The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-06-13

| OpmeDi ~ 1IDpOTldut. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
place to say that you cannot have a
really sound mind without. IN sound
body. That's what we are working
| for In our play. We ape not playing
without a purpose"
Parents Should Take Broad View
President Roberts urged parents to
take a broad view Of life and not 70
deny their children bealthfu6 exercise
and recreation which they IN their
harder youth we're denied or thought
unnecessary because of their work.
He urged them to give their ehhasen
the betterment OF health and race,
that Zion may keep her place in the
civilized world and lead in presenting
this truth: That the body of man is
as sacred as the spirit"
Intellect Is God-Given.
Mrs. Ruth May Fox OF the Young
Ladies' Mutual Improvement associa-
ton in her address said that mans in.
teIiect is God-given; through proper
training a person can reach the high
est attainments, or through indiscre.
ton sink low.
I'VE must have wisdom and under
standing" she said.
A college education she regards as
helpful, but not all-important. Indi.
vidual effort counts most Of all in life,
she said.
1T is not altogether what a man
knows, but what he does"
Miss Edith Hunter OF the Primary
association spoke on intellectual i'm.
provement. She said that children
born in the twentieth century are not
always given the proper religious at.
mosphere and urged upon parents to
attend early their training. She spoke
also of her work in teaching the young
declaring that proper religious fervor
and divine guidance all are necessary.
Preceding his Endorsement of the
work Of the Mutual Improvement as
sociations and illusions to the anony-
nous slur against the children OF the
church, PRESIDENT Joseph F. Smith
recalled some experiences OF his
youth He told how. as a mere child
he had the privilege Of seeing and
knowing the Prophet Joseph Smith.
He gave impressions Of the prophet
as he preached the restored gospel;
as he rode at the head OF the Nauvoo
legion, OF how the prophet sturdily de-
parted to what was to be his death
at the hands of lawless mob. Presi-
dent Smith told of the mob's attack
on Nauvoo, of the start across the
territory of Iowa, of the pioneer COM
pany of Saints who settled in Utah;
of the later expedition of which his
widowed mother, he and other mem.
bers of his family were members.
Divine Guidance Through Prayer.
President Smith referred here TO
the divine guidance gained through
prayer. Their oxen had been stolen
and he and his uncle Joseph Fielding,
searched in vain for the cattle. They
returned to camp to find Mrs. Smith,
mother of Joseph F. Smith, in prayer.
Then she declared she would find the
oxen, and she did in the obscure gully
where the thieves had hidden them.
For the opening anthem the choir
sang Judge Me, oh God" Miss Rose
f. Smithen and Carl Samuelson sang
duet, with the accompaniment OF the
choir and the organ. The number
was Christ Is Risen" Miss Nora
Mcpherson, visitor from Los Ange-
les, sang a soprano solo, The Shep-
herd Who Leads the Flock"
The prayer was offered by Presi
dent c. w. Penrose.
In the course of the services Apos
| tie Heber ]. Grant made the presenta
! ton of officers OF the Mutual Improve
ment and Primary associations, which
were concurred in by the congrega
ton, The following were given hon
orable releases from duties as offic
ers of the NJ. I. A.. together with
blessing for their invaluable service
in the past:
Rodney c. Badger, Douglas NJ. Todd
Nephi l.. Morris, F. Y. Taylor, Rec
Smoot, Moses w. Taylor and o. {
Beebe.