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Show t wfuw.awair.i. MSra"tejtomd,St.r. ! pt ) I Church DcpartuMBl THE DESERET w HH W 1 ( Li D. S. J I HH Ifi V EWS, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 3. 1931. Jl Unknown Grave DEPARTMENTS Believed That Of EDUCATION Pioneers Father ,Cteiacle Under the Supervision of 4 DR. JOSEPH F. MERRILL 'inuiBupiiiipu0l0iin(ii4iliwpwpwwWdHw t t .1 VM bAts Boal Reads them The seminary qumtion ScJor, the Utah State Board of Bdoca- - ' tion Initiated at the meeting. by the "Wllhameon Report was disposed ot by the Board at flna.ly its meeting on Sep. tembrr it. The Board adopt, d t hear ts resolutions- J ''The dissociation Of the from the high arhoole as to : physical plant. sdmlRiat ration, fac-u!-v. rrcorda snd publication. 2 J Tht focal boards ftf uc tion be ashed to lessen the time allotted t seminary instruction, to not exceed three; hours per week duiing the regular scheduled high hours, on the ground that this allotment seems excessive in view pf the scholarship require, merit for the satisfactory com pie -tion of thwhlgt, school course in four years, A BmUlstlos Tim Bailed A third resolution denying "released tlmp and credit in Bible studies way d feu led on roll call by a vote of six, tot three, all members M the Board being present and voting; 7 lm failure of , this resolution continues in force the rut adopted by the Board ,on which Is as folJanuary I lows "Credit for Bible history and ' literature to the extent of one unit 111 ay be accepted by any state htr.h school toward graduation, provided such subject has been pursued lor the same' length of time and with the same thoroughness required for similar credit in any other subject; and, provided further, that ihe teacher of such subject Shall have full high school certification or lta equivalent.' INdlCj Of Tim bemtaarteo Resolution No. 1 which was adopted Is icntlreiy in harmony with the policy of the Church De- n semi-harl- I 1 M partment and has always been the policy pursued In the seminaries with a few minor exceptions. With respect, to resolution No, 2 the Department of Education has always urged seminary teachers to uphold and enforce the , high school .standards of discipline, scholarship, time required to earn ciedrt, etc J Further, no seminary receives 'released time and credit except with the permission of the local school authorities. Therefore the adoption of resolution No, 2 by the State Board will not change , In any way" tha present status of the .seminary to the high reboot. hen II mr nt Throughout The j In bed States The rejection, ol No. J, d aylng released time' and credit was action In harmony with the ly developing sentiment through- -' b the United States in view of i; .lytous education for . The Utah suhuo. f State Board is 1.0 ., conai ululate i upon maintaining) the Stand it took In at the time of taking 191$, ahb-was pioneer work In this field in the United 'States, At the pr.sunt released time time, newever, for Bible study IS1 given in the ma- Jorliy of states of the American Union Many ql our foremost educators believe that the church tpust come in the aid of thqpubllc school, because fhe school alone. It has been found. Cannot legally ttaei training requisite' foy ie nil good citiaens. - ,rpakingDean Aihearn's Views Iri his book 0tt An d venture In Religious Education, Dean Kincr-Itu- s Athearii. a Pnder In religious " education say: "It Is now becoming increasingly r that society must Jearn how to loach vlrlutj and find a way to hajl, , president k vc every child a systematic trainin morality and religion. Unless society can build an effective system of religious education to match Its system of secular schools, cun naijon will- - crumble Just as certainly as did Greece and Home, and lor t ) no same reasons. The American people Are eapiing aroused :w ise and leaders In all religious bodies , are calling the people tp a great crusade in ihe interests ,ef moral, and religious) education In seminary work the! L. D. S. Church is acknowledged by educators who knew the situation to bo a Pioneer and a leader in this country in the field of religious education. Theseminary adjacent to he high School receiving students on "released dime" is considered to be the most practical and the best sol itlbn of the problem. Supporters of the semindry may therefore hold the.r bead, high in me conscious- ness t ha t the high school-sem- i, nary program is as Commissioner V meant of t he Kioto of Idaho once wrote, "tbs right plan. Hoisirt From tin- - Mlswlea 1 I y l I , 'W M M H 7 W 9 P' W M A PECULIAR PEOPLE BY ELDilt JOSEPH FIELDING Of Uie.CoutoeU'or i - - SMITH. (tie Twelve Apotdle. 1 .t I ; raomfiox BEING The entire Peurta chapter of Malacht wax quoted by Moroni to Joseph, Smith, but with some! difference, in reading, and this he said was about to jbe fulfilled. There art Several very important, even vital, inetruiXIonn in this sport chapter Which the whole world but which very few are giving any consideration. should la very clear that thin chapter has reference to conditions, I' It heed, the coming of.Ulirmt and to events which shall take just preceding place at his Coming. MaJaehl said: "For benold. the day comelh that' shall burn as an oven; and all the prdud, yaa. and All th$t do wlokedlv, shall be stubble-enthe day that cometh shall burn them up, ssith the. laird Ii of hosts, that pt shall leave them neither root nor branch. Latter-daSaints! art in the peculiar position of believing that ihis prediction shall bf literally fulfilled, mtofeover, that by h evenly messengers the warning has been given that this day ot vengeance And burning if at ou doors. Others of thy ancient prophets have spoken of this) great nd dreadful .day of the Lord, and have fixed the time for its fulfilment ill the latter days,, leoiah. for instance, Fli-FILLE- D y, ! has written: , j "The ea tit moilmeth and burnt h away, the world languish-- , eth and fodojh awsyj the haughtyipeople ot the earth do languish. The earth also Is defiled tindcijc the inhabitants th reef; j because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordlnancet, broken the everlasting tpvcnant. "Therefore hath the com .devoured the earth, sod the that dwell therein Sarei dcolatel therefore) the inhabitant of the earth are Tfurneji, and few men left. Mqnyl people believe that this' and ethehj predictions of similar nature should not he taken literally, but that if la figurative language. Joseph: Smith was given to understand by a messenger front the presence of the Lord jthat these seripiuiF mean just what is said. tent to warn' the world hat all who are willing Moreover, prepare themselves and he' ready When this great day shall might come. . said to Malachi ' "But unto vou that fear my name shall the Bon of right-- .. .1 eousness arise with in his wings; add ye shall go forth. ) healing and grow up as calves Of the stall." j By this is meant lthat those Who fear the Lord1 and keep hli commandments aball dwell in righteousness ! without sin, sickness and sorrow. It would) toe well for all people to heed these words of this ancient prophet as the warning has been given in this day through a modern prophet, for by heeding them, men may escape the dreadful scene which is sure to ceme upon the wicked and- thus men may find rest and) peace in the presence Of th Redeemer- when, he comes te reign. ! j J ( ! 1 -- he-w- 1 1 I j t !' tA It i J J !, Hi( i I kernes 1st mtjartOnar? laboring go city wan sent for t com and hold a meeting in the country, about a hundred miles distant. When he reached t he town where he supposed the meeting was to toe held, he was informed that It was ten miles farther out In the country. It was a cold day ia Feb ruary, and there was no Way ot getting: to his destination except by walking the entire distance. Besides, it looked as if n storm might break any minute. The local Elder who wwa to accompany him advised against starting in such weather. ' "I am sura, ha said, "that there will be a heavy rain, and If there Is. no one will turn out to th , meeting." th Visitor replied, "Suppose, "that it clears up and we fall to what will keep eur appointment the people think Ot us? I think that w e had better bo there no in a' -- .1 7 IWjJ A ' earnings, TSome years ago the Western Electric company found tlfat 90 cent of (fit , college men empef as ployed by them made good, wtth it per cent! of the compared men who had entered busiaess ert leaving the high school.! The child with no schooling hag, on chance in 1 0,506 of perform-jw- t distinguished service with elementary education he has four times n chance with Jiigh school Triease Turn to Page i Eight) ing Da test reports the seminaries have begun the most prosperous year in their history. Principal Tew of the Sprlngville seminary : - A H APPOINTMENT BEEFING Plain. Within a few reds of a monument tec cut ly erected toy the Balnta of the Woodruff stake jot Zion, hear the ao called Myers ranch, on Brae river about eleven miles southeast of Evanston, Wyoming. there is a lonely grave covered by rocks which undoubtedly! contains the remains of seme Latter-da- y earthly Mtlnt who died On the plains eft routs for th valley of the Great Half Lake. A number of people have suggested that the grave contains the remains of one ot their relatives; and now , . comes Sister Klixa Banks, widow ot the jiate Franklin C, Banks, of I'leasaht Grove, Utah, with the following statement; "M y father was buried near, Bear and they tell me that A where river, the town of Evanston now stands or near by there is a lonely 1 feel grave from Pioneer sure that that grave days contains the remains of my father. He earthly died id that locality in or October lj3. and left September moth- er with four ititle girls. myShe did not haye a single relative in this country, being poor and having to make her way through life atone with the children! after toying her husband name was ' Junius Crosaland. and we came to comthe valley in Jacob Oates pany. My father's remains were rolled up In a blanket, and he was hurled without a coffln. While I , cannot prove that the grave la question is my father's grave I wasyso deeply impressed When I read- - your article In The Deseret New" about, this lonely grave that felt convinced it must be my fatther's resting place. BhOttld any of the readers Of Tha Deseret Newrs know anything further about this lonely grave, I would suggest that they know to The report What Deseret Newsthey or write to the undersigned at the historian's office. While thousands ot Latter-da- y Salats died on tbs long Journey be. tween the Missouri river and Great Balt Lake valley, scarcely more than half a dqsen graves are identified, and the names ot deceased ascertained, but whenever a new discovery la made of graves bciiyved to contain the earthly rewho1' Balms mains of Latter-da- v crossed tha plains in pioneer days Interest is Immediately created In . the minds of the genera) public as to who. is interred there and when burial took place. In. the Journal history of the Chufeh of Sept. Y, IS5S. a list ot who crossed the the plaint In CapU Jacob Gates com- JENSON IS ANDREW pany given. t '7 t- .1 th emeritus , Woman Declare Parent Died Grove CroMing men and youijg women, candidates for a college education. .Olsten to this from Rovs! Ljtfe "Facts show that every; dMy spent In school adds 22$ to a man's Ufa Young h i, - i -- , i, PleoLoant says: "Id making a conneming our seminary Stent, may I Bay that we jiHref have bad a more promising Sear than this. Our enrollment U how be- ' tween forty and fifty more than We have ever had befoiie.l , Principal Gunn of the Roosevelt The seminary seminary says: work here is progressing nicely. Our percentage of students from the high f school is higher than e ever . . , we are dis-with the Mutual In getting therating plgy front Church headquarters on the Word of Wisdom, j n . ou r tobacco elub . . - the high school faculty want to work In pr back us up in this move, so If feel that something really worthwhile can be planned and s orked tout." From the Midway seminary in the Rigby Make Ariel H, Ballif says: "This Principal Is the tend of the second week of school. Everything is going fine and interest is very keen. In the Midway high school 145 students are to date. In the seminary registered we have 120 students registered,. In the other 2 we have the seminary of last year. This accountsgraduates for pracall U students' the D, tically In the school. Everything seems to high be running as smoothly as' possible. There is great Joy fin seminary work; its possibilities are still undiscovered In their magnitude." Principal Robert Lee (Ktrnner of the Franklin - Bounty seminary at Preston says; We have thirteen classes of Church History! and a small group of senior students finishing a class of Old Testament and New Testament. . , , Last year out graduating class was the largest in our history and most of the are still In high! school. graduates . i . Junior Work in 1 Ini the very best Fran k H n stakeseminary condition in Its histkrry.i Radio talk given fiver radio station Kg to, Tuesday evening, Kept. 1 5, 1931, by Dr. George! Hi Brlm-- f Jan-oar- 11, i ir T j j matter what happens Refuses To Go Back Ho they started, but had not gone far before the prediction of a worm was worse than verified. The rain came down in torrents, and ths local Elder suggested they return to town, but the missionary refused. He would keep his appointment at all costa After walking for five hours, against ths wind and rain, wading cold streams and nearly miring on the .muddy roads, they reached the place appointed for ths meet-inNot a soul ss there. They waited an hour but no one came. When K became evident that ho meeting could bo held they walked another mils to a largo farm house Where they knocked at the door. gj Thor - j man who opened It, was Mot- by two wet greeted men missionaries. shivering Into' Pleads No erst Wa had an said tha Elder from appointment,' the City, "to apeak in your school house tonight, but no on turned out to hear us, and wo have come to your home to ask If we may hold our meeting , here." , "A inueting here! ho exclaimed. fcy Is no ons hers there h except my own family to hear you and none of us ar Interested. Of course yon are net until you hear what w have to say. But I have come mors than a hundred miles with a message for the people of vicinity and dont want to thisj go bark w itbout, delivering ft to some one. , "Weil, the man replied, ou seem to be nearly froaen. coma in and get Warm, and wo will talk about your message afterward, i Dot I vers Mcseigw Ho they went in to the fire, and after supper, were permitted to hold their meeting. They went through the regular service, singing, prayingi preaching, and a benediction. The: visiting Eider bore a powerful testimony to the divlns mission of Joseph Smith and prayed that those present might receive a testimony such as he had himself. The family consulted of the husband, his wife, a son and two daughters.waxAll listened attentively to what said, , but asked no questions arter theThervIcei, except about their4 long walk through the storm, . ,c Why did you sot turn He asked when you, saw whatbpek, kind of a night it would bo. You might have known j that: no one would tarn out - in such weather. To which tho Elder replied "A Mormon never turns back or falls to keep an appointment. If only one , had been present at the school house ws would have held a meet. , ing there r Brings Benefits Twenty years after that the same Elkr returned to the city where he had labored aa a missionary, and attended the Hunday services of his church (there. He w4s greet, ed by I or Presiding Elder who surprised hint by ths warmth of hts welcome. "Let mo help yoa. Twenty years ago you came out front this city and held a meeting at my house in th because no one I urns i out country at the school house. , "You mean that stormy nlght, exclaimed tho visitor, That- pros the night and what you said, at our house impress'd me mi dKp4y, that I roulda't get It mind. It ird me to ovt(Iiy further investigation. Finally. I tie- -; came convinced that you had spokeh the truth and I Joined tho Church wtth my Lwhole family. ' Bines that time I have converted between twenty and thirty people. My son is preaching the gospel now nod uy taro arq active in the Church.daughters One of them married a- missionary and to living 4 in Utah, "And cum back hero thinking that my visit to tho soianty that time hag been a compleae Oat wee." was alt, that the Elder could say. j -- - K 424 |
