The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-04-01
DUNBAR ROBINSON CAMPBELL COMPANY

angels and of the gospeI OF repentance
and baptism by immersion for the re
mission OF sins. This priesthood shall
never be taken from the earth again
until the sons of Levi shall offer un.
to me sacrifice in righteous" Was
this imagination? Was this an appar-
ition? Not much.
want to impress upon the minds
of the mutual Improvement workers
that God is real. We read in the book
of Doctrine and Covenants, that God
is a parsonage of flesh and bones, as
tangible as man. Jesus Christ Is. a
parsonage of flesh and bones as tan
gible as His Father, and as tangible
as man; and John the Baptist, the
messenger of the Father and of the
Son was in the likeness of God and
Of Jesus Christ You cannot sterilize
John the Baptist away; you cannot
the Father and the Son.
Another messenger was sent to the
Prophet Joseph Smith and he be-
came familiar with Joseph Smith, talk
ing with him from time to time, and
visiting him four years in succession,
each time impressing upon his mind
the nature Of his mission and calling,
to lay the foundation of Gods work
and church on the earth, that should
never again cease. never again be
left to another people, and this mes
senger also delivered into the hands
of the Prophet Joseph Smith the gold.
en- plates from which the Book of
Mormon was translated. Now, this
angel was not spirit, but he was
Moroni, one of the ancient prophets,
resurrected from the dead, and had
his resurrected body just as tangible
as Christ, and just as tangible as God
You cannot sterilize these things
away; but you can teach them to your
children. They are true, and upon
these truths hangs the plan of life
and salvation. And IL these things
are not true. then Christ's mission ia
not true, and the doctrines He taught
are not true, for the same doctrine
that Jesus Christ taught was also
taught by Joseph Smith. Now, regard
ing the plates from which the Book
of Mormon was translated. Were they
only sterilistic, Well, they were never
weighed, do not think. But we nave
the testimony of living witnesses, who
lived at the time, who testified ano
their testimony is in print that thoss
plates would weigh about fifty hounds
We have the testimony of OF eel
Cowdery, of David Whitmer, and Mar
tin Harris that those plates were no
mythical; they were not imaginary
plates; they were real. They wer,
plates that had been molten out o.
gold, probably with some alloy II
them to make them more enduring
and harder than If they were tn,
pure gold. But they were real plates
and they had been engraved by tn,
hand of man, and Joseph Smith wal
: given power to translate them through
| the Trim Thummin, and by the pow
; er of God. These men testify tina
= they saw these plates. and therefor
5 they left their testimony with tn
, world. Who will say that they wer
!. myths? Or imagination? The Prophe
4 Joseph Smith never imagined that h
A saw those plates, that he translate
. those plates, because he had ther
: in his hands and under his care. II
had them buried in a barrel OF bean
J in order to save them from those VIII
= were seeking to take possession c
them and to destroy them. when h
, was travelling from one place to al
d other. And on another occasion befor
v the translation was completed Will
he was going from Pennsylvania /
New York In company with Davi
{ Whitmer and oliver Cowdery and I'm