| Show r- r f Utah Straw Str V Hat Day Tomorrow May I FAILURE TO REPENT SORROW APOSTLE A osnE DECLARES DEMES I Melvin J Ballard Bollard Says Nations of Earth Ignore Lessons of War Var and Suffer Address Given at Ogden Stake Conference Pays Das Da a of o 0 sorrow await the na- na na nation tion 0 of the earth arth because they till the have hae failed to learn the lesson 0 of r the tho great world orld war and have ha h vc not repented of oC their sin tv to Apostle Mehin Melvln In J Bollard Ballard who dE- dE de delivered livered addresses at the Ogden stake conference In the tho tabernacle Sunday funda Mormonism Is 11 the hope of oC the erld and without it there Is I no hope hop the Apostle declared Ito Ho said In part partI I had hoped the world war var would have ha brought men nun to re- re reT re-I re T entente but I am heavy 0 of hEart because only a few fen ha have hae e repented In Russia there Is a spirit 0 of tear tar tearing ing away from Crom God A great grest cele eele- celebration bration was Mas held recently In Rus- Rus RusHI HusH Rus-HI Rus HI H i L when hen the Images of oC Christ And th the apostles were Here cast Into a 11 tiro r I with great jubilation Leaders 0 of the church Ii h hive se 1 been put to death and priests ts have ha ben been strip strip- stripped stripped Jo ped d of or their vestments In defiance of oC rr C TI S What Shat hat shall thill b p the traction l do not know kno but I seo dais di s of oC o sor- sor sorrow row or oro row ahead for tor or such inch i J nation Th The same Is pre alent In other nations and days of ot or sorrow row awaIt awaitI I prose hose who nho ho will III not repent Nations ar ore bringing forth Corth their greats statesmen vv whose hose intelligence It is 11 ise e clad will find Ind a 11 solution to the doublet The only ly S or of the great r at question is In repent repent- repentance repentance a ance nce We Ve shall not see sec peace from rom this day forth Corth until Christ shall corm I am glad glat l d that Germany has opined opened her doors to the preach preach- preaching preach InK ing In- of the gospel gopel but I am afraId It is only temporary and when the tho wheat heat fth ah lh gathered r d from rom the tares th the doors of oC that nation will sill ho o closed Unless the Latter day II e up opportunities opportunities woe Hoe oe and anol peril await aalt them I Much Is required ot of th them because of oC the great reat reat light they the have ha received reached This Is a day In li which eH er c r thing that I Is not of ot u us 11 be b shaken ha and I It If the Latter Latter- iy d day y Saints 11 keep heel themselves pure they the vial v ill 11 be bp sa saved 01 from Crom sor- sor sorrow sorrow row and destruction Apostle Ballard said al he wanted anted the Latter day Saints to under under- sand that th they y arc are of o 0 the hous 0 ot of Israel 1 lie He sail s 11 J all men e e elstein in the spirit world before they the came camo to tills this earth He lie said ald there u various arlous groups In to the th spirit orld and the till nations were ero formed before bort the th world orld was created All lIttle children Hero ero not alike b be before fore Core they were Here born and ond he could not think that heat the justice of ot God would send some children to negro mothers other to moth moth moth- era and a favored few Cew to Christian homes s 1 Ity I YING P roil ran SINS If It IC Adam and five Dve E e and their children n had been faithful It ft would have been difficult for tor members ot of o certain groups to ha have hae e been ben born Shen en Cain committed murder he forfeited the right rl ht to be the father Cather 0 of the faithful and became the progenitor of oC those thoe who nho Mere Here ere not orthy northy 0 of the greatest blessings ot of God the 1 he elect sons ions and daugh daugh- daughters daughters daughter ter of oC God ha have hav e como come through JI tits lineage 0 of Joseph Today we ac e are repaying thit that which In our spirit life lIe we WI have ha sown sonn o n even ln as ao In the hereafter r we no shall reap what hat we now arc are Apostle Ballard how the blood of oC Israel was sifted among the nations and that ac nc accounts counts for tor or the tact r-iet of oC only one or of ora ofa a family and two too of oC a city elt respond responding log ing In to the me message sage of oC the restored pel o ro pel The time limo for or preach preaching In gospel ospel to the gentile centile nations Is near the end end- hG h be said sahl r I i nJ lOnT nc 1 Th The quarterly report read by bv President McKa McKay sho showed d that the population of the stake la his has creased during the tho pa past part t year There are six rural wards ward five Che city I nards Iuds and one branch 0 of the deaf daC In the th stake There have hJ been b en In- In InI Increased In Increased creased attendances at all In ing t- t I and ward nard ard teaching and ind tithe paying showed substantial In- In In Increases creases Dut But th the report showed that the amount of oC money contributed as Cj fort t t offerings s were 10 cents per capita which brought from rom President dent di M hav the remark that the people o of the stake er were sere pa paying Ing less for or the support of ot the poor than they were ere tor for and candy che gum and amusements amusement The slogan slocan lot on or of o the church Get out o of debt and sta stay out ot of 0 debt applies to ward rd and stake organ organ- as a- well veil as lS tp Individuals PresIdent McKay lY said tie He urged th the necessity of oC o practicing thrill thrift and economy I to a high standard o of living Jiving among the mem- mem memI members ibers I br bers of oC the stage tage McKay said it would be necessary for Cor the theard nard ard and stake officers to set the example W corkers in the take stake land Wards bards h he said cald would could be b re- re required re required reI I to pay tithing sustain the priesthood keep I elp the Sabbath day priesthood holy e th the word 0 of wisdom express their first allegiance to th the church by from Crom CromI I membership in lIT secret societies at- at att at attend tend t hd sacrament meetings live clean and virtuous lives practice moderation moderation moderation and temperance m Wo Vo strongly disapprove and condemn profanity of oC which some and hov in the church nr are guilty President McKay said He made an urgent appeal to the te men and boys bo s to cease from Crom tIl taking the name of oC the Lord in vain dent President McKay also deplored the spir spir- it spirit 0 of lawlessness In the land and declared that the church stands for Cor forlaw law enforcement He lie commended I the courts tor for administering pun punishment that he hoped would Mould deter others from Crom breaking brea the la laws las s of oC the land President S G Dyo Dye urged the tho 1 members of the tho ho to read the Doctrine and Covenants Covenant Ifs He said the Bible and Book of oC Mormon vere ere ancient records which con con- contained con I the 1 word nord ord of the Lord to ancient Israel I rael but tho the Doctrine and andi I Covenants nants was tho word of o 0 the 1 Lo Lord d to the people ot of the th present day and it should bo be read studied and Its counsel and heed heed- heeded heed heeded ed d Ho He said the Lord had given to Joseph Joeph Smith the revelations con on con con- contained confined fined in III this volume ot of o modern scripture because lie He knew 0 ot of the calamities that NY-III NY fall Call upon the earth unless the tho people will repent President John falls Halla Hall advised making religion an every ery day af affair a- a af- af affair fair and not something for Cor Sun Sun Sun- Sunday Sun diy hy day only lie He urged a more care care- careful care careful ful ut anee of oC tho the Sabbath day and suggested that during the vacation va- va va vacation cation period the members 0 of the th church could avoid sta staying Ing out on Sunda Sunday JU delinquency he said could coulet bo be avoided It If fathers athers would make mako companions 0 ot of theIr I sons I RESCUE VORK I l Apostle Ballard upon his hearers the necessity of oC being cn en 1 cn I in the tho rescue work vork Ho Ito said I I three great responsibilities rest upon the church member members ThE They Here ere first preaching the gospel to the world orld to bring brine the thc blood 0 of raol otI-raol Israel rael Into the church and to Jea leave lea e all without second I Ithe men excuse II the work pork for Cor the tho sah salvation 0 of the deco third to build bUill up and es- es es ih the kIngdom of oC God b by tEa teaching and converting the chil- chil children chil children dren ren o of Zion so O that a eople may no De rei rc l to me t IChrist Christ at His second comma coming com ID 1 tI I Apostle Ballard said ald We Wo We do donot donot donot not always sense the responsibility 0 of carrying carr Ing on till this rescue work re C c seem to rest secure In the thought that this Is the word of oC the Lord and consequently it lt must succeed This Is Indeed the worK 0 of tho Lord but lie cannot accomplish accomplish His purposes without tho the aId of oC man The Lord li is waiting va- va patiently pa I vaI for Cor men to do their share In Inthis this Is work which Is greatly de- de delayed dc la ed owing to men leaving the I majority of or the work for tor God to toI I perform Himself The future 0 ot of tho the church de- de depends de depends upon Its members member sensing deal their responsibilities and teaching the tho gospel opel to their children The rho church hurch depends more upon Its tta nat nat- natural nat natural ural In Increase than It does docs by converts con con- converts con converts verts coming In from Crom foreign coun coun- countries coun- coun countries countries tries Men are struggling to gaIn the riches richea 0 ot of this World v orld but ma- ma material material ma material things are arc only a nans n ans to toan toan toan an end and should not bo be consid consid- considered considered ered as cr an end In themselves Tn cn TT Parents who sho ho fall Call to teach their children tho gospel v who nho ho tall fail to teach tach them to walk In the paths path of 01 virtue will alit 1 III lose all an they have haH But who ho seek seok to teach and con convert con con- convert convert vert their children will gain great Men who seek and gain the riches ot or the th world will sill see their go to ashe ashes and waste because there thero ther Is a way that right unto man but the tho VU nays a thereof ire are the tho ways 0 of death Apostle Ballard urged upon all allward allward allward ward teachers teacher teach ere and Relief Relict society workers sensing their responsibilities responsibilities ai as a rescue workers He H said there will Mill ill be great joy In the th eternities eternities sith Ith those thoe whom the res rescue ul workers ha have o o turned from Crom the er- er error error er error of o 0 their ways way The real moth moth- moh er era he ho said are ar not those women sho ho merely give birth to children but those tho e women many ot or shorn hom have not children 0 of their onn o nl we 0 teach tench and Influence the chil- chil children chil children dren of others Many a woman oman lo 1 1 c e said vv who ho in this life lIe has been do- do denle dc ale blesing 0 ot of offspring will become the real mothers mother ot of I children In the tho spirit world who ho hate ho been neglected b the natural mothers I President Thomas E 11 presided elded 0 aver o Ir r congregations o that filled 1111 the tabernacle to overflow overflow- overflowing overflow ing Hias He Ito was as assisted b bi his t tv o 0 counselors John Halls Hall and SU S U I e Do In keeping with Ith 1 Mother r s a aday day the lesser priesthood ot of tn the state constructed the word ord Both 1 Moth cr er In large loral letters I note 11 e suspended from rom the tha ceiling i la h t be choir loft lott I R R n Madsen of Salt Lake It a law in son In o 0 of Apostle Ballard In InI Ina Inn Ina I n a brief brier address at the th afternoon session related missionary c which he said had strength strength- strengthened strengthened ened his hl faith in 10 the divinity 0 ol of the mission of oC o the tho Prophet Joseph Smith Under the th direction ot of o Lester Lster G I Hinchcliff with Sam F Whitaker at the organ console conole tho the taber- taber tabernacle nicle nacle choir song The Th Marvelous I Work and Achieved Is the Glor Glor- Glorious Iou ious lous a Work with Mrs Mr M B I Hig- Hig Higley His Ie ley a Deacons 0 of the tho Thirteenth ward ard sang ang An Angel ITom on High A double malo quartet sang My Own Dear Mountain Horn Homo and Trust In the Lord William f S Wright sang I Out In Lifes Life's Garden |
