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In the eyes of people not of our faithilhe instructiOns contained In this revelationprobably more than any otheEChurch teaching, set us apart as a distinctive- and unusual, people. was given, alAt the time are not good "These Lord said. things the though for men," there was Attie scientific data to prove the harmful effects on the human mind and body of alcohol, caffeine, nicotine and the other drugs and resins present in liquor, coffee, tea, and tobacco, During recent years. however, a mounting flood of scientific evidence' has accumulated t,o prove, even to the din'st skeptical the divine wisdom of the Word of Wisdom, Nicotine has been found to be so injurious that even cigaret are forced to resort to appeals of "less harmful" In order to Merchandise their products. IN A RECENT University of Chicago radio broad-- , cast on current books, the reviewer, in discussing a newly published treatise On the harmful effects of tollacco, mentioned the fact that the evidence presented in the booklet was so persuasive that in the firm where the booklet was printed several of the proof teaders. all inveterate smokers, were' so impressed that they promptly -..r... c.-- -- N. -- 7 r.. 4, -' ' '...,:st-- -- t - - , ... thri-evelatio- - - , . ' .5,,,,W tg,,,,ip...-;:- , , 1 ...p. , , . t quit'smoking. ,,, , 1 - - - - , , - I - 1 . - , , . 0 . T "It , ' - v DISIlittl t...-- Jo, itew. ,b9,--,e- t w. ,.;71 . 4,19.." . ors - Zig Lo' , 4svh. - I ;to, .,,,t,!,,,,,o' ..?e,:' or, 33 ,,fi - ' . GEMS OF THOUGHT - Ad , - ' Covet Not That TIIIIIIr"flitArlesa Whirls le IJ I lay - TV 11110111 "AND IF ANY MAN shall seek to build Itimsell, and seeketh not my counsel, he shall haysno power, and his folly shall be made nianilest. Seek ye; and keep all your pledges one with another. and covet not that which is thy brother's." (1).''and C.,11,119), .; - ; , , - , , c'"" brother's."' $1 . want to Impress Upon the minds of the Latter-da- y Saints not to covet that which be longs to any publio Institution, or that which belongs to any city, or county, or the government of the United States. - - VVV UNLESS 1 HAVE been misinformed, many people have said, speaking of the distribution , by the government of supplies to the people: , t, getting 'some, why should 1 ; , some it?'" , not get of - Ws11,-othersa- re , . believe that there is a growing disposition among the people to try to get something from the government of the United States with little , hope of evei paying It back. I think this Is all wrong. 1 believe that there is not that &One moral sense among the people today that there was forty-fivHeber J. years agoPresident e' Grant, Gctaber Conference, ' ' 1233. . tE -- -; -- GittEDT. for the vain things of this world. In their hearts they ere covetous. ' It is true that the things of this world s'ra Ps to comfortable make signed , and they make plees4appyu 424hoyctit44,4tere; , riches can never make the L aileray Saint happy . Riches of :themselves cannot produce permanent happiness; Only the Spirit that comes from nova can dnthat;;;BrIghant Young,. .. , , NEWS - ItS1 , - . ,' . , , . taw' 1 Wie-Witet- a to $7 per hundred. "William H. Dame, Richard Benson and fifteen others came from Iron County to attend the Conference. All things were quiet, the Indians attending to their duties and the prospects good for an excellent 'crop. The wall around Parowan, was , going along rapidly, making the town 112 rods square. They reported all the settlements prospering on the route. , "Forty teams are now engaged in hauling large stones for the foundation of the (Salt Lake) Temple, , and quite a considerable number of hands are ea. gaged in laying them. "The Deseret News has ioeen issued on Valley made paper and has given genera) satisfaction. "A bail storm occurred here on the 13th instant , and damaged some of the early crops, and the bursting of the'cloods on the mountain side near-- the city caused a slight extra edition of Noah's flood in some of our streets, doing considerable damage. "JACK RED DING is bet re the court today on the charge Of horse stealing. A train of merchandise belonging to Mr. Jones has arrived this day. Chief Walker and some of his friends became alarmed at some of the brethren at Nephi, walling their city, and requested them to desist VUfltll they could send a deputation to Brigham. They did so, and upon their return the people recommenced the wall and Walker became apparently liatisfied and said if they could not get on with the work be would turn In with his Utes and help them. the program "Arrangements 'are now. made-an- d drawn out for the celebration on the Fourth of July, on a grand scale. Ezra T. Benson is expected to start East to meet the emigration. The at Jordan Bridge, to run on the lake, roratihebi purpose of carrying cattle to and from the islaridwilliagleunched today at two pita." Smith."JiL S. "George Well, Ithat constitutes the news of what was going on in Utah as George Smith saw it in June 1854. T3 the writer of history the above information is considered as source material We can thank George A. for his careful and painstaking efforts to 'record the esrents of the day. k - Apia 116 itfri ret states, and Elder Preston Thomas ha Texas, with loin. others. - "THE EMIGRANTS (to Califernia) have been passing since the 2nd inst. Flour ranges from "Covet not that which is thy read; namely: MEN-At- to cross a slough which. was, caused by the over4 flowing of the river: Encamped for the night at John Green's, near the cave, then drove to Tooeht City and held a meeting. Her. the - party was Joined by nine others. The compalfsr- proceeded seven and one half miles and encamped in Shambipp valley, near the lake of that name.. "ON THE EVENING of the 20th they arrived at miles Cedar Fort in Cedar Valley 34 and from Tdoele, having explored and broken a new road the whole distance. The President instructed the Saints there to build their fort and do as they would be done by. They number 30 families. The nextV day they took the road to Lehi for six and on. half miles and then broke a ne--w road to Herriman's Fort, across the mountains 17 miles, having traveled about 110 miles, making a new road . of about 50 Miles. i3Our Conference met on the 27th (of June) in the Tabernacle. President Young preached for about two hours self an Apostle of Joseph Smith. Elder Taylor gave a thrilling relation of the murder of the Prophets, in the afternoon, which was enough to raise the stones of the Tabernacle to mutiny. "Text day Elder Kimball preached lo the forenoon. John Smith. son - of Hyrum, was chosen Patriarch over the whole Church. Elder John J41 I CANNOT TII1N1Cof anything that spneari ; to me as being the 'mind and tha will of the Lord stronger than the last words that 1 have - the -- , i (of whom Geoege A. was one) crossed Jordan, having built a bridge to enable them , ,ptLly,a4peo' Woh Insulin - tw,u;'' "Dear Brother Franklinti have recently visited your family, in company with my wife; end found them all in fine spirits and good,health. made a visit "President Young on the eth Inst. to Farmington, Davis County. Vfle preached two hours and a half and said himself that, if it was not the best sermon, it was one of the best, he ever preached. Same day in 'afternoon be preached an Cherry Settlement. "On June 19, the Presidency and a party of 401 ittAILArtists I ,SECT1ON fly "0' ' ,,, 'tt.t, Z,,,,t,. ": c.4,- f4,,.. , . - ,g:,'', , v.,I,:, , appears to be a form of perpetual Motion within the body which may keep up its momentum for years until the original reasons for drinking have been forgotten." The doctor that "Alcoholism Is a progressive. degenerative disease., much as ere cancer or heart disease. and continues long after the initial taus of drinking has been forgotten." Dr- - Lovell emphasized the fact that social factors were significant in the development of 'addiction and pointed out that anxiety, resentment and emotional upsets that arise out of personal and family difficulties often lie at the roots , of the habit Interestingly enough he commented -- th at "Clergymen who regularly use alcoholic; wines In rites are More apt, to become alcoholics than those whose faiths use liquids." AS A SIGNIFICANT sidelight on this observation we find it interesting to reflect that in August, 1830, when the Prophet Joseph Smith had set out some wine to be used In the Sacrament following the confirmation of his own wife, he was met by a heavenly messenger who said, "Listen to the voice of Jesus Christ," and who then ' gave these instrUctions: I "For behold. say unto you, that it mattereth' not what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, when ye partake of the Sacrament:. . ." From these divine words and the other In struCtions contained In this revelation came our practice of using bread and water in our sacra:ment services. As tve ponder these new scientific discovertes with the revealed word of the Lord whicit wa can willavLkl-Clul19',10ueppllo one COnCIUSiOn. Certainly we should eilio' down on our knees In humble. 'thanksgiving to our Father in Heaven for the merciful guidance He gives us in all things connected with our spiritual end temporal lives. : 1 ,,,,,,h, ,,4-- ? ,,,,,,,, ''S',1t, - sketch records the building of a wan around the town of Para. wan in 1851, as reported in the memoirs of Elder George A. Smith, the goungest modern apostle. . , 1 I sort ,114 !r - 4..zo. it, , 7.a, . ' ' TOWN; - : v.- - '.. ,,, t - - t .:: .74,...;. ;--' o-- , ';',...0"I'l ' .--.; . in - 7 - ,..,;., I non-alcoho- lic , )?4,1 " Tc kv: s''',F.C1,(",'i ,'' , 1.1,F 4 AN" con--elud- ed I- 4. 6,.. .n. '-- coholism T lz' 46 ' What probably is the most compelling new evidences on the deadly effects pialcohol were revealed at the sixth annual meeting of the National Committee on Alcoholism held in New York on March 12 of this year. In this meeting, Dr.. Harold W. Lovekreriewed current medical be.. and came to the conclusion lids about alcoholism e assisted In their effort to that "Patients call-bbut stop drinking. they cannot be cured" , ..; - . fif f ',1;','azv4;;-,- - ' :1 1,,st I c,,,,1 ; 1 04r,,,',.,.ic,. , r ,.. ...Om.- - ,,,,,v4,,,:.1 menu-torture- rs 1, .1 l il 4(;f- ;; r' A 2 v ,,,,,---t n , ..- ..4".;;;f4.4 , - - ',t, - , , --)- - 1 0,1,-1- NIBIAT AFTER HIS RETURN to Salt Lake City, SOON from his southern trip, George A. Smith began. to 'write the Church Histery,obeginning at the date where Willard Richards of had been forced to lay illness. aside his task on accoent-. ' As George A. kept no journal during this year , (1831) it would be impossible to follow him in his -- activities were it. not for --the fact that he wrote newsy Letters to his friend 'Franklin D. Richards in England. Before me is a copy of one ' of these letters, dated June-30- ; 1854, which brings us Up to date in what was going on in the City and Territory ,at that time. ,...,11,- - ,,..,----, :' , , ''"- Jo- -- -- 2. - t.,..- - - -- 1 , . .t.- -- ,,. r.:, ,i,a.- ' Y 1 . (Biography of George A. Smith, Grandfather of 'Pres. George Albert Smith) ' k ,.,, e,-7.....,, , . li i 4, -- c - - By FRESTON i - v it,:s. til , 4 -' , ...., t,,,., i, .T..,- , . , , ,......, .41, - .... , - I 4., , 119 years since the . , -" ,A,'- --, . , ., , I i, r , , ...J...5,.,:f t0 ' Elder Smith Writes News Of June,11354 -, ' tt:'.a,.; 1 a ,,,11'-- , h ''''- -' APOSTLE MODE-AN- . ":,,,,,,- ,,i,:.--y,,-,0- , ,....; ..,:,..,, i .1. , . . . , YOUNGEST - , tto ,be coatinued).. , - , . |