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Show PARENTS' DUTY STRESSED AT CONFERENCE Speakers Urge Parents to Teach Gospel to Children; General Authorities Represented Rep-resented by Geo. A. Smith The regular June session of the quartely conference of the St. George . stake was held in the St. George tabernacle Saturday Sat-urday and Sunday. The attendance attend-ance was unusually large, there being approximately 700 present pres-ent at the Sunday meetings. The opening session was held at S p. m. Saturday, with President Pres-ident W. O. Bentley presiding. . Singing, "We Thank God for a Prophet." Prayer, George E. Miles. Singing, "Oh, Ye Mountains High." President W. W. McArthur was the first speaker and discussed dis-cussed the life of Christ. Other speakers were Arthur F. Miles, Geo. Whitehead and George Albert Al-bert Smith. The latter, a member of the council of the twelve apostles, spoke of the many changes made since he last came to St. George. He said God has done much for this people, that no others have such knowledge as the Latter-Day Saints. Many have been deceived by the world and unless they repent will not have complete salvation. A vocal duet was given by Miss Mary McGregor and Mona Reber. Singing, "Sing We Now at Parting." Benediction, Elder B. Jarvis, Jr. (Continued on page 4) PAGE TWXCE ! ii page 1 IVf at 10 a. m. song was, "If In 'line In - Vnur ." In was hy JoffT r . Ao;il the congrega caiiff come to All." r-.siii,..,'l I la Ten .was tl"' specie Haiti. In parJUJ r. hi..; j, that as man , fnici: , a" il that ua jfrdo Man y twmii,'. Tlii much more (Mid er (lian "iiyihl,,.. jVel on. u-jes. Jf 'Mssuf'1 "'"'It and act in " UK: 'l ft were lliroiiA'li "'''Dt;, Tify wo,.(1 n.at 0 " line Cairns. In I'10 "'"V i.Ipins which Independent raM Judge Member Utah State P DKTOl'KS (Las Vegas Age) Willi highway count ni Ii ij-lt lido It Is inevlta! tho hated hut noccssarj will hecome a two-foli Irritating both those wl use It and those who mu tain It. Detour .stories are fining fin-ing u Hiatus similar toe known "lish story." Tlw-ways Tlw-ways des-ciihed as L-ry worse than they rei'for. lug accustomed tq.e, or a 50 to 00 mile would It Is irksome toy, they to a 25 to '35 if any-The any-The tinavoidj'ou or I mi especially k'ippy we anco and by ti who do reache Kood for tomo-j tomo-j wonderful oppor-.'or oppor-.'or ha pplness. ;lieve there are very few who are really happy, ess must be achieved, not uiglug one's environment, r changing one's self to fit nvironment and find hap-i hap-i In it. We njnoci". poten-""Iwoiidetours poten-""Iwoiidetours 'we can practa'lie aprUion of umstances". In ' ouhles me '. aiv 'o think in Dixie Uivs,' W work .as we no. I believe that Ally we must have faith 'dves. t believe that the is coming when we will time to do the things we to do. When we labor as lo here, it proves that we a not discovered tho ar oi R.. Price, president of the pa. Arizona, stake, said: is a pleasure to return beautiful city after an tif 20 years. I love to hack on the days that I here, and the hospitable lliness that I received here, ieled from Salt Lake City o here then, the trip tak-.evcn tak-.evcn days. We were three 1 coming from Cedar City. It uavvelous the changes that ,-e taken place In the last 20 'years. I have studied the conditions con-ditions of the other countries of the world and believe that America Am-erica is the best place in the world to live. After a study of conditions of other times, I am convinced that this is the most wonderful age in history. More changes have come in the last twenty years than in any other ' u.,.,,l,.n,l -..A-it-o rtf Hum T was here before any automobile had been brought to St. George. Recent developments have come about in the way of transportation trans-portation and communication that amaze us. We have the automobile, au-tomobile, aeroplane and radio, which have changed our whole course of living. ' "So great is the desire of the leaders of the world in the various vari-ous fields to learn, that men are willing to risk their lives to bring to us some new thought. "But with all the new developments devel-opments that have come about. I want to tell you something that has not changed. The fundamentals funda-mentals for the development of character are still the same as they have been for thousands of years. Honesty is the best policy, pol-icy, is as true today as it was when Soloman made the statement. state-ment. If you will look to the men who have made the greatest great-est success in this world, you will find it is the honest men. It -is just as necessary that we honor our fathers and mothers as it was when God gave that ; commandment to Moses. It is j the generation just before you young people that has brought about all tho wonderful inventions inven-tions that you enjoy today. It is a necessary part of character building that you respect them as it ever was. It is just as fundamental fun-damental to be virtuous as it ever was. The clean life of a boy or girl is the most beautiful beauti-ful thing in the world." II. L. Reid of the high council. coun-cil. v'4iii2 recently completed a h' cs ivaTxieaid : "I be-' '" ,0US iere nv'eT-r.1'" ' c," K'ars In Bus the hardships were nothing compared com-pared to what they were earlier than that. Then, if a team made five to eight miles- a (lay it was geoil. A team that could travel 15 miles a day was exceptional. If any of the first pioneers could have come from Salt Lake City here In 11 days they would ljjiX0t ,uy.:. It was exceptionally "fast. .Muny came with very poor ' ie outfit. They drove oxen teams, i: for tlu:y could not buy hay and js grain, and were dependent on j the jjaxture that the animals ; j could find for themselves by itie roadside. "Today we are living on the : shoulders of the men of the ' past." Conference reconvened at 2 p. m. The opening song was "Come, Come, Ye Saints." Invocation In-vocation was by Jos-. T. Atkin, Sr., and the congregation sang, 'Providence Is Over All." rc-ss ne names of the officers of church were presented by -s. W. W. McArthur, and animously voted for by the ngregation. President W. O. Hentely was lie first speaker, and said: "The things I am here to say I be-f'lieve be-f'lieve wilh all my heart. They may not be Interesting to some J. of you, hut it is a problem that we are facing, and it If! necessary neces-sary that we meet It ;f we are ' to progress as we tihould in our effort to emulate the life of the .Master. "The work of the church might bo classified into two classes, lirst should le leaching the goipel, and second, helping the members o-f tho church. As far as th-j stakes are concerned the first is already taken care of. It is not our business to dictate to the missionaries. "In regard to the second, the church is organized to help perfect per-fect the lives of its members. It is our belief that the church is the most perfect organization organiza-tion for the taking care of the needs of the people of any organization or-ganization in the world. As you know, it is planned to care for the spiritual needs of the people peo-ple from the time they are four years old until they have reached reach-ed the grave. We have the Sunday Sun-day school, M. I. A., Primary, Boy Scouts and church Fchools. If there is any fault with the results it is not the fault of the church. Under ideal conditions, if boys and girls attend the meetings meet-ings wliich have been planned for them, just how much time would they spend under the influence in-fluence of the gospel? Attending Attend-ing the regular meetings would take about five hours per week. Tills slinwQ tlmt flip clinrcli flops not have many of us under its influence much of the time. In some cases the church does not have any of the members any of the time. "It is true that the officers of the church have been charged charg-ed to see that no iniquity exists in the church. If we find our brother in error, we are to help him. I believe we are held accountable ac-countable if we fail to do our duty. But we alone are helpless to do it all. Just where does the great responsibility lie? I cannot get away from the fact that the fault, if wrong is done, lies with the parents. "If parents could appreciate the need of right training for children just learning to talk, and become independent, a great deal of the problem would be solved. If parents would correct Ml i 1 rl van fnv cinnll tl-iintro -n-liilo they are very young, they would not go astray when older in life. "It seems to me that if we ns paernts lived the gospel as we should we would not have so many of our young boys and girls using tobacco and liquor. If we practiced the gospel in our homes, more of our young boys and girls would be true and virtuous. "There are many good men and women in this church who have ,sons- and daughters who make mistakes, still I am of the opinion that if we would do our duty there would be fewer boys and girls who take up bad habits. hab-its. "We have the responsibility of teaching our children to walk uprightly before God. We must strive to do cur full duty to our children. Do not expect too much of the church, for if a parent is not living a religious life we cannot expect much from the hoys and girls. "What can the church do for a parent? The principles of right living are the same today as I they were a tneusand years ago. j Some time ago the church was : criticised for not bringing a new thought to light in the last 2 5 j years; but after all, is it neces-i neces-i sary? We have more truth to-' to-' day than many of us live up to. Some people in the church are only hike warm because some of : the officers are not what they ! ouyht to be. We have a right 1 to be one of the best stakes in tin; church. Founded by a hardy ch.ss o: pioneers, we have a j wonderful background, but to "vjep our heriise we must train coiuut,"! generation in right-""Mj. right-""Mj. s the preb'"i. oi Jr., Prop, iness for Your Health ward reported his mission to California and Arizona. Apostle George Albert Smith said: "I think you have a wonderful won-derful opportunity for good work here with the temple in your city. Your temple is a beautiful thing. I went through it at noon today, and as I walked through the rooms, I wondered if the boys and girls here know what It means to them. Just as soon as traveling people enter the valley they see that temple, a monument to the devotion of the Latter-Day Saints." Benediction was pronounced by Levi Harmon. |