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,, ..t I ,, P.0 , - i - - - -- , ' ,,,,,,,.,0,1fer,,.'',,P,4 '' .0 ,,l' - , - ,. . ' ' '' ' . , . - - --- - , , -- , t- .. , , , - -- z i - . , t , , s - ,..." - I ,. - - - BYLI-lectute- - .'s tour-U.S.- 1 rs " . - . - r , .. Mich.; Long Island, N.Y.; Ontarto,'Canr-AudU- I - .1 . assists in series - -- - , '. . -- - 7' 1: 4, , Li -- --- - that other-pl- Wand us ' overrl7th ths e Eld,r sill willdiseover.minus signs will make - their negative counterpart& -- rewarding than a great difference in the result when What . we - -' plus sigisit honesty ' s ofsses.faith, industry and spirituality!, Jesus put- one of the biggest plus signs on good works and He kept calling for those who were -- --doers of the word and pot hearers 111Y: ' , WE CAN LIVE LONG, Interesting, useful lives if we have enough plus signs, and -- make sure that the minus signs do noteause too A heavy user of alcoholic beverages re- cently said that he did not like the taste of liquor. He said he drank it because he liked the effect it produced. When his affairs don't go well, or when circumstances get him in a corner, he Just takes off and gets drunk. But intoxication always hoists .the minus sign and then people start losing things. Liquor subtracts from our depends. bility, impairs our health and reduces our bank balances It destroys family happi. ness and the confidence of friends. The story is told of an occasion when some of Satan's imps ,got into the display window of life's department store and mixed - , . dCoonrmtriatoctrile?st otno . Construction will begin int- mediate& on five women's dormitories and a central din- ing and administration build. trig at Brigham Young univer sity, President Ernest L. kinson announced last week. Contracts have been let for the housing project which will be north of Heritage Halls at the intersection of 9th East and Phillips Lane. - - -- - In - . I - - I. Helaman Halls, 1,638; Heritage Halls, 1,538; Knight-ManguHa 11 275. Amanda K ni ght Hall: 125: Allen Hall, 72; Wy. mount Terrace, 1.201, and VVY view Village, 150 homes. - - regional Provo, the new dormitories will be seven stories high and . Will house 1,350 women and five families of- supervisor& Each of six floors will house 44 students in 20 double rooms and four- - single rooms. The ground floor will contain an . apartment for the head resi dents family, lounge and three double rooms for six students. Two elevators and two stair. ways will serve each building. The basement will be used for games, washing storage, music practice and other functions . utility Turposes. The cell. tral building will provide a re- ception area, dining rooms, kitchen and other facilities. ' Blacktopped parking areas to the west, north and east of the - , '328 project wal 4cramp-iodat. cars. Completion date for the cen. teal building and three rest- - -halts wit! be Sept. 1,1964,-and for the remaining two halls, Dec. 31, 1961. -- The-- new project will bringstuof 4,20 dents housed on campus. Oth- er major housing projects are . e t-- - 1 - . , - , -- Ienumber -- 3,400 teams sign for softball in , . - Dbuyiuldcfaimvép-u-s--- play-off- s ....,.,-- . on expensive articles, and expensive price tags on things of little value. They thought It great sport to see people paying the high- - est prices for worthless things. These Ss- tanic imps have also been at work in the arithmetic book of life and have mixed up the pluses and minuses. Each year the softball pro- gram of the Church expands and this season is no different. -- With more than 3;400 teams registered and playing this means registrations are up over 300 teams from last year, according to Dale R. Curtis. Elder Curtis is chairman again tourthis year for the nament scheduled Aug. , ' five-da- - 26-3- 0 at George Q. Morris Park, 2200 SOuth Second La. West in Salt . Regional play of ts he gin one month I n advance -- - o t the Att. Church week . ., Elder C- urtis said the eom mittee IS moving ahead on plans for the- All Church tour- nament and hopes the,. allot-- - , , - that for - . - --t- he . - - Th ... lend-a-han- atir---- d . , God-give- ' al , seat . by Eider Ulf will be issoses magnalcont Otosessole wwill'y bylltly , . per member teams haveltra rover, , , have been appointed with a general board athletic Coinmif2" teeman in charge of each te carry on various phases of the big August tournament. Every it k - -- - pr, owjeefte.-- Ending , . , - age at any MIA activity In from Mu- eluding going to and . ' tual. . -.. Faei lities-- , e or 0 ge 'Q. - -- Indication, he said, points ti) Morris Park have been painted another successful climatic -Week for the softball program by the membershiP of the Ho!. when- - the -r- egionaiwinner4-,--... ladayTenth,NVard as .3.- buiM---- Church' Ing fund , - $1 - , , - were approved and plans are under way to enlarge, the,se.st- - e ---. ha 1 . , ing our own souls or bringing about our own happiness. Try to imagine God having to threaten Himself with a club to keep Him away from a cigarette. It is impossible to - a-think ,oz.Coa, witna. negative- - attitude-or. personality covered with minus signs. Cod loves everything that is right and it is very easy for Him to be Godly. On the other hand, who c411, Imagine Satan receiving great pleasure' and satisfaction in doing good and making others happy? Satan's main job is to mix up the labels, to subtract all the good-- that he can from our lives as he encourages us to love evil,' What wonderful things are , the plus signs of mental, spiritual and physical health. We were created for pluses. It was intended--tha- t we should be honorable and grateful and faithful, and our most out standing ability should be that of addition. , The life of Jesus was a large plus. AND OUR SUCCESS is determined by our ability to take down the minus signs of life and erect pluses in their places, and this before too much red ink has been witt ed-- - 1'40 "Unita tion hasbeen, placedssit or the quality of the pluses we use A fervent belief in God is a plus. To love good is a plus. To effectively serve our fellow men is a plus. To understand the great doctrine i of Christianity is a plus. Thee truths these doctrines stand for- are all pluses. The atonement is a plus. The literal resurrection of a celestial body is,a plus. Eternal life is a plus. The develofiment of our own abilities is a plus. To live -the Gospel of Jesus Christ is a plus. The most profitable expenditure of any life is realized in the saving of It. May. God help us to understand and utilize the significance of the Easter cross as it symbolizes the thrilling pluses of our lives. v RECENTLY A MAN In a state of some confusion was trying to explain his sev- eral business failures. He said, "I guess I am just too honest to be successful." Satan's imps has gotten into this man's mind and hung a minus sign on that priceless gem called honesty. And my friend had readily accepted the devil' evaluation at its 'age value. When our .minuses and pluses get mixed up, then we sometimes believe that it , tw'the legiettir2-4"-ItteaPa- ellY at, the park tot len can be made soon. 2,000 spectatprs. This would eliminate the tern p o r a r y Conducted under sponsor-ship of the General PriesthOod - .blettcher-tyPseating used at committeeof the 'altirrk the All Church tournaments in re. Church Softball Committee is -cent years. chairmanned by Elder Ezra- Elder Curtis also noted that Taft Benson of the COtinCil of 'Iveently inaugurated in. for thel the Twelve ranceprogram YMMIA is being received " en. At a recent meeting of the recommendations committee thuslastically." Ile reminded -- 'TT - -- ev en - - - - -- ----- STRANGE Alia we sometimes over ourselves with a club have to stand ISN - --- - - -- Put-2411- - . bata tdhehatbhiott.igIhiet. "I hate ,the idea of standing over myself like a policernan, always telling myself I must do this or I must do that" He says, sHow could it do me any good to quit smok--- ing if I have to threaten myself with a club . to get myself to do It?" .. , - discover that doing right is a far more thrill- ing Operience thanng- Is doing wrong. Posit are much more tive thinking and-livi- - .. oitt evol-rotr-d- . If he uses enough pruses in life he will -----S.e"venSrorriii- -ii-9-11------- -- , cotinting. I KNOW A MAN who was by the doc- tor that he must give utp smoking. He , eIs very' much disturbed &bon-CRIle-feLs .4 an even greater difference in life's answers.. - e 7 -- -- ,..,, ,. i - '' favorite ) is not at all disturbed that he never prays to Cod and Is ignorant of the ,I. 4 great literatUre of the world. He feels no regrets about-vio- lating the Sabbath Day. The principle part-- j of his religion is to do limitlessly whatever his badly trained appetites urge him int-oHe has no thought of personal improvement or Ile has little concern - , - k ..a.a.- -- t aes--- -- '5,- :' s , . -- 1 ., seph Smith. Members of the Church and the general public will be invited to register for the progratrt Stakes and missions in some areas will be using the evening of, lectures in their missionary programs. Registration fee will be $150 a per- son. Richmond, Va.; Columbia, S.C; Atilanta, Ga.; Orlando and atithmetic-answers- --It could make t wo l ours into an eight , whereas a minus- sign made the same two lours int a zero. But as this little boy learns the impot--: tent lessons of stiecesshe during the programs, and their lectures will present an inten fsive discussion of the life, per. sonality and -m'essage of Jo Eto- - p beenIm- pressed with what a great difference a plus sign could make in his i bAY-31a- little Immoral. - THAT IS a pretty good church csises-- ,: tion.' It is also a pretty good business also hag some-Impor-tant aptj:Ii for life itself. The' cations r Canada! tnte Liquor carries 6ne of lifets more severe, 1 -- minussigns. Negative thinking has a :Minus-1- sign. Profanity-hai ctninussign,pishonesty usTfiln-signs indicate, that a process of subtraction is going on. The minus sign robs us of our strength anti' leaves weakness, wkkedness and failure In its place. 3.finus signs bring deficits and tutrethe use of red ink lat3 some-111- t i. ' . . s- recent arithmetic experienee fresh in his 'Mind, he said to his grandmother, "Why do they have the big plus sign up Irt the '. front of the church?" - ' - smart to cheal and elevet to deceive, and Pql)olar , rett - iti i thInstit-T,..tm---hii thethings around himandwitit y - bon, N.J.; Chevy Chase, Md.; - f , t... sion. The tittle boy was very latereste'l la , - and Extension Services and marks the first time a Univer- arty lecture series has been taken to the east coast. Cities on the tour route In-elude Kansas City and St. Louis, Mo.; Wilmette, Ill.; In- dianapolis and Fort Wayne, , Houston and Dallas. Tex.;- and Oklahoma City, Okla. Each meeting will be four hours long, from.6:30 to10;30 p.m., and will feature four The topics: "Joseph Smith Man and the Seer," "Joseph A Modern Witness Smith for Christ," "Great 'Moments in the Life of Joseph Smith," and "Christ's Message Through a Modern-DaProphet." Dr. Andrus and Prof. Bar...- sored.b.v....BYILAdult-,Education . - IliamL Fla.; NewOrleans..1.44- Amert, 'Joseph will be tliscussed by two Brigham Young lint-versity faculty members on a special tour throughout 15 eastern and midwestern states and one Canadian province Aug. 16.Sept. 9. Presenting the evening lee-totes in 20 cities will be Dr. Hyrum L. Andrus, 'associate professor of religion, and Ivan J. Barrett, assistant professor of religion. The tour is sport- - Smith-- An - , Ivan J. Barrett , - - to L.2- . - , ,- 'N 1 a . i , , - , . Dr. Hyrum L. Andrus ...- Joseph Smith lecturer . X , , L......2, th....,..,... 1 - , , Arithmetic Of a , little ad,t, wm went, 0 pao,,thiiother on Easter Sunday. 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