Talk given 9/12/21. Some of it is outlined and some written down. If we want details I can provide them.
9/11 memories Tabernacle Choir presentation
KRISTEN CHENOWITH
I believe there are angels among us Alabama song
When life held troubled times and had me down on my knees
There's always been someone to come along and comfort me
A kind word from a stranger to lend a helping hand
A phone call from a friend just to say I understand
But ain't it kind of funny at the dark end of the road
That someone lights the way with just a single ray of hope
[Chorus]
Oh I believe there are angels among us
Sent down to us from somewhere up above
They come to you and me in our darkest hours
To show us how to live to teach us how to give
To guide us with the light of love
[Bridge]
They wear so many faces show up in the strangest places
To grace us with their mercy in our time of need
There have been angels in my life, from a man who pulled me out of a creek when I had gotten stuck, or another who pulled me home when my father’s truck wouldn’t start to a dear friend Ken McNeil, who had a reputation for rescuing, from loaning a car to someone in need, to paying bail for a church member in jail after a car accident; and rescued me and my family when we were stranded at the airport in Philadelphia, because the car rental place did not want to take our debit card.
And also a dear friend, who is actually my fourth cousin, Vern Wardle. We did not know him until he moved into our ward in California. He taught me about service, and about love. He taught the three squeezes, four squeezes back. This is three squeezes I love you, and four squeezes back I love you too.
As Jesus dined with his disciples at the Last Supper He said,
John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
As I have loved you, with sign
Another primary song teaches an important lesson
I’ll Walk with You
If you don’t walk as most people do,
Some people walk away from you,
But I won’t! I won’t!
If you don’t talk as most people do,
Some people talk and laugh at you,
But I won’t! I won’t!
I’ll walk with you. I’ll talk with you.
That’s how I’ll show my love for you.
Jesus walked away from none.
He gave his love to ev’ryone.
So I will! I will!
Jesus blessed all he could see,
Then turned and said, “Come, follow me.”
And I will! I will!
I will! I will!
I’ll walk with you. I’ll talk with you.
That’s how I’ll show my love for you.
Jesus also taught at the last supper: John 13: 15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Water to wine
10 lepers
adulterous woman
man with palsy
issue of blood
Feeding the 5000 gospel of John 6, 5 loves and 2 fishes boy
Our journey through life is based on People helping people: everyone in their turn, sometimes the giver and sometimes the receiver
Brigham Young The Rescue. Franklin Richards
I will now give you the subject for those who speak today
Reaction
Isaac Wardle Langley Bailey story
Whitwick
Langley rescued swimmer
Langley becomes sick
Blessing in Florence
Trying to get away
Isaac left bloody tracks in the snow
Isaac collapsed and had to be revived
Forced to gather wood
Langley weighed less than 80 lbs upon arrival in slc
Letter: Isaac J. Wardle Esq
My Dear Most Respected Old Friend. How are you.
You and me are in much better condishions than we were at this time 60 years ago, I can remember one morning every tent was blowed down but ours. You did stake our tent down strong and firm. My dear Brother I honor and respect you much more than I Can explain. You and my brother John (he was only a boy 15) hauled me on the handcart for hundreds of miles Can I forget you. Can I ever repay, for your kindness No. No. ...
When Isaac passed away, Langley attended the funeral in Idaho and was heard to say, see my old friend I have outlived you.
Francis Webster story
Francis Webster was paraphrased as saying of the handcart trek,…everyone of us came through with the absolute knowledge that God lives for we became acquainted with him in our extremities. “I have pulled my hand cart when I was so weak and weary from illness and lack of food that I could hardly put one foot ahead of the other. I have looked ahead and seen a patch of sand or a hill slope and I have said I can go only that far and there I must give up for I cannot pull the load through it. I have gone on to that sand and when I reached it the cart began pushing me. I have looked back many times to see who was pushing my cart but my eyes saw no one. I knew then that the Angels of God were there. “Was I sorry that I chose to come by hand cart? No. Neither then nor any minute of my life since. The price we paid to become acquainted with God was a privilege to pay and I am thankful that I was privileged to come in the Martin Hand Cart Company.”
Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin Said:
“Kindness is the essence of a celestial life. Kindness is how a Christlike person treats others. Kindness should permeate all of our words and actions at work, at school, at church, and especially in our homes.
As we live a Christ-like life, based on kindness and service; it is natural for us to desire the blessings of the gospel for others. This is accomplished through the ministering program visiting and loving others. This is by sharing the gospel with our friends. We all play a roll, the neighbor befriends and invites, the missionary teaches, and we all fellowship. I also find that family history is a way to share the blessings of the gospel and is the epitome of serving others. In Malachi we read: ¶ Behold, I will asend you bElijah the prophet cbefore the coming of the dgreat and dreadful eday of the LORD:
6 And he shall aturn the bheart of the cfathers to the dchildren, and the heart of the echildren to their fathers, lest I come and fsmite the gearth with a hcurse.
And when John the Baptist brought the Aaronic priesthood to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery he said: Upon you my fellow servants, in the name of Messiah I confer the Priesthood of Aaron, which holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and of the gospel of repentance, and of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; and this shall never be taken again from the earth, until the sons of Levi do offer again an offering unto the Lord in righteousness.
This offering refers to the great work taking pace in the temples; Where young people open the door to salvation through baptism for the dead, for none can enter God’s kingdom except they be born of water and the spirit. Older people help complete the ordinances resulting in the sealing ordinances of children to their parents, and husband and wife to each other. The sealing ordinances open the door to exaltation. We all can participate in family history work based on our own abilities. To some it is given to support temple building through tithing, some work in the temple, others do indexing, some take what has been indexed and attach this to the tree. Others attend the temple and complete the ordinances. Such was the case a month ago when the youth of our ward visited the temple for baptisms. That day they competed the baptism and confirmations for over 115 people. This work literally blesses both the living and the dead. The living are instructed in the temples as the saving ordinances are completed. They are touched with the spirit in helping with this important work
in the last general conference Elder Gary E Stevensen said: I find abiding peace in knowing that “the Lord is my shepherd” and that each of us is known by Him and under His kind watchful care. When we confront life’s wind and rainstorms, sickness and injuries, the Lord—our Shepherd, our Caregiver—will nourish us with love and kindness. He will heal our hearts and restore our souls.
He took upon Himself our sins, our guilt, our depressions
Our faults, our needs, our indiscretions.
He went below all things
He carried our sorrows.
He suffered for us all, if we would repent;
Which suffering caused that God the greatest of all
Should tremble, and shrink in pain
And suffer both body and spirit,
And bleed from every pore
As it where, great drops of blood
Which fell down to the ground.
As we serve others and have charity towards all men, we will feel the Savior’s love, for Charity is the pure love of God. As we serve each other, when we face trials, we can turn to Jesus for peace. He has gone below all things; He has carried our sorrows. Of this I testify in the name of Jesus Christ Amen
