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Editorial "THE SURE WORD OF PROPHECY"

mans 15:4. were doubtless basis

various of the of God's

were moved restoration of latter

the same and power of would nat-

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Of course, is "''"'roc,rl

of the but IS NO SUCH THING in existence as

Gentile race. The word because

" which means became nations, the whole world are of the

of Abraham who was to be the father of since this last hour riH,"'CYnr,~+i~~

''Wherefore re:mE1m.be1 Gentiles in the

which is

aliens from the commonwealth and strangers from the covenants of r.r,~=•~~

and without God in the ye who SOMETIME were blood of Christ."

f.) Now here were some but NOW are

since the coming forth of the Hon was to be the time of the restitution of "all which God hath by the mouth of all of his

the world it would of neceiss11':v the fulfillment of the r.r,-,rnrnc

Israel upon the sons of the foremost at the time of

and would be re­vealed time of the Gentile Because NEVEN before this lime has there been any evidence of

of nor has there been should become

lUC.JHc•U in the 31 St of

SD<)ke,n of

in the North­the 1e1r1r1rlr.rn

but after that

shall make an 'shall be known among is be the 'firstborn' in seed will be the first to

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be made known be made known is

are to as God is the

is to be pre­and if he

he will 'cause to stand up,' of Is-

with Urim and Thummim' whom

not only of but all of the tribes

tain reckoned fore were as And the Tirshatha ·should not eat of the most up a with Urim and miah 65.

The author then goes on THE URIM AND

.rm,rr«,ru were told to go to the water and and that was conferred

and that since the way that anyone

THROUGH

"firstborn" of God inducted into dom of God the pnnc1p1E,s

by raim in the persons of Smith and Oliver Cow-

To

becoming the "firstborn" of God in this manner, since which time not no longer but the

a "sure word

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NOTICE Be Concerned:

B. C. FLINT.

We herewith desire to call attention

law of the Church of the rule and and also

conferences and quorums, uY,cm-.or with enactments

the articles of Faith and ~""~~-'",.:,_;r~~. in said church rela-tive to ~r,-ii~~+i

Conference and 'of Twelve enact-ment, that no man may be ordained an elder where there is no local of the church without the consent of the

of the field in which ordination is to In the State of Apostle J. E. Bozarth has gen-eral and William is his assistant.

the matter of of the Articles of Faith read as fol-

believe that local churches should govern and that General Church officials

dominate or interfere therewith. On lation such officers with counsel and assistance. ARE TO THE ARTICLES OF FAITH PRACTICE AND BE GOVERNED THEREBY.

The above should also be understood to mean that ST A TE there are should not

interfere with local affairs either.

and the conditions now pre-in there can be no or-

dination to the office of elder there without my consent.

exist as a when µn~""·"u,y elder there as their pastor,

E. BOZARTH.

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;:oc,llu:,uy you some verses that I find room in our Advocate.

We never see any members of the Church of and we are very but our Father

Your sister E. California

BEAUTIFUL GEMS

add virtue, sweet and pure, An omamen~ that will endure.

said most word The pure in heart see the Lord.

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To virtue we will To know the truth 'twill make us This ornament with grace, Dt;HJr1LJ::; to seek His face.

Another gem so and We'll add to this collection rare, For we will too, We know this is the to do.

ocrtiEmc:e next is on If we would seek eternal bliss To all who would not Let have her

Now we all agree, A gem so beautiful to see, We'll wear this every And let it shine the way.

Now greatest Who wears this gem will never fall. It suHers long, is kind rr"ATrn.rc

And will endure uu vu.yu t111.u1,~::;"

Now if the-se

seed.

shine much the sun. Then when the Lord invites His guests, He'll bid us welcome with the rest.

Mattie

BY MRS. EMMA HARPER.

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OBITUARY Sister Mattie Delong

beth Morgan, was born al and was thus in

She hved in her childhood and school .vier, and Iowa. She from the Bevier schools and

Iowa, that same year to teach their lie schools. Here she met and was married to Fred De-

and of California. children were present at the funeral.

Sister the was a conscientious believer in the ~"-" ,r,,.

than just it. Her many friends remember her as one who wanted to be of service to others.

She was in poor health for many years. About p. m. 3, was stricken a cerebral hemmorhage; the doctor was called and she was taken at once to the Decatur where she away on the 4:30 p. m., without

Mrs. Mamie of

Mrs. Sarah Price, of and Elizabeth Morgan of Kansas

also a Mrs. Nellie of Missouri. These with their families and her

friends her uunc,su'-l.

The funeral was from the ~'-""'"'"'" Funeral v1.,u1-,e1.

Sermon Elder Charles Interment in Rose Hill

TO MOTHER'S MEMORY

Ollie

Mother is gone; She is free In a world where she'll find Neither sorrow nor

Has taken her there from earth's sorrows,

Hc,rrrlrrr•h and care.

She was faithful Not one-but lo all

needed her 1,,_111u11ess,

Each friend will recall.

Her of ~u=~.~H-

Her mission was And now she's been called To realms above.

who wouldn't?

His mercy, His power.

A life filled with giving.

sacred after

That some we'll meet her At the End of the

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The Standard Bearers STORIES OF THE RESTORATION

The City of Zion Stories of the Res­other matter in

course, leader

the and became a one of his first endeavors was to

cu11H111t the new restoration church to the same of communal as of his earlier connection, the revelation given in 1831 44), is the firs! evidence of it. This new was to be much

elaborate in form and was to have its oegu1mng of which was indicated as the and the for the of or New

u::;<J1to·111; so now that the saints are established in the outline for this city is presented, and we

:-,11'in,c,u H1rTrlrm tell US the story as he wrote it of which he had be-

and is as follows: It was dated Mon-at Westfield where there was a

and the of the ordered sent to the breth­

contains one mile square, all the contains ten acres

observe that the lots are laid off

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"Yours as ever" Seasons vol. 6, pp.

vol. pp. 302. From the above be seen that the idea

has been advanced as the reason the driven out of Missouri because

r,n,crr,tirm the socalled consecration and furthermore in the mobbers u1t:,11i;::,c;,1

the saints did over-do their claims a material Zion.

At any rate their saints God wants his

A TJUBUTE TO FATHERS

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Original Articles

IS THERE A CONTRADICTION?-NO. 2

Isaac

rection,

says:

µny1111.;,c is to those the and hence

goes on to tell the that the resurrection of Christ to pass the conditions of

that "whosoever not, is hewn down and cast and there cometh upon them again

yea, a second for again as how can a man be cut off again as to to when he has never been made alive

How can man die "a second

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temporal and classes the resurrection, and those who to the

"And now we see were cut both ternp,::m:iul

presence of Lord."-rct1,uu

And "The fall had

death as well as a ·--~~.--­the presence

The first

the

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says:

But you

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Please

given unto you a he hath given

from and he ye choose life or

and be restored unto that which that is restored do and have that which is

note

5:50. had God given

0Ut:JUK.1Lll.l lO the the

he

pronouns, QQ1irTn,r,tinn the of whom he is .:,µ,:;,u . .e..u.;y.

in verse 78 we are informed that were who had themselves from the "'"'"''"""' called themselves Zoramites." And he the word of God unto them" but had fallen into great errors" and "did pervert the ways of the Lord in very many instances" 86). Alma and his in commencing their work among this ple, asked the Lord to give "success in again unto thee in Christ" and to US, 0 that

....,""'"'"· again unto thee" could them "again" unto never been brought unto him before? But they had

been brought unto Christ, once and had received the and hence Amulek says to them:

"For if ye have procrastinated the of your repentance, even until death, ye have be-come to the of the and he doth seal you therefore the of the Lord hath with· drawn from you, and hath no in you, and the devil hath all power over you; and this is the final state of the wicked."-Alma 16:206.

had been unto Christ and had re-ceived but had afterwards the ways of the Lord" and "would not observe to the commandments of " to the law

"neither would observe the pe·ricmr1ar1cE,s

"even until the of the devil,"

prayer and ..,,.,1,.,l;-''·'"""''-''" continue in that LCJ..;<;,>,JCLV>J,

would become to of Christ would be

and "then cometh the of darkness wherein !here can be no labor nArtnsrrnAri

that is the end of their again Mosiah l: and mus! die the second death.

Alma says: Day of Probation

the who never heard little children and

this way, then their salvation does on their repentance in this life. Mormon says

"cannot repent." (Moroni And min says that "his blood alonelh for the sins of those who have fallen the transgression who have died the will of God concerning them." So their does

neither does text so teach. Alma was not of the conditions upon which men can be saved now, since the of re-demr)ticm has,been but he was ing of the conditions upon which this of :re-

"be about. He does not say

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that men cannot be on condition of their

r"""'"''1trrnr•o in this ~~-h-+;,~- state. Alma does not

and I he means He

says "the could be about on condition of r=·~~·nlr,r

read the remainder of the verse:

"For he showed unto all men that because of the transgression of their ~~,.~u,~

The "all men," whom commanded repent,

are the "all men" to whom he revealed their lost con-

and are the same ones whose lives were

v,~'"""''"'u. "that while in the their state became a state of

"He showed unto all men that were when he

their and unto them a

tu··""'"" state; and Alma tells us just how he showed

these unto men.

"And after God had that these

should come unto man, then he saw that it was

ub'un~u, that man should know concerning the

whereof he had unto wherefore he

sent to converse with who caused men to

behold his "-Alma 9:24.

Not one man, for the conversed with to behold his He

from

a re<:1e1ni:;,t1c,n could have no

of justice could not be

Both Alma and Lehi use the words and "them" were given a 1,'"J~-~,,.Ju,~.

and also in rotorrir,n

Lord revealed his will before to act for themselves.

Now don't forget that Alma that it was that man the whereof he had

from evil before in that But did concerning them"; scrw

does Alma the

should know that also. Hence the Lord sent his

to talk with men and to cause them to behold

his and God himself came and "conversed with

men, and made known unto them the of

tion." it is "men" and "them"·-'"'"'-rT,

But why all this? If men knew not that it was not

commandments unto man; man had broken and

both a tion must be it were not for this as soon as

their souls were miserable." And

of condition of r~~~·~+,,~,,~

state. But what men?

A TIME. OF TROUBLE

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nation. He also will be.

when that time of trouble commanded and yet there is room. And the Lord said unto the servant, go out into fue

and fro and and and them to come

of a certain man who made a great supper and invited many.

"And sent servant at supper time to say unto them for all are now

And

Here we have illustrated the where some find their

of

servant

to make ex-

of

therefore

Lord these

conditions of interest in the

that my house may be filled. the time is here.

we go back to the he declares that at the time of

and made white and but the wicked shall and none of the wicked shall

the wise shall understand." Let us be wise.

If we faith with God Our souls from ruin He will And the hold secure, Our souls till they are white and pure.

A VISION GIVEN TO OLIVER D. SHIRK MARCH, 1945 I about the middle of a medium-

sized of house. I was the south.

About half between me and the south wall and about five feet the floor was a

up and down. just seemed to in the air, as I saw

would measure two ameter and was than any arc I ever saw.

In this were two separate and distinct the which

west was a soft that side of the but

the whole room. The or east side of the was somewhat

dark or contained a torch-like blaze about inch wide and two and one-half inches

seemed to penetrate the cloudiness. This blaze was of a reddish blood color and did not

the room as did the It was time or and the white filled whole room, but did not seem to the cloudi­

ness in the left side of the There was a wire caging around the

somewhat the wire frame around a railroad lantern; the wires running both and

were fastened where the wires crossed. I understood this to be a to the

I understood that this was the Book of Mor-

uirmTr,ri this scene, was made known to me contained in this were

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articles written in connection with the cove-etc., contained in the Book of which shone from the

room be-and much concerned as to what had

of the globe, I the so I could the door. I realized the had gone

the door and as I I beheld at the left of the door and about due south from where it had been on the inside of the room.

Whether the was now out a of some I do not utter darkness the of

I did not see the magazine Here the vision ended.

The Interpretation The Book of

room with Brother Shirk in the

1111.t::ULjt, Of Taim, represents the coming of the to the

Gentiles. The reddish torch-like

Law (the law of sacrifice of animal by the of Book of Mormon times, coming of

The while represents the New Testament of the Book of Mormon and the and that came to the Gentiles at the coming forth Book of Mormon.

The the room Jection of the Gospel light the utter darkness of the room afterwards.

The outside of !he room, ret)rf'!,Rents and power of the going to another ,1r,,,u11c,.

and the fulfillment of the Christ says, 3 7:34, 36: "And command-eth the Father that I should say unto you, at when the Gentiles shall sin against my and shall reject the fulness of my and shall be lifted up in the of their hearts above nations, and above all the of the whole and shall be filled with all manner of and of and of

and all manner of ""·-~rm

and inations:

"And if shall do all these ject the fulness of my I will bring the fulness of my

"And then will I remember have made unto my O house will bring my unto them."

The magazine being in front of the but that it is a to be to

the Gentiles. The magazine, as seen in !he

go the open door to the world time it should it's a more receptive frame of

With the of this magazine, as seen the vision, will come the fulfillment of the in

3:201; of the away the block has shrouded the Book of Mormon from the world

or over 100 ";{ears.

to UUCUHC,ll

This should be uRK,{-;",

distributed wherever to read it.

Idaho.

Editor's Note very

the matter of peace as is sUJ'.)P<)se,ct at San i-·n~nr,icr,~

SHALL WE HAVE PEACE?

Evan A. Radio Director Reor<1ar1izE~d Christ of latter Day Saints, ln<1et:>e11td.e,nc,e,

Missouri, 10 P. M., April 29, 1945, ,.,..,. .. ,. ... ,~. KC (Sunday), Kansas City, Missouri.

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across the

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sets up a 1nr,rh1n~>rv

h~-n~,m~ the hearts of men so that

the peace, the best ,,.,~~··•u·~·

On 1st

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A LETTER FROM A LITTLE GIRL