Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-23

Ne name today y M''''' H.,
a'a 's. + n hundreds Of ihousap . ,,.n lo
ration I''.,.1 =, he greatest Prophet VINO
r' chit, d , he sarn with The ea1op-
r I, = I'D 's,' and he Reaecm'r q IN, 1no
:, '., \ I Il counties, numbers q 'ne n ro
y'I'a ,,S n ,I h i viewed either as a re,
,,n ,,n sssi Il T deceived By bis own
rrss':.oiss and thus deceI'lns O'1 'sat
I Ias' 81 q ths greatest imposlorS l l,
% '',' 'ss,srs5 anong mon This ful'' "
s''' s .,'a'e,,on made to him as ne
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y. .s,lblv mission, that bis name
y sSsuN b known for good or e'''
throughout the world
4, o0 sunday, the end inst. sery''e I,
~. !, ssla throughout lhe Church o.
XXI. ebr,at Of I.atter-day Saints III
s sss,r Il his great man, They cannot
"A d have good erect particularly !,
~" j. 7, M minds Of the young people OF
NJ church. The arguments advanced
X. ,sc,s related and the testimonies
t " iorned strong array Of ey'-
sspse cstablIshIus the divinity Of the
ras,,su Il the Prophet Joseph Smith
NJ Ourtiy Of his motives, the greatness
4 NJ character, and the completeness
4 Nh work which was sealed with DIS
ounblood as a martyr to the truth
These commemorative services should
n aeld annually as near as possible to
me- day Of Me birth Whatever an up-
Believing world may think Of the HE
Az latcrs Of this notable parsonage IN
ne most notable Of centuries Il must
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be conceded that the work he performed
has had q great erect upon we ie''h-
lous thought Of the period, Doctrines,
whRA he advanced from 1880 to 1874
end which we're then rldIcaled and de-
ildei and denounced as heresles' are
row beld by many thousands OF pro-
iessed Christians who 40 mol pelleYe "
the divinity Of his mission, and taught
BY preachers Of different denomina-
tlous which reject him as a Prophet.
A great and growing ecclesiastical sys-
ten has been established upon the
foundations which he laid and on the
which he marked down, II is rec
uGnlsca everywhere as a masterpiece
n Organization.
The Book Of Mormon which he, when
an upletIered youth, translated by the
SIT and power Of God from reformed
Egyptian hleroglyphlcs into the Eng
llsh language, has been printed and
published IN many tongues, and offers
The only consistent explanation Of the
ANTIQUITIES Of this western continent
Discoveries Of ruins and relics IN dlf-
feent parts Of America, harmonize
with the theory Of that record, and the
doctrines which Il contains agree with
'auSe Of the Bible and proclaim the
divinity q Jesus Of Nazareth as the
BON Of God, the Creator Of the world,
'the very Eternal Father of heaven
and earth Every attempt to account
lor this volume on the basis Of an
imposIure has sgnally failed, and the
"oiK IS puzzle to those who do not
accept i IN the light in which 1t IS
presented TO believers in the mis-
slop q the Prophet Joseph Smith. Il
va treasure Of knowledge both his
'Qrlcal ana theological.
Inc influence welded by Joseph
snilIn during the few years Of his
earthly ministry IS also something
amazing It not only reused to en-
Auslasm the followers who gathered
Ground him while he lived, and fol-
'u"ea DIS fortunes wherever he went
ready to lay down their lives for him
ana to suffer all kinds OF persecution
for the faith which they had in Tho
principles he advanced, but II continue.
y we present time with equal If not
greater force and belief in his divine
mission and in the truths which he
advocated has drawn together in thes,
mountain valleys many thousands Of
earnest honest souls, who have moi
me shadow of a doubt as to his pro.
pne'l' calling These are not mere
,sl'sl0us fanatics holding to wild theo.
res and mystical speculatlons, but
Industrious and thrifty class
wpo believe in manifastlng their fatt,
py their works and who are bulldhl
up a commonwealth that bids fair to-, 70 5.
9 pattern to other states in this re-
I Public and indeed to an the world. The,
public and indeed to all the world.
~ lAsy are moi perfect by any means
They are but human beings snhIsc
!. !, me Ne same weaknesses and falling
as a., their fellows But it is a fact '' tba
when when they follow the teachings AM an.
s CIV, sf their departed Prophet an,
3, seer rep, REPEATED by his successors in Of
re- aae. hey Offer to mankind an ez
ample Of faith. fortlmdc So,.s ~
t ~. ~, chastity purity Of ma
Is Is, re ~Du ~ ac' and unity tha