Show CHURCH OFFICIAL URGES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR HOSPITAL Quoting Brigham Young as having said that the mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints is to build up the Kingdom of God on earth a material as well as a spiritual kingdom Elder Ezra Taft Benson of the quorum of twelve apostles of the Church urged the people of Sanpete to get together and stay together to finish the hospital at Mt Pleasant TT u. u L I H nis is p plea piea I ea was made maae at a meeting m ung and ana banquet held in the Mt Pleasant South ward chapel and recreation hall Friday night with about persons from the county in attendance Brigham Brigham Brigham Brig- Brig ham Young had said that the material part of the Kingdom of God must include such things as schools homes churches hospitals temples etc th the speaker said Elder Benson started his remarks just after the people in the back of the chapel had been asked to take the forward seats and he said he was glad lad d to see the people come to the front and you must get together and stay together in order to finish this hospital program He spoke of this being a lovely valley and said it is impossible to measure accurately the values which will come from this hospital project to the present generation and their posterity just as it is impossible to measure accurately all the advantages of living in America Speaks of Europe Elder Benson referred to the singing of America by the congregation and said he loves that song and loves it even more since home from Europe where he traveled miles through the war-torn war countries Since then he has always been impressed with the blessedness of this land and has tried to count the blessings enjoyed en enjoyed enjoyed en- en joyed here and which are had by few or none in other lands he saidI saidI said I ClI wish every American could be forced no I dont don't like that word forced forred could be required to spend three or four weeks in war torn Europe Europe Eur Ew ope so as more fully to appreciate what we have in this land Elder Benson said He then said there are but two systems of government in important places in the world today Democracy Democracy Democracy Demo Demo- cracy and Communism He had seen both of these at very close range in Poland Austria Finland etc and he told of the love of liberty and of self determination held by the people He then quoted from the Readers' Readers Digest and read figures of I industrial labor in the United States and Soviet Russia required to purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase various items A loaf of bread for instance required 7 k 1 minutes of such labor in America and 1 hour and 10 minutes in Russia a pound of beef 34 minutes in America and Vh hours in Russia He quoted numerous numerous numerous numer numer- ous other similar figures and then said there is no place in the world where people enjoy so many blessings as here in America We know little of hunger most of or ofus orus ofus us have never really been hungry Continued on pa page e 4 Church Official Urges I Financial Support For County Hospital Continued from page 1 looked he said and then told of having into the eyes of thousands of Europeans Europeans Europeans Eur Eur- starving practically S who were conditions conditions conditions condi condi- of housing to death He spoke of of 20 L D S and told a group in Berlin four displaced persons complete families living in a single 20 feet without curtains curtains curtains cur cur- room about 20 by whatever or any privacy He said we in America know little of trouble and told of results of the plane 1000 raid on Hamburg how it had destroyed 4 buildings used by the theL killed 26 had there and L D S people the holders of the priesthood among thousands of others killed He told of giving cent 5 treats gum candy etc to children in hi Hamburg materials materials materials mater mater- sent from America and how the German children 7 years old and younger did not know what the treats were they never having seen sweets say nothing of tasting them That wasat was wasat at the first meeting held with church members in Hamburg after the war dozen and at nt the same time two oranges provided by L D S servicemen service servicemen mothers with babes to men were given in arms a treat which made many of those young mothers weep with joy and gratitude He spoke of the meager meager mea mca ger gel lunches eaten by the people be between between between be- be tween meetings mostly coarse ground grains and water Says Welfare Program Justified He then spoke of the shipment of L D S Welfare packages to church members in Germany and of the anxiety to get them there before the people starved The relief given by these shipments alone has been more than enough to justify the entire Welfare Welfare Wel Wel- fare program he said and told of the tears of rejoicing when the Welfare boxes arrived and were distributed He also stated that the L DS people In the war-torn war countries had been much better cared for than others due to the Welfare program Elder Benson then told of his visit to East Prussia now a part of Poland Poland Poland Po Po- Po- Po land and of how the people there had been pillaged and ravished time and time again mostly by the military and how they feared anyone in uni uni- form He told of meetings held in a small branch there and how of 23 holders of the priesthood only two remained the other 21 having been killed or taken away as prisoners of war War Vor Is Hell lIell While war is hell it is not as bad for the military as for others the speaker said and added that the worst part often is the effects after of disease di disease disease di- di sease starvation disintegration of families down break-down of morals etc Gospel Is Solution Elder Benson then spoke of the present present present pre pre- sent grave tension in Berlin and said that the only solution of the worlds world's ills is the Gospel of Jesus Christ something that cant can't be forced or legislated but must be accepted humbly humbly humbly hum hum- bly by the individual members of society He had seen what the gospel J I can do for people how the Dutch Saints had sent their good wishes and brotherly love to the members of the church in Germany the country that had so ravished Holland during the war There could not be war anion among B people of the same faith home and r testimony he said He said the church now has r missionaries in the field f eld but needs that many thousands to spread the gospel and build up the Kingdom of God on onearth onearth earth material as well weIl as spiritual He then urged the people to appreciate aPPreciate their blessings and for all to do their parts in the Sanpete hospital program pro I gram as well as in other worthy works and projects J. J Rodley Bagnall of the North San Sann Sanpete pete Stake presidency conducted the meeting and later acted as master of ceremonies at the banquet Invocation Invocation Invocation tion was by Pres Golden Carlston H. H A. A Dean and daughters Shirley D. D Allred AUred and Annette Dean played a string trio in the meeting and two in the banquet Miss Virginia Barton j of Manti l accompanied b by y Earlene Christensen sang a solo at the banquet banquet banquet ban ban- the last musical number and the only one to be encored Other music and a reading were furnished by members from North Sanpete The banquet was a n plate a affair af affair af af- I fair for the benefit of the hospital Those going from South Sanpete in included in in- eluded Manti 1 Pres and Mrs L. L R. R Anderson An An- An Anderson derson Bishop and Mrs L. L Glen Anderson An derson Mr and Mrs Alma Peterson R. R C C. C Anderson Mr and Mrs Ambrose Am Am- Ambrose brose Tuttle Mr and Mrs Leland LAnderson E. E Anderson and the Misses Mable Luke Earlene Christensen and Virgnia Bar Bar- ton Ephraim Mr and Mrs Wm G G. Barton Mr and Mrs T. T L. L Thomson H. H A. A A Dean Shirley D. D Allred Anred Annette Annette An An- nette Dean Pres and Mrs Reuel E E. Christensen Mr and Mrs Glen J J. Nielson Mr and Mrs A. A I. I Tipp Tippetts Mr and Mrs Roscoe C. C Cox and Mr and Mrs Lee R. R Thompson Several others purchased tickets but bu r i were unable to get to the meeting and banquet |