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Show Apostle Smoot Addresses Quarterly Conference The 144th session of the L. D. S. quarterly conference was well attended at-tended by the saints of the Alpine stake. Apostle Reed Smoot and Stringham A. Stevens, a member of the Church Social Security committee com-mittee and a member of the General Gen-eral Board of the M. I. A., were present. The first session Saturday evening eve-ning was for the members of the Priesthood quorums and special reports re-ports were given from each quorum. to Nauvoo, and had found it to be a very beautiful city. He had enjoyed en-joyed his trip there and the beauties of the vicinity of the old Mormon town. Some of the changes in the methods meth-ods of carrying on the work in the mission fields was discussed by S. A. Stevens. He spoke briefly, telling tell-ing something of the centenial celebration cele-bration which is being held in England Eng-land in the near future, and of the male chorus which has been organized organ-ized in that country and which has been a wonderful factor in advertising adver-tising our church to the people of that land. Apostle Reed . Smoot, the last speaker of this session, urged the people to live the word of wisdom and to teach the gospel through living liv-ing it, that being the most effective way to preach any doctrine. The closing song was, "Ye Who Are Called to Labor," and the benediction benedic-tion was offered by Orion J. Burgess. Bur-gess. There were 312 persons present pres-ent at the afternoon session. President Clifford E. Young commented com-mented on the good spirit in which the reports were given. He remarked re-marked that the greatest responsibility responsi-bility that the active members of the Priesthood have is to go out and bring in those members who are not active. At the second session Sunday morning President Clifford Young took charge. The opening song, "The Spirit of God" was sung by the congregation and Bishop John R. Hindley offered the invocation. A roll call of the members of the The Stake M. I. A. was in charge of the last session of the conference confer-ence held at 7:30. Mrs. West Hammond Ham-mond conducted. A string trio from ' the B. Y. U. in Provo played the opening number and the invocation was offered by Benjamin Moffett. S. A. Stevens was the first speaker. He gave a brief outline of the summer sum-mer activity work of the M. I. A. and explained in a general way the M. I. A. work for the coming year, and emphasized the attractiveness of toe program. Mrs. Hammond spoke briefly concerning con-cerning the recent June conference and Reed Smoot was the last speaker. speak-er. He emphasized the importance of the right kind of home life and the influence a good mother has in toe home. He urged that the people peo-ple observe the word of wisdom. The closing number was played by the string trio and J. Stanley Peters various stake boards was made. President Young reported that some conditions in the stake were very encouraging but that the reports re-ports of the Priesthood showed many members inactive. He also felt that the sacrament meeting attendance at-tendance should be increased. He reported that several missionaries had returned home, namely, Reed C. Burgess, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Durrant, and John Brown, and that one missionary, Clifford E. Young Jr., was about to depart for a German Ger-man mission. Reed C. Burgess, recently returned re-turned from the Eastern States mission, spoke briefly. He stated that he was glad to be home and that he had enjoyed his mission. Leola G. Durrant, just returned from the Hawaiian mission, was , the next speaker. She remarked that she was pleased to be home again offered the benediction. Sunday morning at 8:30 a meeting meet-ing of the Bishoprics, Stake Presidency, Pres-idency, Relief Society officers of toe stake and ward all listened to a discussion of the Church Security program by Apostle Reed Smoot and S. A. Stevens. Reports from the various wards were made and the program as planned outlined by the authorities present. o and that she felt that she had received re-ceived many blessings while in the mission field. The choir sang, "I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go, Dear Lord." Stringham A. Stevens spoke of the widespread recognition of our Church Security program. He remarked re-marked that the eyes of the world are upon the members of the church in their working out of this plan. He admonished the people that they must not fail to put over the Security Secur-ity program. He explained in brief the set-up in the church for carrying carry-ing out the program through regional reg-ional and stake storehouses. He pointed out one incident of the pro- gram which took place last winter. Part of the surplus fruit in Utah county was canned at a church cannery can-nery last summer. These canned goods were shipped to parts of Canada Can-ada to people there who had been unable to secure fruit of any kind for the past several seasons. It is hoped through the Security plan that surpluses of one vicinity can be traded for commodities that are lacking. Apostle Reed Smoot stated he felt that one of the most glorious tilings in our church was the fact tnat mere was a, yiai-c child, and that as he grew in knowledge knowl-edge and wisdom there was an opportunity op-portunity for growth and progress and promotion. He emphasized the fact that there is a power that guides our destinies, and referred to his experiences when he first was elected to the U. S. Senate. The choir closed this session by singing, "Consider the Lilies." Clare Christensen Chris-tensen offered the benediction. At 2 p. m. the third session of conference convened and the choir sang, "Hail to the Brightness of Zion's Glad Morning." President Earl S. Greenwood was in charge of this session. John Brown, recently re-cently returned from the German and British mission, spoke briefly concerning his experiences in the mission field and the feeling of ap- preciation he had for the German people. Stewart Durrant, who has just returned from the Hawaiian mission, mis-sion, reported the organization of a new stake in Hawaii. He enjoyed his labors among those people very much but was glad to be home among the saints again. Clifford E. Young Jr., son of President and Mrs. Clifford E. Young, spoke concerning his call to labor in the German-Austrian mission field. He stated that he felt it was a great opportunity to be called on a mission and he hoped to represent the church in a creditable credit-able manner. The next speaker was Bishop Joseph Jo-seph H. Storrs, who has been bishop of the Second ward for the past 3G years. He remarked that he appreciated appre-ciated the returned missionaries and the inspiration which they bring home with them. He said that he had recently returned from a visit |
