Show I 1 THE TOPIC THE LORD HAS SPOKEN by bertha mckinnon true the lord has spoken through all ages and pei cods of time go gw re ir embers his sees our neels neela hears our prayers and sj sa it has always been atvas it was nothing for him to walk and talk italic with the of old he walk ed and talked with enoch and his people gre great at was the alot glory y of moses mosea for far he was another man given the privilege of seeing and talking with god in our day and age he has visited a boy a boy of fourteen this boy was joseph smith his mind was disturbed with witch all the claims of the different for how could they all be de true when they claimed different he was unable to decide which church churda he should join so he read his hr s bible but he find much satisfaction is in this as the different sects understood the of at scripture so SID different but as he be was reading one day da y he run across a passage from the I 1 0 X james that ran like this if any of you lack wisdom let him ask of god who to all men liberally and deth not and it shall be given this mis came to him with great force filling his being with great f feeling eeling for who could need wisdom from god more than he be he reflected on this for some sometime thue he thought it over and over then he decided to take tibe the advice so he went to the woods it t was a bearb biffl day in the spring of 1820 looking all around and finding himself all alone he started to pray but his prayer was only begun when volien he was seized with sonie some power that entirety over corne him and his tongue was bound so he speak shick darkness gri around him and it seemed he was doomed to des truc tion exerting all his powers he called on god to deliver him from the power of this benamy and as he was ready to give up in dla despair he saw a pillar of light exactly above his head it was above the brightness of the sun ard and then this light descended and he feu feit h himself delivered from the enemy that had bound him then men hp he saw two personages whose brightness bright nesa and glory defied delfied all description standing over him in the air one of chent calling him by name saying this thiis is my beloved son hear him then joseph recalled what he had bad been praying for and asked the lord which elf af the churches he should join he was answered that none of them were and to join none saying all these creeds are near to me with their lips but their hearts are for from me they teach for the commandment man dment of men having a form ot of godliness but they deny the power thereof again he forbade joseph to join any of them many more things did he slay say then the left and joseph oseph Jt found his bis strength exa exi austed listed amter laying on his back fot for some time thae he arose and went home three years later while calling on god aking forgiveness forgive neiss for his weaknesses and the angel moroni was sent three times he canid cadt in one night ww and alt intervals there r after fter so it is vain to speak of the voice of f ceasing of the volumes of scripture being completed and forever excised and revelations no more 0 o iba ba expected for god is in the heavens the holy ghost is in our midst pleading with us to live worthy lives and ini our le leaders laders to say those things and those deeds that will help us to live better lives |