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Show - 'f'W'-t'-V-i- it,1' Gems of Thought Divinity of : LOS hurchvcri fied BELIEVE in the divinity of Jesus Christ,- - because more than ever I come nearer the ... of the actual knowledge that Jesus la the Christ, the Son of , the living God, through the testimony con-- , of Joseph-Smit- h tained Ur this book, the Doctrine and Covenants- ,- that he saw Him, that heThe fact is also that in the days of the Prophet frC! heard Him, that he re,j in as W Wisdom. the Smith mentioned hot a It to drinks' of the r Word Joseph 1 pertaining ceived instructions from seems that there are some who never quite of Wisdom were officially interpreted by the Him,, that he obeyed those instructions, and understand that the Lord avoids extremes In his ing brethren of that day to mean tea and coffee. he today stands bethat likewise. do tor us to well is and and cocoa that Tliose about it claims make these teachings, whq Tore the world as the last great, actual chocolate do so on their own responsibility, and obCertainly there is always safety in staying with ..living, witness of the divinity of it. to add to in facts the the without without matter, word of Christs mission and His power to rerevealed God, knowing he viously trying deem man from, the temporal death and forWhen interviewing for temple recommends, One of the latest efforts to. Justify drinking "also from the second death which will cocoa or the in for advancement that or; instance, priesthood, drinking coffee ia the current propaganda - follow mans ewn sins, thmigh di&. for baptism, or ,for any other purpose, bishops never or chocolate is against the Word, of Wisdom and that obedience to the ordinances of the , caffeine cocoa more even eats or drinks to as whether a cocoa Is supposed to contain, person inquire Gospel of Jestis Christ. Thank God lor ' - chocolate candy. If the use of cocoa and chocolate than does coffee. . Joseph Smith, I believe InJiia mission, were against the doctrine of the Church such inquiry It is difficult to understand why some indi-- , having accepted this great truth and his narration of it.would be made, but it is not. Viduals seem to enjoy shocking people with extreme ; The greatest eyent that has ever of y; ns statements, or why t they Cfijoy ..being , IT IS TIEE SAME wlth whole wheat or white occurred ln -- the worid, since ; the set to forth attraction so much that they are willing surrectfon of the Son of God from the of who Word Is the that it say ' against Ty untruths as though they were facts. : tomb and his ascension on. high, was Wisdom do flour what to eat white nof know, simply V v What are the facts with respect to cocoa, coffee "the of the Father and of the., ythey are talking about. The same thing is true with : Son coming to andcaffelne? .;Tr.v'. that boy Joseph' Smith, to pre' t respect to white sugar. The Church has never banned V . For years Good Housekeeping Magazine has pare the way for the laying of the foun-- . unone. even either or a raised about Only question dation of his kingdom not the kingmaintained a high, standard of integrity. Its informs- - authorized persons who speak on their own respon-dom of man never more to cease nor tion is carefully worked out and stated so that all who to of make Church out 7.... sibility-tr- to be overturned. their, .17 7 .7 .. doctrine, x 7 read may understand. . private personal views. r. Having accepted this truth, I find folthe Box someJUmrtgo, 7; In its Question it easy to accept of every other truth true also with respect to meat, Of course the .77:777 . 7 that he enunciated and declared durlowing appeared y Lord advised eating meat sparingly, but he did not ing his mission of 14 years in the ban it altogether. On the contrary He said in the "QUESTION; Does cocoa contain more caffein world. He never taught a doctrine that Bible: 7 than does coffee? was not true. He - never advocated In the latter times shall some from the He was Hot deceived. He saw; error. ' depart chocolate ConANSWER: No. Though cocoa-anheed to seducing spirits and doctrines of did as he was commanded he giving heardhe faith, tain theobromine, a stimulant similar to caffeine, as to do; and, therefore, God is responsidevils ; speaking Ups. in hypocrisy, having their conweU as some''caffgine, the total is considerably less ble for the work accomplished by Jo- science seared with a hot iron; forbidding to marry 77 .; , than in coffee.-- ; 7 7 seph Smith mot Joseph Smith. The and COMMANDING TO ABSTAIN FROM MEATS Lord is responsible for it, and not man. ; Average strength eoffeeContafns approximately WHICH GOD HATH CREATED TO BE RECEIVED ; 7 I am jiappy to express . . 7 my 097 grain of caffeine in a fluid ounce (two WITH THANKSGIVING OF THEM WHICH BE, knowledge of the successors of Joseph 0.027 and of caffeine 0,01 cocoa, grain LIEVE AND KNOW THE TRUTH. (1 Tim: 4:1-4Smith They feared me,, in part, so to ' ' gtain of theobromine in a fluid ounce1 And in the Doctrind A Covenants he said: speak! In other words-- with them I journeyed across the deserts, by the' THE FACTS then completely dispel any notion that ; ' AnJ whoso forbiddeth to abstain from meats,-tha- side of my following President man should not eat the same IS NOT ORDAINED cocoa or chocolate' is as harmful, as coffee- - Per- .V, Brigham Young andhis associates to sons who say that those drinking hot chocolate are., 7;7 ofgod (D t these barren Wastes, barren as they It is fasgr "breaking the Word of .Wisdom as effectivelyas if they doing 7so ,to were when we first entered this drank coffee do not state the truth. fraught with the greatest of danger. JOSEPH F. SMITH 5- S - ! S : ft.a : V , : thitet! ( f T-- flour.-..Perso- -- ; - - 7' "'v y It-i- s . - . ; V I -- f table-spoonfuls- ); .) . . t ox-tea- a , , , valley.-PRESIDE- , Prominence in Church Leadership HE TATTEREDT little waif lay on his bed of rags in the dark attic .roam trying to' remember the dim past before his mother had gone Brigham Henry Roberts wondered if he would 7 away. V 77ever see her agaln.- , y f America with the two babies four long years She had left for or-- 7 ago. Brighamwaapplyfive at the; time and scarcely- fefnembered - understood the tearful . rr 1 parting. Brighams- parents had Joined the Church in their hative Warrington, Lancashire, England before he was born. His mother Ann was determined to gather to Zion, but his father- was not Interested and drifted away' " ; ' 7 7-. ; ;7; from the Church.. 7 decided-tAnn at last o emlgrate io Utah Without her husband taking teft her older daughter Mary with relatives, the twoWeSHWitir-herSh- e and little Brigham' stayed With his father, who eked out a fiving as a y , I Nirfe-year-ol- d Mr-of- 7 7 . f f ?7- ;r : -- - - -- , ' blacksmith. : ' ':; , : ' ..7771 ' ;77 V ;VT'7.' With no mother. to care for him and no school to- attend, Brigham He wandered about,, ho could find , was lift to bis own devices.77 food' and developed a good deal of ,; 7:7; 'At lfst, after-fou- r years, Brigham ind Mary were brought to 'America f dth tiie.. aid Of the BerpetOai Emigrating FOnd. They walked aero; the 7plains. ,Brjghams shoes wore out after the first 800 iniles, and he covered : 77-' the- last SCiO miies barefoot 7 The two children Were reunited with their fnother when they reached Salt Lake. Valley. She Settled north of Salt Lake City in; what aas known 77y '77:'7;--'Bountifid.7,j;i7.:;7:i7:-7:- '' 77" his first TBrigham Worked fo farirnsrs antf in inlhingTcarpps. He had attend school and learn to when, he was 12 years old. opportunity-t. At 17,: he became a blacksmiths apprentice, but he had tasted schooling z : .7. and wanted more. ' When he. was 20, he began attending the ,University of Deseret, con normal course in a year. He then began teaching pleting the 7;7V-- 7 7 school as well as practicing the blacksmiths tra.de. ' In 1880, he wm 'called to the Southern States Mission serving two fun r terms in that area.. Ort his return home in 1885; he went into newspaper: work and became editor of the Salt Lake. Herald in 1886. ' He was again called to the missionary work in. 1886; cutting short his ' career, as a newspaper man,' but be" went to England and became editor of ' ; 7"; 7' the Millennial Star.--: Week Ending May 51962 . - . ate-whe- . - self-relianc- y- ; " o . - i , & two-yea- r : two-yea- -- .: - - 7-- .,-- . -16-C- HURCH . - 7';Artillery with the rank of major. .7 v He was first, assistant in Ihe YMMlA general superintendepey from From he served, as president of the Eastern States Mission. . ''7V. 77. ,:377.:7:;::7777 ;7r7: Ha died Sept 27, 1933, In Salt Lake .Oty, at the age of 76. -- - . i L - : On returning home in' 1888, Elder Roberts' was called to the Fir. Council of the Severity at the October general conference. In. the following years, he was busy fulfilling bis assignments as a Gerieral Authority and in writing books on .Gospel principles and Church history. He also became, active jn politics. 7 77: ;7;77 ,7, ,7 w He was a member of the Utah Constitutional Convention and ran.. T f unsuccessfully for Congress in 1895. In 1898, he was elected to Congress, but . beeause "of his religious prlncipies-- , During World War I, Elder Roberts served as chaplain of the 145th Field . 1918-192- 1922-192- -- :. NT |
