An Ounce of Prevention

This is a poem that I truly live my life by.
I believe you should attack a problem at the source
To treat the symptoms of a problem is a Nobel deed,
but to cure the problem is a Divine Gift.
But like the old words teach
An ounce of prevention is far better than 10 Pounds of Cure.
by D. Newburn


A Fence or an Ambulance

[A poetic case for the value of prevention]
'Twas a dangerous cliff, as they freely confessed,
Though to walk near its crest was so pleasant;
But over its terrible edge there had slipped
A duke and full many a peasant.
So the people said something would have to be done,
But their projects did not at all tally;
Some said, "Put a fence 'round the edge of the cliff,"
Some, "An ambulance down in the valley."
But the cry for the ambulance carried the day,
For it spread through the neighboring city;
A fence may be useful or not, it is true,
But each heart became full of pity
For those who slipped over the dangerous cliff;
And the dwellers in highway and alley
Gave pounds and gave pence, not to put up a fence,
But an ambulance down in the valley.
"For the cliff is all right, if you're careful," they said,
"And, if folks even slip and are dropping,
It isn't the slipping that hurts them so much
As the shock down below when they're stopping."
So day after day, as these mishaps occurred,
Quick forth would those rescuers sally
To pick up the victims who fell off the cliff,
With their ambulance down in the valley.
Then an old sage remarked: "It's a marvel to me
That people give far more attention
To repairing results than to stopping the cause,
When they'd much better aim at prevention.
Let us stop at its source all this mischief," cried he,
"Come, neighbors and friends, let us rally;
If the cliff we will fence, we might almost dispense
With the ambulance down in the valley."
"Oh he's a fanatic," the others rejoined,
"Dispense with the ambulance? Never!
He'd dispense with all charities, too, if he could;
No! No! We'll support them forever.
Aren't we picking up folks just as fast as they fall?
And shall this man dictate to us? Shall he?
Why should people of sense stop to put up a fence,
While the ambulance works in the valley?"
But the sensible few, who are practical too,
Will not bear with such nonsense much longer;
They believe that prevention is better than cure,
And their party will soon be the stronger.
Encourage them then, with your purse, voice, and pen,
And while other philanthropists dally,
They will scorn all pretense, and put up a stout fence
On the cliff that hangs over the valley.
Better guide well the young than reclaim them when old,
For the voice of true wisdom is calling.
"To rescue the fallen is good, but 'tis best
To prevent other people from falling."
Better close up the source of temptation and crime
Than deliver from dungeon or galley;
Better put a strong fence 'round the top of the cliff
Than an ambulance down in the valley.
-- Joseph Malins (1895)

Little Johnny

There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm.
He was given a slingshot to play with out in the woods.

He practiced in the woods; but he could never hit the target.

Getting a little discouraged, he headed back for dinner.

As he was walking back he saw Grandma's pet duck.

Just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly, hit the duck square in the head and killed it. He was shocked and grieved!

In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood pile; only to see his
Sister watching! Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing.

After lunch the next day Grandma said, 'Sally, let's wash the dishes'

But Sally said, 'Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen.'

Then she whispered to him, "Remember the duck?'

So Johnny did the dishes.

Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing and Grandma said, 'I'm sorry but I need Sally to help make supper.'

Sally just smiled and said, 'well that's all right because Johnny told me he wanted to help?

She whispered again, 'Remember the duck?' So Sally went fishing and Johnny stayed to help..

After several days of Johnny doing both his chores and Sally's; he
Finally couldn't stand it any longer..

He came to Grandma and confessed that he had killed the duck.

Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug and said, 'Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the whole thing, but because I love you, I forgave you... I was just wondering how long you would let Sally make a slave of you.'

Thought for the day and every day thereafter:
Whatever is in your past, whatever you have done...? And the devil keeps throwing it up in your face (lying, cheating, debt, fear, bad habits, hatred, anger, bitterness, etc.)...whatever it is...You need to know that:
God was standing at the window and He saw the whole thing.

He has seen your whole life... He wants you to know that He loves you and that you are forgiven. He's just wondering how long you will let the devil make a slave of you..

The great thing about God is that when you ask for forgiveness;

He not only forgives you, but He forgets.

God is at the window!
And His Son Has paid the debt
To enable you to repent and him to forget.
Now go and have a good day but don't forget to pray.

Formula for Choices

Formula to guide you in the choices of life:
Fill your minds with truth.
Fill your hearts with love.
Fill your lives with service.

Today and take inventory of your collection of worldly things
Cleanse anything out of your life spiritually and temporally that is not conducive to the spirit abiding with you.


The Lord does not care about our abilities
He only cares about our availability to be an Instrument in his hand.
All of the Abilities in the World are for naught if we are unwilling to humble ourselves and submit to the Master,
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.


By doing so, may we one day hear the words from our Lord and Savior, “Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.”
By D. Newburn

True Selfless Service

Spencer W. Kimball
we never know the impact of our simple acts of service
President Spencer W. Kimball urged Latter-day Saints to engage in “simple acts of service” that would bless others’ lives as well as their own.1 He often found opportunities to offer such service himself, as the following account shows:
“A young mother on an overnight flight with a two-year-old daughter was stranded by bad weather in Chicago airport without food or clean clothing for the child and without money. She was … pregnant and threatened with miscarriage, so she was under doctor’s instructions not to carry the child unless it was essential. Hour after hour she stood in one line after another, trying to get a flight to Michigan.
The terminal was noisy, full of tired, frustrated, grumpy passengers, and
she heard critical references to her crying child and to her sliding her child along the floor with her foot as the line moved forward.
No one offered to help with the soaked, hungry, exhausted child.
“Then, the woman later reported,
‘someone came towards us and with a kindly smile said, “Is there something I could do to help you?” With a grateful sigh I accepted his offer. He lifted my sobbing little daughter from the cold floor and lovingly held her to him while he patted her gently on the back. He asked if she could chew a piece of gum. When she was settled down, he carried her with him and said something kindly to the others in the line ahead of me, about how I needed their help. They seemed to agree and then he went up to the ticket counter [at the front of the line] and made arrangements with the clerk for me to be put on a flight leaving shortly. He walked with us to a bench, where we chatted a moment, until he was assured that I would be fine. He went on his way. About a week later I saw a picture of Apostle Spencer W. Kimball and recognized him as the stranger in the airport.’ ”2
Several years later,
President Kimball received a letter that read, in part:
“Dear President Kimball:
“I am a student at Brigham Young University. I have just returned from my mission in Munich, West Germany. I had a lovely mission and learned much. …


“I was sitting in priesthood meeting last week, when a story was told of a loving service which you performed some twenty-one years ago in the Chicago airport.
The story told of how you met a young pregnant mother with a … screaming child, in … distress, waiting in a long line for her tickets. She was threatening miscarriage and therefore couldn’t lift her child to comfort her.
She had experienced four previous miscarriages, which gave added reason for the doctor’s orders not to bend or lift.
“You comforted the crying child and explained the dilemma to the other passengers in line. This act of love took the strain and tension off my mother.
I was born a few months later in Flint, Michigan.
“I just want to thank you for your love. Thank you for your example!”

A Friend Around The Corner

Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end;
Yet days go by, and weeks rush on,
And before I know it, a year is gone,
And I never see my old friend’s face,
For Life is a swift and terrible race.
He knows I like him just as well
As in the days when I rang his bell
And he rang mine.
We were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men:
Tired with playing a foolish game,
Tired with trying to make a name.
“To-morrow,” I say, “I will call on Jim,
Just to show that I’m thinking of him.”
But to-morrow comes—and to-morrow goes,
And the distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner!—yet miles away …
“Here’s a telegram, sir,”
“Jim died to-day.”And that’s what we get, and deserve in the end:
Around the corner, a vanished friend.

What Causes Me To Be An Unwise Servant

What causes us to become an unwise servant?

I believe being an unwise servant comes from man allowing the world to occupy our time talents and means with shallow pursuits.
If we are not wise with our time we will allow the world to give us hollow pursuits to chase. And in this we will only find disappointment and discouragement.
If we put our life on a graph to illustrate our emotions many times it would look like a wild ride. Especially when we are young trying to figure out just where we fit in the world.
When I was younger my graph was up and down now that I am older it is mainly on the incline with few real deep dips.
I believe One of the biggest tools of the adversary is Discouragement.
I hope I can share with you some ways we can choose not be discouraged.
Do you ever have days where you feel like you can take on the whole world then the next day you may feel really discouraged. Have you been discouraged in the last month? How about last week? How about yesterday? How about this morning?
As you can see discouragement is a common ailment.I believe In life if we want to fix a problem we need to always find the root cause of that problem. If we look in the book of Mormon,in Moroni 10:22
22 And if ye have no hope ye must needs be in despair; and despair (or discouragement) cometh because of iniquity. I believe this is the root cause of despair or discouragement and it comes because of iniquity. Now you may say that’s a pretty strong statement. And some might say well I am not iniquitous, I keep all of the commandments, how come I am so discouraged? I think what the Lord is telling us is we have not gained total control over our Body or over our appetites or our passions or over our mind, or the way we think about things, and thus if we are not doing it in full faith in love of God in truth there is some iniquity in that. I would like to submit to you that there has never been a person come into a bishops office and said, I have been reading my scriptures Praying 10 times a day Paying my tithes and fast offerings Attending church and the temple Exercising my calling And my life is falling apart. Despair and discouragement comes from not following the principals we know are true and correct. If we have not perfected ourselves in controlling this tremendous mechanism our body and our mind our feelings or our passions and desires, discouragement will come. The root cause in truth comes back to us neglecting to do some things we should to help us to be in good control. I would like to share A pattern to help keep us from being discouraged. If we are to avoid discouragement.
First you must strive to Have the spirit of the lord with you.
If you can have the spirit of the Lord with you in abundance my dear friends.
If you can learn how to invite the spirit of God to be close to you and you be close to him, You will be able to chase the sprit of discouragement away. If we can strive to have the spirit of the lord with you, You will find yourself enjoying the fruits the Lord has promised.
So what are these fruits and how will they manifest in our life.
The fruits of the spirit are Love, Joy, Gentleness, Kindness, Meekness, Patience,Peace.
In Alma 5: 14-19 We learn of the end product of having the fruits of the spirit bestowed upon us.
14 And now behold, I ask of you, my brethren of the church, have ye spiritually been born of God? Have ye received his image in your countenances? Have ye experienced this mighty change in your hearts?
15 Do ye exercise faith in the redemption of him who created you? Do you look forward with an eye of faith, and view this mortal body raised in immortality, and this corruption braised in in corruption, to stand before God to be judged according to the deeds which have been done in the mortal body?
16 I say unto you, can you imagine to yourselves that ye hear the voice of the Lord, saying unto you, in that day: Come unto me ye blessed, for behold, your works have been the works of righteousness upon the face of the earth?
17 Or do ye imagine to yourselves that ye can lie unto the Lord in that day, and say—Lord, our works have been righteous works upon the face of the earth—and that he will save you?
18 Or otherwise, can ye imagine yourselves brought before the tribunal of God with your souls filled with guilt and remorse, having a remembrance of all your guilt, yea, a perfect remembrance of all your wickedness, yea, a remembrance that ye have set at defiance the commandments of God?
19 I say unto you, can ye look up to God at that day with a pure heart and clean hands? I say unto you, can you look up, having the aimage of God engraven upon your countenances?
My dear brothers and sisters as we strive to have the spirit of the lord with us in abundance we will naturally have Gods image engraven upon our countenance.
The fruits of the spirit will manifest in the way we conduct our life.
As we get older we become more free We are Free to choose if we are going to follow all of our fathers commandments.We have the choice to ask our selves Do I go to church every Sunday Do I read my scriptures Do I skip over my prayers if I am too tired.
In these are found the seeds of great hope or discouragement.
If the audience reading this is a typical group of latter-day saints About half of you did not kneel beside your bed and pray this morning.
If you did not make your first good morning to the Lord I would hope you will make a commitment now to make that change in your life.
You should always make your first good morning be to the lord.
The scriptures are full of the admonition to pray.
In 3 Nephi ch 18 vs 15- 21 The lord says 6 times in a row you must pray or Satan will get you.
In what way can Satan get you.
One of the darts Satan uses is Discouragement
Things that cause you to not believe in yourself
Or things that cause us not to pray.
Thoughts like You were never very smart, Or you are not very pretty or handsome, You will never meet that goal, You will never get your whole class to come out to church, Or I don’t have time to have family home evening.
So How do we over come this??
We do it through prayer.
Prayer has great power if you do it humbly it will cause you to be repentant.
It will cause you to draw close to the lord.
Have your life centered on prayer.
There is great power in one who will humble himself before the lord and pray to God every day many times a day.
There has been many times in my life where the Lord has answered my prayers it would seem, almost instantly. One particular time comes to my mind when we were relocating to Idaho Falls Idaho.
We rented the largest Rhyder Truck we could and we pull a 16 Ft enclosed trailer.
We had a true road train.
When you have something that big it is not wise to let your tank get below half a tank.
This story is a prime example of that.
We had reached Louisiana and I had procrastinated putting fuel in the truck.
We were on a long stretch of highway and had not seen a gas station for miles.
We were really low on fuel and began to get worried.
Finally out in the middle of no where a small town was advertised on the interstate sign.
We pulled off on a blind off ramp.
At the end of the ramp I turned right when I should have went left to get to the gas station.
We realized very quickly we were heading in the wrong direction.
We were heading out of town into what seemed like the wilderness.
Immediately we started looking for a place to turn around.
I had forgot we had alot of rain that week when I chose to cut through a large field next to a church.
As I began to cross this field I could feel the truck was slipping so I dropped it into low gear and proceeded toward the parking lot through the field.
The truck stopped about 15 ft shy of the parking lot.
We had buried this truck up to the axles in Louisiana clay.
When I hoped out of the truck to get a shovel
Immediately I had about 10 pounds of clay stuck to my shoes.
My wife in horror said What are we going to do.
I looked at her and said
Get up in the truck and Pray that we can get out of this.
She climbed up into the truck and offered up a fervent prayer.
No sooner had she 0pened her eyes from her prayer
A young man pulled up in a brand new Dodge Diesel 4wd Dually with a chain.
The Lord had answered my wifes humble prayer.
There is great power in one who will humble themselves in humble prayer.
The Lord has promised he will bear our burdens and he kept his promise that day.

2nd thing to avoid discouragement is to read your scriptures.
You should read at least 5 or ten minutes a day alone one on one with you and the Lord.
If you will do this the spirit will be with you in abundance.
Commit to read every day.
If you will take a few minutes to be alone prayerfully reading the passages. The lord will begin to speak to you through those passages and greatly bless you for having still given him some time.
There is great strength that will come to you if you do that.
You will find that as you come upon trials in your life the words of the lord will come to your mind.
In that moment when you do that you will chase away any other spirit and you will find peace.
Another way to obtain the spirit of the lord is by attending church We should always come armed with our scripture and a Pen and paper.
When you feel the spirit of the lord witness the truthfulness of something in a meeting write it down.
We are taught this principal in D&C Section 76
If Joseph smith did not do this All of the things he received would have been lost.
( Throughout my life I have written down whole talks as I have been inspired )
If you will take those things you wrote while in the spirit and Memorize it you will be able to take the things that move you inside and use them when you are feeling discouraged to chase that spirit away.
When you start to feel discouraged say it out loud if possible.
This will chase away discouragement.
3rd thing Use good music and Good magazines, Books ect. The Lords music is the hymns of the church.
There Are good romantic songs but there is also Music of the devil himself.
Do not misunderstand that Or try to discount it or call it something else.
There is music of the Devil himself.
In the 1980s Elder Gene R. Cook spent 21/2 hours on a plane McJaggar When He sat down beside him he did not recognize him right off, he introduced him self as an elder in The Church and Mc Jaggier introduced himself And Elder Cook said I am glad to meet you Mic.
Mc Jagger a little annoyed that he did not know who he was pointed to a big rolling stone magazine that he was reading. The page had wild eyed women in scantly clad dress. McJagger tapped on the magazine and said "that's me"
They began talking Elder Cook said I have a question for you.
Mcjagger said well what is it.
Elder Cook said I spend a lot of time talking with youth all around the world some of the young people say that music does not have any impact on them for good or evil But others say it really has an impact on them.
You have been in this for over 20 years I would like to know what is your opinion? Mcjagger replied and This is an exact quote.
McJagger said "Our music is calculated to drive the kids to sex".
He could see Elder Cook was taken back so he rebounded with the statement,
"But it is up to them what they do"
"It is not my fault."
"I am just earning a lot of money"
He seemed to be delighted in the fact in his mind that he was destroying the family all over the world.
Elder Cook said that he had 8 children Mc Jagger said that he had a few too but no wife. He said that he had 3 women pregnant in various parts of the world.
He said that he had been given some of the missionary discussions in England
Elder Cook did not believe him at first until he questioned him further.
After a few drinks Mcjaggar sat up and said loudly in the cabin.
Any one who believes that the book of Mormon is the word of God is a liar.
Elder cook sat there stunned and offered a silent prayer to know what to do.
Elder Cook responded you are mighty fortunate today Mic.
Mic said what do you mean?????
You are sitting next to a servant of the lord who is going to correct what you just said.
Elder Cook said I have a book of Mormon in my brief case, He took it out and set it upon his lap And said I have read this book many times and I must have missed that chapter.
I have read this book many times And if there is a chapter like that I want to see it.
Would you show me one chapter that is not the word of God.
How about one page.
How about one line
How about one word
Mic I bear testimony that you are the liar.
The book of Mormon is the word of God.
Then Elder Cook bore testimony that he would be held accountable for what he was doing to the degree of his understanding if he did not turn his life around and change his ways.
Now it is evidence today that he did not listen.
But that does not change any thing.
Because on the plane that day he lied.
About this book the Book of Mormon.
If you have miss judged music and thought it is not that bad Believe the brethren.
I bear witness There is good music in the world
When You hear the tabernacle choir singing, How do you feel??
My dear friends that is the spirit of the lord.
Unlike many of the songs out today The hymns of the church carry the spirit of the lord.
Take an inventory of the use of your time where do you spend your time how much internetm how much tv, how much time reading other books.
Soon after I was married my wife and I decided to go through our music and earthly possessions And remove anything that we thought would drive away the spirit of the Lord.
I am glad that we have made that commitment to ourselves.
The other night I had a Dream of a song I don’t even like, I have only heard the beginning of it and always change the channel.
That gave me further evidence that good and bad music becomes ingrained in our subconscious.
When we expose ourselves to Music, Pornography or any other worldly thing it becomes part of us forever it is ingrained in your subconscious to be used for good or evil by which ever spirit you choose to listen to.
Some of the songs from primary come to my mind when I am being tempted.
When I get discouraged I sing I am a child of God.
As I do this without fail I have been able to chase away the evil one and avoided discouragement each time.
4 th
Serve other people
Forget self go out and try to help someone else
Discouragement will flee you
Christ did this
This is all he seemed to want to do
I would submit to you this, You will not ever give anything to the Lord that he will not multiply a hundred fold and more back to you.
Go out and love the people
If you see someone discouraged go and put your arm around them
a friendly Smile in hallway brightens everyone's day when they see you.
If you are feeling down
Do not be hesitant to go to a worthy priesthood holder and Seek a priesthood blessing
If you do this the spirit of the lord will abide with you and discouragement will flee.
Where did Jesus seem to like to spend his time???
Poor needy down cast down trodden even with an adulteress whom he sent on her way full of hope.
When did he do it????
About all the time.
The Greatest things happened while he was on the way to a miracle.
In your life you have to respond on the way.
What did the Savior give????
He gave of himself.
Loose yourself in my service and you will find yourself
The lord wants us to gain control over our body and our minds
I pray that you will be turned more unto God.
If you want to do that go out and serve others.

The Good Samaritan
Jesus gives the parable of the smaritan to a lawyer.
A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
“And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
“And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
“But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
“And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
“And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.

“Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves?

SATAN'S MEETING:

SATAN'S MEETING:


Satan called a worldwide convention of his servants.

In his opening address he said,

We have lost the battle but we can win the war.

"We can't keep Christians from going to church."

"We can't keep them from reading their Bibles and knowing the truth."

"We can't even keep them from forming an intimate relationship with their savior."

"Once they gain that connection with Jesus, our power over them is broken."


"So let them go to their churches; let them have their covered dish
dinners, BUT steal their time, so they don't have time to develop a relationship with Jesus Christ.."

"This is what I want you to do," said the devil:

"Distract them from gaining hold of their Savior and maintaining that vital connection throughout their day!"

"Keep them busy in the non-essentials of life and invent innumerable
schemes to occupy their minds,".

"Tempt them to spend, spend, spend, and borrow, borrow, borrow."

"Persuade the wives to go to work for long hours and the husbands to work 6-7 days each week, 10-12 hours a day, so they can afford their empty lifestyles."

"Keep them from spending time with their children."

"As their families fragment, soon, their homes will offer no escape from the pressures of work!"

"Over-stimulate their minds so that they cannot hear that still, small voice."

"Entice them with the radio Tv’s I pods and mp3s.
Fill their drive, meals stores and homes with non biblical noise.

"This will jam their minds and break that union with Christ."

"Fill the coffee tables with magazines and newspapers."

"Pound their minds with the news 24 hours a day."

"Invade their drive with enticing billboards."

"Flood their mailboxes with junk mail, offering free products, services and false hopes.."


"Keep skinny, photo shopped models on the magazines and TV so young women and young men and fathers alike will believe that outward beauty is what's important.

Keep the mothers too tired from all of the demands of life.

If she is discouraged we have killed the heart of the home

"This will fragment the family quickly!"

Commercialize Christmas and Easter to distract them from teaching their children their real meaning

"Keep them busy, busy, busy!"

And we will win this fight.

The Young Zode

The Zode in the Road
Did I ever tell you about the young Zode,
Who came to two signs at the fork in the road?
One said to Place One, and the other, Place Two.
So the Zode had to make up his mind what to do.
Well…the Zode scratched his head, and his chin and his pants.
And he said to himself, “I’ll be taking a chance
If I go to Place One. Now, that place may be hot!
And so, how do I know if I’ll like it or not?
On the other hand though, I’ll be sort of a fool
If I go to Place Two and find it too cool.
In that case I may catch a chill and turn blue!
So, maybe Place One is the best, not Place Two,
But then again, what if Place One is too high?
I may catch a terrible earache and die!
So Place Two may be best! On the other hand though…
What might happen to me if Place Two is too low?
I might get some very strange pain in my toe!
So Place One may be best,” and he started to go.
Then he stopped, and he said, “On the other hand though….
On the other hand…other hand…other hand though…”
And for 36 hours and a half that poor Zode
Made starts and made stops at the fork in the road.
Saying, “Don’t take a chance. No! You may not be
right.”
Then he got an idea that was wonderfully bright!
“Play safe!” cried the Zode. “I’ll play safe. I’m no dunce!
I’ll simply start out for both places at once!”
And that’s how the Zode who would not take a chance
Got no place at all with a split in his pants

This story reminded me of a couple of scriptures.
No matter how hard you try to not make a choice eventually you will decide which master you will serve through your actions.
If we are not careful we can become like the Young Zode we will stand before the Lord and have nothing spiritually to show the Lord to account for our time here on Earth.

In Joshua 24:15
15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Doctrine & Covenants SECTION 58
26 For behold, it is not meet that I should command in all things; for he that is compelled in all things, the same is a slothful and not a wise servant; wherefore he receiveth no reward.
27 Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness;
28 For the power is in them, wherein they are agents unto themselves. And inasmuch as men do good they shall in nowise lose their reward.