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Show 4 t t Church Department THE DESERET NEWS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1941 Nation SeenAs Nursing . Mother tt - 4 I Among the many interesting features of the Book of Mormon, is prophecy of the discovery of, America by Columbus; the migration r of the Pilgrim Fathers and others to these western shores; the "war for "American r independence, and the of the Unitfounding of ed States, a nation destined long bethe part of a fore its birth to play " the ' restored to mother nursing Church of Christ. And Jet me interject, that what--. ever, might be said of the persecutions an-anci- - u -- , l JKt J- ent e-republic ufferedby-the-Latter-day-Saintsun der the Stars and Striped in various states of the Union persecutions inflicted, not because of the Flag, nor of the. Constitution, nor of the genius of the American Government, but in spite of them persecutions" inflicted by the lawless force, by mob violence, ever to be execrated and condemned whatever by every - true patriot of be such said deplorable hapmight penings, still must our noble nation be credited with what it has done in the direction of fulfilling its "rrusslon It is extremely-doubt- ful -- that that inony other land, or in any other nation upon jhis land, would the Lords people have been treated with the same degree of conoideration. In no other country on earth, without special divine interposition in its behalf, would this great and marvelous work have been permitted to come forth Orson F. Whitney. ' V aw?'wrM!r iiorffr in Leaders of the Tabernacle Choir are Lester F. Hewlett, J, Spencer Cornwall and Richard L. Evans, front, and Wade N. Stephens, Alexander Schreiner, Frank 1Y-- Asper and Richard P. Condie, standing. If Christ Came To Germany Continued From Page Six ' Christ's plan which aims at a universal organization in which there is tio place for warlike preservation and the destruction of human life, has no place in Ynodern Germany; not in a good part of the world for that matter. The story of the good Samaritan, irt life and by means of which, if they Fuehrer, with outstanding scientists artists and organizers serving Christs accept it, they can prepare themselves for an eternityjn which hatred and purpose for the progress of mankind, with the spirit of God and the gift war will have no place. of the Holy Ghost operating for the " May the Lord 'bless us that we creation of the kingdom- - of God inmay strive to keep that Gospel alive stead of an empire, of superior peoin us; that we rnay never be found ple. Such a spirit, and such a spirit wanting, but. mayalways be willing alone, will ultimately realize the unto devote oar energies and our efforts ion of Europe, destroying hate in- - to the nurpo.se of God in establishing reeding what the doctrine ..immortality and eternal hfe;. a hfe of of "Aryan supremacy must be churnpeace and of eternity of happiness ing into the blood of. every upon .the. .earth, I ask in the- name of Belgian," Pole, Jesus Christ, Amen. Czech or Slav in Europe today. Verv lawsTof nature.- - If Christ came to Germany? Ill give you my answer to what would happen in the form in a few words &n incident which occurred in a religious gathering in the city of Handemonstration over. In a class-rooIn which a group of young people were asked how they regarded Jesus Christ, a boy replied. We do not need L.jgsusChrt.stpw-e:bavC"AdglfHitle- r CHIUSTWILL.COM K . p o accep . one was compe called was It the "It taught publicly. , navian;--Ifollander- AFHA1I -- '- - TO BREAK Someof the most heroic things in all history have been done by German people." Germans," too, "have died Tor noble causes. A thousand years ago small groups of Anabaptists resisted corruption in a great church. Martin Luther-struc- k for a change, while of his many contemporaries, probably more brilliant than he was, were afraid to break away. Niemollers still rest in concentration camps. A nation of thinkers will perpetuate love of freedom and justice and when the break comes there will some Herman Christian thoughts, IF Ger-man- 7 y- - Koseg Speak Louder Tlian Printed Controversy The following appeared in the col- umn, A Line O Type or Two, in the z poetie. Chicago Daily Tribune: We came back from Salt Lake City with plans foF, a winters reading about the Mormons, whose pioneering forms one of the strangest and most fascinating chapters of American his- tory. We will prabably begin with M. R. Werners Brigham Young, a work of some years vintage which wre " view toward thereligiousbackground-is- , no doubt, 'highly . cynical. Mark Twain, too, has been elaborately humorous on the subject. But wisecracks old and wither away while the grow elsewhere in Europe and in the rest "Mormons continue to pattern their 0f thehvorCT. lives after the industrious bee and Tn conclusion, from the pulpit of make the desert blossom, year after this great tabernacle, from which year, like the rose. some of the Avorlds uoblestUhristians 7 Every Mormon is apparently under have made constant effort to teach a vow to water his lawn three times. theTLove of God, the Love of Manrf" a day and plant trees and flowers want to repeat what Dr. Ernest Frewherever possible. The idea, prevmont Tittle gave as a testimony to the alent in Chicago, of chopping down greatness of Gods work: Let God be cottonwoods as votive offerings to the thanked, there, is on earth arrinstitu- - sewer pipe cult, would seem like sac tton that has a high opinion of mgn, rilege to a pitizen of Salt Lake. The declaring that he Is in some sense a residential districts are a pageant of son of God who has within "KimselF garden exhibits, even when the hous-ediylne possibilities; an institution that are merely those of thelawsalaried com-mo- n In this age of the at times often and is poet referred, even ridiculedyas adreamer.-B- ut the ridlcule when applied t0 a reai po&7a true'sonoF daughteTof 'the muses, is pointless. The poet IS a dreamery bursQjslhear.chUecL 'and the projector of railroads. All crea- tive minds are dreamful, .imaginative' money-worshi- Feree- has ever succumbed to the finer' na- ture. The Spirit of God must triumph In the end, not only In Germany, but v set-up- Dreamers, Builders - ' r sinners to repentance; It rebuked the Pharisees and the Sadducees for obey-.Inthe letter of the law but destroy- Ing the spirit. It proclaimed a new kTf'ialbm'bF The spirit. I am afraidif" Christ came as he did two thousand years ago He would not take His journej under a cross but He would .probably be moved to a concentration camp as so many people have been moved who taught of things which not of this world. wc Yet Christ will come. His kingtranscends every division oFrace and nation and class and has set before it dom will be set up and it will unite the nations of mankind to bring to the welfare of all mankind; an Institupa immortality and eternal life of tion which Is loyally undertaking to 'man. It is the great hope of human-Ttembody the spirit of Christ, and in that Christ will come. For that, His name to relieve human suffering, Christs representatives on earth must .promote human welfare, and .carry "str i veT The principles"bf the Gospel on a ministry of reconciliation among are divine basis for peace. Their apmen I want to bear testimony that the plication can insure this world peace" and I am sure that anticipation bears Gospel of Jesus Christ doeg have the ' hone today to millions of people in power to reconcile men. ,It Is a ' Cental Europe. basis dealing with the human v Think of what power, the power . being. Those principles, those divine faith in Christ would dm in Z ordinances which make It possible for . . Geman and British; today with its . human Think of Christ in the place of the and Japanese to find a common basis g n -- JesusTwould still find millions of adherents among the German people, but they are "our of "LlTfmbny" with the teaehings of the state, in which It. is taught that the strong are entitled to take from the weak by the -- God-give- Were'it-otherwisenothi- worth while would created. If - t0 progress. Every art and every scl- cnee has its share of poetic idealism, of poetic enthusiasm, and must have- order to achieve best results. Orson F. Whitney. To Overcome Habit T a schoolmaster. Who Offered a prize to the hoyjitha would write the best composition in five minutes, on how to overcome" habit. At the expiration of tpe five minutes the compositions were read. The prize went to a lad of nine years. The following is his essay: Well, sir, habit is hard to overcome. If you. take off the first letter, it does not change a bit. Tf yon take off another, you will still have a 'bit left. If you take still another.-t-he .whole .of it remains. If you take off another, it is not wholly used ud; all of which goes to show that if you .want to get rid of habit, you must throw It off altother - 3 middlejdass. Water meter rates are fairly high, but these thrifty folk pay their bills gladly for the sake of the petunias and rambler rofees. We remember in particular, one fine home on a new subdivision where the petunias in bloom ran into acreage, evoking ohs and. ahs of admiration from a "Seeing Salt- - Lake bps. Beyond the wait of that radiant little estate was open country a sage brush hillside, stark and hostile to civilization. The contrast was of more value, as a commentary on Mormon. Ism, than a shelf of printed controver sy by skeptics over the alleged reve- lations of Joseph Smith. Have.. stopped to ask yourself If jnotdoso - - " lers have? -- Dovou- gobeeause-your- e afraid of what, your neighbor will think? Do you ' go because " youre afraid of what your bishop will say? . Someone has told us in rhyme why some folk go to church: Someeo to church for a walk. go to church to laugh and talk, j5oie - Some go to church for speculation. Some go to church, for observation. Some go to church to sleep and nod. Few go to church to worshtn God. --William H. Luk In Liahona. , |