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Show THE DESERET NEWS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1939. , .... - 1 ",,,,,71-,-.4141p- ' 'ot , , 4. i il ) i i .t, 1 11, t"t )v 1 ? '''' -- ,... I 1: i , '' II 4 .1. ' J ..,i ' ',,' ,,4 , i or; , ' .0 , crt t 4'; 1 g, ,f.,4 ' f t4 ,, iiii,;! t, ,' di) ,,'' 10- ith 0 ,, -r ftfItxt I ' ;,,,,',4')il 4, '. ' P,) i ,....,, A 1 'c.) tAki. Scenes on i 111141 I 1', r 4,1.,.1, ,,,,,1-:,A.14- , 111''' '''''''"' 11 4:11''' ';e; - - ! .,,, te ,4 A i, A 1 1 ;: I tv -- 1I ,,,,:':"' ba ", 14 o f, 151i ,,t. 4.- ri::',1 ii:f j,i'l Je 4tod Via i ' 4- ,,,,,, 1 AZibill 4 114. t. I c ,'f .:1 ' ,11 vit,t ' ,-t- it V, d ' re .,., ,1 , ' , '' ' ' ),01$.41,,, 9sit'IJ the unselfish man. Ile looks with forgiving compassion upon the weaknesses of others. Ile seeks to succour all who are k neer Such stkvice begets love, the impelling principle of divine action. Peace is the child of love the peace of soul that frees man to progress towards the likeness of God. Thus is the happy ascending sequence: Unselfishness, charity, love, peace, All creation Is pleading, praying and weeping that unselfishness may be established among men. In contrast, how repulsive is self. ishness! In its godless world of un certain chance, men are brothers only by courtesy; rather, they are enemies from,birth. "Each for himself" is the slogan. The evil in man blossoms into crueltyat home, in business, even in his imagined loves. The first . born of selfishness is greed, dripping aPpeat the mouth, a however material for tite possessions, acquired. "More and more," is greed's cry. The woricrs political history is mainly the story of man's unappeased greed. When defeated, as needs it never-satisfie- must be in a greedy world, greed is transmuted into hate of all who stand in its way or do better in a grasping sodden of men defeat lead to (Continued from Page Five) ate said that this was proved by documents discovered at the home of the ancestors of Columbus in Spain. He said that Columbus hid the fact that he was a Jew because of the deportation of the people of that, race from Spain by Ferdinand and Isabella." A Jewish author said of this subject: "The Admiral was undoubtedly :a man of financial talent. It was perhaps this appearance of commercial astuteness that led some of the later historians, particularly in Spain, to assert that Columbus was of Jewish origin. And that this may not appear a mere assumption, they produce - some evidence from medieval sources, Which, however, are so inaccessible that it is not possible to test their vaA certain lidity. in Columbus is a Jewish trait, in the best and the worst sense of that ad-jective; Jewish, too, is his. umnist'akable inclination to find a sentimental solution for practical problems;' Ash-- , likewise, is his characteristic retimidity in the face of sponsibilities." (Jacob Wassermann, Columbus. 4). 150.) The same writer declared: "The events, of his youth are shrouded in silent darkness. He upon the subject that one cannot help the conviction that he had some cogent reasons foi his silence." "On the other hand," the historian Marius Andre writes, ."there is perhaps equar'reason for believing born in Argon, the son of, converted , And why should 114 not liaVe fields of battle, until the hearts are stilled with dread, despair, aria all the other devils that death. Such Is the ungodly downward sequence, the world. enemy, since Cain took tlie life of Abel: selfishness, greed, hate and warpouring sorrow over the earth. It Is folly to build great armaments of steel, for defense or offense, and fail to build the mightier weapons that issue from obedience to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Gospel of Peace. NVarships, airships or diplomacy, may end a war, but warfare among nations or business leaders:or neighbors, or in families, will not cease until men obey His word, and seek unselfishly and in might to love one another. AJew? and discuss all the been put forth have that hypotheses would be an irksome task of only mediocre interest. Suffice it to call attention to the fact that if Columbus succeeded in finding satisfaction for his exorbitant claims in an affair which in all reason and common sense seetned doomed to failure, it was chiefJews of ly due to the support of the Jewish his origin Anyway Argon. "To develop can be more easily deduced from his temperament and character than from any historical facts of which we have as yet knon ledge." (Marius Andre, Columbus, p. 37) Five members of his crew were ot Jewish extraction, including the ship's doctor, Bernal, and, the interpreter of Oriental languages, Lois de Terres. A wealthy Jew, Lois de SantangeVadvanced much of,the money for the voyage of discovery and charged no interest' for the same. The seconn voyage of Columbus was financed by the treasure confiscated from the Jew's ii Spain. In hi S diary Columbus "speaks with pathos of the expulsion of: the Jews from Spain in the very year that he made his great discovery." (Sit Arthur Helps, Christopher Columbus; 13. I ',4';4"'''. t t t 1: , t 4( I , t ' 4 441.14,.4 lir!, i pr 1 e Sit,'dk . ff Ao.hjetel ' i A ez 4 tiAt IP; f - - 4 ,..1 ..' ty ,.., s , l'A are the nation will become. For each (me of us is the message: I am the maker of peace. Some will say that man is lacapabie OF diNcovery of spiritual truth and of sufficient un4elfih action to bring peace upon earth. That is but sounding brass, the challenge of unbelief. There is in every man a deep store of isower which, when drawn upon, makes men mighty for high endeavor, and gives more than ordinary human strength. Out of the un seen world, that fount is replenished; It never runs dry. It is the world's pity that so few .use it, for it gives not only power to obey and to do, but courage, hope, understanding, faith; love and all other virtues and i . , .r , ,i, 1411 4 - ito.:11L P 92.) If there be the slightest veracity in the assumption that Columbus was a Jew, it is highly significant to those who belieë in the Book of Mormon. This would mean that one who belonged to the same tribe as that with which Jesus was affiliated; went forth upon the dangerous ocean to find the "other sheep" of whom Jesus had gifts of heaven. Man, of divine pedigree, can perform divinely acceptable works, when in prayer to God he draws upon the well of inner power with which every man is endowed. Peace will come to earth, as the children of earth use this divinely given power within them according to the f the Gospel or Jesus Christ which offers the only practical approach to peace and happiness on earth. These are all old truths, but it requirements-o- Is well to talk about them in a day when they seem to have been forgotten. They are the foundations of peace. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, possessed of divine knowledge and authority, follows humbly in the footsteps of its Master, the Man of Galilee, and pleads with its members and all men to turn to truth and righteousness, so that peace may descend upon the earth. Unity a Let it not be forgotten that the winning of peace for the world is a personal responsibility. I must order MY life for peace as you must order your. The units of a nation are the individual citizens; in the end, as they WaCo1umbu t ' '''',, ,T.., i Tempt. Block at Conference Time woild, a sour hate of life itself. Then. as night follows day, comes war, hate's own misshapen child, unending warfare, hidden in human hearts, or from Page Four) P t- Foundation Of Pectcb (Continued '. ,4-4-1.: tt 6 41 - 3; 4,,,,s, ' - i , I 11.Ya ,'44 IS' ' t'lli ,.,. ,- s . .4, , , ,..., ,, p., ',tti. ''' iitie---,r.114-- I,, o ot, 0 ,,t'''walp, . ...dol - ,, - t1'':Ii .).' , ,,,,. , 14 ' 1 , ,,.;.. '' ' , 1! 4 1,: - !,,11.r kA ' ' ), 1,1) ? ' O tl; ' ' i , ,1,k '''''. ''''''' lk,',,41,,''' , IL 4 t ;: ,,,, ,,,44 , itc:r. ' 7411i- 'S. ?it; t ,),,, '.' , itaA.t:.t.,,,i4 I' t 44104 ' ' 10,, 6. '''''I''''' ,, s'llr). , i Ch.urch Deportment , , (Continued from Page Three) privilege that is yours to have a say as to who shall serve you in public office. Next to being one in worshipping there is nothing in this world upon which this Church should be more united than in upholding and defendinc..th ConsUtutiva of the United States. May the appeal of our Lord in Ills Intercessory Prayer for Unity be realized in our homes, our wards and stakes, and in our support of the basic principles of our Democracy. In the words of John Oxenham: God us-- wisdom in these ing days, And eyes unsealed, that we visions see Of that new world that He would US build, To life's, ennoblement, and His God grant coin. sense,Godsense new needs, And souls aflame with born Ilas man so clearly visaged hope of: a new earth. clear Not of our own might can we hope have Above the ruts and Soilures of the high But, with His help who did the first earth build, With hearts courageous we may fairer build this last. to rise past, of Life's new-bor- Cod guide this Church, and pariic ularly the Priesthood, in building ae--cording to God's plan, and in establishing Ilis1ingdom on earth, I pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. chivalries coneWith those blactegrOwths that foul the ways, TO Not since Christ died upon His lonely cross Ilas Time such ,prospect held of Life's new birth; Not since the world of chaos first was , ministry. God give us To pledge our souls with nobler, loftier life, To win the world to Ills fair sanctities, To bind the nntions in a Pact of Peace, And free the Soul of Life for finer loyalties. To cleanse our poisoned founts with God-horenergies. America As The Peacemaker (continued from Page Seven) but the people back home as well. They will rich America. How much science can do, we have yet to learn. 4t tardily coped at all with the Flu. We have but one sure means toward safety from such a life lived in accordance plagues with the revelations of the Lord. Careful eating, temperance, chastity;-Th- e non-usof things forbidden, sobriety, industry, proper rest and sleep, and in general right living in all things, give us the right to ask he Lord that the destroying angel shall pass us by. He Who breaks down his e - body and his resistance to disease by riotous and wicked living may hardly hope to escape affliction and suffering. It may be that we shall see a time, if this war shall drag into the years, that "except ;those days should shortened, there should no flesh be saved, but for the elect's sake those 41 a y'S raihall be shortened." (Matt. 24:22) May God bless and preserve this nation, set up in accordance hNis plan and will; may He keep us from the horrors and ravages of war;; may He help us all so to live that we MaY with clear consciences always seek His blesgings, I ask, In the name Of the Savior, Amen. - |