Excerpt from The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 84: November 23, 1922Elder Widtsoe then stated that a child should be trained spiritually as well as intellectually. Education in itself does not insure one against a life of crime, he stated. Often that training only makes a man with a criminal mind more dangerous. The speaker said the child should be trained spiritually, and that the schools are not to blame for not giving this, for they are prohibited from doing in. A man trained only intellectually is but partly trained. Elder Widtsoe then proceeded to show why the Church schools should be patronized in training the young for honorable, upright lives. He closed by bearing his testimony to the power of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.Presiding Patriarch Hyrum G. Smith was the next speaker. He began by saying the Latter-day Saints are a record-keeping people. He then told how hard it formerly was for one to obtain all the records necessary, and showed the difficulties experienced by those who kept or sought such records in those days. He expressed his thanks to the Lord that methods and means have been devised by which these records may be kept and obtained much more easily than formerly. He expressed his thanks also for the improvements in transportation, which enabled one to travel more expeditiously than was possible a few years ago. He thanked God for the weather which enabled so many to attend the conference. Elder Smith called attention to the fact that all blessings are predicated upon law, that obedience to law is necessary if the blessings are to be obtained. The speaker urged those present to show their appreciation of the blessings which have been bestowed upon them, and prayed that all might be true and faithful in all things.Following Elder Smith's discourse the solo Eye hath not seen was sung by Mrs. Pearl Kimball Davis.Elder Melvin J. Ballard was the next speaker. He said he was extremely grateful that his life had been ordained among the Latter-day Saints. He declared there has been no time in the history of the world when he had rather been on the earth than at present. He said he recognized the tremendous responsibility which rests upon the Latter-day Saints and the end which is destined for them. The only way by which the world may be saved is through the plan of salvation as given by God the Eternal Father. The Latter-day Saints are not a freakish nor a fanatic people, Elder Ballard declared, unless observing the Word of Wisdom is freakish and being different from the rest of the world is being fanatic. If that is so, the speaker said, he was glad that they are fanatic and freakish. It is necessary that this people should be materially strong for the accomplishment of the Lord's purposes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.