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Show Si'r N esitei News Editorial Real-Chant- y IN the midst. of a war Of annihilation, in which one entire people-wa- s pitted against another in a fight for their very existence, a great, general paused to discourse upon charity. dt was in the last great struggle between the Lamanites and the Nephites. The general was Mormon. With death and destruction aU about him, and knowing that unless" his people repented they would be destroyed, his heart turned . o charity. ; It' v as not thegh Ingof alms" whiili he- discussed. lt was charity In Its broadest and deepest sense. It was that, which heals broken hearts, ends wan and establishes peace. ''Charity, he said, is the pure love of Christ, and it Looking about bun and surveying the endurett, forever. cost of continued war, he contrasted its bitterness with the 1 -- - . -- ' love of Christ. ; Charity, suffereth long, and is kind, and envietlt not, and is not puffed up . . . One is reminded of the worths of Paul, so closely does Mormon's discourse parallel that of the Apostle to the Gentiles. Study his words Charity, the pure love of Christ. Is' Jong suffering. It was so in the life of the SaTor Himself. How patient He wa3 with His followers, and how weak they were". But He forgave them their shortcomings, helped theip as little children, and rr'S encouraged them. This attitude He carried even to Hi3 "enemies-andonl- he cross appealed tolTisPather intheir behalf, for thev know not what thev do Charity is kind. It teaclWuslo do unto others as we would have them do to us; teaches us tq. love little children, to be Good Samaritans wheieier we niav be; to always hold out the helping hand. And- - on the judgment day all these acts shall be remembpred, for inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these. . . It enyieih not. Neither doth It is satisfied to let others have thejr own. It vaunteth not itself, is not boastful nor offensive And it is not proud not puffed up, doesnt make nefeel superior, to Jaiincigliboriamm'enQt-alL-me- n brethren7 To.be otherwise would be to behave itself unseemly, and then it would ceasp'to be charitv. There Is no selfishness in the pure love bf Christ; it seek-et- h not her own. It is not quick to anger, not easily provoked. Kindness overcomes all that evik-i- t And it think eth-n- o evir deeds, nor does plans-- no if allow evil in speech; no Iving, no false witness, no deceit. Whv? Because it rejoiceth not in iniquity in any form. Rather it rejoices in the truth for truth Is light, truth Is the - way to freedom, truth is the Word of God The pure love of Christ beareth all things. It is the basis of faith it believeth all things. It is the essence of hope it hopeth all things, and because it is pufe love, it endureth all things for the eventual salvation of man. No matter how great we may become, without charity, we are nothing. Though we may speak with the tongues of angels? though we have the gift of propliecy and understanding all mysteries and ail knowledge, and though we have faith sufficient to move mountains, if we are without true charity, we are as nothing, for charity is greater than them - grand-niecof President Heber J. Grant points up the newly-nameAvenue of the Ogden (Utah) Arsenal, named In honor of the Chnrch President. JEAX' CROCKETT, e AvenueNamedFor-Rres-Gra- - Grant d , nt Ogden Arsenal.Coijimander Chooses to Honor Leader OLOXfeL W. A. Capron, com- From the very beginning of Ogden 'Arsenal, in all phases manding Ogden (Utah) oL-Itoperation, this highway senal, has honored President has been traversed by rumbling .Ileber J. Grant by naming the truck-- , and hurrying feet main arsenal throughfare the work of the staGrant Avenue." tion. At Ms side are located This highway leads directly the new and the old administra-tionbuildingand the lovely into the central part of the reshomes of the military personervation and guides ail comers nel. Atjts head stands. the to the very heart of arsenal guard gate that watches over activity. It is the pioneer of the interests of those who enter all arsenal roadways, around the arsenal grounds. Straight has as an arrow, it leads eastward the installation whicl) s like been the over the rolling arsenal upgrown red thread of design upon which lands. s the pattern of and When seaching for a name for cross streets has been woven. this tree lined avenue, Colonel Ar- s ng ail. It Is the pure love of Christ wjvich the world so much lacks today. That lack is the fundamental reason for our wars and contentions, for our soirows and our bloodshed. If men were'filled with this love, they would think no evil and plan no evil, they would be patient and they would not covet other mens goods or other natio'ns territory. They would rejoice in tiie ti uth, in love and kindness and there would not be any more war. With such a philosophy, in the midst of that other war for survival, Mormon turned his heart towards charity. long-sufferin- up;-it'ha- side-road- decided upon Grant as a tribute to the venerable leader of a great pioneer-institutio- n. Great numbers of L. D S. Church people are employed at Ogden Arsenal in large measure they are responsible for the accomplishment of the W'ar of the station. assignment Colonel Capron believed, therefore, that it was only fitting that those people and their leader be remembered in this manner. In the accompanying picture. Capron Avenue President Grant's grand-niece- . Miss Jean Crockett, who serves in personnel placement, happily points to the highway named itt his honor. Church Interest Centers On Next Week's Conference members through- out the nation are awaiting -- With interest -- the commence, ment of the 114th Annual Conference which will be zjield JnlheSaltLake .Tabernacle beginning next Thursday, April 6, the 114th anniversary of the organization . of. the. HURCH Sessions of the , conference and 2 pm. Thursday; at 10 a m. wiil be presided over by Presi- and 2 pm. Friday and at 10 The-o- ne am.-a- nd 2 p m. Sunday. -dent- Heber J. Grant,, Gen--erbroad-to be Church leader, who will be session, not assisted by his counselors, Pres. cast, is Friday at 7 p m. J Reuben-CIa- rk No general conference- - meetDavid 0. McKay. ings are scheduled for Saturday, April 8. The Presiding Among the Important pro-- conference of the a special ceedings Church. session for all bishoprics and will he messages from each others concerned with Aaronic of the members of the First t Priesthood - who - are--- , among - Presidency. those invited by the First Presiis sessions Interest in the further heightened ty the prob dency- to attend conference: page ability of the appointment of a The limeof this meeting, set for 10 am. hasnow Editorial .t. : new member of the Council of 1 Conference News been changed to 7 p.m. Saturfill the to Twelve existing Presiding Bishoprics Page.. 2, 3 the 2 vacancy.- day art the - tabernacle. (See -- Talks to Teachers 2 story on page 2 ) , of thd Seventy's Column sessions Seven general Church News. .,..,..1,3, 5, 7, 12 Mission "presidents from the conference are scheduled, six . Picture Page Grthed StatesrCanad; Servicemens Page ,T.......7rr8 Missionary Page tion KSL, Salt Lake City. Those ico will be arriving in Salt Lake . Radio Address ,.1 to be broadcast are at 10 am. City this week end to attend the Young Peoples Page .......... It al -- Index orig-inall- -- y conference and also to hold a special meeting with the Council of the Twelve "and " First Council of Seventy in the temple next Tuesday. The quarterly meeting of the Council of the Twelve is scheduled for next Wednesday. Elder Albert E. Bowen of the .Council of the Twelve will present a" special Easter mes-- " sage to the nation frOm the Salt Lake Tabernacle. Music byt the choirwill also-feature of this broadcast. be a Attendance at.the conference, as in the past tvvo years, is re-morning, April 9, which is s tr icted because of Jimitrd- Easier Sunday will feature two means of travel both by autoradio broad- mobile and railroad. Invited special nation-widcasts. -- The first from 10 a m. to to attend are ail general au-- j 10:30 a m. w iirbe'th irregular ihorities and general priesthood weekly broadcast of the Taber- officers, 'as well and nacle Choir undeFthe direction ward priesthoodleaders. Cards of J. Spencer Cornwall, director. of admission to the temple The secopd broadcast wiil bloek' ort the ' three days of ; take place a half honr later conference and for the Saturday-evenin- The"conferencesOS5ion' Sun-d- ay e -- as-Sta- (11 a.in.) II Church of- - the program. At this time Columbia- - Air when the Chnrch participate a gall meeting ke of Aaronic rlesthood'Tekdersr will be is- - (Continued on Page Twelve) |
