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Show PROGRESS! VI r OFDIIOK it THE CARDSTON MANIFESTATI C N ADV REMARKABLE OCCURRENC E IN CARDSTON TEMPLE . to the temple erected by your church wherein We have been vith your the sacred rites are to be performed in accornM descnbe to to impelled was strongly I time first The faith. before the completion you my impressions. I did so but me that, so which news some received of the letter I docu the I destroyed acting upon the spur of the moment, m The' of continued feeling within me of dissatisfaction as desire with the something left undone, coupled the temof members of my household, who had not visited which you so in to Cardston, ple, led to our second visit us ; notwithstanding the into consented accompany kindly clement weather and personal inconveniences to yourselves, which the journey necessarily entailed. It is because of this and many other evidences of your to friendship that has given me the privilege to presumefanfoolish the be only all, after may with bother you what, tasies of a too impressionable mentality. To me it does not seem so, for never before in my life has such powerful impressions been impinged upon my inner consciousness as during my visits thru the Temple. Especially was this so at our second visit ; the impressions of our first visit were intensity and variety of repeated with such inform I must you of my experiences. detail that positively It seems to me it were a sacred duty upon my part to do this and, knowing as I do that your friends will not lightly ridicule to outsiders what to me is personal matter, I am going to give you in detail my experiences in the hope that if, as it imay well be, it is something more than imagination, that you or others of your faith may wisely analyze and correctly use whatever may be gleaned from this letter. A fortress in a time of storm was the first that shaped itself in my mind with my first view of this ancient yet modern Temple, mellowed with the spiritual usages of ancient civilization and customs, yet alert, virile and watchful. A grand, solemn, strong, beautiful; useful house of spiritual progression, which seemed to be the embodiment of architectural expression of ancient civilizations and glories, suddenly reincarnated and waiting for a future and higher civilization than our own. Strength and beauty exagerated the more flimsy houses and buildings of the town and gave a painfully obvious example of how true the soul within is expressed thru its material body, either in the individual, nation, or a race; either in the man or his architecture. Try how I would I could not get away from the feeling that the town itself was inferior to the latest building. So new and yet so old. Even the electric lights and autos failed to change this thot, that the Temple and the town represent two different epochs of humanitys spiritual development expressed in architecture. The town embodied the present epoch, science, art, invention harnessed purely for trade or commerce, irrespective of past or future developments. The temple embodies the accumulated knowledge of the ancient world, combined with the modern inventions of science and inspiration as the road to a higher future development so near at hand. Let me put it in even another way. There is a place called Cardston. It was once a present day modern town. A Temple linking the past with the future has now been built at Cardston, and the town has now become a collection These of flimsy huts nestling at the feet of the Temple. will soon pass away into oblivion, but the Temple will continue to function for the spiritual purposes for which it was raised. Just as the exterior impressions compared the present and future epochs so did the interior also reflect the comparisons. Of the beautiful and artistic effects I need not dwell, . abler pens can and will describe the interior from this viewpoint Sufficient for me to say that the shape of the Temple is a cross ; that each apartment is symbolical in the artistic and structural effects of some stage of humanitys progress down thru the ages. In fact everything physical is a stepping stone to spiritual progress as such is typified in these ceremonies. WAR AND REVOLUTION I saw first a brief but comprehensive sketch of the present state of the world, or, as you would term it, the Gentile Kingdoms. Each country in turn was shown, its anarchy, hunger, ambitions, distrusts and war like activities, etc. and in my mind was formed from some source the words as it is today with the Gentiles. I saw next international war again break out with its centre upon the Pacific ocean, but sweeping and encircling the .whole globe. I saw that the opposing forces were roughly divided by so called Christianity on the one side, and by the so called followers of Mohammed and Buddha upon the other. I saw that the great driving power within these Christian Nations was the Great Apostacy of Rome : In all its political, social and religious aspects. I saw the world-wi- de dislocation and devastation of production and slaughter of people occur more swiftly and upon a larger scale than ever before. I saw an antagonism begin to Christian nations against express itself from those your people. I saw those of a similar faith to yours in the far East begin to look toward Palestine for safety. I saw the international world war automatically break down, and national revolutions occur in every country and complete the work of chaos and desolution. I saw geological disturbances occur, which helped in this work as if it were intended to do so. I saw the Cardston Temple preserved from all this geological upheaval. I saw the International boundry line disappear as these two governments broke up and dissolved into chaos. I saw race rioting upon this American continent on a vast scale. I saw hunger and starvation in this world, a granary of the American continent swept off vast numbers of these conflicting elements. I saw disease produced by hunger, strife and chaos, complete the end of this present order or epoch. How long these events were in reaching this I do not know, but my impression was from the outbreak of the international war, these things developed in a continuous procession, and almost ran concurrently, as it is with a sickness the various symptoms are all in evidence at one and the same time, but in dfferent stages of afft over-whelmi- ng consu-matio- n, My intensified thot was What of the Church, if such is to become of the kingdoms of the earth V9 was immediately answered by a subconscious statement, As it is in the Church today, and I saw these higher thruout the length and breadth of the air, spiritual beings marshalling their spiritual forces and concentrating them upon the high officii of your church on earth. I saw these spiritual forces working upon those officers, impressing and moving them, influencing mid warning them. I saw these spiritual forces begin to unfold these things into the mind of your elders and other high officials, especially their spirit-u-al during deTOtions and official duties, and those activities which exalt the mind of the individual or groups. I saw the impressions take hold and inspire the more receptive and w88 all dearly revealed to them in the way the spiritual patriarchs desired. fo hear the words As it will be. I saw the high officials council, and under inspired guidance issue instructions to your people, to reconsecrate their lives and energies to their faith, to voluntarily discipline ihem- - selves by abstaining from all those forms of indulgence which weakens the body, sap the mentality, and deaden the spirit or waste their incomes. Church Security Plan Predicted I saw further on, instructions given whereby the places of elders. refuge were prepared quietly by efficiently inspired west especially foothills, the I saw Cardston and surrounding and north, for miles, being prepared for a refuge for your people, quietly but quickly. I saw artesian wells bored and other wells dug all over that territory, so that when the open waters were poluted and poisoned that the people of the Church and their cattle would be provided for. I saw the fuel resources of the disof coal and trict developed in many places, and vast piles ' timbers stored for future use and building. I saw the elders sill under Divine Guidance counselling and encouraging the planting of every available acre of soil in this district, so that large supplies could be near the refuge. I saw the Church property under cultivation of an intensified character, not for sale or profit, but for the use of Die people. I saw the inspired officers giving instructions what would be the best crops to plant and cultivate, not for profit but for use in storage at the time of chaos. I saw the territory carefully surveyed and mapped out for the camping of a great body of people of the Church. I saw provisions also made for a big influx of people who at present do not belong to the Church, but who will gather in their tribulations. I saw vast quantities of surgical appliances, medicines, disinfectants, etc., stored in the Temple basement. I saw inspiration given the elders whereby the quality, quantity, and kind of things to be stored were judged, which might not be obtainable in this territory during the time of chaos. I saw defensive preparations made and stored as suggested by the power of inspiration. I saw the elders working out the organizations of Die camps upon maps. I saw the mining corridors used as places of storage underground. I saw the hills surveyed and corrals built in sequestered places for cattle, sheep, etc., quietly but quickly I saw the plans for the organization of the single men, and their duties, the scouts, the guards, the nurses; the cooks, the messengers, the children, the herders ; the Temple guards, etc. I saw all these preparations going on practically unknown to the Gentile world, except to the Great in Apostacy, whose knowledge and hatred is this day of its temporary power. Thi was going on piece by piece as the elders were instructed so to do, for the refuge. I saw other officials obeying the inspired instructions carrying their message and exhorting your people to follow out from time time, the revelation given them, whilst all around thruout the Gentile world the chaos developed its varying stages, faction against faction, nation against nation, but all, in open or secret hostility to your people and their faith. I saw your people draw closer and closer together as this became more intense and as the spiritual forces warned them thru the mouth of your elders and other officers. I saw the spiritual forces influencing these members who had drifted away to re enter the fold. I saw a greater tithing than ever before. I saw vast quantities of necessaries supplied by members whose spiritual eyes had been opened. I saw a liquidation of properties and effects disposed of quietly and quickly by the members of the Church, as the spiritual influences directed them. far-reach- Asks Congress to Honor Man Who Aided Farmers Washington. A resolution calling for a memorial to John Deere, village blacksmith who gave to agriculture the steel plow, has been introduced in the house by Representative Chester Thompson of Rock Island, Illinois. The memorial, in the form of a plaque comannimemorating the versary of Deeres plow, being celebrated this year, would be placed in the Department of Agriculture. Deere made his first steel plow in the spring of 1837 in the village of Grand Detour, Illinois, and 10 years later moved to Moline, IUinois, now headquarters of the farm machinery organization bearing his name. "I am happy to 'be able to do my share in commemorating the name and accomplishments of John Deere," Thompson said in introducing the resolution. "It is to such men as John Deere that the farm-o- f our nation owe their great progress during the last century.' The resolution cites Deeres invention of the plow as one of the great contributions to human progress, and declares that it helped make possible the conquest of the vast prairie empire of the middle-wester- n states, added to the general progress and prosperity of the people of the United States, and left its imprint upon the world. Shark Patrol Will Set Traps Around Australia Sydney. The greatest shark hunt ever attempted, involving the closing of nearly forty miles of bays with a wall of nets, has started here. The plan la designed to protect the famous surfing beaches of Sydney, and will eost the New South Wales government 823,750 a year. Two hired trawlers at first will operate within the bays, catching any sharks which may be trapped by the nets. At flret the sharks will be killed, taken out to sea and dumped, but later, when four new hips will be available. It Is hoped to build a factory to turn the carcasses Into liver oil, fertilizer, and leather. The many miles of nets needed, with adequate reserve supplies, must aU be made In Austral, from home grown cotton. The company which la carrying out the scheme says that besides making the beaches safe for surf bathers, the trawling will help to develop the Australia flailing industry. Surf bathing lifesavers hava already thanked the government for starting the shark patroL i i Today' housewives apprecir.ee ihe amazing canned food bring to the kitchen thank to moiicr.i of tLe Golden canning method, and the fertile land, packed in container by method, which mam natural their of goodness the nicked at peak ome salmon and (traight from the ocean or tun. -y iheir flavor andfre.hneor evaporated milk condensed ch supervision-riunder government preserved meat, prepared fields! from con1 pa.tured on the wet'a abundant mere-flavors- available tbe yearnad at your neighbor, many more-- are All these splendid food.-.- nd a. the day they were reeled, in tin or glass, because modern method, hood .tore a. nature-fres- h of preservation keep them so! western canncrs The progressive Union Pacific Railroad plays an important part in serving but Union Pacific treats them and eastern consumer. Can. and jar. are sturdy containers, are protested with the same cut it gives to fragile commodities. In winter month., shipments safe, weather. dcpendabls summer hoc Prompt, in by heater service, and by refrigeration Pacific Union Last year year. every day, transportation every moved nearly a half million ton. of canned food product, to America's markets. foods. Ask your neighborhood grocer for nature fresh canned -- i FfiOFIC AILRDAD SHIP AND RIDE UNION ing Red Csral Always Prized coral thst is snd always has been prized, not solely for jewelry and buttons, but as a charm to bring safety, health and secrets not revealed to the ordinary perron. As ancient Gaul, rushed headlong into battle, they trusted their safety to their swords, strength and the "magic" coral Imbedded in their shields or helmets. Many Italians and Indians regard coral as protec. tion against the "evil eye. 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