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Show , AL AL A k..1 A Ak Ak AIL 126th,-- , Annual Conference a,.,L,.,K.AALA.,&,L,L.a.4k.a.,&,&AL,ft..A,A,Ab.4,A..AL.&.4kALALA..A.ALA41. Gosbel Gifts 9, 1950, 2 p. m. Sunday, April-President J. Reuben Clack,Ir.,,tsostiurttog. the Dew !rem Heaven' Distilitng1" Opening .(4,1rThos6Who i Song---"A- s Live For Them --- : Digest by the Tabernacle Choir. C.aJuct.r I. Spencer Cornwall. -Organist, Alexander Schreiner Opening PrlyerPrea. l'itrley A. Arose of the Blackfoot - -- - By ELDER STEPHEN . IL, RICHARDS Ot the Ceased et the Twelve :1 SIXTH SESSION - , - . Mnsie"The Lord Will Comfort Zien"hy the Talstruscle ' C11.1r in the the j RELIEVE The;:f "rill Gospel. I ' - AddressElder Henry D. Moyle of the Council of the comet o 'those ',rho live and " Twelve. ' - - - strive for them. I believe that Addressrres. Oster anr;r11. -1 , '; IOSE111 FIELDDia want - - - ELDER -- -- - sTzpsul 1,tuctutirms , ' las-Div- itid c'x'dwnaitionsm. - .. i Confederation of 1 et Atittress ' perpetuall union between the states. Xy ELDra Josrra FIELDING This Union had no president. ' smcrra tut Cense& of the rear Vtrf Itain It 11 Twelve FOR A NOM OF TZARS on the editorial page of.. thel Deseret News this has appeared, We stand for the Constitution Of the United States, with its three departments of govern ment as therein wet forth, eadi one fully independent In Its own field.' I bope that every 117111bee of the Chord& has subscribed to that declaration, and also to the Deseret News. M the thee of the Revolo-lion the severAl states of this American Government became Independent, el Great Britain. but they were confronted with dangers of disizttegratkm, falling apart They did not have a stable form of government. , Some of the wiser statesmen among the patriots saw this danger, and attempted to divert It. Gegrge Washington in a circular letter to the state governors wrote In June el 1733, swing. "It Is yet to be decided whether the Revolution must a ultimately be ,considered . This Is the Ittessing or a moment to establish Or ruin their, the coldmies, national character forever. There should be lodged somewhere a supreme power to regulate and govern the general ameerns of the confederated republic without which the Union cannot be of long THE HISTORIAN, John Fiske, In heating of this period Sa Ts that -betweentheyears of 183 and- 1781 was the most critical period In the !Astort of the United States. John Fiske was right That was a critical period. We awe facbg today an- -- other critical period. Fvidently the majority of the citizens of this country fail to realize It. 1- - cm-se- 77:- - - I. has .3ted but nevertheless-thatuafto- eab andace , - - welvs. ' i;ocircn.rtaastances. the powerf the Lord to maul- test himself through his children and his chosen servants, how- ever stiraculaus the nuutifesta- lion may appear to be. I do on those place one who exercise such powers that they be very Were the ielPiratinn Is from the right source. , FIRST, me"' a att:411' the gut , of discetiament, embodying the power tot discriminate, particu- larlY al between right and wrong.fl believe that this gift when highly developed aciset largely out of an acute mudto Impressions. tivity - - ga -- of- the-Hill- , - Um conges y- Smith of the CAMERCU 1'-, .0. . A. Richard Peterson foimerly 'it'd Nor. - etIsseph ol ..1 ft.., w.....1 ,s .-- .adress--"-Pre- s . ' Aloiress--El- s- , , wegian lilission. AittresaElder 'Stephen ' the' Twelve., : . . , . , if. it - Xkharda the Council of , Addrestirres. J. Stillibill Clark. Ir. , , Addresoltres. George Closing sae. Closing Of tins 4 Musie"Fs. ths Strength s . Digest 4 r Adiress;--Ehie- bellevolhat they will (Continue e from time to tithe-a- . Is , " Sevent7. litark E. Petersen of dm Council - gtrta,, ' :onstitution of U. S. Sanction bend more and wider powers and attributes thati .thosa spe our cificatly menu. des of faith, namely:- - "The gift of tongues, prcopbeey, revels- (ion, visions, healing, interprets- lion of tongues--etc-- I believe that these listed and others of comparable-super- natural nature have come 'to men and womeif all faith and I A. Kirkham of the First Council ' Albert-Smit- h. , .., .',,,.',",,.1 .,', ... Satig"Tho Hallelujah Chorus by the Taber abalz Illarriatt of tits PrayerPres. Wasis- stake. isks-te- no supreme court, and consisted , of one bowie of 'congress made wwwnrwwwwnrwwwwmrwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwt up of delegates elected by the The highest type of diocese- legislatures of the states, and meet Is that which Perceives In the Jurisdiction was greatly limited. There were so many others and uncovers or them defects and restrictions In this their better natures, the good hi-confederation that the wise men herent within them of the nation, like Washington. it,e the gift every missionary readily perceived that some-- 1 need. when be takes the Gospel Manis--DeIything more nearly perfect, more to of the world, lie to the powerful, binding upon the mutdinake an appraisal of every Digest of Address colonies was essential. Continued en Page 17 2 It was with this object In By FEES. OSCAZ W. vieW that in May 1787 a of 55 delegates from Of the First Council at Seventy all states except Rhode Island I AM GRATEFUL for America.- met in Philadelphia But only 0 39 of them signed the ConstituMy path has led me into the ' tion after it was framed. Most 01,-.0companionship of men from of these delegates were men nearly every state in the Union. ia the prime.! life, few of them Digest of Address know that we shall be Judged I have in my meditations- this according to that which- we do Ceatiseed on Pari g3 fried to place myself where By ELDER HENRY D. MOYLE in the flesh. We shall- not be Jay of the Council Twelve Of they might be. Tine Christian the how and saved by grace alone, I And I am grateful and I TWELVE grateful I am to any Father in men. have faith In this glorious land. of the restoration Heaven for the . "THOUGH HZ WEJILZ i sou, yet Gospel of Jesus Christ that has That faith has been builded up z learned he obedience through taught us the Importance of obe- because of my religious training, words that have been t the things which be suffered, dience to his will and to his and-th- e 4 . spoken through the prophets of and being made perfect became command. We sometimes feel that we this land as recorded In the the author of eternal salvation Book of Mormon. need further. light and knowlunto an them who obey Jahn." Someone has said recently, Heaven our in from Father edge Closely, allied with, this state- In order to carry out the du- that what America says and ment of the New Testament is ties and the responsibilities of does in the next 50 years may. S ; our Article of Faith,.'We believe our calling. It is my humble con- mark the destiny of the world. 4 that through the atonement viction that if we were able to Rove Important is our place 1 of Christ, all mankind may make ourselves entirely sub- among the children of men-- And alemllaeltA-,- ,' be saved by obedience to the missive to the will of our Heav- we, tucked away in these west' ! laws and ordinances of the Gos- enly Father, that his direction to ern hlfls having received the'. word of God, how great is our as as savior our Just us would be peL" surely Closely complete. , became the author of our eter;-- allied with the day which we responsibility. - I have faith that great works--e nal-- celebrate today was Clwist's not only requested of us are through that same devee of cension to Heaven. the prophets of today bad' the authors become through he that well realized lie obedience of our own exaltation. 21 Continued Ceatineed on rage IS es rage 1 We celebrate this Easter Sab- bath with a knowledge that we I e forth morning We likewise of resurrection. the MARK E. PEITILSENT - - What Ameritcl DodiMaySwely : con--motio- n. Own Eköltotia:n. :' : be of lade tier the the the eat rely )011 elf men two tual aity es a - .:. - , : - salvatiam--so-Tmust----w- 7 - , ht-t- he shall-com- At the time the war ended as - It 4 tiotr clith-l.owdid-Perfet- - " -- n Revolution the States were joined by a jpos confederation. The war be them together. After the war eadt state looked upon Itself practically as an Independent government They Were a number of small nations that had entered Into an agree- anent to live Jogethei and act toiteet t relation-- to their common welfare. The ideft crayoned that this federation could be 'levered at any time- - Each state reserved the right to withdraw at will from the Union thus far...Trout jay 4;1711 bilLarch 1711 when the confederation was adopted the United- States was a government of Continenbl Congress, under the Articles of ' - - Elam - d' $4,6014pégiii:Ej0.:.f-tio-4---Nów:Digest of Address ity EILDEft MANX Z. ITTERSIEN Of the Council of the Twelve I IlAirT LISTMKTD to thew beautiful 'sermons on repentance my-- mind las thought over and over again about one of the commandments given by the Savior in the Sermon - on the Mount. In it he said,- n34, ye therefore perfect,' even as your Father which is in Beeves is AS Paul tells us that the Church organization was given to us among other reasons for perfecting of the Saints-- In spite of this cominandment, and in - . , f : spite of this statement of Paul there are many people who believe that it Is Impossible for us to become perfect Perfettion is not for this life, they say, and ; via why try? believe with all my heart that it the Lord had airy, Idea that we could not begin on the march toward perfection In mortality, that be would never have given us that commandment, Neither would be have given us a Church organization for the perfecting of the Saints, It that were not the case. 1 BELIEITZ that In many ways, here and now In mortality, we L begin to perfect our. Ceathteed on rage 21 , d r - . ZIMVI ittriRT D. 11011.1e DESIIIIT-NOW- S -- Week el Ara IS, MO - - . , PRESIDENT OSCAR A. WIRIRAM CHURCH sEcrioN-- 11 - --- --- |