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Show Conference Speakers Stress Aaronic Priesthood's Place In L. D. S. Church Plan the congregation, lea Dy state cnor-ister cnor-ister Earl Beck, singing, "Utah We Love Thee". The invocation was offered by Lawrence Atwood, president presi-dent of the high priests' quorum. The Windsor ward choir, directed by Vern Marrott, with Norma Hales at the organ and Margaret Stark at the piano, sang, "In Our Redeemer's Name", "The Morning Breaks", and "Rouse O Ye Mortals". Dean Cobbley, a returned missionary, mission-ary, told of his labors in the North Central States, and remarked that the world expects more of the Lat-, Lat-, ter-day Saints than they are giving, and needs the message as never before. be-fore. Bernard Walker of Windsor, who because of illness had to return home after six months work in the Mexican mission, expressed the desire de-sire to return to his labors, and tola of his testimony. William West and Merrill Max- Quarterly conference of the Timpanogos Timp-anogos stake held June 15 and 16 in the stake tabernacle under the direction direc-tion of President W. W. Warnick, was very successful, although the attendance at the Sunday afternoon session was not as large as normal due to the extremely hot weather. At the Saturday evening session, John D. Giles representing the presiding pre-siding bishopric of the church, was the principal speaker. He emphasized emphasiz-ed the importance and benefits of the Aaronic priesthood work. Harold S. Walker gave a report of stake objectives and the fulfillment of those objectives in the activities of the quorums of the wards. The priesthood quartet, directed by James Simmons, including Warren War-ren Johnson, Howard Lowe, Milton Johnson, and Willis'Day, sang several sev-eral numbers. field, who will leave soon for missions mis-sions expressed their appreciation for the privilege of becoming missionaries. mis-sionaries. Florence Oscarson recently returned return-ed from the Swedish and North Central Cen-tral states missions told of the wisdom wis-dom of the church leaders, who years ago foresaw the troubles of today to-day and insisted on local brethren assuming responsibilities of the various var-ious branches. Now they have had that training and can carry on without the missionaries. Vern Marrott of Windsor told a story of a flashlight which tried to be popular, and in copying the things around .him, failed to make the best use of his own light. Lynn Cullimore of the East Cen- The meeting was opened by Austin Dittmore of the Lindon ward, and dismissed by Kenneth Wright of the Second ward. At the session which convened at 10 a. m. Sunday, the Aaronic priesthood priest-hood theme was continued. The following fol-lowing program was presented: Invocation, George Macmillan, a priest of the Second ward; "Jesus Lover of My Soul", sung by the Manila Ma-nila mixed chorus, directed by Dean Atwood, with Mrs. Cora Atwood as accompanist; presentation of the stake and general authorities by Millen D. Radmall, stake clerk; Le-Grande Le-Grande ' Jarman, Joseph Day and Don Mack Dalton were released from the presidency of the stake Y. M. M. I. A. In their place, Joseph Day tral mission told oi tne greatest value of the missionary work the conversion of the missionary himself. him-self. He said, "The indifference of today is harder to combat than the opposition of early days." The new members of the Windsor bishopric, Clinton Smith, remarked that already his training in his calling call-ing had begun the opportunity to overcome his native timidity in speaking in public. The congregation sang "God Bless America". Harold M. Wright of the stake presidency, spoke of how his testimony testi-mony of the truthfulness of the gospel had been strengthened by his ministrations to the sick during his work as bishop of the Third ward. and George Paul were sustained. Representing the teachers' and priests' quorums of the stake, Stanley Stan-ley Walker, teacher of the Third ward, and Byron Carter, priest of Manila, gave talks on the duties of their groups. M. S. Christiansen of the stake presidency explained the objectives and operation of the church extension exten-sion plan, which aims to have all Aaronic priesthood quorums qualify for the standard quorum award. He complimented the four priests of Windsor ward who acted as ushers at the conference. He recommended recommend-ed an extensive and continuous drive such as was carried on in January to insure the success of the plan. William C. Smith of the high council and the stake seminary, told a story which illustrated how effective effec-tive the visits of boys as ward teachers teach-ers can be made. President Warnick listed three things to remember and put into practice : prayer, fasting, and meeting meet-ing and partaking, of the sacrament. In his closing remarks, John D. Giles warned the congregation that The Manila Relief Society ladies' chorus, under the direction of Mrs. Jeanette Warnick, accompanied by Mrs. Cora Atwood, sang "Zion Prospers". The missionary work of the adult Aaronic priesthood was reported by the leader, S. A. Kirk. He said that he believed the 144 adult members of the Aaronic priesthood in the stake should receive as much atten- these are the "Last Days" spoken of in prophecy when Saints will flock to Utah by the thousands. The priesthood of the church must be prepared to give leadership to the throngs, and is doing so through training the boys in the Aaronic priesthood, he said. The benediction was given by Le-Grande Le-Grande Jarman. The program presented by the stake M. I. A. in the closing session featured the following numbers: congregational singing, "True to the Faith", led by Reva Fugal, invocation invoca-tion by John Fugal ; two numbers by the American Fork Second ward string ensemble, directed by Betha Storrs and including Leland Priday, Betha Storrs, Maxine Taylor, Vivian Green, and Miriam Young. Dr. Arthur Gaeth of the B. Y. U. gave an address in which he illustrated illus-trated how nations as well as individuals indi-viduals have different ideas of government, gov-ernment, religion, and ethics. A democratic government exists for protection and good of the people, while in a dictatorship the ambitions and aims of the state comes before that of the individual. He also illustrated il-lustrated how differences in religious religi-ous ideas affect conduct. Another number from the string trio, was followed by a vocal trio "Prayer Perfect", sung by Betha Storrs, Dezzie Wilde and Doris Rox-inson. Rox-inson. The benediction was pronounced by Lynn Cullimore. tion from missionaries and bishops as do the people of the world. Arvel Wadley of the Manila ward, who returned from the North Central states mission since the April conference, told of the significance signific-ance of the priesthood. Campbell Brown of the general committee on church welfare, told of the purpose for which the welfare plan was organized to teach cooperation coop-eration and weed out selfishness among members of the church, as well as provide help for the needy. "Timpanogos stake has not yet reached its $1 per capita minimum quota," he said. "Latter-day Saints should ask themselves whether they have progressed in life's school, or whether they are still in kindergarten, kindergar-ten, having done nothing to merit growth or promotion". Mrs. Marie Brown of Manila sang "Stranger of Galilee". Mrs. Mary Neves played the piano accompaniment. accompani-ment. The last speaker, John D. Giles, representing the presiding bishopric, commented on the fact that until now many people connected with the church welfore plan did not see the necessity of such a plan, but in view of the happenings in Europe this past month, the full significance and importance of the movement has been made clear, inasmuch as Saints from all over Europe will want to come to Zion and must be fed and clothed. In stressing the value of priesthood priest-hood activities. Mr. Giles told of a tactful bishop who interested an indifferent in-different boy in the priesthood, and was paid by seeing that boy, Charles A. CaHis, grow to fine manhood and become an apostle in the church. The closing number was by the Manila mixed chorus, "Hear Our Prayer". The benediction was pronounced by a priest from Windsor ward, Leland Le-land Baxter. 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