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Show Ogden To Get Temple, Mormons Are Told ADDRESS MADE AT TABERNACLE IS SIGNIFICANT Presiding Patriarch of Church Sees Temple and New Tabernacle for Ogden SUPPORT URGED FOR WEBER GYMNASIUM Completion of That Project Will Mean Bigger Things, Speaker Declares Ogden is very likely to have a; temple and new tabernacle In the near future, according to n statement mads by Presiding Patriarch llyrum G. Smith, who wee one of the speakers at the quarterly conference of Die North Weber stake Sunday afternoon. Alluding to the . b. r college gym naslum Patriarch Smith said perhaps j the people wondered why the Lord required re-quired them to go to such a big S-i S-i .is B In erecting the building. i will venture n prophecy," in-- in-- id. "it nui be a le for doing do-ing bigger tilings' Your present labcrnacli le i wonderful building mid lias a wonderful history- But you ma h ceiled upon to build a new -take bouse, Tlc Ball Lskc temple crowded at all sessions every ia ami other temples must be built. These two bulltlingss will bb pi-j iiin-ii uf you in the near i stare." Congregations that filled the laber-inacle laber-inacle to overflowing wire In attendance attend-ance at both sessions of the confer-, am c which was presided over by President James Wotherspnon assisted ,by his two counsellors. Prank W, Stratford and John V. Bluth. N i W SOLOIST, sist.s. The labcrjiacle choir, under the direction di-rection of Joseph Ballantyne, rendered musical programs at both sessions. A new soloist. Miss I., on. White who made her flrn appearand at the , morning session, created a favorable Impression by the rendition of the solo. "Once Did the Skies.'' She was assisted as-sisted by Jed l'.illaiit ii..', W aiter "Stephens, Jesse Lund ami Mrs. Ms rile-Htglcy. rile-Htglcy. '"tier selections included. 'BreSSl the Wave Christian." Jed BaUantyne, Walter Stephens and choir; duet und chorus, -is This tho Messiah. ' Mildred Ware and Mrs Hlgley. "Blessed Redeemer," Re-deemer," N. J. Brown and Git Klomp. "O Lovo Divine." Mildred Ware and I choir; "Then Let Us Joyful lb " INephl J. Brown and choir; 'The Ninety and Nine," .Mildred Ware. .Mrs Hlgles and choir. "Fear Ye Not u Israel," NephJ J. Brown and choir. I vsi ri i XI PR USED. In presenting the quarterly report .President Wotherspnon alluded to the recent leadership institutes held here , .stating that It was one of thai finest i things that had come to the people 'and urged all to take advantage of the opportunities that It offered. He commended com-mended thu members or the Relief So-loietyt So-loietyt for the recent successful bazaar and urged ward teachers to be more dellgent In the discharge of their , duties. Referring to the Weber gymnasium, , President Wotherspoon called attention atten-tion to the hopes expressed by Apostle , David O. McKay Just prior to his re-cent re-cent departure on a missionary trip around the world, that he might see I tho gymnasium built and ready for uhc ;upon his return President Wotherspoon Wother-spoon urged upon the people tho nc-CeSSlty nc-CeSSlty Of donating to the building fund declaring that the gymnasium would prov to be a salvation" to the young people of "Kdi'n and Vobtr countv. V WA I Ol MISSIONS. Fred Berg of the Lynn ward, recently re-cently returned from a mission to the Southern States. In a brief address asserted as-serted that many young men are not 'converl-'l to the gospel until they go on missions. That was his experience and since applying the principles of the gospel to his dally life the work , of the lxrd had become very dear to him. The attitude of the world toward "Mormonlsm" Is changing, he said. : stating that many people are now willing to listen to the message of th? ' elders. That the message of "Mormonlsm" ,1s that for which tho world la longing long-ing was tho statement of Apostle i.irsop IF Whitney, w ho related a story' of two young missionary girls saving the life "f a despondent woman In Chicago. Tin two girls called at the house' and presented their message to the woman H ho Bald It was the message She had sought but could not find. All other I religious were unable to glv her aat-ilsfuctlou. aat-ilsfuctlou. but In "Mormonlsm" ahe had j found the message that filled an aching ach-ing void. The woman told the girl he was Just preparing to take her lire In cans the wan depressed and the visit Of th. missionaries with their message had resulted In both her temporal tem-poral and spiritual .salvation. Apostle Whitney uild he had always been Interested in the work of the I Lord and stated that the only way to keep alio testimony was to be ictlcely engaged in the work. He bell, be-ll, ..d with Elbert Hubbard that If a i i . mi In Bed "ii Pag.- fWO I Address Made at Tabernacle Significant (Continued Frpm rgr n'. man :it o thinks he i too old to work, death -v ill uke him at his word. The, was keep alve is io continus active. ac-tive. TWO S ri I There ;irf. two ways in which to losi- a testimony of the gospel, tht? speaker I said. Ona was to neglect to do the-jthlngs the-jthlngs tiod hail uin uianded us to do, and the other was to do thosi things He had commanded us not to do. ! fn spits of the activities ot the mis-! :oiiiiries there ore millions of people in the world who have not yet heard lot the restoration of the gospel, the apeakei said, aatd while the church ha.M a great mission to perform the Lord whs not using members of the (church only to brlntr about the salvn-jtlon salvn-jtlon uf the human race. Iio ha In all agen used statesmen, soldiers and I Inventors U carry out his purposes. lUahup Brlgham B, Young of Salt, is;ild lie WSJ always pleased to meet With people who are actively engaged In the work of tho Lord. Alluding to the Wsher gymnasium ho said the time would come when Mormons would te so filled with the spirit of j 1 heir mission that they would willingly (donate to any cause In which the 1 hutch nuthnrltli'S enllcil for sunoort. Mlnsloparles wore making sacrifices in the world and the people should bo Willing to do the same in the wards and stakea el homo. ISLEEP IN CHI RCH-1'eople RCH-1'eople go to sleep In church, the ipsaker paid, because they have failed to develop .1 capacity for receiving the truths of the gospel. The dreSl of muny women, he said, reveals thi fact that they had forgotten the sacred covenants made with God In His tem-ples tem-ples others, he said, revealed the fact that they were ashamed of their religion re-ligion hy their 'conduct In social circles. cir-cles. He urged tho members of the ehurch to let their lights ahlQe and to let tho spirit of Christ radiate in their lives WHY THEY FAIIi. Klder Whitney said In a concluding address thai great men In thu worin although thej had been among the Mormons" ii "i failed to see in Joaoph .Smith u prophet .uid In the teachings iOf the church the plan of salvation, because they were not In possession of the Holy 1 ; host This IKht and teStl mony cornea, he sad -ifter respontence and the reception of the priesthood. All religions are built upon some jidori. but that is no proof thnt tltey I are the ehuivh of ohrist. the speaker Said. The only sure test is the possession posses-sion of the gift of the Holy Qhost OO |