| Show MORNING SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE 1 Tho h quarterly confer conference ence nce of or tho Iho Halt Uiko Inke was held The rile session con on letl In the at nt 10 ami an devoted lo 10 tho work of tho schools Tho children from tho 11 I wards of or the had to 10 do to President Joseph I who Is I the tho general dent of or tho Sunday school organizations throughout the tho Church The In Interior of ot the had born tastefully decorated for tho occasion Stake Superintendent Edwin K J Part Parry Jr had hod charge of tho exorcises Ed Edward Edward ward P 1 wax was the tho accompanist on tha tho organ President Smith Preal President dent John Henry Smith members of or tha Sunday Runday school board and the presidency and high council were seated on tho stand The fol following lowing program was Wit II presented the concert recitations brinK being extracts from sermons so mon delivered by President Smith Organ prelude Adoration from tho Holy Hal City CIt by b Haul Onu P 1 Wo 0 thank Th O 0 God for fora a 11 prophet by b tho combined Invocation by b Angus M Can Cannon non Tho world Is II full rull of ot beauty combined schools Greeting a Iee till K Superintendent l p Parry Jr who said that the tho chil ehll children dren had como romo to show their lovo for Smith a man mun of noble char actor and a true servant of Babylon ft R solo was WI by b Miss II Concert recitation Nineteenth ward Attl Concert recitation reelta ward wardA A ladles quartet from Four Fourteenth our ward aliI The Tho pilgrims of ot tho night Concert COli crt recitation Fifteenth ward HonK Hong Dear to tho heart of the Shepherd ward Concert recitation 1 ward Concert recitation Sixteenth ward Song HonA Utah wo we Iove 10 Thee by b the tho Seventeenth ward I L Morris related In Incidents In the tho lire life of Smith He lie maid that when tho Lord hns hae coma no 1 great g lIt work to be dono In the future li ho horal ral tip up men and fits thorn thom for the ac com of or his hll Home times years of ot tribulations In he round out tho lives Iha of or his hi servant Thud Thull ho hn prepared Abraham and Mosca MOMel Ho ho hI has hoa brought up tho president I o otho ot tho Church Joseph I Smith Tin 1001 leader of people lo has nl III ways striven to In advance 0 IhA hn of tho Iho kingdom of heaven II hoa devoted liln hl life to the tho salvation o othe or orthe the of or men lII n and all women H lit hai hax III I Id missions to tho III United Mates t 10 I nn to 10 the Isles of ot tho Iu ocean olean HN III curly carl yours were on en shrouded In the sadness gloom Kloo o ohis ot othi his hi fa r Driven Dr 11 by hv tin mobs he his hi mother over tho plains plain hard hardships ships and narrowly tin thu of or tho Indians I lid Ho Jle hut hUll helped to 10 up UI this com commonwealth 1 Ho has hal served In clfo councils in the territorial litre It WIM largely through his hi if lt forts fori hat Liberty park und park wore for the tho use of nf th tho of hl bj h hIel step Iel he rhen from the of ot H II poor fatherless boy bu to the tho calling alling of Ih loader of ot lods It li eminently fitting we w honor one whom tins h exulted Mr MrM Thoman hang 1111 H solo Tear rear not O 0 Israel Concert Io Center en tor ward Concert Conerl recitation ward ar SOUR ward 0 Id Joseph I Smith udell tho gathering Ho declared that tin tho exercises of or the th morning had been b ell n e to In him nn nH ho had not known knon that ho was to be II honored by hy tho III children hl lr n of tho schools chool He aid Hald HaldI aidI I nm am thankful for the kindness manifested to me In tho services of this thiR day I hope som om of tho Rood things spoken may havo weight wel In us II nil all to be faithful and In tho of ot our dullNI In III the tho accomplishment fiur ur don lelon to the of j t ur Father ns nil ho has haA sent our spirits hero Ii ro roto to accomplish this work urk In the th many events cent of my I do not lIot see HI any wis wI wisdom dom or any foresight on my m part but butI I do 10 nee Ap In them tho merciful hand providence of or that have been Leen over mo 1110 over nor this people from till tho of this work There Thero Is III one thought that Jill I I wish to upon tho minds nf ot the chil children dren Why h has hall nod In his providence been kind and merciful to tho who wh 1180 distinguished themselves In any above their fellows I r nc lie knowledge that tha tho Lord hiis h shown mo great Krent favor and an and exceeding kindness ami that ho has hOIl brought mn mo forth and mado mo somo MillO what prominent among limonA tho Saints and somewhat notorious among the people of the thA world who dd not nol know much about aboul me or about tho Church of Jesus Jcu Christ of nr I havo asked Why h did the theIx Ix rd favor rn or me why wll hns he blessed me The of or tho question 1 I think Is From my m Infancy I have always believed with nil all my heart henrt poul In tho divinity of the mission of the tho I ird Christ and andIn In the tho divinity of the calling of tho Iho Prophet Joseph Joeph Smith Never Ner r In nil tho Ih darkest moments through which I have passed has hal thero bon been a II shadow of doubt with reference to truths I believe with nil all my 01 soul In tho mission minion of or the Hori Hon of God dod the tho ot tho world orld 1 I that lie Jle him hll opened to us UI the tho way wn of life everlasting the th WRY way to life without death Ho has haM revealed tho great and glorious principle of or the resurrection after death and life again I 1 also alo bellevo without question In divine calling of the Prophet Joseph nut very few rew men In tho world orl l know him Few ew have taken the pains to study hl hili life and character and mis ml Ion slon He lie IK I not really known to the world Indeed his doctrines are but bul partially understood by b thoRo who hA embraced tho of or Jesus Christ and have hae become members of or hi Church hurch 1 I trust trul that you OU little boys boY and will put your minds upon the gospel of Joans Christ which has hall been II restored to 10 tho Iho earth carth by Josoph Smith the Prophet until you are convinced 1 of ot Its truth II Il become b come a part of ot your very or life A little girl of tho Seventeenth ward In III b of or tho Iho Sun Sunday un unda day da school chool children presented President dent Smith with an n of roam President John Henry Smith n ned ed d th thil hope hopf that tho strength ami for fortitude necessary to ne bottle battle of or life lito might be obtained by every ono one ot 01 the boys bl and nil girls present and that the life tIC of the noble leader of God people might all present pr nt with thc tho greatness of or the work entrusted to the tho Saints We ever fer pray for tor the our prophet ilear was WOI ung by b a II ladles chorus conducted by 10 Mrs Lizzie Thomas ThomM Ed Edward I eS eSward ward Elder James K J a Ii nf 01 the general Sunday School board congratulate 1 tho Iho Sunday schools of ot Iho tho Salt Lake stake nn on the tho excellence nf or tho program that bad Imd been pre Ire presented It Is l n a beautiful thing to 10 do honor to 10 ono one who ha hll been valiant In tho of nf truth who has ha filled with Ith Integrity tho th calling to which has lias assigned him Sinning Our Clod Id we to 10 by l y the combined school Benediction by b BIder II n J |
