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Show Friday, June 7,1929 The IVIIDVALE JOURNAL ~ . Page Seven ~~:;c:on:;t~in;u;.ed:.;:F~r~om~L;a;st;;W~e-ek":"'.~R'""':'e~a~d~thi:-_-s-s~to-r~:f~.~~-~-:-~":"'?;i~~~=-=a~lm-=-:e~r.!-:-o~-x7t~a-:-:1-1s-:-ct;-ip-t~~-~- :-:-::l!n~:::-:-~M;:is~s:"jM;i-ar=y~Ann~-=.~Eri;i--~~c-:;k~so~n~=-E~a~s~t~M~id~v~al-e~P~I~.es~en~t~s~S:"""'p~ec~ia=-_IT-~~re~t~ty~C~h=ur=c~h~W~--~edd-ing_H_e}d MY RELIGION .. by Helen Keller J Copyright by Doubleday, Pa~te & Co. WNU Service If you can enjoy the sun and Bowers and music where there ia nothing except darkness and silence you have proved the Mystic Sense.-Helen Keller. His father wished him to enter the diplomatic service but he chose bste:!d the 11 aths scicnc~. lie wa 3 given letters of introduction to the sovereigns of Europe hut he calmly ignored them and ~ought out the most distinguished scholars of his day. Sometimes he would call unannounced-and ask for an interview! However there waa something about him whi~h inspired their rt·spect, and they never declined his request. His one desire his mission was to know, and he le~ied tribute ~pon every or.e who had new ideas or methods or processes to impart. H.1s profound learning brought him into close association with Christopher Polheim, who SPems to have enjoyf-d t e entire confidence of Charles X!I of S·weden. In this way Swedenborg was introduced to th~ King who in 17)6 appointed him o.ssayer in the Swedish College of Mines, that is, an o' "ial who gives Rdvke as to the best methods of working mines and smelting ores. With this appointment Swedcnborg entered upon a period of amazingly prodigious and div sifted activity. Not only did he discharge the duties of his office faithfully and with wisdom, but he also pursued his studies in every department of science. As an independent thinker, he followed the urge of a p erful and original genius to discover, if possible, the deepest secrets of nature. He was as familiar with forge and quarry, workshop and shipyard, as he wa1 with the stars and songs of birds in the morning. The flowers he found blooming in obscure nooks spoke to him secrets as marvelous as those of the majestic mountains he trod. His wa!l a rare Jllending of the practical and the -beautiful, mathematics and poetry, invention and literary power. In 1718 he turned his mechanical skill to account at the siege of FredericQhall when he constructed rnaineS\ by which to transport several large vessel• a diatance of fourteen miles overland, across hills and valle:ys. He worked on Plans for a mechanica,} carriage, very complicated Inside, for a flying carriage, and for a vessel to travel under the sea, thus foreshadowing the automobile, the aeroplane, and the submarine. Htt worked on plana for new machine• for condensing and exhausting air by meana of water. He tried to produce a., universal musical instrument on which one quite unacquainted with music might execute all kinda of airs that are marked on paper with notes, and he contrived a way of ascertain<ing the desires and affections of men by analyais. He deTised an air gun capable of of discharging a thousand bulleta a minute! He had plans for drawbridJeS, and various other llUlchanic•l devices. In him was prefigured the wonderful system of interrelated sc ces and arts to which we owe the Bpea1dng of those scientific productions, Emerson says: "It seems 1 that he anticipated much of thr ~;ctenc~ o~ the.. Nineteenth C£ntury. · · · H1s Wl"ltlng" would be a sufficient library to a lonely and athletic I studPnt; and 'The Economy of the I Animal Kingdom" is one . of th~se I books w~i~h, by ;the sustame~ • nity of tnmking, IS an honor. o · e human race. The 'Animal Kmgdom' is a book of ~onderful merit!!, It was writt~n w1th the highest endto put BCitmC!e and the !!Oul, long estranged from each othe~, at one again. It was an anat0mist s a~count ot the human body In . the h1gh~st style o:l poetry. Nothmg can exceed the bold and brilliant treatment of a subject usually so dry and re pulsive." Elbert Hubbard says of the "First Principles of Natural Things" that Darwin seems to have read it with the most mmute care. At any rate, Swedenborg divined something of evo!ution when fie saw in a tiny. lichen on a rock the beginning of a forest I{e 11.!so waived the literal account oi creation in the Bible as a contradiction of scientific facts. It shou!d be added that he never in any oi his re· ligious writings changed his ~ttitud e toward Genesis. In fact, he ridiculeQ and tore down the time-honored shrin~> of literalism, and at the same ' time discovered in Scripture what he called a most ancient style of narrative that bad nothing at all to do with the physical creation, but was a longforgotten parable of man's soul. Besides mathematics, mechanics , and mining, Swedenborg shows in hi~ works an intimate knowledge of chemistry, anatomy, geology, and a fondness for music. His philosophical subjects were almost equally varied and extensive. Yet he always hacl time "to render himself in all things useful to society." For many years he was a member of the Swedish Congress, and on account of his distinguished service:~ to his country he was highly honored. Many distinctiona were conferred upon him as time passed. In 1724 the Consistory of the University of Upsala invited him to accept a position as professor of pure mathematics; but he declined. He was admitted a member of several institutions of learning, in St. Petersburg, Up!!ala, and Stockholm. His portrait ls ln the hall of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm, as one of its distinguished members, hanging near that of Linnreus. Swedenborg's life, in a word, seems to have been nothing but work, work, alwaya work. He became financially independent, but this only . apurred i ·1· h All h m on to accomp ls more. persons of high and low rank bore testimony to his noble character and selflesa devotion. As he grew older, his hi ll h' i 18 nkind wayl!l endeared m to a timate friends, and the sternness which characterized his young manhood melted away. But real companionahip he never knew. He had climbed too high on the ladder of thought even for his fellow-scientist!! to conTerse with him on aome of the subjects with which be was familiar. They did not attempt to read his wo:rks, but preferred to :recommend them. No one seemed able or willing to follow hill giant strides into the upper realm of speculation. He was an eye among the blind, an ear among the deaf, a voice crying In the wilderness with a language they could not understand. Possibly my own partial Isolation from the world of llght and sound gives me this keen sense of his peculiar situation. But I cannot help thinking he was lonely with more than earthly loneliness, and the world aeemed strange to him because he had already outgrown it. Perhaps no one had ever endured such a pressure of soul against the prison bars of flesh as he did, and there was d::· extraordinary progress of modenl times. He 1howed how the decimal system could be of practical u&e. He caught marvelous glimpses of knowledge• and theoriea that would be developed a century and a half laterpaliiiiOntolo~y. biology, mercurial magnetism; he outlined the atomic theory and the nebular hypothesis years in advance of Laplace. S~denborg was not blind to the grea wealth and inftuence which these manifold attainments and abilities would bring within his reach. But he refused the cup of happiness lltted to his lips. The sorrows and oppression Qf mankind lay heavy upon his heart. Humbled, shamed in hit soul, he beheld the crueltie.a of a theology that rained damnation upon myriads of human beini:S. Jonathan Edwards at t e 1ame time ill New England preached hell-fire and !ear, and countleu babies that died without repentance were consigned to everlasting torment! We model'IUI eannot eon- no reassuring nearness of equal ineeive how the ingenuity of evil was telligences to lighten his burden. He had given his life to learn, and what exe d to turn God's Word into a covld he do with his colossal treasure curs • Heaven waa monstroua, lieU of knowledge? He was naturally glad unspeakable, and life one long misery. when more of light, more opportunity Swedenborg laid tO himself, "What wae let into his difficult days; but I l.a th use of all the knowledJe 1 queation whether he ever :felt quite at hav ained when such a hideous ahadow lies vaat acroas the world?" home upon earth after his "illuminaHe turned away from the splendors tion." of fame• and spent twenty-nine years In about the year 1744 a great change eame to Swedenborg. This i -one-third of his life-- n compara- keen observer of natural facts and t!ve poverty, comforting the hurt analyser of things of the mind was aouls of his fellow men with a humane, reasonable doctrine of faith ~ven from on high powers of observation of things spiritual; the senses and li!e4' .~ of his spirit were quickened to recogBestdes all his other labor, he wrote nize realities in the spiritual world. everr spare hour he could crowd in, His contemporary, Robsahm, records and he produced altogether some sixty a conversation in which he asked books and pamphleta before the be- Swedenborg "where and how it was of his in~ulriea In the field granted him to see and to hear what "'"•~>·~··· Amon'g the great works takes place in the world of spirits, in thia period were "The First Prin- heaven, and in hell." The answer was of Natural Things," "The that in the night one had come to nnun." "The Economy of the Ani- him and said "that Be waa the Lord Ki!!gdom," and "Rational Pay- ,Qod, th~ Creator o~ the world, ~n4 and tlie -Redeemer, and that he had ·fhnt He Him~;elf would <'Xpb.in to n'l' what I should write on thi s subj£c~ : that snme night were opom cl to me, 90 that I becllm<' thoroughly convinced of their rcl'lity, the world of --.:pirits, heaven and hell, and I recognized there many acquaintances of every condition In life. From that day I gaYe up the study of all woi"ldly science, and labored in spiritual things, according a!l the Lord had commanded me to write. Afterward the Lord opened, daily very often, my eyes 10 that in the middle of the day J could see into the other world, and in a state of perfect wakefulness conver!!e with angels and spirits." In September of 1766, Swedenborg wrote I to C. F. Oetinger, "I can solemnly I hear witness that the Lord Himself has appeared to me, and that He has sent me to do that whicl: I am doing now, and that !or this purpose He hae open~d the interiors o! my mind, which are those of my spirit, so that "\Yho will leave shortly on a I may see those thin~s which are In mis~ion for the L. D. S. church. the spiritual world and hear those A farewell will be held tonight who are there, and which privilege I for her in the Union "\Yard have hsd now for twenty-two years." Amusement Hall. Program This privileged intercour!le continued to the date of hil!l death on .March appears elsewhe~e in this issue_ 29, 1772, while temporarily re-sident Dr. Ralph Chamberlain of the U. in London. ' of u. extension division gave a leeIn considering this phnse of Swe- ture on Science and Religion in the denborg's experience, I feel that I am _ peculiarly able to grasp his meantn.r R:Iverton 2nd ward chap~l . Sunday at least partially. For nearly aix l rught to a larg-e and apprec1atn•cv aud years I had no concepts whatever of ience. A good representation of each nature or mind or death or God. I of the wards in the Stake were preliterally thought with my body. sent. Maud P. Butterfield and Mary Lloyd Without a single exception my memo- visited the Primary in Herriman and ries of that time are tactual. For enjoyed a weenie roast the officers thirty years I haye examined and reexamined that phase of my develop- gave to the Primary ohildren. ment in the light of new theories, and more humble and composed he bel am conYinctJd of the correctness of came. He refused to appeal to the what I am saying. I know I was weakness or credulity of the Ignorant. impelled like an animal to seek food He did not attempt to make any and warmth. I remember crying, but proselyt-es; nor did he wish to have not the grief that C;!used the tears; 1 his name connected with the New kicked, and because I recall it physi- Church which he aaid the Lord waa cally, I know I was angry. I imi- about to ettablish in the world. He tated those about me when I made felt that his meuap was fat polsigns for things I wanted to eat, or terity rather than f-or hl1 reneratton; helped to find eggs in my mother's and as his worka-the reault of lona, farmyard. But there is not one spark hard years of labor-left the prese ln of emotion or rational thought in large Latin folios, lle distributed them these distinct yet corporal memories. tree among the uniYersities and the I was like an unconscious clod of clergy o! Europe. Walt Whitman earth. Then, suddenly, I knew not says that "we conTinoe by our prMhow or where or when, my brain ences," and that fa powerfully tru. felt the impact of another mind, and of the Swedish seer u he worked at I awoke to language, to knowledge, to hla colossal task. He fully realized love, to the usual concepts of nature, the incredulity and hostility with of good and evil! I was actually whioh many of his statement. would lifted from nothingness to human life be viewed, and he could have ren-two planes as irreconcilable as Swe- dered them more attractive by omitdenborg's earth experience and his tlng or ao:ftenln~ down unplea1ant contacts with a realm beyond the cog- truths in a charmin~ and entertainnizance of our physical senses! Since lnl' manner. yet he never flinched I did not receive even the lowest con- or turned uide from his high trust. cepts in those empty years from my- Whe-n be passed out of Ute body which self or !rom nature, I took upon them had become ao pafnfo.U:y inadequate as a revelation, even if only from a to his aoaring mind, a degree of finite mind. Swedenborg looked upon obloquy fell upon his illustrloua his highest concepts as a revelation name; and for a time one of the from the Infinite Mind. In fact, irom noblest champions true Ohriattanity his own words, it is clear he did not has ever known wa1 nearly forgotten. regard his conscious presence in the The only r~ward he rrer knew in hla spiritual world as. an end, but as a growinr iaolatlon upon earth waa the ~eans of developing t~e other half ~f oonsciousness that he was ch•lnc ltla h;s under.standing whic~ as a rule Is full measu" "' dnotion to the weldorman~ m us!. and seem_g more com- fare and happinMI of ill men. There prehenslvely Clltferen~ kmds .o~ con- , are aome lines by Jolln Drinkwater cepts of good and ev1l, of spirit and matter, and translating the Word into ill his "Lincoln" which always brin1 principles inste~d of mere words and Sweden borg vividly before me: phrases. He did not say he was the j only person who had had that kind of Lonely is the man who underatande. vision. Far from it. What he did Lonely is vision that leads a man 1 say was, he lived twenty-nine years away in full consciousness of the reallli'rom the pasture-lands, world where all men live at the same From the furrowa of corn and time they inhabit the earth. He bebrown loads of hay lieved it was his mission to search l ro the mountain-side, out and interpret the "spiritual 1 ro the high places where contemplasense," or sacred symbolism, of the 1 tion brings Scriptures, and that his experiences !\11 his adventurina'l in the other world were to help him j A.mong the sowers and the tillers ill to understand truly the Word of God, the wide and convey the most wonderful and Valleys to one fused experience, beneficent truths to mankind. There- rhat shall control fore Swedenborg devoted .himself with j rhe course of his soul, all his former energy and courage to 1A.nd ~rive his hand the investigation of the facts and Coura~re and continence. laws of the soul realm. He took up the study of Hebrew, I!O that he might Yes, with matchless constancy the read the Old Testament in the orig- 1eer possessed hia soul in loneliness inal language and gain a first-hand 1nd vision I 1 knowledge of :~e relig.io~~ forms ~nd 1 A hundred and fifty-five years have p_arables and ll_lYSterJes of ancient passed since Swedenborg's death, and t1mes. It is evident that for many 1lowly his achievements have been years he had endeavored to grasp the winning recognition. The antagonism m::aning of countless obscure pass- which his doctrines onc4 aroused baa ages in the Word, and had constantly :hanged to an attitude of tolerance felt bairled! Many things had troubled !l.nd inquiry. Many l'ntelligent people him, tradition and the almost uncon- tlave advocated his teachines in the querable habit of sectarian interpre- :entre1 of civilization and carried tation, the coldness of an age that them to nooks and corners of the left out of Christianity its very heart world undreamed o:f by most of u1. of love, the witchcraf~ ?f a church fJis message has traveled like light, literature ably and br1lhantly advo- side by side with the new acfence, the eating tenets that were never dreamed new freedom, and the new aociety, of by any prophet or Apostle, and which are atruggli~ to realize themfinally the obsessing illusions o! the lelves in the life of mankind. I keep sense!!. . But at last the light bro~e :oming across instancea of handiupon h1s mind-the Truth made h1m ~apped or disappointed Uvea which free-and he gave all hla magnfft. !lave been enriched and brightened by cent powers to the release ol the that Great Message. I, too, have my world l llumble testimony, and I shall be most In 1747, Swedenborg asked and ob· happy if through a word o! mine even tained leave of Frederic, then King one individual gains a sweeter sense of Sweden, to retire from the office of af God's presence or a keener zest asl!e:~sor, so that he might not be for mastering- the difficulUea of outdisturbed in his new work. A higher ward environment. degree of rank was oft'ered him, but As I wander through the dark, enhe refused, fearing that it might be countering difficulties, I am aware of an occasion of inspiring him with encouraging voicea that murmur from pride. Thus he withdrew quietly the spirit realm. I sense a holy pasfrom the splendors of a notable se- aion pouring down from the springs ciety and the honors that had crowned of Infinity 1 thrill to music that him to the seclusion of his little II- beats with· the pulses of God. Bound brary, where be prod~ced twen~- , to suna and planets by invisible cords, seven books, the sole object of which I feel the flame of eternity in my was. to make Christianity a living soul. Here, In the midst of the everyreahty upon earth. day air I senae the rush of ethereal Whatever may be the opini~ns of rains. 't am conacious of the aplenthose who read Swedenborg !I N• dor that binds all thinp of earth te ligious book~, on~ cannot but. be im- all things of heaven-·immured by p~essed by h1s umque personahty. He ailence and darkneu, I posseas the d1d everything gently and deliberate- light which shall give me vision a ly. There was nothing of excitement 1 thousandfold when death aeta me or el~ti~m. abo~t hill?· _ T~e far:her ~e I free. traveled in the spiritual realm, the 1 (To Be continued) I I · r p S £ £ rogram un~ay vening In In ast Midvale Amusement C onnection With Conjoint Hall Wednesday Evenmg· - - - · -A svcdal pr.:;gr aiLl. was given Sun- In a setting of tall pam1s, ba8kcts o~ eariy 8Ummer ilowers, wh.t~ au.ll day evening in connection with the Javen<.lai streamers, the pretty church H~gulo.r <..:onjoint M. 1. A. servivces in wedding I·ecerJtion of .:\liss Elsie Dahl the \-Yard Chapel, marking the pro- and Per::.yl Wchart.lson both of Wef:;t motion of the 1st GL·oup Beehive Girls JoL·dan, was held in the East ):lidvate to the 2ud Uroup. The opening song wu.td ·amusement hall iast Wednesuay was "Our M. I. A." Prayer was of- evening. The hall was artistlcall_y fered by Miss Lucile Johnson. The uecorated in orchid and white. encire class sang "\Ve are Beehive A ladies orchestra from Salt Lake Girls" Mrs. Clyde Soffe president of furnished music for the eveniug intlle Y. L. M. I. A. gave some very terspersed with selections from the !nteresting remarks explaining the Apollo Quanet. A very pretty wedtheme of BeeHive wor.K. Miss Bar- ding march was led by the bridal oara Olson rendered a vocal solo-- party aud many more guests of the "Smiling Thru" accompanied by her three hllildred who also enjoyed a ..;lster, Miss Rosalie Olson. The spir- dainty buffet luncheon. it of the Hive under the nine head'l'he bride was beautiful in a boufings were treated by members of the fant mode! of white satin and tulle, class- "Have Faith" Miss Barbara her silk chiffon veil was held in a cap Olson. "Seek Knowledge" Miss Bel- effect by pearls and orange blossoms. an Nielsen. "Safeguard Health" by Mrs. Charles Schmidt, a sister of the Miss Hazel Glover. "Know Work" by orlde, was matron of honor. She Miss Lucille Johnson. "Understand wore pale pink georgette and carried Beauty" Miss Afton Young. " Love orchid sweet peas. Truth" Miss Mary Holden. "Taste Miss Vera Sanders of Salt Lake, a The Sweetness of Service'' Miss Or- bridesmaid was gowned in rose satin. pha Soffe. "Honor Vvomanhood" by She had an orchid bouquet, Miss Mary Marian Ashment. Dahl, a cousin was a bridesmaid. Piano solo - "Cathedral Meditation' She was pretty in an orchid georgette Miss Orpha Soffe. A tribute to the • dress and carried pink sweet peas. Mothers-Miss Helen Nielsen. Miss Ardella Davey, wore pale A paper on the Beehive Slogan- green taffeta and carried pink sweet "Keep the Word of Wisdom" Miss peas. Little Miss De Laine Todd was Orpha Soffe. Vocal duet "Music of a flower girl and Wilmer Richardson the Pines" by Chamberlain. Misses was best man. Hazel and Fay Glover. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson will be Mrs. R. H. Sharp presented the at home to their friends iii. West Jorgirls in thei~ formation Drill, pre- dan. sented the awards and certificates of President Ella H . Uewbold and Agpromotion to the 2nd Group. Remarks-James A. Brady of the nes Sorenson of the Primary Stake Bishopric. Closing Song- "If there's board visited Riverton 1st ward on Monday in the interest of Primary Sunshine in Your Heart." work. SOME UNUSUAL For FRIDAY, SATURDAY &MONDAY, June 7to lOth SOME 15 OTHER BASKET BARGAIN Offerings COME AND GET YOUR SHARE You are sure to SAVE money here. More Variety More Quality, More Quantity ~ CHOOSE FROM. MILK, LARGE SIZE, Choice OF ANY BRAND, 3 For 25e FLOUR, 48 lb. Sack ~1 39 PIGGLY WIGGLY BRAND'lJ ~ LARD, 8 lb. CAN CUDAHY ............. . $1.29 CORN FLAKES, Med. Size 4 Packages For ......... . 25e The Perfect Shortening Pure Vegetable 29e 2 lbs. for .... COOKIES, Fancy 45e Mixed, 2 lbs. . . 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