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Editorial "AUNT VIDA"
Vida Elizabeth Smith writer of Mother in and to everyone who knew her " is dead, that is, her de-
enfeebled body has been laid away in the silent of the dead. But "Aunt Vida" is not because those who
live in the lives of others, and whose while here is lived in the interest of their fellowmen DO
cannot, .us:;<-uu"''"'
We live in Not in not in on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He lives most who thinks most, feels the acts
the best. He whose heart beats lives 1orJoE,s1. Lives in one hour more than years do some, Whose fat blood sleeps as it their veins. Life is but a means to an END-and that end-Ka,-,.,nninrr and end to all GOD.
-Selected.
Of whom could the beautiful lines of the refer than to Aunt Vida? Influence is the
in the and man, woman and child is an as the great has "I cannot live to myself. I must lumine or a tempest to riC><:!trr,v
issue of their acts. In all of our known and read of all men. contact we
make in life an influence upon us, and if those influences enable us to make and that "u'-"'--"'' if in the interest of truth and our enables us
turn to wield an influence on others. A great man has said: "I am a part of all that I ha'le met." And is it not true? The wise man has "As a man thmketh in his But it is influence that creates and action is us.
influence that has contacted me in life and pro-
duced , ... ,, ••• ,, .. ,,, other
Thus we the life of Vida. Was an influence? of the thou-sands who have her kindli-ness, her in song and
answer. What an easy had the brethren at her funeral exercises, had
to refer to and all who heard rei:monded. was to live out the allotted time
Had she lived till the of would have been years of age. fore no need for us to mourn that she has taken from us. It was her right to enter into rest. Why should we even think to her that We will not. But we will continue to live in the beautiful influence of the
that was the to the beautiful life that lived. she was as all are, but it seems to be given to to hide much of the human in the
render to others, and to a,..,,~,o,,u
may we not now enter within the as far as we may behind the circumstances that such a life as is now
so far as the is concerned in death? Born in old she was the
of Alexander Hale son of the latter tutored in childhood
the widow of that Thus we see that instead of born with a golden spoon in her
she inherited that far richer of the of those whom God had oermittEid
the cause of Christ damps and the blood of rn,-rrt·<rr"
r-,u,•1or1NO from childhood that the of heaven had again condescended to creatures here on the earth. What a child have? as her after life ,_..,.,-,.uc,ri
these influences on her life had not been vain.
,..,v,, .. ,.,,,, to another phase of Aunt Vida's find her into Christ at the twelve at ~~ ... ~ .... , Zenas after which usefulness to God and man in sei21<1ng that banner of truth that her paternal the instrument in the hands of ahd
~~~w,.u._, the of the Lord
great restoration movement, hr<)U<Jh<)Ut America and in 1ore1grn
was a staunch and
of ~~+iui+u
Women at ,.,wu.1.,,~LUH'-" VVU0'',10,
able to en,cteczr and in their
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Young This also still lives as a of her contribution to cause of Christ. how we may up one achievement after ~···~ --··-· that remain as monuments, to the memory of this woman.
On October 3, 1926, she was united in marriage with James E. another for the latter and while her health
she was his constant comJ)ar1ion in the misUnited States
and beovertaken the
"'~", .. ~;;;·-1...,_ to the lit-tle Church of Christ, on Lot, an old remnant
that had come back to Missouri in 1867, ~~.~,,~~'" the sacred that had been
de<:licate,ct by the and others in August of 1831, together with property, and who were the advance guard of the return of the saints to Independence, Missouri. It was under this alignment that she with her E. Yates, closed her career and service. For a number of years her health to and confined her to her home, which she held with her devoted uu.uy1iw::i
Inez Smith Davis, at who gave her every care.
During the early an intense desire
of last fall Aunt Vida devel
Mrs. Earlita ,._,u"""'"', nia, so her husband took home of his children in long drive to Los
but her
visit her other Califor
first to the and then the
her wish rose in rebel-
3, in the home of her .W'-.<,u.m-t. and with her husband her
took its from this taber-
Of her closing hours this beautiful given us. Shortly before the time of her passing, raised her arms as if to welcome a "~,~·-·-ger and said:
" and she gone. Some time before her ing she had been questioned as to whether she any message for the saints, she "Tell them all that I am not ashamed of ever done in the church." Ahl how little need there would be for any of us, if we tried to so live that we need have no regrets, to have fear of the river.
most beautiful she ever wrote, "The Old Old wos a mixed of Mrs. Pauline Mrs. Doris and
ewho also sang, "Sweet the " "I Know that Redeemer
sung as a solo by Mrs. Pauline Arneson.
The active pallbearers were Elbert - -···,,,~-- z
ander Hale Haas, Leonard Strnrr,rrl
and Harold V elt. The no:nm·an were: Mrs. Zella Mrs. Freda Ar.tctEirs<)n, Mrs. Hattie Criley, Mrs. Mrs.
and Mrs. Anna Hawker. The church was a veritable bank of flowers.
and , u,•u·"'~
in the Mrs. Emma '"'"''J.!L'"'"' y
Ina of Ronan, Montana. Added io these there are gr<::m<jcJ:lil-
and many nephews and who loved and will remember Aunt Vida. And the whole church feels a share in the bereavement.
At the graveside in Lamoni, Iowa, Robert-son read the beautiful tribute to Aunt from her devoted E. Yates:
"In her husband here states of her: the and scope of her love among
us her from us not incident but an EVENT Immeasurable. But "''"'"'"'" reft in our sorrow, we can also rejoice in the certa1n1v of her as she awaits her loved ones
"from an illustrious she inherited a This she lived to use for the
and to the of God. of our she that sweet
which radiated into the of all our hearts. we must say our sad adieu her sacred
but we know that with our her blessed lives. Such a soul cannot die. It remains therefore us, to in manner, remain faithful to the too, shall live. Thus may we be made
that strand which lies
Two Angels I dreamed I saw two angels, hand in hand
And very like were, and very fair One wore upon his
A
one was fair and and white of A radiant smile of wondrous grace
like an inner u1tw·-1urno. the beautiful nn'litk,rl
the sweet one and said: tie"twE;en us:-Life and Death:-choose thou lot. him thou lovest best be
'"'""'-''-'"'"" thou between us, and fear thee not."
"at last I wiser to cnc)os,e; and
soul with thee were better satisfied;'' angel's radiant face smiled swift
to un.derst,an,ct: and I am Death.
-Laura Porter.
;.,u.,u.1..,,;u, some of the
Yates presses to all a
attended the old time friends in. '-''"'',.''-'u•,
so
associated with the ~~~r,r.,rv+.r,~ for the
sions love and "'"'"'",-,.+"•" word B. C. FLINT.
LETTERS ,t:xtrai:::t from a beautiful letter from W. A.
it as a
Boy). It breathes such a beautiful that we· felt that the saints would be
his for inserting it He is in
a sacrament service bellinct. it to
is well
God bless you over you
of
11, 1945.
Dear Editor: While •~-,,•-~
written Brother I am sorry to Brother some time before the last letter of his was µu,uu,,us:.,u
the Advocate. in the in Hamilton
He is survived by a son "''""'~11na in the Canadian Air Force overseas. was also serving the Canadian in .. ~,=r•0
and was killed in action. itncmgn we have no church for services we are
still and God to send his blE,ssini;;rs those of us who still to our belief in the vuu, .... ,u
Christ.
us is our prayer.
God bless you and may he . ... ,,-~, .. our recent bereavement
MR. and MRS. WM.
Editor's Note: The above beautiful letter from our Lamanite satnts on the Six Nations strikes a ref;pons1ve chord in our hearts. We
and this move on their We also
the Advocate. We it will be en-It should reach the editor the
young our prayers
are among the ,;:-,v,,u,,ou.
ne1°so1nal letter from iscorn3in, in which
in the articles soon have
of saints in behalf of her dauqhtE~r tvanqeline, is not well.-The Editor.
1,44. Dear Folks:
I received your Christmas card Christmas and was very to hear from you. It back old memories of when you used to at our home. I'll never how we
to your visiting us . .l,V.1,1,.ilL'-''" has gone to Florida to be with Dan 'for
so mother and dad are alone for the first time.
We were to have a and also to be able to attend church. We for awhile in the Alps Mountains which are on the FrenchItalian border. Winter set in so the cold is an-
enemy to up with. is everyone?
to hear from sisters.
you are all well. Would and the brothers and
I want to let
poem was so
I wish I could attend conference this "'"''"""'" is that it will be to the
to the LlHHCU.
prayers, because is a fine young man, and was bapti:~ed ago, so is a member of the Editor.
Extract From a Lefter to the Editor, From Sister Anna
in Jesus," so
We are now meeting in t he homes of the saints again for sacrament and we have aec101ea to the of Mormon. These meetings
to all of us. I hope that group need meeting services.
noticed that in the last Advocate there were no letters. How I missed them. I for them and letter I has so1nethin.a and encourages one to strive a we are not our
to the Advocate.
to come this way·
of mine to write for the when you cqn. my on sister in
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Original Articles rlt>.•nn,r't'flrl.P.11.t written
and evidences ·nrP,:{1,nr:P,n
required to observe rules governing deliberative assemblies.
DO WE WANT PEACE, WITH VICTORY, OR WAR FOR CONQUEST?
Three will give us Peace with Victory. Failure to for
choice.
Three Steps will perpetuate As a we may take our
1. The first is Contrite Repentance of our sins. If we are to be saved from this is 1mnera-tive.
2. The Second step: Bonafide Endorsement of and the Non-Military interference
for control over nations as stated in the Atlantic Charter. Adroit so called inferences ure,,0,11, to be canceled out.
3. Third step: Assure all our enemies now at war, that we mean just that; and that we will tolerate no war "Peace which would offer territorial, or other rewards for any aggressive warfare seeking
for expansion. enemy peoples are as anxious for the war to
end as we are. When assured this Third that we really
mean what the vaunted Atlantic Charter surface upon this vital then render will be made.
Thus the for peace can be made se-cure.
In this call for our let it be reinemr)er·ea, that this is not the mere words of any man, that by such means only can this nation be saved from impending
in these terrible times. Do we who call ourselves "Christian Na
tions," for the of peace and for cessation of war, upon some other basis than that which the Prince of Peace will rcn'r>r,,u,,,1
If we desire peace with only, that can be won, while God approves.
Our enemies will surrender in their wars for when we first made our ret)en,t-ant surrender to the of justice.
our surrender to he now makes manda-or else we are to continue to suffer the conse
quences of our blindness and ~ .. ,~~·="'""' In our present national sorrows we are
fr,rnfn·~f~ 0f the for 0Ut rl1<,T'AIC'f("f1'rl
flexible laws of Justice and of true r1ghtE,011sntess. continue in we can but continue to suffer.
Time of the End r-oireti:>ld.
hath unto the end of the world."-Isatah 62:11.
The Age of Airplanes and as the
Destructions Decreed "For the nation and that will not serve
thee shall yea, those nations shall be wasted."-Isaiah 60:12.
Numbered to the Sword "Therefore will I number you to the
shall bow down to the slaughter: "Because ye did not answer; when I
but did evil before mine eyes, did <..:nuut,tl wherefn I not."-Isaiah 65:12.
three steps just and to divert our 1.1t"uu.1uy calamities:
of our sins. It is God not man, who re-this of us.
2. Obedience to divine law against
about"War to end war."
Consequences Resultant from Three Steps Taken Foundations laid or a blessed peace. For a sacred
liberty. For a mighty freedom. For a rich prosperity, such as will astonish the whole world.
All this is to be but embryonic, before the final enpeace, for which the decrees of the
God hath that we and move, and have our
For any goal less than our gence with no reason whatever, for man's existence upon the earth.
To win the peace desired the best """·""'1'"'
nations, let us conform to the inflexible laws of eternal justice, and thus obtain a a
Los Dec. 29, 1944.
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APOSTLES ARE ALSO JUDGES Leabo
texts from and the Book
" often meant
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I am not to infer that we are Mosaic but rather that after Christ
as the would it not suppose that Christ set up a similar
under the took Moses'
LV'c!'~'A' to
since we are told in the Book of Mormon that was to occupy in the of Christ until Christ should come?
In 1st 3:115 we are told that the twelve apos-tles were to the twelve tribes of Israel. Which u1..1v"'''"'"' were referred to? The 88th verse of this ter tells us that it was the twelve in whom Christ ordained to be under him. But in the 116th verse, we are also told the twelve upon this continent were to the house of Israel who were
the The is: "for ye are of the house of and these twelve ministers whom thou shall seed."
This indicates that the Twelve of the Lamb at were to be over the WHOLE house of during the millenium under Christ, but the twelve or that the that the Church of Christ may
over their own tribe lem twelve.
The names of the twelve given in Matthew 10; but of course, was
Matthias after the of Christ. Acts 1
In the Book of Commandments in the 15th '--U'-'-"-"'"'"•
we find that Oliver and David Whitmer were called as in the office "even as Paul" Paul was not one ordained Christ while on earth. We are also told in 1st 3:165-167 that many and precious were taken out of the New Testa-ment. This makes some to the difficult of So, in Acts 13: and Paul were called to be apos-
and proven Acts 14:14.
In Galatians 1: 19 it is seen that the Lord's brother was an apostle, and this is not the that was ordained an the Lord himself person-
Also in 1st 4:6-9 it of, .,,~,,~u
as an and in Romans and 1st Thessa-lonians 1: 1, other are mentioned. It almost seems, from these passages of that there were more apostles ordained than the reasonable death rate for time would be. These Testament apos-tles were over the tribe or house of and to the twelve intact.
It would seem to be twelve '-Aµv0ci;c,c,
were of the tribe of 1V1cmc[ssi?n, to be under the ~~,~,,~, have a quorum of twelve ,-,,-,,..,"+'"'"' =~,.,.,r,~ 144 and all and Christ as chief over at least be true if the and Church of Christ were established among each of the twelve
the in latter come to the tribe of who was Scattered among the NOTIH!O<:!
were commanded to choose out, "unto twelve."
It is conviction that or cti,;c1101e,s that in '!he matter of its
came to first in the restored
the idea that were more ap,:::,stles others. as in the United States
there are called the same as all The that in Hebrews 3: 1 it is
Christ is an indicates that Christ WAS an tle even the chief and and we Christ IS a How better could Hebrews
For more that the apostles that or-dained while were to be over the twelve in each
consider the Was it not so that came to ordain the first in restored
that they had the k;eys to that ordination? Not saying that those three of the twelve were the only possessing that but that three were sufficient for an ordination.
of the or other in this of the twelve
u.c,,A'""'"" as the chief apostles. We are told in 1st 3 and also in 3rd Nephi that these disbecame "whiter than snow." So also in the
Church of Christ today, there should be the and no more than twelve at a time. And, as said we are of the tribe of Ephraim. Thus with the ,.,uu,~u,ites of the tribe of Manasseh. we make up the house or tribe of Joseph.
We of the race are of the tribe of raim. A few of the other tribes may be found among us, and will be there temporarily until Christ organizes their own tribe in the millenium. teen nations are
Now I am not striving for I realize that I have far greater
welcome any be in the wrong, if I am. This I do know that every one should seek the Lord in earnest "'r'"'"'.,..
that we may be drawn out of the darkness that shrouded us for lo these many years. God us the is our prayer.
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT received from Elder G.
notice of his withdrawal and his return to the Reor
Christ, of Latter The reasons given that he is out of h~r=,..,...,
of the Church of Christ on various
held the office of ,-.c,•,rosaTU
To take Brother of 1 W aunganol
to so occupy. various others in the British mis
to learn that there is no serious dis-affection among our and that gen-
conditions seem to be in about it was
in Brother Evans has been active for the entire time since and is well to act as the of the Church of the
Mission.
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The Standard Bearers STORIES OF THE RESTORATION
On to Missouri Thus in our series of the stories of the restora-
tion we have our readers the in-. cidents connected with the forth of this great latter restoration movement
our last two issues we have used the matter so contributed by Brother Elmer with refer-
ence to the acquiring of and the t1"'"'"'mo,ri to be done thereon.
We will now in some of the with reterEmc·e to the strenuous and soul stirring events that
Pl<)Il!:lel'.S nnri,:;n,,ror,t not on the way the east to the land of but also tragic ovi-,,0T·1-
ences that were undergone after arrived there. To with we will let Elder P. Pratt tell
us about their in crossing pa:nsE~s that at the time of their first
Missouri. He says: "In the renewed our and
and we traveled on foot for m11nr1r·or1 miles vast and th,·"nrrh
trarckles:s wilds of snow-no beaten and the bleak northwest wind
'"'1,.'"'"'~~ in our faces with a that would almost
the skin off the face. We traveled for whole morning UH without a:
in snow to the at every tense that the snow did not melt on
even in the sun, for We carried on our backs our sev-
and corn bread and raw We often ate our frozen bread and the way, when the bread would be so frozen that we could not bite or r,,::,no1trrr•to any part of it but the outside crust.
After much rived in mc1er)ertctEmc·e, extreme western rronuers
This where we <!trrrt,::,ri
and also that it is the center of the land area of the western of America. It is hardly µv;::,oiJvil:7 that this fact was known to Joseph as the
nr,..,n11At and that that was the reason for selection. In it seems to be
1ts·tar1a1ng evidence of the of their unlearr1edness
that have since been ae·m<:>rnsm:ue,a
These of which P. P. Pratt was one, were the forerunners of the to the land of Zion
that it peopJle in any age.
hi"'+"'"" we read this interesting acof the gathering to Missouri.
,mnr,rrrmr•A of the Church was now turning towards Missouri. Ohio was the first
of the saints, . . . but Missouri was the state where Zion with its temple of the dispensation loomed up in the vision of the future.
as we have seen, had some of the saints =·~~,-M.~ into Missouri. cords were 1er1gtne:nmtg and her stakes unuui,;•
was received
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least of them to the their --,~«--them: so that the of him
as the waters cover the sea. At time it shall no more be the Lord liveth that br,:irn:rht the children of Israel from the land of north and from all lands whither he had driven them."
The rest of this is but the continuation of the of Isaiah concerning the house of and and their nrrtho.rinn:
their own land. All of which shows re<rcuuect as the nn3cE;dE,nt
to this latter
associates
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scr1er:[le, communistic in nature, and this was what aroused the ire of the because the colored saints were not to be excluded from this scheme. We will this story farther in our next issue.
etc."
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CORBECTION on page 183, 1st col
line it should read "his
1, first para~v""""''·"' to Inde
to incietler'tde•nce. Sec-same page, first
"and of the size," etc., not
THE LAW OF LIFE Elder F. M. , ,uuu,c-11
I call attention to the words of our Lord found in Matthew 7:16: "Ye shall know them their fruits. Do men grapes from or from thistles? Even so every good tree forth fruit: but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit."
Fruits of the earth, of trees, or ani-mals. The reason that men do not graoes of thorns or from thistles is because fruit of thdt kind do not grow upon the thorn-bush or upon the thistle. We would question the of anyone if we should find them for among thistles because the facts are that thistles and thorns re-
thorns. Each form of life represents laws and conditions to and by reason of these laws and conditions each its We rec-ognize this truth as not only selfevident in nature, but as a fundamental law of God necessary to the repro-duction and of the various of life created divine energy. God said: the earth
forth grass, the herb the fruit tree fruit after his seed is in
upon the earth and it was so." again God said. "Let the earth bring forth the creature after his
and and beast of the earth and it was so.' The constitutional law of life has its own and
teaches that all doms are founded in and there are many
for there is no space in which there is no and there is no in which there is no
space, either a greater or a lesser and unto every is given a and unto every law
are certain bounds also and conditions. An apmay be a fine one of its kind, but the constitutional of nature that it and it an can never
horse may be a .~ui-,rn.,iu
stifutional law of his nature he became a horse can never make him into an ox; a baboon may be an excellent of his but the law of his nature by he was made a reason
of ifs conditions and limitations never can into a man. It is a law and evidence of it is seen in the s..c,;Uk!JUv'-l
from the most sun to invisible an1ma1c;uvae. As all nature teaches that law rules in every r10,c,rr,>t
ment of natural out certain results in rrrr-nr.nv with the constitutional laws of each
so Christ teaches this same law; that gets like, and that each moral and truth moral and basis of his re(:!ernoti
He says, "Behold a sower went forth to sow; when he some seed fell by the and the fowls came and devoured them up; some fell upon stony where they had not much earth: forthwith sprang up, because had no ness of earth: and when the sun was up sc<)rche<j: and because had no root, away. And some fell among thorns; thorns sprang up, and choked them: but other fell into
and brought forth some an hundred same thirty fold." Matthew 13:3-8.
in his of this lays down this fundamental law as whole superstructure of his sublime and divine },'<t.uu•ov-
"When anyone heareth the word of the -"-H'-'-''-'v""'
and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one1
and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which receiveth seed by the he that received seed into the good ~,,,,~ ~ heareth the and understandeth it; which also
forth some an hundred some some Matthew 13:19-23.
Sanctification and the attainment of celestial life is the result of obedience to celectial law. We read: "And who are not sanctified the law which I given unto you ,even the law must inherit another even that of a terrestial kingdom, or that of a telestial kingdom." Doctrine and
85:5. means to set apart, to make of reli
gious use, to make free from sin, to make whole the law that God has given unto us, even
law of life. Unless we abide the conditions of the ce-lestial we cannot abide the celestial the Paul says, "For in Christ gotten you the generate and rerxoduce. God and Father of our Lord
to his abundant mercy, hath ho,-rntton
the resurrection ·of to an inheritance and unde-
and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are the power of God unto to be revealed in the time.
"Whoso believeth that is the Christ is born of God." Divine life under this new condition in
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yet we trust that somehow Will be the final of To pangs of nature, sins of
Defects of and taints blood.
LJt'UVlUr We know not I can but trust At last-far off--at
And every winter
Thus when we come to of the system of
sary that we revert to the every type of life begets its own kind.
We understand that the ror,ro,:,,::,,~t,::,fi as seed sown was to be sown its tives and that every thus sown and grows, re1orcirl11c8
So faith is a true concer::,ticm and a true com1xEihE,m,iOJ the name of
stands identified. Christ is the greatest the grandest, the sweetest, the most beautiful teacher this world ever saw. in the fact that he rises in the splendor of his above selfishness and bigotry, above the ideas of the and in his
to represents the forces and the demands of human nature, and
the possibilities of and attainment are uutt:t:u to us the of the laws and
associated with Christ. in the commission that
to go out in the world and represent divine represent
The greatness of the Chris! is not seen in ,~v''-'-''"'"''• but what he re1:irE,se,nt,ect.
This fact is in his own announcement. "I came not to do my own but the will of Him that sent me." Thus Christ stands identified ¥Tith a great mission, a great work and the of this work was laid upon his shoulders. It was made with a of individual that he must move in with the laws and condi-
under these di-
quest over sin, or mission.
Satan had invaded The home of man,
had been tarnished Christ came into this
ro,,rn-,'tV from the power the line of his conquests were all to be at-
tained in with the laws and of in-dividual attainment reach of all who would believe and accept the conditions of salvation.
The Paul statement, "The law was weak in that it could not condemn sin in the flesh." -could not men live
lives so far as their external moral conduct was but in the heart be mt1rcten1rs.
that one of the nr,::>rr,rrr<fhroe,
It was not God's eternal love that demanded the sacrifice of but sacrifice a it was that made Christ's death a it was the con-
between the right and the wrong that made sacrifice thus the
was, with a of ~~~~,,~.~, ,r""~,.,,.
111L:iµ1-1,:1:s of truth committed to his his race or love for
"""''"""'''"""·''"· that enabled him to say: not my will, but be done. So then, he surrendered his own his love of life and existence in this upon the altar of his love and devotion to divine and this we believe became neces-sary Christ to because be untrue to the trust committed to he was off er up his life as a sacrifice in attestation
possess a idea. the environments that cradles down to the nr,9m:mt
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the central t1H.eU',,11H before US 18, Will the true Of ',;VOJJS:a
and power sown in the human heart make of men We are not to from a tn,?01.w1ccn
stcmdlpoint from the fact that we believe that a man can be a and not be a
s1cmctpc,1n1 of pulpit
men. affirm there is character. I do not mean or how much truth he claims to
and environments that his conduct is the true test We
scienUous be wrong, but we cannot out we are conscientious.
I£ we live the truth and our and con-science are in then we are true
true believers in the Christ when we reach heaven it will not be asked ~~·"Tr,~ road we came over. We can rest assured that none will pass the gates of the celestial world
those who have lived in obedience to the laws and conditions of to fit their souls to live with in a sinless home. souls must become and fitted for those grand conditions of moral and in a world that is better than this left off the evils of life; "~'"'~~ overcome the of this by ~~"'~~ been true to God in the crucial attestation of trial. believe in the vunvov-
Comes our souls like burnished
AH the antagonism we have to meet in this world in the conflict between the evils of our natures and the
u1~;iµ.,1::1;:, of divine truth are in the life and 1.;u.uuu"'"''" of Christ
issue in the and wrong. The
the wrong as the antagonistic forces that he had to meet at every turn and corner. We are of this that while individuals may signify but means a great and the for Christ
live after him in the of their im-and power. still exist with
power to make a bad man a man; to make a bad woman, and to transform a sinful world
into a and under their force and re1orc>dl1cing powers character is still fo be aeveJlopea
the true until the of the Christ the conquest and overthrow of sin. The
seems axiomatic. We sow an We sow a
acter. A man is if he believes in man; if he believes
princi}:}JElS he must be a is wrong in
truth is
.:m:,J,JJJ.LU'c:f Stone to and Yl<,UH..il:;;l
ous conditions of life. Truth is the which man is to be transformed in transformation can never come until mankind comes under the laws and which
are hAt"fnt·tAn
is, how are we beqc,ttenr upon which this work
Thus ,to illustrate: If OU,C>T'"'Tn1Tirr
if it is the Christ its it will "'"'""~"' Christ life. False lives of men re1xc>du,ce but have
are wrong, and vironment is so as to change this character into the true type of life as ret)resei:ite,ct Jesus Christ our Lord. The difference
individual consciousness, but is the power which individuals act, move, and are conscious of
their individual and in this sense, life as rA,"fm•li~
its motives its moral and status just as it is; are the conditions and rela-., ~~ ~•nw,~ which we have to these different iCirlCf(iOIUS,
these environments and these different such also is our of life.
The speaking across the centuries with reference to Moses said he would rather suffer af-fliction with the of God than to the ures of sin for a season. Thus we admit that there must be some in sin, otherwise men would not sin. It is a true fact that what men love most rifice most for. It is love that enables to the of her sick never conscious of never conscious of individual
It was love for humanity that '-''-''..,"'"'"' to measure himself with the needs of the
and thus he himself against evil in the lnt.oy,c,ot<>
of the human race, and sometimes and the virtues and powers of his sacrifice upon the cross will awaken all to a consciousness of his love and worth. We recognize this
that God will give all ... ~ .... ~''"'"~ the race of «rrihrr,rHf"ln
service must be derived from the mcm1res:ta110:r1s be,:,otten under the law. µ, r,n<:!TIO Paul rio,~lnro<?
Zion's .Advocate
1 c,1,141,vu that made Paul the the repre-and who in his to
gnm,1er and better conditions of upon attainment of a
experience, was enabled io say, "I
to come, nor creature, shall be able to C!01r>rt·rrdo
God which is in The aP<DS!Jle nrri,rArt
when to am and the time of my r101tt1N1rn
a I have my course, I have faith.' He had lived under that law of
been associated with tasted !he eternal sweetness of Christs and thus in the wonderful of
will in the interests of the human race, he was willto give up his life as a witness to the truth.
In the type of life re:i:Jre~ientect the that if we are be,::rotten
within US the naure of if we are no,-,,r.rTOY1
Christ we are of the nature of Christ.
government; are '-'"-'"''~u,
the force and op,::,rcrtion =--,~ •• ~, Ch'ld for reason struct the human race. In pnxlairn the moral and ~~,~i+,,-1
terms of the formed in their natures that
nor hate their enemies;
Zion's Advocate
... ~ .. .,., .. ~ of wrong: and I can the statement that was made here this fore
noon, that so far as we represent a ':!"-'.,.'-''"" o,.,,,..u.,., . ., ... or of others our own, just that far we will attain to in the to come; but no further. If a man should come to me tottering, infirm and and should claim that he was a of power, I would not believe and if one of these moral dwarfs would come to me and that he was while his life .was a of the he to repre-sent, would brand him a If, on the other
a man has the motives and in uuu,:,,,a,, as the Savior says, "YOU will know them their because the of his life will be in consonance with the nature of the man; and if he lives under the law his life will show the tial power and of the
and his
under my and any means, when I have
should be a castaway."
where was your conflict? Was it between you and your remember a sister who had been to her and attend to her service in the Church of said: "I can't be
any more, it is too late now." We "Is it 1,.1u,~o!JJ1c that you have gone back to that condition that you have lost your love for Christ because of your im-
She says, no, it is not my that trouble me; it is the
others." She was affected the evils of some-so we have heard it said that some pe,opJ,e
in the world go about with their hearts on their that hurt their It is not a
of what we or what we can but it is a what we can endure? And
the corridor of the ages comes the voice of which says: "He that endureth to the end
the same shall be saved." It is he that endures that meets foes and who shines in the dor of and true that stands in fense of is in the midst of enemies; that is true to God trial and It is the man
to the end-that can endure end repre-
sents strong moral and constitution; we can call them stalwart and strong men or women
who been able to stand under pressure, and in the face of the in the of battle--of trial. divine truth set to human life and is this that "God have a tried Pe<JPle.
about these reformers who want to n,;,<:<rrrn,
and eliminate it from human trouble with these educators is that they are
to doctor the wrong disease; want to that which man abuses and him where he could not be mean if he to. If God had wanted that condition to He would not have allowed the
the of but we can feel the force ,u~,w,,iu ex·pfE:lSSed that Qf'\1rrtC,SATl,or·o
will be the final
expe:ne:nc,'is will come those divine cbar-o,:,,.uu.u.y from the system of that will
men to future conditions of the sun, moon and stars; and out conditions of life will rise to the on,ri"rrn,omt
commensurate with individual mony with divine which sanctified and saved.
If we live under the economy how are we to preserve and maintain its laws? There was a time in the of country when this nation stood united under one The time came when a certain of this nation "We will no longer live that
upon certain and we claim the secede and pass out from under the adminif;trc1ticm the government the United States. "Even little of those were full of the fire of riotism; we were sorry that we were not old go to war because we were anxious that this secession should be obliterated from our country, and the honor
defended. From to the and the
the union over secession and state but some would have the would have overthrown the government if could have exercised sufficient power. If the nation had per-
treason to have had its way the would have been and the union but ,u,"""-''-'-, the secession idea was defeated on the battlefields of the war, and it was not demonstrated that our re-
a nation, but the President of the United is bound to the powers of the na-tion in the maintenance of the constitutional laws of the government in the of from Maine to and the of treason against federal State c.uor,nAThO"rc,
Under the same ~~,~~,~ we believe the executive government of the '·""""''~u,u of God was created for the
of for the correction of wrong, "'"P'-'•"'"u"" of wrong doers from the 1.-11,u1.-1",
will not repent, lo the of the law. God says, "Thou shalt not but he that killeth die. Thou shall not and he that stealeth and will not repent be cast out," etc. Thus the maintenance of the honor and of the church it is
be
an is as bad as the indi-
is of I do not believe that wants tares to grow; and flourish the church.
What are the·facts as to us in the and age in which we live?
is world. In the apos-
February, 1945 Zion's Advocate
tles were the sowers of the seed of the of apoS'tasy of was the result of the tares
which drove the church into The tender blades
the sowing of the oriqn1a1 ·-~·~·--· by virtue of its restoration. The
is to be rarn,c,rl
to reap the fields these tender blades,
up the which is
in the for the an
world) would be to r,t=,<,Trn;r
is the and the tares, the grow ,u"'""u"""' the harvest is and then shall the wheat
c.;uu11:nc,__,_, and the tares be bound up in bundles and and the or the is But we,
acco:rdinq to His promise, look for a new heaven and a new earth-a new tares grow; in other eousness." we conclude that God does not want tares to flourish in his and in this regard he has by law that there are powers within the church that should be invoked in the protection of
of unrepentant law-
We read in the law that has been given to govern the church, "Thou shalt not he that lieth and will
repent shall be cast out" we find a man, an habitual and he will not will not cease the bad habit by repentance, would it not be wrong to not enforce the law which says "he shall be cast out?" We are in favor of turning a man out of the church if he is a because we know he would not be saved if in the without he was a and then he would be saved out of the church just as well. In the executive government of God he has nr,-i,r1r1Ar1
the elimination of tares from the body and the of them where in the world,
want to flourish grow there in that kind of is their until the move them from the world. The
the seed is sown does not µ,.~,u"''-'" for let us remember that tares are by the conditions that exist in the and when we grow those conditions in the church that or sustain tares argues that the moral conditions of the church are. on a level with the moral conditions of the
same cause will the same effects.
must stand for that is maintain it., It must stand for
that is true in the and ag-rrr'""'"'"''h, maintain it. It must forward the moral
int;ere•sts of the of until the for have been pro-
cicnmea to the ends of the earth and the Redeemer shall come to claim own.
WHEATON-DUCKWORTH Mr. and Mrs. Alva S.
of their Lois ,_.u,,=,v• of the U. S. Merchant Mcrrin,es,
211 West Southside Missouri. The ceremony took a few close friends and relatives at ary 6, at Kansas. The Mr. and Mrs. Keith of 1nc1eJ;>en,aenc,e.
The bride wore a street ored moss crepe with brown and a tiara of white baby mums in her hair. Her corsage was of white baby mums and red rosebuds. Mrs. wore a suit of soft gray corduroy, with a corsage of red roses.
After the the was entertained af a small at home of the bride's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Riley W. Wheaton, 32nd and Overton Streets, Independence.
Mr .. Duckworth left 15 to resume his duties in the Merchant and Mrs. Duckworth make her home with her parents for the present
The Advocate and other friends wish for Lois and Marion a and prosperous life
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LEONA GOULD NERREN Word has just reached us of the of
Leona Gould Nerren. We understand her death followed an We have no details so can
give this much information to our many of whom are the friends of our sister.
Sister Nerren Mrs. Leon A
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WANTED and accountant. Permanent vvoic,,vu
with small manufacturing concern, age up to working on war contracts. Church of Christ member preferred. Write to
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We are very much onrorn1rr,rrc,r1
here center Our congregation few months is more than doubled. And cause hearts to rejoice still more was the wonderful event
ednesctav evening just after dusk when eleven young vo·v,.n,c gave their hearts to God, and were unto him in the font just back of the little white
before entered the water voices, blended our clear evening with the words of
I All to leave and follow Theel"
E. Yates officiated as-sisted Brother B. C. Flint. Nine of the candidates were the sons and of Brother and Sister
and two were the sons of Brother
;d
NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT OF CONFERENCE This is to give notice to the of
Church of Christ that the Conference of the for has
one year, or until such time as to a may seem more and reasonable.
ARTHURM. Council of Twelve.
regret that we give you this Hr,"""''"~'" we can assure you that all
members of the Twelve are just as desirous of assemb-you as any one can but in the face of the
existing situation relative to much more difficult the evident fact that
relative to assemblies and <-uu<-•e:a;;cuy it would seem wisdom as well as a oatric>tic
,-.~.~~.~rr,t,-.. in this matter too many of our have made to come to the
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action has been to the ouas,:;n,
now been
(Copy of Circular Sent to Members of the Twelve) 11,
heroic action on his oa,rei:its
been =,rrn•rla;rl
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of Brother and
bands are overseas in service. is at home. Three of the
and more
