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dependence of character; his manner
was easy and familiar, his rebuke ter
rible as the lion, his beneVolcnce un-
bounded as the ocean; his intelligence
universal. and his language Astounding
in original eloquence peculiar TO HIM
self-not polishcd-not studied not
smoothed and softened by education
and refined by art; but flowing In It's
own native simplicity and profuscly
abounding In variety OF sub
jects and manner. He interested
and edIned. while at the same time
he amused and entertained his audi
ence; and none listened to him that
were ever weary with his discourse l
have even known him to retain a con-
gragatlon OF willing and anxious lis
toner's for many hours together, la
the midst OF cold or sunshine. rain or
wind. while they were laughing at one
moment and weeping the next. Even
his most bitter enemies were generally
overcome, II he could get their ears.
have known him when chained and
surrounded with armed murderers and
assassIns who were heaping upon him
every possible insult and abuse. rise
UP In the majesty of II son of God and
rebuke them In the name of Jesus
Christ, till they Gualled before MIN.
dropped their weapons, and on their
knees begged his pardon and ceased
their abuse. In short, In him the char
acters of a Daniel and n Cyrus were
wonderfully blended The gifts, wis
dom and devotion of Daniel were
united with the boldneSS, courage. tenn
pcrance, perseverance and generosity OF
a Cyrus And had he been spared a
martyrs fate till mature manhood and
age he was certainly imbued with pow
ers and ability to have reVolutionizeo
the world in many respects and to have
transmitted TO posterty name asso-
ciatcd with more brilliant and glorious
acts than has yet fallen to tho lot oil
mortals. AS IL Is, his work will live
to endless ages, and unnumbere' mil.
lions vet unborn Will mention his name
with honor"
One of the latest books written re-
gard;ng the prophet claims that Joseph
Smith was an epileptic, that because oil
the ilts which he had and the delusions
OF an epileptic mind, that this gospel
has been established Read again the
testimony of Parley P. Pratt, man
who knew the prophet. Read the tcs-
timony of John Taylor in The Seer. re-
ferred to by Brother Lund Read thu
testimony of every one of his associates
who have written about him, and also
talk to those who knew him, and learn
OF his power of his strength. of his
ability, 'and then think of the absurdity
of the statement that at this day men
will write about Joseph Smith estab-
fishing this Church because he had fits,
and out of those fits the intelligence
came to work out this great kingdom
of God.
TRIBUTE OF JOSIAH QUINCY.
Josiah Quincy. author, educator. law.
yer. statesman. and philanthropist
makes the following statements in his
book entitled Figures of the Past
Remember that this man was acquaint-
ed with Gen. Lafayette and all of tho
great men of his day. Think of the
testimony that he bears to the wonder
full power of this supposed epileptic:
ut is by no means improbable thai
some future textbook, for the use OF
generations yet unborn, Will contain &
question something like this; What his
torical American of the Nineteenth cen
tury has exerted the most powerful in
nuence upon the destinies of his coun
trymen2 And 1t Is by no means i'm
possible that the answer to that inter
rogatory may be thus written; JOSEPH
Smith. the Mormon Prophet
"And the reply. absurd as it doubtleSI
seems to most men now living. may b'
an obvious commonplace to their de
scendants History deals in surprises
and paradoXes quite as startling a.
this The man who established a re
llgion in this age of free debate, wh'
was and is today accepted by hundred
of thousands as q direct emisary from
the Most High-Such a human be
Ing Is not to be disposed Of by peltlnt
his memory with unSavory eplthets
Fanatic, impoSter, charlatan, he ma,
have been. but these hard names fur
nish nc solution to the problem he pre-
sents to us. Fanatics and imposter
are living and dying every day. AM
their memory is buried with them; bu
the wonderful influence which TIN
founder OF a religion cXerted and sti
cxartS throws him into relief, not as
rogue to be criminated. but as a pho
nomenon to be explained. The mos
vital questions Americans are aSkin
each other today have to do with thu
man and what he has left us.
Joseph Smith, claiming to be an ir
splred teacher. faced adversely sue
as few men have been called to NEE
enjoyed a brief season of prospert
such as few men have ever attalnc'
and finally 43 days after L saw hin
went cheerfully to martyrs dealt
IA fine looking man." (and who eve
saw an epIleptic that was a fine looi
ing manO "is what the passer-h
would have instinctively murmIre
upon meeting the remarkable indiVidu'
who had fashioned the mould whic
was to shape the feelings of so man
thousands of his fellow mortals. Bl
Smith was more than this. and OF
could not resist the impression that ca
pacity and resource were natural
| this stalwart person. Or n
| men | have met" don't forget tho
| words and also remember that NJ
| Quincy had met many of the great me
| of our country In his day) these two
| T,lisha r Potter of Rhode Island. ar
| Joseph SMITH seemed best endowc
with that knsly faculty which direct
| as by intrinsic right, the feeble or col
| fused souls who are looking for gui'
ance. This it is just to say with cl
| phasis."
| Remember that Joseph Smith W;
one OF the two men who made Il
greatest impression upon him as po
sessing natural power of all men who
he had ever met. and yet they .wou
| like TO make us believe that this ms
worked out the great gospel OF Jes'
| Christ that you and I have embrace
because of having eplleptic fits.
| will not take the time here to re;
other tributes of Mr. Quincy to JOSEF
Smith. The prophet pointed out how
avoid the great war of the Rebellio
by selling the public lands of the cou
try and buying the slaves. as the En-
lish nation did those in East India. NJ
Quincy refers to the fact that Rail
Waldo Emerson made the same pr
posItion and that he was looked up
as being ahead of his time. And
says that II this retired scholar "
ahead of his time when he mnde II
nroposition when there were war clou
in the heavens, what will VIC say of {
Mormon prophet who made the sar
Identical propositions II years befoi