w h e re th e y m a y co n tin u e t o “ p r o g r e s s ,” b e a r ch ild re n , e tc. T h e r e fo r e , th e M o rm o n s fe e l th a t g e n e a lo g y w o rk , som e tim e s sp ok en o f as th e m o s t im p o r ta n t w o r k in all th e w o r ld , is a m ea n s o f p r o v id in g f o r th e ir a n ce s to rs w h o n e v e r k n ew o f M o rm o n ism . T h e v a u lt is a n a tu ra l r e s u lt o f su ch a co n ce p t. A s w e w a lk ed th r o u g h th e m a ze o f ca v e rn s o f th e su p p o se d ly a lm o s t im p re g n a b le m o u n ta in o f so lid g r a n ite th a t th e M o rm o n s h a d m a d e, and h e a rd th e ir cla im s th a t it co u ld w ith s ta n d n o t o n ly a d ir e c t h it fr o m a 2 0 -m e g a to n b om b , o r even a n y c o n ce iv a b le n a tu ra l p h e n om e n o n , w e co u ld n o t h e lp b u t w o n d e r i f m a n w a s n o t a g a in ch a lle n g in g th e p r o v i d e n ce o f G od w ith h is in s u b o rd in a tio n . W e a r e fo r c e d t o co n clu d e th a t G od is still in co n tro l. W e w e r e a g a in r e m i n d e d o f th e re b u k e c o n c e r n in g g e n e a lo g ie s (w h ic h a r e a n e c e s s ity i f M o rm o n t h e o lo g y is tr u e— an d th e p u rp o s e o f th e v a u lt) as g iv e n b y P a u l th e A p o s tle w h e n h e s p o k e o f “ en d less g e n e a lo g ie s w h ic h m in is te r q u e s tio n s , r a th e r th a n g o d l y e d ify in g . . .” ( I T im . 1 : 4 ) an d “ a v o id fo o lis h q u e s tio n s an d g e n e a lo g ie s . . . .fo r t h e y a re u n p ro fita b le and v a in . . . ” (T it u s 3 : 9 ) . M an , d e s p ite p la in w a r n in g s fr o m G od , is still t r y in g t o l i f t h im s e lf b y h is ow n b o o ts tra p s . In ste a d o f a llow in g G od to sa ve h im , m an is a ttem p t in g t o s a v e h im s e lf. W h a t a p it y — w h e n G o d h a s p r o v id e d the w a y — m an in s is ts on m a k in g su ch e ffo r ts t o p r o v id e h is ow n m e th o d s a n d t o fo llo w h is ow n sch em es. A s I w a lk e d th r o u g h th e m a ze o f u n d e rg ro u n d c o r r id o r s and lis te n e d t o th e g u id e as h e d e s crib e d th e v a u lt t o a g r o u p o f m isle d fo l low e rs , I w a n te d t o sh ou t, “ J e su s sa id , I am th e w a y . . . an d n o m an com e th u n to th e F a th e r b u t b y M e .” I w a n te d to h e a r “ C om e e v e r y sou l b y s in o p p re sse d , T h e r e ’s m e r c y w ith th e Lord . . . O n ly tr u s t Him, O n ly tr u s t Him n o w . . . ” b o u n d in g th ro u g h th a t h o llow m o u n ta in . *Used by permission THANK GOD FOR WORK Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that must be done, whether you like it or not. Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance, self-control, dili gence, strength of will, contentment, and a hundred virtues that the idle will never know. —Charles Kingsley
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