Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-06-10 | Page 2 | Conference of M. I. A. Opens; Smith Presides

r M. M I. I A. A OPENS Inspiration i in Spiritual A Achievement eme t Is the Keynote Inspiration in in spiritual achievement achieve achieve- I ment merit and realization Was vas the keyhole keynote key key- note hole ot Jt the addresses delivered at atthe atthe atthe the opening of ot the three-day three conference conference con con- ference terence of the Young Mens Men's and Young Ladles' Ladles Mutual l Improvement associations of the L. L D. D S. S church Friday in the Assembly hall We may be small in numbers number but we represent of the spiritual life Ute of ot the church declared declared de de- de- de dared George Albert Smith superIntendent superintendent superintendent super super- of the organization in his welcoming address The hall overflowed and there were ivere representatives of the various missions and delegates from New i Mexico Arizona Oregon California California Califor Califor- nia and surrounding states I President Heber J J J. Grant was present throughout the session but only spoke a a word of f greeting at atthe atthe t the close 2 Mr Smith gave ga e the slogan for forthe forthe forthe the coming year We stand for a fuller knowledge of the Book of Mormon and a testimony of its di divine divine dl- dl vine origin The general theme of the meetIng meetIng meeting meet- meet Ing was was Latter day Saints' Saints Youth and Their Opportunities What Is needed most in the world today is God fearing young men and women declared Martha H. H president of ot the She said that the officers were delighted with the work that was vas being done in the stakes She expressed the hope that everyone would go aw away y strengthened and encouraged WORK GLORIFIED Dean John 1 L. L Jr spoke on op Spiritualizing Lifes Life's Work in the Vocations He said that It was only In recent years that w work has been peen glorified d and that it was was s not always always' considered as honorable as asit asit it lb is today He said that the old social lines are creaking breaking down He told of ot the satisfaction that was when the toiler saw the spiritual In his his' work realized that e was as supplying som someone one who needed heeded his product receiving his just ear earnings l gs and finding new pow- pow er and new skill He asserted that th th there re rl unimportant Jobs Congressman n Don B B. Colton spoke on spiritualizing lifes life's work in po pos pos- Continued cin on pa page e 6 CONFERENCE OF I I j M. M I. I A. A OPENS If p SMITH PRESIDES t I Continued from page 1 I. civic and social relation relation- ships H He declared that there was 16 divorcement between religion f d life He said U that at It was often charged that members of the L L. L D. D S. S SA church were materialists but thiat piat this was not so and that they but found the spiritual in iii dally daily life lIre and activity He told of how J many n ny great men and women gave g ample evidence of the spiritual In their lives and he said that he wanted the young men and women present to know that in finding the spiritual they are following in th the footsteps of the men and women who made history j RELIGION IS LIFE Dr Adam S. S Bennion said that religion Is not a af compartment o olife of life b but bt t that it Is life He said that a man Is spiritual who finds himself coming toward a larger Ia self-realization self of the divinity th that thatIs t Is within him Napoleon on his prison island wa was wag a most pitiable figure he declared declare because he had b been en ved deprived of the power of the mental over the material and had little left Walter Head president of the Boy Scouts of America who is In Salt Lake attending a bankers' bankers convention addressed the meeting briefly He said that upon meeting Mr Smith In New York he wondered won won- ond on- on d dered d red how It was that of orthe the Boy oy Scouts belonged to the L. L D. D S. S church but that he had learned that It was was' the organization he was addressing which had encouraged the boys in the work