Zf on' s Rb"ocate '' And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that day, for they

shall have the gift and power of the Holy Ghost."-! Nephi 3:187.

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0 rest in peace, 'tis to know, God His children here below.

So rest in God will provide; His manna daily will divide.

When fortune frowns, and all seems lost Still trust in Him at any cost.

From out the night-from out the And from the burden and the cross.

A better day, and brighter still; A greater hope and stronger will;

A faith that shines 'mid stormy Comes with endurance at the last.

For when we walk life's And dangers meet from to

And feel a hand that leads us on, starless night till dawn.

And when we That runs

When we have met the And lost the to us t::11ut1•sA,

Our Savior heard as we have ~r;~,r~,rl

our fears has all

And for our loss has To us, some treasure,

'Tis then we rise to Where less we fear that we'll not gain.

The we need when we have What we've obtained at cost.

There is no that we can know That one can have on earth bBlow.

That greater, is than God's great store. He will and give us more

Than we have and we shall Yet greater joys that He'll bestow.

All cares and fears leave "'"'h""·rl And trusting still sweet rest

0. D.

CONT NTS

Editorial 162 Hearken

Field

A Letter to the Church

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EDITORIAL INNOCENT SINNER

RIGHTEOUSNESS - WICKEDNESS

There is a story attributed to a certain of the United States in which it is said that attended a preaching service. Afterward, he returned to his home and his wife- asked him what the preacher had talked about. "Sin", was the simple reply. "Well", she queried, "what did the preacher say about it?" "Oh, he was against it."

This is rather humorous, but we believe it also illustrates the average person's attitude in regard to the spiritual welfare of his soul--having partial realiza· tion, but a shrug of the shoulders dismisses it from thought. The same will hundreds of dollars, or thousands, in a life-time to medical service as life insurance, or to their life and but give little attention to those things which secure everlasting life.

We shall assume that most of our at least, are more than interested in this eternal and so it be well to examine some of the various spiritual conditions occupied man. Then let us ask ourselves where we stand, try to determine how God regards that position as it may be revealed in the Scriptures.

notice again the title of this paper. It may seem that the word "righteousness" is the state of be­ing of one who is "innocent"-in one sense, it ls, but not so in instance. It that the "sinner" dwells in house of --and again, it may be so, but not sinners.

What do we understand to be the meaning of the Not guilty? but it also means,

One may be and r0r,h,,rv in progess. He has the

is innocent. Another, around the corner, is unaware of --he is innocent for two reasons: he neither the act, nor realized it was done.

Consider the "sinner". That is one who sins. 'What is sin, now? We must know if we are also to

it from us. How about this: trans­gression, or of law. a is a law-breaker. There are two types of sinners-··One does know the he sins the moment breaks it; the other knows the but it, he sins, and is under gyeater condemnation.

what is You will remember we said that the innocent are not Assuming that the one who watched the an adult of average he was the extent that he knew it was a have no part in it; but should he then the incident to the proper or if it his to or the

be to just that extent.

Let us assume a somewhat different one who stands seeing the child. He is but

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understanding it to be an unlawful act. He is neither righteous nor unrighteous; is not accountable in any way. Is he rewarded for the robber's capture? Of course no!J But the adult, who was instrumental in

the law-breaker to justice, who did what was in his power to observe the law, who may have helped tum the wayward one to a better path-he it was who received the reward!

The sum of these is: a righteous man knows what the law is, and it in every respect; he knows what is right, and does accordingly. Righteous­ness is truth in action.

Would the Master have been if He hu:d not taught and lived those laws which ,Nere given to Him His Father? He would not! So it vws that He came to John for and "Thus it .ue­cometh us to fulfill all r,rm,.~~,

Hear the (1:22-25):

"Be ye doers of the your ownselves. and not a

natural face

and not hearers only, any be a l1ear-3r of

like unto a man be--for beholdeth

and his way, and what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh the law of and confinueth therein,

not a but a doer of the this man shall be blessed in his deed.

What is true of righteousness is rrYnv,:,rc:o

wickedness. A wicked man is one who is ,u,.uu,u,

the but for his ovm gain, or wants, or desires to break the

of

tion.

he

men have perverted or deleted from the Bible. is not so strange when we realize that the is able to confuse any and all who are not very care­ful to live and receive the of truth How many have been led astray by a false of that bcok rather than be caused to cleave morn firmly to the eternal truths of the Gospel! thy getting, get UNDERSTANDING!"

Here is essential, basic hend not only the but all

related to God's it is to understand the Di-vine nature, insofar as it has been revealed:

"God is love" is , able, long-suffering, infinite,

are the more important attributes. derstood, that not one of these

but will shine forth in its may be said to have a ing particularly of mercy and justice. If pure mercy, alone, where the need for Day, and the separation of and evil? If justice, ruled do you not understand that no flesh be and each finds and yet is God law which has been set to govern all

It further says that true it is, but let this sciousness: love and would have ceased ands of years the Father heart of man, have

atonement.

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satisfies the demands of God's Justice, and exclaim, "wonderful!" But what think you? Consider a whole nation of and ask if it is µ1.,,;:,.::>11.11.t::

soul therein the of the so, listen to this:

"And the way is prepared from the fall of man, and salvation is free. AND MEN ARE INSTRUCTED SUFFICIENTLY THAT THEY KNOW GOOD FROM EVIL."-p. 82.

Such instruction, in the of man, mo:y not be the full law, but mo:n is accountable to just the extent of knowledge that he possesses.

Study the record of fail to realize that every group of

whether a nation or sav-ages, has had some governing their be-

and adherence to the Divine become civilized to just the

the Divine of God's the framework of their government. the reason world has made such strides in science and all fields of less than l 5,0 years

-the of God has thrown bo:ck the curtains of darkness which enshrouded the whole earth for many centurie,s.

We have amiss.

a little but it is not

we want to out is that all and the Lord who looks into the

them to their understand-~~~c,, ~ Paul understood for he said to

the Roman saints:

The "innocents" dren and all who

of

the Lord of but to

to him it is unclean.

of under-

wicked, each to go into their everlasting place. Now this is true, If we read with the wisdom or light which comes from the Holy Spirit. As we have indicated, perfect righteousness is to know God's will, or law, and obey it implicitly, but men may still be numbered among the righteous, though their life's service be something less than perfect. If it is less than nA·rtA,01

they have sinned (and who has not?) and must repent in all lowliness of heart. Here agatn, the blood of Christ and the pleading of the Holy Ghost makes inter­cession before the father's throne, and man becomes clean.

This article is becoming lengthy, but we wish to bear out the thoughts, thus presented, with some Book of Mormon scripture.

"O all ye that are spared, because ye were more righteous than they, will ye not now return unto me, and repent of your sins, and be I may heal you."-(Christ-p. 628.)

"And then it shall come to pass that the of those who arn righteous, are received into a state of

which is called paradise; a state of rest; where shall rest from all their

from all care and sorrow. And then shall it come to pass, that the of the ,m,~"""' who are for behold, they have no part nor of the of the Lord: for behold they choose evil works, than good: therefore the of the devil did ente,r into them, and took possession of their and these shall be cast out into outer darkness .... "-

448).

we ever strive to walk in the Spirit that His be found in us abounding unto richness of

life the world despise us) both now and for-ever, and unto the glory of God, Christ.

All c,111u1.,u;:;rn mine, W. A. S.

WILLIAM A. SHELDON

IN THE FIELD Our last report found us in Lima

deth.

were assisting the Addie our reunion at that

we went to Hunholz of Berther

of

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On the following Monday we took the train for Oconto, Wisconsin where lives my only remaining brother in the flesh, Clarence E. Flint, and his family. His health is very poor and we feel that we must not fail visit him whenever we are in the state. We are sorry that he has never seen fit to embrace the gospel

he ha.s always seemed to favor no other form of We remained there only two days, as we, felt that we must keep going in our work as it was get­ting late in the, season and we still had a number of

waiting for us. Vl e had left our old at Lima Center while we had been in the

various places mentioned.

Returning to Lima Center we held a couple of ser­vices, at the home of our new members the young Brother and Sister and then made a triu

of Wisconsin visiting some scattered relatives among them Bro. Richard

oldest brother of Sister Flint at and Edna Tay-

Flint's other brother Albert Grasshoff Wisconsin.

been able to do for a number of years. When we left home in July, we had some misgivings as to how much we would be able to do, because of the condition of our health for the last few years has cote that our earthly sojourn was nearing its To our and we found ourselves

in and that our kind had indeed marvelously to ow

given us a new lease on life, that there is still a little

more for me to do. To God be the We enjoyed very much the association of ren of the mentioned in our Their presence gave us unlimited ment.

After Wisconsin and held one service for our few again domiciled the

two veteran Sister Henrietta Tucker. Vv e

with our niece Sister Mildred , .. .H'J·'°'"""''"'"' and one

on our few scattered members.

inventors of no mean sort.

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A LETTER TO THE CHURCH

To the Membership of the Church of Christ (Temple Scattered Abroad.

Independence, Missouri October 15, 1951

in the Fellowship of Christ Our Lord:

In the January issue of the Acivocate we addressed similar letter to the church advising them o{ our pro-

mto Old for the purpose of investi-gating claims made concerning a tribe of white In­dians living in a walled city in the jungles of Chiapas, who had records on plates of metal similar to those from which Smith translated the Book of Mormon. that letter in the 1951

we asked that you withhold your on this matter until we should have time and

to communicate to results of our We also you would give you a fac-tual report of condition as found whether

favorable or not claims had beer:

to make sud: a report to the a communication sent from Mexico to M. of the Council

Council of Twelve that this report

as other reports were. this was not and time we reached

to the great interest which has our time in a continuous series of lectures

of the we have not found till for such

On our way we carried a large supply of clothing and relief supplies to our Navajo Indian friends, which we distributed along the way. We also went by way of Holbrook, Ariz., in the expectation that Natoni Nez Bah, who had lectured at Independence, and who was responsible for the plans for making this trip, would go with us. In this we were disappointed, for due to many excuses, and impossible conditions, which he alleged had to be met by us, he reneged and refused to go with us. This in itself would make a very inter­esting story, which we may deal with in a separate article. However, we felt obliged to give him every

to fulfill his written, witnessed and agreement to go with us as guide and interpretor on this expedition, for which many of you contributed the funds. And from the turn of events we succeeded in

some missonary contacts, which would had he gone. There was no e!­

~y"~,,~, to his honor as a QEmtlernan which would prevail UDOn to go

us. He even went so far in his refusal as to sug-gest that we have some one else us on tl!is trip, he was the one who it and was for the events which entailed the raising of etc.

discerned that such an arise, we were fully prepared to meet the situation, for our investigation of his claims had included every crvenue of information to us, "except" as he "his doctor and dentist." From other sources among our Indian conec!ions we learned sufficient of these matters to corroborate his story concerning this walled and its inhabitants, also as to its location in the Before we left Missouri, we were provided, cials of the Pan-American a number of letters to officials of the Mexican government, with

connections and leaders of who were able to give us valu-

able assistance in just such emergencies as we had to meet.

Having \,UHit)ic

trek into our arrangements, we left on our

crossing the border at El the afternoon of on a

to last about a month, and "'"'-""~~ into as we arrived back Arizona

too late to attend the General Conference.

followed

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in September. While in that area we visited the ac· tive volcano, Paricutin, which was in the locality of Urapan, Michoacan State, also we visited the Lake vLtu1JuJ.u area where there were old ruins of an ancient city, on the lake shore.

At Mexico City, we presented a letter of introduc­tion to Dr. Daniel F. Rubin de la Borbolla, Director of the Nacional Museo of Mexico, whom we found to be a very fine gentleman. He provided us letters of intro­duction and authorization to visit and take in the various archeological sites and Museums where we were going, which enabled us to obtain much valuable data and a large number of tures in color of the Ancient Ruined Cities. In two or three instances, where we,had letters to some of the local Indian leaders we met with in

them out of town or in distantly removed areas which could be reached train.

These conditions to the jungle area of southern the walled is very slow and it was not till the latter part of that we arrived

old on Guatemala in Central America. Here

to contact some of the Indian had been referred, but as or two other

we met with further but one other letter and on,--a letter to the

of Yucatan, and going there would entail leaving our car in Comitan and a

over the area to that made this question a matter of prayer. sible to get transportation we determined to wire the of the in a last effort to carry out the purpose of our that area. In answer to our wire we cordial invitation to come to with that the there would

exporter to

tion.

various stops were numerous

tortillas, (a kind of corn meal bread like a and many kinds of fruit, fried fish, etc. was the only way we could get food as there were no restaur· ant stops. Not the language, which was Spanish, we got off at the wrong we thought that was to make according to the map. the bus driver was very considerate of us, and gave one of the native women a note to someone in the town of Sta. Eleno, who found an English speaking man, with whom we made arrangements to continue our journey.

Beiore midnight of that the same left we arrived at home of friends who were members of the Pan-Americon League. Here they had arranged for a room the "hotel" of this thousand year old After so a day we w.,ere visions of a bath and a good "hotel", but we soon learned taken in a small wash basin and our bed "hamaca" or hammock made for two. that she would rather on the floor on our but soon gave that ants and insects. Later

and had to give that double in the hammock.

Some persons be names of persons We have the some persons have such names, and written libe-lous friends an effort to distrust in our

tell the message of assured

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HARKEN TO THE WORDS OF THE PROPHETS

That we are living in the last days sure. No one, whose ears are not eyes dimmed by but must nearing the soon, much sooner than we may be aware, must appBar the Son of Man in the clouds as He returns to earth again.

The writer has been alert to conditions as before our view in a review in

of ancient as well as modern revealment. told that of the is of

writ-

We now draw your attention to some modern ture or Prophecy which portrays to us in these last

the times in which we live. He who has ears to hear, let him hear. God has does now re-

and will continue to reveal to us, what shall be in the and very near future and as one of the

says, Once Blind Are

As early as 1831, through the young of Palmyra, our Lord gave this very

instmction and direction in these words (Book of Com-40):

"Behold the enemy is combined and I show you a mystery, which is had in secret

to even your destruction in not, but I tell it

"·'"''""'"""'-'-·"--Verses 11 and 12. Then in verse

"And again I unto that the enemy in secret chambers =""'-t,u1 your lives."

Verse 2:3:

"Ye hear of wars in far countries, and you say in there will soon be great wars far coun-

,?ut you know the of them your

Verses 24 and 25:

"I tell you these because treasure up wisdom in

wickedness of men reveal these which

Verse 26:

is not our real danger. Our major dangerous problem will come sooner or later from the Roman Catholic Church which has, and is now making determined effort to control our government on this fair America of ours-this Joseph's land given for an inheritance to Ephriam and Mannaseh. It is a choice land above all other lands.

These so-called Knights of Columbus take the tion that this land of _lunerica belongs to the Roman Catholic Church because Columbus, who is su1::,p1)se,a. to have discovered America, was a Roman But history tells us it was discovered by others long before Columbus. Our own Book of Mormon discloses this fact, that several hundreds of years before Christ this land was discovered by two different and from one of these discoveries came the American Indian of our day. Now in order for us to more fully realize what this Roman menace really is, I from a paper, known as "La Aurora" put out the Italian Baptist Publishing House, 1414 Castle Avenue, Philadelphia Pa. This is a reprint from a letter by Father (?) Patrick O'Brien of Rochester, N. Y., to a minister, Rev. A. Domenica, D.D. Here follows the letter:

"We, the Hierarchy of the Holy Roman Catholic Church expect all loyal children of the church to assist the President with all our strength to see that indivi-duals the U. S. Supreme Court, shall the President's injunctions and if necessary, we shall

or blot out the present constitution so that the President may enforce or rather our, humanitarian program and all of human

as laid down by our Saintly and the Mother Church.

Vv e elected our President greatest ever recorded in We are going to

hav-e our laws made and enforced Holy See and the Pope's and the canon law the

throne. Our entire social structure must be built Our educational laws

itarianism, all others land.

The Cross was Roman Catholics.

that the Red Peril of

on our shores land belongs to us

have we now we demand

ours, and we are going to have it. We President in way to obtain it, ~ 0 .r,r-•0 "

to die for it.

We want as Mother

entire structure of our government. America and we do not propose to

ever'! every

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Is that not a hair raiser? Well did the prophet J os­Smith state as he was divinely instructed to wriie, know not the hearts of men in your own land."

The above reproduction of the letter from a Priest to another ministe,r is very tame to some documents I have in my posession. Obtain, if you can, a copy of the oath taken by those who join the Knights of Colum­bus. I have it and it was taken from the Congressional Records House Bill 1523 of 15th, 1913, page 3215. I have no quarrel with any man's religious views. I sincerely grant him the privilege, unmolested to worship whom he will in any manner he desires. But when any religious (so-called) group undertakes to take away my to worship as I please, and by force me to their ways, I must raise my voice and use my pen in protest and warn my fellows of such impending designs of men. Well may I say, Canadians and Americans, awake to your impending peril!

T. J. JORDAN

---··----THOUGHT-GLEAMS

Extracts From a Sermon Delivered Sunday, October 14, 1951, at Phoenix, Arizona

By Apostle James E. Yates

Recordings:-Men have learned to record fine in music. Even the finest in tone, or the most

harsh in discord, can be recorded. All can be repro­duced. If all the splendid things in sermons, in prayer,

song and in spiritual excellence which have been ~~M~~~ through the in the worship assemblies

of our consecrated here in Ariz., and at other sacred altars all the lands where the Church of Christ meets to worship, were recorded and could be in the presence of the thous-ands of people in the immediate vicinity of those services held, have and missed those

but services, the reproduction of would CONDEMN

THEM!

in the matter of IF, could be erase the if. For God ALL! THEY ARE RECORDED! Whether of saint, or sinner, our words.

acts, and even our are all recorded! For of minute in all which concerns ourselves, let us meditate upon this: "EVEN THE HAIRS OF YOUR HEAD ARE NUMBERED."--

for sermon: was read by the pastor, Elder Oren A. Caviness).

Text:---The man availeth

Prayer

of

lack of

Dimensions and quality must apply to even an oak stick, or a pithy alder, or a jimson weed, or a man, or a monkey!

For human achievement the man used For mere animal stalemate, the chattered.

In the matter of both dimensions and quality, con­sider the California Redwoods. One tree 200 feet in length lies prone. Its yearly rings of growth it to have been years old when it fell. that same ancient another tree has grown. The age of this second tree is as great as the first! A cutting from within the of the first log shows a perfection of soundness in fiber which is as good as when the wood was first matured in its growth so many thousands of ago! The wood from those logs which have there the ages, will still take a beautiful which classes it among the finest ever grown any forest Can quality be ignored there? Are dimensions

Frayer, as a substance of mind and of spirit, quality lack of

(or dimension) and er

Prayer is a means, and a measure of or accumulated strength. When upon this American continent, our Lord, Jesus Christ the Re­deemer, taught the people here. He had gone from the Assembly for a short time, leaving there praying.

When He returned to find them still did not say for them to now, that once for the and then when such prayers had been that this would be ~""~~··"" No, He made no such suggestion. What did our Lord say to them? No. He said to them "PRAY ON!"

as with other that vol-ume or as well as in prayer, are proper considerations before God.

If prayer had less f.JV·tt"1,uc.u1t1t:;";:, power, when its scientfic stream of """'-!Jl'"'°''1u·11 rises to flood would not have "PRAY ON"!

in vibrant there is POWER

but not SUPERSTITIOUSLY.

But most effective prayer unto God wisdom and must from ourselves whose need

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to prove, by the intelligence upon our part tc say: "Nevertheless, not my will but thine, be done!"

Intelligence

is illuminated truth mind and spirit, and registered (at Jobes of brain tissue cells. Spiritual may function in spirit, independently of physical brain tis­sue.

The kind of prayer will not assume for its own demand:~Give to me this, THY WIU or not.

so-called intelligence which fails to recognize and intelligence than our own, is a

As prayer, it has neither scientific dimen­sions, nor worthy quality.

in all our yesterdays, is energy, and needs to be renewed today; even as electric turbine turned but will die out in weakened-down momentum, when the power current ceases to flow.

When are the

units of life join increased power.

prayer, greater

God may use the Columbia River as a source of power, when prope,r man at-

taches harness for electric power.

also use His scientific means

of the mighty powers

not neglect to pray, most needed for the real welfare of

to make our ~r,n,c,r0

live, of our effective member that the KEY which unlocks treasure-house for all mankind, is our the token to Our nrrn7Pr,es·--

my but thine be done.

MY TESTIMONY to give an account of some learned

lessons we have gained experiences concern­ing and a trip from which my husband and I have just returned. there are others who

it lo

die

As we to it was the

other Still we were given no certain reasons, but we told the Lord we were to go if

open the way.

we to take stock of situation onstorclE~s seemed unsurmountable. First of travel-

ling is so hard for me that I felt such a long trip would be too much for me to tackle. Our three children are in school and we did not think it proper to take them out for so therefore their care was a major lem. The car would need a lot of repairs before it could stand such a lengthy journey. Last but far from least was the utter lack of money. With a growing family and many adversities we have been unable to pull ourselves out of debt. All these things confronted us. Still the urge to go grew stronger until we to be afraid we be the Lord by out against it.

I prayed a great deal about the children, for I did not at all like the idea of leaving them for such a long time. Then there came such a feeling of peace as I assurance from the Holy that I could trust my little ones to the Lord's care, and to those who would be to take in. Before, I had doubted that anyone would be will­ing to do this for me, but I was shown those who would. This gave me the courage to seek their when the time came and the other obstacles were overcome.

Since the car is our means of livelihood it must be in Rolland and I went

with that on doing all he could of the work himself.

As too, matter, he also re-ceived assurance peace. He was given to know that the Lord would open the for him to sell shoes as we went and we not want if we trusted God and kept our hearts in condition to hear His voice.

We had about in our account with which to pay our current bills. We felt we should not touch that except for an emergency. And so, we set out with cash for one expenses, to travel miles. It took a lot of After driv-ing 450 miles first the in a sized town, and next Rolland canvassed the town very Both of us were ~,~r~h=n

sive, fearing we have that Satan has power to deceive

aware of our we were both r"~nCi"~

on,

and "out necessary to

God's number of

west or turned east toward man offered to accept our old

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quite good and could be used on farm machinery, as part payment on the new one. We were left with a balance of $11.90 to pay on it. He accepted our check for the amount. Then we realized that besides our faith we now had only $38 to on should we run into difficulty. We were close to 1,000 miles from home. Simple logic told us it was foolish to go on. We grew faint-hearted and were about to tum back when two mechanics in the garage, decided to buy some shoes. Again we felt it was a sign that we should not give up, lest by some chance there was some work the Lord wanted us to do.

We took courage and continued westward, conserv­ing our funds as carefully as we could. It was grow­ing colder as we got into the mountains, and we felt the need of warm food instead of the sandwiches, etc., which we had been eating to save money on meals.

and I think it was I got the, idea that some canned foods heated by the engine if we could arrange a way to fasten them near it as we drove When I mentioned it to Rolland he figured out how to do it with some wire from his tool box.

When we arrived at Barton's we found our dear brother had suffered a in his coal mine the day before. A chunk of had come falling on him and his under it. He was alone at the time. He was to reach a bar with which he to pry the coal he could get his leg free. We found him ing to attend the needs of himself and his

suffered a stroke several months ago and has had little use of one and one arm since. It was

"""''"',..,,-, that he be sustaining fractures of the terrible bruises.

After our brother and Rolland had administered to Sr. Barton at her request, he also asked that Rolland administer unto him. The was very near to us and we felt the compassion of our Lord toward His loved ones. We ask all of will pray for them that their tribulations may be resolved into the manifesting of His hand in their behalf.

we take us

wrack. this it seemed we vrere left and we could not decide to do. 300 miles

south and east was Grand where we

hope to ge,t assitance from our brothern and sisters there. A few miles south was the home of our brothe,r Cowboy, but their plight has been so sorry for such a long time our conscience would not let us to them for assistance. And 60 miles north were little folks we had most urgently wanted to see. We were indeed in a quandary. To go north to Brigham and back to Salt Lake City (120 miles round trip) before going on to Grand Junction meant using several more gallons of gas, some groceries, and a to rest. We wondered if we dared to risk it. Our faint hearts could not decide which course to take.

After praying and talking it over some more we decided it would be better to go first to our friends in Tooele which is south of Salt Lake City and more or less on our way to Grand Junction should we have to give up going to Brigham City We some­how felt that when we got there the Lord us what to do. Our Brother Edward had gone to work when we arrived, and while we visited with his wife, Marion, we felt very surely that we must not go on to Grand Junction until we had seen him. Marion offered us the hospitality of their home, which made us very happy, and we would have the there had we provided ourselves with or a bedroll. But since neither we nor our sister had extra bedding we decided to go into town where Rolland would again try to sell shoes enough for a room and meal. I think we would have slept in the car and gone without food before we would have left without seeing our brother. Now we felt if it is God's will He will and it should be a sign to us. Rolland Just shoes that evening to procure a room and our meals.

During the night I became very ill with the tion that had caused me to dread such a long In misery my faith shrunk until I all signs and we had been given. Ter-rible fear overtook me and I my life was about to be and me away off strangers. I thought, indeed God is up our as we had but I cause he not done it sooner. I was not to tell what was the up of our way and the of Satan. Several times ministered to me. At last I was able to He knew the sincere desires of our were trusting in Him; and if it was His will life at must for asked Rolland rub some consecrated heart and administer to me again, which distress me at once and I was

Page 172 ZION'S ADVOCATE November, 1951 __.._ n- •• u----·----·--------·---•-.. ----«11--m.-•-came to me. I felt warm where I had been numb. And I was able to go.

So we went again to Cowboy's, had a lovely warm visit with these dear whose hearts are like honey, received from a beautiful token of friend-ship, then departed on our way, thankful that the dear Lord has permitted us to learn to love such folks as these.

After going back into town from our friend's Rolland sold more shoes. with the great blessing we had received during the and the morning, convinced us we must not give up and go back home without seeing Freddie and Colette, either. So I down in the back seal so as to get as much rest as pos­sible and we headed north the lake shore to­ward Intermountain Indian School.

When we got to .l::>righ,am the town first, it for ""''"'"7"='" ar1d noticing several auto courts a cabin for the Two were

shoe sales get

the school. Since it was then we evening if he made any

with the children. We drove the inquiring for Mr. Woodrow Nelson with whom had Vvhen was learned

we to see children sent to the registrar instead. We found her much interested in our mission, erative. She had us conducted tories, and the where we met the youngsters, and

reunion with them. 2,136 above the age of 10 enro11ed there.

flaw at schools for

children who have the other ~~u~.,u~

signs of spiritual life and growth which was evi­dent. We were especially glad to learn the and ambitions of Freddie, for we know the Lord has a special for him to occupy.

Long before any of our missionaries had visited the Navajo country it was given to me of the Spirit that I would bring into my home a little boy of Lamanite blood to whom I was to be a spiritual mother and teach him the gospel that he might be nrcc,,nr-rr,c,,r1

for the work the Lord had for him to do. not know of what tribe he would be but I was shown how I would know him. Therefore when Bro. and Sr. Wheat­on returned from their first trip to Navajo-land, some of the, little girls wanted to come home with I inquired if any boys wanted to come, too. not know of any. Sr. Wheaton said she noticed a boy of outstanding countenance who attracted her attention. And then she words which were to be my and was to know "my boy": "His teacher says he is a boy. She says she does not think he ever has any bad thoughts." There was the lad to whom I was to teach the ~~·-~-···

Soon we had made arrangements his teacher and his father's boss for to come on the train to spend the summer in our home. We had hoped to have him with us but the would not consent to that. The next summer his sister, Colette, came with him. From beginning God firmly guided Freddie into the of and he was by my husband in

But to return to our visit with these 'foster" of ours. After visiting for awhile we left the to come back in the evening after we obtained a cabin. We selected the but after for groceries we were almost broke we had better cash a check. get in the bank but we tried it in a luck. Rolland was told he would have the bank. We had wait

evening lo

went back lo

given more have been to waste our

in some of the many attractions

1951 ZION'S ADVOCATE Page 173 -n-•11-1111-B•-•--•-u-•--------------------•-•--1111 __ ,n,_11_ all along the way, which would have diverted our thoughts from the Lord and perhaps caused us to put our own pleasure ahead of the mission on which we had come. In that way we would not have been able to heed His guiding voice, nor have complete trust in Him. Also, had we been able to see too far ahead, Satan would have had opportunity to get in more of his discouragements. When this understanding came to Rolland, he rejoiced in our trials, they were blessings in disguise. And so he was able to say,

lead on. We will "

When morning came, Rolland went to the bank as planned to cash the check. The bank said not un­less someone there in town would 0. K. it for us. Of course the only person there who knew of us at all was the Mr. Nelson with whom we had been corres­

and whom we had not, as yet seen. Since we were to go over to the school as soon as Rolland had got back from the we hastened along in­tending to find the man and ask him to put his 0. K. on the check for us; then we would take the children back to our cabin for awhile to try on the clothes we had them. Later we to have a picnic lunch with them on the mountain above their school.

As we left the court we stopped to tell the owner that we were not pulling out for good, but would be back with the children before we relinquished the, cabin. He noticed the shoe sign on the car and gave, us an order for a pair of shoes, which boosted our moral a good deal. Still we thought we better cash that check if possible, for the next day was Sunday and there would be no sales.

When we got over to the school we learned to our consternation that Mr. Nelson had gone to Salt Lake

for the week-end. There went our last hope of getting a check cashed in or that side of Grand for that matter! again our hearts were but then we remembered that never once had we been left alone. We took the youngsters over to our cabin and showed them the gifts we had "" """," and Rolland went outside to the car for and the owner's wife spoke to

that we were from Mis-souri. guessing her church told her at once that we were members of the Lot Church. She that she and her and son had

this last summer, in fact were there dur-ing Indian Convention. She mentioned their tle and our own Bro. and oth-ers in attendance. When Rolland came in and told me of this first was would 0. K. our The outcome was that not

did our good friend and Bro. Leland 0. K. our check but he cashed it for us. And

tion to OUr UJ.J.t:;aJ.J.U.,

en.

Thereafter we a

evidence that the Lord was our every step. We had

It

with Freddie Colette which both we and long

to their and in the evening took them

dormitories, where we met and had splendid visits with both the boy's and girl's advisors. From them we obtained a complete comprehension of Freddie and Colette's status at the school; and in turn became acquainted with the reasons for our interest in the chil­dren. They considered it quite out of the and were pleased. Miss Joyce, a remarkably sincere and sympathetic person, was moved to the point of shed­ding tears.

The children reluctantly bade us and meager as our means were, we could not leave them without sharing what little we had that they have some of the little treats that mean so much to children.

As night came on we went on our way to Grand Junction, arriving there at noon on Sunday. We a most two days with the saints It was like coming for the with those of like precious faith is dearer than most ties. There is that love of God which binds us close, and such warmth is hard to depart from. Bro. and Sr. Ted Ely, their daughter and son-in-law, Bro. and Sr. Archie Downs, and two sons and daughters-in-law, Bro. and Sr. Marvin Ely, and Bro. and Sr. Robert made us very welcome, imparting to us of their substance. This being deer season, we on fresh venison and the fruit of that wonderful garden land. No less satisfying were the good spiritual talks that we had, which was a feasting to the soul. But, not content with the hospitality they had given us, these dear folk also loaded us up with good things to enjoy on our and at home. also saw to it that we had ~;,uu.~u

money to get us even wanting to give us more than we had need of, willing to sacrifice their own

in case we should lack Their gen-erosity is a glory to their God. His sure blessings are sealed upon them for for

to share but with any the Lord's ~~~~,~

who come their way. God bless them!

Near Kansas we aunt and some of my cousins.

fertile soil to receive a little We reluctant from our children as we "I do much more I would to know." We go back and finish that part of our mission.

VI e arrived home next day without found our children well and our hearts no one will ever

with on their account We had it, but we And we There is no need for fear in the "Pure love casteth out all fear."

If any ever comes from who gave our little ones shelter that we

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done as much as we; and we call upon our Lord to bless them for it. We know that He will, for His prom­ises are sure and steadfast altogether.

The following Sunday we were scheduled to spend in Hamilton, Mo., at the home of Bro. and Sr. John Sweem where Rolland was to to a group gath­ered there for services. We had driven about twelve miles and had just passed when an unusual noise caused him to slow the car which had ben as much as 60 miles hour a few minutes before. It was soon there was serious trouble in the front and Rolland "There probably isn't a garage open anywhere. But we can't go any further like this. Unless the Lord takes a hand, our plans for today are blowed up." We later found that He was just even then.

Rolland turned the car around very and carefully, and drove back through town. ex-

nothing was open but a station or two. It was by then a matter of "any in a storm" as he· pulled into the nearest one. As did so, he g1crnc:ea up another street and saw a Chevrolet garage with service door open. A had just been

in. VJ e drove the 200 or so feet into that without an invitation or a your leave".

then the metal was so hot and so bad I it would burst into flame. looked at us in He "We are <.,nx,~=,

closed the door. It was to be seen the of the door

We were in. It was locking the barn after the horse was stolen,

in reverse. Rolland asked him if he would not fix the trouble for us but he said he could

do it before morning. Then Rol-asked him to rent us the and tools to fix it

ourselves; he refused. It was and he was closed, he said. Rolland to the new at which he did. He

up and we the car out of the door and around into the wheel rest against the for brakes all. Then Rolland

up the front until the left reached out to take hold of it and

had been cold I

ever of the a 0HJYC<:7HS~00

save it be the

Last winter during my Vision, Since Our recent OYnAr1c,n

I now understand. It had yet I was

happening.

I was at first situated on a height of some kind, looking down upon a vast herd of wild buffalo which was in stampede across a great plain. As far as I could see in every direction they were streaming past me, the of terror in their eyes. Next I found my-self no above them but among them, and not as a human being now, but as one of them; and I had a calf by my side. I ran as they ran, blindly following those ahead, and I felt the same terror urging me on and on. A question was put to me. "What are we running away from?" I raised my head and turned a little to look backward trying to learn the answer to that. All l could see were numberless hordes of ter­rorized buffalo running as though to save their lives. Then came the question, "Where are we going?" I raised my head again, still running-for it would have been to stop in the face of their bodies I wanted to, and forward as far as I could see were the same numberless hordes of terror­stricken buffalo. I could not see where we were headed. I could not even see the leaders of the herd for they were far out of long before. But in looking forward I noticed that as the herd reached a certain seemed to Cilt,ai:>PE,ar as over of a I observed ourselves were fast this I became more alarmed that the fear of the unknown terror behind me. I looked about for a means of es-cape for the calf and I, but those bodies

as stone walls. The came work my way to the outside

to the direction we calf close beside me.

!JU"""'·"""' to the left as we littk,

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We plunged rather awkwardly into the edge of the forest, blundering against the saplings, and fearful of the shadows cast by the great trees; fearful also of the strange noises so different from the open plain which had been our home. It was with grave doubt that we tasted of the leaves of the trees, and for­aged for moss, the herbage was so different than the prairie grasses. But we found them even pleas­ant, and soon the surge of renewed energy poured into our bodies, and we were content.

Evening time came. I longed then to go out to the plains and lie down with my calf among my own kind. I knew they were gone. And I knew that I must not leave the forest, for the calf and I alone could not contend with our mortal enemies, the great prairie wolves, who would attack a lone buffalo and her calf. Our only safety lay in overcoming our fear of our strange surroundings and remain in the depths of the forest.

At last I found a bower such as the deer use for resting places, and I settled my calf there beside me for the night, resolved to abide with determination by the wisdom that had been given me. And we were secure and undisturbed throughout the long night.

As before, a human being, I had become identified as one of a buffalo herd, I now became no longer a buffalo, but with my little one, a deer of the forest. I lived as a deer, thought as a deer, reacted and now had the appearance and agility of a deer. In the for­est was sanctuary. There was no fear and no lack of food, but only peace and plenty. And beauty abounded everywhere. I no longer for the companionship of my own kind, for had adapted, and my little one also; and we were one with the deer of the forest sanctuary. There was no sorrow of any kind; only joy.

There the vision closed. Many months I have pon­dered it, not finding the meaning. But now I know that the guiding voice of God will call us out of the maelstrom of our own kind, bidding us to

instinct sometimes, and us into strange and terrifying places, all for our own good that our souls may find sanctuary. Thank God for His love that saves us. I have trusted Him and He did not fail me.

I pray that I may never fail to trust Him for ance, and that I will always be to say. "Where

lead me, Lord, I will follow." For God will never me where I should not go.

MARION SPRAGUE

A LETTER TO THE CHURCH from page 167)

were alligators in the streams, and one of them had left 1racks in the sand near one of the where we, had on the river side. The trees were full of

and birds of many and was wild beasts and at times indicated to us we were, close hostils

for we could smell their fires. At such times we were required to move and travel long

hours in order to make our camps in more secure sur­roundings.

After several days we came to a village of the Lacandone a wild primitive people, who live in grass covered huts and still hunt with bow and ar­rows. These people a~cepted us as friends and we were able to get a number of good pictures of them. They were much fairer than most Indian people, and among them was a women who was quite white with rosy cheeks, and fine features. Their chief, Kin-Obre­gon, told his we were "amigo" that is friends, and for them not to molest us. We shared with them some of our food supplies, beans, sugar and corn meal flour, etc., and later sent them back some beads. This chief made it known to us through our interpreters that the rivers were flooding and that it was too dangerous for us to go further. So, after spending part of three

with them, and giving them a Bock of Mormon a little silver disk with the seal of the Church of

Christ engraved on it, we began our return journey,­disappointed and sick in heart and body,--to Tenose­que, the place from which we had started into the

On this jungle we traveled 17 days with Indian guides and a pack train of mules. Part of the time we rode and at other times we walked. We crossed the large Usumaciente River in a small Indian dugout boat; forded smaller streams on the mules, covering in all about 240 miles on the entire journey.

While it is true we were not able to reach the walled city on that trip, which was a great disappoint­ment to us, the fact remains that we found sources of infonnation which confirmed to our the fact that such a place does exist. This information was gleaned from many sources, from Indian people, and from townspeople who live on the borders of the

and work in the chicle and mahogany indus­tries of that area who have contacted them and re­

stories concerning them.

In one instance a native woman of the State of ~~~v·-~, with whom Angela became and

who could a little English, by signs and broken told of seeing these of their "azul" or

blue eyes, their white or skins, and that lived in the where the mountains Tnrm,csn

the wall of the city. As a bond of this woman gave Angela a beautifully formed duck or swan made of chicle which wms very

As the direct of our to of Mexico, we contacted many vco•J!J,.G

vrnre for real would learn that we were missionaries for the of asked many questions, and numerous

the desire to hear me to some wanted to come to the Stales for a

and the of nttcn,~1nn

It is indeed a wonderful exoenEmc

Page 176 ZION'S ADVOCATE November, 1951 ---.. -. ... -·· .......... -·-----------------·---··-----·-........ -·-·---to bear testimony of the goodness of our heavenly Father to such people. As the result of an invitation from a large group of several hundred members of the

in to return and work among them as a missionary, we have made a coven­ant that if it is the will of God for us to go, and the means could be provided, that we would return there and do what we could to establish the Restored Gos­pel among them.

Since returning home from this last we have had an answer to our prayers relative to returning to M~xico and we have received the assurance that means will be provided for us to go and answer the call of these people in that part of the Lord's vine­yard. Cons.equently we have sent word to them that we plan to leave the States for that area sometime in November and expect to be with them for several months.

We know that this news will bring rejoicing to their hearts, and it is our fervent prayer that we shall be blessed with the Spirit of God so as to ac­complish a good work there. In this endeavor we solicit the and assistance of the church where. undertaking will have its hardships

but for the advancement of the cause of Zion we are to make for the joy of accom-

this purpose will transcend those things we be called upon to endure.

If circumstances will and the means is we hope to able to renew our

while in that to find the walled and the who dwell this is not

purpose of our going at this time, as our objective, is work. We shall continue to seek more in­

formation on this matter, and feel that as our circle of widens there, and we gain the confidence

of our Indian friends, that our efforts to reach that will be more successful.

Our previous gave us much valuable, in-formation concerning the we would contact, and the conditions under we must travel. It is uu.-,.,,,u,e-c for us to to within 35 miles of the location

for the record. set of ing that fruitful.

Sv'..HUvU, and at that we will be and a train for the

to relate

after returning to Inde­Mexico, for sickness we contracted

our health is very and we feel with the

while there the last care cI our health on this

There are several where the church want us come and lecture with our on of that region as it re-lates to the Book of Mormon. to as of these we go south. this we find much as we are thus able to confirm the faith of many, and at the

same time give the honest investigator material evi­dence of the divinity of this marvelous the Book of which has come forth in these last

as an added witness of the Son of the Father.

This is the inspired record in existence, which claims to be an account of the love of God for the peo· ples of America before Columbus or the Spanish Con­quest. It is the only record in the world which chal-lenges us to its contents with serious and mind, after our heavenly Father will give us a

of its truths if we seek it. To us that testi­mony has been given in abundance, and with our own eyes we have seen and recorded in pictures the, mute evidences of the rise and fall of the civilizations and peoples it tells us of, and the promises made to the remnant of those people who will repent and return to the Lord in these last days.

Therefore, may we use this means of thanking all those who contributed to the funds that us in this undertaking, and may the Lord bless of you for it, and also those who shall contribute that we may follow up the of constructive missionary work among who yearn for our re-turn among them. What you be able give toward this effort will be ac,orec:Lat,ea.

The League of Pan-American Indians' Convention held from 26 to 31, is of historical for it was not only held in center of for the Restoration, but due to rainy weather which threatened to the conven-tion, which was scheduled to meet in the local congregation on the Lot their doors and invited these Indian their convention in their chapel. Here met for five in a most and earnest manner to transact their business.

To this Church of came and with of the Church of Christ were in· vited to tell of the labors of the Restoration among the Indian The conduct of these earnest ~r"""r, 10

in their was very commendable ried on in a prayerful and reverent manner.

~r-~~,~rr,rl for church present contributed of their means. for work was afforded

a

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