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Show SAYS FARM IS BACKBONE OF STABLE LIFE Elder Melvin J. Ballard Urges Latter-day Saints to Remain Re-main on Farms. So intensely jammed were College Hall and the adjoining hallway and stairways at the Tuesday afternoon general session of Leadership Week that it became necessary to hold an overflow meeting In the library, where the speakers repaired after addressing the audience in College Hull. The library was also crowded. crowd-ed. The exercises began with a glorious glor-ious rendition of Schubert's version of the Twenty-Third Psalm by Lhe B. Y. U. ladies glee club under the direction of Mrs. Hannah Packard. President Joseph Itccs of Nebo stake offered the invocation. Before addressing the great audience audi-ence Elder Melvin J. Ballard, of the L. D. S. Council of Twelve Apostles, the first speaker, by special request, sang, "I'll Go Where You Want Me To Go," the audience sympathetically sympathetical-ly joining in the cMorus. "I rejoice to live now," exclaimed Elder Balard in beginning his address ad-dress and inspired by the, audience ' before him. He expressed appreciation apprecia-tion of the attitude of the people to-! to-! ward leadership. "The Latter-day Saints have not been wanting in leaders in the past," he said, but in the days to come lie could not see one leader or a group !' of leaders, but many leaders. He i expected the people to develope into a great people who have self control and self mastery. I In his vision of the future he saw j- them in world leadership. He had been interested recently in Thomas Nixon Carver's book "The Religion Worth Having" and read therefrom. The author quoted set for the the thoughts that the people having the best religion would in the future lead the world. Among the religious peoples peo-ples mentioned hy the author as pos-, pos-, sible fulfillers of his predictions are named the Mormons. Toil, frugal fare- plain clothes, responsibilities of motherhood and productive ' achievement were the qualities set I forth hy Dr. Carver, as essential to successful leadership in the future. Elder Ballard, in commenting on the words of Dr. Carver, pointed out that the Latter-day Saints are ou the right track. They have not yet arrived at the goal, hut they are on the road. Tho speaker spoke of the social and industrial history of the Latter-day Latter-day Saints. They had endured hnrd- ships nnd had made sacrifices, but had not given up. He urged his hearers to continue firm in both temporal nnd spiritual things. He would have them remain with their farms nnd not become shifters and drifters. The farm, he said, is the backbone of the stable life. Elder Ballard took a strong stand against tho use of alcoholic beverages bever-ages which are of no value as food. He deplored the agitation in the coimlry for the repeal of the Eighteenth amendment or for the modification of the law to permit tho side of beor and light wines. Tile leadership needed by the world is not financial, tho speaker declared, the world has plenty of money. What is needed is moral nnd spiritual leadership. He commented" on tlie value of the observance of the fast day and the law of tithing and proclaimed the importance of universal brotherhood. There should not be class division among the peo-Thc peo-Thc last but not: least, according to Elder Ballard was the love of home nnd family. He deplored (he childless home. World leadership should come to tho people through the observance of these principles, pie. |