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Show . , - . - - $ .. . ,- - --- ---- r , s., " ' , - - Yowl University,'21 195411 rea es I, ,. ' , 7 r ' $4 , . - , ' N '''''''''''''''''''''''-' ---- Church doctrine, thOugh,,I think what I shall suggest is not contrary to Church doctrine. I have, zo right or authority, to declare' either 'scripture ' or Church doetrinelwill ask you to pay particular attention to these -- - ' , , diacla' ",,..,;;.,,,---.;-- imers.;inea,seakelr-OcP- : - - - ' ' - ' - -- , . - -- - ' 4 - , tIPallw -- -- - to - my i It 1 ',4 :, ' , . - - , -. ' ' an outstanding work.-----accepting the mission , , iLA 4 call, he was attending the USAC J. Millet at Logan, where he was active in the Logan institute of ' and the activities of student affairs ,, :: Religion.-,,.. ., , - -- , - became a living soul.," (Abraliar (all but Infinitely small) I, ham 5:7.) , I We - shall refer to .some of universes that build this body these staternefits later.' of organ and gland To get a basis for my concept and circulatory system and bone n7 1 - ;- Itr, , - ,I-T- a : 4,, . tftooP"--- ".' ,,. and took his spirit (that is, the man's spirit), and put it into him; and breathed intohis nostrils the breath of life, and man Elder Milletc-whe-ifrom Lo--gan, Utah, is the son of Archie C. Millett of Payson and is 'named Harston Millett; is son. the father of -Ile entered the mission field SeP t. 26 , 1953, and was appointed Elder- - of the - West Supervising floe-IdDistrict- - otioV.--12T-1953,-- 7a position in which he performed --- , - 1: lid ' replacinwmgalEssslidroeenriefabieselladds. . N, i ' .. was set apart Csfurtetirs28jmewonktehs; .4..-- i, J, Millet Ilickse,r:ssstaeceosndtfizinosnelloLsint.. the ..: 4ik z (Moses 2:27;-3:7.- ) Gods formed Man the Iword." ''' the dust of the grciund, i . dency. He is ...J'i' s' ' .,, '. li. ' - 7-- t $ ,, II. 7- I v: hilt Peter J. '1' r ...4- -, - - .., stl, by President 7,, .F h. -- Merrill ATLANTK.GA.7---Elde- r June 4rontriset.- and - made , according , . . I ährittlistlemittid I began a more or less spas- don a galaxy all bound- - tomost intimate relamodic, cursory study that gave gether in a me. a smattering knowledge' of tion that baffles the human, the development of the human mind to comprehend. To my embryo. This was almost. a own mind the majesty Of the quarter of a century ago, in :physical world, is far overMexico. I have had time to do matched by the yet, unsolved little at it since. ,', miracles involved in the body At that time I prepared a and its operations; memorandum from which I God has made plain over and shall read some Small parts this over again that the universe morning. I have not. had time to Was Made that men on this and es nor to rewrite-- I hther earths might verify, o I shall read as 1 wrote atto, work out the divine destiny that time. I have probablY said planned for us in the Great some things that are not strictly Council of Heaven. The great, accurate, but I believe that: worshipful out cr y of the are sound. broadly 'Psalmist, comparing the heav- I mustthey eonfine myself:to' a ens and min.,thrusteltselLinto, few basic elemental, biological the mind:facts; Yotr "What Is man:- that thou art May with but it miliar them, . mindful of him? be well to have them in mind. him a hast made For thou It is not possible for me even to suggest the infinity of plivsi-- little lower than the angels, and cal detail known only through: hast crowned him with glory a residuum of organized earth, on the other an intangible, imponderable .essenc e, force--, power, la ce - libew-sturte- rgEs,41. REUBEN CLARK 31t. Lectures Seminary Teach-- . k -- ers...----- -' ... , , t. 't, dom of this world is foolish. ness withGod. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.' (I Cor.- - 125; , - . : ., 2:14; 3:19.) I also recalled that Paul also t(ild the Corinthians: ,.Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? "If any man defile the temple of God, him shall GO destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye arek- (I Cor. 3:16.17.1 And Paul repeated this thought-a--litt- le later. And so it would be well to try to subdue , the foolishness of men 'and try to perceive, in small pa it at least some of the simpler, and easier elements of the wisdom - tont that you teachers instruct- - ' 1thinrw Wilra hpfAra ',Aft. , . - ' -1 ed - 1 always in mind in connection with what I shall say this moraing. I have In mind what the Prophet Joseph said about how good it felt not to be trammeled in thinking (Parry; pp. '39, 157), and also what he said and what the Lord - has declared, that only the Prophet, Seer, and Revelator of the Church, the Presiding High Priest, the President of the Church, has the right to receive revelations for the Church or to declare the doctrines of the Church. No other member of the Church has any such right or authority, It is well that we all remember ' ' I' .i - '. 171- t,1- - 4 ., i ASSISTANT IN MISSION t ,. - ,i,. . MERRILL irac..e.,-,:.- , s , k , . mine Only Begotten ' crested iofhim; male and lemale-creatthem. ,, , 1"And L the Lord God; fôrmed Man from- - the dust of the , ground, and breathed into hisl 'nostrils tile breath of life; and , man became a living soul, the first flesh upon the earth, the 'A 1 first man also; nevertheless, all -.- t: , - i , : , 41- . ,, ";." 7 I an .,,, , , f REFLECTIVE1 srEcuLATIoN misop,i, - ; be the will I feel sure, This, ';',.plirt. ' strangest,. religious talk you , , , , ,4 have ever heard. if you decide : , Vs. 4,.. an. ::: never hear want to you ' ,:.: ail:1 other I will understand. ' 1 .' -.064.sPA' k , ...,,,,, I am not declaring scripture,. , t' ,...; though I think, I, am, not un - scriptural. I am' not declaring - ' " - ' ' , r 1 . ' ' , ,, Monday, Jame . " -. e . .. 1 - - -- , -- Talks---on -- - -- -, '4' - (NM text of an address' by prep Mew 111enbes Clark Jr, of the I .0,:,,:'''' '"x ..., Pra7laelicy ar thl Jammer e, - ,- . .:''., 4,rdigiokt coarse for Seminary and; -, she Brigham I' -. 9' lattistste Teethe" at -' - ' , 0 , , ' 1 , . ' - , rbs.---Cla-t - . ' Rdlective' Specula ion , , i have-plac- it,-s- i ' - facts, as already stated, most likely well known to all of you: In the female body is created an ovum, a single cell (gamete). about .25 mm.- - in-- diameter; in the male body, a sperm, also a single cell (gamete); a threadlike, cell, with a head and tail, about .05 mm. in length. Each cell: is invisible to the naked eye. . Neither male nor female is conscious of the creation of this cell. ' The conscious mindof either male or female, even in the wisest of the race, cannot fashion the machinery to make these cells, cannot fabricate the materials-from-which-cells are made, cannot-combi- ne the materials into cells after- - their fabrication, and even if fabricated, could not endow them with life. These complicated processes have not yielded their----- secrets to the test tube, the bit- Cal - - -- - the ing our youth should keep this constantly in mind. In Matters ' of Gospel doctrine there is no such thing as academic freedom in your teaching of youth. You declare the Word of God as als:AAL..4). Watittrirrthrl"IlltareS71111 .nt..Coaddtbi,s,mysterioua,inirl ca"te of the Body of of of !Wilding the universe body physical man.' 1 the scope, nor to mans pure reason, as interpreted by his Prophet, mah.- problem --worlds of marvels --- conceived a blo- spent thrilugh'---th- e form Man' be may They ages. Yet Seer, and Revelator. Otherwise ' be well here to quote u p on marvels, of igreatest,logifil entityan animal. Man these It arg,stmple cells, the there is chaos- and apostacy, the might t mind as an of The few and conceived be passages artistry. scripture' beauty, known to man 'x and we shall follow the route deal directly with the ere. stands aghast at the microscopic lectual entitysomething more a tiny drop of protoplasm of the primitive ation of man. They are brief immensity of their creations. than animal but less than ptire with a nucleus ' (nucleoplasm), Church. Remember, I am not and sketchy, but 1 am not sure The wonders of our majestic, intelligence; emniscient------ansurrounded by cell material nor today declaring scripture not But as but contain that they much material tutiVerse, stsetehing' omnipotent. (cytoplasm), enclosed by a cell advancing Church doctrine. I as man can comprehend. qut through, space across bn-- : be properly conceiVed in either wall. arn reflectively speculating- -a man in his ions of light years, with its "So role alone.,,,---.These two cells (gametes), matter to which little - impor- - own God created in the image of lions of galaxies, seem to bill The true man, the man we unite, and form one. other image, cell tance attaches. d know-anlimita-God cre3ted he him: mile and own mind with Its great deal with, is an Intl. (zygote), and man has his. beAlmost 25 years ago I began combine-- them." (Gen female created-he endi mite and ginning. something of a study Under a 127.) as thus .far discovered and, tion of both concepts. Separate From the living ovum general or "And I, God created man in known, not so complex-so:the duality and true man no formed without the exercise of Greatest Miracle. exists. On, the one hand any ' conscious mine own image, in the image intimately related as the I wondered if the physical intelligence or of the will of the- mötherfer- - , of facts of the tilize4 by the living spermato,. , the embryo in the mother and zoa -- - likewise formed, without the operation - and maintenance the exercise of any conscious I of the body after birth would intelligence- - or of the. 'will of sustain this rough concept I ; the father--i-s ',.. produced a single had of that close -- relationship Vt , ' microscopic cell, and man has . .4 - , l ,', I envisaged must obtain among his beginning. From then till 14564 the body, the spirit, and the :, 4c...--- , ,1': '''4'44' rt, li.or..!... the child is born, the work, so 4, t 4:4:44,4,,,',.04,,,,,,,r, 1 -' great Author' of both; I felt .. '... ' 7 ". a e............,1,--far- - as -- we- know:Is---alt-t- itcf..,zw- -t ..:;.....-.'''.. 4 : there inust be a closer associaz0,,..,.. .,..0.dr. 4,i.t : mother's. 0.0.t tion among body, spirit, and, In due time this cell divides Creator than was obvious to and makes two; later, four, then conscious man," engaged in the : eight, then sixteen, and so on pursuits to maintain - ordinary till we of have t the hundreds ryr"V..'''..., as e.... the original existence-t- hat -'''''''.. ,rs ....., .,01-- tri On t' ,. ,..,.'''7" millions of cells that make the , 4"1 sociation sketched in the scrip- human body. '" ...A.' r 1 "."': , tures of 'the time Adam was What determines the time and 4 must still somehow i ., , ., , - - created manner .of these divisions and - ' 1'k 4 continue.. '. the number?:There is no answer., In this relation, I recalled i ' 7 but giving names to phenomena. i .' to the spirthat Paul, speaking , ,...g.,,,,...,, It ought here to be said that itually turbulent and apparent- , I", giving names to operations, ty apostate Corinthians (he, ''s,,.... ,,o i reactiöns, and phenomena' 'no thanked God he had baptized i1 . more explains the things named only two of them), and, as it ,c.t ..;....,...01044".....' . ,. ,4.,.. than the naming of an animal a 2 L .0';;di ,,.) seems to me, trying to shock t herse explains his structure, , them into a realization of their ....000,oir his characteristies, his function, Ignorance and dependence on , , his manner of life, his disposihad declared to them that: , Cod; ' Y... tion or anything' else about him. "the foolishness of God is wiser NDER WAYConcrete for the main floor' of the Regional X,. REGIONAL --BUILDING But the matter 'would not be ' than men; and the weakness of Welfare building at Span sh Fork was poured last week and construction on, the build- - ,. so complex if it were simply a God is stronger than men"; ing is reported to be progressing rapidly. The building also will house the Palmyra Multiplying of cells of the same that "the natural man receiveth Stake Bishop's Storehouse. The Hurst Construction Company is in charge of the con---- -kind- .- Difficult as it might be." not the things of the Spirit of' to explain this multiplication, stiuction. The Central Utah Regional Welfare Center will serve seven Stakes, includGod: for they are foolishness Would Carbon, North Carbon and Emery Stakes. yet once explained ing Palmyra, Kolob, Nebo, Santaquin-Tintic- , unto him: neither can he know Welfare labor is whole Much the for volunteer and utilized. is this are sumhuman stand, Completion because being, spiritexpected them, they ' mer. body. Uttliy discerned"; tEat "the vas- . . I Iteturbing;to the. two. united ' 19 a ur See PlikS. CLARK on Page s y -- ,- i 1 ' iii' - MT-- ee7thé---CaltiFeT- - ' simples- Intel-tha- t,-organism post-Apostol- ---- -- man,---ma- - . " - 1 thing,no--more-Wonderful,- . ' concept-"Mari-- , - God's cellu-llong- - , - body-buildin- . - . , . - - , . - , . -- - ' A 4 :.1- , - ','- -.- ..,.. 4,g he ..4:4:011 - "" i - , -- - - - ( , --- --- -- , - , - , - .,',...,'S .10 " ...0-001- .t , $PA 4'4.,... w ,r - ...,,,,,:-.- -- )?, , , ' ,', ,0 , th- s, 1:4.'"nio--Noo- m-' ,,,, " , N t ,0 , -- , - -- -- .. - . -- . - - , , , .. 1 . It-.'- - ' - - - 71-- r' - it - - , , - lc 7 1 |