Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-04
RELIEF SOCIETY
IN CONFERENCE
President Bathsheba Smith Pre-
sides Over the Exercises in
Assembly Hall.
SHE MAKES A BRIEF ADDRESS.
veteran President of Women's Organ.
ization tsrects the Delegates---This
Afternoons Program in Detail.

The general conference Of The Relief
society convened IN the Assembly hall
this morning ut 10 O'clock. with a large
attendance. Priest Mathsheba w. Smith
presided over the exercises. and Mrs
H. B. Wells read The roll call.
Not all the stakes were represented
but those responding gave reports OF
the progress of the work In their To-
cstiI1es- which for the most part were
OF 9 favorable character.
Ihe meeting commenced with the
hyfnn, How firm foundation va
saints OF the Lord, and prayer by Mrs
u, E. Little, followed by the hyr1n
Where friendships voice is heard
PRESIDENT Bathshcba w. Smith made u
brief speech OF greeting, EXPIRE sslng her
pleasure la seeing so many present ana
saying that only the temple work was
deateI TO her than this of the Relter
WORK which She felt was an important
work OF God.
Mrs, Jaae $, Richards, president of
tHe Weoer stake, responded. and gave
some encouraging remarks. She WINS
reminded IN looking out at the large
aNusepce or the 1trst meeting she at
tenned IN Nauvoo. where In company
Win She president, Mrs. Smith she
Joined the Relief society only iusi orr
Gahlzecl, She said that only a handfur
ol members We're there and a tne1nor-
1plo incident was the presence of the
iH1lopIet Joseph Smith, whose last pub
llc address on earth was made to- ire
sisters there assembled. She said that
IN IMPRESSION was felt at that time
lIlat they would never hear him again
counselor Annie I, Hyde gave q most
interesting talk on the new building
which 1t Is proposed to build for tho
Keller societies. She said thar over,
NlA,tND has 1lrgldt-
me building and the time will not be
long before 1t is completed
STAKE REPORTS.
Then followed the stake renorts
which were most Interesting and fol-
lowed with close attention. Most of them
being represented by rhe stake pres-
dents.
Mrs, Ida sluoot Duseabery made an
address illustrating IN most striking
way how great work the society NAV
achIeNe, She said In looking out at tina
splendid audience she Thought what an
effort II meant To- come 20 this confer
enco- how far many had come and
what responsibility rested upon those
who were 10 take part In making these
meetings worth while. She told of her
own feelings OF humility In the face Of
deep responsibility.
She gave a story of butterfly with
an APT Illustration to life. She had
once tried % help a butterfly 0u; of It's
COCOON ana tn0lly after cutting some
threads Which she thought would free
H. She Matted in vain for it TO rly, II
was dead, and she realized that per-
haps II she had let it make its own
struggle its s"lf-exerted energy might
have preserved its life. Ii is so with
parents; they often want to remove
obstacles and trials from their chill
dren's paths when perhaps those
Things would strengthen them. Labor
suneslo sacrifice, these things all help
thanked her heavenly father that she
WAS lifted to do work that perhaps
would help others. In the sIndergar-
ten children are taught that labor is a
privilege the punishment for wrong
doing in the school Is To- Keep them
from the exercises. She rec1ed In
stances of the Importance of parental
care and surveillance, and of the no.