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P ·de Don't t It Separ te You Fr m God

are admonished, . remove from our lives the. pride and hardness of heart that is common mankind.

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the Lord, and becometh

man of God f ect, throughly furnished unto all good works."

These scriptures have been preserved for us today for our direction are filled with admonishments

ourselves before and to remove this

hard heartedness. are:

Proverbs 16:19: "Bet­ter it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly,

the proud. "

Isaiah 2: 12: "For the

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Evidence For A Young Earth By Harvey E. Seibel The evidence g·

below is derived

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ago. ago earth would have had a

magnetic field as strong as of a

(Therefore, since the not large enough to support such a field, the maximum age of the earth cannot ex­ceed 10,000 years.)

FACT #12: The Carbon 12 Carbon 14 still

reason that required 30,000

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0.1 seconds of arc per century 1700s. This

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FACT #18: the earth gradually due to the gravitation forces of the sun, moon, If the earth is billions of years old, its present should be zero. On the hand, if we extrapolate back­wards for several years, the centrifugal force would be so great that continents would have been sent to the equatorial and the overall shape of the earth would have been as as a pancake.

FACT#20: olystra trees are fossil extend through

moving other at enormous these clusters are still "l"'nn,r.rf

nizable as star clusters. the universe been 4 years old these

ago throughout the

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By Apostle William A. Sheldon

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and by example, He has com- I cleansed the mantled that man should la- ness, and shall bor for six days, and to saints. Then shall reserve the seventh as a day fillment of rest. This given as a type of the great week for the af- , fairs of mankind from Adam to the coming glory, and through that day of rest, i.e., a thousand years.

Apostle Peter has told us ,

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thy as it is in heaven " Matt. 6:

Note that he spoke "times of refreshing," and also "the times of restitution of all things." This will bear some examination appropri­ate to our subject. God did design, as evidence of times refreshing and of restitution, that the fullness of the gospel should be restored to earth again in the latter days, after 1260 years of spiritual dark­ness. The pure gospel light has been revealed again, in­cluding translation of the Book of Mormon and the res­toration of his holy priest­hood to administer the affairs of His kingdom prepara­tion for the second coming Christ. Yet, the "restitution of all things" has only begun after 165 years, and in which, lamentably, there has been a considerable clouding of that light through a latter day apostasy. Nevertheless, the light will continue to shine through a remnant of his peo­ple until He comes who light and life of the world!

But what else shall be re­stored? Wherein is the

all

again into her primal beauty and as was

Mankind was crown of God's labor of crea­tion, and all was "very good"

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(Gen.1:31). When Adam was placed upon this globe given a mate, there was ing but peace with goodness and plenty for physical and need. garden was

"every tree that pleasant to

When Adam was placed upon this globe and given a mate, there was nothing but peace with goodness ·and plenty for physical

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wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the de­sert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abun­dantly, and rejoice even with joy and sing­ing ... Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

parched ground shall become a pool, and

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5.

"And there were and

mighty an earthquake, and so great ... And every island fied away, and the mountains were not found" Rev. 16:18, 20.

"Thou shalt no more termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord de­lighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married" Isa. 62:4.

This world-wide earth­quake will cause the land to be "married," and thus the land masses shall once again come together (for the earth was divided in the days of Pe­leg-Gen. 10:25); therefore, also, shall the great seas oceans come together.

It seems apparent our study thus far in connec­tion also with the estab­lishment of Zion (or the building of the city New Jeru­salem and the Lord's temple, which we are only mention­ing incidentally), that this es-

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I ' We can only dimly (certainly

no way, fully) the great power of God save and to destroy as He wills to do. A clue is found in 2 Nephi 12 (but verses

"For the time sm~eau cometh, that the Lord God shall cause a great division among the peo­ple; and the wicked he destroy; and he will spare his people, yea, even if it so be that he must destroy the wicked by fire."

we der Isa. 4:2-6:

"In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious,

earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. And shall come to pass, that he that is in Zion,

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And the Lord will create upon every dwell-

place Zion, upon her assemblies,

a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a fiam­

by night: for upon all the glory (of Zion/2 Ne. 8:69) shall be a de­fense. And there shall be a tabernacle (a tern­

for a shadow in the

heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from

"

The "branch of the Lord" beautiful. This is

branch of my (a righteous peo­

ple) Isa. 60:21. This will a people who have become "Zion." are the "fruit of the earth ... excellent and comely them that are es­caped of Israel" (those who have been freed from captiv­

gathered to

fire by night, so also will He brood over His saints in the

Jerusalem, for upon all glory of Zion shall be a

defense; this will be the great revealed power of God. There is to be a taberna­

( temple) in the New Jeru-and please note that it

shall be as a "shadow ... from heat ... a place of refuge, and

a covert from storm and from rain" (v. 6). This all al­ludes to divine protection from their enemies, and pres­ervation from the unleashing of divine judgment upon the wicked; I believe this in­

the world-shaking earthquakes and burning oc­curring with the universal shaking of the heavens, spo­ken of by Christ (Matt. 24:29), by Isaiah (chap. 24), 1

by Joel (3:15,16) and by Peter (2 Pet. 10-12). Of its burning, we read:

"And there shall be upon every high moun­tain, and upon every high hill (this alludes to na­tions/w.a.s.), rivers streams of waters

a powerful witness ministry, a

to repentance/w.a.s. -see v. 28) in the great slaughter, when towers fall. Moreover the

of the moon as the light of the

light sun shall be seven{ old, as the

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light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his peo­ple, and healeth the stroke of their wound" Isa. 30:25, 26.

"Immediately after the tribulation of those days

Just as the Lord delivered ancient Israel from Egypt and led them by a cloud of smoke by day and by night, so· also will He brood over His saints in the New Jerusalem ...

shall the sun be dark­ened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: then shall all the tribes the earth mourn, and they shall see

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the immediate sign of pearance of Christ heavens.

Our only purpose briefly ref erring to this of divine wrath and judgment at the appearance of the heavens is to emphasize the concurrent preservation of the saints in preparation for the millennial reign Christ.

It is not to be that all peoples of the nations will be destroyed; rather, those who are most wicked will be destroyed, as typified at the time of the resurrec­tion of Christ on the can continent, wherein was the more righteous part of the people that were saved" (3 Ne. 4:66). We have previously referenced the na­tions being required to come to Jerusalem to worship Lord, or else to suffer wrath further (Zech. 14); and of those coming to Zion to be taught; all preparation for ful time of peace " ... they shall beat

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PATHLIGHTS · .

Life'~ Narrow Path I was not raised

Church of Christ and was baptized shortly after getting married. As long as a member we have been away and unable to attend church regularly, or have sacrament monthly. We are without strength in numbers and fel­lowship.

Living near Washington D.C., we run into many col­lege graduates and suppos­edly highly educated individuals. Many of these drop their children off at day care centers and public schools, stopping after work for rental movies, Nintendo and Sega games, or shopping, before picking them up again. We see a world where

their lawns mowed, cleaned, and babysit-

are from parents

more time.

more bigger houses, a bigger car, or maybe two.

I we had a bigger house, or a car,

i until I noticed in our 3-bed­i room house we were all sepa-

rated. Dad family room watching sermons, our 5-year-old our bedroom watching and myself the living room reading-all of us unaware of what each of us was doing. I began thinking early Americans one room

all doing separate things one room-Mom sewing, Dad reading, chil­dren playing-all completely aware of the other's doings.

one car.

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I called our downstairs, "Let's play a game or puzzle the room Daddy " myself, we can all be aware the other's doings and still do our own things. We all now try to make the matter how different our terests are-to do same room.

Since we started home schooling, the games,

I and songs we used to watch, and switched. Now we sure of their value in learning about God.

I would like to hear others through the Zion's vocate of their

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OPEN HOUSE - DEDICATION BRADLEY, MICHIGAN

In April we were given our Temporary Occupancy Per­

mit, and were permitted hold services in our building. Our first was on Easter Sunday. feeling was that we were "Home" again and on such a special day. Our hearts were

oflove and thanks to God for all he had done for us.

We felt sure that we would soon be ready for our "Open House." Time flew by as one "finishing" job led to another. Finally, most of the

work was done, and we even had tables and chairs in the dining room. Next came the outside: sidewalks, park­ing lot drain and paving, and even grass, shrubs and flow­ers. It all seemed never-end-

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ing! At Last! We

dates: Sunday, Sept. 24, at 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. for an "Open House" for the community, and a Special Day of Dedica­tion, with Sacrament Service, Pot Luck, and a Dedication Service on Sunday, Oct. 1995. We had our final ing bee and even the surprise of our new sign, which was quickly put up. The to the left of the new sign

a frosting on

were many of our

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Each one place will be

Some of our congregation met at Ryans in Grand Rap­ids for dinner on Saturday, the 18th of November. It was

get together for good

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over Christmas.

would be fine if we would all remember what Christmas is all about.

+ Gratefulness overcomes selfish-

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Dear case you

wondering, Local is

T'\1"£>t-1"·u well.

i.

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a

• + If really

performance would reflect (Study show thyself approved.)

+ You have to grow as a person, choose in which

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AN!"DUNCEMENT ·

;4utnU"n <Tttns!

TEEN CHALLENGE VO TH MP

Boating, Swimming, Fishing, or

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New friends!

learn more about God and

p sooner

Word.

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ARTICLES

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1995 INDEX . .

Index to Volume 72 (1995) Title/Author No. Pg. Title/Author No. Pg.

LETTER Leller 10

William A Sbeldon ..... . 2 .

MISCELLANEOUS of Christ "'""""" NC\\'S-

Deb Brantner Vogel . Father-selected . . . . Open House-Dedica tion-Bradl~"Y

on 1 Apostk Marvin Ely . . . . . . ...

OBITUARIES Cogan, LG. Elton (Died Keeney, Anna Randall, Ruth Mae

PATHLIGHTS

.. '8 . . 6 ..

. 12 ...

.. 9 " ...

Awakened Gratitude--Gary A. .. 3 ..... Christmas Card-laura Cl. . ............ 12 .. Could You flnd

Tilrough Eyes of a Child-Elder Andrew Brantner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. . . . . 82 IIIP11--M11ir11>:",rw Oar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Patricia Gould ... 6 ....

POEM Kidd . . . . . . 11 . . . . 2

Builder-submitted by Jennifer Yates. . . . 3 ..... 37 Donna W.

Moser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9. . . . He Hears and Answers--Danna Moser .. 9 ..... 184 It Mallers Not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 .... .

oflt-SamKidd .... ... 2 .... . 6 ... .. 7 ... ..

the New Year-Sister Vida Fille_y . . . l . . . . . . . l

Presence of the Lord-Sam Kidd ......... 9 ..... 183 Prophecy of an American Indian,

/ Warren Harper 7 .. ' Trudgen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 11P--\fltt1 Kidd ' ' ' ' 6. 118

Do You Believe in Sister Norma Kei.tb ...

Does Jesus

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conference, All services The 1996 Ministers' Conference tnr,<><athr.rvl

be held Wednesday, Independence, MissourL

Each

Second Class Independence,