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Show Scouts hold Klondike Derby Free Press - Wednesday, January 26, 1994 - Page 9 (VALUABLE COUPOfQi The Lehi District Scouts held a Klondike Derby on Jan, at the Lehi North Stake recreational property underthe direction of Gary Christiansen and Brent Loveridge of the Lehi West Stake. Activities included a campfire program on Friday night, complete with hot chocolate and donuts. m 14-1- 5 Following sZjri " t r H 1 I 1 I All sweaters, jackets, long-sleev- m I M 9QBBBH IQV i B shirts e and selected jeans J the flag ceremony on Saturday morning, all of the troops participated in fire building, Save from the Ice, egg toss, P.O.W. Escape, snowshoe race, orienteering, web, snow snake, fan belt toss and a sled race. Each troop earned beads, depending on how well they performed, and the winning troops earned a 12" deep dutch oven. Of the 23 troop sin the district, 15 troops participated in the event, with a total of 119 boys and 46 leaders. The group would like to thank Ellis Environmental Services for the donation of prizes for the winning troops. tell Mr r-Z- fai-Md- U-jr-rjrr-- 4 Lr:: ; iCh , ' fcvZi Scouts participate in 'P.O.W. Escape," one of the activities at the recent Klondike Derby. As we experienced Iona, questions kept distracting my mind: "Why did St. Columba travel until he could no longer see Ireland?" I was propelled into a study of the early Christian church and a background for the establishment of the monastery at Iona in A.D. 563. Here are highlights from the reference books that both enlightened and confused me: The Early Christian Church After Christ's death and resurrection, the Gospel was spread from Palestine to other lands through persecution and by missionary work. Large congregations appeared in Rome and Alexandria and in most large cities of Syria, Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, North Africa, Italy, and even Gaul by the end of the first century A.D. The pagans of that day worshipped demons, nature gods, popular national deities, mythological creatures, or icons--o- r were philosophical atheists. Other nations and faiths lacked a canon of scripture (such as the Old and New Testament) and a central organization to support the believers. Although the Christian churches were often scattered and (as in the days of Constantine) sometimes adopted pagan festivals and beliefs, the central principles of the Gospel found wide acceptance as they were taught in country after country through missionaries sent from Jerusalem, Rome, and other bases of Christianity. Some of these principles were: monotheism, Jesus as the creator of the earth, His messianic divinity and His miraculous resurrection; the imminence of His second coming; the brotherhood of men, and the love of God for all creatures; the importance of love, work, and sacrifice; high moral standards, repentance, and forgiveness; mercy and justice toward men and humility toward God. The establishment and spread of religious beliefs can be understood fully only against the history of the nations in which the people lived. For example, Augustus hadbeen ruling as the first Roman Emperor but twenty-threyears when Jesus was born Thus Christianity, the religion most effective among civie lized men, arose contemporaneously with the greatest empire of antiquity. As the Roman Empire arose in power and influence, the local kings and princes disappeared; as Christianity spread from city to city, the old gods, goddesses, and pagan shrines also disappeared. Great opposition and severe persecution was suffered by the early Saints. For example, Nero put a number of Christians to death after the burning of Rome in order to turn people's suspicions away from himself. Tradition says Paul and Peter were among them. Butthefinal struggle began with the reign of Emperor Diocletian. Beginning in A.D. 303, royal edicts were published everywhere, commanding that the churches be leveled to the ground and the Scriptures destroyed by fire, and ordering that those who held places of honor be degraded, and that the household servants, if they persisted in the profession of Christianity, be deprived of freedom. , Many early Christians died for their beliefs, including the apostolic martyrs. Some recanted, others went underground or left society and the affairs of the world and became hermits (living alone), friars (single traveling preachers), or monks (members of a group taking vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.) Although since ancient times Buddhist and Hindumonasticshad lived apart to devote their time to spiritual matters, Christian probably began during A.D. (Some "experts" think that the Essenes, collectors and writers of the Qumran library -Dead Sea Scrolls - were a monastic order, an intermediate stepbetween m 200-30- Judaism and Christianity.) Finally, in A.D. 313, Emperor Constantine granted freedom of religion, and the Emperor Theodosius is often called the first orthodox Christian emperor. He securedfrom the Roman Senate the acknowledgement that the Christian religion was true, and it became the official religion of the Roman Empire about 380. During the fourth century, Christianity triumphed over most of its enemiesfrom within and without the Church, but the victory had not been easy or cheap. It showed - 29th Only January 27th - 28th r i I i 1 1 Kava Paul Mitchell I j 1 get 2nd at Buy 1 get 2nd at Buy -- 1 Early Christians basis for Iona monastery By Virginia McQuarrie Swenson (Eleventh in a series on Scotland) Sale!X5 Storcwide 3 Day - I Z1 I I I than, the actual date. Question marks are used to indicate lack of definite records or methods of dat- With any Paul Mitchell or Kava Purchase of Equal or Greater Value at the Regular Price - Gallons Excluded ing. With this background, the next column will tell of the introduction of Christianity to Scotland. Early! to 10 pm 6 am the effects of trying to be in the world but not of the world. Often, it triumphed over its rivals by merely absorbing their more attractive teachings and practices. Also, it was sometimes an intolerant, destroyingpagan temples and prohibiting sacrifices to pagan gods. With the adoption of Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire, missionaries were sent to the far reaches of Europe to establish churches. In certain areas and during certain periods of time, monks were the only educated people. They wrote chronicles and kept libraries of handwritten manuscripts. In instructing and preaching, church leaders used the Old Testament and early religious writings, especially those which became the books of the New Testament. The Epistles of St. Paul and the other apostles helped unify the scattered groups. Christianity remained practically one great community for almost a thousand years until the division between the Greek and Roman Catholics in 1054. The dates of events in this time period, C.E. (the Christian Era designated the Common Era) vary from record to record, probably because in the A.D. 500's, the monk Dionysius Exiguus introduced the present custom of reckoning time by counting the years from the birth of Christ, although he miscalculated this most important event as four to six years later Call Today & Clieclc Out All Our 218 N. West Tan Club t:tk Watch for it! 763-079- 5 fi p x f j Wed., Feb. 16. State Rd. American Fork (Smith Plaza) Coming supplement to this newspaper Great Tanning Specials ( ' 1 I " W h y - y I "X 744 S. State, Orem Open Mon.-Sa- t. 222-023- 7 10-- 7 January Clearance that special magazine supplement lasts If you want real oak furniture, the kind for generations, come to Michael Shane's today! 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