Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-07-31 | Page 9 | [Illegible] Neglected, [Illegible] Hyrum Smith

Irs 11 SMITH Mes Young of Utah Stake to Properly Observe the 'wMarriage Covenant." vSfjA'to The Tribune. jjy no. At tho morning scb-InSfftitne scb-InSfftitne Utah stake confcrcnco hold 'Kday Apostle llyrum M. Smith, of ".Kco City, was tho prlnclpnl speaker. 'Ef of the iipportanco of tho pll-n&Wtl pll-n&Wtl the sons and (laugh tors of the E thk mortal existence: upon It IV.-Ki the return to the exaltation 'UftKSclatlon with God. Tho gospel Ef everything. Apostlo Smith PuiBoften wondered to what extent at,.! influenced men: to some It has part of their life and nature Ej .nnk deep Into their hearts. Kre others on whom their religion tMiMJde no impression. Elder Smith r jKls hearers attention to tho "mar-jBvenant" "mar-jBvenant" of tho religion of the n Hav Saints: to those who under-'tiiK. under-'tiiK. 'importance of this principle MiiBtould he no thought of being mar- iWhe civil authorities. They would "aBribd In the temple according to the the gospel. The blame for so many tofc-Mfiarried outside of the temple won !&rKere Tt Is for the parents and tho tiSKeople to decide and their doclslon tWHeend on whether tho parents had tiSWtheaa principles or whether the wtMTpeopJo had rejected tho Instruc- mf' their parents, we iB Smith further said those who In IMm become Impressed with the gos-i gos-i jsFwthey should and might have beon I'iMbe labored with and prayed for. 'eMent Joseph B. Keeler presided at mZMStlng. and In his opening remarks otoTHttd the people and reported on the lcaEflg of his Htakc There has been LDtZHrease of 200 In the stake in the i?Kc months, and the total mcmbcr-iHf'Vnov mcmbcr-iHf'Vnov 11.4S9. This stake has 57 JMarlcs In the field, which Is a little fiZBfho average. Mr. Kcclcr urged ad-1 ad-1 j-ZH effort In ecclesiastical duties, and : uiiBhtorest In spiritual affairs, the ef-ibiftB ef-ibiftB which would be eternal and more uEnt than material effort. William Knight, counselor to luriBnt J. B. Kcclcr. urged tho saints TjrKma harmonious in their assocla-fvSKhowIng assocla-fvSKhowIng the advantage of counBel-xlZKether counBel-xlZKether and with tho presiding nu-rcK nu-rcK in order that tho strength of Kllpht be applh'd to the advnncc-tfEglB. advnncc-tfEglB. tho people, spiritually and tcm-