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Letting Go of the World: It is Time to “Sell the Summer Cottage in Babylon”

Mary Ellen Edmunds

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This address was given Thursday, April 30, 2009, at the BYU Women’s Conference

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TAKE TIME TO BE HOLY

The summers I was sixteen and seventeen I worked at Zion National Park. I loved this park long

before I had much understanding of what the concept of Zion actually meant. Or Babylon either. (I

think my brother worked there—or was it the Grand Canyon?)

Once upon a time there was a fair maiden who divided her time and her heart between Zion and

Babylon. Don’t get any ideas that this was easy for her. She began to notice that it was increasingly

difficult to adjust back to Zion after her worldly adventures in Babylon. She started out at around

90 percent for Zion, 10 percent for Babylon. Zion in the lead. But oh, there were such tempting,

intoxicating, addicting things in Babylon! She crept towards 80/20, and eventually to 70/30.

Babylon was gaining. She was spending more of her time and other resources there.

This realization made her feel dizzy for a few minutes.

If we’re not building Zion—God’s Kingdom—we’re supporting Babylon! As President Brigham

Young said: “All Latter-day Saints enter the new and everlasting covenant when they enter this

Church. They covenant to cease sustaining, upholding and cherishing the kingdom of the Devil and

the kingdoms of this world. They enter the new and everlasting covenant to sustain the Kingdom of

God and no other kingdom. They take a vow of the most solemn kind, before the heavens and earth

. . . that they will sustain truth and righteousness instead of wickedness and falsehood, and build up

the Kingdom of God, instead of the kingdoms of this world.”

And Joseph Smith said: “The building up of Zion is a cause that has interested the people of God in

every age; it is a theme upon which prophets, priests and kings have dwelt with peculiar delight;

they have looked forward with joyful anticipation to the day in which we live; and fired with

heavenly and joyful anticipations they have sung and written and prophesied of this our day.”

also said, “Show me a man or woman who has the spirit of the Gospel within them, and I will show

you a man or woman whose greatest desire is to build up the kingdom of God upon the earth.”

The fair maiden found herself looking forward more to Babylon adventures than to her days in the

company of Saints and even her family.

Elder Neal A. Maxwell said: “Like the prodigal son, we too can go to ‘a far country.’ . . . The

distance . . . is not to be measured by miles, but by how far our hearts and minds are from Jesus!

(See Mosiah 5:13).”

Once she heard a choir sing:

Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love;

Here’s my heart, O take and seal it; Seal it for thy courts above.

And she paused, pondering that, and felt sad. She found that the more she ignored her conscience—

the discomfort in her soul—the less she could hear and feel the still small voice. When she was

alone and quiet, this bothered her. But out with the crowd, any discomfort got crowded out.

As Elder Richard G. Scott has said, “When things of the world crowd in, all too often the wrong

things take highest priority. Then it is easy to forget the fundamental purpose of life.”

Thank goodness this fairy tale has a happy ending.

It took time and hard work, but the fair maiden eventually realized that Babylon was counterfeit—

and destructive. What she wanted most was Zion: Happiness, peace, safety, a clear conscience, and

sweet, real relationships with her family and friends, and with God.

WHAT’S SO BAD ABOUT BABYLON?

I imagine the sign at the edge of a dangerous town: “Welcome to Babylon—stay a while and you’ll

stay forever!”

Elder Bruce R. McConkie wrote: “Everything connected with [Babylon] was in opposition to all

righteousness and had the effect of leading men downward to the destruction of their souls.”

It has

become the symbol of the wickedness and evils of the world.

President Spencer W. Kimball once said: “Unfortunately we live in a world that largely rejects the

values of Zion. Babylon has not and never will comprehend Zion. . . . This state of affairs stands in

marked contrast to the Zion the Lord seeks to establish through his covenant people.”

We are commanded to flee from Babylon. In fact, the Lord will not spare anyone who remains in

spiritual Babylon. In an Ensign article, Stephen E. Robinson wrote that one of the major

characteristics of the great and abominable church described in The Book of Mormon is that it

seeks wealth and luxury.

“[The] great and spacious building matches the characteristics of the

church of the devil; the artificial structure without foundation represents the carnal world, and its

values and life-style include mockery of the kingdom of God.”

Listen to the warning Nephi gives based on his father Lehi’s dream:

“And great was the multitude that did enter into that strange building. . . . They did point the finger

of scorn at me and those that were partaking of the fruit also; but we heeded them not. . . . For as

many as heeded them, had fallen away” (1 Nephi 8:33–34, emphasis added).

Ouch! Sadly—tragically—some who had partaken of the fruit did heed the mocking and the

pointing. They acted as if they were ashamed, and they fell away into forbidden paths and were

lost.

Do we heed them? Oh, I hope not!

Have we sometimes joined in the scoffing, the mocking, the gossip, the pointing of fingers? Could

it even happen that some would scoff at a Relief Society general president for teaching what she

was prompted to share?

Or has anyone ever pointed the finger at you, telling you you’re far too religious, too obedient, too

naïve?

Some are mocked because they try to keep the Sabbath day holy, or dress modestly, or avoid

certain movies or so many other things. Have you ever felt ashamed of sacred clothing to the point

where you had to tuck or pin or even remove it so you could wear something considered

fashionable by the dwellers in that spacious building?

Elder Neal A. Maxwell said: “While casual members are not unrighteous, they often avoid

appearing to be too righteous by seeming less committed than they really are—an ironic form of

hypocrisy. . . . In contrast, those sincerely striving for greater consecration neither cast off their

commitments nor the holy garment.”

It’s a dangerous thing to try to divide our loyalties, isn’t it? No one can serve two masters. There’s

only room for one—either God or someone or something else. We choose.

Well, what’s so bad about just having a summer cottage in Babylon? For one thing, where is

Babylon (or Zion) located? Right here, in our hearts. As the fair maiden learned, there was no way

she could develop a pure heart or feel peace with that cottage taking up so much space.

What’s so bad about Babylon? Everything!

THEN WHAT IS SO GOOD ABOUT ZION?

Zion is a place of holiness and beauty. Zion is the pure in heart in any day, any time, any place.

President Spencer W. Kimball taught: “Zion can be built up only among those who are the pure in

heart, not a people torn by covetousness or greed. . . . [Zion is] not a people who are pure in

appearance, rather a people who are pure in heart.”

What does it mean to be pure in heart? In part, it means to be free from that which dilutes, harms,

weakens, or pollutes. To be pure is to be real, genuine.

The people of Zion are described as being of one heart and one mind. They dwell in righteousness,

and there are no poor among them—imagine that!

Elder D. Todd Christofferson, of the Quorum of the Twelve, said: “Throughout history, the Lord

has measured societies and individuals by how well they cared for the poor. He has said: ‘For the

earth is full, and there is enough and to spare; yea, I prepared all things, and have given unto the

children of men to be agents unto themselves. Therefore, if any man shall take of the abundance

which I have made, and impart not his portion, according to the law of my gospel, unto the poor

and the needy, he shall, with the wicked, lift up his eyes in hell, being in torment’ (D&C 104:17–

18; see also D&C 56:16–17). . . . We control the disposition of our means and resources, but we

account to God for [our] stewardship over earthly things.”

There are so many ways to be poor. Are we doing all we can to reach out to those in need, those

who are poor?

From the Doctrine and Covenants, Section 56, verse 16, “Wo unto you rich men, that will not give

your substance to the poor, for your riches will canker your souls; and this shall be your

lamentation in the day of visitation, and of judgment, and of indignation: The harvest is past, the

summer is ended, and my soul is not saved!” The beautiful words of the hymn “Because I Have

Been Given Much”

teach us what God wants us to learn about sharing with those in need.

Zion is a place of holiness and beauty, and the Lord Himself is the founder and sustainer of Zion.

Elder Bruce R. McConkie taught: “Zion is people. . . . Zion is those out of whose souls dross and

evil have been burned as though by fire . . . so as to stand pure and clean before the Lord. Zion is

those who keep the commandments of God.”

What’s so good about Zion? Everything!

HOW IS BABYLON DIFFERENT FROM ZION?

Babylon is the antithesis of the city of Zion, the city of God. It’s the exact opposite of all that is

good, pure, and holy. It is as dark as Zion is light.

Babylon embodies the love of money, the bondage of perpetual debt and never having enough, of

conspicuous consumption, sin, entitlements, the demand for instant gratification—and any

addiction. I think those in Babylon seldom if ever have a feeling of contentment or tranquil

happiness. Wouldn’t we hate missing that?

As Elder Christofferson has said: “We might ask ourselves, living as many of us do in societies that

worship possessions and pleasures, whether we are remaining aloof from covetousness and the lust

to acquire more and more of this world’s goods. Materialism is just one more manifestation of the

idolatry and pride that characterize Babylon. Perhaps we can learn to be content with what is

sufficient for our needs.”

Babylon is bondage, and even with all its present popularity, it is temporary; it will fall. Zion is true

freedom and is eternal. The Lord calls us to come to Zion:

Israel, Israel, God is calling, Calling thee from lands of woe.

Babylon the great is falling; God shall all her tow’rs o’erthrow. . . .

Come to Zion, come to Zion, And within her walls rejoice. . . .

Come to Zion, come to Zion, For your coming Lord is nigh.

WHAT DO WE MEAN BY “BEING IN THE WORLD”?

This is where we were sent to spend our mortality—this is our home now. It’s part of our

education; where important lessons will be learned, where we’ll gain experience and make critical

choices. We separate ourselves from worldly influences, but not from the world we live in. We

can’t let our light so shine if we isolate ourselves from our fellow travelers. We can make positive

contributions to our family, to the community, and to our neighbors by the way we live, the way we

treat others. We can create Zion in our hearts and homes. We can make the world a better place.

“And blessed are they who shall seek to bring forth my Zion at that day, for they shall have the gift

and the power of the Holy Ghost; and if they endure unto the end they shall be lifted up at the last

day, and shall be saved in the everlasting kingdom of the Lamb” (1 Nephi 13:37).

Elder Quentin L. Cook wrote: “After finishing my education at Stanford Law School, I sought

employment at a particular law firm. No members of the Church were associated with the firm, but

the firm was made up of lawyers of character and ability. After a morning of interviews, the senior

partner and two other partners invited me to lunch. The senior partner inquired if I would like a

prelunch alcoholic drink and later if I would like wine. In both cases, I declined. The second time, I

informed him that I was an active Latter-day Saint and did not drink alcoholic beverages. I received

an offer of employment from the firm. A few months later, the senior partner told me the offer of

the alcoholic beverages was a test. He noted that my résumé made it clear that I had served an LDS

mission. He had determined that he would hire me only if I was true to the teachings of my own

church. He considered it a significant matter of character and integrity.”

You’ve heard stories or possibly had experiences like this. Elder Cook’s boss was right, wasn’t

he—it is a significant matter of character and integrity that we live what we believe. It was likely

many such experiences and choices which prepared Elder Cook to become an Apostle.

Our righteousness and our striving to be a little better when we’re already pretty good can shine a

bright light for others. President Spencer W. Kimball has taught: “Zion is to be in the world and not

of the world, not dulled by a sense of carnal security, nor paralyzed by materialism. No, Zion . . .

[is] things that exalt the mind and sanctify the heart.”

WHAT DO WE MEAN BY NOT BEING “OF THE WORLD”?

The Lord said, “My kingdom is not of this world” (John 18:36), and, “Love not the world, neither

the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For

all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of

the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth

the will of God abideth for ever” (1 John 2:15–17).

Babylon will fall! It will be destroyed!

Elder David R. Stone of the Seventy wrote, “sensuality, corruption, and decadence, and the

worshipping of false gods are to be seen in many cities, great and small, scattered across the globe.

. . . Too many of the people of the world have come to resemble the Babylon of old.”

By the way,

I’m not classifying all who are Latter-day Saints as perfect and those who aren’t as imperfect—

that’s just not true. I’m just talking to those of us who know better.

Stephen E. Robinson has also written: “Individual orientation to the Church of the Lamb or to the

great and abominable church is not by membership but by loyalty. Just as there are Latter-day

Saints who belong to the great and abominable church because of their loyalty to Satan and his life-

style, so there are members of other churches who belong to the Lamb because of their loyalty to

him and his life-style. Membership is based more on who has your heart than on who has your

records.”

WHAT DO WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN?

What does a parent teach who chooses to spend $2,000 per season on clothing for a pre-toddler? Or

$17,000 on a birthday party for a ten-year-old? Are we teaching them that what they own and what

they wear and how much stuff they have is more important than who they are?

Children who have been given too much, who have been overindulged, grow up to be adults who

have difficulty coping with life’s disappointments. As one family therapist has said: “We are

training our children to become workaholics . . . in order to compete in the global economy. And

parenting has become a competitive sport, with the trophies going to the busiest.”

What do we teach our children when we hold on to the “summer cottage in Babylon” in spite of all

we say about the importance of Zion?

Do you remember the story Elder Robert D. Hales shared in his April 2009 general conference

message about living providently? He said: “Our wedding anniversary was approaching, and I

wanted to buy Mary a fancy coat to show my love and appreciation. . . . When I asked what she

thought of the coat I had in mind, she replied with words that . . . penetrated my heart and mind.

‘Where would I wear it?’ . . . Then she taught me an unforgettable lesson. She looked me in the

eyes and sweetly asked, ‘Are you buying this for me or for you?’ In other words, she was asking,

‘Is the purpose of this gift to show your love for me or to show me that you are a good provider or

to prove something to the world?’ I pondered her question and realized I was thinking less about

her and our family and more about me.”

Have we made the mistake of starting our children on the road of striving to have more and better

than everyone else? Are we convincing them that they can and should have anything they want

right now? Are they missing the critical lesson of saving, of waiting—and of realizing that there are

some things they just cannot have or cannot do?

Elder Hales told of another lesson from his wife when he wanted to buy her a beautiful dress. She

simply said “We can’t afford it.” He said: “Those words went straight to my heart. I have learned

that the three most loving words are ‘I love you,’ and the four most caring words for those we love

are ‘We can’t afford it.’”

What do children learn if they don’t realize this—that there are some things you just cannot afford?

What do they learn if they never have to work for anything—not for clothing, shoes, make-up,

piano lessons; not for a cell phone, or the use of a car—what do they learn? Do they learn there is

something for nothing? That’s a pretty dangerous lesson.

President Gordon B. Hinckley wrote in the Liahona: “We live in a season when fierce men do

terrible and despicable things. We live in a season of war. We live in a season of arrogance. We

live in a season of wickedness, pornography, immorality. All of the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah

haunt our society. Our young people have never faced a greater challenge. We have never seen

more clearly the lecherous face of evil.”

I think Babylon is intent on pulling families apart. This is cause for extreme concern. The family is

meant to be eternal, but Babylon isn’t. Babylon is the city of the world; Zion is the city of God.

Where do you want to live? Where do you want to raise your family?

The way we spend our time and our money is an indication of the kind of life and world we want.

Where do you want to be when Jesus comes again?—for He surely will come!

Maybe we need a filter around our home, our Zion in the midst of Babylon. Work together to make

your home a place of goodness, a place of holiness, a place of peace, a place of refuge and

protection, a Zion.

Has your home been dedicated? Is this something that would make a difference for you? (It

certainly has for me.) Just so you know, the summer home in Babylon can never be dedicated—that

alone should make us want to get rid of it.

So what do we teach our children? Hopefully we teach them truth. We help our children learn to

make wise choices. We help them feel and recognize the Spirit.

Trust your common sense. Be an example! Live a simple life, a compassionate life, be kind, be

patient, take care of other people. Be useful, delay gratification, don’t be greedy. Be grateful and

content.

HOW DO I EVALUATE HOW I’M DOING?

A poet said: “The world is too much with us.”

Is that too close to the truth in my life or yours? Is

my heart set too much on the things of this world, and not enough on the things of Zion? Are peace,

safety, and holiness being squeezed out? It’s so noisy in Babylon!

Are there too many things about which we’ve said “Oh, that’s no big deal.” But does this attitude

include things which are a big deal? Are there things in my life or yours which make us

uncomfortable? Am I too easily caught up—trapped—in the noise, the rush, the glamour, the

enticements of the world, of Babylon? Is my total allegiance to the Kingdom of God? Or just part

of it? Just sometimes? Am I too easily distracted? Pulled away from spiritual nourishment?

Elder Richard G. Scott taught us: “Satan has a powerful tool to use against good people. It is

distraction. He would have good people fill life with ‘good things’ so there is no room for the

essential ones. Have you unconsciously been caught in that trap?”

Elder Neal A. Maxwell said:

“Many individuals preoccupied by the cares of the world are not necessarily in transgression. But

they certainly are in diversion and thus waste ‘the days of [their] probation’ (2 Ne. 9:27). . . . Some

proudly live ‘without God in the world’ (Alma 41:11).”

Do I live without God too much of the

time? Am I making too many compromises . . . Doing too much rationalizing?

Elder Maxwell also reminded us that “the tugs and pulls of the world are powerful. Worldly

lifestyles are cleverly reinforced by the rationalization, ‘Everybody is doing it.’”

Do I lack gratitude? What is it that’s difficult for me to let go of in the world, in Babylon?

Has Zion sometimes become a tiny three-hour island on Sunday, surrounded by the rest of the week

in Babylon? Elder Maxwell again: “God’s plan is not the plan of pleasure; it is the ‘plan of

happiness.’”

There used to be a Distant Early Warning system in the far north to detect incoming Soviet

bombers during the Cold War. It was called the D-E-W Line. Maybe the Holy Ghost can help us

have a “D-E-W Line” (a Sheri Dew line?) to warn us of incoming danger of any kind. “Incoming!

Incoming!”

Sooner or later (hopefully not too late) we will discover that every single thing the Lord has asked

of us has been designed to bless us—to protect us—to make us good, to make us happy, to make us

holy.

Brigham Young taught the Saints: “We have the promise, if we seek first the kingdom of God and

its righteousness, that all necessary things will be added to us. We should not be distrustful, but

seek first to know how to please our Father and God—seek to know how to save ourselves from the

errors that are in the world, from darkness and unbelief, from the vain and delusive spirits that go

abroad among the children of men to deceive, and learn how to save and preserve ourselves upon

the earth to preach the Gospel, build up the kingdom, and establish the Zion of our God. Then there

is not the least danger, and there should not be the least doubt but what everything necessary for the

comfort, convenience, happiness, and salvation of the people will be added to them.”

Let’s examine our hearts, our habits, our choices. What is it we love most? What would we give up

in order to come closer to God, to know Him?

As Elder Maxwell taught, “Personal righteousness, worship, prayer, and scripture study are so

crucial in order to ‘[put] off the natural man’ (Mosiah 3:19).”

One strong impression that came to me was to keep the Sabbath day holy. I’m convinced this can

provide for us an oasis—a rest, a break, from all that we’re bombarded with through the week. And

oh, the temple—if there was ever a place which shows the difference between Babylon and Zion,

this holy place, this refuge, this House of God, is that place! Even if you just go sit in the foyer for

a while and “leave the world outside”!

TAKE TIME TO BE HOLY

Elder D. Todd Christofferson wrote: “To come to Zion, it is not enough for you or me to be

somewhat less wicked than others. We are to become not only good but holy men and women.”

Take time to be holy, to free yourself from the world and the strong and alluring influences which

are all around you. Doctrine and Covenants 25:10 says, “And verily I say unto thee that thou shalt

lay aside the things of this world, and seek for the things of a better.”

Thanks to you for seeking the things of a better world. Thank you for your goodness, your

holiness—for the difference you make and the lights you shine in a world that is increasingly dark

and frightening. We can only become holy through the Atonement—through coming unto Christ.

“Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy” (Leviticus 19:2). I love the Protestant hymn

“Take Time to Be Holy,” written in 1882:

Take time to be holy, speak oft with thy Lord;

Abide in Him always, and feed on His Word.

Make friends of God’s children, help those who are weak,

Forgetting in nothing His blessing to seek.

Take time to be holy, the world rushes on;

Spend much time in secret, with Jesus alone.

By looking to Jesus, like Him thou shalt be;

Thy friends in thy conduct His likeness shall see.

Take time to be holy, let Him be thy Guide;

And run not before Him, whatever betide.

In joy or in sorrow, still follow the Lord,

And, looking to Jesus, still trust in His Word.

Take time to be holy, be calm in thy soul,

Each thought and each motive beneath His control.

Thus led by His Spirit to fountains of love,

Thou soon shalt be fitted for service above.

Take time for personal spiritual refreshment and renewal. Will it be Zion, or will it be Babylon?

Think of the implications of our exercise of agency as we are daily pulled between Zion and

Babylon, and choose Zion!

Our center, our spirits, seek the safety, peace, and blessings of Zion. We can live as a Zion person,

family, and people if we really want to. God will help us if this is truly the desire of our hearts.

Take time to be holy.

Take time to find peace.

Slow down.

Come home.

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Latter-day Saints, 1997), 62–63.

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