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Show JOS. F. SMITH SPEAKS ON MOTHER Sunday afternoon the quarterly conference con-ference 'of the Ogden stake was held In the Tabernacle. President Thomas Evans presiding. There was a meeting meet-ing at 10 o'clock In tho forenoon in celobratlon of "Mother's Day," President Pres-ident Joseph F. Smith assisting In the services. Under tho direction of Prof. Joseph Ballantyne. tho Tabernaclo choir rendered ren-dered appropriate music for the occasion. occa-sion. Selections on the piano, violin ond cello wore played bv tho Misses T till Ifl I .-.--l--. -1ITI1. T. jiiiuiii, riuitjn ana itacnei wngm. xm-dor xm-dor Anthon Lund made a few commendatory com-mendatory remarks In regard to the-pervlces, the-pervlces, and Elder Brlgham H. Roberts Rob-erts and Miss Rosella Ferrln followed with a beautiful tribute o "Mothor." Elder Thomas E. McKay was the first speaker at the afternoon meeting meet-ing He expressed his pleasure at being back among his people after spending so many years In Swiss missionary mis-sionary work. Elder Joseph F Smith, Jr., then dp-livered dp-livered a short address on the growing evil ol the youth seeking worldh pleasure instead of developing tho religious re-ligious side of life. Ho denounced Sunday basoball In forceful terms. . President JoEcph F Smith said tho services of the morning had so overwhelmed over-whelmed him that he was unablo to hold back the tears of joy. The beau tlful picture of the hundreds of mothers moth-ers assembled was grand to behol-I, the faces of whom beamed with Intelligence In-telligence and the pure love of God. He spoke earnestly on the eternity cf the marriage covenant, which not only binds parents and children together in the bonds of love and affection In this life, but reaches out Into thp eternal world; making tho family relationship ono that extends to the heavenly home. The meeting was closed with an nddress by President Charles C. Richards. ell be one of these It would seom to savor too much of work, and when done Is not wholly at ease in tho rooms of Idleness It should bo done where talent justifies, but dono as work of a high and noblo order at that" I oo |