Show I i Unlocking Happiness 1 i By nr PAM JOHNSON T Elder Spencer W W. Kimball says The treasure house of happiness may be unlocked and remain open to those who use the following keys keys' the first you must live the gospel of Jesus Christ in its purity and md simplicity the second you must forget yourself and love your companion more than yourself If you do these things happiness will be yours in great and neverfail neverfail- ing abundance H IN THE TIlE Seminary yearly yearl fireside we were privileged to hear from Brother Brothel Lynn A A. A McKinley i a most dedicated i and md active member of the i Church lie ile has served in inmany I many high church positions Brother McKinley's 1 powerful power power- ful talk opened up visions of happiness that this life and the next can offer all of us The spirituality and beauty which is always predominant throughout his books came cameto cameto to life as he expressed his thoughts and feelings to us He started out by saying that life has two thrills One is the worldly desire of getting getting getting get get- I ting ones one's kicks by doing evil This s jO joy lasts for a little little little lit lit- tle while but in the end turns to ashes The other thrill is divine and comes from living living living liv liv- ing a pure and righteous I life fe This pure white flame Clame will willburn willburn willburn burn within us forever fore He then posed the question of why we were born in this day now instead of when we wc could have had our faith I I tried or when Christ was uvas on the earth then we could have been with Him and rece received received re re- ce ed his choicest bless bless- ings However today we can receive his blessings if I we seek Him and we do live in trying times We have the priesthood and if we did didI I I not have that the world and we too would die in unbelief unbelief unbelief lief and sorrow We were picked to come to earth now because of our peculiar peculiar peculiar liar personalities and char char- We were the bravest and strongest spirits as Brother McKinley 1 said This was proven because we were tried and tested before we came to earth For six thousand years we yearned to come to earth because we wanted to receive bodies and become worthy of obtaining obtaining obtaining ob ob- the gift of creation and the likeness of o-f the heavenly parents we loved loved but God wouldn't let us come to earth until now We were hidden from the world with Christ in God so that we might come forth now to do dp the two things which will prepare the way to meet Christ to tobe tobe tobe be a light unto the Gentiles Gentiles Gentiles Gen Gen- tiles and to be a Saviour unto the house ot of Israel Israe BECAUSE we are nearing the second coming of Christ the ad adversary is using all his strength and spirits to turn righteous persons to misery and his evil ways Because of this great wickedness wickedness wickedness wick wick- edness those living today must have been faithful spirits in the heavenly world Our physical bodies are arc of such value because we will possess them eternally and at times in these days this is is hard to do because contamination contamination contain contain- and evil is all around and so many of these precious precious precious pre pre- cious bodies are being destroyed destroyed destroyed des des- troyed in wars and misused misused misused mis mis- used in crime We must i avoid defiling our sacred bodies and must keep our minds clear of mental I and sin because if we I I II I II do not the real sin will be stimulated WE COULD deceive men by I sinning and still show a spotless spotless spotless spot spot- less appearance but we can canI I never deceive the Holy Ghost I Because we are all weak and andr i i cannot always r keep our lives I bodies and souls spotless from I evil God has provided us with his Holy house Here w we can be washed and I against the evil one We can take upon ourselves the powerful powerful powerful pow pow- I erful armor of God I In Gods God's holy house two I people can be married for time and all eternity They shall feel the joy of knowing that they have the power of creation and can someday I reach exaltation I BROTHER McKinley brought the peace and joy of the gospel gospel gos gos- pel pet to me and I shall never forget this humbling experience experience ence which lifted m me a up spiritually and brought me a little closer to the God I love |