Show throngs ATTEND conference the sunday meetings of the juar terly conference of 0 th the e box elder stake which was clis city on saturday and sunday last were characterized by perhaps the largest attendance that ever marked a like assembly here in the morning moraine 1723 1722 parents and children filled vie the building to its capacity while at the afternoon session the building was packed with 1360 2350 people the visitors were apostle david 0 mckay and president B H roberts of the first counsel of seventy all the sessions of the conference were characterized by splendid addresses by those these church leaders the saturday morning meeting was tor for the stake presidency high coui cil bishops and counselors and the heads of all the priesthood quo quorums runis A report of the condition of the stake and the activities of the stake presidency during the past t two w 0 and a halt months covering the period perl od since last quarterly conference was concisely given by president S norman lee after which apostle mckay woo was the only one of the visiting church leaders present at the saturday met me nit it t ings addressed the stake authorities on the subject of speaking evil of one another and outlined how easy it Is to fan fall into this habit and what a general habit it is good men speak of tile fie fallings failings ot of their fellows without counting the cost of 0 their reamers in their effect upon the lives of others he urged the workers to support the priesthood and be united christ was cited as the great exemplar and killer elder mckay urged his hearers to wort wor to lj the great ideals which he set lie he strongly pointed out the ab solite necessity of every man paying iiii tithes faithfully and as he goes lie he de declared aar that the church offers every mesa ing and advantage that any secret or can offer and no chuch church member has any reason tor for aligning himself with these outside nral or oraid aiu lla a eions ile ho pointed out the responsibility ot of every officer in the church and none will be excused leadership is expected from those who are called caled to responsible positions and aldel fidelity ty to the cause can only bo be given ny hy assuming completely the responsibility that goes with every office in the chuich the leaders of the stake and wa wards have the responsibility of keep is ig li e c boys and girls clean and in order to exert the proper influence upon the young people their confide nep mus first be obtained discourage the young girls against going to thc jhc public dance alone where leprous rhes elies lie in wait for them and dont be too easy on the elders in excusing them from attendance upon the anuar terly conferences and other meetings the leaders of the stake aej an 3 wards are called upon to macrill sacrifice ice their business in order to perform obese ti bac duties and the elders are no less responsible than they are the saturday afternoon sessio sey SeL sio was given over to the stake priesthood and ward officers meeting and after the usual business of the was attended to brief remarks were made by elders victor i madsen and S norman lee of the stake presidency president lee informed those pres at that tile the complete corps of throughout the dox box elder stake to nearly souls a small army and he reported the stake as being fully organized and the work is moving along nicely Pres president dent conrad jeppson ot of mantua quorum ot of elders was asked by elder idar mckay to tell the audience how bow lie he comes to have such an almost perfect organization and lie very interestingly detailed the workings of his quorum not a member Is on tile tho non tithe payers list and not one has failed t 0 at tend one or more meetings ho it the year for a number of years past sister ethel stander slander of bear river city recently returned miss 1 abary very interestingly reported her ial iaross ors continued Continue a on page two THRONGS ATT conference continued F arst page la in the north western states Mis ision and ot of her pleasure in celii befu called into active service since I 1 her r murn turn home sho she characterized the tha two years spent on EL a mission as the ahe happiest two rears of her WO lito she bore a 1 splendid testimony elder mckae was as the concluding speaker and lie discoursed upon the theme of responsibility which goes with every office in lie he church I 1 lie he declared that the responsibility resting upon those present and others who work in the church Is the greatest responsibility that rests upon any like body of people in the whole world then lie he asked the question cm ara vc getting results commensurate with the expenditure ot of our time money and energy tills is an individual avo v 0 o k and it cannot be done without pre prep para ira tion wp wj must be diligent in learning learning the plan of salvation ever susceptible to tile the influences of 01 the spirit of oc tho alic lord lard and theu then put our hearts in the work that Is required ot of us it is a great privilege to work la in the servi of the church and no individual ever loses anything by accepting a responsibility lity in this great work we must be teachers in all that the term implies P lies in order that we can teach tl principles of the gospel ours is the best church because it does best and failure will follow unless church members are given something to do he spoke of group activity in which quo rums arums and organizations labor in that capacity and related a number of beautiful incidents to illustrate his point he laid special stress upon tile the activity of tile the r elders iders and urged all to be teachers teacher to watch over tile the church the ward teachers were admonished that their responsibility is not ended with a monthly visit to the homes of families but ay sy must study the lives of the individuals and always be prepared to give counsel and exercise an influence for good to lead the indi vidual in the way that will insure salvation at the sunday morning meeting mee the children of the four city sunday schools were in their usual placa and the vast congregation ii a most imposing picture in company with elder david 0 mckay elder B 11 roberts was present presen on tilt the roa trum as well as the stake coffle as the opening song son was the selection make alake the world brighter brighten sr a er which the invocation was offered ir 37 patriarch denniard Denn Deniu iari arz jonsen jensen T li e schools then sar sarg g the alie tan SI she e on and the sacrament was adain admin administered I 1 s by isaac hansen and clifford jensen under the direction of the h word bishopric during the passing of tile the sa cramen liss crystal jel jap esou rendered a selection on the organ and an exercise was given by the primary class of the fourth ward this was followed by an exercise from the infants class of tile second ward which was most interesting and delightful supt bupt jesse W hoopes then gave a report of the condition of the sunda sunday y schools of the stake ce and eiler roberts arose to ac tile the congregation gre gation he taught a lesson from the lords prayer which lie he analysed and then gave the corrected verson version as made by tile the prophet joseph smith which lie characterized as much the better version in that me words lead us not into temptation of oe the dible bible reading of the prayer had been changed to suffer us not to be led into temptation pta tion ile he gave reasons why W by the latter Is more consistent with will the teachings of the savor and the attitude of the rather father toward ills his children ho he urged the children always to join in the amen after a sermon or a prayer for that means let till this s be so BO and in speaking the word assent Is given to that which has leen been sair elder mckay then entertained entert alne d the children with a bird story in uio tho little folks participated by answer ing questions and making observations upon invitation and without in a way that held the strict attention oi of everybody when elder mckay announced that he would tell a story tile tho little folks immediately gave their cooperation by clasping their hands and leaning forward in their seats with that eager expectant ex expression presson of 0 child absorption which testifies that every word goes straight to tho the heart it is needless to say that the bird story con contanza contance tanea a beant beautiful moral which tile the children themselves pointed out upon the invitation of tile the speaker elder mckay taught the children this beautiful little poem he pray etli best who loveth buit all things both great and small for tile the good lord who loveth lovati diestl 1 est lie made and loveth all the closing song was waa the selection america and the be benediction edictor edic ton I 1 was pronounced by elder joseph H watkins tho the afternoon services iipp i aar by the sustaining of til the e general and local authorities waichi included a number of chaness ii some of t the ibe organizations E elders iders A SI hansen D C jensen and 0 C dalby were honorably released as alternate high counselors mrs 0 C dalby and clara clar a 1 I jenson were honorably released from the stake primary Da caarl arl elders F W fishburn Fis lburn and J frank bowring were honorably released as assistant superintendents of the young mens alens mutual improvement association supt bupt J W hoopes and his assist assistants ts elders jos F hansen and charles D brown and the board members were honorably released from the stake sunday school board in the presentation of tile the local officers elder wm win J facer was sustained as a regular high councilman and elders louis S pond joseph 11 watkins jesse W hoopes and F W F fishburn were sustained as alternate high counselors clervin bunderson edward J and geo A anderson were sustained as the new stake sunday school with louise ingram ingrain as secretary secre re tary and louie horsley and R 11 labrum as do doard board ard members elders A al hansen slid and C W merrell were sustained as assistants to E P hors ley ICY in tile the Y al al 1 I A board with C E horsley and W V call a as new board members mrs airs myrtle A M 1 moss amelia glit and mrs A D cooley were made new primary board members president S norman lee was released as a member of 0 the old folks committee and elder neplir wood was sustained as hi his s successor the voting in all cases case a was w as linail the vie services commenced by the choir singing the selection come dearest lord and elder john D peters offered the invocation the choir then sang gang tile the palms after which the authorities were presented by elder AV V C horsley mrs hortense hertense E nelson sang ave marle marie and brief demars were made by joseph N victor E madsen and S N aman lee of the stake presidency each of whom expressed his appreciation of tile the splendid support which the people of tile the stake haye have given the new organization and also a isa declared his intention to do ills his duty and work for the blessing of tile people slid and the furthering of the cause of righteousness to the very best of ills his ability the choir sang the hymn an angel from on oil high and then elder roberts addressed the congregation on the present world war and the importance of tile the people for liberty bonds as far as they are able the address wasi was a patriotic one and elder roberts illustrated the interest which the church of jesus christ of latter day saints has in all the great move movements ments and in this present world criss crisis I 1 the church is ia vitally interested ile he proclaimed the joy which the valor of modern man ilan inspires in tile the heart and lie he quoted freely from the scriptures to snow show that tile the lord has decreed that war shall encompass the world and be poured out upon all nations the latter day saints know what the outcome will be for it has been declared in holy writ and in modern day revelation that these things shall come to prepare tile the world for the second coming of the redeemer of 0 tile the world jesus christ our savior the burden of 0 the great conflict is upon us and it Is our patriotic as well as re li gioTis duty to meet it and accept its requirements mothers must give their sons sells fathers must give their dollars and we must all do our bit to bring to a successful conclusion tills this mighty conflict in which systems are arrayed against systems rather than nations against nations elder roberts men explained epla ined the liberty dond bond and made an eloquent appeal to all classes to support it by subscribing to it lie he encouraged the children as well a as the ile adults to purchase these bonds and thus loan to tile the government tho the money that is needed to meet the tremendous ex penig of supplying the allies with funds and financing our own owl wa war eternal vl vigilance glance Is tile the price of liberty elder david 0 mckay added added a stirring appeal tor for support ot of the liberty loan bonds and tho the meeting came to a close by the choir singing the doxology after which elder D C jensen ensen pronounced tho the bone belie diction elder mckay re returned home after the afternoon session leaving elder roberts to address tile the evening meeting which lie he did in a masterly exposition of the resurrection many who listened to elder roberts sunday evening declare ills his discourse to be the most complete comprehensive masterly presentation of that great principle that they had ever listened to 0 ile ha quoted freely from the dible bible and hook book of mormon to provo prove that the resurrection is material in all that ahe ho term implies the tha empty toomb which mary looked into inter declared most eloquently and forcefully that there lad had been a material resurrection of 0 tile the christ tor for ills his body had been laid in it wrapped in the swaddling clothes clot lios of that time lie he also presented a beautiful dimille of woman being the first to declare the immortality of tile the soul because slie she was the first to announce mortality and the speaker declared that this distinction and honor la Is the greatest that plat has ever been conferred upon man or woman elder roberts was listened I 1 mi to 0 with will ra rapt pt attention and his dis discourse courso lasted until a few minutes past nine at the opening of the meeting president Pres dent lee announced the policy that has been inaugurated throughout the stake to maintain better order in the houses of worship and asked tile the cooperation of the people to bring about that result the musical program included the singing of the selections our lioun mountain home true to tile the faith by the choir and a solo by W it dredge the benediction was pronounced by elder E P horsley and the conference adjourned for three monti s |