Show QUARTERLY conference of 0 f the young mens mutual improvement associations of weber county eichlin held in ogden tabernacle SUNDAY jua july y 16 1010 10 a meeting was called to order by prest 1111 E 11 andersen anderson choir chair sang how Beauto beauteous otis are thy feet etc prayer by counselor L A herrick iier choir chair sang with all roy iny p powers ow 0 rs of heart and arid tongue etc prest E II 11 anderson stated that with but few exceptions the tile mutual improvement associations had discontinued their ine meeting eting during the summer surn mer consequently no statistical reports were to be presented se cited at the pre present eilt confere conference lice the central board bad held circuit conferences county during the past put quarter with very good results A biographical sketch of borge george washington ton was given by elder jacob thomas of harrise ilac west E elder ider george halls of huntsville delivered an ail address addres upon the apostasy Apo stacy as the restoration of tho the gospel gaspe I 1 T an essay on utah by elder R 11 II gox of hooper was read the choir chair then favored the congregation gre gation with a beautiful and well rendered althem behold the lord is my salvation ELDER dumus F r WELLS said ho lie lid listened with interest tp to tho exercises of the meeting ing he ile commended commanded to the tile ac accuracy curac and promptness with which the t 0 references refer 11 ces from tile scrip tures were given in the address on the apostasy Apo stacy as connected with the restoration of the gospel if the tile saints would endeavor to keep in their minds such truths as were enunciated by the speaker they would be led to live in accordance with the will of god the speaker alluded to the great work that was being wrought ti by the latter da day T S saints ants notwithstanding the world worl I 1 generally were so much opposed to t the he principles of the gospel but the saints had invariably come coal a out victorious in all their trials in the inu awl 11 all 7 combat and oppose the tile will of go god upon the earth the speaker made many remarks of great r tt a importance to the young of zion n and nd spoke of the corruption that existed in this nation and that if tho the path they were now following was continued in by the nation it would surely work its own destruction as no nation living in vice and arid immorality and contrary to tho the commands of god could expect to survive for any considerable of time the choir chair sang an ail anthem and arid benediction was officered ered by elder A JO D chambers electing keeting was adjourned till 2 1 p m 2 r P M the congregation was called to order by elder Z ballantyne the choir sang tile hymn glorious things are sung of zion elder Z ballantyne offered up tip prayer and arid the hymn on page 12 boyto joy to tire world 1 tho the lord will come was sung tho tire sacrament was administered by tho the bishopric of the second IV ward rd while the authorities of the weber stake of Y M M 1 I were presented and unanimously sustained and the president of the central board read an aphea appeal I 1 from the officers of the deseret hospital for the operation cooperation co of the improvement associations JOS II 11 PARRY 6 1 first addressed tile congregation he ire spoke on the importance of tile work of cultivation carried on among tho the young of zion alio thornt lat ter day saints are the reformers of the evils of society and nations it is our mission to combat and rectify tho tile vices and iniquity of the world it is an lionor to bo be a lat ter d day saint in in this degenerate age ac of 0 alio world but wo we must mu st be faithful to our covenants then wo we will ivill receive honors in this world and glory in the life to come there is 13 but little virtue in modern institutions tut ions they bear the seeds of dost destruction st within them this tho the speaker illustrated with the corruption prevailing in ill our own country in financial political and social matters he exhorted tho the young especially to be honest virtuous 0 upright apri 9 jit so that they be prepared Vre pared to receive the glorious inheritances promised premised in the gospel of alir christ s ELDER NEWTON NJ PARR spoke next he dwelt upon the feces n necessity sity for tile saints to show a good example to the world for them to pattern after true the world generally revile us and speak evil of us yea they even persecute but this is a great evidence that this is the work and kingdom of god tho tile speaker exhorted the saints to live up to their re religion ligion and fulfill all the ta le requirements of tho the gospel wo ive have gathered here in zion to obey the word of the lord for fol tho the building up of his kingdom not for cur our own enrichment and aggrandizement those naho do not put lit the spirit and will of the heavenly lea venly 1 I ather will not possess tile privileges and ble blessings ingi of the gospel tho tile speaker referred to the Rove revelations lations of jolin and admonis admonished lied the saints to refrain from the tile use of evil things lings ti following the strai straight glit and arid narrow path of salvation ainuu GEO made some edifying remarks on oil the principles plo of the kingdom bearin bearing a 1 faithful testimony to the bosl gospel as restored by tho the lord again in in these tile latter days Rc referring ferring to his lato into mission the speaker stated that the latter day saints are tile most virtuous people on oil earth and lie exhorted the brethren and arid sisters to live their religion holding fast to the tile covenants they have made with the lord elden ELDER IV S HARIJS HARRIS followed A with an earnest te testimony stimon y to the truth of the tile everlasting gospel which he lie had lately been preaching among the nations of the tile earth carth lie ile cavo cave a brief and inter asting account experiences on oil his nl mission ision in europe and in tho the southern states where relie lie bad been labor laboring illg in the tile inin itry for about 21 months and contracted contrasted the condition of tile outside world with its infidelity and arid immorality with the condition of the latter day saint saints who enjoy the blessings and privileges C 13 of tho tile gospel a of f the tile moat afi high all there is only one truth and arid ono one Gosp cLin lit the world the gospel of god as revealed in these last da days 8 in in conclusion elder harris advised vise d 11 liis is young bretl iren to gain aln knowledge of tj the 10 things of eod god without delay that they may b be a pre prepared eared at all times to assist in rolling on the purposes of the lord jos P r SMITH addressed ed the vast audience in his usual impressive style first endorsing tho the goo good d spirit manifested by the g previous speakers it is a good thing for young oung ciders elders to besent be sent out into tale alio world whereby their minds arc are quickened with relation to tho the principles of the gospel and they arc are enabled to contrast the world and its wickedness with the L latter atter and arid their morals the spirit manifested by these young elders who spoke tins this aber noon should prevail in the heart of every youth indeed of every latter day Saint both young and old the tile young men and young women should take pains acquainting themselves with their own religion i on a ac C home and posting their minds with history science and in fact all useful knowledge so that the seeds of intelligence them take root and s spring ng up ill into the tree of knowledge of good and evil it Is is not necessary for a roan inari to corrupt to become mire cr need lie do evi that it t g good may come from it but wo we may compare the arts and lives of the tile wicked with god we may compare evil habits and practices good ones without wallOW wallowing illg in the mire miro ourselves we must take a warning from the tile bad examples of others we have no need to do it ourselves to become disgusted of it our ciders elders abroad can sec see the contrast without in the crooked path of the ungodly president smith lias has felt proud of being a A mormon formon all the days of his Is life if he lias lins ever been proud of the latter day saints of their virtuous principles principle of their righteousness ous ou ness and goodness he ile docs does not feel to attribute liis his preservation from the paths of sin to any superiority offis of his own but he lie thanks god for all liis bis preservation from transgression gres ion sion he ile realizes the tile hand of the lord in all these th things M the Improve improvement merit associations ci have been organized in order to give the tile young opportunity to learn their religion to rely on oil the tile L lord ord and become ac acquainted qua anted with Hi 4 cwill and ways young men often say they bellev mormonism to bo be true while if they but knew themselves they would knolto it as well as their own existence 11 mormonism meaning more good more truo true tends to increase life to prolong existence to secure liap happiness to promote virtue honesty and righteousness no man can say lio honestly nestly that these principles ples are not true pro are not good the principles of truth integrity teg rity probity cli charity arity as embodied in 12 mormonism lorn are self evident and cannot be gainsaid gain said by any well balanced mind all true knowledge everything calculated to elevate mankind and bring them more into a likelihood with god is mormonism true saints do not tell they speak only good of others not evil where there is evil they refrain from carrying it furt further lier these arc are the doctrines of tho the gospel tho the doctrines of christphe Christ the doctrines of mormonism florin monism on ism these principles aro are calculated to ennoble and purify us and make us free from the bondage of transgression aud ud these are the principles the young should learn and act upon them in the fields and in the canyons i in n tho the blacksmith shop and carpenter shop wherever their lots aro are cast parents paramount duty is to teach their children that mormonism in 0 cism is true to impress on their minds those great and noble principles OJ of L purity truth and righteousness that they tako take root in their hearts and grow up nevert 0 be eradicated if children aro are I 1 allus brought up in the way they should go they will not depart from it when they aro are old before concluding president smith referred to tho the claim of the modern ministers that the principles es and gifts of the gospel havo been done awa with they are W W indeed done away with as far as the world ill in their benighted deplorable plo lilo rable condition is c concerned ned but it was not the lord who did lid away with it but they themselves I 1 when ill all como come into a unity of faith then that thit which is perfect will willieme come that which wo nye have in part r t now will be done away will to be 1 8 supplemented u aple by the perfect gift and arid wess ing S god almighty lias has established his kingdom with apostle Apost leq prophets and an other servants tc through whom alono alone he will speak to the tile nations of alie earth I 1 TI false eil prophets will arise here and arid there but ut those who have the light of the gisli gospel el within them will nat net be deceived ceia 0 d by them then but abide in the arnt after a few remarks by president t E IL 11 anderson an ail anthem by the choir and in d benedic benediction tiati by bv elder A ik T wright the cong congregation dispersed |