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Show THOUSANDS HEAR WORDS OF CHURCH LEADER; RADIO SERVICEJSJPPHECIAIEB Speaker Touched On Value of Living- Life In Conformity With Divine Teachings Of Gospel of Jesus Christ. i President Heber J. Grant wag the speaker at the Leadership Leader-ship general assembly in College hall on Wednesday afternoon. after-noon. Again was the seating capacity of the university taxed to the uttermost. Seventy stakes were represented. As an indication of the extent of the radio service in the interests of Leadership week a message from Heber City announced tha in one place sixty people were assembled on Tuesday afternoon to hear President Anthony W. Ivins speak. 1 President Grant in fiis address made emphatic the thought that the best way to teach any principle is to live it. He cited examples in illustration of his theme. The services began with congregational singing, "Zion prospers, all is well. The invocation was offered by Elder Richard K. Lyman of the Council of Twelve Apostles. A violin solo was rendered by Prof. Leroy Robertson. Rob-ertson. He was given an encore. -The letter kllleth; the spiiU Glvetb Life," quoted President Franklin 8. Harris in Introducing President Grant. President Harris related an incident of the influence on himself and companions in Imbuing Im-buing them with the spirit of keeping keep-ing the Word of Wisdom, in a sermon ser-mon delivered In Old Mexico thirty-three thirty-three years ago. These young men bad all observed the Word of Wisdom Wis-dom from that time to the present. President Heber J. Gfant exv pressed appreciation of the- testimony testi-mony borne by President Harris, and was happy that it had influenced influ-enced young men to keep the Word of Wisdom. Example is the best kind of teaching, sai)d President Grant.! He quoted a poem, "Let each man know himself,'' which bad been given, hiin some forty rears jago by President F. M. Ly-ian. Ly-ian. The poem emphnsized principles prin-ciples of finding, aiid. florrtectSng one's pwn faults rather than those of pthers. . The Importance of the proper Bpirit Jn teaching-the gospel was illustrated il-lustrated by President Grant iu two stories he told. On one occasion an, eloquent man whose life had been an Immoral one had preached a sermon without beneficial effect, while on another occasion an unlearned un-learned man had preached a sermon in which the spirit of God had been so , powerful that President Grant had received from it a testimony of : the truth of the gospel. The law of the gospel for one having a testimony of its divinity, is that a man shall repent of his Bins and live a better life, declared President Grant. By living in accordance ac-cordance with the principles of the gospel a knowledge of Its truth Bhall be given. President Grant told of several instances of conversion conver-sion to the gosped amid opposition of parents and friends and of trial and hardship. The persons so converted had lived lives devoted to the gospel. They had maintained their faith-in spite of every difficulty. They had preached the gospel by precept and so had had a great influence ou the lives of others. .: President Grant quoted from a letter let-ter received from a great financier1 a sentence of great significance, "If there Is anything iu a faith that Involves a belief in eternity there Is everything." This sentiment senti-ment was heartily endorsed by President Grant. ' In it be saw a stimulus to living a life in harmony , with the principles of the gospel. The opinion of President Grant's friend, Colouel Haws, relative to the ability and execllence of character char-acter of Anthony W. Ivins wns related. re-lated. The colouel had been surprised sur-prised thHt President Ivins had not made greater .julvnncement in the world. President Grant had told Cohmel " Haws . that Brother Ivins -belonged to n church that expected hliu to go where the church had ueed of him. and they hud sent him to n place old Mexico where of nil plates he least desired to go; and Brother Ivnis had gone willingly, so greit wns his love of the gospel. Colonel Haws had expressed high vesard for n religion which could command such support from its ed-hcrents. ed-hcrents. The colonel hud proved to be a warm friend of the Mormon people nnd had gladly come to the when his scat Iu the senate was iu nssistonce of Senator lteed Smoot jeopardy. |