Improvement Era, May 1930

THE IMPROVEMENT ERA =J^E Vol. 33-41 May, 1930 No. 7 •er <pres/. ANTHONY W. IVINS First Counselor Vrest. CHARLES 'WNIBLEY Second CounfQlOf CA Message (^ (The First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to our beloved brethren and sisters throughout the world: ON this, the one hundredth anniversary of the organ- ization of the Church, we salute you, and pray that the bless- ing of God our Father, and the grace and love of Jesus Christ, our Lord, may abide with you forever. We preface our message to you by reference to the following scrip- ture: "Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I am the life and the light of the world. I am the light which shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehend- eth it not." As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so was the Son of God lifted up, that whoso- ever believeth in him shall not per- ish, but have eternal life. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, through its presidency, reaffirms the truths set forth in the above scripture, and calls upon its members in all parts of the world to rededicate their lives to the service of the Master and the establishment of his king- dom upon earth. ~C ROM the beginning of time, as we count it, to the present, God our Father has, at divers times, both by his own voice and the voice of his inspired prophets, de- clared that he would send to the earth his only Begotten Son, that through him, by means of the resurrection, of which our Lord was the first fruits, man- kind might be redeemed from the penalty of death, to which all flesh is heir; and by obedience to the law of righteous living, which he taught and exemplified in his life, be cleansed from personal sin and made heirs to the Kingdom of Heaven. In songs of praise the Psalmist declared his coming. In ecstasy