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Show - 2 THE CHR ISTMAS NEWS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 1937 0, Church Department . a glioligAt (Tor Current Church Clippings a B) Your Church Rc porter da y (A AGLANCE at the calendar tells us that liip tt ulwricjwc appears in the le tent S,pazao Topics a .1i.i11 pattipbtho th4 T,Toplo. e15nl !'" I ahl ot had vart t,CC1,11Cg I " ,th L1 :,,IA1!4 ask, 'i. Chi In ot 0- - cow. HI. al 1CV i. th"- of Aft, "4" r hI (lit t'nZ :1'."V a i.n truy Int" rlit S.tx f 1,1s; wo-po- 1 ae :to oottot ot the hit th uf hy Mat thcw tor. ii, inLe, ittni 1, pecial invitations sent by the Arizona Ari- Temple presidency to all bishoprics in the rona Temple district. attendance at endowment Sessions by special groups is Increasing. . A report sent by Charles It. Jones states: Typical of such groups was that held recently by Mesa First Ward of Maricopa Stake. Meeting in a special session 171 local Saints gathered at the Temple for an extra endowment Session; All Officiators for the Session were members of this ward. At the conclusion of the service those participating assembled in one of the ordinance rooms for an- hour of testiniony bearing. Another such service, typifies the sacrifices made. necessary by those emning from more re mote sections of the TemPle District St. David Branch of the California Mission, traveling by a special private cars a distance of 160 miles held 160 ccening session. The ,return trip11wof!,01 h esmiles was made innnethattly folloN jog Pi-et- ti- . Ile warned against regarding the Bible as a single revelation, explaining it was "rather a record of progressive unfolding of the revelations of God to a remarkable racethe Hebrew." "It is not a book but a library of ,literature which shows the development of religious thought. It is a compilation of diffetent ages, viewpoints and form." "The Bible is the best help we have in the current quest of .the human spirit fOr fundamental and enduring values that support life on Its higher spiritual levels." go r Three of the four Unitersity of With men competing for Rhodes Scholarship this year are 1.atter day Saints and actively enrolled in the L. IX S. Institute at Moscow. Thoy are William Jorgenson, Boise, senior in the college of letters and science; Oink Fails, Boise senior, seeking Bachelor of Ants Degrei; and Wayne Lee, Rigby senior in the college of agriculture iii o op 0,1) (1 tefti 1ionwilitY1) up into glory. our 1.old had h 'lig Nnaeli I towel ning the oblcs of Ills cornId n the into NVity nits ti ing US he Son of Iliad, lex n7 Why "IA ottl," Ole "I al....os: made the flesh, to dr, oll firming mot? (John 114l. Why w a, the Incarnation necessitr pat I ot the plan of sal., ation7 Jesot toisneret'l questions to the sat,sla, lion of the Tmelye. mot of hon. it insioncis Ill all ages Mt coming hti loth, Illis It a (A Plati,11 ttf the Famisstou. ther. Not oily of JetioNali, the One: or Adona I. the or of E1,11 Ito the hirdly Mighty One or El Eirm. the Or El Sahbaoth, the (tiel of the host'., not only as the Istit 41 "Rot it,' the "Fist ki as the That God, as the trathcr. ohje, t of thin. float natant r,k,r1 PI Cti-ator- t it liii Ifl , thiosnif or,1 1 11,4 It T11! 11 rt, y ii NI Ow I y 1C' flit IL Philit, 00, t,I,1 Ills. WOW. tOf and it ,of-fi- t tht' Fallon, " to cth hore,l, p,thau,, sat h manitt- - tat tontw,s1f4,n 501110 - sae,mo,ev as God. of of the giti ot ty bit 1, opynirision s'itntkat to that ed to l'cor, lante,; it! wIt. of Tt au,1 the Mount (Matt 17 t1 At (Continued On Page '1 Oleo) tl n I Christmas Theme On Next Church Of Air OWNOWINWOMMONONVINISHOINNOWNSIIIMUNOWOMMIMMO loase.o.oWN.N..t,m,0111P0.001,,W0.Pwr,z. r"."' i, ,.. 'I ..... 4.1.2 000.110oN 'v 't ;It t I? (A Ile C71 ree ino.t a ,t ;., of modem scholarship 1 have made the Bible a book, more inteliigthle, greater in its power and in its influence. Gerrit de Jong, dean of the College of Fine Atits, at the Brigham Young University, recently told students in a dinotional exercise, "The Bible is a record of God's revelations in life rather than in language," the spetiker said. "It is the word of God, but more tha4 that It shows the acts of God." 'cleniple of y Nt.w..-C- o ,: 4 ' ai.:;,"1-:-.-.. (r. 1 1 tk 4 4' i A ;11? i'''''i,;. 4 TWO hundred years UNUSUAL results from attendance of arious groups at the Temple In Salt Lake, have attracted the attention of other temples In res- a 1, Shoperttioti, Witte, 'w It Tilitty tc r of a the Opelling Itgeaph.t, ef one.. v, hose until e life 1) azth. (Nan Itie titaneger to In, rttk tint, ,,,n1 hatih. thf, lea uhnit. tn,i iphyt 1th Patti. N,1o h the rhAett into athont t.ertAnd thete lin. t ti ktt er,t, the M.:, ,tet e t lit the goiihm it. It, In ft. h. in (it ,i, 'wht the in th, tilt s. helit oil Itist A' I tin ligge--(k,i- t 'ph i..t thee the lit. loint, that had gilell tioim iltout,411,1 roa0 it kat of 11. and Olen if the.) Caro to know mote of lioy. to lit:i.ona. inenit,rs of 061 Clihri,h la a lit'. me a It tter About thirt3 days later I reieivott 1'01 letter from them. The letter is now on file at Ole Bureau of Infornuaion on the Temple ground The letter stated that they had finished hat reading the literature and w anted to koitN they should do to become members of the Church. They said they couldn't tell i!rie Mit how they felt but that they thought they felt the same as the Prophet !Joseph Smith did hen he received his testimony. I answered the letter and sent them more literature and ;ibio wrote the President of the Mission in which they resided to send missionaries to kit them. About thirty days later as I colloid across the Temple ground catty one morning ia 3oung malt stepped pp to mu. shook liamk and reminded me that he was the one who laid a,itcn to me the month before. Ile said, 'My ire and 1 We iteceit have come back to be havtizett our testimony the day you took tit arOund the Temple ground. It seemed to us that the Lord was actually present on that trip and as we stepped out of the door of the Tabernacle we both had a testimony of the truth of this gospel and that Joseph Smith was a Prophet of tIod." They said that we could have just as well been baptized while we were here but yOu asked us to give it further consideration before taking that important step. "On returning to Our home we told our friends that we were going to join the Church of Jesus Christ, commonly known as the Mormon Church. From that time iuntil we left to come here we heard nothing but mean things about thy Mormons. Now we are, baptized and confirmed members of the Church and are rejoicing filled with the Spirit of the Lord a testimony of the truth cif the Gospel of Jesus Christ" D. V. Farnsworth. f,eat hi in, ' By J. M. Siodahl 1 !ci i t ,porme to inkI ttlI Varns,aorth low itionths ago kil,ic y - t A .. rtzona ' oyertence tot). 11 - of tl h II V I) (Y hu: IN folho,k F. a hit ti. day Is going to be observed next week The one we have in mind is not to be so vs i,i, h. 4,1. brated ag the universally Observed bit tI, of thc Savior on Christmas Day one week heiv,e However for 1.atter day Saints 10,xt is a day to be widely commeinorat,s1 f 0,1 ti, ,t in 'day, 132 years ago, there Was lio! 110 V, Vermont to illage a child protninent religious leader of, the who We refer to the prophot los, ph was born in 1805, at Sharon. NI.i, u, mord a SOn of Joseph Smith, Sir .,11,1 to ,Smith, The birth of Joseph sin,:h a mediate exeltemsnt extvlit to the foie an oiportant event th,,t, it a It WaS Sit' Cast teuttu ies ago as also ita git.ilness should attAn to as Ow Prophet-founde- r of the Church of Jesus ('lit 1st of Latter-daSaints, We mean a psophevy found in Second Nephi, 4711 Lehi speaking to his son, Joseph. said: "For behold, thou art the fruit of My loins; and I am a.descendant of Joseph who was carried captive Into Egypt. And great were the covenants of UM Lord which hd made unto Joseph." After telling some of the remarkable things Joseph of Egypt Saw, Lehi eitiotes.loseph further as follows: "And Moses will I raise up. to deliver thy people out of the land of Egypt. "But a seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and unto him Will I give power to bring forth my word unto he seed, of thy loins sand not to the bringing forth my word only, saith the LOrd, but to the: con ineing them of My word, which shall have already gone forth among them "And thus prophesied Joseph saying: Behold, that see will the Lord blesii, and they that seek to destroy him shall be confounded; for this promise, which I have obtained of the Lord, of the fruit of my loins, shall be fulfilled. Behold, I am sure of the fulfilling of this promise. "And his name shall be called after me; and It shall be after the name Of his father. And he shall be like unto me; for the thing, which the Lorsl shall bring forth by his hand, by the power el the Lord' shall bring my people unto salvation." 7 So thus the spirit of GOd revealed, centuries before it happened, the birth of Joseph Smith, whose father was in turn named Joseph. Joseph Strilth restored the everlaSting Gospel to the Earth in this last dispensation, being honored of God and his fellowmen. Ills birthday is a time of rejoicing, and thanksgieling for great deeds in a brief life time of derotiOn to a God given reaponsibilitythat of restoration. c, trn L ,;.1 i't l!f '''' j . ..,, 1...,!: i,::. K....':..!.. ..'' . A . DA AI BEV Ar ) Columbia Itroittit ast nation v lie Clitireh of the program, on Soticht:i, Dec. 24. the day alter (lit is to he pre,t mid under the direction of the Deseret Sun lav School lnion, it is arinonnted the Church Ritmo Commitle,y ter. 1,etrit The progtain u nsliiinl in 11 a.m. to I I :to a or SliAlldai 41 Tilne. The program liking p liatteil a will include a glimpge lido Latter,dav Sallt SLIntiv y a more in than Cluist vk hich the slot y he portrayed that Solidity mein-log- ; hen music by a class anti a young pcsoples (lass; LIN and a brief atittreqs The lug Christ." by Dr. Adam S. of the Sunday School tient et al Board, anti former Church Contunissioner of Etiocation ed The program i i be in all parts of the l'oiteti States. The .stenis Air" thonI Kind-mg:i- Ben-Mo- |
