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Show Gems of Thought Leader Pays His TributeTo Mother ' Thou Shalt Pay Th y Brother HEN the Lord restated the Ten Command-- J the three Rs there is still enough rithmetlc ments in our day He enlarged upon His orig-1- 1 taught to enable us to determine when the out-g- o " Inal language and made more specific the exceeds- the income. meaning of what He had in mind. It left no room DEFICIT SPENDING, if unchecked,"can"end only in for misunderstanding.' bankruptcy. No business can live in red figures, In Section 42 of the Doctrine and Covenants, as 'neither can any family or person. He reviewed some Comof the Ten well as elsewhere. We must pay our way. We must pay our debts. mandments in this manner. In one instance after discipUne our appetites and our desires. We 'agaIricommandingHThou-shaltno- t steaVHe added. our economiccloth to the pattem r thou-shalt which shalt for Thou that this: pay income Receive of thy brother. (Verse 54.) d - It is a too philosophy these days In modern parlance the Lord might have said: we may with impunity live beyond, our means. that bills. Thou shalt pay thy This development can hardly be separated from that to credit bureaus most people pay , According other and fatal tendency to get all you can and give" their bills, but there are many who avoid it if they as little as you can." , . can. The Lord said we must pay for that which we Some run large accounts with littlehope of meetreceive from our brother, and He means honest payment ing these obligations. Recent instances show that some debtors have monthly payments, which when That applies to the work wegive in return for our wage, and to the wage we pay others for. the work" lumped together, actually exceed all of their income. they do for us. It applies to our current debts and Certainly in all honesty persons who incur bills. obligations. It applies to new obligations and future should never consider doing so without having reacontracts. It applies to our to our sonable assurance of their ability to pay them. character. DEBT IS AN HONEST obligation. When we con- Without integrity, honesty, and good character, to pay con what are we?- jtract debts we are J And if we fail to payhonestlyandpromptly for stantly postpone-paymenmake a promise doubts of our integrity what we receive can be boast about our good charand break it is likewise a reflection upon our honesty. ' acter? Ones attitude toward his debts is reflected in his IT IS INTERESTING Indeed that when the Lord credit rating,, and his credit rating reflects in turn gave us the first and great commandment He his fundamental integrity. gave a second which He said was like unto the It is true that some are victims of unusual situfirst. --In .other words, he placed It high In importance, ations which' leave them without resources, honest and made it as imperative that we keep-t- he second" '' though their intentions may be. as that we keep the firjst. But it is not (those of whom we speak. How could we, for instance, loye the Lord our A wanton disregard of the obligation of debt is. God with all our heart, might, and strength, and our a dangerous trait in anyones character. neighbor as ourselves, if we' are unfair with our A willingness to buy beyond hope or reasonable neighbor in regard to ouir obligations, if we make contract to pay and break our word, if we get goods expectation of paying is but a means of taking from from our neighbor and never compensate him? others that which we have not earned. For how can we love God whom we have not seen Does anyone have that right? Is it not a mark if we love not our fellow man whom we have seen of dishonesty to deal in that way? and whom we 'must pay if we honestly owe lilm. Although some say that our schools today neglect - - hel p . . -- duty-bou- nd ahabit-which-raises-seri- worked and nursed, and prayed through the long hours of the days and the longer hours of the, mights when dread plagues struck and life Itself was touch and go, with baffled and medicines powerless the priesthood and my Mother. Who saw afar off the appoach of the Tempter who warded off as bestsihe might his coming: who1 counseled and pleaded, betimes admonishing and reproving; who prayed and prayed again myMother, Who lavished onme all shC had to ' give, to the last morsel of strength, of thoughtfulness, of patience, and charity, and tenderest care and anxiety, and hope and faith and prayers, and love ever and always my Mother. Who planted and builtln me all I have of character, and energy, and courage, and the will to do, and high hope and faith and belief in God and in His Son; who helped me along His Way in infancy, youth, and, then manhood doo-to- . Jo . rs . following quickly; who always counseled me in truth; who gave the thousand little things and blessings that made life worth while and happy and purposeful the priesthood and my Mother. . To Escape 7 - Mother. Who ty, Jo powerless. through the long days of infancy my Mother. Who watched In my earliest years my every move, who gauged my .every breath, who guarded my sleeping and waking moments to forfend harm my widely-accepte- f'is 7 my Mother. "Who gave the' food that kept life kindled, and nourished me when body and mind were of-ou- basic-integri- President HO FASHIONED the body of flesh and blood to which my spirit' came, for that most precious of all jewels, mortal existence my Mother. Who challenged the crisis of life or death that she might give birth and bestow upon me the unvalued gift of mortality i Jl J if from en erticle Clark Jr. May 1958. Excerpts Burdensome Taxes Displaced Mormon Colony Seeks Haven In Long Valley HE ABANDONED cabins of Berryville though badly In need of repair, looked good to Bishop James Leithead and his tattered company of Pioneers. At least they would have roofs over their heads and land to tilL Yet there was much work to be done. Floods had washed out 7 he old irrigation ditches. Fences and corrals would have to be built and abins made livable. They hoped as they unloaded their meager belongings ito the cabins that the former occupants would not exact too high a price or the property. The company had toiled many a rugged mile over desert sands to reach his abandoned haven. Behind them along the Muddy River in southern Jevada stood their own cabins, now abandoned along with the other improve-nent- s 1865. they had. struggled to make since they had first settled there in Jow, six years later, they had been forced to leave everything b cause of the unitive tax policy of the Nevada Legislature. When they arrived at St George, the Church leaders had advised them a go to theabandoned settlements in Long Valley. Berryville and Wrnsor lad been established in 1864, but Indian hostilities had forced the settlers to save in 1866. Peace was established by 1871, but the Berryville and Winsor eople showed little inclination to return to Long Valley so it seemed a logical lace lor the Muddy River people to go. While Bishop Leithead and his group were establishing themselves at Jerryville, Bishop Daniel Stark and his ward were doing the same at Winsor. the name of Berryville was change to Glendale. Winsor became Mt Carmel. The new settlers had a difficult time at first. One of them who was lust a youngster, at the time later. recalled living on pig weed greens and Their best crop was uckwheat cakes and sour corn for that first year. turnips and they became very tired of turnip soup. The boys father secured a piece of heavy tent canvas from which the mother proceeded to make trousers for her sons He recalled that after a few days wear, the new pants broke at the creases in the seat and knees. But I cared very little about it as I was used to rags,"- - he said.- -, On March 20, 1874, the United Order was established at Mt, Carmel m. sccordance with the instruction of Brigham Young. Due to some strong It established opposition to the order among the settlers, those in favor of was named ' settlement a new community two miles up the valley. The new Orderville. ' was built where, everyone ate. .Individual A community dining-ro- om dwellings were erected on the east, west and north sides of the dining hall. side. Blacksmith, carpenter and cabinet shops occupied the land on the south Q. I J AH property was owned-bthe order and every man skilled or unskilled was paid at the same rate for his labor. Foremen were appointed to direct the various projects which included a farm of 315 acres," dairies and herds of sheep and cattle. A cotton farm was acquired near St George. In the fall, the boys and girls would go from Orderville to piclrthe cotton. They also worked in the dairies and on other farm projects. Acreage also was acquired at Moccasin Ranch, 30 miles southwest of Orderville. Here were raised peaches, grapes, plums, melons, cane and broom corn. comThe. Orderville group became one of the most' nearly munities in Utah, making great strides forward under the system. But ment for private ownership became strong and the order was disbanded in 1884. y ' . g ", ' Week, Ending May-- 7, 1960 CHURCH-- 19 |