Show - Page 8 Friday Oct 4 1974 Conference opened Wednesday SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The president of the Mormon Relief Society took to task Wednesday persons who say women occupy subservient positions in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints “Nothing could be more inaccurate’’ said Belle S Spafford in a speech prepared for the Relief Society’s gathering in Salt Lake City The Relief women’s Society major organization of the church meets again Thursday lijiftiAim&jIbii A grandniece of Brigham Young Sarah Young who is recorded as being the first woman in the United States to cast a vote Women aren't inferior leader says “Mormon women have always This is followed by a Spafford said “We occasionally encounter someone uninformed on the place of women in the Mormon church who is of the opinion that Mormon women hold a secondary position to that of men in the church that Mormon women are subservient to men’ that they are held down in so far as leadership in the work of the church is concerned” Mrs Spafford said “Such opinions arise undoubtedly because the church is a theocracy-tha- t is its government is by the immediate direction of God God has ordained that men bearing the three-da- y conference of the church ending Sunday “Mormon women are liberated women with the establishment of the church There are no women in all the world with more clearly defined roles in the church in their homes and in society” Mrs semi-annu- al hM1 uprritiisi miT WHY BUY YOUR DIAMOND FROM A JEWELER IN LOGAN? 3 priesthood shall administer divine law in church affairs women are not included in the governing role” she said But she said women have enjoyed the great blessing of free agency and have been honored in been countless ways within the church “President Heber J Grant recognized the place of women in the work of the church in these latter days when he said ‘without the wonderful work of the women I realize that the church would have been a failure’ “Paul the Apostle speaking in the earlier days said ‘neither is the man without the woman neither the woman without the man in the Lord” Mrs Spafford said “The church early recognized the importance of suffrage for women Three months after the organization of the church in 1830 women were given the religious vote This was at a time when few men and no women had this privilege “Mormon women were encouraged to be active in suffrage It was a Mormon woman a granted important leadership positions” she said “Yet the church does not ignore the natural differences between man and woman and to each is assigned the division of labor in the home and in the church for which each is best suited by nature and which modern revelation designates as the divine mission of each “Woman is the child bearer child rearer and homemaker Man is the provider and presiding officer of the household It is expected that he will preside in righteousness Every institution functions best when has an established head’LjT Spafford said “The same holds true in the work of the church” she said mUIeliEitiiisiiiieiisimg a aa aa Logan’s House of Hospitality aa CONFIDENCE and QUALITY aa aa aa If Fine Food Good Service 25 W Center a a a a m a a a jjj £ El ALASKAN HUSKIES WORK LIKE DOGS! a a a C C lie ID U IE IlL IlL IIL Cl C They'll pack your duffle into the wilderness and drag a sledload of winter camping gear anywhere They'll also give you the best skijoring ride you've ever had and wen htye get through they'll love you for letting them do it Fuel costs are low We have Jwo male Alaskan malemuteSiberian husky crosses left One's a piebald gray and white and the other a beautiful cream color Both had had DHL shots Yes they cost not much Call money-b- ut the Fosters 753-475- 5 S tv iK® w SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES DISPLAYING THIS POSTER THE MOST COMPLETE SELECTION OF PANTS FOR THE CONTEMPORARY MALE AND FEMALE THEY SUPPORT YOUR PAPER & iSr gw H IV |