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Show l PAGE TWO THE VOICE OF SHARON. Site Holer of lmrmt Pray ex Published monthly by the rat is prayer ? Tor what should y)e priy? When do we pray? W 1. Cooperative Educational and Recreational Association of Sharon Stake L't ih Bo 252-lrovo R. 1'. D. No. 2 Ort-in- 2. -- 3. , We do not really, know how pray began. Since we have known anything about people, w'e have known DEE GLEN BROWN MYRL WENTZ HENRY D. TAYLOR that they praped prayed in the sen-- e that they a.skej whatever they thought Editor Associate Ed tor Business; Manager was God for certain help they needed We are told that earlv people w lye REPORTERS terrified at the roar of tJ'iiiiffTi, the Mrs. Eva Gillispie Edgemont flash of " lightning, the Struggle of Mrs. Ila Gadd...l. Pleasant View Mrs. Ruth N. Brown huge trees in the grip of mad .wind's, Grand View the coming of great floods, etc. They did not know how to explain such decided that it must be With the resumption of activities, which were partially sus- tilings, and a great God who sent them all. The pended during the summer season, comes renewed opportunities for service for church workers. Most of. the organizations will thunder was his 'rice the lightning resume activities this month, and, after tlifc summer's vacation, was the fire that leaped fro li his mouth, the winds were his rushing should be ready with new plans and filled with new enthusiasm. Our pople are now passing through the fourth year of the breath. God to lhrnt was 'a terrible worst economic depression known in the history of our country. monster who becani? sc angry with He killed them With The patience of the people is about exhaustedIn a number of his children that storms. a storm came to So, w'-fwards where the fruit crop is the chief source of income, there them their God in prayet Ihey,digiI 'will be very little revenue this year, due to the failure, or partial to make it stop r id so save their Yearly Su cription Price Application fur second class postage apple d for. ! 50c .. TO ALL CHURCH WORKERS . failure, of these crops. Altogether, the prospects for the coming lives. winter, season are not as cheerful front the economic standpoint have People worshipped many as we would .like to see them. This may be termed a pessimistic as being gods and have prajed things is no use deceiving ourselves. The situation is view, but there m just as mans different ways. acute.-anunless the people of the communities cooperate together to ilitn and and help each other to the limit of their ability, there is a possi- Even today we can goin to Arabia defifind people praying certain bility of much suffering ahead. Governmental agencies can not nite positions at certain definite hours, carry the whole burden. It is still true that God helps them who or we can go toTndia an f find them help themselves. bowing down hefore hideous statues During this trying period, all true workers in the Church of that represent their godsfor go to God should do their utmost to provide for the needs of the people, prayers are written on whether it be encouragement and recreation, or in gathering to- China, where wheels by priests anl turned prayer gether the necessities of life to be given to those who are in need. around by bumbler people, who ConThe Mutual Improvement Associations are organized to put sider the turning of the wheel the sayover a program to take care of the social and recreational needs. of their prayer. We could write ing The Priesthood organizations and the Relief Society, working to- books about prayer and met ods of gether, should go far in aiding to solve the prblems of temporal praying in the world, and some of tlje -- welfare. - - methods k God for wivked .thing. Tie) want something that is good, Or vvi!l them to a healthy state of hu su that the can do good. It is the "br-- t in tl.rr -- i ('ponding to the best in life True, sometimes people ask for elfih things that concern themselves lirrrtT, and then their prayers ,are harmful to them, for theyorly nuke people more selfish and narrow rather than better. Prayers ought to be ill effort on the part of the boy or viit to make themselves happy in the tilings which they have; an effort to see the berthings in life which are on the earns for us to see. In such a ca-our prayers would consist of a conversation with God about the responses to the good things 'Nve were making and thrilling to. Can you see Row it would have more than a conversation Vith God? An artist longs to see more delicate shades of color, more beautiful for such things, and when he sees them lie responds or thrills to them. The best in him responds to a part of the best in nature. A farmer who hives his .work, and as a result does it well as he can, plows a furrow as straight and deep and perfect as possible, and takes a good deal of satisfaction in looking back when he has come fo the end of the furrow and seeing that thing he has done. He put the best in him' into the making of that furrow, which furrovy became one of the best things e, e corn-looki- A in lrte therehywand so, in the making of that little d tch, the farmer prayed a praver. Prayer ought not to he begging pleas to God, They are ACTS and THOUGHTS and EFFORTS to see and feel and live in the best there is in life, and eon versions with God about it. Ye do not try to change God's will toward us we seek within ourselves to find the good that is for us in a particular circumstance and then live in that. It is a lovely 1 fiicture to 'see a person praying. like io see them do so in a proud but humble way, such as going to God on their knees it seems to me to be "What does doing God such honor. the putting of oneself in a formal position for prayer do to the one who . J prays? Let me tH 'ou a story. Nin Poo is a little Chinese girl who has suffered rnUMi in the few years of her life. First came the floods that took away home, pigs, chickens and everything the little family owned. When a new start was made, came,, and after that the came the war and the constant terror of death in any of the many forms in which he walked the streets of the, Chinese Ullage; bombs, gunfire, bayonets, diseas, starvation or what not. is pinched Though Tvin Poo's fai and wrinkled until she looks much oider than she is, sli- - is calm and She is an angel of even unafraid. kindness and good cheer, and love flows from her and to her in a m.ghty If you would ak surge of afection. her how she is able to remain so when' others are s o different, she would tell tTie heart of God,!.', you that she is in and by that sT.eTneans that no matter what the trouble, she allows only the best in bee to express itself to the best that canbe found in life around tier. Sorms cm not hurt hei. Neither can imt or fire or flood. And neither can rt.ey hut you if your life like hers is constant prajti. It is very nice to think of the good we should like to see happen in the world, of the sorrow we should like to lessen, of the comforts we should like the deserving to enjoy, the beauty we; should like to see around us, etc., and we might even talk to God about When people think such things. about such thinks very much and talk about them, too, they usually find a way to get them for themselves, which, you see, is the good and natural way to have their prayer answered. Then those very same people often forget that others may be needing and longing for those very same things and are not able to obtain them. A poor widow woman has a sick daughter who is sadly in need of a doctor's atten- tion, but the rich man who could to buy that attention for Rer is to hapy in his colie tion of beautiful pictures that he does not hear. tj,e i -- (Continued on Page Six.) BUY NOW AND SAVE! -- New Fall and Winter smile at make you might The Sunday schools, the Seminary and Frimary Associations, what, to you, seems their silliness, unwith Priesthood a the have is which together quorums, program til you remember that the most img aimed to develop the spiritual of. the communities. portant thing about prayer is o pray. Altogether, the rounded out program of the Church should in he way and to the god he a vital factor in the lives of the people, and should briqg much People pray and training their that intelligence cheer and real help during Vie days ahead,' no matter how dark tells them is the best. Prayer is a be. should they happen to sacred thing, and no matter how or In this emergency we plead for united efforts and a vigorous where you see it, you must consider prosecution of the programs which have been outlined for the it so, and give it the tespect and conARTHUR V. WATKINS sideration it deserves. g SAMUEL II. BLAKE, .We have changed a good design our ADELBERT BIGLER, attitude toward prayer since those first Stake Presidency. with God in their fear well-bein- people plead and trembling not to harm them'' with storms. Why do we not pray to Him By 1934 it is the ideal of the Stake authorities to have every as ttyy did then? With our increasfamily a member of the Educational and Recreational Association. ing knowledge of nature comes an inMembership in this association means that every family, for a small creasing knowledge of God and a bemonthly or yearly cost, will be entitled td all talking pictures, all lief in His kinunesj and ability to keep stake dances, musicals, road shows, lyceunjs, dramas, stake news- us safe in the w'orst of storms, or oth; er dangerous circumstances, if (ml) paper, etc. The need for cooperation along the lines of .education and we keep feeling close to Ilim in spirit. recreation has long been seen by the Presidency of our Stake and You all have Vur idea of wlia. is fast being realized in the formation of this splendid community prayer is. Let u; see if we can unis Sharon looked ideal as and a. pioneer in derstand this one: Ptayer is a converan enterprise. upon being t the field of new and cooperative enterprises. With the inception sation with God, in which the of this unique plan, the entire community membership will enjoy it in us trys to respond, to tre an educational and recreational advantage "almost unprecedented. bes of everything m life. Can you ima.pn.e a persc-ibcirIt is designed to bring us all closer together as a nonprofiting, n unselfish and harmoniously organized group 6f people. wicked wh'en he prays? He may become and wicked of before, details new the may association out. are' worked Complete being Watch the Voice of Sharon for important announcements. COOP- so again after, but, usually, when he ERATION is the keynote, of Sharon Stake. Let's all be ready to prays, it is the good in him that is Neither do people often Association ! speakihg. support the new Educational-Recreation- SHARON STAKE E. R. A. IS ARRIVING DAILY FROM OUR BUYER, MRS. LEO N. 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