The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-10
GROWTH IS THEME
Of CHURCH WORKERS
Conference of Mutual I'M
provement Associations
Closes.
DEVELOPMENT PHASES
Officers Are Sustained and
Reports of Work Accom-
plished Received.
DEVELOPMENT PHASES

The seventeenth annual conference OF
the Young Men : and Young Ladies'
Mutual Improvement associations Of the
Mormon church came TO a close with
Inst night IS meeting at the tabernacle.
Three meetings were held Yesterday, the
final dav, the first al 10 a. m and the
others at 2 and 7:3o p. NJ. Each OF
the meetings was held in the taber-
nacle, the immense auditorium being
crowded almost 10 capacity each time.
The morning meeting was conloint
meeting of the officers Of the aSso'
citations The programme was cspecln'.
" notable for The number Of excellent
musical selections, these being rem
iered by the Jordan stake choruses'
Miss Margaret Summerhays and Mel
vim Peterson. Miss Edna Evans ana
Mrs. Bessie Browning. Addresses were
made by Edward n, Anderson. ClarisSh
4. Beesley, Dr. George II. Brmhail'
Junius f Wells and David Smith o1
Teton stake.
Primary Meeting.
At the same hour meeting OF the
Primary association was held IN the
Bishops building. The music features
of the programme were solos ny MASTER
Joseph f. Smith and Mrs. Emma Ram
sey Morris, and congregational singing.
The afternoon meeting was one OF
the most largely attended OF the con
Thu "a hern ac1e choir was pres
cnt in full force and the meeting was
presided over by President Joseph r.
Smith, arsisted by Counselors G. w.
Pcnrose and Anthon II. Lund- The mu-
SIC features of the programme were
by the choir. and Miss Rose Smithen,
Carl Samuelson and Miss Nora Mac
Pherson Of Los Angeles, soloists,
The principal addresses of the after
noon wore made by Joseph +. Smith
and B. II. Roberts, President Roberts
spoke in place of 3. &. Hhncklcy, who
was (, have addressed the meeting on
I" Physical Development. He spoke In
an impromptu way on the subject as
signed TO Mr.. Hinckley, referring to
the sacredness of the human body and
The necessity for treating il as some
thing holy and 10 be preserved and de-
Vclopcd according. The keynote OF his
address was in his statement that Tho
BODY of man. no less than the spirit, s
TO become holy and immortal, and we
would urge the officers of the asso-
riation TO regard the work of physical
development as an essential part OF our
development and Just as important as
the spiritual and mortal. >
Lesson From History.
Mrs. Ruth Nav Fox. president of the
Young Ladies Mutual Improvement as
sociation, spoke on the subject of "In.
tellectual Development, and referred
to the work along this line being done
by the association. She dwelt on the
importance of such development along
rigt lines and cited as examples of
misdirected and correctly directed in
tellectual power, two great men Of his |
tory-Napoleon Bonaparte and Wash !
ington.
Edith Hunter of the Primary asso-
citation spoke on "Spiritual Develop |
ment" She said that spiritual train
ing should begin with the birth of the |
child. that during its earliest months
of life. should be surrounded by infu-
onces that tend to assist the spiritual |
development.
Tn his address President Joseph F.
Smith referred to many personal ex-
periences during the early days Of the
church and told Of the privations and
struggles of the pioneers in the journey
westward tic SaiG In part.
Evidence of Power.
ar had the honor. in childhood, Of
seeing ard knowing the prophet. Joseph
Smith, and recall manv incidents con
nected with his life. 7 remember see
ing him on the stand preaching the Cos
pei during n rainstorm, and while lie
talked the attention Of the Latter day
Saints assembled was so rapt that they
paid no heed to the rain. -
He told OF incidents connected with
lowing the departure os BRIGHAM Young
and the first hand Of pioneers, and
graphically. pictured the sufferings, of
those remaining behind. Later in bis
address ne spoke of his mission in
Hawaii
"The necessity Of continuing the
work of the association has been shown
IN this conference, and in that work
we should keep in mind the object of
the organization, be said in coueIu-
sion.
Evening Session. -
The principal address Of the evening
meeting Was made by Heber J. Grant
on the subject Of 'EThe Place OF the
Young Mems Mutual Improvement As.
socia tion in the Church - Ann Ncbe.
HeI sP"he vi ine heIdllon OF Inc 1T.-
mary Associations 10 the Mutual I'M
provement Association and Miss Mary
T.. Connolly addressed the meeting on
'The Place of the Young Ladies Mu.
tual Improvement Association in tho
Church The musical numbers on the
programme were given by the Ora mite
stake male chorus, under the direction
Of Mr.. Robinson. the primar,' children
Of the Ensiru stake. under the direc.
tion Of Nellie Perrosc Whitney. and
Professor j. !. Mcclellan in an organ
solo M Gran: spoke forccfullv and
cntertaiDinglv on his subject he said
that those who declared there wss no
place for the Youno Men IS Mutual Im.
nrovement association. had no sons Of
their own. "Mv bows said he, care
AL girls. and az far A. | am concerned
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