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Show f QUARTERLY CONFERENCE ( IS LARGELY ATTENDED I President Joseph F. Smith, Apostle O. F. Whitney, Bishop C. W. Nibley, H. H. Cummings and President C. H. Hart Address the Saints. Marked by crowded housea, excellent excel-lent musical numbers raid spirited will balanced sermons by local and vlnltlng authorities, the rcgulnr inur teily conference of Cache- stake held here last Sunday passed a3 one of the flnost gatherings of the- saints ever noted In the stake. . - President Joseph K. Smith, nfohip C. V. Nibley, Apostiu 0 V Whitney, Whit-ney, 11. H. Cumlinngsnnd Pres. C. H. Hart wore In attendance at nil three sessions and during the, day each delivered one or more p ' -ud sormons. . At the mornin,; meeting Piesldent L'allff reported the condition of the stake. In so doln he paid high tribute I to members of tho stake high council, ward bishoprics, officers of tho various vari-ous auxllllary organizations of both stako and ward, on tho delightful work ther havo accomplished. ' eBfore closing he mentioned the matter or employment of young men at homo. It was stated that many are at present out of work, arc uttorly unable to obtain It here, hence against even their own wishes, are compel led to roam. An earnest appcul wn made to men of meanB to Investigate conditions and where josslblo creato fields of labor that thltt deplqrablo con rtltlon might not exist In the future. Pres. C. II. Hart next spoke for a i short time on tho Immortality of the HL soul, and during his remarks cited HL numerous authorities whoso life's H " studies havo revealed to them proof W of tho truth contained In tho simple B -o words of the prophet at written ln Job 32-8: "Uut there Is a spirit ln I man; and the Inspiration of the Al- I mighty glvcth them understanding." I President Joseph V. Smith follow- I cd Pres. Hart and In powerful Ian I k guagc spoke to tho same text. While I giving all due credit to tho work of I the scientific world ,thq speaker held I that tho research" could only In tho I end reveal that yhlch has been known to the;., prophets and written by them, for, said ho their words wore .truth. "Truth Is mighty and will prevail," asserted the Bpeakcr, "and thought the learned of the world may speak against It they can never change It In the least. The words of tho prophets give us truth and no one can deny It." President Smith closed his remarks with a discussion c of the relation of tho spirit to tho body nnu In no uncertain terms examined ex-amined the scripture regarding tho spirit of Christ and Its mission while Ills body lay Inert In the tomb nfter his crlclflxlon. At the afternoon session Supt. Horace 11 .Cumlmugs of tho church school system spoke on the subject of missionary training. According to hl3 remarks some seventy per cent of the young men sent In tho various fiolds are uneducated, In fact "have loss than tho regular eighth grade training. It wns explained by Supt. Cumlmngs that lin order to better conditions a correspondence course has been Instituted by tho church board of education and hereafter those who nre unable to attond church schools proper for preliminary prelimin-ary training will be able to get much gcod by correspondence and still remain re-main at their homes. , A pestle Orson F. Whitney took up most of the period ln one of the strongest and most comprehensive lalks during, conference. Ho , dealt with relationship of science to religion relig-ion and other relative subjects. His sermon complete will appear In our next issue. Conference closed with nn evening Bessl'on at' which President Smith, Ulshop Nibley nnd Apostle Whitney were tho speakers. Tho main thome cf their talks was tho attitudo of the world toward the Latter-day Saints todny. The sermon of President Smith will appear In full next Issue. |