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Show Gems Of Thought Time ls:Esbnce l ti -- these days about the "think- )) s eing jiistaster It .is interesting to see what thinking men really do have to say, ' not Just aboutcigaretsbut also onother topics. man---an- One of the most profound statements pertain- ing to "thinking menwhich has heen madein recent years is one made by the great scientist, Robert A. Millikan. In his booklet entitled A Scientist Con-- fesses His Faith, this great thlnker commented on the importance of believing in God. Said he, Materialism as commonly understood. Is an altogether absurd and irratiorihl philosophy, and Is so regarded by most THOUGHTFUL men. Every-on- e who is sufficiently in possession of .his faculties to recognize his own ability to comprehend the prob-leof existence, bows his head in the presence of God who is behind it all and whose attributes are partially revealed to us in it all. It pains me, as it did lord Kelvin, to hear crudely atheistic views expressed by men who have never known the deeper side of existence. And then he said this, speaking of "thinking ' m mgn. I think you will understand me when I say that I have never known a THINKING MAN who did not believe in God." ANOTHER THINKER, speaking of still another subject, had this to say, and it is significant indeed In this day of. shortening hours and increased leisure: I haVe never known a man who died from overwork. Dr. Charles Mayo. On the same generaTidea7 Pearl Buck said at one time: I dont wait for moods, you accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down about another topic on which "thinking people may well-giguidance :Keep thee away irom the- evil woman, from the. flattery of the tongue of a strange- d to work. ' . - Can a man take fire into his bosom and his clothes not be burned L- "Whoso committeth adultery lacketh understanding; he that doeth It destroyeth his own souL . the thinking man does not choose either a certain dgaret or a certain filter, or any clgaret at all. The thinking men dont smoke. One of them Dr. LeRoy E. Burney, surgeon gen- eral of the United States not only said that filters are ineffective, but he said the weight, of evidence to -date implicates smoking as the principal cause nations increased rate of lung cancer.! Dr. George W. Crane, one of the leading psychologists of the nation today, a great thinker in his own right, talks about "vaccinations against divorce. His recommendation Is this: , " carefully thought-ou- t 1 Dont choose your mate on your own thinking alone. Get some good advice. your marriage in throper way- ,Marry in your Church, with a church ceremony and not by a justice of the peace. 3 Make it a rule to pay your mate at least one compliment every day. 4 Be active in your Church TOGETHER. Too many church members are passive and Irregular in their attendance. Church activity makes happier marriages. 5 Take your wife .to a movie or a dance or a dinner or some kind of good entertainment jpnee a ON SMOKING, ing man his traditional scriptural three scores and ten, we may calcu- late that each of us might expect on an average of about 25,000 days. I think when we reduce our and-a- ur opportunltieshere to25,00ff days, we may think more seriously of some of the things to which we give our time. We can spend it doing one thing or. doing another, reading some Jhings or reading other things, with some people or with other people, and I earnestly hope that, we may give the life-spa- n artrout week. 6 X . Operate your home on a budget. WE CAN HARDLY afford to overlook the motive behind the thinking man complex in advertising. Actually we cannot separate our habits from our thoughts, for as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." . We must become thinking people. To do so we must obtain the facts, not propaganda, but truth, for as Shakespeare explained, The mind grows by what it feeds upon. 5. comes to mind, and thaffsthaf " time is the essence of all our It is the dimension inwhich ,we live. We cant speed It up, and we cantslow it down. We cant save it and we cant board it It is, in a sense, like manna from heaven. The Lord allots us a days supply at a time; and in the ordi- nary course of life, allow Lust not after her beauty in thine heart, neither And joining in the same theme, Ur. William Lever added, I would alter the motto If at first you dont succeed, try, try again, to read, If at first you dont succeed, try another method. Benjamin Franklin, certainly one of our best thinkers, had this to say on the subject of work: When men are employed, they are best contented, for on days they work they are good natured and cheerful, but on idle days they are mutinous and quarrelsome. Solomon, the wise sage of ancient times said this ... rHERE Is a physical fact that - i woman. . t x Excerpt! from an addreit by Elder Richard L. Eiant of the Conned of lb Tuelv at tb annual general conference tn tb Tabernacle April 1949. - ve J Of Opportunities When Thinking Men Choose V if Avlng i ings.' aVourS InA Another fact I should like to speak of in passing is that there is no assurance of superiority so far as I know, to any person or to any people, except, on the basis of a superior performance. I know of no assured blessings except on conditions of obedience, and hope we shant take undue pride in the mere possession of truth. Our pride should comer if indeed it should come at all, and our gratitude likewise, in the use of truth, and not merely in its ' possession. There is no more virtue in the mere possession of truth than there is in the mere possession of food. Neither will save a man unless he uses it, and uses is wisely, and 1 pray that we may, as a people, with the knowledge that we haver demonstrate that we know' what to do with it by living a superior way of life, individually and as a group. I . t fi I ... Pioneers Lend Influence Rich Coal Fields Of Carbon Co. Add Strength To Utah The silent walls of Castlegate suddenly echoed the pounding of many hooves as a band of Indians drove a herd of cattle and horses through the narrow passageway. With frequent backward glances to see if their pursuers 'continued eastward. , "were coming,' the Red-MePossibly a day or two later, a troop of militiamen from Sanpete and Sevier valleys galloped through the gate hoping to overtake the Indians and recover the stolen stock. But the wily natives were able to lose the troops in the - wilderness of eastern Utah. The Sanpete and Sevier boys were forced to return over the mountains to their homes empty handed. This Incident took place during the latter part of the 1860s when 'the Black Hawk War was ravaging the Utah settlements. Perhaps some of the ' volunteers who rode through Castle Valley noticed the outcroppings Of coal on the mountainsides. At any rate, the existence of these coal deposits soon became known. Difficulties of transportation over the mountains to the populated areas cOal until the prevented the extensive development of the Castle Valley railroad line reached there in 1882. However, some coal was hauled by team and wagon to Utah Valley as early as 1877. name to the Bishop William Price of Goshen, Utah County, gave his stream running through Castle Valley. In the summer of 1869, he made an exploring trip up American Fork Canyon then followed the White River tlowm the eastern slope of the Wasatch Mountains to the point where it converged with a stream running through PleasantVaHey. The larges stream thus formed he named the Price River. Bishop Price may have explored through Castlegate and as far east as the site of Wellington. route-oIn 1877, Caleb B. Rhodes and Abraham Powell followed theRhodes ffelt winter the and trapping. spent Castle Valley Bishop Price into that the valley showed promise as the location- of a settlement. Two years homes and farms along the to establish families several he later, brought . i Price River. the river and began digging They hollowed dugouts out of the banks above ditches to carry Water to the crops they intended to plant. The hazards of want to build cabins as dugout life were sufficient to make the settlers soon as possible. For a special occasion, Moriah Bryner made a rice pudding children stood watching 'from carefully hoarded ingredients.' As wide-eyeavalanche of dirt sudden a on the table, cool the delicious, steaming delicacy and twigs dropped from the ceding right Into the pudding. When the dust hole m the dugout cleared, they saw a cows hoof protruding through a ragged root The family had borne greater losses with less dippointment mines were With .the laying pf .railroad tracks through the valley in 1882, - developed, towns sprang came to find work.- - The pros and people many tip n perity of the mines and ranches of Carbon County also attracted undesirable who came to find an easy living From his hideout on the San Rafael River 60 miles southeast of the town of Price, the notorious Butch Cassidy preyed . on the ranchers and .miners. ...But. the --robbers were- - not as fortunate as the Indians of the Black Hawk War. For a sheriffs posse surprised them at their hideout killing or capturing the members of the gang. The rich coal fields of Carbon County have added imrqeasurable strength to Utah and the West The hardy pioneers who first went into the area were a great stabilizing influence In Its growth and ord erly d evelopmen t. -- -- d -- -- Week tndrnif 'Mcffctr"!?, I960 CHURCH-- 19 -- |