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Show i Tire DESERET NEWS, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1954. PRIMARY GAINS HOLD ON BOYS Radio Address ' (Continued from pax FIT.) Dons do I longer esteem. Million. sootfe4 at Fulton when h. proposed Million htearashlp .navigation, doubted t he Wright brother, when flying croft he. tier the, projected then nlri Million h.v. doubted Mcred prophesy and yet much of it bMij (ul tilled, and what ha. not been la In process of fulfillment Million. hr will trot surely be. loubM Jesus and hi. followers, and yet they were eo utterly right-- I No, the approbation of million. 1. not akn a euro tost of truth, nor It add to th. ability of tho tarneet seeker to recognise truth. Indeod the approbation of million, la often eery eonfuatng and mislead- tag. MilUone acclaim what l. pop- - hu i i, dl ular. Truth la ,.ftn unpopular. Truth le ..anting, uncompromising. , Mon who nr. undisciplined In the ways of truth dislike uncompromising exact Iona We must look els.- -' Where for certain testa. Th. hp- millions does not Srobation of our ability, to recognise . truth Is frequent restatement an aid t. rocognltion t of. truth T Is that which encounter moat, most likely to b. trust If I read In a ' ' thousand books that th. molecul. to th. imallest subdivision into which matter can b. broken, doss that meant that It la true. Scarcely that. It .imply means that t someone, through took of knowl-- i edge or wilful refusal t. accept I the knoa n an er- -. facts, ha. ror a thousand times. printed If I hear a thousand times that the known facta off science and th. known truth, of religion .re! not In harmony, does it follow 'that euch to the oaae. It doesn't. It elmpiy mean, that I have heard a iron error repeated a thousand time., either through Ignorance, bigotry or wllfu) deceit. , j The Propagaatfet , modern propagandist hi. doctrine and hi. through periodical., pamphlets, billboard., and book, richly and indifferently bound, .ft. apeak, th. burden of J hi. muui. tol vtoibl. congregn-- 1 (Hons, and through radio to Invisible million. He start, whispering campaign, that spread Ilk. June gnu. fires, from lip to gar. from lip t. ear. But though II hear hto message t.n thousand time, and read It a thou- .and mere If it were not truth before ever I had heard it. It atiil Is not truth, and heaven be kind to the man who knowingly says that it I, No, the ability to recognise truth " IS not hided, but often Impeded, A parby frequency of encounter. can rot glibly chatter meaningless repetitions, while the truly wise deeply and reverently ponder real4 ' , i , mes-ridwl- wind-blow- n, ' ity. ' 1 , ! On Schooling ' I If I hear It stated for fact In the" school room Is It necessarily If he wbb says It Is a teacher rnaconciid In a professorial chair, embellished with tho robe, of academic learning, must it be truth? Indeed it must not and Is not unless it were already truth before lie said it. My obligation In the classroom to to accept only truth changeless 'truth, c. It to not In- tended as part of the curriculum that I should aocept as truth unor ''pet" theories proved Opinions merely to please my Instructor, grades and academic credits to the It last contrary notwithstanding. year's textbook said one thing1 and am pexb years will say another, entitled to know It. It reputable authorities In my field of study dis- 1 agree on fundamental questions. am entitled to know that also, My professor may Instruct and counsel me but to think or decide for me Is a; trespass and a breach of trust. If he speaks hto opinions. I tnusl know that they are merely his opinions. il must think for myself and develop my own ability to trutb. noxntza a declaration from the puiplt, must it be truth? If a gentleman In clerical garb repeats a or states a century old tradition modern theory to It my obligation to accept? The same answer holds good not unless It were already bruit before be said it. Neither its age nor his station can make ' erroi more true, nor truth less true. M! Qnaliflad accepted Several traditionally) tests of truth have, by the foregoing, been qualified and disquali-Infied. Olf what then does the dividual ability to recognise truth consist? How may th. Individual b. nurability to recognise truthWhat are tured and developed? the sertpln testa? Again th. answer reVsrta to fundamental., a. Imp I. thatv,your credence may be - t, tried, butrvw utterly right that your reason must overrule your Incredulity, The tfraator of this world has nt erected something so fine as manj and left him without means i of knowing truth from error To begin with the ability to discern truth 1. Innate In every human being. The thing we call conscience, provided It has not been misused or habitually Ignored, point, the way to truth and prompt, the ' n, Ood-glv- e. SUNDAY MWXII.S UHilH) to FkiTi ni; priesthood (Continued From Page One) guperttood by Aaronic Priesthood supers ieors.) The entire group of the Aaronic Priesthood, alt Priests, Teachers, and Deacons, to recite the following as the concert recitation for the day: Doctrine and Covenants Section 107, Verse 20: The power and authority of the Lesser, or Aaronic Priesthood, is to hold the keys of the ministering of angels, and to administer in outward ordinances, the letter of the gospel. the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, agreeable to (he covenants and commandments" Priests to officiate at the Sacrament table. (Deacons to pass the sacrament.) r GENKA LOGICAL CLASS IX Th regular genealogical class la Church Service on Ucncaloglo-n- l Committee" will b held In ths at 20 north Main street, Friday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m, Ths topic to be discussed, "Who Should F. Bennett, Attend." Archibald class instructor. The class in the writing of Biography and Family History, conducted by Miss Julin Smith, wtU meet at 2:20, April 20, In the genenorth alogical class room at SO Main street. The subject, Sketch claa-roo- , he meets It face to face ' Bits of Philosophy - the changeless If I Choose standards of the eternities and all else thereby, accepting judge only as part of my life and certain knowledge those things which honest thought, prayerful supplication. unethered conscience and the promptings of the spirit of truth within me, all agree are right and harmonious with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, my blllty to recognise truth nfaltlngly will grow day by day. Where now I believe, ebon I ehall know, and life will become an harmonious whole rather than a maxe of contradiction.. Happy is he, who, having sought truth, ha. so lived, that he may recognise It for what It Is when cient teacher a better Instrument to work with, or help to arouse an Indifferent teacher to Improve. We often hear It said, 'What ws need to not better lessons but better teachers.' (Ths Materials of L illglous Educat on, p. 122.) 2, Does this statement below apply to teachers and members of genealogical classes? 'Tho (sot to that the average Sunday school la doing Its work and must continue for some tim to do Its work through young men and women of average ability and Intelligence not particularly trained In habits of study, much less in methods of Individual scholarship. Moreovt . most of them hav other Work which occupies ths greater part of tnelr time. They have not the leisure for research oven It thoy have tho ability " t What general principles should guide In drawing up a lesson course In genealogy? 4. What are tho disadvantages of leaving each teachor to chooa and present his own lesson top- lOB? os duly Sure Guido In Tho only safe sure guide-rul- e ability to recognise cultivating the all truth la to approach cloaa unto the source of all truth, which source la God. If we make God and his revealed word the standard of our ' existence, and accept only 'that which harmonises therewith, to Srr !to not readily poewl-bl- within me? '' correlation Anronio priesthood meetings nr Increasing In reguof Church, th wards larity In the It to Indicated In the summary of monthly bulletin for Mareh. Th. suiAmarv show, seven stakes Ini which all wards of ths stsk held monthly correlation meetings, according to th Church plan. The, seven stakes were Alpine, Bean Lake. Cassia, Grant, Ogden, and Utah. Four other stakes missed being listed on the honor roll through ths failure of on ward only. These or all large stakes In which tbs correlation plan Is being followod Hollyregularly. They are th wood, I As Angeles, Liberty and Mt. Ogden Stake. It takes pep to keep In step. An idle tougue to th only thing known that works harder than th devil. No matter how much w need U wo would rather part with wisdom than receive It Foreign wars are what we talk about to detract attention from our own civilised barbarities. A renegade can get Into the public eye. but only a man of real worth can get Into the public heart. Tho recollection of the last time a fellow made a fool of himself to also the beginning of wisdom. Legtalatlon will be a very simple task when we commence to legis. late for us and not for the rest of us. Declamation Is what we resort to are when our hearts and heads real anxious to let people know about It. A friend to some one who will he loan you another five when knows you do not intend to pay one you got. Nnphl' back the last Jensen. six Activity List five advantages of teaching Individual In a group and flv advantages of individual Instruo-tio- n tutor. a by Questions: 1. What to your opinion of this o best course statement; of study ever devised will not tak the place of n good teacher. Even graded lessons will not work themselves. They simply give the effi- From Wards Reveal , from peg I- Correlation Meets Increasing Reports TNMppoMllw Of course this definite positive and negative reaction of the soul of man to truth and error presupposes. that the mind has not been beclouded, that the conscience has not been dulled, that the eplrlt ha. not baeni starved In abort that th. machinery has not bean abused or left in disrepair. If th. needle of tho compass has been tampered with. It may fall to guide aright; if the barometer has been abused It may refuse to forecast accurately; If th th.rmomet.r has been subjected to unreasonable extremes, It may refuse to register. It I. M with the Indicators of tho soul of man. 'They who fight Clod cannot hop. to discover him. They whd Ignore the law. of nature and Indulge In excesses, cannot hope to h.vo dear intellect: they who revile truth oannot hop to find It; they who starve tho spirit oannot hope to fool It. vibrant aq4 'unmistakable Indica- It la only a matter of attitude after all. What shall be my standard of valuo It must be changeless else It cannot be a standard. Shall I choose the opinions of men. the suppositions of science and the convenient alterations of religion, or shall I follow the word of God, the unmletakable heed and promptings of the best that to (Continued suitable jjfor all genealogical students op all ages and In all parts of the hurch. The teacher must assume the burden of adapting these general lessons to the needs of members of Ms own community, sind better still, to the Individual needs of each person attending the class. Therefore, where a rtood local research example to available, should It be given by preference th- teacher over th example given the regular lesson. Each lesson must directly help th xe who attend the class. and September. A tion. Report Shows Eleven Year Old Youths Still Active A VALUABLE plcturo of th ef- foctlv work don by th Primary associations of the Church among the eleven year old boys of their organisation, la seen In a compilation of figures from reports sent In by 100 of th 10S stakes of th Church, The reports shows IS stake with 100 per cent Primary enrollment of boys; 45S wards with enrollment, Thar , a 100 per cent or I. SSI boys In the stakes who or eleven years of as, and I.SSS of these ar enrolled In th Guld class of th Primary. Ths report shows that Oft guides were graduated from th Primary and entered the Aaronla priesthood. and the M. I. A. In December, 1SSS;; LOSS in March and that there are 2.T44 who Inor exJuno pected receive graduation of error where moral Isshunning sues era Involved. In objective mat-tematters that deal with physical science and th. material world and universe, n clear Intellect, honestly and earnestly used, win point th. way to certain truth If and when euch ha. bean discovered; or will, admit lack of absolute proof, when certain evidence of tho truthfulness of any belief or theory to lacking. In matter, spiritual, th. spiritual part of man point, th. way, being quickened to spiritual truth, and being dulled to that which does not ring truo. These are abilities Innate in .vary man th. abilities to recognise physical, ethical and spiritual truth, to dtoe.rn all truth. In ths realm of truth there to no compromise, no shading, no merging of one into th. other. That which to real cannot be unreal. That which to constant cannot be variable. That which to known fact cannot be theory. And the mind and the conscience and the spirit of man react to these absolutes, that are encountered the,life truths as move, on, with an unmistakable indication of their verity. The negative reaction to untruth, the dullness and lack of response In the presence of error, to equally definite, Church Department m, of Your Mother's Life." mwicKN . Alexander 8. Standley of The annual family reunion the Alexandor S. Standley family at held th be will organization Utah Slate Agricultural Collage, May 12, Logan. Utah, on Saturday, 1934, icnimencln at 10 am. Sloan Interested In the Sloan Anvone . klnilly communicate with Mrs. J K. Hopkins, Deseret, Utah. John Moss Family The descendant of John Moss met April 8. 1934, for th purpose of perfecting a new organization since the death of Henry Moss, th 1st president of the John Moss Genealogical Society." Joseph Moss and Ellen Hatch were elected honorary presidents; Robert Moss a with David a. acting president Mono as acting and nt LEADERSHIP MF.KT to conference A leadership which all leaders of boys and young men In the stake are Invited to announced for Sunday, April 22, hy portnouf stake officials. The conference will be held at Downey, Idaho, the stake hendquarter. Or-vE. Hendricks of the slake presidency, In charge of Aaronic priesthood work, will conduct the conGiles, field ference Elder John of the Presiding! representative attend Bishopric will al I. I have very deep sympathy for men and women who bear tbo chief for burden of tho depression: those who are out of employment, work, without who have long been who see tholr families in wa.it: who find, perhaps, their own have been slipping because they forced to accept of charity. I enI sym-p- t tertain great pity for them. 1 am well ilze with them. aware of the fact that It to very difficult thing , as they undergo these privations and wait month after month, year after year, for an Improvement In conditions, to hold their patience, but I bid them do so. Elder Stephen L. Richards, of th Council of the Twelve. ' How will I feel, or you. when celled before tb judgment seat if someone shall point his finger at me or you and say that If it bad not been for th actions of this men or this group I would have received the truth, but I was blinded because they, ptofeaslng to hav the Elder Joslight, did not live It, Smith, (M th Oouacll eph Fielding of the Twelve. self-respe- Mr. Ilenry Mr. Moss as secretary and Stella Watte, treasurer. Mrs. Eliza It. Bair, genealogist, with Mrs. Clara Egan and Martha Moss os assistants. Mrs. Margaret Grant, Mrs. Ethel committee; temple Waddoups. Mrs. Rebecca Booth, and C. Egan, social committee. GRANITE STAKE GKNK- j .(LOGICAL CONVENTION The Genealogical of Society Utah will conduct a convention In Granite stake Sunday, April 22nd. There will I, be Interesting demonstrations wfth discussions on problems of class Instruction, home teaching and related subjects. Meeting. will be held at 9 a m. and 10.30 am. In the Relief room and at 2 p.m. In the Chapel of the stake house, at 2005 south Ninth Eaot. All wnrL and stake committee members and the bishoprics should attend the rffrst meeting. Those interested are especially Invited to attend the meeta.m. anil S n m. ings at ty 10-3- There never was a uuw when was more needed than leadership now. In every phase of man's exThe istence. people are looking for men to lead them. They are disturbed and heartsick because ot f I appointment. They are the bread of life. They do hot understand it. They live and die without anv hope, because they bay not had opportunities which th Will enable them to receive blessings of God, our Father, that to I feel that It to they are entiled our duty to a very great extent to Elder provide this spiritual food. Samuel O. Bsnnloa, of ths First Council of Seventy, , |
