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Show p J ' I 4 J a ( t - kJ r ,T L I Mi) News and Features ot Interest to Residents of Davis County. u LAYTON, DAVIS COUNTY, UTAH MAKE GLAD YOUR SPIRIT with frayn UPON THIS JOYOUS EASTER The bliss of your wedding day . . . your first unbelieving glimpse of the Grand Canyon in the sunshine . . . the serenity you felt on the quiet shore of that mountain lake. The day your baby first spoke your name . . . the time the doctor smiled and said your mother would get well . . . and the afternoon the radio told you the big war was over. Add these all together. Live them, feel them as you felt them then. Happiness . . wonder . . peace. Love . . thanksgiving . . exaltation. Thats what Prayer is like. Thats what it feels like to Pray. What is Prayer? Prayer is to the mystic spirit of man what a good meal is to his body and a good book to his mind. It is sustenance. It is joy. It is growth and gladness and uplifting. It is also a very simple thing that a little child can do. It is talking to God. Where can you talk to God? Surely, on Easter and on every Sunday of the year in your own church; for your church is Gods own dwelling in every place at any place. But you can talk to God at all times hour. For God is always within reach. In the dark of the night. On a mountain top. In a submarine. Think of this wonder. You need no radio, in instrument. You speak, and God hears you. ... ... Learn to talk to God. Learn to Pray. Pray to Him frequently as all great human spirits have done. Pray to Him writh a full heart. Learn to accept His wisdom and to draw closer to Him, for this is the way to find strength and courage, serenity and peace. Prayer makes you a complete person. Learn the wonder of it. It is possibly the greatest gift wTe have from God the ability to communicate with Him. This thing He gave us when He created us in His own image. Pray this Easter. Pray joyfully from your heart and the fullness thereof. For real Prayer is a devotion, an act of love. And there is no more joyous exDerience in all the world than loving God. Rejoice In Prayer COME TO CHURCH THIS EASTER |