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Show the use of stimulants( tobacco or tea or coffee. Fourth, Joseph Smith's conception of the marriage relation. He gave to the world the thought that "marriage should not he alone for this life, but for time and eternity. This principle is the basis of our hopes for exaltation. exal-tation. Fifth, the restoration of the eternal eter-nal priesthood the power of God to administer in the ordinances of the gospel. Elder Richards closed with a powerful pow-erful testimony of the truthfulness of the faith he had espoused. He stated that his grandfather had been the private secretary of Joseph Smith was with him when the prophet was martyred and declared that his grandfather's testimony was true. . EATNESSl : OSEPll SMITH FORMS THEME ihen L. Richards Pays ibute to Church Leader - At "Y" Assembly. r 3er Steplyn L. Richards, of the cil of Twelve Apostles of tl? er-dny Sajiits, addressed the mts of Brighnm Xoung univer-on univer-on Wednesday morning, taking lis them- the greatness of Jo-Smith. Jo-Smith. The test of the grent- !of any man, according to Elder lrds, is to be found in the value e contributions he has made to :llowman. From this standard, nded the speaker, Joseph Smith is a very great man. Elder Richards cited five contributions to mankind made by Joseph Smith. They are as follows : First. Joseph Smith gave his generation' gen-eration' a new conception of Gad. In his simple way Joseph Smith solved the problem. He tells us that he saw God personal!' and received a message from him. His conception concep-tion of od the Father, lay at the basis of all the following revelation. revela-tion. Second, reevelation. Joseph Smith declares that he received a revelation revela-tion from God at'a time when the belief be-lief was pi;-;valent that God did no longer speak to the people on earth. This remarkable contribution revolutionized the religious thought of the world. Third, the law of health, commonly common-ly called the Word of Wisdom. Intemperance In-temperance was at the time not considered con-sidered a religious sin, No organized organ-ized effort had been made to retard |
