| Show county seat news nr aws duchesne stake quarterly conference well attended the Due duehesne besne stake conference which convened at duchesne saturday and Sunday march 20 and 21 was well attended both days george albert smith one of oc the twelve apostles was the main speaker throughout the conference there were over I 1 in attendance saturday and sunday the thirteen wards of duchesne stake had ha d a representation represent atio n of eleven bishops present the first speaker at the saturday morning session was president G V billings whose subject was war obedience to 10 authority ills talk was greatly appreciated randolph Jei jehsen isen president of 0 the Y M ATI A spoke on why I 1 am a latter day saint ills talk was well enjoyed by those present remarks were then made by apostle smith ills his subject was gratitude ile he explained the difference between the gentile and L D S conception of gratitude ile he very beautifully portrayed the lives of some of our leaders such as the late president anthon IT II I 1 lund how through faith and appreciation of their blessings they became great pillars lu in the church and community in ill which they lived the afternoon session commenced with president iia B cannon as the opening speaker uis ills subject was faith and lie he showed how it could be cultivated other speakers of the afternoon were mrs evelyn C Al moffitt offitt stake president of the relief society bishop F earl case of the mt alt emmons ward levison hancock of the high council john T rowley of mountain home lately returned visionary ary also darel dare E evans returned missionary who all bore strong testimonies mrs airs davis mother or of mrs alta F P cloward was also called upon by president ident bennion to say a few words mrs davis is one of the very few who is still living that saw and talked with the prophet joseph smith she was born in 1840 and was a pioneer of 1848 she lived As ns a near neighbor of joseph smith and was well acquainted with him and his folks she bdie a strong testimony as to the life of the prophet and the truth of the gospel mr air smith then spoke on joseph smiths first prayer ile he said also that there were two powers trying to get iule in the world the sunday morning services commenced at 10 the opening speakers were S 0 of the high council bishop A G button of talmage and bishop J I 1 AL Alic kelson bt duchesne they all strongly bore their testimonies supt bupt of schools W A paxton was called to the stand lie ile very clearly portrayed how religion is back of all of our civilization and improvements in subduing this great american empire margaret argaret INI pace president of the Y L M I 1 A and joseph rhoades bore their testimonies apostle smith then spoke on our opportunities to teach and pray he belated an n incident of two boys in a hospital coshow the difference that teaching had at the afternoon session prebi president owen bennion after calling vote on the officers ceis counseled all to use judgement jud gement as to how they spent their incomes his theme was not to spend money before making it which lie he stated sonic some were doing lie ile admonished the people to look to the future that they might have funds funda at hand tor for the rearing of 0 and schooling of their families mary S cannon president of the primary association wa athe next speaker her theme being how happiness comes through service to others music rendered at the afternoon deslon was vas a trio very beautifully rendered by J A fortie bortle mrs airs J A bortle and miss aliss fern A duet was also sung by ira S cannon and boswell mr air smith gave the closing remarks ile he gave some very interesting figures on oil what the people of 0 this country were spending for following up president Ber Benn inions lons talk as the material welfare of the people lie he stated that was spent in ili this country in the year 1923 tor for jewelry annually tor for cosmetics for candy tor for theatres theartres the atres for foe cocoa tor for tea for coffee for tobacco and that utah alone sp spent ent last year tor for automobiles gas and supplies mr smith then explained tile the opportunities this people have and how they should use them |
