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Show Timpanogos Stake Holds Quarterly Conference icnary wcrk I can better appreciate tv parents and my wife. We cannot lA-ee with any doctrine unless we understand it. I wish that every voung man and woman m me "hurch c:uld have the privilege ct oing on a mission. It would teach th;rn to live right." Rumel Cragun, a missionary who will leave soon for the Canadian minion said iu part- "I am thankful ;or the opportunity of going on 'a mission. My mother has always instilled into my heart the desire to go on a mission. I have helped in Siu.dav School and Boy Scout, work ?nd have enjoyed it very much. I have also enjoyed my missionary class. May we enjoy our opportunities opportu-nities to live the gospel according to our best ability." A solo, "One Fleeting Hour", was rendered by Jennie Halliday, with Elda Neves as accompanist. Apostle Richards spoke for a short time. "When I think of the condition of the world today, it makes me feel a keen desire to teach the gospel. I want to teach them the way to gain a testimony of the truthfulness of this work. "Faith is the moving cause of all action, the foundation of all righteousness. right-eousness. Without faith it is impossible im-possible to please God. We must please Him if we are to gain His kingdom. Christ said, 'He that has seen Me has seen the Father.' The choir- sang, "Captain of Israels Hosts" and an anthem entitled, en-titled, "Open our Eyes." The benediction bene-diction by Bishop C. J. Cobbley closed clos-ed the meeting. Th ou?rier!y conference of the Timpanogos Sialic was held in the Tabernacle Saturday evening and Sunns y. Apostle George F. Richards representing the general authorities cf the church was prersnt ut a.l sessions. Stake President W. W.. Warnick presided. Tire speakers of the Saturday eve-j ning session were President W. W. Wamick who gave a report of the activities of the Melchesidic Priest-1 hood, and H. E. Johnson who spoke of the activities of the Seventies. Quorum, his topic being "What the Seventies Quorum is doing to Help) The Work of the Stake." The music was furnished by the Windsor Ward Quartette and an accordian solo was played by Rulon Brimhall. The invocation was given by A. H. Lowe and the benediction by Lynn Cullimore. Stake President W. W. Warnick was in charge of the Sunday morning morn-ing session w'hich commenced at 10 a m Congregational singing "O Ye Mountains High" under direction of st.fl.kfi chorister, E. A. Beck, was fol- i;ari to h:ip in ti'. work, cf God I kum'oly EUitp P.-nk D. Atwocd had as his subiect "The responsibility of the iTlesihocl Qu rum fi Attendance at Ccnfcienei." Fart of his talk follows: We must have a good program at our conference. The Priesthood should participate. Priesthood quorums should take turns in giving giv-ing the programs at sacrament meetings. meet-ings. We should preach the rospel by example as well as by preaching. "Live the gospel as you should and your example will radiate among your neighbors. "My desire is to ever uphold the hands of the general authorities of this church and the Timpanogos Stake leaders." Antone Gleason had the following subject, "Responsibility of the Priesthood for Contributing their I help to make sacrament meetings and conferences successful." Part 'of his talk follows: "It is the duty of every member of the church to attend the meetings of the church. Every father should set the example to his sons. What a wonderful church this would be if everyone lived up to their full light of the gospel. May we set an example ex-ample to the boys of the whole , world." A duet with chorus by tne con-i con-i gregation was sang by Mary R. Walker and son Jesse. The song was "An Angel from On High". Gems from the remarks of Apostle George F. Richards were, "I hope that we may profit by remembering the good instructions of the previous speakers and put them into our lives. This is the Lord's work, not man's work. There is a promise of reward re-ward for all of the efforts we put forth. The same sacrifice is required re-quired when we take positions at home as when we go into the mis-usion mis-usion field. The Sunday evening session was under the direction of the stake M. I. A with Superintendent H. P. Joner. in charge. Clifford E. Young, president of the Alpine Stake was the first speaker. "Mutual w-ork is very near to my heart. I have gained much encouragement encour-agement from M. I. A. work. There is nothing finer in the church than the contact with these fine boys and girls. They are more awake to problems of the day. Their problems are more acute than those of early days. I like the faith of our young people today. Our meeting houses on Tuesday evening are crowded with the youth of Zion. Tliis reflects re-flects the fine attitude of the young folks. The activity program is vitalizing vi-talizing their lives and their religion. lowed by the invocation offered by 0 Patriarch S. L. Swenson. s A solo "Hold Thou My Hand" was a sung by Randall Musgrove of Toron- e to Canada. Junius A. West spoke c on the subject, "The phase of the a Priesthood Quorum in the Activities of the Church." Some of the points stressed by Mr. West follow: "The If Aaronic Priesthood was given to the church May 15, 1829, and in Septem- 1 ber of the following year the Mel- ( chesedic Priesthood was revealed. The various quorums and officers in 1 the church were given gradually, through divine guidance, as was , needed The church was organized by the Prophet Joseph Smith April 6. 1830 The organization of the first Presidency came first thru the organization or-ganization of the twelve apostles came in 1835, to aid the first presi-l dency These are special witnesses to all the world and are under the jurisdiction of the first presidency of the church. Next the Seventies quorum was formed. It consists of ' seven quorums of seventy members each The Elders quorum is a help , to the Seventies quorum at home. ' There are ninety-six members in a ; quorum, all holding the Melchesdic priesthood, which means the power to act for God. The Aaronic Priest-" Priest-" hood quorum consists of twelve deacons dea-cons to a quorum, who are expected to take care of the temporal affairs B of the ward. They have the authori-ty authori-ty to ordain other deacons. The S Teachers quorum consists of twenty-5' twenty-5' four members. Their duty is to assist in the temporal affairs of the "' ward. "The Lord said to Moses, 'It is my glory to bring forth the eternal life of man.'" "The purpose of saving souls is the end in view. For this purpose the gospel has been restored. Blessed Bless-ed are those who have had the opportunity op-portunity of hearing and accepting the Gospel of Christ. We should be willing to do all we can to help in every call. "I'll go where you want me to go dear Lord. Over Moun-' ! tain, plain and sea, I'll say what you !want me to say dear Lord. I'll be ' what you want me to be. J "We are indebted to our Father in ! Heaven for all we have and are. We 'must live a righteous life that our I recently had the privilege of encountering en-countering forty young missionaries ready to leave on missions and sixty more who were at the school getting ready to go. They were much better prepared than the missionaries of my day or yours of my age. . "I rejoice in what the young people peo-ple are doing today. No work in the church is more important than the M. I. A. Let us help the youth to meet the temptations of today. I worked in the M. I. A. of the Alpine ttake when you were a part of us and we vvere a part of you. I feel akin to the youth of th; Timpanogos stake." souls may be savea. 11 we use oiu t j in life it will be because we have not ; 'done the things we should. We may ; never be called to lay down our life , for the gospel, .but the Lord knows our hearts, and we should be willing . to answer any call He may make for us to labor in His kindfim on earth. Do we really sustain Joseph Smith as a prophet and other servants serv-ants in this church by doing the , things they want us to do? If we sustain the officers we will not speak ill of them. We will uphold their virtues and forget their faults. : Help us to avoid tale hearing and j fault finding. Teach us to hive one j another." J A quartette was rendered by Nona "All bishops hold the Melchesdic Priesthood, and are ordained high priest to be able to preside over the ward It is the purpose of those who preside in any capacity to see that all members are as active as possible. They should always be able to give encouragement and help to those that are not living the gospel as they should Those who are living the gospel should likewise receive commendation." com-mendation." Three talks were given on Aaronic Priesthood work by Glen Robertson. ! a deacon, Ray Mills, a teacher, and j Jack Cook, a priest. I a solo "How Beautiful Upon the I 1 Kir TriVlTT "R. Apostle Richards' talk was on "Character". Some of his gems of thought were: "Character is like the noon day sun. Let lis aim high and work for character. As a man thinkcth so he is. Man is literally what he thinks. A noble and God like character, is not a thing of chance, but is built by life long, Godlike God-like thought. Keei grxxl thoughts in mind and they will drive out the bad oner. Take .stock of yourselves. Be real nun and women. SI rive for character, not lor reputation. Re:ui good books und keep good company. I leave these thoughts with you and my blessing, Aiiun," Baxter, niinei Jjuwe, ucun .v..... . and Evan Wilberg of the Windsor ward and the benediction was pronounced pro-nounced by George H. Shoell. The conference continued Sunday , afternoon, and opened with music by the Third ward choir. Mary Neves j directing. The choir and congrei-j tion sang, "Come, Come, Ye Saints", followed by the invocation by Thomas Tho-mas Fenton. The choir sang. "Great. God Attend While Zion Sings". M. R. Radmall, stake clerk, presented the general and stake autlnrities of the church for approval. ' Stake Counselor Edmund Cragun was the first speaker of the afternoon after-noon session, he said in part, "I have been interested in what has bcn done in our priesthood work-Sunday work-Sunday morning has been set apart for religious training. During the Mountain", was rendered oy , Halliday Jr. He was accompanied 3y Elda. Neves. n, A L Cullimore complimented tne -lake on the large attendance. His 'uhject was "How the Aaronic a: Priesthood can help in the Sunday b. School and M. I. A. Organizations . d If the Aaronic Priesthood members ti are present they can help with the U lesson "If we take from our chinch n the priesthood and its divine inspira- C ton we have no more than churches R o the world have. The auxiliary organizations were formed by the tl church, through divine guidance to assist in preparing the young people v for the different walks in life, and r may we ever appreciate the priest- j-hood j-hood and auxiliary organizations cf t the church and stand behind them, said Mr. Cullimore. f Donna Olpin. a recently returned , missionary represented the womcns,t ! organizations of the stake. She said , ln part, "Women of the church hav ! responsibilities. They should , stand back of the priesthood. The man te not without the woman m ; the Lord. In pioneer days the wo- , men stood beside their husbands, with courage and optimism, and gave them courage to cross the trackless jast year a number of changes have joen made. The Savior gave hi , life. iviiUsuly lor the redemption of nran-j kind. " We should be willing to do all we can for His church on earth When our boys and girls are active-. !v cngag'-'d in church work they pre easy to handle. May we be faithful and energetic, and encourage others and assist them in church work. Women, Wo-men, encourage your husbands and .sons to attend to their church duties." John R. Halliday Jr., a recently j returned missionary from Germany j spoke briefly. "The greatest satisfaction satis-faction in this life is gained through service. I believe that Jesus wa ! happy through His service to mankind. man-kind. I am thankful for the privilege privi-lege of going on a mission especial-, ly to Germany. Everyone of us should be trying to live in peace and joy with our loved ones. It isn t what we say that counts so much las what we do. Through my mis- Mothers guide the destiny of lives, upon the earth. Their chief joy the success of their children. The mother sacrifices for her missionary husband or son; often goes without, actual needs that they may not want Women are not the head of the house. They were taken from the side of man to be loved and protected pro-tected and to be a helpmate to their husbands. Women should encourage their husbands to take care of their work in the church. May we ever do our |