Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-16
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r,rd, VIII God De true 20 His word?
yvu Tie reveal Himself unto this mere
nov when great men, pIOus men, men OF
I.1rr.ng men OF ability men who nave
Given their lives for the service OF their
Kicker men who refused not 20 be sac
r'8rad uu0u the altar OF religious Tree
d.r had not been privileged To- hear
tba voice OF Cod much less TO look up
a ris facs2 Yes. God answered
Insanhs PRAYER. the Father and the
S.r rondescended t0 leave tnelr heaven
f., abode to come 10 this wicked earth
.,1 yI.r am obscure farmers boy ln
fha state of New York. IN the spring OF
NoV why was Joseph Smith thus
privileged above all other men 20.
vbare do we read In Holy Writ that
both the Father and the Son appeared
together unto any OF the chudTeh Oh
men. To Latter-day saints is me iea-
SON obvious. Joseph was one OF those
great and noble spirits shown by the
Lord 90 Abraham, our father. when ne
was permitted to gaze upon the panor-
anna OF this worlds creation ana upon
the distant vista as they were uh-
rolled before his wondering eyes
abraham saw my day said the saw
for TO the incredulous Jews and was
glad" Did he not see also the day IN
which we live? Did he not see Joseph
the Prophet. with the host OF mighty
mon and women. who were held In re-
serve In the spirit world. 20 come torth
I'M the latter days. 10 work again IN
the vineyard Of the Lord, to plant, wa
Ter. trim and finally gather fruit most
accountable unto the Lord, fruit worthy
of eternal life?
After this appearing to youthful
Joseph. and answering to his question,
which OF an the sects In the world Is
the true Church. by saying that none OF
them was right In His sight, that they
were all corrupt. that they taught Tor
doctrine the commandments OF men,
the Lord commanded him 20 join none
of them. but promised him that the time
would come when His Church would
be established again. In 1923, three years
after this glorious event Joseph was
again visited, this time, by an angel
who came 20 fulfil. IN part at least
the promise OF the Lord The angel
Noroni showed him the plates contalh'
ing the Book of Mormon, which is the
fullness OF the Gospel; and four years
later To- 1927. the same angel Moron
gave him those plates, al0rg Witht me
means 90 translate the writing engraved
thereon A scribe oliver CoWdery, was
provided by the Lord, for the mex,
parienced and unearned Joseph, ana
thus equipped the boy Prophet went 10
Inc work OF translating the Nephite
record The Book OF Mormon Will yet
In the sling Of Joseph prove TO be me
stone that viii PROSTATE the Goliath
form OF modern Babylon, that mother
OF iniQuity for q is the pure Gospel oil
Jesus Christ. nothing added thereto
nothing taken away thercfrom. II
makes the simple wise II opens the
ewes OF those who were blind In spirit
ual matters and those who receive II
with an honest heart, and follow the
iron rod will finally pluck from the
tree OF life that fruit which Is most de-
liclous. and most precious 20 the SOUL
Now at the age of twenty-tour, pos
sessing a record of truth the Book Of
Mormon. having also the Trim and
Tbummlm by which he could obtain
revelations from the Lord having seen
God the Father, and the Son. what
would seem more natural than thai
Joseph Smith would go 10 work, pro-
claim the Gospel build up a Church,
and rut himself on record as a most
remarkable man, seeing that he had re-
ceived such manifestations from on
hich? But not so; Joseph was mot