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Show WILL BUILD . , A. NEWZION John Henry Smith Says v It, Will Be Established Near In Jpcndcncc. Ho. EL. PASO. Jan.- 4. The heaa.uarters of the Mormon church, will soVe day be located in Independence, M, said John I Henry, Smithy pne of the twelve; apoetlee of the Mormon 'church, ex-member of Utah Constitutional convention in 1S95, while here today. "The Mormon people have Ions' cnerr ished the idea." he said "that their grtat cUy should be located in Independence, which is not far from Kansas City. "This dream seems now to become something tangible.. James O. Duffln. a bishop of our church, has bought several thousand acres of land near Independence Independ-ence for use ot Mormon colonists. This will be our vanguard and in the course of time we shall arett there a magnificent magnifi-cent city, which will be known as Zion, and in which there will ba a Mormon temple far mora extensive and more magnificent mag-nificent than In Salt Lake. When this city and temple have been built the headquarter head-quarter of the Mormon church will be moved from Salt Lake. "Away back in the thirties, when "the Mormon people were in Klrtland. O., Joseph Jo-seph Smith. Jr.. received a divine revelation revela-tion commanding him and his people to establish their home city and the seat ot church government at Independence. Mo. The revelation declared that the city must be called Zion and must be headquarters headquar-ters of the Mormon church as long as the world lasted. "Soon after that revelation the Mormons Mor-mons moved to Independence. But the people around there were hostile and drove them away. This was. I believe. In 1839. The Mormons fled to Nauvoo, 111., from there to Council Bluff. Ta.. and from there to Vtah. But all this time they have borne in mind the revelation revela-tion commanding them to establish theti ultimate great city on the site of what is now Independence. Mo. There is no auestlnn but what this will tome day be one and there has been more activity in this direction during the past few months than in a score of years preceding." |