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Show DISINTEGRATION OF CHURCHES CHARGED TO POOR LEADERSHIP Apostle Smith Traces Growth of L. D. S. Church From Beginning of Six Members; Report Weber Stake Is Given at I Conference IOhurohe or the world ar disintegrating disinte-grating hr-ou.' they nrc led by men Who do mot believe in the divinity of Christ Or 'the gospel which Christ taught, while the- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the only church that is growing and that be- cause it is in charge of men who be-1 lleve in the divinity of Christ and who' believe In His gospel. accordng to Apostle George Albert Smith, who delivered de-livered an address at the Weber stake The apontle observed that no other, church than the letter fay Salntj church as led by the authority of CJod or had the window 01' heaven; open to it. Apostle Smith traced the growth of the church from six members at Its or-i; ganlzntltm in I8.!n to the present day!-' when it Was composed of S7U wards 1 and 87 stakes of Zion. H said the Ijrrowfn of the church was remarkable And had astonished the world The growth and development of the church, he said, was the result of its members observing those virtues lb ii the Lord had declared wen- necoa-Sttrj necoa-Sttrj for pioKive.s. And this growth and development had been made In spite of the fact that the Devil had not been on a vacation, but had ever been busy stirring up si rife and persecution perse-cution against the church. NO VACATION'S FOR t ill IU H. Referring to vacations Apostle Smith said he did not ihlnk 11 ;rcpei for the church to take a vacation. He observed that when the church takes a vacation the devil steps In ana takes the ground vacated Vacations for individual in-dividual and families in the canyons, nrrl other nbrcr, were eood nrovldtnC. the Pkibba.h day was properly ob-H ob-H served, the speaker said. Many who seek pleusuie on the Sabbath day H were practically saying;, "We don 1 H want the blessings of the Lord. We H want to have our own Way." But If these people meet with an accident 01 suffer sickness as a result of their Sabbath breaking, they seek the bless-ings bless-ings of the Lord, and this the speaker thought to be very Inconsistent The Sabbath da ls a day for wor-I wor-I ship. Apostle Smith said He said ho is sometimes asked it' it is wrong to! do certain things or go to certain places on the Sabbath day and he al-j I ways replies bv saying that if he, H knowing whnt he does "were to go to I resorts on the Sabbath day. seeking, H pleasure he would he as miserable as H the devil It is not pleasing llhto the Father unless th Sabbath day is kept holy Somo people have elastic con-j sciences and such consciences can be J strethed until they are broken " ".oy comes from serving the Lord and keeping His commandment and the happiest people are those who aro j rendering services in the church because be-cause by so dolni; they are laying 'ip for themselves treasures in heaven."; BROWNING PRESIDES, President George E. Browning who, presided at the conftrrni read the' Quarterlv report which referred to the recent deth of President. Shurtllff, j the division and reorganization of theS stake The stake is composed ef eighth nrd3 with a membership of 6450. Th U V, I X nnnnril nn.l nil tha stil-i Btivll-I lary boards with the exception of the religion class are fully organized The' home missionary labors resulted In 87l baptisms. Tithing. last offering. f ward teaching and attendance al Sacrament Sac-rament meets, showed substantial In-1 creases. President Browning said that the condition of the stake was good ' In! H selecting members for the stake! ids. members hari been chosi ni from each of the wards of the stake-, as it was thought th county wards as well as the cltj wards should be represented Good roads and antomo-l 'illes now made this posalble The division of the stake had broughl moro people info active service whlea resulted in much good to the individual individ-ual and the stake." GYMNASIUM HELP. Reference b;u made 10 the Web el K) mnaslum, th construction work to start soon. President Browning said The work, he said, could not be carried car-ried on sny faster than money WSJ I received and he urged upon all mem bers of the stake to pay their dona-lions dona-lions immediately assuring them t he I i the gymnasium would prove to be .1 1 reat blessing to the community Elder John Watson, formerly of the. hiKt! jneoiueii' hiiq oow oiemie-i r Mount Ogden stake spoke briell) Upon the benefits derived from the it vision of stakes He reviewed the d - elopment of th. church In Webei county since the old Weber stake, which comprised tho entlrt county, was now divided Into four large Mtakes. H President Nathan A. Tanner ex pressed appreciation for the services '! of the ward and stake workers and prayed that God would bless them !n 1 things both temporal and spiritual. Iirestoeni tunon a. con saia ne rejoiced In a knowledge of the trospelj which had been revealed from heaven for the. perfecting of thfr Individual that he might return Into the presence of tho Father. He said original sin 1 d been atoned for by Christ and man did not have that to worry about but he had a reat work to do in sarrc- :ifing himself from all unrighteousness unrighteous-ness that he might be prepared for celestial glory It Is a big Job to purify ind an;iif the heart from all unrighteousness un-righteousness Th gospel was given for the purpose of cleansing the soul from sin. The gospel Is one of faith in God unto repentance from sin. All haVS faults and failings which must be overcome and this will be tho work of man through all his life. The work of rewjempilun Was not completed I -1 when the initial steps hae been com. 1 1 plied with " J TEVerj virtue had its kindred vice the speaker declared and exhorted al ,to avoid sin ind hypocrisy. He also advised that should he taken In Inot confusing tne counterfeit of the j gospel as presented by Satan for the genu n article revealed bj Christ. I'ltlMDK.VT .-niI ltr SPEAKS. President B. H Goddard whs he first speaker si the nfternoon session H( .leelared he knew the hutch nu ihorities both pasi nn,i present were , men or God He had associated with them n business as well as In church affairs and he- knew theh worth. He said he had n testimony of the divinity of the work from the fuel that 111 had succeeded In spite of persecution. persecu-tion. He expressed the hope that the .spirit of unity would prevail In the jstake and reminded the members of the woids of Christ. "Except ye a-t one. ye nre not Mine." W illlan Thornlck of ihe h.gh roun-Icll, roun-Icll, who has charge of th slake home Imtsslonarv work, told of the ac'tlVj tie? of the missionaries in the Stake. I He also appealed to parents to send .their boy's to the ware! prirdhood meetings every Sunday. D, C. Stewart Stew-art spoko upon missionary work, I David R Roberts, chairman of the stake genealogical committee told how the organisation had adopted the slogan, slo-gan, Every member of the church a temple worker." He reported success in the work of the organization. MISSIONARY WORK, President Wells expressed his appre-l elation of the work of the missionaries and advised all to get the spirit ot missionary work. He said it wuj the work and gbu-j of (,od '.o bring Building a home Is not as great as building character. he said All Should assume the responaibllin for dead. Those who are thus valiant for the truth will Inherit celestial Klory. Apostle Smith told of the d:ff ence In the teaching of the I,. D. s church as compared With other hurches, declaring thai the teachings of the Latter Day Saints was Identical Identi-cal the same gospel as taught by Christ and plainly recorded In the Bible, whilf other churches were leaching commandments of men, having hav-ing a form of godliness, but elenylng the power thereof The critical difference dif-ference between the Iittcr Day Saints anel other churches Is one of authority. The Latter Day Saints recol ; ih r authority direct from iod. while other churches had assumed their :nuho. Ity." MI M T. PROGRAM. Lester G. Hlnehcllff had charge of the musical portion of the services With Sam K Wh'.iaker at the organ console Miss Eva Porter sang ' Not I nderatood ' Nephi J Urown sang 'Give of Thv Alms." Ladies quartet composed 0 1 N: ; E sad Mrs .led Bal-lantyne, Bal-lantyne, Mrs L ,l ttolbrook and Mrs. Georgt Simpson sang "Lead Us O l ather. William T. flckett and a dou-tle dou-tle male quartet sang. "Seek Ye. th Lord." 'High 'in the Mountain Top " Loe At Home.' We Thank Thee ( ",od for a Proph. I' and The Spirit of 3od Like a Fire is Burning." were, sung by the congregation |