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Show a' NEED OF NEW TABERNACLE IN i OGDEN VOICED BY APOSTLE; BUILDING OF GYM IS URGED i fl "Will Ogdcn be provided with a now HH and larger tabernacle at an early d ate? This que Ion In now being discussed HH with considerable interc-i by members H of the dominant church In j H fW1-- ' f.r,. tie j-'t ) h.'ji i.. Richards at the m morning sSSSlori Oi the Weber H conference, Sunday, statement la H taken as an indication that the general B i hurch officials realize that some ac- 1 Hon must he taken Immediately to pro- H vide fOrtho large congregations which H gather at the ii.rin.i le on the e- oaslon of ouancrlfT conferences nu B other special ai Hie la her HH uncle. Apostle ltloharda paid: H "It is a matter regret 'hat there HK is not a bulldlnc in Igdcn large I nough V to accommodate the people who desire HB to attend conference. 1 am sorry there H is not a large building belonging to B the church in thin ci-'.y that will ac- H i ommpdatc alt who desire to attend V the conference. T think it :s only a 91 matter of a short time when tho BLf1 hun )i and stakes In this cour.i will 91 be persuaded that a larger building H he erected. T am tonkin? foi -I HH ward to the when some plan will consummated for a larger building. HjH u would he nn advantage not only to lie church but m the lunlcipallty to! I ii' e larger building ' TABERN U LE OVERFLOWS The need foi a larger t-ihernach was tiKHin demonstrated yesterdaj when. I long before tho hour of services thel tabernacle was filled to overflowing.! The utterance of Apostle Richards is taken as significant that the provision for a larger building is receiving the! consideration of the church Officials, I Apostle Richards also made ;i strong appeal for the completion of the Weber ofiege gymnasium, it is understood that no action will be taken for a new. tabernacle until the gymnasium Is completed and all members of '.he chlirch and others In this city and county who are Interested In the construction con-struction of the gymnasium are Urged to come forward with financial aid so that the building may he bull-: and ready for use by next fall. In making his appeal for the Weber We-ber college gymnaaium Apostle Rich- ards said he realized that there -was a financial depression in the country hut in splto of that he though, the gym-i nasium should be built because physl-l al endurance was one of the essentials tor the fighting Of the economic bat-tics bat-tics of the future. Apostle Richards told of he won-' derful benefits derived by business men In Salt Lake froi i the Deserel gymnas ium He saJd the gymnasiums were not erected for the benefit of school children only, and told of incidents in which adults had renewed their youth by taking advantage Of the means provided pro-vided for the physical welfare at the Deseret rj mnaplum because of wonderful won-derful benefit that would be derived from the Institution bj their employes. "I believe in the gospel philosophy which accounts for the body of man," Apostle Rldhards said. He declaredi the body of man to be the s-re. ties', clft God hud given man In mortality. Xo man can With impunity desecrate his body but the hotly should be respected re-spected as well as other Ood given gift. Tho body, he said, hat an influence in-fluence over jhe .-.pint and the spirit' and body constitute tin soul of man. Tn the past, he said, ton rrnch attention atten-tion had been given to tn -jpirit to the disadvantage t .the i0dv. , Apostle. Richards commended the stake officials for their suggestion that nodal paroles be held in the wards as often as possible for the benefit and protection of the young peopio of the, chur. h and said b- wished to odd that socials also b- he'd in the homes', lie thought the tendency of the age was rtva from '.ho home ratnei than toward tow-ard the home. Patents, he said, must be the real teachers of their children and this work should not be given ovei entirely to the, ntixiliarj associations of the church. He did not wish Co be considered narrow minded but he WOUld i.ifher bear that reproach than see his children co:ne under e'll influences in-fluences He thought tho Children of church members should not be allowed allow-ed to associate with thosi not of he faith lo :i greater extent than (nuld be avoided. President Levi Ktigsr Voting dls-Jcusred dls-Jcusred the rim,, subject ' said thai . h0 greatest teacher a -hlld can have is Its mother nnd the second greatest teacher In life Is ItS father. He made dn urgent appeal for parents to pla With their chLdren, Iskc them into thtlt confidence and t meiabor It was not a fine built'Jlg with modern improvement, but thfl spiill of Jod that I . i i di, reul hor:v- H parents cannot be the real teacher of their children, parents have a great lesson to learn, he speaker said. Tho greatest Joy In I life, he snld. wan for parent to bo j children with their children Wo are; too prone to push our children away, fniii the home but they should be I made to feel tha: real happiness is not I lo be found in some oiher place tlinr. , '.he home. Tlrs JAZ35 MUSIC Jarz music should not be allowed St I c'nurrh socials and if the advice of the Si ike officials is lcedel that class ofj music will be eliminated from the socials so-cials in tho future, Iii presenting thci quarterly joport prssident George i: i BrOWnltfg said, "We desire -'o encour- j age the holding of as many sociable parties In the wards a can be success- j fully cairled Out, :dol tor the entertainment enter-tainment and encouragement of the young people, that wo dvrslro the nvir-ried nvir-ried people to lend ncourage- ment, as well as attending the parties themselves. At the dances we advice that the best nwcic he obtained, b'jt we sincerely trust laat jnzr. niusi-- Will not be allowed.'' trssldsfV, atson ccndncied the sessions ses-sions of the conference. It was announced an-nounced that Pre.sidi r Iewls W. Bhurtllff had arrived homo from Chli-fornla Chli-fornla but was too ill to attend the conference. President Bhurtllff has entered upon his 39lh year as president of the Weber stake. HINCIIi i -H 1 DIRECTS CHOIR test In the flri public appearance of Lester O. Hinrhcllff as tho new director di-rector of the tabernacle ehol-. He was unanimously Ktistalned by the Isrge ongregrlon gathered at tile afternoon session OS also was M. t'harle Woods, the new choir president. All of the church and stake officials were also unanimously sustained. President Lei Kdgnr Young who was the first speaker at the afternoon session declared we were living in an age when the great Intelligences In i he world w r,. seeking means for the destruction de-struction of life rather thun for thej preservation of life. He told of ;he testimony of Mary to whom Christ uppoaii-d a His resurrection which I was "I have seen the Lord,' und said j "If the world will go hack to that! timple testimony and aecery. its full meaning the world will bo turned from' its onward march to destruction und will know that Ood lives and that war,' selfishness itnd hate ure no, of God, j President Young ald "One hundred years ago a child, Joseph Rm'th, who was nc. Ignorant, but intelligent and honest, caught tbe same truth. With the honesty and simplicity of a child he went to the woods to pray to God and then went 0U inm the highways uf the world declaring ' 1 have seen the Lord." Out of this truth has grown In its fullness and greatness tne great modetn message of Christ to the world and this ruth must he the testimony Of every member of the Church and the world must accept It." Apostle Richards aid he believed in the interpretation of the gospel in the terms of living. He thought . oo much time was wasted In talking and what he church really needed w iS action, He believed in Lhe as a buslnesc code of ethics and many businessmen were living up to the teachings of Christ "Sock ye first . n- Kingdom of Ood and His righteousness. " All real i cess in life is to be tound within (he ohufch and not without tho church, JIVHT in l.litl-S "Girls hRve got he notion that they must prepare th mselves foi i bit although they don't know what a ca-1 reor means." Apostle Riohardfl i d, He said the greatest role a slrl ran make preparations foi ithe making of a home He had a grev reaped for women who had ot .plisbe.i 1 11 in the world but he could not pliu 0 them In the ame c lass with the moth-1 er. Apostle Richards advised 'i to sustain sus-tain the authorilien In the prlerhood and strongly advised seeking i mns I from bishops H? said if the uMfiK&l of the bishops in the church had lcin taken th1 jeopie would not now be under the bondage "t debt, He did not know of i single in aitce when SdVlOe had been sotight from the priesthood that had resulted in failure. fail-ure. ITnder (he lirectlon of LeLcr G. iilnchcliff With Sam F. Whituker at the organ, the tabernacle choir rendered ren-dered th following program !" ir Not Ye t) Israel." Joseph P. ITernel-lus; ITernel-lus; violin solo, Marcellus Smith "Ye Simple Souls That Stray," choir; ur i Is the Depth of the Wisdom of God." Mrs Ange; Warner nbd choir, "How Lovely Are the Messengers,' choir; "Prayer is the Soul's STncere Desire," choir. oo |
