presented pre pre- i rented and sustained as follows follows' Hugh J J. J Cannon president Arnold H. H thess first couns counselor lor Briant S Hinckley Hinck- Hinck ley second counselor AV W. Scott Weiler reller p clerk Joseph Keddington president of high priests Annie S S. Musser president president dent of Relief societies John C C. Howard How lIow- rut ard stake superintendent of oC Sunday schools Edward 1 M. M Ashton president Y T M. M r. r M. M I. I I I. I associations Lottie Paul Baxter president Y 1 L L. M. M I. I associations associations 4 ton s Josephine Woolley president of religion rell lon classes The stake presidency rendered the tile regular re quarterly report and this was approved I At the afternoon Tabernacle meeting Si the singing In included two hymns hymns and the anthem The Sheathed Sword The Thc Invocation was b bv by Oliver Oller son Hodgson and the thc benediction by ty A Apostle postle Hyrum Byrum M. M Smith The address of Mr h Roberts was in substance as follows There is great reat need of oC the Latter- Latter day da Saints being awakened to the new w work rk undertaken by the Young Mens Men's Mutual Improvement associations So I strangers present may understand the subject I will trill sa say that the church has as x auxiliary i ry organizations that are helps to the general organization ors such as Sunday Sunda schools and Primary asso- asso We Te also have the religion classes Then we have the Mutual Improvement Im Im- provement associations which haet have hae havethe havethe the thc duty dUh of morally and mentally de developing de- de t vel eloping the youth of of the tile church It is of the work worl of this latter organization organization or or- g that I desire to speak I desire to make malee an appeal apnea 1 that there may ma be bc a united determination that this organization shall have the thc support of ot all Israel First t Principles cei Study A recurrence to first principles Isi is i necessary to perfection of men in the hl higher her a activities tl This was the object of or of-or organization of or the improvement as as- as 1 Brigham Young Youn in 1871 1571 in Inaugurating the movement told young youn people to organize org themselves into as associations as- as ns for tor mutual improvement to r develop clop the talents within the youth and to seek out the truths of the tho great s-reat silence science of life For man many years e ers rs these a associations have ave made theology theolo- the Ue foundation of their work worle The condition finally deVeloped de developed de- de wherein they ther monopolized the thc theolo theological field that rl rightfully be belon belonged belonged be- be lon longed ed to the quorums of the thc priest priest- hood At last we were confronted with witha a demand of the priesthood for Cor the field to which it was entitled The priesthood should have its the- the field but after that Is granted ranted i there still remains a n world of opportunity for splendid effort the effort the sphere of ot general literature the field of social culture re the development of personal personal per per- onal dep department and the dan daily duty r of oC men toward their fellow men We Ve Weare Weare are are not called loon unon to narrow our L fl field bu but t to broaden it the r The Latter day Sai Saints ts believe in sacredness of the human bod body as well is as l of the spirit This thing that we call bod body is to become indestructible and eternal and the bod body and antI the spirit are finally to be brought broucht tog to together to- to g ethel gether ether in Indi indissoluble union We also believe bellevo in bringing ln our bodies to the hl highest he t state of or development and perfection perfection per per- attainable on earth earth- Grent Greet Names 1 Cited In the life of the world t there have f been men who have ruled humanity L and directed the thc course of or his history tor We 1 havo had a Bismarck a Gladstone a Disraeli a Washington a n. Franklin and 1 so on down the thc golden g line of great reat men and the they were butt but a prophecy of what all mankind may become under t proper development After ter the Temple which we regard as our holy y of holies o es comes come that other temple the thc gymnasium devoted to the tho physical culture of the thc youth and manhood manhood man man- hood of or our people Men Ien need God Godl as much aye more In their plea pleasures ures than In their labors In this work ork we also have a department de department do- do of or vocation and Industry We c want ant to find what are a mans man's tudes So wo we come to this field of vo vocation vocation vo- vo 0 Z cation and industry for tor our youth to guide our young oung men into those vocal vocations voca voca- l Hons of life life for fOl for which the they are arc best fitted Wo Ve have been ne neglectful Inthis in inthis inthis this respect we wc we have tumbled Into our vocations Instead of ot being intelligently directed to wise selection of ot activity The Thc occupations of men Influence their character It is our object to render every assistance possible In this most important matterI matter I declare the honorableness and the nobility of all labor from the professions protes- protes n to the thc personal service pursuits t All An labor in is honorable that Is honest t i There is something more mOle Important l than m merely keeping alive There are I ways and means bv by which wn ran lIn In on nn- large barge our lives lI and arid he be sovereigns hn in f the nation It Is our inalienable right i to take part in the affairs of the city the count county the state and tho the nation laving having a part In forming public pol pol- In our mutual improvement as associations ns- ns we shall shan endeavor to train the youth In this thin important stud study What we t want for tor the thc youth of or ZIon is to lead them to consecration of their lives to great reat ends The church I of or thc the living God Is prepared to teach I faith in God God to to indicate what whal his purposes purr pur pur- r poses poses' are arc are and if the they arc are united with Him it will lift them out of the dru drudgery drudgery tery t- t ery of ot their occupations and render them noble If It you OU help th the thc Mutual Improvement associations In their work of developing good men you can satel safely i leave It to the men themselves to achieve everything needful for tor the greatest g development antI and t the he highest exaltation of all mankind t |