| Show t CORD ORD CR CROWDS 0 ATTEND A T TEND CONFERENCE CE OPENING G DA DAY YM MISSION PRESIDENTS ARE SPEAKERS IN AfTERNOON PRESIDENTS RESIDENTS of missions were the P tho thu conference which winch was opened president of Bear Benr Like stake The rhe cl ci 0 Say What That is True Truet and a vocal s 51 Attendance ance at th tho afternoon session w v Aten meeting practically every ever seat in iii il the C. C A. A president of at tho the southeastern south south- I r east eastern r states mission referred red to to prophecies of ot storm and flood tood and de describing do- do scribing conditions In fl Ohio and Tennessee Tennessee Ten Ten- he ha that that the these devastations toni were were- In fulfillment of prophecy tons of the tho events that would come como before the end of the tho world Mr Cals said In part Wo We o aro living my brethren and sisters sis ste SiB tors In this day when these theo dreadful prophecies are being fulfilled Tho The voice of ot the tho tempest the tho voice olce of the earthquake the voice of ot the thunder- thunder Ings arid and the Is tol followed owed by bythe bythe bythe the testimony ant of ot tho the elders ciders o of oC Israel We Ye do not sit It in jud Judgment rent upon our follow citizens citizen We Ya do not boast of ot great jud Judgments monts for tor the Lord has commanded corn com om- om us not to do that that but wo we do know that that the Lord declared that these things thing should precede His HIB glorious second second second sec sec- ond coming we 0 do know that He has said that It Is i our duty to warn tho the people to I preach th the tho gospel sospel to Co cry repentance unto this generation and to say gay with tho the prophets of ot old Repent wih for tor the tho kingdom of or heaven heaven Is Js at hand hund Scene Arc Are Why brethren and tho the scenes 1 now In Ohio and In the south ire are harrowing In the extreme In Tennessee Ten Ten- I are nes e a terrible tornado or cyclone went over part of that state tato and eighty eight lives were lost as a a. n result of ot the tho dc- dc of at that storm In Ohio In Louisville in Memphis tho the floods foods it seems are spreading and man many lives are aTe being lost and millions in property is being destroyed being I 1 1 say a unto you yon my brethren and nd sisters In the thc fac face of ot these warnings s In tho face taco of ot these terrible things how ho can We wo sit In Idleness A man that fears tears God I Is afraid to be Idle Thoman Tho The Thoman man that loves God will vIlt wl seek Mek to save savo his fellow creatures Now ow when tho world opposes us In what manner shall wo we retaliate Not In the kind of ot opposition opposition op op- op- op position they level a against u us but when the they oppose us wo we will wil preach tho the gospel gos gos- I pel of love 10 for our soWs souls go o out to the children of or men W Ye We win wilt preach the gospel of the tho Lord Jesus Christ unto them Wo We Yo will wll preach faith repentance and baptism by Immersion for tor tho ro- ro re remission mission of ot sins and the laying on of ot otI hands for tor the gift of oC tho the Holy Hoh Ghost After referring to the tho story of or Nicodemos Nicodemus Nico- Nico I demos demus the tho speaker said Now this 1 Is our dut duty I kno know the tho I 1 Latter Day Saints will wJ prove true Lter-Da Lter believe my brethren and sisters that beleve our mission and our destiny Is as high or higher than that of ot any other people th that t ever existed elsted on the face tace of the earth Why h In tho the south of at Georgia a short time ago a at at a Presbyterian Presbyterian Presbyterian Pres Pres- convention one on minister de declared do- do dared that the tho church that controls cared America will be bo the dominant factor In the evangelization c wil of or the tho world Well VeI If It he means means b by that that America willbe will willbe wJ be controlled by the church having the fullness of the gospel I then thon will wi agree with him him that that church will wi b be the dominating factor In the evangelization of ot the earth It I Is Ic good rood to behold that men in other churches churches' are arc beginning to realize that America has a a destiny an and that from this land was to go go- go gotho the tho fullness of the gospel and that from this land was to be fought the tho battle batte which would end in ina in-a a complete victory for Jesus JeUS Christ the eternal Son of ot God Outline Growth of Church Melvln J. J Ballard Balard president of oC tho the northwestern states mission delivered a IL stirring address in which he ho outlined d u tho the growth of ot tho the church In strength Influence and membership and mentioned mentioned mentioned men men- the requirements of membership In the church as factors in retarding retardinG the growth of ot Mormonism saying that that ho he believed that this this' slow alow growth was for tor a a divine purpose Mr Ballard Balard said In part I 1 believe bellevo that last year will show chow beleve the largest increase in the history of ot the church I do not know how it I has been In other sections but in our dietrict district district dis die showed the largest number of oC baptisms In an any year ear In the history of ot that mission whilo we had fewer elders elders elders eld eld- ers than heretofore Generally I be- be levo that the church Is growing In speakers at the afternoon session ol with prayer pryer by Joseph R. R Shepherd the tile Man am au amolo sang sang Praise to olo DIo 10 was given by Mi Miss s Tina at the tho opening as even great greater r than thon a vast ast auditorium being occupied f baptisms from year ear to year and anti that Is a a. gratifying thing wo have bavo ob obtained tamed such suon distinction that wo are no now rated grouping all al tho the large churche such as Methodist under one Presby terlan under one head head and so forth forth we wc are rated as the tho eighth large largest church are In the United States Slates That Is some somo distinction distinction and and and ye Y when I. I look at it from another point pain of view I wonder why this church do donot donot does when whon not grow faster than it within soul that it Is tm tru know my 80 1 leow that It Is Gods God's truth that it will wi the test of oC reason and of ot argument of ot scripture or any other kind lind of te tee that can can bo be applied to it I. I I marvel wh whY just as our fathers Lathers and grandfather did when the they wore were converted why th tb world orld did not receive recelo it gladly nn an Why hy hundreds of ot thousands do no noli tome omo where only perhaps perhaps thousand come now Tt Joseph I 13 E. Robinson president of at tin th California mission repeated a porto portio of ot the previous address and spoke 0 ol tho the many many new now cults culs and beliefs belets tb thai I were springing up on the tho Pacific CO coast I |
