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Show I mm I CRITICISES ; CHURCH MEIERS FOR ITiQS I ' OSEO I POLITICAL EWIGH I Members of the Latter Day Staints i church were censured tor the harsh things they hid raid during the re cent political campaign . Presldenl Heber J. irant. who cu tl principal i speaker at the afternoon session of the Ogden stake iuart rlj i onfer n( held In the tabernacle i terdaj "It is remarkable the amount of Ilea We can swallow and the amount of Ilea we can vomit up, when We i I gogi In politics, he staid. It in something repulsive re-pulsive in Latter Day SalnU i i abus candidates who di not tgrc- with US." President Ornnt said he was astonished aston-ished at some of th candidates on both state tickets. With the abund-oncc abund-oncc of Intelligent citizen in the state to choose from, ho could not understand under-stand what possessed the nominating conventions to cause them to nominate nomi-nate certain candidates. should be a little more particular what company We keep wh' ii WC are engaged In political po-litical fights, he said. KITK IM S BOTH SIDES President Grant thought there was something of politics In the Republicans Republi-cans making reservations for the league of nations, and something of politics in President Wilson in not wanting reservations. H e showed the absurdity of both parties in tactics used in seeking office when he said thi fundamentals of both political partle was "you have got the office aiH we are going to get it and we are in office and are going to keep it." The conferenr was attended bv congregations that filled the taberna-ele taberna-ele to overflowing, especially In the afternoon when the building was tin-comfortably tin-comfortably crowded, many being forced to stand during the entire service ser-vice which lasted over two hours and a large number was turned away .tare of the music 1 pi "gram was the singing by the congregation of "Come. Come, Ye Saints" under the direction of Joseph BallOntync, who commended the congregation for the excellent rendition of the song, stating ; it was the best) community singing I 5 any congre?atlon gather, d -.t the tab-ernacle. tab-ernacle. There are r.o p t earth w ho can eiiKag.- In m :' im it n.U Ing with More enthusiasm than thi Latter Day faints, he said, because there are no other people who as so earnest in their faith. PRES. .'.: n r mm.s At the Close" of the afternoon session President Grant rendered th.; solo. "Come Wi'h M" U. oi.d T' e S.-i l 'ther musical selections rendered by the choir of which there was a full membership present Included "Is This The Messiah. William 8. Wright, Mr Hlglev and the choir; violin solo. Miss Mars- Fisher: "O. Lord, I Come," Mildred Mil-dred Ware, the choir with vi"!m obligate obli-gate bv Miss Fisher accompanied by Sam Whltak. r on the organ. "Otve 1 Thy Peace." Mi's illgley and MU Ware and choir: "Earth and Heaven," the choir; "Fear Not, Israel." N'ephl J. Brown, lira. Hlgley and choir: "Ninety and Nine. ' Mrs. Hlgley. Mtsi Ware and choir; "God Is ur Refuge.' choir. M KAY pfcESIDl - President Thomas E. M Ka prcr.u-d prcr.u-d and was nsslalcrl by his two counv selors. President John Halls, and Prcsi-j dent S. ; lye. Musical program! warp, rendered at both sessions by the tabernacle tab-ernacle choir under the direction of I Joseph llallantyne with Sam I". Whlt-I-.-; at the organ Thi general church ,and stake authorities wen Unanimously Unanimous-ly sustained J I h afternoon session. I President Grant expressed bis gratl-Itude gratl-Itude for the opportunity, to appear before be-fore a congregation in Ogden. He referred re-ferred to the hymn sung by the congregation, con-gregation, "Come. Come, Ye Saints" as his favorite hymn and said he never hears it sung without feeling a debt 'of gratitude "to William Clayton for writing the hymn by request while the members 01 the hurch were un their great exodus across the plains. tie never thinks of tills wonderful Journey but what his heart is full of ad mi ratio i foi the people wh- made sacrifice at that time. The singing of that song., he said, was sOtffCi i f grc.it comfort and inspiration to the people during their great Journey. i'r .! nt Gnml voiced his d'sap- provement f member of the church dnglng song" set to beautiful melodies when the w rd were foil of untruths. 'Ac made special reference to "Just a. I am Wirhout One Pie" ond "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." These tw .'iiiigs. he said, should rover bo ii" bv I ,. t l Saints in their meetings because they contained vriTds Lba' were not true aid w. re void of enthnents . :: irtained by the r.hfch. Thrte- ,i i ii Kir! i w re m h go-la go-la ; Into n phlc ddnce liaii o.ihap-j "t oned at n late hour Saturday ntght. I ti ddent McKny told the ware" teach-it teach-it In urging th"m to nsspine thi full n ponslbllictce devolving upon ' hem in safegunrdfhg the young PPPPle from the evils th.it surround thei i TEACHETTS ttEPOKt Vallcr H. ScoNlllc of the hlsh council coun-cil gave a report of the ward teachers' department stating that efforts wern being made to bring about a greater j amount of efficiency in thir important branch of church activities. The Quartortjf report was read bv ' . den! Dye showing In detail the, lrogr. : being made by each w ard of ihe stake. A feature of tr.e report was from the branch for the deaf where all members of the priesthood were reported to be active, of the I'jt j members "f the priesthood in the stake, Pres. Dye reported that Ti wen- not worthy of engaging in church activities. There .irr .'. a nvs-slonarles in the world froia t!.' Mikr and " great interest Is being manifested in I temple work. Donations for the Weber, college g;. mnasltttn f not coming in as well us desired. It was icported. A rePOTi of the lr.stitutu being held at the W'cber college for charities and ri lit I work teacher training and so- bid) and r'cnatlonal work, was given, by John Q. Blaylock, chairman of the j stake committee. He reported that! the institute was a great vaieccss, the' I Weber college buildings being filled to overflowing each evening by members of. the church who are taking a keen interest in the courses. The work of I the institute, he declared, will reflect i i a beneficial was in all future wnrd I activities. Ki PORT n Dl M President Hart, in referring to the i client report from the branch for the deaf stated that it Is a principal underlying humanity that we are mor; faithful wlien we are b ast blessed. Ho wondered whether we must be struck dumb, or blind, or deaf or suffer po -erty in order to bo really appreciative oi th" lil'-sslngs of the Kord. The speaaer said that parents cau SOmctlmeJ do tOO much for their children chil-dren mil that U whs a mutter of common com-mon knowledge tliut mny children were ungrateful to their parents for What thej hail done for them. Young peoph . lie declared often thought more ..f tin ir otfn selfish umusements than they do Of the suffering endured for their sake.i b. their parents. Referring to the work at the Instl-tuti Instl-tuti of the social and rci reutlonal department, de-partment, Preaident Hart declared "we I have let the dancing evil cet a little i tie. id of us and Improper dancing Is rampant in the community. The work of the social Committee will correct this evil." |