| Show RELIEF Ell f SOCIETY SOCI TY ANNUAl REtTING President Bathsheba W Addresses Associate Workers In All the World Al RECALLS EARL SCENES Sisters el to o tin Iho tinCo Co Ml Work oik of tf Il I III hll List to the so rolling roiling roling chime Hark tie ts the busy bUHY knell knel of ot Time Tho The year ar has hiI gone on And horn borne hore along alln tho tue hop hOlf Iop ald fears f ln The Th smiles and Ind tears lear of ot multitudes un unI unknown I known to song Hong E n Il Snow Tho rho closing clo year el of at 1905 which illich Is tho thc hundredth birthday of ot the Prophet stirs my mity 1 mind with a 1 multitude of ot thoughts j In fancy I go g back to my childhood I and youth In Ill II Virginia Elders conic coma crying and be baptized for the kingdom of or heaven la Is nt nt hand and ns Ha 11 of ot yore ore I 1 am stirred with the tho glad giai glai t tidings of o the restoration of ot tho the Gospel I of Christ ehr t once I gather with wih the tho I Saints in Missouri and 1111 hear henr the horrid yells 13 of ot thu the as a Joseph und Hyrum arc are captured by b them th l I 1 see sea sel seethe the wounded und dying I nm am driven train from Missouri but meet with stith Joy at nt Quincy Quine ls In Iii II a 1 conference of ot the Church Joseph Joeph and Ili Hyrum and Ind the tho Apostles who are aro there called to labor In Europe I The Tho Prophet I 1 recall recal and anut his won wondrous wondrous drous spiritual power Intel lov by loving lo loIn lug ing In kindness and great cal goodness of ot otI I Ills sermons sayings the Iho or organization henrt ls of ot our own Relief society In 2112 1St Ills His HM revelations revelation yr r martyrdom and the grief grid of ot the Saints thereat There Is II little left let save our homes and Ild families s In this world but bul I them thu Gospel becomes even een more ore to me ine le lenow now nets follows the tho burning of ot our out homes and the forced forcell exodus from Nauvoo In Inthe InI intile I the tile dead of ot winter The elements clements rage rago ra o dell upon Mild and about us u hut but MO we 10 are able to In lOin tho endure endur to rest resl at last though shadow of ot death as It were for tor heN lS loved lovell we part with u a 1 multitude of at our ones Hut rising from our weakness iut of ot the In obedience ob lence to the servants Most High we proceed crossing track fording swollen streams hess le plains 8 venting scaling rugged rugg d t mountain heights and descending Into The Valley to hind find Ind rest tram from from persecution and comfort com tort In inthe the tho desert de ert All Abl the events elut of those thoe years lr unite 1 today revealing to me In the tle evening eve ee evening Ille ning of ton life the overshadowing Importance lance tance of ot the plan of or salvation alton A com corn comforting forting message o from the Giver Olver of ot nIl all allgood al seems to give Rive me this sweet ns as 0 good leem that nought that was 11 differed accomplished no that nought r how dear Mar the WAi price was wal without avail yea rea our wounds were scarred arrel aall wisdom gave birth to over oler with Ilin II and our martyred Saints rose r e patience In Inthe Inthe our best petitioners tl the Ibe courts above Ilbo And I am itin convinced that It I w Were re bet better betler be faithful and enduring to the ter ler to hI end showing worthiness s In overmaster overmasterIng standard the lug Ing self and upholding of ot Ilg truth sel than to 11 rest In apathy antI and ease forgetful of ot God 00 lou and unmindful of the weak the weary wea and de H It Is good goo to reflect on oil the past but I II and Us its Il shades of ot sorrow rides before and errors our duty dut over ever us U the sad ud su Iu or the Che Ie oppressed eI Visit the widow anti the fatherless To go from house houe to house seeking s out the poor the cast down minister to tho time tick lay layout out the dead gather gathering ing lug anti and distributing us its you have hao done don donI ol my I sisters sl tet for tor so 10 many years earl gifts and donations for tor relief reler And nd yet et we have havo haf a n larger mission to 10 teach the mother to rear her young oun In simplicity and alid ald In truth and all virtue that happy homo home circles may abound In our midst ml st stAnd And Amid yet et we WI have still tl a greater gelter mis mission sion Ion don AVe We not In tn our efforts to tn tot t teach ach others perfection but display a n great lack of o true religion when our own 1111 faults remain When will we learn that the beam Is II In our own 1 eye ere and the mote only disturbs the vision viRion of ot our neighbor bor We Ve are ure lre called unon by br the still sti small voice a n whispering from our Father to work out our own 01 salvation Briefly the constructive parts part of ot the Plan of ot salvation lAton are these What man manIs manh manIs Is h God once oice was what God Is II now nowman nowman man may ma be he the glory lol of ot God Goti t Is II Intel littel Intelligence Nothing can be annihilated lence and no oct act lost It I Is IR Impossible to be he saved savel In Ignorance Thin Thu Spirit of ot God which H I the Holy loly Ghost and the Com Corn Comforter forter surrounds us UI and and pervades tho the universe anti and Is 18 the medium by which we It may 1 receive tho the Inspiration of ot God toward Intelligence nce anti anI through which U it I H is l our right to receive comfort and finally that Faith hope and atud Charity are necessary for Divine DIlle Grace but hut that the greatest of ot these thoe Iho Is charity It Is II plainly necessary that women ni as al well wel HS as Mien men cea el not hot while life lasts to study 0 1 I Y for tor the tho thol th knowledge l which Is IR of greatest worth ll To me the best beit step toward this Is for tor forus forus us UI to throw oft ott or th thu curse cure of ot drudgery by I learning to do our work so 10 well wel that we will sill wi love to do It t anti and 11 have hlo cause for tor rejoIcing over ocr the achievements of ot our bands Let Lat I t ns us lR learn of ot tim tha handiwork of ot God Orni Godby by the of ot nature search out her flowers her moods her laws lawI Let Lei us S study stud tuil to Improve our reach rench reachIng big Ing III up toward our Heavenly Father praying for tor the Inspiration of the Holy Ghost Let Iel us tie UI Improve our In our homes bionics and among our children that our words be he tInt not Idle Irle nor Mr vin In but Iut as lS nothing can eln he be lost lo t cheerful hopeful Intelligent reflecting n a 1 char charitable its itlo spirit Let Iet us lS open the tIme books of ot life and sat sal vallon and study stud also alo the great au nu authors author thors thor poets oets and painters that our minds may lay ba he clothed with Intelligence on our hearts herl abound bound In human hUlon feel feeling fee feeling ing And here I 1 am Inclined to offer a n thought for tor or the tw years work before us With our nur multifarious duties dUles we e may not nOI b M he able uble to 10 call cal upon some aged or Invalid sister siMler to cheer her but we may la lend her n a book hook to be he read reach rent at Rt pleasure And Ind to the strengthening of ot her purpose the tho cheering of ot her h life and Ind the of ot her lice mind Like Likewise wise wife Ie after reading i n a good book pans PI R RIt It to a 1 sister Ilter saying I commend this book to you It I ha hn Instructed In me te and may edify you ou and when you have he read return that I t may lend bend again Another thought Having done your our part wel wei bo be satisfied to relinquish the theIn load In 11 to some ome stronger woman when you YOl heroine become weary wenry And now my 1 Ill sisters Gods choicest t tle blessings le be upon you OU and peace reaco Jece be with you ou W SMITH President nf ot Church Relief Society let In Inal all al the time World Wend 5 |
