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Show t (SltwrcR 0 VswS EDITORIAL IHIow PAGE Many Waimnngs Do Smokers Gleed? Composer and lyricist Frank Loesser is dead, and the world has lost a rare talent. This was the man who gave the Broadway stage Guys and Dolls and whose songs included Once in Love with Two Sleepy People, On a Slow Boat to China, and who Amy, boosted Army morale in World War II with such songs as Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, and What Do You Do in the Infantry? Tragic also, considering how much fun and magic he made for the world to enjoy, was the manner of his death, from lung cancer. Loesser died hard on the same day that the Public Health Service provided still more evidence of the damaging effect of smoking on health. He was consumed by Said one obituary notice about Loesser: nervous energy and as a result slept only four hours a night, spending the rest of the time working. Frank was a very heavy cigarette and everybody warned him smoker maybe three packs a day to stop, according to an old friend and business associate. H6d just laugh, the poor guy. When a great artist such as Frank Loesser dies at 59 and when the medical evidence of the dangers of smoking keeps growing and growing, how many more warnings must be given the public? According to the Public Health Service, new evidence has been uncovered linking cigarette smoking to heart attacks, cancer of the throat, emphysema, noncancerous mouth disorders and pregnancy troubles. The latest report also summarizes previous findings linking cigarette smoking to a wide range of maladies, including numerous forms of cancer and coronary and cardiovascular troubles, and says that no substantial negative evidence has appeared which refutes these judgments. Its a deadly business this cigarette smoking, and the hope can only be that the prospective smoker and the person who smokes awareness of what the already will be chilled into crystal-clea- r be. I'enaltics may (Rochester N.Y. Globe and Democrat). BOOK OF MORMON PROFILCS Sinful Corianton Repents Near the end of his life, Alma the Younger wrote letters to his three sons, Ilelaman, Shiblon, and the youthful Corianton. The latter two had accompanied their father in his mission to the Zoramites. Corianton forsook his ministry and did go over into the land Siron . . . after the harlot Isabel. ' Alma admonishes Corianton that his brothers had set a good example for him, that he was boastful of his own strength and wisdom, and that he failed to follow his fathers teachings. Thou didst do that which was grievous unto me, chastizes Alma, admitting that the unchaste Isabel did steal away the hearts of many; but this was no excuse for thee, he adds. These things are an abomination in the sight of the Lord, warns Alma, adding, Ye cannot hide your crimes from God; and except ye repent they will stand as a testimony against you at the last day. Because of Coriantons behavior, Almas mission was made especially difficult and many Zoramites rejected the Gospel. Corianton had additional shortcomings, and in his letter, Alma sought to clarify and teach his son. Corianton believed his sins were justified because of God's mercy; he wondered why men should be informed about the coming of the Savior so far in advance; he worried about the resurrection, and the justice of God in punishing sinners. Each of these problems re examined and explained by Alma in his counsel to Corianton in of the Book of Alma. chapters The great prophet concludes his letter by urging Corianton to let these things trouble you no more, and only let your sins trouble you with that trouble which shall bring you down Unto repentance. As a final word, he encourages Corianton to remember that he is called of God to preach the Gospel: go thy way, declare the word with soberness and truth, that thou mayest bring souls unto repentance. That Corianton heeded his fathers words is indicated in later passages: The sons of Alma did go forth among the people, to declare the word unto . 39-4- 2 A Need More Than Money . Excerpts from an address by Bishop Vidor L. Brown, of the Presidin'' Bi hoprie, at General Conference. April 1968. band's life and had not yet completely regained her health. She had a family of several young children. The other day I received a telephone call from one of our bishops. He said his clerk had opened a donation envelope containing a check of many hundreds of dollars. It was from a young mother who who had recently been made a widow in an automobile accident. This was the second time she had become a widow even though she was still a young woman. She had been injured in accident that took her hus- - The check represented a tithe on the insurance settlement she had received from her husbands death. The clerk questioned the bishop, suggesting that she needed the money more than the Ctiurch, and asked if it would be proper to return the check to permit her to use the money for her own needs. 'the CHURCH Pershaps many would ask the same question. May I suggest an answer by asking another ques- - 'WEEK ENDING AUGUST 23, 1969 tion. What did this young mother need more than money? She needed a blessing, the kind money cannot buy, a blessing of peace and comfort, of assurance, of faith, of security. She obviously was acquainted with this scripture: , Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, If I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour yon out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. (Malachi 3:10.) ... them.. Alma gives the sacred records into the keeping of Helaman, the eldest son. Ilelaman passes them on to Shiblon, but when Shiblon prepares to die he is unable to give them to Corianton presumably he was because he had worthy to become the custodian gone forth to the land northward in a ship, and was heard of no more. So Shiblon gave the records to his nephew Helaman, named after his father. Almas instructions to Corianton indicate that salvation Is a personal thing, and that though the sons wickedness is serious, through repentance he can hope for forgiveness and salvation. |