Show large crowds attend quarterly conference held here sunday ANTOINE R WINS IVINS OF FIRST COUNCIL OF SEVENTIES IS MAIN SPEAKER stake priesthood meetings and conventions held on saturday the value of complete and accurate reports was the theme of the priesthood convention held in the roosevelt stake chapel saturday afternoon preceding the regular quarterly conference held on sunday elder antoine IL ivins of salt lake city member of the first council of the seventies represented the church authorities and was the principal speaker at the priesthood convention and the two conference sessions after reports of the activities of the he and priesthood quorums were given by presidents of each organization tion and bishops of each ward B 0 colton who conducted the sessions spoke a few words worda on the reports given yen he said reports were very helpful and much needed in order to obtain results ray E dillman of the stake presidency said that reports aid individuals individual and groups in learning wherein they are failing and should be used as a means can s of 0 correcting weaknesses president wins ivins then spoke on the value of accurate reports and urged officers and members to profit by reports given and improve their outlines for the next meeting general session the first general session of conference was held sunday morning with nearly people in attendance the meeting was conducted by president colton and speakers were bertrand A child stake mission president he told of the progress being made in home missionary work and asked for the cooperation of all members in making the program a success in the stake A luke clegg discussed the subject effective ward teaching which subject was carried out in further discussion by willard day john E and J austin pack urged harmony in living and sincerity and faith rn in the teachings in s of the church ET eternal t anal progression president ivins who was the next speaker said that the mor mons as a church have something distinctive to teach the people of the world regarding god and man mans s miss mission ia n in life that they teach a doctrine of eternal progression gres sion and that through living the of the gospel man may attain in eternity the status of a god ile he gave a brief history of missionary work from the time of christ to the present and spoke of the recent movement to organize missionary work in the stake among the non church members speakers in the afternoon session were officers of the stake |