Zi n's Advo ate. onginthe NEWS. ANNOUNCEMENTS. EDITOR-Mary L. Oldham 140 PATHLIGHTS-The Rest.Jim Gordon... I 4 I I I 3

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1 Zi n's Advo ate e onginthe r I EDITOR-Mary L. Oldham 140 PATHLIGHTS-The Rest.Jim Gordon I 4 I NEWS. ANNOUNCEMENTS I

2 GENERAL CHURCH REPRESEI\ITATIVE OHICE: William Sheldon, Alaska, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the weslem half o!!he Northwest Territories. Priesthood articles and sermons, testimonies for missions to other and news items of Church-wide interest are and should be sent to the Editor as listed above. Deadline for material any certain month is the 10th of the Format of submitted material Please all submissions on one side of the paper Please avoid overuse STATUS OF PUBLISHED ARTICLES nilf'1!<"""' in this of the nor the notices authorized by!he beliefs of the General Church. do not n<'ucp<:<s:mlv of the editorial Declarations Conference reflect the practices and

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4 Zion's... the book of.ju~~h is.the Holy Bi&le,and the >~po~.of 11.JU::'ii'.:!U the Book of came in about 300 influence as -136-

5 they be divided kingdoms any more at all." (Ezekiel, B6dk ~r=r~!i:,;f~ ~i,f~hit~irit:::, festifrection, Iii; appei~ranij~ttoy> His people here. JhlAni~ficastthd... th~fhe Uye~y.lodayandisat.th~;urig1hfhat1d ot tne Fatherl.. ',\'' \ \: i~-:t}" Lord God; Behold, take the came that I beheld the remnant of the seed of of the which forth mouth of the Jew, it came forth from -137-

6 books which came forth by the power the Lamb, from the Gentiles unto them, unto the convincing of the Gentiles, and the remnant of seed of my brethren, and also the Jews, who were scattered upon all the face of the earth, that the reco of the prophets and of 1 sight of God, unto the bringing to pass much restoration the house of Israel, and unto the seed of thy brethren." (2 Nephi REFERENCES ow added witness standing of the divinity of the Holy Bible? the believer should creasingly of greater worth as liberal Protestant and Catholic clergy adhere to ".. the prevailing judgment of biblical scholars and mainstream theological schools that the gospels of the New Testament, like the rest of the Holy Scriptures, are a mixture of historical fact and mythological truths..." 4 Finally, having son confidence one people: "And there shall raise up one mighty among them, who shall do much good, both in word and in deed, being an instrument in the hands God, with exceeding wonders, and do that thing which -138-

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9 PATHLI.GHTS I n The Rest of the Testimony Pathlights, we carried an robbery in Cancun, Mexico. Mc I ndoo and Frank they P THLIGHTS -141-

10 Our Moral Heritage For more values 0 the life-support country. The men women on these shores in the I vowed to build here a founded on virtue and moral integrity. And during all those years their promheld true. people brought forth a dedicated to liberty and justice. were committed to moral principles on personal responsibility. -James Kennedy ur ancestors emment on morality and religious co,,1-1rno,,1- habits, cannot trusted on any other foundation than religious principle, nor any government be secure which is not supported moral habits. men good makes them good citizens. -Daniel Webster, at the bicentennial celebration landing of Pilgrims at December 22, 1820 p Harvey: For the life of me, I t understand what could gone wrong in Colorado. If only the parents had kept children away from the guns, we wouldn't have had such a tragedy. Yeah, it must have been the guns. It It must have been It couldn't have been because we allow our children to on average, seven of television a day filled the glorification of sex and we sentences to teennewborns. been our the children that on and spilled. sure no violence that for adult con

11 R.Ef..JNIDN R.EPDR.T - New York Reunion Report Here is a brief summary of our New York Reunion held at the Akwesasne Local, July 7-9, feel guilty reminded FRIDAY, JULY 7, 7 :00 PM T he first service started with and song. It was wonderful to hear so voices. Brother Keith Hoare was the speaker for the evening. asked some interesting, thought provoking questions: IfJesus were to knock today and ask to what would you do? Would Him in at once, or would have to run in the house and clean it up? Would you to change what -143-

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15 PHOENIX REUNION YU N REUNION program. are more E C ENTI 1111 Classes s noon after 1111 be provided noon and Sunday brea st (conti nental) and lunch Donations will be -147-

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