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Show Record Breaking Crowd Attends Stake Conference Last Sunday A record-breaking: crowd of 1,311 ntended the first general session ses-sion of the Timponogos Stake Quarterly Conference Sunday morning, mor-ning, March 21 at the Stake House. The session opened at 10 a.m. with Elder Joseph Wirthlin presiding bishop of the church, presiding, pre-siding, and Stake President Boyd L. Fugal conducting. Prelude organ music was played by stake organist Rosalie Richards. Rich-ards. Opening song "The Spirit of God Like a Fire is Binning" was directed by Chorister Irwin Jensen Jen-sen with Hal Haycock at the piano and Rosalie Richards at the organ. Invocation was offered by Terry Ter-ry Holman. Special music was furnished fur-nished by the Pleasant Grove High School chorus, directed by Leslie Rees and accompanied by Beverly Farr. They sang "Come, Come, Ye Saints." Releases were granted to John Fugal, stake secretary; Tyler Rogers, Rog-ers, president of Fourth Quorum of Elders; Paul Christofferson, of the MIA Board; and Raymond Bastian, Stake Genealogy Committee. Commit-tee. They were replaced by How- ard Nelson, Walter Reiske, Thomas Thom-as Fenton and Keith Warnick, respectively. re-spectively. Recommended for advancement ad-vancement in the priesthood was Evan Earl Walker, David West and Ronald Walker. First speaker was President Fugal, Fu-gal, who chose to talk on the teachings tea-chings of the Master, and chose as his theme "Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God. He was followed by Arvin O. Clark of the General Church Welfare, who told of the blessing's from fasting and prayer. This conference featured the young people, tallcs being made by a deacon, Richard Cromar, who told of Jesus at the age of 12; a teacher, Evan Mattinson, "A Boy of 12 Receives a Vision," and Jerry Jer-ry Olpin, a priest, told of John the Baptist. They were followed by Verl Pulley, Pul-ley, who bore testimony; Georgia Lee Bullock, representing the girls of the group, using as her theme "Joy a Womans Love and Devotion" Devo-tion" and Carl Wamick, recently returned from the Swedish Mission Mis-sion field, who bore testimony of the Gospel and the joy and satisfaction satis-faction of missionary work. Elder Wirthlin, the concluding speaker, told of the responsibility of the priesthood and training for leadership stressing the words of Paul, "I am not ashamed of .the Gospel of Jesus Christ." The high school chorus sang the "Lord's Prayer" and Paul Allen pronounced the benediction. At the 2:30 p.m. session, President Presi-dent Fugal again conducted, Opening Open-ing song "O Ye Mountains High," was directed by Irwin Jensen and opening prayer was given -by David Dav-id Erickson. Special music was given by the Third War Choir, directed by Carl Ringger, Janiel Fugal at the organ or-gan and Lois Fugal at the piano. They sang "Song of the Redeemed." Redeem-ed." First speaker was President El-wood El-wood Allen, who spoke on courage in church service and in our own daily lives. He was followed by President Ertmann Christensen, who also bore testimony and expressed many worthwhile thoughts of living liv-ing true to one's convictions. Ethel Allen of the Second ward Relief Society presidency, put over fine thoughts on "True Happiness Comes through serving God." Ray Alton told of his conversion to the churoh and of the stumbling blocks he encountered. Other speakers were George Jacklin, recently re-cently returned from the British Mission Field, Stephen L. Wamick, of the high council, who told of his special assignment with the ward teachers; Bishop Keith Miller Mil-ler of the Second Ward; Elder Arvin Ar-vin Clark, and Elder Wirthlin, who stressed this thought, "Joseph Smith is the greatest man since Jesus Christ," and admonished Latter-day Saints to accept him as such and live by his teachings. The Third Ward Choir sang the closing number and Gary Prior pronounced the benediction. |