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Show Success in Worldly Affairs, Is Subject Of Apostles Speech Melvin J. Ballard of Quorum of Twelve Tells Conference Con-ference of Latter-day Saints That Doing Right Thing at Right Time Is Epitome of Getting Ahead in This Life Obedience to laws both those upon TTle Statute-Tookaan JHLhose'promu.-gated JHLhose'promu.-gated by the church continued to be the central theme of the various addresses ad-dresses before the conference of the Latter-dny Saints today. This topic was approached by the speakers from different fields of endeavor, over various va-rious routes, but always it remained the prlncip.nl topic of exhortation, as It was yesterday when used by President He her J. Grant In his keynote speech. It was a day of apostles. Almoat alt of the speakers up to the noon hour were members of the council of twelve, starting with the Junior member, John A. Widtsoe, who ranks last in the council, but who was the first speaker this morning. Apostle Widtsoe, who was formerly the president of the University of Utah, dwelt especially upon the need for more and better education. In order or-der that there might be a higher understanding un-derstanding of the law and therefore a more perfect obedience to Us demands I THANKS ARE ESSENTIAL. Hyrum O. Smith, presiding patrlaach. I developed the thought that It la es-I es-I senllal that thanks be given for the modern equipment which Is used In keeping records of the works of man, for the comfortable homes which he has. wherein to rest after the day's work la done, for the excellent transportation trans-portation facilities which make possible pos-sible prompt and constant attendance upon the varloua conferencea. and for the beautiful weather which la distinguishing dis-tinguishing this meeting so that all are ahln tn he preeent at the various ses-siona ses-siona without fear of the elements. These blessings, said the speaker, however, how-ever, have only ou because of the obedience of the law by the Mormon people. "Kvery kind of blessing." declared de-clared the speaker, "depends entirely upon the obedience to the law." Apostle Melvin J. Ballard, an Impassioned Impas-sioned speaker, sometimes referred to aa the Billy fiumlay of the Mormon church, followed and dwelt almost exclusively ex-clusively upon the material things of life. Tithing must be paid in full, and promptly, he aald. in order that there be more material assistance for carrying car-rying on the work, which he declared coultl not be brought to rra final conclusion con-clusion without such worldly help. "The head of thia church," said I Apostle Ballard, "is under divine guidance guid-ance in material things and is therefore there-fore wiser In these things than any living man. Follow him." EXAMPLE OF WISDOM, i As an example of the wisdom ho re-! re-! fcrred to and deploring that the advice ad-vice had not been more unlveraulty followed. Apostle Ballard declared mat he wished to emphasise that the ruis-ing ruis-ing of sugar beets win urged. "If the word of the church had been obeyed, the people would be millions ahead." he aald. "There Is no selfishness In the views and the ndvlce of the head of the church. Maybe you will not understand under-stand it, but believe aiwiyg that he haa the common good of all at heart. You can claim your bleaslng. if you have obeyed the laws of the church and have paid your tithing all of it honestly to the last farthing. WOMAN'S INTUITION. "Woman's Intuition la really spiritual spirit-ual guidance. Take counsel," he urged. "And If you do not and your own Judgment Is not right, you are sure to hear of It fur a long time to come." "Success In worldly affairs, he continued, con-tinued, "may be epitomised in the trite saying of doing the right thing at the right time. We have often I heard people In explanation of why i they did thia or that thing, aay they were only following a 'hunch. That ta nqt the right choice of words. They, : as a matter of fact, had a revelation or an Inspiration. If you have worldly affairs to decide, consult your bishop. ! He may not always be successful himself, him-self, but he Is the representative of the church and cannot guide you ; wrong, even though you may not agree, with what he may urge you to , do. It Is God's will that the Mormon people shall prosper. It Is essential that we be materially and financially strong In order to do God's work. Utah Is not a place where men can ge rich quick. It never wss and It never will ; be. Lary, speculative or idle people cannot prosper here. The material things with which we are surrounded can only be gotten slowly and after hard work and obedlenca to Uw. I Apostle Richard K. Lyman fur- ! ther developed tha general theme, but more particularly urged its I application to tha support of the 'church schools from a financial standpoint. stand-point. "Those of you who have a good deal of money If you would have your name remembered, can do nothing better bet-ter than give an endowment to Brig-ham Brig-ham Toung university at Provo. For those of you who do not know. 1 would call your attention to the fact that you may buv a life membershp In the Young Men's Mutual Improvement as- , sociation for $5- Apostle Lyman wan Interrupted In his remarks by several officials seated near him. who suggested that there are other church schools which would be glad to receive endowments, . which I tContinued on pe 24 through clean thought and action. We have been teaching the gospel for many years. We want all the people' In their hearts to he pure and b licve ! this year will bring greater advance- : ment than any previous." A more than capacity audience again ; gathered n the T.tbernacle when the i conference was npent-d this morning. Following the singing of "How Firm a Foundation." th cnfTenre was led TTTpn.yr vwrrram TerTtTefirprosT- dent of Hear Lnke stake nt Paris, Idaho. Then "Oh, Ye Mountains High" was sung, after which the speakers got under way. President Grant himself said nothing more than was necessary for the actual Introduction Introduc-tion of the speakers. During the morn ing Mrs. 1'earl Kimball Lavis, recently recent-ly winner of the swimming contest from Antelope Inland to Ha It air, sung a solo. "Kye Hn th Not Keen." Charles W. renrtme, first counsellor of the first presidency: Presiding Bishop Charles W. Nibley. Joseph W. McMurrln. president of the California mission, and John M. Kniht of Den- ver, president or the Wee tern states mission, were the conference speakers yesterday afternoon. After declaring his complete agreement agree-ment with what had been said by the president at the morning session, Mr. Nibley touched upon the troublous conditions of the times and the function func-tion that the church should have in bringing about a clearer understanding understand-ing and a less unsettled point of view for mankind in genersl. He spoke of the railroad strikes and coal strikes as "disturbing factors." adding: "There have grown up a good many secret organisations, some good, some ; bad. We have chins and Ku Klux Kutns that take It upon themselves to administer punishment on men and women without letting the law take Its course.'' SUCCESSJNWORLDLY (Continued from page 1.) suggestion Mr. Lyman transmitted to th congregation. LAUDS HEBER J. GRANT. "I defy th Latter-day Saints to find anywhere even In literature a man mor Interested In the people than Heber J. tlrant," continued Apostle Lyman. "Kind anywhere, if you can. a man leae selfish and I know hla Interest In-terest la for the church -He referred to changes that have taken place In th advancement of civilisation civ-ilisation In thla country since the t.i. ter-day Halms' church was organised I emphasising it In Its relation to the building of the country and Its stabl-Ity stabl-Ity through all these processes. "And so this haa been a great repub-1c repub-1c and will endure as such If the In-dlvuais In-dlvuais appreciate the blesalngs handed hand-ed down by their forefathers. "Others may desert the constitution of the United Htates, but the Latter-day Latter-day Halnte never. This great government gov-ernment will endure if we can give proper value to that liberty purchased with blood of our forefathers.' The Boy Hcout movement and Mutual Mu-tual Improvement aasociaton were referred re-ferred to as means by which preservation preserva-tion of the nation and its Ideals may be accomplshed. NOT DOINQ ENOUGH. "I urge you Ss counsellors to bishops and bishops to the people, as off Wis to officials, to give support to the Boy Hcout movement wherever possible, i We as officials are not doing enough In these organisations. Uo to their meetings; be there at the right time: pray, sing and speak to them and with them. "It Is your duty to go Into the woods and gather the lot sheep ln the Interests Inter-ests of our country and our church. See that boys between the ages of IS and IT years are given and take advantage ad-vantage of the 9pportunlt.es ffered In the Boy Scouts and that boys between be-tween the ages of 1? and 22 years are taken Into the Mutual Improvement association. "Fifty thousand strong-, the members mem-bers of the Mutual Improvement association as-sociation are. beginning this year with the slogan, 'We stand for pure life. |