This is a joyful religion, one of hope, strength, and deliverance.I still rejoice in the wonderful spirit we felt as we sang together this morning: Now let us rejoice in the day of salvation. No longer as strangers on earth need we roam. Good tidings are sounding to us and each nation. (“Now Let Us Rejoice,” Hymns, no. 3) These words by Brother William W. Phelps are quite a contrast to the world’s tendency to focus on bad news. It is true, we live in a time foretold in the scriptures as a day of “wars, rumors of wars, and...