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Show The Savior spent his whole life giving and doing for others. So let us remember the greatest commandment of all: To love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, mind and might. And to love thy neighbor as thyself. For love is the greatest influence in the human life. . . f" That night, Eva Rich wrote in her journal, "The primaries of the stake presented ourdaddywith one ofthe paperweights that is [sic] purchased to help the Children's Hospital. He surely was thrilled with it."50 Conference and Auxiliary Meetings At stake conference in February 1951, President Raymond Larson addressed the concerns of many ofthe Saints as soldiers from Morgan were again being called to fight in a war. "This country of ours has been set up as a place of security for those who live the commandments of God. Let us face the future without fear, for if we live as we should, we have no need of fear."51 Elder Antoine R. Ivins was the visiting authority and he asked that a special meeting for the thirty-fifth quorum ofthe seventies be called. At this meeting, he taught the gospel, gave instruction, explained the rights ofthe presidencies ofthe quorum and encouraged all seventies to be active and full tithe payers.52 On 1 March 1951, the stake presidency called a meeting for all elders who had been ordained in the past two years. President Rich explained that the meeting was to help the young elders become better acquainted, to learn more of their responsibilities, and to receive encouragement in priesthood assignments. Each member of the stake presidency gave instructions and encouragement, after which the meeting was opened for questions.53 The minutes of all the monthly stake presidency and auxiliary meetings reflect the leaders' concern for the members ofthe stake. The love they had for the Saints was evident in their conversations and their actions. The Saints in Morgan experienced a loss when President George Albert Smith passed away on 4 April 1951, on his birthday. On 9 April, David O. McKay was ordained President of the Church.54 The Morgan Stake Sunday School board sponsored a convention for all stake Sunday School workers on 15 April. The main focus ofthe convention was to improve the standards of teaching. Two sessions were held and the featured speakers came from the Sunday School General Board. Between sessions, the ladies of the stake Sunday School board served dinner at the Daughters of Utah Pioneers building.55 In like manner, the Morgan Stake Relief Society hosted two Ogden stakes at the annual Relief Society convention on 24 August. The morning was devoted to instructions from the stake board and general board leaders. The afternoon was turned over to stake and ward officers. Over two hundred Relief Society members attended.56 At the May and September conferences, the Saints were encouraged to provide for themselves a two year supply of food and clothing, and to pay their fast offerings and budget.57In November, the ward and stake leaders 176 |