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Show 115th Quarterly Conference Confer-ence Very Successful Apostle Richard R. Lyman Delivers Splendid Sermons At All Sessions. The 115th, Quarterly conference of Alpine Stako, which convened in tho stake tabernacle at 7:30 o'clock on Saturday evening, January 11, and at 10 a. m.. 2 and 7:30 p. m. on Sunday, January 12, was very successful, all sessions being largely attended. Saturday evening, there were 243 present. At the Sunday morning meeting CG3 were in attendance, at 2 p. m., C40 attended and in the evening, even-ing, 70G were present. Apostlo Richard R. Lyman of the I Council of the Twelve attended all meetings, and delivered some splendid splen-did sermons. President C. E. Young presided at all sessions, with the exception ex-ception of the Sunday evening meeting, meet-ing, which was under the direction of tho stake M'. I. A. At the Priesthood meeting Saturday Satur-day evening, President S. L- Chipman reported briefly the work of the High rriests quorum. Of the 142 enrolled, 78 were present at the session. President J. B. Parker said they had 72 members in the 67th quorum of Seventies with 20 present at that meeting. He felt that much lethargy existed among the Seventies. They were working in connection with the High Priests classes in most of the wards. The Seventies' quorums have the responsibility of raising means to pay the fare out of all missionaries who leave, and also to send each one in the field a small financial Christmas Christ-mas present. President James II. Clarke appreciated appre-ciated being home with the Saints of Alpine Stako again after many months in the hospital. Apostle Lyman spoke of hi3 work in helping the city of Los Angeles in the development of their greater water wat-er supply. He referred to the Boulder Bould-er Darn so much talked of and said it was planned to hold 26,000,000 acre feet of water when completed. He said that Los Angeles is now planning plann-ing to still increase their water supply sup-ply from the Boulder project. Pie spoke next of quorum activity, urgiug especially the necessity of looking after the wayward and the inactive and indifferent members of all the Priesthood quorums. He touched then upon the matter of helping missionaries who are short of finances, and suggested a mission fund in each stake sufficient to loan to a missionary when he is in need of financial aid. The first speaker at the Sunday 10:00 a. m. meeting was President J. M. Walker, who referred to the recent report of the State High School Inspector, In-spector, I. L. Williamson, in which he takes a stand against the D. D. S. Seminaries near our high schools in the state. Elder Lavelle Singleton of the German mission, Miss Edith Shelley of the Eastern states mission and Elder Grant Vest of the British mission, mis-sion, all recently returned missionaries, mission-aries, gave brief reports of their I labors and related a number of interesting in-teresting experiences. Apostle Lyman touched further on the state High School's supervisor's report on the L. D. S. Seminary work. He said the statements made in the report were untrue and he resented the report very much. He spoke also on the Cigarette question and the laws passed in the state of Utah' ' against the sale of cigarettes. He concluded by expressing himself emphatically em-phatically against the allowing the advertising of tobacco on bill boards in the state. Music for this session was furnished fur-nished by the stake choir under the direction of K. J. Bird. Special numbers num-bers were given by the Ladies Glee Club of the American Fork High School and Howard Mendenhall, who sang a vocal number. Professor J. M. Jensen of the B. Y. U. was a special visitor at the 2 o'clock session. He announced Leadership Week at that institution January 27 to 31, inclusive, and gave a brief outline of the topics to be treated during the week. Previous to Apostle Lyman's address, President Earl S. Greenwood, Bishop T. A. Greenwood and George F. Shelley of the High Council gave interesting short talks. The effort put forth in the state of California through its high schools to prevent the use of tobacco by minors in that state was first treated by Apostle Lyman. He related instances in-stances of the power and effect of prayer, and stopped long enough' for Mrs. Edith G. Young to sing a sacred hymn "Jesus I My Cross Have taken". He then spoke on the subject "America's Greater Need Is- Religion", and praised the work and value of the Li. D. S. Seminaries. He emphasized em-phasized the importance of early training in the lives of young people. Besides the anthemns from the stake choir, Miss Ann Clayson played a violin solo, and Mrs. Dessie Beck Wilde rendered a vocal selection. Following this session,, E. J. Sea-strand Sea-strand was set apart as a member I of the High Council of Alpine Stake by Apostle Lyman. One of the most interesting sessions ses-sions of the conference was the 7:30 meeting. Reports were made by President Lillian C. Booth of the Y. L. M'. I. A. and Superintendent L. B. Adamson of the Y. M. M. I. A., after which Apostle Lyman spoke. He started by referring to the subject sub-ject of Salesmanship, and then followed fol-lowed by illustrating how to get at our people with religious teaching. He emphasized the importance and value of Scout work in the lives of our boys. Then he took up the subject of "Courtship". He said there were more divorces in the United States in proportion to the population than in any nation in the world, which means more unhappy marriages. An English writer said the reason for so many divorces is that men are too familiar with women. As means to avoid divorces he would advocate: 1 That they be married in the House of the Lord. 2 Frugality and saving, earning the money before you spend it. 3 Young people should be trained to make a living in one or more ways. 4 The business of young people before they reach marriageable ago Is to go to school and prepare to make a living. 5 Young people should not be too familiar with each other before marriage. mar-riage. Special music for this meeting consisted of three instrumental trioa by members of the B. Y. U. Service department, and vocal solo by Mr. Bush of the B. Y. U. |