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Show I limpanogos Stake Oiiariei ly $ Conference Largely Mfeiuled thanking the people for their splendid splen-did co-operation and' expressing his pleasure in the work of the Lord. Bishop Christiansen also spoke, and expressed his appreciation of the support of the people during the six years he wa.s bishop. He accepted accept-ed the new position most humbly and asked for everyone's support. Apostle Whitney was the next speaker. He related several of the incidences leading down to the giving giv-ing of the Book of Mormon to the Prophet, Joseph Smith. He tsated that the Prophet held t'lie same keys and powers as the prophets before him. Various statements state-ments from his talk consist of the following: "God will hold no man accountable for a gift he never had. We must obey the Lord's law if we attain to any of the kingdoms. Pie awards all men according to their works and the desires of their hearts. Nothing but God's priesthood priest-hood and revelations can guide us with the celestial kingdom of God." Closing remarks were made by President W. W. Warnick. Music for this session consisted of the stake choir under the direction of E. A. Beck singing "Lord Accept Our True Devotion," "Peace Troubled Trou-bled Soul," "Rest, Rest For The Weary," and "Rejoice The Lord Is King." Prayers were given by C. A. Gammett and W. E. Clark. o the v 'g0; ; The second quarterly conference of : tae Tinipangs Stake held Saturday lr evening and Sunday was one of the largest ever held. Apostle O. V. jitney of the Council of the " ": Twelve Apostles was present. ' The Saturday night session was for S?: ali officers of the stake, especially, al-; al-; tdough the general public was invited. in-vited. r : president Wilford W. Warnick was I in ;! in charge of the Sunday morning atej: session. In Us remarks he told how 13 fe the stake had improved in many ways since it was organized. He ' further talked on the church organi-ul organi-ul zation and stated: "All organizations 'Che! of the cnucrh should function proper- ly, but none of them are as important as the family organization. We can " safeguard and strengthen the family : ties through family prayer. Young married people should start their life right with prayer in their home." j He stressed. ' Patriarch S. L. Swenson said that )Te everything we do in this church is for our advancement, and is a blessing to us. "We will have joy and plea. ' sure in the preformance of these L duties, and if we remember our prayers we will have the proper ' spirit to do these things. Any one I that does his duty the best lie can, i will do good. We will always be U61t happy in the preformance of duty." President James H. Clarke of the i old Alpine Stake talked on "What ! we may do in the world that sjjjJ counts." . ; Apostle Whitney spoke of the (Wonderful organization of the Chur.ih 1 of Jeaus Christ of Latter-day Saints; 1 of the progressiveness which is going go-ing on, must go on, and due to progressiveness, pro-gressiveness, changes must come. He said that we should consider it a privilege to keep the commandments command-ments of the Lord, and we should never expect to receive thanks for so doing. He also stressed the value of music and prayer, and expressed his personal love for music. The musical number for this session consisted of the congre- gatlon singing "0 Ye Mountains High," a vocal trio by (Misses i Maurine and Helen Gammett and Gertrude Gourley, two vocal solos by Mrs. Peterson of Provo, accompanied ; by Mrs. Hinckley and a violin solo by Miss Ann Clayson of American i Fork. Prayers were given by James D. ; Thorne ani Bishop B. H. Adams, j There were 611 present at the afternoon session commencing at 2 , P- m., President Warnick was again ! in charge. All general and stake authorities ; Md officers were sustained as per . ll9t on file. Joseph Olpin was re-! re-! leased from the Stake Presidency, because of his moving to Heber, and Bishop M. S. Christiansen was sus- wmed to fill the vacancy. r- 01P'P gave a farewell talk, |