Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-01

NfANNlAf NuN NNAtA " AANH ANAA''
u there Il any conscience left. IN
,ioing that which God approves there
u no regret, hut joy and pcace and con
fldenoe-confidence In God and CON
iidence In ourselves.
Now, II IA that our young men may
he taken Out Of the ways that arc ovil
and be prepared for present USEFULNESS
and eternal glory that these associations
have been formed. May the light and
intelligence Of heaven rect upon the
ofllcers AMI all the members, and may
God guide AMI bless the exercises u
this cOnferenc,i
ELDER WILLARD YOuSG
read an essay on the subject Of ciluca.
ton, only very brief synopsis Of
which can here be- given. lie pointed
out that no educational system which
excludes religious training can satisfy
the requirements. The Gospel en'
braces all truth and should,
therefore, be diligently studied.
IL Il not less Necessary 10 seek for iniof'
nation upon every subject that tends
&S/ shten us, because everything we
Il y(FN u true, will assist Ia quail
iyil', "a for eternal glory. Every
faithful member Of the church aud nil
human beings should be pupils In this
great Institute of learning, the school
o. life. A. In worldly colleges the
scholars arc rewarded according TO
their diligence aud success, 20 In this
great institute'of learning.
In the Church we have mant organ.
izalions and Institutions, all lAbOrug
10 common eud, In their various
spheres and fields Of usefulness. No
matter where we may be assigned TO
labor, We should bo faithful, for even II
We cannot all become teachers, yet
we eau all say With President
Young, that We will do Nil the
good we can. On the young men and
women the responsibility rests TO carry
on the great work Of these latter days.
And upon the parents t-sts the duty
" forming the character Of their
children. The lecturer quoted coplous.
| ~ from the language u President
brigham Young In which he urged
particularly upon mothers 10 train the
/ children from infancy Ia correct
/ habits and thus act Rs true educators
a duty which dovolves upon them 10
n greater extent than even upon Tho
fathers.
The following subjects were, IN con.
| Clusion, recommended 10 tho attention
| II the Improvement associations In
connection with those already taken
up for study; The rcclniming of waste
lands by Irrigation, the construction "
dams, canals, etc, tho need " good
roads, political economy, home In.
/ dustrics, domestic sciences, the need
Of manual training Ia tho schools, aud
/ civil government,
A solo was finely rendered by Elder
Hcber :. Goddard.
SUIT. 0EO. W. nuAulALL
representing the associations Of Utah
stake gave a brief report. The mcm-
bcrahlp had not increased during the
year, but the home readings and class.
work had been tason up with most
satisfactory results. 10 was felt that
tho young men Of this stake were on
the line Of progress.
SUIT. JAS. n. WILCOX
Of Davis stake reported fair nl,cn.
dance NJ the meetings Of tho ntsocla.
lions but regretted that the class work
had not yet been taken hold Of ~
thoroughly n IN other stakes. a de.
slro for progress was manifested on
every hand.
SUIT. SAMUEL DAVIS
Of MalAd stake stated that there ara
ten associations In that stake OF Zion.
There had been some inactivity owing
to peculiar political conditions IN
Idaho, but these are now changing,
aud there il every prospect that the
work viii 80 on aud produce great re-
suits.
SUIT. CHARLES ifEYn1nSE.
u PaTowan Stake fald the
associations arc cndeavOrlng Ia
carry out the Instructions given,
but not with as great success n
would he desirable. Meetings are held
regularly every week aud Joint meet.
ings with the young ladies' every
month. There are l6I enrolled mem.
hers, with an average attendance VI -,
aud there are about 80 young mon moi
enrolled, Notwithstanding the efforts OF
the officers 60 do thelt best. The Stake
!. somewhat isolated and not NJ ire
quontly visited by the general sunerin
tendency as desirod. The future pros
poets are encouraging.
surERisTENDEsr MLTos II. HARDY
gayea brief account Of his labors Ia n,
Interest OF the Young Mems Mutua
Improvement associations. He hnt
had great pleasure and sailshc
ton In the special work In which he
had bcon engaged. lie had been re-
celvod with cordlallty everywhere
lie had visited twenty Stakes aud laid
the details OF the work of systematic
home reading before the officers NJ wei
IA beioro the general public, endravor
Ing 10 explain II In all It's bearings
IL IL a significant fact that th,
meetings OF the associations have
IN few places, dwlndlod down almos
10 mere children'S gatherings. Thii
we have cndeavorcd 10 remedy aud 4
IN apparent that wherever home read
ing and class work have been adopted
and carried out, golden results hay,
accrued.
PRESIDENT ANGUS N. CANNON
was gntihed TO meet with the repre-
sontAtiyeu " the associations aud 10
jolced In listening 10 reports made o
the progress Of the work. The indls
position Of 10 many young men 10 JOLT
these associations wAs 10 be regretted
The organization OF these association
the speaker looked upon IA one u TN
, greatest works he had witnessed in IA,
, Church. Joseph Smith had Otter
, spoken about the fields Of labor tina
= would be- opened up 10 the young n.ai
, Of Zion, when the nations OF the eaftl
, win hail them with Joy and max
1 use Of their talents. Well may we
; therefore, pJolce that we have beef
= reared In seclusi0n under the voice q
b apostles and prophets, and that we ar
numbered wlth the people u God.
The speaker referred 10 the first or
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