Show OTHER NEW OFFICERS the necessity of younce men becoming skilled mechanics breed sunday morning there was a large attendance and after the opening exer cites cit es bupt supt keeler congratulated the young people on ane interest taken in M I 1 A work he briefly reported the condition of the association in the stake for sixteen years speaker said he had been engaged in M I 1 work and te testified tabt the young people were better in every way than sixteen a ago in fact the youner people were better than ever before s the great tamp tationa ear rou them the men are starring systematically iu the ti ioa and gaming a testimony of the klapel young mou ought to aliye not for alien selves alone lut for their tel liw jsn they should also learn to be skillful skill tul workmen there ia always for the skilled class corn m m are without employment f should look borne to the practical side of lite and cot alone to the ELDER B BROCKBANK spoke of the object of the gathering together in zion of BO many nationalities it waa for education and one ol 01 tle beet systems of education is here established light has come into the world and the here hare be chiae partakers par takers of that light speaker the bearing of testimonies in ai I 1 DE KAEL 0 i aid there was much education in the corid and in many respects bertul results are attained but there is a woeful absence of religious teaching and the influence of religion should be in all phases of society the absence of that influence ia producing evil re yaks aa the crista in the public aroas attest A knowledge of god and his gospel should be the boy to al triumphed religion alone ia not al that we should learn but ic be mil na in all conr learning speaker ilao urged a knowledge of practical at fairs young dpn and vonna women should practice virtues and by resisting email temptations strength of character ia developed one little overt ct may not do much of itself but corn bi aed these little acts form our characters if we then resist tempha tt ng it will bo easier for us to larger temptations that may come referred to tha great advancement in M I 1 work there is bow system ib all the grand aim is to raise abe oune people up to the highest eta dard cf all elsa are but maage to that end with this grand benl enl in view it to be an easy matter to arrange an acceptable program religion Reli zion cc ienco history etc are all necessary to the highest type of man hood speaker aleo dwelt on skilled labor it was absolutely necessary but it was also to have professional men the doctors and lawyers today in utah are mainly from abroad boere are few utah men men of ibe new state should aleo prepare themselves for holding th offices that will come statehood chess are worthy of mhd consider jiuu of the youna men they should be studied and practiced in the spring time of bite tle eang and the conference is adjourned by benediction until 2 0 L ock budday AFTERNOON the choir was an exceedingly large one nd the filled the tabernacle lu one grand harmony after tha opening exercises cleric diroa read the report from which tt appears there ara 35 Y M I 1 A in the alake of which e ily 35 were reported highland being the exception there are 1619 ca rolled in these while there are in the elake between 14 and 45 the mutual ago 1725 men net the attendance of the enrollment haa bean and abera have been regular weekly meetings there was n baud and 25 10 expended since the last report the resignation of keeler of his being made bishop of the fourth ward was read by president partridge to fill the vacancy elder B B one of sapt Ke elare counselors was chosen bishop Keeler 8 resignation was accept jd and bupt supt hinckley waa unstained iab W oluff as first and J I 1 con as bod cou walter corbett corresponding isedra tary waa as general secretary acy J i dibou made counselor coun Belor the 0 har regular officers were sustained as at former conferences then addressed the congregation con 1 the on their ex it not only waa 0 the livine bat plea eine to the prophet joseph and others beyond the vail joseph smith holds the teja 10 this dispensation and is at the head of our glorious gt orious work the prophet joaeph bad eiren unto the speaker a key which he gave to the young people the prophet had said the majority of the saints of god reside them will bs the keye of the adeaner als told of a vision abo oro abet bad aen and publicly uttered in iowa to the that the latter would go west and ane saw them in the beautiful valleys be sad ot the rocky thay should arow until became a great nation JOUK stated his oloa aure in seeing such an interest taken in improvement work it is pleasing to aae si many young man taking upon them the duties of the gospel all should seek a knowledge of the truthfulness of the gospel young men will find the holy spirit necessary nece esary to progress ress the force behind ane early elders was cot their alna language or superior education but the pint they possessed religion should be the nearest thing to our heart the leading trait of oar character hull haye thought for the last two years that politics baye taken a little too much of our attention in politics as in mothr affairs of life however we should he true to one knotner ana to our parties budr aard he felt deeply the necessity of the full japport of the associations he bad not sought the position to which he had called be said with ambitious motives the gospel should bs de void of worldly ambition ue had no promises to make a prayerful desire for the progress of the eions he would try to lire up to the and opportunities god had placed bedora him H the excellent work the M I 1 wore doing in ona abeso elation of about fifty members mem bars 1306 bome preparations were reported those toung men are progressing he regretted that eo many of aba young men of the stake were not enrolled in these associations ciati ons often the bridegroom of opportunities are laid before the couig man but their lampa hav bean without oil and they not partake of the eldak J I 1 DIXON said the position be had been called to was a surprise to him although he had for fifteen years been in mutual improvement work he felt weak member ha would however endeavor to do bis duty to the best of his ability made a few closing remarks ha id the conference baa giving nim much pleasure he the work of mutual improvement and compared the of the young man ef today with opportunities when ne was believed the tima would shortly come when the latter day saints would be bought after for teachers to train the young of other people it was urged that the young men learn useful trades and not all strive to ba abool teachers wa want our quota of educators aut we baut skillful men as well bishop kaaber said that the M I 1 was in good bands he thanked all aids and members who had made hie the success that it was chorister gies baij the postponed concert would be given on Wed after singing the doxology benediction was offered by E W 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