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Show dav. September 2. 1979 THE HERALD. P wo. Local Minister's Commentary Can You Remember “Portrs . a one-woman showwritten and performed by Jody Renstrom of Orem. 1s available for church functions in wards andstakes Spiritual Birth Date? By PASTOR BRUCE the earnest of our inJESKE heritance until the St. Mark's Lutheran redemption of the Chure! ‘h purchased possession The idea of being unto the praise of his sealed by the HolySpirit glory.” is certainly a Biblical The “earnest” is sort of idea found quite often in like the earnest money the word of God you put down on a home St. Paul speaksofit in It’s a hold, a seal, a down Ephesians 1:13, where he Payment on things ‘to says that after a person come. God puts His believes, we are ‘sealed Promise upon us that we with that Holy Spirit of are His. He has chosen us Mrs Renstrom said The showhas traveled throughout Utah, Idaho and Wyoming, she said, and wi'l be performed in too, so that our baptism is a sealing of the Holy Independence. Mo. next year Portrait of Emma.” a treatment of the life ot EmmaSmith, wife of Joseph Smith, and is a product of personal study Mrs. Renstromdid onthe lifeof the prophet’s wife. It begins at her birth in 1804 and fol. lows ‘the elect lady’ through childhood, young womanhood and into her courtship with Joseph The story continues with her marriage of her Spirit for our eternal salvation. Therefore, baptismis a very special event and date for us to know and remember. Do you know your baptism Utah—Page51 Orem Lady Writes, Performs Show About Emma Hale Smith date? Maybe it should be more first four babies, experiences with Siartin Harris. Oliver Cowdery and the Whitmers and the tarring and feathering of her husband The showtells about JUDY RENSTROMportrays Emma Hale Smith, wife of the Mormon Prophet Joseph important than our birth date for it indicates our in a one-woman show she wrote “Portrait of Emma.” birth date with God Sais her time in Nauvoo and ends with th: martyrdomof Joseph Smith Mrs Renstromwrote the script after studying the lives of early women of the church Realizing that much could be learned from the lives and sacrifices of thse wo I desired to use my research information in a one-woman show, she said. Summing up the character of Emma Smith Mrs. Renstrom’s show uses a tribute by Lucy Mack Smith, Emma's mother-in-law Ihave never seen a woman in my life who would endure every species of fatigue and hardship from month to month and year to year with that un- flenching courage, zeal and patience to endure She has beentossed on the ocean of uncertainty. She has breasted the storms of persecution, buffeted the rage of men anddevils which would have born down any other woman. Mrs. Rens a for opening and closi priest’ groups, mother er performance is available Relief Society socials, high and daughter functions promise.’ So after faith and we are now stamped comesthe sealing with or by Him as one of His by the Holy Spirit until believers. The HolySpirit the day of redemption is the seal (Ephesians 4:30) The day we wait for is Sealing has been a mode of marking a pos- the promised heaven for session or a contract or a those whobelieve in Him The seal gives us asletter as being your own It's very mich like surance that we are in etching your initials or His foid and no one can take that from us.) We your Sucial Security number on your posses- ourselves can deny and reject Him, but no one sions. We are, therefore, else can take that marked by the Holy Spirit promise of God from us for a special purpose. Most of us would say “The day of redemption‘: that one of the outward is one phrase to describe signs of belief was our this purpose. baptism. This is conIn Ephesians 1:14 we nected in the Bible with read that this sealing is thegift of the Holy Spirit, Christian Science labor day ZaCcMmMI monday 10.a.m.to6p AHoliday to Save on Women's Ready-to-Wear | Lecture to Discuss ‘Spiritual Man’ The First Church of Christ, Scientist, will sponsora lecture by John ler, who will speak on the theme, ‘‘Spiritual ManDiscovered.” The lecture will be given Sept. 9 at 4 p.m.in the Women’s Cultural Center, 310 W. 500 N., Provo. Mr. Tyler will discuss whathecalls ‘‘one of the central messages of Jesus’ teachings and of Christian Science: that man is not what the physical senses tell him he is, despite the persistence of their message. “Jesus recognized the great need to lead human thought back to the recoginition of man’s true’ and original identity—back to our native freedom and spiritualtiy—our unit with God,” he said. Mr.Tyler, a former university professor, will speak as a member o! The Christian Science Board of Lectureship. He has been a public praclitioner of Christian Sale 7 db JOHN M. TYLER Science for a numberof years and cites a variety of healing experiences during his lecture. The lecturer describes Christian Science healing as “‘not mysterious nor supernatural’’ but an opportunity for man to “earn about God as his iteral Father—his only creator and cause.” The religion is a revival, he said, of the method of healing which Jesus taughthis disciple. Scholars May Apply Women’s Fashions in Special Sizes For Research Grant SALT LAKE CITY — Dr. Jeffrey R. Holland, commissioner of education for the LDS Church has announced that aplications are now open or the seventh annual Commissioner's Research Fellowship. LDS scholars, both within and outside the Church Educational System, are invited te make application for the fellowship, Dr. Holland said Priorities will be given academic needs of the church educational system. Inasmuch as some research areas have beenless favored by funds available from other sources, the focus of this research fellowship will usually be in the social sciences, humanities andfine arts Winners of the Commissioner’s Research Fellowship since its in- Shirt Styled Fashion Dresses Loft Sportswear Coordinates Printed Loft Dresses Reg. $30 asst. prints with yoke tucking, tie back, sizes 5-13. 1292-298 999.1 999 29.99 Reg. to $50 haif-sized women’s dressesin assortec! styles, 1212-222. 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