Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-11
AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION.
10 Madison street, Ithaca. NJ y.

'16 Madison Street, Ithaca n, v,
July ?. 1904.
president Joseph +. Smith
Dear Uncle--I have just learned
from the News that you are going to
erect a monumtnt 70 the memory Of
your father and the Prophet Joseph. |
have heard nothing concerning the way
In which this monument IL TO be paid
for but ! suggest that every indiyld-
ual whether man. woman or child, that
believes in the divinity of the mission
OF these two great men. be given an
opportunity to contribute something 10
The funds that viii be required That
monument Is most valuable In which
people are most Interested and II all
the people contribute something they
VIII be more interested than they can
be otherwise | do not wish to see the
funds ground out Of the people, nor all
OF the necessary money, raised by con-
tributlons. In fact, ! would prefer TO
see a limit fixed for the largest allow
able contribution from one person, but
] am anxious 10 see every one given a
chance 10 contribute something
u shall never forget with what pride
and pleasure ! contributed five cents
toward furnishing the Manti Temple.
II every soul that believes IN the diyln-
ity Of these men would give something
10 assist in erecting this monument.
and careful record should be kept OF
the number OF persons who made con-
trihutions. you would have one Of the
greatest monuments In the world For
It is certainly the interest In the mon
ument that makes II OF value A GER
tflcate containing the name OF the
donor might be given to each contrlbu-
Tor.
VERY affectlonatey yours
RICHARD r. LYMAN"
The writer OF the foregoing letter Is a
con OF President Francis NJ. Lyman, IL
now completing his collegiate course IN
civil engineering, and Is well known
and highly esteemed IN Utah. His sug-
gestlon we regard as opportune and
worthy Of general consideration. No
movement OF a material character has
so taken hold OF the good feelings OF
the Latter-day Saints I'm recent times
as that 10 build monument TO the
memory OF the Prophet and Patriarch
OF this dispensation, who were martyr
ed for the word of the Lord. and the
testimony Of Jesus Christ. Not but
that they viii ever live in the hearts
OF the Saints, and that their works
have raised monument before the
heavens and the earth that win
last through the eternal ages. Yet IL is
hitting that, among the statues built by
men In honor OF the worlds great ones
such a memorial as that now contem-
plated should be erected, as an ndca-
ton Of our appreciation OF the noble
character and splendid achievements Of
the brothers who lived and loved to-
gether through the troublous years Of
the founding OF the latter-day dispen-
sation, and who In a martyrs death
We're not divided,
We hope the committee having this
matter in hand viii soon find It con-
yenient to formulate measures by
which all the followers Of Joseph and
Hyrum Smith, win be afforded an OBJ
portunlty to contribute towards the
building Of the monument to their
memory, and that the work will be as
worthy AS material elements and hui
man skin can make It, OF the men who
were chosen o. God. and Of the cause
they represented. We are sure that
when the call shall come there win be a
cheerful and general response through
out every stake, and ward and branch
of the Church in all the world.