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Show Church Edition THE DESERET NJYo, SATURDAY, Mr. Duckworth ami his good wife manifested a great interest in the Gos- pel and began to investigate' it After several, weeks of.yery THE other day an experience I had enjoyable meetings and associations, served to strengthen my testimony .became necessary that it however, is that the Lord constantly guiding move to Arizona. It was with a .they His servants. good deal of sadness that we bade 1 was alone, my companion had them goodbye though we knew that been transferred and my new comthey would continue their study of panion bad. not arrived. As l,had7, Church. In Arizona they had the been quite busy I decided, as a means opportunity of attending the Church of diversion and relaxation, to go to there. This desirable situation, howthe park and hear the State. Prison ever, was short-livefor,, it became Band give its.final weekly concert of necessary to move because of Mrs. the season. Upon arriving at the park. Duckworths health. Prom here they I saw no one I knew, so decided to moved to Oregon and after a short sjiare the shade of a small tree with 'time there "went to Northern Califora fellow whQwasa-tot- al stranger to nia. There they became fully eonvinc-eme. This individual proved to be very of the truthfulness of the Gospel friendly and we soon struck up a con- - and were baptised into the Church of versation. I made known the nature Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints. of my work and several general reThey were indeed some of the precligious subjects were lightly discussious blood of Ephraim. ed; however, nothing we talked of If it had not been for office tract-inwould have suggested this story he rewe might never have met these lated to me. good people, for they both worked Several years before he had lived and were not home in the daytime. I in Eads, Colorado at which time a am very thankful that we heeded the relative found a most interesting slate. counsel and advice of President Curtis One side of this slate contained a and made office trading a part of our missionary activities. drawing of a grotesque man, perhaps a God whom the artist revered. But it was the drawing on the other side of the slate which excited his curios'"NNE morning while tracting, Elders ity for there very vividly portrayed in five separate drawings was the story Willard B. Mecham and Orley W. First is shown the Waite of Meridian, Conn., met a mid-of the Flood. clouds gathering; next the flood; then man who related an incident the dove is' shown returning to the about his experience with the Mor- Ark with the olive branch; the next mons which Was unforgettable. This drawing shows the- animals leaving gentleman and two other persons were the Ark: and the last drawing depicts the East traveling from California-tthe sacrificjal altar and the rainbow. . when their train stopped in Salt I tike This was the work .of an AmeriCity for four hours. Luckily, they can native, and it is where the artist happened to meet a Mormon at the received his knowledge of the Flood railroad station who, upon learning that perplexed the narrator of the that they had never seen Salt Lake story. This opened a wonderful opporCity, offered to take them in his car tunity for me to tell of the Book of to tour the city. They accepted and Mormon. When I had finished, my were taken all over Salt Lake City and friend stared at me in amazement, places of interest were pointed out to "and remarked that if he had not seen them. After three hours of enjoyable , this slate his interest in the Book of the visitors wanted to Mormon would have been nil and he pay the Church member for the exwould never have known of its truths. pense and time consumed by the trip. However, through the watchful guidThe member refused to accept anyance of the Lord we were, I believe, thing, stating that it had been a pleabrought together that more individ-ual- s sure and that he was happy to have might be taught the Gospel. My companion and I have , Forgotten Empires at this majr home and I believe that by tactful diligent work on the part of the missionaries and through further help (Special) from the Lord a greater interest in the QUNCAN, Okla. -day all parts nf the in Saints Book of Mormon can be created which be in the armed whether world, they of a in great harvesting may result forces or not, should conduct themsouls. Elder Leon M. Judd, Pueblo selves in such a manqer as will bring -- District. merit not only to themselves but to Church. our This was the statement made by President Rufus K. Hardy, of the, First Council of Seventy, at the conference about eight months of the Southwest Oklahoma Mission QNE morning,t,..,, i t Branch at Duncan Thursday evening. Approximately 110 Saints gathered at the Duncan Legion Hut to hear President Hardy who stressed, we cannot live Gods commandments half heartedly. We either live then wholly or not at all. President John F. Bowman of the Central States Mission accompanied President Hardy to Duncan and also civil-n- s spoke to the mixed audience of and L. D. S. soldiers from nearby Fort Sill who traveled 33 miles in an Oklahoma cloudburst to attend the The Book of Mormon. thor--oughl- had the opportunity to be of service .the visitors. This act of kindness, performed so graciously, has led this eastern gentleman to accept the missionaries into his home and to seek Information from them concerning the doetriries of the Church. i -- ' d -- d g A Gospel of Love - die-age- Elders N. M. Murdock, Joseph Phillips, Mark H. Bauer, and Eldon R. Welch, is filling engagements with schools, churches, clubs, find recently the USO. Praisew'orthy comment has been heard following the fulfillment of each of their appointments. As a tribute to, the L. D. S. brothers who are in the armed' forces and as a word of comfort to their parents, may -- it be said that the Mormon boys in the service wdiom the missionaries have contacted are living the GospeL as they know and understand it from the teachings they have received prior -to induction. The Army Chaplains in- variably comment on whatclean living soldiers the Mormon Churc- hcontributes to the service. -- - Conversion . , NOVEMBER 7, 1942 'A BOUT four months ago, Eldeis Lyman Beck and Winston McOmber, laboring in St. John, New Brunswick, were searching tor favorable quarters in which to live. Through faith and prayers, they were directed to the home of a family who had room for them. Soon after the arrival o-f- the missionaries, the members of the fam-ildesired to know something about the Church that had sent these young men into this land to preach to people. When the elders p eachd the Gospel to these people, they easily recognized its genuineness Tn fact, the members familv Ind been it j..fje( with their own religion and had prayerful! v asked the- Ijord to reveal to them the true Gospel of jest's Christ. Their .pravers as well as the nrayers of the elders, were the fateful hand brought the twT parties together. Several evenings, of discussions and a Book of Mormorystudy class fixed the Gospel and ax testimony of its jn t)te minds of these investigators. On September 7th, five members of this family were baptized at a pictyresoue little cove on the far-awa- of-thi- s (p-o- - an-p- v truth-r-.?nnr- .- Kenpe-becasi- s River in New Brurtswick. - A Report o -- r President Volco B. Benson, New Jersey District the Gospel may be presented pTlAT in such a manner as t,o command the. interest of people in surrounding areas, missionaries in the New Jersey District are wmrking through such channels as radio, newspaper, clubs, tract iner, cottage meetings, etc. For the nact ten weeks thre has sight-seeing- been a regular Sunday radio broadcast at Patterson. N J . on which is played the tabernacle choir and.organ recordings The New Jersey Mormon Quartet, comprised of fifteen-minut- e 'Elder Hardy. Pres. Bowman Address Soldiers. Missionaries Latter- ever-growin- - - conference. Let u3 appreciate ourlieritage'a3 Latter-daSaints by being courageous " ment of the poetry and the beautiful enough to adhere to the principles of our faith, President Bowman said, T way that it was expressed would thrill In a message directed to the service- indeed Latter-dadid Saint It any thrill us and we went home that night men, the Central States Mission leader explained that if the soldiers are feeling that we had found more- of the : alert in their military journeys ; seed of Ephraim. y y . throughout the world they will be able to do more good for themselves, humanity and their Church than if they were in the mission fields. Before speaking, President Bowman called Several soldiers to the stand for brief comments on their activities in the Church while in the ser- .vice. Sgt. Robert Phillips of Fort Sill told of the many ramns he had been in since March 3, 1011 nd how the L. D. S. soldiers in all of themhad managed to hold their weekly meetings on Sunday morning. Even in the face of alerts adverse weather or military assignments, it seems that Sunday morning has always been available for Church work for the men who have' desired to attend our services, Sgt. Phillips $aid. No matter where I am Sent I know that I will always be with some Mormon men. Wherever I have been, I have been respected as a member of the Church. Lt. Allan Layton of Layton Utah, was another speaker along with Lt. Harold G. Miller of Salt Lake City, both assigned at Fort Sill. The services were conducted by District President C'. Shirley Reynolds. Missionary speakers were Lynn R. Pulcipher and Edwin Bliss. Sam Bringhurst, mission .secretary to President Bowman, also spoke. -- An Answer to Prayer Elder Leo S. Gerrard Yompanion, Elder Orgill, and I, Who were working in I.a .Tara, Colorado, had been traveling since morning searching for the Velasquez family, who lived in a canyon near the Alamosa River. We had heard of them but never yet visited them. Apparently lost after much searching we prayed to the Lord for guidance "to that home. Upon aiising to our feet we both felt the inclination to continue up the canyon, whereas before we had been about to turnJjack. A few moments afterwards we met a man who directed us on about, .a mile and a half. We were fortunate in locating a daughter of the Velasquez family, who took us hv automobile from there right to the door. Upon introducing ourselves, we received hearty welcome and were able to explain our message, especially concerning the Book' of Mormon, These good people expressed the conviction that the Bible was enough and complete, but after a short discussion, the wife of the familv asked us to sell her a cony .of the Rook of Mormon, in order, as she exnlained, to have th' Gospel complete We were invited to stay for' dinner, after which many of the family assembled to hold a meeting and special prayer for'their son in the army. During the meal the family, noticed that we refused to drink tsfiiee, which led to a discussion of the" Word of Wisdom. They were surprised having never heard such doctrine before. I felt the Spirit of the Lord guiding me as I prayed, and w'hen we arose, there were tears in the eyes of many present. We stayed with this family three hours making friends ancLpreaching to them the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. When we left we were welcomed back ter hold meetings there often. . How happy we were that we had offered a praver to find this home for we were at the point of turning back, thinking we had come too far. When we knelt before our Maker ,that night, we poured out our hearts in gratitude for answering our humble prayer and for the spiritual feast we had enjoyed. A Letter Written by Douglas L. Cheney NO., I saw something last Sunday that struck me forcibly. In a few Words it was the result of a missionarys conscientious labor among the Mexican people here in Stockton. we had a farewell Sunday-nig- ht meeting for Elder Barrus who was leaving Stockton after about nine memths labor here. I was expecting a few of the many friends that he had made to attend in- order to hear him speak for the last time, but when they kept coming until the chapel was about filled, it set me tothinking. - Cbntinued From Page. Five) |