Show n ice HELD IN NEW tabernacle TABEH NACLE elder richards Richarf ls speaker at first religious gathering in new house according to an announcement made by president R D young at the closing session of the sevier stake conference hold saturday evening and sunday in the new stake tabernacle the attendance at the conference averaged nearly fifty per cent higher than the attendance in in previous conferences when inadequate seating room in the ward chapels has been the reason for many people of the stake absenting themselves from conference sessions session ss and still the building was not filled elder stephen L richards Eich ards of the council of the twelve who on his is visit to the stake about two years ago strongly urged the erection of the tabernacle and has given great encouragement to the stake in its undertaking was quite appropriately the first to deliver an address before a regular religious assembly in the new tabernacle at the saturday evening session he centered his remarks on the magnificence of tho the new structure and on the purpose of the building as a house of worship an outstanding feature of the conference was the splendid rendition of anthems by the stake choir numbering about fifty voices under direction of stake chorister J L terry with mrs anna C ellis stake or gani stat the organ president R D young presided at the ope opening u i n g session patriarch H S bell of glen glenwood wood offered the invocation elder richards address was followed by a baritone solo by kenneth L hood president young in reporting that president john christensen who is under the care of a specialist at cedar city was unable to be in attendance at the conference spoke of president Christen sens wholehearted devotion to the people of the sevier stake and expressed the general desire of everyone that the president will soon recover and be able to attend stake gatherings orson F christensen john W ross and dr E W poulson of the bi high 9 h council spoke briefly the benediction was pronounced by president A E yalmer palmer of the lethbridge canada stake the sunday morning session of the conference was devoted more especially to the children the speakers were president jas M peterson and elder stephen L richarb richards S R boswell offered the in invocation an and A J ni fillmore ll more the benediction congregational singing I 1 opened the sunday afternoon session bishop niels of glenwood offered the invocation the choir sang let the mountains shout for joy the quartet qu altet part of the an anthem them being re rendered by bv mrs L A poulson mrs otto L anderson J W ward and W L castleton at this session several new officers were wem sustained mrs ella ogden was released as president of the Y L M I 1 A and mrs marvel dewey with mrs S R boswell as first and mrs hanmer peterson as second counselor was sustained to fill the vacancy dr T it gledhill and judge N J bates were sustained as new members of the high council W L warnor warner was released as president of the stake YM ina M I 1 A the vacancy to be filled later bishop W A who has been serving as stake clerk since the resignation of W H robinson Ko binson was released as bishop of the second ward and officially sustained in his new officer office W L warner was vas sustained as bishop of the second ward C W powell jr and arendell IC hansen as counselors following the presentation of authorities ties H D christensen played a violin selection short talks were gidez given i by president young charles wilson and enoch R larsen of the high council 0 ci c 1 11 and by mr and ITS A c 11 antly returned from the british ils mission sion mrs otto L anderson and mrs L A poulson sang a duet and elder richards took the stand as the concluding speaker introducing his remarks with notes of his personal observations and inspirations spi rations derived from association with the masterpieces nature has wrought in the great out of doors thoughts beautifully poetic in conception cep tion elder richards brought forcefully before the people the ten commandments as fundaments funda ments of christian morality coincident with a discussion of the commandments he touched on character building and stated that he believed the people as a whole have no duty that is is paramount to the duty to teach the boys and girls the fundamentals of gods aids laws that the laws of god are designed for the happiness of man and that obedience is essential if men are to go forward concluding the session the choir sang an anthem and J F ogden pronounced the benediction at the M I 1 A conference sunday evening A J bird reported the results of the era subscription drive which resulted in a subscription list more than seven per cent above the quota of the stake mrs S R boswell spoke and A M maughan reviewed and lead the M I 1 A slogan musical numbers at the se session assion included a violin selection by J G I 1 hilgendorff a male quartet a vocal solo by miss i s mildred hansen and an organ solo lo 10 by mrs anna C El ellis elder richards gave an inspirational address hanmer peterson offered the invocation and niels pronounced the benediction the program was conducted by W L warner after the saturday evening session the stake community comm i ty activity c t avit y c committee staged a fri free c e aln dance e e a at t the ie anona |