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Show CHURCH HEADS TALK IN OGDEN Reverence for Laws of God and Man Urged By Conference Con-ference Speakers President Heber I. Grant, fttsho Charles V Nibhy. President Man. Austin of Fremont slake. Axel MadSOn of the L. D. H. bur. in of Information Informa-tion at Salt I,ake. p.. F. Grant. Dr. John if Tal lor -I i he M. I, a general board, and Robert I. Judd of the Des-eret Des-eret Sunday school board; jerc sp.-.-ik-ors at the Ogden stake uinirlerly on-fpronre on-fpronre held m the t .1 bei nncle. Sunday. Congregations filling the tabernacle to overflowing, attended both sessions. President Thomas E. McKay presided pre-sided assisted by his counsellors. John Hall and 8. i Dye. The tabernacle choir under the direction of lister G. illtichtllff. gave musical programs at both sessions Addresses and musical selections were in keeping with the commemoration commemora-tion of the restoration of the Aaronlc priesthood, and Mothers' d y. A feature fea-ture of the morning session was the dramatic, reading, 'The Mother of Christ" by Mrs. Bertha Eccles Wright. President Grant said he would appreciate ap-preciate not being referred to :i prophet of God. He said there v i but one prophet, seer and revelator in the present age nnd 'hat was Joseph Jo-seph Smith. lie did not wish to be misunderstood or to convey the Idea I that Brigham Young. John Taylor. Wllford Woodruff, LtOrCQZO Snow or Jn;eph F. Smith, were not prophets, neither did he wish to deny that God had seen fit to call him to pr' ii over the church, but In order to prevent pre-vent the too frequent repetition of the I sacred title, he desired to be calle.' President Grant and not the prophet i of God. He said apostles should b called elders. "EDUCATION 1 1,V CRAZY" President Grant said he ; bought "wOi were going nearly educationally crazy. Millions of dollar, are b- :n i-pcnt t.. educate the brain, but It was almost Impossible to git a dollar to keep th' body alive. Iarge sums were being 'spent on gymnasiums but It was impossible im-possible to gel a dollar legally to teach 'faith in the schools." He thought It (strange that s prayer Is offered in the United States senate, but prayers are forbidden In the schools. He thought it was time to get rid of men who are opposed to religious training in the , schools. President Grant urged obedience to (the laws of the land as well as to the laws of God. The laws of the land prohibited plural marriages and thl I law must be obeyed by the church (member-. He declared that there was 'no place In all the world where the ! priesthood of the churoh could perforin per-forin plural marriages and he wanted this fact to be clearly Understood. All Who taught and practiced pltjral marriages mar-riages were living In disobedience to I the laws of the church, he said. TEMPIjK MARimr.ES Teaching young people the necessll of marriage In the temples was em phasizod by President Granl ft parents should discourage their children chil-dren from keeping company with i those not of the fulth and it was the I duty of parents tq teach their chll-dren chll-dren the proper form of marriage or I the condemnation would be upon their heads Bishop Nibley as head of the Aar-n i lc priesthood, directed his remarks cs- I pet lally to the large gatnenng oj oo -at the conference. He referred to the restoration of tho priesthood 9.1 year ago and advised the boys that tho prlsthood ;s firct and foremost and their quorum activities mu-t not tako sr ond pin. ' to scout work. The priesthood priest-hood stands first In the church nnd the auxiliary organizations wert helps and governments operating under the direction of the prie,;hood. "Every member a tlthepayer" Is n lot in recently adopted by the church, Bishop Nibley said, and urged a more strlet observance of this law. He said those who were faithful In tithes and offerings would not be burned on the dreadful dav of the Txird. OH .K IN SCHOOLING Bishop Nll'ley said the church stands for education, schools and the Increase of knowledge, but be thought the country was school crazy. lb- said the schools taught children about almost everything, but failed because Do s did not teach the children how to do scarcely anything. He thought It bet-I bet-I ter for a bov to know how to plant a row of potntof s, nnd for a 5'H to know how to make n bowl of good soup, than to know the distance from the earth to the sun President Dye In reading the quarterly quar-terly report called attention to the fact that since the last conference of the 13 marriages only one had been I performed tn the temple. Five of the marriages he reported were with non-! non-! members of the hureh lie said. "We sound the warning to parents, who have children In 7,!on that the ln be upon the bends of the parents If they I fall to teach their children the prim 1-' 1-' pies of the evispel " RESPECT FOR l.WVs President McKay urge! parent to create In the hearts of their children 'a greater reverence for laws of God land man. "It disrespect for the laws ' of the land continue, condition in this countrv will become as bad as In Rm dta. The prohibition and elgnr 'ru should be obeverl. even If WS don't Ilk them. If officers fall In their duty they will not hp sustained when the proper time comes." Kach of the other speaker" expressed ex-pressed the pleasure at vlsltlnc the take nnd bore strong t est in l n . i the divinity of the mission of Joseph Smith. They declared that the one preat essential was a knowl-dge of the Tdan of Balvatloo and an appreciation of the IderisinKb received Iron' (Jod The musical program In hided, The Heaven.s Are Telling,"' Hernlce Tj ree Jed Ballantyne und Gerald Klomp and ! choir. "Awake the Heart." choir, "How Ijovely Are Ihe Mcsscnperss." I choir; ' .Mother o' Mine Leslie Sa-Ivllle; Sa-Ivllle; 'When Twilight Cnif:-." Mrs C. A. Iund; 'Ye simple Souls WTo i Stray," and 'Prayer la the Soul's Sln-I Sln-I cere Ieslre," choir. uu |