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Show 4 Lets Talk Abound There is no substitute for the home. Its foundation is as ancient as the world, and its mission has been ordained of God from the earliest times. From Abraham sprang two ancient races represented in Isaac and Ishmael. The one built stable homes and prized its land as a divine inheritance. The other became children of the desert and as restless as its sands upon which their tents were pitched. From that day to the present, the home has been the chief characteristic of superior over infeior nations. The home then is more than a habitation, it is an institution which stands for stability and love in individuals as well as in nations . . . You Will Receive Inspiration A Latter-dato establish y Saint who has no ambition y for light or trivial reasons, nor to satisfy a restless spirit. page-marke- President Joseph Smith When a young couple is married by one of the Lord's appointed leaders, a new Elder Paul H. The older. I grow, the more grateful I am for my parents, for what they did in that old country home. They lived the Gospel. Father used to preach it, particularly to visitors who came, more than to us boys and girls; but both Father and Mother lived the Gospel. I realize more than ever before that my testimony of the reality of r. Lee One of the foundation stones of success in the home is companionship in the home, and that companionship must begin with husband and wife. You remember that yqu started out your courtship on a basis of companion- ship. You husbands remember when you courted your wives that you did all you could to be enjoyable companions to them; you took them out, showed them a good time, paid them compliments. Elder Mark E f Petersen Prepare yourself in advance to receive inspiration when you are called to make a talk. No one has discovered a method to draw water from a well thats dry. Prepare yourself to be inspired by the Lord as you stand to give your talk. You will be inspired if you get to work on your preparation immediately after learning that you are to make a talk. If you do not procrastinate the time between your assignment to speak and the hour of the talk itself, whether its weeks, days, or minutes inspiration wall surely come. It cannot fail you. Do things every day, every week, that expose jour mind to ideas, knowledge, understanding. Gather facts, clippings, and interesting information weekly on many subjects. File these in some systematic way so you can get what you want when you want it. in books when you casually come across spePlace cial information in general reading. Mark and keep interesting periodicals, pamphlets, reports, magazines. Organize these alphabetically. a home and give it permanan-chas not a full conception of a sacred duty the Gospel imposes upon him. It may be necessary at times to change our abode; but a change should never be made Church unit is officially organized. The man becomes the leader of this new and basic unit of the Church. Just as a new bishop is given divine authority to preside over a ward, so is the new husband given divine authority to preside over his home and family. Dunn Elder Harold B. For Talk If You're Prepared ever-shiftin- g cts. The home is the basis of a righteous life and no other instrumentality can take its place nor fulfill its essential functions. there should In the art of be manifest the work and skill of two art-ists, the father and the mother. If these work at cross purposes, the result of their efforts is frequently failure. If they work harmoniously, each supplying what the other needs as they daily work upon their living creations, the result will likely be boys and girls who will be a credit and an ? adornment, not a blight or a curse, to hu- - J I manity. home-buildin- g t ; rs , President David 0. McKay the existence of God dates back to that home. President David 0. McKay The character of a child is formed largely during the first 12 years of his life. He spends 16 times as many waking hours in the home as in the school, and 126 times as many hours in the home as in the church. Each child is, to a great degree, inwhat he is because of the fluence of home environment and the careful or neglectful training of parents. Home is the best place for the child to learn self- ever-consta- control, to learn that he must submerge himself for the good of another. It is the best place in which to develop obedience, which nature and society will later demand. Homes are more permanent love. Oh, then, let love abound ! through President David 0. McKay To be a successful father or a successful mother is greater than to be a successful general or a successful statesman. It is always customary in the Church to dedicate meeting-!- . ouses (after they have been fully paid for) to the Lord for sacred purposes. It is customary also to dedicate the homes in which the Saints live, after they have been paid for, as a witness of the willingness of the family to obey the law of the Lord. Elder John A. Widtsw Pure hearts in a pure home are within whispering distance lways heaven. a- of President David 0. McKiy President Joseph p. Smith . Indian Placement Brings Big Reward ROUGH ROCK, ARIZ. George Lee, 2nd counselor in the Chiule District Presidency has had a dream come true. Ever since 1956 when lie started living in the Glen Harker home in Orem, Utah, during the school year, George has dreamed of getting his natural parents a new home. Just this week I've arranged to move my parents from that small little place a low-rethey have raised 10 children into Lee Mr. house, housing development said. George Lee isnt the only one that has seen a dream come true. The trading post operator, George R. Bloomfield, who followed the Lee family to Cortez, Colo, where they were picking pinto beans in 1956 has also had a dream come true because of George. I remember Mr. Bloomfield well. Our nhole family was working in the field when he came rushing up and told my mother and father about the placement program. After my parents said I could go on the program, Mr. Bloomfield rushed me back to his trading post, put a bowl on my head, cut my hair and gave me a bath. The bus was leaving in just a few minutes and I remember how we rushed to get that bath and haircut. and put him on the bus to Richfield, where he got another bath and then sent on to Orem to meet the Barkers. $1 Surely the Harker family has seen other dream come true. an- George Lee hardly spoke for the first three months. The fitst day of school the kids asked me where my moccasins and feathers were. Tney wanted to know why I didnt have on war paint and where I kept my bow and arrow, George Lee explained. George was soon popular with his classmates, who elected him class president in tlie 7th. 8th and 9th grades at Lincoln Jr. H!gh. He played football, basketball and all the sports. After high school, George Lee attended BYU for a few years, then another dream was reality. Lita Teller and Evelyn Begare help George Lee make bulletin board material for h is classroom. I W'as called on a mission to my people here in the Southwest Indian mission. He was an assistant to the mission president while on his mission. I graduated in Sociology from BYU in August of 1968. Later George Lee was married to the former Miss Katherine Heltich from Edison. N.J. in the Salt Lake Temple. This degree enabled him to secure a position as a language specialist and teacher at the Rough Rock Demonstration School. The ceremony was performed by Elder Spencer W. Kimball of the Council of Twelve, who has long been a friend to the I have always had a desire to help my people. My job here at school is helping me to fulfill that desire. I dont feel I have to do anything really Mr. Bloomfield gave little George Lee Indians. WEEK ENDING AUGUST 16, 1969 big or spectacular, but little by little going to help my people. Im When people tell George Lee of the great strides he has made since leaving the puito bean fields he usually just makes one comment, Any success I have now or might achieve in my lifetime, I owe to the Church." |