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Show ICIFEKE OF THE 1 WEBER STAKE IS I BIG SUCCESS Loral and visiting church officials nnrt members of the Weber puiko attended at-tended the two sessions of the Weber We-ber stake quarterly conference at the Tf.bernacle yesterday morning and af-t af-t rnoon. There was a large attendance. attend-ance. President John Watson submitted hta quarterly report The report 6howed thoro are 1866 families in the 1 stake with a population of 82u peo- 1 pie. The figures show a substantial increase in population and the Pe--porr alBO stated that the tithes had been increasing. According to the ro-rorL ro-rorL special missionaries have been laboring in foreign countrle- with marked success. At the oponinc; of 1 he moraine; se-Blot). se-Blot). Organist Sam Whitaker gave an or;;an selection, the Jnlr .-.fir "Wo j Thank Thee, O fiod, tor a Prophet," ' Eider Marlin Brown of the High Council offered prayer and tho , hrur gave "Come, O Thou. K'ncr of Kings " In his opening address, President L. W. Shurtliff said ho n pl ed to gee such a good attendance and ; statea that the present conference would probably bo the most surcess-v!slting surcess-v!slting officials, Orson P, Whitney of the Twelve apostles, and J. 0. Kim-1 Kim-1 tail of the first seven presidents of Inoventy. He remarked that he was much pleased with the harmony that exists In the stake which makes it a ip.easure to work with the people After submitting the report of the , quarter, President John Watson remarked re-marked ihat be was satisfied lhat 1 i more effectual work Is br ine done in J , the stake than ever before. The , members of the high council are ac- ' j ( t'vo, he said, and are eager to help I "the bishops In the ward organizations. organiza-tions. He advised the class Instructors Instruc-tors to attend regularly tho sessions " designed to give them bettor Ideas Ot presenting the lessons The active ward teachers were admonished to ! i. -main diligent in thc-lr duties. The report of the Sunday school showed some channes in attendance f-nd good attendance at board meeting!. meet-ing!. In hh address, President c V Mlddleton spoke on the Word of Wis-nora, Wis-nora, slating that sinco be was n boy when he heard Apostle Hyruui Smith speak on tho subject he had always been Impressed with the necessity of abstaining from liquor, tobacco, coffee and tea. "It is the duty of the Saints to eradicate these things," be said. "The I Latter-day Saints are not only under ' covenant In this matter but also under un-der command. The Lord has oout-i oout-i nianded the Saints to abstain and the Saints have promised to do so. "The loaders in foe various organisations organ-isations nre largoly responsible for th" public sentiment and the leaders In the stake should help (o create sentiment In tbo proper direction When we cleanse the communities o! (he evils that exist, wo shall hae no trouble In finding plenty of material to care for our organizations." Orson F, V hitney was the next Speaker! He ma.intajne.j that the eninc need of the church today Is more SCtive work on the part of the ward teachers for the reason that many of the Saints are spiritually dying, He declared that the active ward teachers should revive ihe spiritual among t lie church member-' that they attend the meetings. .Man has a spiritual existence before be-fore he is born in the flesh," he said ' Hit life on earth Is a probationary stage in which he goes through experiences ex-periences to demonstrate whether he is able to keep the commandments of God. Ood made the spirit which is undying and everlasting, but man's body can be made by man, and Is destructible. The Spirit is, therefore, there-fore, of greater Importance and should have more consideration Some are starving among us for want of spiritual food. We can only turn men to righteousness by persuasion and it is the duties of the active v, aid teachers to persunde. They Should learn how to make their work effective by being spiritual advisers " Elder Kimball was tho last speaker speak-er of the morning session. He complimented com-plimented the members on the gooil report and said ho could find nothing to criticise. Sam Whltaker, the organist, opened open-ed the afternoon session with an organ or-gan prelude. The choir sang "Should Yol Feel Inclined to ( ensure ' Elder Heber seoweroft gave the opening prayer and the choir gave "Oh, Holy Night." The general church and stake authorities au-thorities were presented by Stake clerk Everett N cute boom, and were Sustained by the general assembly. Tbo list of names presented showed few changes from the last quarter. W W. Henderson, principal of the Weber academy, was Hie first speak-ei speak-ei He referred to tho value of the Weber academy as an educational Institution In-stitution and the necessity of tho boys and girls attending the school. After Mrs Warner and the choir bad rendered "One Sweetly Solemn Thought," Elder Kimball spoke He declared thai it Is not right to love God for health and wealth only, but that we should love Him even though these be lost. Ho strongly advised greater consideration con-sideration for wives and mother--. "In general, men are not considerate enough of their wives and every man should improve in his devotion to his wife and mother." be said. "Men should seek to be generals at the heads of their families. They should he able to call them together for t;.ml!y worship and control them along proper lines." After declaring that true religion produces happiness, he pointed out how happy he was while laboring as a missionary even though ho was persecuted and suffered or poor health. Elder Orson F Whitney was the laet speaker. He spoke of the value of the gospel to the people. "God has given us laws and plans by which We may be lifted." he said. "He is desirous thai we enjoy the same hijjh j plane aa enjoya He merely aks ' us to follow His plan for our own good " In closing tho conference. President Presi-dent Shurtliff referred to Its success .Mi's Flsie shorten and tho choir i B "Calvary" and Patriarch David McKay offered the benediction |
