| Show fD S Apostle 1 lIs on Adults o Guide Youth if T. T Benson Tells Conference of i Delinquency Dangers r Characterizing the trend in ju- ju lille delinquency as M something Ich should shock all ll of us kia era ra T. T Benson member of ct the theD D DS S council of ot twelve apostles tiled ned for th the support rt of every lilt to halt youths youth's carnival of ime rime Addressing about 2500 church church- e en whose ih-whose whose work also includes shaping of f young peoples people's lives Jive at t the third session of the trie ual L D S general conference day in fn the tabernacle the junger unger ger member of the council med arned parents that if ff they fall fail theIr responsibility to train and ach h your c children then you w will wille ll ve ve e the sins rest upon you We We have he asserted in the dards of Mormonism an anWer an- an fw r r- to this shocking trend in delinquency The restricted conference ses- ses ton was again opened at 10 a a. a m. m iJ J. J Reuben Clark Jr first coun- coun I Other conference news on ages 70 10 77 JJ and nd 72 12 2 elor er In the first presidency who that Heber J. J Grant Grahl h hurch ch president was again with is 8 He said all the authorities ere tere present with the exception K Hardy member of the i council of seventy who is from an illness lames IJames Broken Homes Mr t Benson said that a recent urvey ma made In the nation by Js rs showed that 65 per cent juvenile d delinquency was ue 1 to broken homes He added lat it the arrest of teen age boys ad girls has reached a staggering cure J re rustLe fust Learn 5 rn to pray Fathers Fathers Shave gone to war or working long hours n hers her ar are working g asa and nd as a fe re re- re r. r are re left to their I s ass asserted the person person- Ie church executive It lIt is the now now more th than n. n ever ver fore of ot p parents rents to train and ach 1 their children to teach th them m ray an and to teach them cor correct ct YNo No No young man or woman can canford f ford rd to disregard the standards of the church It live the standards of Mor- Mor J Ism If only we will make programs both in the home djin lin the church as effective as asey ey cY should hould be we m may y be able le to ide this crul cru- cru l tage members n Un n o 0 t the h Ii e a r principal l morning aker ker was Stephen L. L Richards of the council of twelve o 6 admonished members to re re- i to the We virtues and the way I life e of former days as a means recapturing capturing the I faith ith and prins prin- prin prin 1 les s of righteousness and y y ther speakers were Thomas Thomaa E. E I Kay assistant to the council twelve apostles and acting prest pres- pres I nt t of the European mission 1 inA A Israelson formerly pres i- i iti of th the Norwegian mission I t tome toine ine R. R Ivins member of the thet t tco co cil of sev seventy nty and Cut Clif- dIE d iE E. E Young assistant t to the neil of twelve hurch hymns w were re sung by the The opening prayer sj l' l offered by E. E L. L Warnick Sevier stake and Sand bene bene- tron tion was offered by John B. B t eson president Riverside ke Ite and anda a Salt Lake City com com- sHoner urther discussing juvenile de- de jue cy Mr Benson said hed he heed ed d the p parents would put U their ir is 1 around our youth and h help helpIn lp m m. along the road that God ud dd have them follow He red re- re d how Mutual Mutu l Improvement as- as allon Gold and Green dances held eld al all over the church and nd the fact tact there is no drink drink- pr or smoking and that these af af- af 8 sare are closed by prayer e C scored what is termed crack i theory that of permitting I oy to grow gow up and choose for self elf what religion he should bei be- be i to H He also urged that men men- 4 11 refrain from biting back of f church leaders tr fr B Benson said a a s survey made f if Continued on Pa Page e Twelve p Column One t F S S S SS 0 ft V S y t S SS S S 5 4 1 S S S Jr 4 45 5 S S S S SS S S S S S S S I kZ t S S j ai W 1 nf 5 t T They ey Came Come Long Distances A group of L D S church officers shown in t the e conference session Fri Friday lay are left to fo right Ira Winkler Carbon stake Odell Mangum Carbon Carbon Carbon Car Car- bon stake Arthur J. J Barlow Uvada stake Stanley Fuller St. St George stake take and K S. S Smith Bannock stake Idaho In photo at lower left left left-A. A. A E. E Bowen left member of council council coun coun- cil dl of twelve who will deliver the address Sunday over CBS Church of the Air program and Dr Joseph F. F Mer- Mer er- er rill another c council uncil member who will speak at the sessions S I I II I 1 I I. I I i I. I I I Ij j I I II II I I I I I 1 I II I Will Be Conference Speakers Thomas E. E McKay left assistant to the council of twelve apostles and president of the European mission and June B. B Sharp newly I appointed president of the South African mission discuss mission affairs L D S Apostle Calls ails On Adults to Fight Delinquency Continued from Page Cue Cae by the church department of education education edu edu- cation showed that reasons why boys and girls go wrong is because o of lack of prayer lack of church attendance by parents smoking drinking and card playing He then urged prayer in the homes which was so common a generation ago i temple marriages love in the home and loyalty to parents and church leaders trend Th r of juvenile delinquency strikes at the very foundations of all we hold dear the speaker continued And I Iwonder wonder if we fully realize the work we must do to bring about the r. r fulfillment of the promises of this grea great t land According to compilations by bythe the federal bureau of investigation juvenile arre arrests ts in 1943 of boys under 18 increased per cent over 1942 and of girls under 21 increased per cent over 1942 This is particularly alarming 1 when it is remembered that similar similar simi simi- lar increases were recorded in 1942 over 1941 in fact juvenile arrests arrests ar ar- rests increased 1304 per cent from 1941 to 1943 This should be the concern of all all he added Mr McKay gave an encouraging report on the activities of various missions in the European mission in spite of war conditions Mr Young urged the str strengthen strengthening ing of the churchs church's missionary tem Discussing Repentance Mr Ivins said th that t Latter day Sai Saints ts should not get the idea that re is something for the theman i man who doesn't belong to the L D S church Mr Ivins warned priesthood ii x to inspect your lives If and see if you do not have room roomI I for changes in your lives He t added that perhaps as leaders of 1 the priesthood and quorums we need to repent Referring to the holy covenant t of marriage Mr Richards said There is is some basis for the assertion of a New York clergyman clergyman clergy clergy- man that marriage to some has become a pagan pageantry I There is evidence in the increasing increasing ing rate of divorce that the holding holding hold hold- ing power of marriage is waning called So celebrities of the country who undertake four or five marriages in a brief period of years are not engaging in true marriages and one would think an enlightened press would find I Iother other means for handling this news than the way it has for the edification edification cation of our youth Joseph F. F Smith church patriarch patri patri- arch spoke on Unity at the fourth session Thursday afternoon describing disunity as the m most st destructive force whether it involves involves in in- war among nations division in the home schism in the church or turmoil in the soul sout |
