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Show - , 6 , THE DEStRET NEWS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER , Church Department 24, 1933. , " , , ' : ", ; . ry7 rriffilr one hour. a few weeks ago. we heard broadcasted reports. coming directly from three capital of War stirred Furope. ; Theea h reatlenat a were carried on 1 the ether waves'ovcc land and sea into our homeig and we could right , bear the speakers as distinctly as if " they were In the adjoining roomDuring those hectic,frantk days. of hive reed of the mobilization :bombing planet all over Turope to. be used la reinitte death' dealing from the skies. A. the work of mobolising those modern instruments of wholesale human n In kverish Slaughter went baste men. "women and children were being drilled In the use of gas maalts. and !rained to find refuge. In cellars. from 'civilized barbarism," i These circumstance; are typical of our clyilzation, In mechanistic enlighten-'Mescientific , efficiencr. and technologkal expertness. the marvels of our age are almost illeneeillibIC We make machines that do the work of thousand for ; human handic we construct Unwires wings and fly , through 4 space at the rate of three hundred ".' miles per hour; we send our spa', ken words to the four quarters of the globe as readily as we speak In our thoee who are ' pretence; we weightight and measure the Infinitesimal atom and read Its Inmost secrets; we compute the distance to the farthest stars and determine of what stuff they are wide; we construct mechanical tangs that actually- sustain life; we mend the defective human eye; end Etil etitchee in the throbhing. And yet notwithstanding our asteunding mechanistic efficiency Our; marvelous sciehtifie enlighten. Meet and our anutsing techonoloto teal skill, we are utterly belplese before the most vital of all prob task of purifying the huIcingthe mail! heart and taming Its ferocity. Need Eneatitipettea We desperately need, some efmeans of emancipation from fectiye the :ruthless forces of lust and greed, the archevilhate, enemies of human progress and happiness. Science cannot Mae us treat these destructive forces. Science gave us wings with which we girdle we the lobe in a few hours; and turned the airplane Into a bombing machine to Make human Laughter , effective snore', and ghastly. ' Science gave us the cinema that the ecisons and speech s, of actore for the Millions, or miles front the scene of gas effective and produetion. means of entertainment and in ef&trust:ton becomes an equelly fective means of the wholesale des' sentination of degree:111g ebsonity. Science gave um the radio and enWel ii to stand in one spet and tweak .to all the inhabitants of the wufid. and we use the mic:ophone to !seetti coarse loam lesie and gibes into millions of homes where .; obeenity had never been heard be- ' ed interpretation of what had been spoken by actual inspiration in the remote past. Frantic emotional of the eternal doom of fortrayals was resorted to as a means of frightening people, into the church. As Inapired Prophet a fierce everywhere there was clashing of crumbling creeds and a noisy din of theological cantatasion. As a mere youth Joseph Smith was profoundly stirred by the furious emotionalism, the frantic confusion and the faithless uncerof his time. tainty of the religion Instead of looking backward to the for certain guidance he remote past hod the sublime faith to look up to the fountain head of all truth for light to guide his feet In spite of the universal edict of the age had that the voice of revelation long since been silenced forever, Joseph Smith, sought the God that had promised wisdom to those who seek, with a faith as deep and to the strong as truth. In answerGod, faith. the boy's all prevailing Father and His son appeared on this earth, in their glorified majas eternity esty. In a voice the Father spoke. 'Joseph. this is my beloved Son. Hear Him.' The sylvan temple in which that boy prayed Is a sacrne shrine. It is the cradle of modern faith. The day on which he prayed marked the beginning of a great epoch in the spiritual development of mankind. For on that day there was to man anew the two revealed great foundation truths that under, lie and support real faith in Goda definite idea of the personal being of Deity and the thought that he actually answer tothe soul's deepest day and sincerest upreaching. yearning These two basic religious truths are the bedrock foundation of a faiththe faith that makes the devine will the settled rule of human conduct. Nothing less than a faith built upon this solid foundation can conquer the ruthless forces of destruction, turn the race from the ways of recklessness to the paths of peace; and 'secure to ourselves and our piwterSty the noble heritage that science philosophy and art has bequeathed to us. of th(., Joseph Smith. the new day of spiritualProphet development, brought to our modern world, the Vital faith out of which comes the finest and purest flowering of the spiritual life. lie added to the existing four fold culturethe milture built upon the physical, the Intellectual, the ethical and the fifth demension of life. artistica He bequeathed to his and future generations as his best legacy, 'tite purest spiritualitythe spirituality 'that purifies the heart. chastens ha affections exalts the mind and ennobles human life. OCDEN STA M , RECORD the Church In Aaronic LEADINtl Priesthood activity. with a to tal of 86 per cent. Ogden Stake has established a new high point for quorunt participation. Total filled were assigninents which also leads all other stakes and IS one of the highest Marks reached:An a nine months period since reCords have been kepL An feature- of the outstanding of Ogden Stake for this yearactivity is the had that 238 members of tivt Aaronic Priesthood are nu, This is the Mg as Ward Teachers. only stake reporting 2tin or more members thus engaged. The total rating a of $ti per rent resulte4 from successful halatwed .pro, which estabiished gram. high marks in each of the ten divisions of Aaronic Priesthoixi work outlined by t;tio Presiding llishoplic I y Elder Nepht ensen " , rommoowsmaatianamagamaig ,Ialamaalaaan.a.amemaa.00mmataammoomot 'esPlor-lire-e ' . " , at-de- at ; 4 - ' hope-givin- g - , ' , , ' : , rept-or-We- thou-semi- ..:. ; ' ! ) , t ! - , - t Selene hag annihilated tune and distance and made the wholo world neighbors: but it has not made the human race neighborly. ;Science with ail Its marvelous control of physical forces is utterly enable to contra the forces of evilhate. lust anti greed. These deadly toes of hinnan ()twit-sand happiness can be subjugated only is that by religion deep and' tetle enough to purifyenough the heart and transforn the soul. Dr. Robert hittlikan tetognized the great liondamentai truth. that in the .realm of moral contrul, le the efficieut force. ' In One of hisonly proloundeet utteranctsi he correctly dietinguishes the task, of science from that of religion t He says- that "The purIs to pose of science develop :knowledge of the laws and of nature. The even more task of religion Is to 'devImp:awn:int consteence. the ideals and'aepiratione of Manklid." An, awakened conscienee an intensified sense of the eternal worth of lenitivi and right, is the greatest pieasent gay need. Only religion In he meet vital epiritual aspects can bring this moral awakening to pro-;tens- - t , ' . ' . - 1 - r 'the.wortl. - - ' ' Rut only religion of real spiritual power- can kindle in the heart a soul transforming faith: and turn ' the world from reekleeeness and ruthlessness to the paths of rectitude and peace. 'Ai ilivieg Pettit Needed tNo sentimentalizing about ,Cod. and ,the future life can save c- -r civilization. The shallow belief that must go back nineteen hundred years, for its certhe cannot stir in the soul that titude", convictions deep abiding - - : -- '. . 7 ' send-Ment- ' . 1':--..',:'-'1:-- THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH The Church yesterday celebrated the 133rd birthday of The Prophet Joseph Smith. He was born in Sharon, on Dec. 23, 1805. Windsor County, Vermont, makes right the supreme law of life. mere or will the religion of avail. ceremonialism faithless ritualism mechanical Spiritless but it may dazzle the imagination. heart or the can not deeply move will. the control based upon Only a living faith. evidences of present dayofinfallible the God, inerrancy of the reality big promises and the immutability of his laws, can make the will of 'Cod a vital controlling force in human affairs. Such a faith, Joseph Smith, the prophet Of the new day of spiritual power, discovered. eseniplified and bequeathed to the modern world as his priceles's le acy. At the heginning of the nineteenth century the Christian religion had become quite destitute of power. It could point to spiritual no down to data Instances of definite devine interposition In human affairs, as a means of stimulating faith In God. There was no no actual Inspirational guidance, prophecy, and no healing through of faith. the power Gorgeous ritual. had administered. mechanically taken the place of faith inspired ordiobedience to simple divine nancos. Pure spirituality hail been supplanted by weird emotionalism. Preaching had become an uninspir -- The Master Speaks Today. the master. the chiding came: "Thou wicked and slothful servant." To the one hiding the one talent in a napkin, the rebuke came: "Out of thine own mouth I will judge thee, thou wicked servant." The wicked husbandman who sought to cheat the householder of the fruits of his yard was to be destroyed. To the unjust steward, the Lord said. "And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own." each comes the Employer, emplOyee.-Ht- o great commandment, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." This is eternal truth. It comes to man as he serves Jesus the Christ. Speaking to Pilate, who caught no gleam of the true light, and who put the eternal question, "What is truth," Christ said: "To this end was I born and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Everyone that Is of the truth heareth my voice." Continued irrom Page One himself Is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. "And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that thirst ask any question," In his great prayer in the Garden. Jesus saitL "And this Is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true, God. and Jesus Christ. whom thou hest sent" To the SeyentT he Sfttt out tg preach without purse er scrip. Jesus gave command that they. should eat and drink of those to whom they came, for said he: "the laborer is worthy of his hire." No man shall take the fruits of the labor of another unless he shall pay him therefor. :44.1, man shalt grind down and oppress his help. 'the laborer is worthy of his hire." "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself!' To the servant who hid the one talent of his master In the earth and then returned At only to , I , . . ; L , , , , 41 , |