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Kimball was the main taker as the group met in i-r chapel of the Stake Center rJ then the women enjoyed a Bheon prepared by the 21 f-mual living leaders of the 4ise. 'HEY are: Mary Clark, I'ffle Wilson, Rhonda Page, lee Oakes, Mozelle iiimann, Barbara Oakes, Pearson, Nelda Mon- Karen Ballantyne. ;! Ellen Gillespie, Rita Mary Ann Stoddard, 4'iirbara Whelan, Gail Ben-M. Ben-M. Shauna Manning, Vjvl Aamodt, June P'nrd, JoLyn Howard, !;"nine Home, Margene I 'Wehart, and Rosemary '''-ion. THESE leaders have been a filming source of inspira- j i lo the women m their in-' in-' 'dual wards in encourag-'Stem encourag-'Stem to meet this reading ' l'nge. ,Jne leader, Mary Grant ''k. read through the book ' "'times during the year, ginning last October. "I W to know what I was g about in my efforts to "S( ihe women of the First "'rd to participate in this 'rational reading project. LJ1 i was the one who gained If most from it," she told slake spiritual living Alene Jones. ,'N THE Third Ward, a ,rP of older women met talked to her namesake while Mrs. Kim-bail's Kim-bail's long-time friend from Arizona, Mrs. Isadore Owens, 87, now a resident of Farmington, looked on with smiling approval. together regularly to read their Books of Mormon along with listening to recordings of the book. Their Relief Society president, Evelyn Erickson, assisted them in their efforts by providing their transportation transpor-tation and the tapes. In her inspirational talk, the Church president's wife told of some of the questions about the scriptures which she couldn't understand in her growing-up years. "I was helped by the quotation in the Dqctrine and Covenants, 8th Section, 118th verse which says, 'And if some have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom. Yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom. wis-dom. Seek learning even by study and also by faith'." SHE SAID she was thoroughly committed to the fact that the gospel of Jesus Christ embraces all truths. She told of how when she was in high school and heard of Ihe theory of evolution for the first time, she excitedly told her parents of this great discovery. dis-covery. "My gentle father said to me, 'Well daughter, you'll find as you grow older that the theories of man will never upset the truths of God' and this is being constantly proved to me," she said. THERE is a great blessing which comes when we obey any law of God and that blessing is peace of mind," she said and then she added. There's a passage in Ether 12:6 which has helped me greatly, 'I. Moroni would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for and not seen, wherefore dispute dis-pute not because ye see not. For ye receive no witness until un-til after the trial of your faith'." She told the women to cultivate cul-tivate faith. "Even if you can do no more than desire to have faith." Then she told how from the desire a true faith will grow "as the branches of a tree springs forth branches." 'THE only faith with real meaning is that which is founded in truth. Our faith cannot live on borrowed light. We each must know for ourselves. our-selves. Others may inspire us (as the spiritual living leaders did with this reading project) but build for ourselves our-selves through study. "The desire to know is the key. It is with this spirit that we must search," Mrs. Kimball Kim-ball said. THEN SHE said, "President Kimball and 1 have been re-reading the Book of Mormon for our Home Evening and I have been amazed at how much is to be gained from re-reading, from discussing and from pondering. It increases in value with each re-reading." The 83-year old woman said her favorite passages from the Book of Mormon have to do with faith in Alma 7: 23 and 24, and with enduring to the end as found in Second Nephi verse 30. She admonished those in attendance to never count on relaxing in their taith-but remain faithful to the end. "Never sit down and fold your hands and think you've got it made if you want to find the way to peace and happiness," she told them. AMONG the many friends ' and autograph-seekers who greeted Mrs. Kimball personally per-sonally after the luncheon, was her long-time friend and neighbor when they lived in Arizona several years ago. Mrs. Isadore Owens, 87, who is now a resident of Farmington Far-mington and an active member of the Farmington Seventh Ward. She also chatted with Mrs. Judy Buchanan of the Farmington Far-mington Seventh Ward, who is a daughter of Arthur Haycock, personal secretary of President Kimball. THEN, since Mrs. Kimball is an avid gardener, she was presented with one of the geraniums that had decorated the tables, by Barbara Whelan, Farmington Fifth Ward member, who had been on the decorating committee. As she left, Alene Jones told her, "We feel so blessed to have had you here with us." To which the Church President's wife replied, "I don't know when 1 have spoken to a group of women in ' a meeting where I have felt the spirit so strongly. There seems to be such a strong spirit of love among the women of this stake which 1 was so aware of today," she commented. |
