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Show Throngs Attend Stake Conference Sessions Here The large crowds that attended the Timpanogos stake quarterly conference, March 23 and 24, were enthusiastic in their praise of the services, which carried out in music and sermon, the Easter theme. The priesthood conference Saturday Satur-day evening was largely given over to instructions by President Rufus K,. Hardy of the Seven Presidents of Seventies, and to reports of quorum activities in the stake. At the Sunday morning session the opening prayer was offered by Horace Monson. Easter anthems were sung by the Vineyard ward choir. A male quartet under the direction of stake chorister Earl Beck sang "Jesus is Calling". The other singers were Elroy Murdock, Kirby Allen, Holland Harding, all of Vineyard. Standard quorum awards were presented by M. S. Christiansen, stake Aaronic priesthood priest-hood leader, to Deacons of the Manila Ma-nila and the Third wards. This being the third year such an award had been earned by Manila, two gold stars were added to the certificate. 'Eldredge Warnick, president of the quorum, made the speech of acceptance. accept-ance. Richard Swenson is the advisor ad-visor of this group. Robert Shoell made the speech of acceptance for his quorum. The advisor of this group was Harold Walker. The speakers at the morning service serv-ice were Harold M. Wright of the stake presidency; Jesse Monson, who recently returned from the Swiss-German Swiss-German mission; Julian Lowe, who will leave soon to fill a mission in the Western states; Mrs. Sam Hilton, Hil-ton, who was called by request of President Hardy from the audience to represent the mothers of missionaries; mission-aries; Robert L. Judd, vice president of the Church Welfare general committee, com-mittee, and Rufus K. Hardy, representing rep-resenting the general authorities. President Wright introduced the Easter theme, reviewing the sufferings suffer-ings of the Saviour. Elder Monson told of the disruption of the mission mis-sion where he labored, due to the drafting of the church workers into military service. Elder Lowe expressed ex-pressed a desire to have the spirit of the Holy Ghost to attend him during his mission. Mrs. Hilton, whose two sons are in the Japanese and Hawaiian Missions, told of her conviction that such experience is more valuable to boys than a college education. Robert Judd's message was to the effect that the world today to-day faces Calvary a Calvary of hate and chaos, from which America can escape the perils of dictatorship only on-ly by following the Divine ' plan. Latter-day Saints must cooperate in spreading that plan and in caring for themselves and others through the church welfare plan, he declared. declar-ed. President Hardy reviewed what the world knows of the resurrection of Jesus, and spoke of the later testimony test-imony the Mormon church has received re-ceived of Him through revelation. The closing prayer was offered by Bishop Thorit Hebertson of the Vineyard ward. At the afternoon session, William C. Smith and Elwood Baxter were appointed to succeed Richard Wad-ley Wad-ley and J. W. Gillman as members of the High Council. The latter were released at their request, because be-cause of enforced absence due to employment. Wesley J. Beck, Harold Armitstead and Theodore Martineau were released as presidency of the first quorum of Elders, and Owen Ash, Harold Armitstead, and Rulon Robbins were sustained in their places. All expressed a desire to fill their new positions in an acceptable manner. Charles Harper was sustained su-stained as president of the stake mission, with J. O. Meeks and Harold Har-old Johnson as presidents of the north ana south districts, and Lester Les-ter Stott as secretary. Elder Harper Harp-er told of some reasons given the missionaries to account for why some individuals cannot be induced to attend church. President Hardy addressed the meeting also. Music for the afternoon session was by the stake Singing Mothrrs under the direction of Mary Neves, stake loader. Obligate? accompani- ment was played by Ramona and Winona Monson. Ida May Rasmus-son Rasmus-son and J.averl Neves. The M. I. A. conference on Sun-clay Sun-clay evening lectured an address by J. Wiley Sessions of the B. Y. TJ. tei'.ir.g of what is actually knoxn of the life of the Saviour just before Kis death. A vocal solo by Irwin Jensen, accon-.pnr.ied by his daueh-ter daueh-ter Li ravin, and two vioiin solos by Lr-land Friday of American Fork, with Ch'.oe Prioay at the piano, corr.p'.e'ed the program. j |
