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Show - ' ,aw- ...iiin .P , . - - i . , , klprit - , . , 4, I ,,, ,. ,,,,,,......,.7, .,,, - 1041ft14 , , , ,.. . Arrcingemenfs Near -- o mp e. 1()n o- ' Record Conference r-, - - , , ' The , , widest ;interest, geographically,. ever, ' to be accorded a general vonference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints will be pointed towards, the 124th Annual Conference which convenes in Salt Lake City April 4, 5 and 6. Especially Will attention be focused on the opening session Sunday, April 4 at 10 a.m. It Is 'expected that this meeting will see President David ,O. McKay deliver an opening address, which will keynote the 7 pmin , , , , -- ....,..,, . , ---,- I . ,,, - f, 7.. 1 i, ilk e.. ' , I ) , 4, , i ,,,, i . ' ' ; , -- I , - - ,' . - - 44,- - ''' ( ''',, , ' 4. 1.9 4 ,'' : , -- , '', , ,. , ,, e , two-da- y . semi-annu- Pres. McKay's Portrait Will Be Sent to Fiviand J. :A- Idaho,. Arizona., Colorado, Nevada, California, Oregon and Washington. The Hawaiian station will carry the proceedings on a delayed ,basis. It is expected that most of the same radio stations will carry all or parts of the general sessions Monday and Tuesday. The General Conference actually, begins on Saturday, April 3, with the general priesthood session at 7 p.m. in the Tabernacle. General sessions will be held at 10 a.m. and.2 p.m. on each of the three days, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. President McKay will preside at the conference, assisted by his counselors; President Stephen L Richards and President J. Reuben Clark Jr. Speakers at the sessions will Include all of the General Authorities, who are expected to be in attendance. One vacancy exists among the members of the Council of the Twelve, oceqoned by the death of Elder Matthew Cowley last December. It is anticipated this vacaney will be filled by the appointment of a new Apostle when the Authorities are sustained on Tuesday. Precedent has established that the sustaining of officers be on the anniversary of the organisation of the Church, April 6. Mission Presidents Attend Mission presidents presiding over missions in the United States. Canada, Mexico and Central America.will attend the conference upon invitation of the First Presidency. The presidents will be among the first arrivals for conference next week. They will be in Salt Lake City for a meeting with the General Authorities Friday morning in the Salt Lake Temple. They will be closeted with - Entering by the Door Verily, verily, I say unto you. Ile that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and robber. I am the dooki by ine,..11 any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10:1, ). ari " 1934 all ready to -- Span- ish." It was that same afternoon of March 18 that I met Father and Mother at the Los Angeles International Airport, where we were' to board the Pan American C MA 3:45 plane. Soon, the non-sto- p DC-- 6 flight to Mexico !City was called, and we were off Ito hold conference meetings with thosi people of the Mexican Mission whom we were prevented from seeing on FebI ruary - 14. was relieved to see that both Father and Mother had recovered from the clinging colds that had caused them so much discomfort. They seemed to re, lax as soon as they became settled on the plane, and both slept a good portion of the five hour and 35 minute flight . During this trip I was seated Immediately, back of my parent& My traveling companion was John Hamilton, Hollywood character actor, who was on his way to Mexico City to film the forthcoming production, "Sitting Bull," in which he plays the part of President . Ulysses S. Grant We landed on schedule. As we alighted from the plane and approached the airport, We heard no song nor saw the waving of arms which had char1 well-know- LOGANDon Ricks, a senior and t hose investigating the art student at Utah State ' For this reason, Elder Ricks cultural college, has completed painted President McKay a portrait of President David O. a Finnish background, against be to which will sent McKay I h e leader's t commemorating Finland. visit in that country. The Elder Ricks, formerly a mis- portrait shows a few mountains sionary to Finland, was serving frtm northern Finland, lakes there in the summer of 1952 and islands of southern Finland, when President McKay visited and typical Finnish buildings. the Finnish Saints. He described The painting will be hung in a President lklc Kay's visit as "one Larrmo chapel in the Finnish of the greatest events in the Mission, am sending the painting as lives of the Finnish members a reminder to those people of kgri-!gosPeL- gpaway...7agaier-to---speak- - - , ' , world-wid- , "' . Bob, now you s ' , , - , Mexico City, March 21, , - .. Dear Editor: Last Thursday morning as I was making preparations to leave for California, Davie sud- clenly,turned from my suitcase which be had been industriously packing, and with his hands on his hips and a satisfied look on his ' face announced,. "Daddy 71 -, ., - '7.,. - day-by-d- ' , .2 A, is', - "" 1 ' ,, , P . , t 7 repors of Prelidest David O.- McKart-via, to Mexico City and the Mexiian Mission laot week-endI; was written by the President's los, Robert R., who traveled with boa . end lefrethit his interpreter . - '" , 0E1ZFg4E..161g - :. 4 , To Mission'. ''ar''''-- ',.-- . etus !A.,,4,44,4.t.......1...1..Egik., Following ,, A--A, - , e 1.17:' , , , - . tit, - . us i'044.44,00;"11, t meeting will .be 'under the di4) ' ' of rection the First ,s Presidency, ' " : k A ' with the program arranged by 4,07 .. , ' the Church Missionary Cozn, e ... i : , t , , mittee. '''''' I ,, ' tt ' er , ' ' - ., , It will be attended by all ' ' 4 . '. '.iii ' ' I S mission 'presidents in attend- ' ' t ? 1 4 ' , 4 slice at the conference . all ' .: ; , . , .,0 Stake missionaries and mission , . t, , . presidencies and nesidencies 4 7 '; of .stakes. Others invited to at" .,, . i tend are high counselors, bish-A ti, s,' , Conference.l',,, .,, of seventies oprics, presidents i ' ,, ' .. and the general In addition to the many quorums,' A '',' ' ' boards of the ' organi4 ' auxiliary ' thousands who will be assemIs; ,4. rf : T 1 ..:,.., on Temple Square to hear zations. bled , 1 , ' 4- .:,-: this message, present plans tall Missionary Films , 1 '' for the opening session to be Films emphasizing mission09:,,L.,,,,00,-"'"'', viewed over a wide area by ary work and approaches will , .040000 r,, ' ' meani of television. Already be shown. A special tribute will r',,,. scheduled to carry this session be paid to President McKay as are television stations in Salt a great missionary, particularly i I i , Lake . City, Sacramento, San through his travels. i fi 0 .''' PortLos Francisco, . Angeles, Music for the missionary I 0 0 land, Tacoma, Phoenix and meeting will 'be by the comI Denver.. , bined choruses of Delta Phi, re- I ., Coupled with radio broad- turned missionary fraternities casting of this and the other at the BY U, U. of U. and the PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENTElder Don Ricks, forsessions of the', conference,. U S A C. merly a missionary in Finland, paints a portrait of more people will see and hear President David O. McKay commemorating the Church Preceding the general cona iiieneral conference this April, ference will be the leader's visit to thit land. The background depicts than at any tirne in the history conference of the Primary lakes, islands and typical Finnish buildings. of the Church. . Association-- , under the direc24 Radio Stations tion of the General Presidency ' Work of USAC Artist Approximately 24 radio sta- and General Boards. conference The tions located in nine western and states the Hawaiian of the Deseret Sunday School Island s will broadcast the Sun- Union will be. held Sunday jet day sessions. The stations are 7 p.m. in the Tabernacle. located in Utah, Wyoming,' - Visit , Gives - 411'14 . . ,,.t. . - 1 the Tabeinacle. This ' r ,,,, - I ,,,,- Marko- r - , , ,,,,,,,, - -- , , ,,4 , - McKay-Ti- .,.. 1 ,.., , ,, - . n pros. n acterized our arrivals at other places. As we neared the gate, however, the silence was broken and the arms began to wave. I was later informed that before the plane landed, the airport was buzzing with excitement, but when the Saints who had come to meet us saw Father step off the plane, a hush came over them and they couldn't find their voices until be was right upon them. It was then that the chorus broke out with "Praise to the Man,".with original Spanish words composed - President McKay's visit, and because I want to express my gratitude to my friends there," states Elder Ricks. Ile has been studying portrait ConThe One Hundred and Twenty-fourtAnnual with Prof. Everett painting ference of the Church of Jesus Chrik of Latter-da- y Saints, Thorpe of the USAC art to which all Church members are invited, will convene department, well known in the in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah, Sunday, Monday Intermountain West for his il and Tuesday,-Apr4, 5 and 0, 1954, with general sesmurals and portraits. Prof. sions each day at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m, Thorpe describes Elder Ricks as by Gustavo Palacios Galindo for A meeting devoted, to the work of the stake and extremely talented showing a the occasion. foreign missions will be held in the Tabernacle on MonFather and Mother shook good deal of versatility In his day, April 5, at 7 p.m. Mission presidents in attendance hands with everyone there; then painting. at the General Conference, all stake mission presidents we went through the customs. and stake missionaries and the presidencies of stakes are We heard our name called first, Achievement requested to attend this Meeting. An invitation, is exand we were passed through the Worthy tended also to members of high councils, bistoprics,;presstations without delay. official For the first time in many, idents of seventies quorums, and the general 'boards of Made Welcome many years, the Church averauxiliary organizations. We rode with President and The general Priesthood meeting will be held in the age of families visited by ward Claudius Bowman and ElMrs. 7 at Tabernacle'on Saturday, April 3, p.m. teachers reached 72 per cent der D. Payne to the misJoseph We suggest that Fast .Meetings be held on the last. for the month on Monte Libano, of Parhome sion January. Sunday in MarchMarch 28except in the stakes in alleling this excellent record where we were shown Our which quarterly conferences are held on that date. In and one of the fruits of good rooms. For four nights and those stakes, Fast Meetings may be held on the Sunday ward teaching, was a new ac- three days we were made to feel following the General Conference, or April IL complishment In attendance at very much at home, the mis . Sacrament Meeting. t Twenty-nin- e 'sionaries nd the Bowmans do- per cent was the Church ing eve thing possible to make average of attendanc;'at this us comfortable. the the for 19, month March meeting On Friday, mismorning was spent at the A01.9 Sion home, where President The Tetra:lora! Death M cKa yt- President Bowman, 3F( e riIf 'Harold NV, Pratt, Harvey Taylor A nd :ithey(thedeid)--shal- l 4 and- Morent-Abeg- gheld - the Church Missionary-Contlitit: ' come forth, both small and ference concerning the affairs tee in sessions Saturday. the mission. '''',., great, and all shall stand before Specilli attention will be foId At 12:30 we kept'ant,appointhis redeemed and bar, being cused on the' missionary proambassador to loosed from this eternal band ment with the gram of the Church in its forFrancis White,- who. Mr. 'Mexico, a temof death, which death eign and stake missions at a received us at the embassy. poral death. And then cometh meeting Monday, April 5 at and photographers of the judgment the Holy One ,..-9:13-14Scaurc lay, March, 27, 1954 2CHURCH 1upon them. (Mormon See ?RES. MOUE, Page 3 . CONFERENCE NOTICE h , , - 119110 Mff(0(41' f ., - i)(24414.41.4Atg....CIAf (4 - 13-- . -, ). . , c. . i . . . . , . , . . . . . . . ' |
