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Show I; Refutes Attack On 1 I1 Mormon Qhildren HiiiiiiB n " r H 'f "When people say tbat the conduct H ! ol the children ot Latter-day SalnU H U ' 1b worse than that of tho children ol Hilj I ' the world they He; they do not speak H I the truth," said President Joseph F. K , I Smith yesterday nfternoon at the ser- M Jl ' i vice In the Tabernacle dedicated to B "j tho Mutual Improvement Associations B1 of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lai- B ter-dny Saints, which concluded the Bj tf seventeenth annual conference last H. '. President Smlrii wvent on to say H'U there was much wrk for tho young m " people's organizations iflnd urged par- B .cnts to tnke n llvtly Interest In what H- I Is being done by their children, thnt B j their sons nnd daughters may be pro- K J tcctcd from temptations nnd pitfalls. m 1 He .resented the Imputation that hnd H I i been mado that the children of tne H I j cbuxati nro more flagrant In desecrn- B ' tlon of the Sabbath nnd In mlscon- B duct than other children. President m I Smith enld ho hnd received this cow- m ardly statement from an anonymous 1 letter writer. B I In this connection he vigorously BBB scored Latter-day Saints who have M drifted away from tho church, say. BlS Ing that the Indiscretions of tho sons BB and daughters of theso backsliders BBl ! have enst reflection upon the children PBM of thoeo who nro in good standing In HBV ' the church. VM jl "You know there Is tho saying BM ' 'Once n Mormon always n Mormon,' BBB and for the sins of those who have BBfl ) drifted away wo all suffer to somo ex- BBB ' ' 1 tent," raid President Smith. "No BBBi ' I matter how wicked those who depart BB ,', from tho precepts of tho church he- BBB j come, they arc Btlll regarded as Mor- BBV i mons." BB ' Content For Anonymous Writer t "I hold In contempt a person who BBpJ i ' writes stuff ho is nshnmed to put his BBJ , name to." declared President Smith, BBJ 'j referring to the anonymous communl-BBB communl-BBB BBB , In denying that children of thi BBB 1 church wcro as much at fault as tho BBB ;j youngsters ot other denominations, BBB ! President Smith said ho did not ox- BBB cuso failure to keep the Sabbath holy BBB and 0.UI pq (jxcuse those children who BBB , ' . refused to obey their parents. BBV "Parents should know what their BBpj, children nro doing on tho Sabbath," BH i i he urged, "and know with whom they BBpt f go to parks and other places for rcc- BBB rcntlon, thnt tlioy may protect their If sons nnd dnughters from wickedness, '' from temptation, from swlndlors nnd BBS evildoers, nnd keep them pure nnd BBpJ wholesome. BBpJ President Smith paid eloquent trlb- ( titc to tho good work tUnt In bolng dono by the Improvement associations. bbb Associations Adopt Resolutions. BH , , President Smith's plen fnf ruVel'ont BH ; keeping of the Rnub&Ul vns ougment- BBj I od by resolutions adopted by tho Mu- BBpJ tual improvement associations nnd In- BBJ ! dorsed by yesterday nfternoon's con- BBJ gregntlon, urging employers thruout PH the stakes ot Zlnn to grant their chll- BBpJ dren nnd their employes hnlf lioll- BBpj days on Saturday afternoons during PBB months of June, July nnd August. BBV Tho resolutions set forth thnt In BBBf this modern civilization, when so BBBj many pcoplo must toll six days n week BBpi. thero Is a growing tendency to mnke BBpj of Sunday a day ot recreation. It Is BBpJ affirmed In the resolutions that the BBBJ peoplo have need of recrcntlon, and BBBj tho Saturday halt holiday Is urged as BBBJ I . f a solution of tho problem. It wns BBBJ - 8 pointed out that In tho cast the plan PBB ' f hns met with tho favor of employors PBB ' 3 nnd religious persons. BBpM If Officers ot tho Young Men's and BBBJ Young Ladles' Mutual Improvement ! a aenrtln t Intia wnen n onnnlnra vna. "'"" W"" "V " l-v..v. ,v terdny afternoon. B. S. Hlnckloy of BBBJ i the Young Men's association wns to BBBJ 1 havo delivered an address on "Physi- BBBJ cnl Development," but Illness kept BBJB I , blm from attending tho service. In BBBj i his stend B. II. Roberts talked. BBBJ i Body Is Holy Thing. BBJB ' "There Is that which wo must lm- BBBK press upon our youth, the sneredness BBBJT i j of tho human body and the necessity BBJBr' k t ol treating it as something holy, to BBBJJ f, be developed," asserted President PBB I Roberts. "To mo this is very beau- BjBJB PPJBJJ t ,j "The gospel concerns the temporal BBBJJ as well as the spiritual salvation of BBBJJ '1 man. The body of man Is a tabernacle, BjBJB - S n even a trnple, and It must not be des- BBBJJ I ecrated. Wo do not wonder then nt BBBv j ' tho Inspiration ot tho Lord In opernt- BBBJJ', j B Ing on Ills servants to devise ways BjBBJJj H how this tcmplo can have the proper BjBBJL' I' growth nnd development. The (level- BBBBB : Ii opment ot tho whole man spirit nnd J'l body hns become tho keynote of the j Q Mutual Improvement associations. BPBB "Through our gymnasiums, Roy BPPJkh j Scout movement and the like, wo are BBVJBr I ' working In harmony with God, The BlBBJf'' , - body of man as well as tho spirit Is BBYJB?;, - Intended to becomo holy and eternal BBBJB BBb. So I urge officers ot tho Improvement BBBBi r jmBBBBBk, associations to jeganfl iphyslcal development devel-opment as important, atilfl.nioommon-place atilfl.nioommon-place to say tbat you cannot have a really ound mind without. J ..sound body. That' what w.e .ate working for In our play. We Ae .not .playing without a purpone." i Parents 6hould Take Bttoad'Vlew President Roberts urged patents to tnke a broad view of life and not t' deny their children healthful! AxorcUd nnd recreation which they in ithelri hardier youth wcro denied or tiiought unnecessary because of their wrk. He urged them to givetheir ,eblMVi;in tho benefit of nil the "new Ideas ior tho betterment of health and '., thnt Zlon may keep her place in Uncivilized Un-civilized world nnd lend In presenting this truth: "Thnt the body of man Is as sacred as the spirit." Intellect Is God-Given. Mrs. Ituth May Fox of the Young Ladles' Mutunl Improvement association associa-tion In her nddrcBS said thnt man's Intellect In-tellect Is God-given; through proper training n person enn reach the highest high-est attainments, or through Indiscretion Indiscre-tion sink low. "Wo must have wisdom nnd understanding." under-standing." sbo said. A college education (die regards ns helpful, but not all-Important. Individual Indi-vidual effort counts most of nil In life, she said. "It Is not nltogether what n man knows, but what he does." Miss Kdlth Hunter of the Primary association spoke on intellectual Improvement. Im-provement. She said that children born in tho twentieth century nre not nlwnys given tho proper religious nt-mosphcro nt-mosphcro nnd urged upon parents to attend early their training. Sho spoko nlso of her work In teaching the young declaring that proper religious fervor and dlvlno guidance nil nre necessary. Preceding his Indorsement of the work of the Mutual Improvement associations as-sociations and nllnslons to the anonymous anony-mous slur against tho children of tho church, j 'resident Joseph F. Smith reciilled some experiences of his youth. Up told how. ub n mere child he had tho privilege of seeing nnd knowing tho Prophet Joseph Smith. Ho nave Impressions of tho prophet ns ho preached the restored gospel; ns ho rodo at tho head ot tho Kauvoo legion, of how tho prophet sturdily departed de-parted to whnt was to be his death at tho hands of a lawless mob. President Presi-dent Smith told of tho mob's attack on N'auvoo, of the start across tho territory of Iowa, of the pioneer company com-pany of Saints who settled in Utah; of tho Inter expedition of which his widowed mother, ho and other members mem-bers of his family wcro members. Divine Guidance Through Prayer. President Smith referred hero to tho dlvlno guidance gained through prayer. Their oxen hnd been stolen nnd ho nnd his undo Joseph Fielding, searched In vnln for" tho cnttlc. They returned to camp to find Mrs. Smith, mother of Joseph F. Smith, in prayer. Then sho declared sho would find tho oxen, nnd sho did In tho obscure gully where tho thloves hnd hidden them. For tho opening nnthem the choir sang "Judgo Me, Oh God." Miss Rose K. Smlthen nnd Carl Snmuclson sang n duet, with tho accompaniment of the choir nnd tho orgnn. The number wns "Christ Is Risen." Miss Nora McPherson. n visitor from Los Angeles, Ange-les, sang a soprnno solo, "Tho Shepherd Shep-herd Who Leads the Flock." Tho prayer was" offered by President Presi-dent C. W. Penrose. In tho courso of tho services Apostle Apos-tle Heber J. Grant mado tho presentation presenta-tion of officers of tho Mutunl Improvement Improve-ment nnd Primnry associations, which wcro concurred In by tho congregation. congrega-tion. Tho following wore given lion-orablo lion-orablo releases from duties ns officers offic-ers of the M. I. A., together with r blessing for their Invaluable services In tho past: Rodney C. Badger, Douglas M. Todd, NephI L. Morrl. F. Y. Taylor, Reed Smoot, Moses W. Tnylor and O. C. Bccbo. |