Show Prove God Through Obeying Church Are Told Prove the truthfulness of Gods God's promises by obedience to his commandments was the substance substance substance sub sub- stance of messages given at nt the South Sanpete Stake Conference Saturday and Sunday by Elder LeGrand Richards of the Council Council Council Coun Coun- cil of Twelve Apostles lIe He spoke at nt the Welfare and Priesthood meetings Saturday evening at general sessions Sunday forenoon forenoon forenoon fore fore- noon and afternoon and at a n special MIA 1 meeting Sunday evening all held in the Manti 1 Center Ward chapel Bishop Richards as he was affectionately referred to by other speakers used many Interesting in interesting interesting in- in stories to put over his message In the Sunday morning meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing he made a special plea for more missionaries and asked that every returning service man be considered for such work lie also Iso made a strong plea for temple marriages maninges and contrasted this eternal contract with what he termed trial marriages performed performed per per- formed ormed outside the temples lIe He made one suggestion that immediately started some con con- He lie suggested that all aU stake conferences be held In the new Ephraim West Vest Ward Yard building building building build build- ing where there is ample seating seating seating seat seat- ing room But Dut 1 were quick to point out that though the new building provides ample seating room for the audience it is entirely inadequate to sea seat seata a large singing group like the praised much-praised Manti 1 stake choir in a satisfactory manner Represents Welfare Stewart B. B Eccles represented the Church Welfare program and gave three informative and encouraging addresses on that tha subject He lie gave a condensed history of the Welfare movement movement movement move move- ment and told of its purposes He listed these as self reliance and work whenever whenever possible possible to sustain selves responsibility o of family members to sustain each other and the Church Welfare program to sustain other faithful faithful faithful faith faith- ful members who are unable to sustain themselves and who have no family sustaining help avail avail- able It is aimed at idleness and effortless dependency on a adole dole lole he lie said and quoted much scripture showing that idleness is displeasing to God Reports On Stake Progress President Reuel E. E Christensen Christen Christen- sen made a report on stake matters matters mat mat- tors at the Sunday morning ses ses- sion He to said 1953 tithes were up uh 12 per cent over 1952 anc and that the first 3 months of 1954 are ahead of the same 1953 period per per- loch iod by 18 per cent The stake is still sUll below church average in sacrament meeting attendance but is above church average ii in Priesthood od activities activities activities ties he said lie He said more stake members have been to the temple tempe temple tem tem- pe but not so often as in previous previous previous pre pre- years so the total stake attendance is down He lie urged the lie gathering of genealogies as asa asa a n must if the privilege of at attending attending attending at- at tending the temple is to be en en- en joyed Pres Pros Christensen expressed concern that of 48 marriages in inthe inthe inthe the stake last year only 22 were performed in the temple Missionaries Re Report ort |