| Show PRES GRANT gnant ADVISES MORMON PEOPLE TO RETURN TO RURAL LIFE back to the soil cultivation and marketing of more farm and dairy products more thrift and economy less ot of luxury and pleasure more ot of the old time simplicity of 0 live get out of 0 debt and stay out these were the central thoughts in the address ot of president heber 3 grant at the opening of the ninety ninety third annual general conference ot of the mormon church at the salt lake tabernacle friday morning the best beat place to raise good lat ter day saints Is on the farms said president grant the poorest place Is in the largest city you can find there Is a moral and spiritual strength about association with the farm life that can never be had in the cities it the latter day saints said the president had followed the inspired instructions of president woodruff as to tilling the soil and of brigham young when he told the people that it if they went on to california they might get gold but it would do them no good but that it they stayed on their farms they would gain eternal riches many of them would be better off today than they are now he then reaffirmed the statement about the moral and spiritual influence of 0 farm life and continued at the present time there Is a feeling i that it Is not wise to stay on the farm but I 1 believe that with the blessing of the lord with energy and economy eniy the farms will pay when I 1 was in japan I 1 ate butter made in scandinavia when I 1 was in england I 1 ate butter made in scandinavia and it butter can be shipped to such distances at a profit why not make more ot of it in utah there are no n o better farms anywhere than in utah other speakers at the morning session were abel john evans ot of the alpine stake farr smith president of the nort northern C ern er states jIs mission sion roy A welker president ot of the bear lake stake peter at AL hansen president ot of the bear river biyer stake joseph josep h H mcgregor president ot of the beaver I 1 stake james IV funk president of the B benson enson staked stake charles A gallia callis president ot of the tha southern thera states mission I 1 president penrose was the first speaker ol of tire the alter afternoon noon although past 91 years of age he delivered his discourse with emphasis and distinctness his voice easily reaching every part ot of the building he said that while he wms was suffering some physical disabilities he was well in mind and spirit and rejoiced in the opportunity afforded him to again address the lat ter day saints his sermon was mainly doctrinal dealing with the sacredness and significance ot of the principle ot of celestial marriage the union ot of man and wife for eternity a union that where rightly lived enables the parties to continue throughout all time forevermore adding to their increase and building tor for eternity he also discussed at some length the divine guidance of the people through tho the authorities of 0 the church S norman lee president of the box elder stake was also a speaker at tho the afternoon session saturday president lee spoke mainly ot of the financial situation in his section he said that he was an agent lending money to many ot of the people ot of his stake that just now he was urging them to pay their interest he had quit trying to 0 o get tho the principal tor for some time he was certain that the ones who fount found it hardest to pay interest were those who had tailed failed their tithing and am without mentioning names gave a concrete i cre te instance of a case ot of this sort god will not prosper any latter day saint he said who falls to keep his accounts straight with the lord at the morning session saturday citation ot of evidence and arguments in support ot of the claim of 0 the latter day saints that they are gods chosen people and the leaders in educational development social institutions and financial and industrial progress occupied the time ot of the principal speakers apostles john A widtsoe and molvin J ballard presented the two extended arguments A number ot of short talks were made by various presidents of stakes and brigham 11 II roberts roberta president of the eastern states mission gave the closing talk mainly doctrinal faith its power and im por tanca and the blessings which accompany it formed the theme on which apostle george albert smith built a stirring address at the saturday afternoon session sunday amusements of 0 all kinds came in tor for severe criticism by the speaker as an Inel incident dent to his discourse on faith some people he said believe that they can go to church sunday morn ln im gand tn in the afternoon or evening can attend a baseball game the matlea saltair beach or some other place ot of amusement he recalled the injunction to remember the sabbath day to keep it holy and asserted that tor for members ot of the church to persist im violations would result in her losing faith and ami the spirit ot of god will be withdrawn from them 1 I anthony W ivins nas ajas the first speaker at the morning session sunday Ms his theme being law other speakers were E J wood president of the alberta stake hyrum G smith presiding patriarch ot of the church and apostle george P F richards apostle joseph F smith tile the first speaker ot of the afternoon gave a doctrinal discourse the burdon of which was the responsibility of man the most important creation in god gods universe apostle james E talmage followed and then the officers of 0 the church were sustained bishop charres W nibley discussed temporal affairs and in part said 1 I am a friend 0 ot education I 1 never had any myself but it seems to me there is reason in schooling as in other things and there is a tendency today boover to over educate our children they spend eight years in the grade schools and three or four years tn in the high schools and then go to a university or some finishing off school and then they are 25 years old and a quarter 0 fa century is gone they know a lot out of books but they know scarcely anything about how to do a thing in a practical tidal way it if I 1 was a young man after a wife I 1 would not rare care so much about whether the girl knew what the distance was to the moon what difference does that make as that she knew how to make good soup a batch of bread and knew what to do for a baby when it has the colic something that every girl ought to know discourses were also delivered by william A morton who recently returned from an extended mission to great britian Brit lan and apostle v richard R lyman |
