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Show 1 Quarterly Conference . .Tnlieriincle Crowded nt Sun da; Services-Two Apostles nud. Church Historian Present. The regulnr quarterly conference of tho Alpine Stake convened In the Lehl Tnbcrnnclu Inst Saturday and Sunday Thero was a good nttend-nucu nttend-nucu nt till thcBCBslons, nud Sunday many were unable to get scats, though additional chairs were brought in and filled tho aisles. Tho splendid weather nnd thu liiter-tirbnu liiter-tirbnu train service had much to do towards making the attendant Immense. Im-mense. Special cars wero run Sunday Sun-day for the morning, nftcrnoon nnd evening sessions, mid probabl) five hundred people camo from Pleasant (rove and American Fork this way President A J. Hvuus took charge of tho forenoon session nnd President James II. Clarke presided over the nftcrnoon session. Tho principal sponker Saturday wns President Lyman Ly-man of tho Quorum of Apostles nnd Andrew Jensen, church historian. Presidents Hvnns nud Clarke also inado bilef nddresses nnd reported tho condition of the stnkc, which on the whole was most satisfactory. President Lyman took ndvautngc ot the following day being "go to church Sunday" nnd dwelt on tho ndvnu-tnges ndvnu-tnges of attending church. Personally Person-ally he had never missed n Sabbath day meeting when It wns posslblo for him to attend. Ho spoke of honoring tho old folks-nnd making their closing clos-ing days pleasant ones; nlso of his missionary travels und experiences. Elder Andrew Jensen,' who hnd been twice around tho earth and visited almost al-most every sceuo In church history, gavo u most Interesting talk 'of his travels and emphasized the importance import-ance of keeping correct church records. rec-ords. Sunday forenoon President Evans called tho meeting to order nud President Presi-dent Chlpmuu presided. Ho spoko with emphasis, disapproving of tho many clubs being organized, and said that nono should, bo organized without with-out first consulting tho -bishop or stake presidency and obtaining their consent. Too often they conflict In time ot meeting with church organizations organ-izations nnd tnko too much of the membors' time, so that thu church organizations suffer. There aro plenty of organizations in tho church for tho membors' welfare nnd should an) moro become necessary tho Lord will Inspire. His servants to organize more. If something Is not done these outside clubs will prove to bo a hindrance. hin-drance. There nro plenty of activities activi-ties In tho primary the M I. A., the Sunday schools, the religious cIubscs and tho relief societies for all church membors, and tho advlco of tho stake , presidency Is that tho members refrain re-frain from organizing more without the blhsop's consent. Apostle O. F Whltue) was In attendance at-tendance nt the Sunday meetings and gave two of tho most Interesting addresses ad-dresses of the conference He had been acting as chaperon for Ur, W. P. S. Cubb, president of the Society ' fur Oroader LMucntlon, of Which Mr. llvliitmx as nlso n member. Ho hnd is,, ned to a sermon by the doctor on liicrottiied Kings," which was full of Morniotilsm, The lecturo wns full ul the fandameiiUtl thoughts contained is the revelations of tho Prophet jjseph Apostle Whitney then delivered deliv-ered a innsteriul sermon on the dual character ot man and a plea for both (ho salvation of tho body and tho spirit of man, which he declared constituted con-stituted the soul of man. President A B. Anderson reported i lie religion classes of tho stake, Mrs. ,ltry Whitby Hurgcss tho primary associations as-sociations and Mrs. Annie Hlndley liC relief societies, nil or which organizations or-ganizations wcro lit a flourishing condition con-dition Arter si'slnluliig the olllccrs In the .dlMuoou, Ole Peterson, recently rc-vrned rc-vrned from the Society Islands, nnd Aluj Maud KIrkhnm, Just homo from inlsili'tinr) 'work In Denver, Cheyenne .tnd Laramie, guvo most Interesting itii-inlnule reports of their labors. Llder Andrew Jensen told of his n !s .i'iI experiences in tho South fa H'.iudg and other parts of the Aorid Apostle Whitney gave another mas-ar mas-ar j i,vu. .i on thu Latter-Day Saints t,eVf In God, us contrasted with the ic"-f c' (,ie so-called Christian world i a (le ' without body parts nud passions. pas-sions. He declared tho revelation of the personal visit of God tho Father mi J 1:1s Sou Jesus Christ to Joseph iOilth to he tho most Importnnt rcve- tiin cer given. |