JOSE S I Di Delivered liy J ELDER B H ROBERTS In th Silt tt Tat 22 1907 I f Itu tin 1 here hl to o 0 si R I nomo Joseph h whom 1101 most of UI you YOI OU JO W tM u 1 t o I Clod J H Jt IB Is not IIO nt It II Lit my to with wilI w I UI UK t lie j Cl I tM of If f hIl eventful IUli life Ire I IhlI nrc to you ii tf Jt ir I coull oUI the th full Ili he IJ l of lit my IY hour 1 r I would 1111 lla tn 11 tI it t before InIC you OU the UI value U of ur t ti man I m u fl i Pt t ft fl t it U I l u irr of r men menAs 11 1 As II n text to t which w mil UI t i wAi nut jd turn UH UK we WC proceed dj 1 I 1111 a ft I n i a q lof i o quite tor 01 0 ns HM literary merit It h hi reached if PM I ninth 1111 edition ul nl rio o for tho lie character It ehll of nt Atner AUler I of tho of nine nile cp ry iry which it It l rho Tho book I ole Figures Ir of tho lat was ins writ written rl ten h by b of oC the famous Quine of ot a I graduate of or Harvard 1821 mayor or ot of IJ from frol to 10 1849 Mr 11 tr visited In May Mil 1811 ISH forty Corty days previous to the Iho martyrdom 01 ot of the tho prophet and though iIi his FIg FIgures NS urea ures of ot the Past Piat was WIS not hot until thi tho year of or lih hla death ileath yot Ills his recollections of or tho ho prophet and his bIN 1 of Ni U VO drawn from rom i hi his Journal written Lien at lt tho I Iund und loters Inters written to his hl about tho period of or hil hl viR Mr AIr place his pen portrait of Joseph Smith at iLl Nauvoo with wih similar of ot such eminent us ns I John Adams Daniel Andrew Androw anti and I ho tho French soldier and In statesman Lafay Lafayette cUe ette elc The passage I inn am goIng to uso for tor tho o text t is iii the tho opening n It I If IB by b no lio io moans Improbable that lint some lom futures i textbook t for tor the tho uNU u o oC of generations yet unborn will wi contain u it question lUte Ilka r this What historical or of the century has lia the tho most mURt power powerful ful fu I I upon Ullon tho Ito t letl of ot lib hl i co tin try men Ami It IH lii by no iii 1 means Impossible that lint tat tho answer I 1 Wll to that In Interrogatory may In bo bu thus lioN written Jo Ju Jul HOph l Smith tho Iho Mormon prophet And Anit Allt tho the reply llIS absurd Ib nr as S It doubtless to most men now living may lay bo tic an no 11 oh ob s lo oto to their descend nuts History in n and paradoxes quite ii UI startling an un Ihl Tho rho man nian who established it religion In Inthis InthIs this ago of oZ free treo debate le bate who was WIS and IB JR today by hundreds hUI of thousand antis and mIdI H na ni au a u direct emissary front from frol the thu Most High a I human being Is Ia not liot to l ho o disposed of ot by hy polling his hla memory with wit Ii Reading that lint o u a I few fuw dayis dayi Lat ago ngo ag 1 kell tho ho tl question Is T this thIN rather re of ot In tho the way of Tomorrow will wi bo botho botho bothe tho the ono hundred and lal ry IT r of f our prophets birth It I IH hi II moro 1010 than ono onu hundred yearn YOUr Milco ho hl came cameto cano canoto to earth enith and years sInce ho departed frOnt from It evidence Is la there thero the tho that that 1 lead any Iny serious person pron Irlon to tf tr le lie lovo that thIs thin I 1 havn havo v ad adin in your may Certainly men Ilm wilt wi to I my 11 enough elough Into ha has hua 1 to o e the tho of nr your prophets lurl whether ho built of wood hay hl or I of or gold Holl or precious stones In 11 s Ills his to bo be merely transient and local locial or did IId ho hu really 1 ny deal dOnI with and permanent truth kind that remain to tu nian lun I AMERICANS As A to theR tOIS Jet let us u think about some orno of ot o these thel historical Americans whoso Influence upon their countrymen Is Iii to tobo bo be eclipsed perhaps by lie tho Mannon prophet Among Anong our patriots und rind statesmen will wi bo ho Patrick Henry Uel with wih his hs of it tio Inherent right of nf ii against Intolerable oppression sion sIou and his Declaration of Independence and the tho of M Virginia for tOl Freedom J tho ti tiVi principle Vi luci pl of If r which fInally Dually found Its lis way Into our national IU onal and nod state constitutions t Alexander Hamilton and his political Interpretation of the constitutional Ito Jonah powers of ot our general II govern government mont ment Webster and hut lila his doctrIne of or o tho tue all aU but sacredness of tho thin American union o ot tho statesman of or na tu nationalism 1 Monroe with wih the tho doctrIne which wh lob bears his hlf name politically huh I Iy sog sg i i tl the American continents I and dedicating the tio western world to 10 tree free Institutions Lincoln with his hl doctrine of ue tho ho of per personal pOI freedom for fOI or overy uel man ml woman end and child of or o Adams A race doc hoc trino of iho the tion tU 1 of if tin the lw prin of or the Declaration lol of ot Independence tho right ot of a moil moi ln to live tf bo ho frio fio f o ii p ti happiness ha prin principles Ii ho he Invoked In of tho tini Af At African rican raco In lit II tho lie ho United States tato Among Inventors will wil bo 10 1 l ulton Morse and 1 I ol Among tho Iho philosophers practical nod and 11 tout and John Flake Fiske A tho the Among 1 I I Lonn Ion I follow Poe nod and Ild Among 1011 the lie and ald and aaI his hil cruel orthodoxy Wm VOL m K E I and nn hits his Unitarian liberalIsm Henry Ward el and Ind his successor layman 1 Abbot with thick their at fit reconciliation of If ChrIstIan Ity I I ty mid and uld evolution This enumeration doon doo not Tint tho the list of uC historical Americans who Uio have powerfully Influenced their coon conn COUl lint but hutt It will wi not be he doubted that butt thoy they represent the tho 1 very ver chief f of cC tilt the ro IO 10 11 groups that butt havu hlo ho so u hub their heir t I lon Thinking of ot the of ot groat Americans end and the tho of oC each uh upon hit hIs hi coun 1101 t do 10 you OU not miti I ly think ovon OI with wih Josiah on omi Oi our It IL I looks hooks presumptuous in II I a us u to 10 hold huhl Ii old that Tou lu Ih hi Smith el t ox n i over Ills hIs COl thOu sri of rut n thi th ii 1 liln hil hl it ri I riI the Ih I he I propose to I put rill trial hero licto Ii 1 s ri WHAT HAI j ji R A 1ST First of oC ill all 1 n a word of or definition This Tb Is term terni prophet do d o you 01 mean I I by hy It 11 when you ou speak of n a have In mind u a pro pre 1101 ot of future events nl ono one who tore fore tolls thing p that hut t aru muo lO in to tl count como to tl pass and Indeed I that I ii at to is II In Iii II part tho Iho t of itt lf a D In Iu port part 1111 what Is expected of oC him hIm Hut Jut I hut really Ical this IH Is the tho very 11 least Of et 1 ll hi duties dutel A prophet should bri bl b a ui r than u a I tore fore foreteller teller Primarily he must bo ho Iu a I teacher of ot men mun un ni 11 expounder of or the things 1 of ot God Cod The InspIratIon of ot the thu Almighty TUII tIvo lo him bUn ann lm ho lIe must expound It I to hits his hIl people J 1 I to 10 his hil Igl He must lust be a ut seer that lint can CUl make luke others see A teacher sent of uC Cod Clod to 10 Instruct ti L people to tu on en enlighten I I light lighten en an ni use age This Is I the primary om of ti ii I prophet And Anti now I 1 want to II show you 01 how well wol and Ind faithfully tel oui prophet performed such duties To f ci do this It I Is 18 I necessary that 1 I say SY SA something about the tho Ideas lens prevailing In II the world orld at ut tho Iho prophets advent men menI I motto mean as lS to tJ their rolls Ions tons and amid nd philosophies tho the doctrines by b which they lucy were Influenced And AnO Aln this nut not only as to lo truth but also Ilso as ns asto asto to tl error errol Irl and chiefly ch lel as ni to error for among other things a I prophet must correct cor ct the lie tle of men It IL 1 Is II a it I cap ital HiI method of ot touchIng teaching truth this cor cur of ot errors error CONDITIONS lOti YI AGO 1 1 At the tho commencement of Ir the century tho Ito general Idea Idel prevailed In ho Christendom that u IL great while ago Igo a I very vely definite revolution from God had boon given angels had lizia vl the thu earth and Ind divine knowledge to men the tho Spirit of ot time the Almighty hud bud rested upon sonic some s le and amid Ild md had given them lucia understanding hll by II which they thoy were able ablo lule to itt u declare the tle tle mind ml ml of God nod and Ind the time will wi Of or God Ond these hoso thosE wore were prophets prophet Komo hero thero were who oven talked ed with wih Clod Oot faco fao LI to 10 face as iou II a I man unto tuttle hil friend so tO communed Moses lose with Cod Clod Fx Ex 2311 Ho 60 too toe il G 6 16 14 6 Hut flut while this belief bolor as al to lo reve ree In Ill tho Ito past palL everywhere orthodox Christendom wits wim certain that no run rovela rovela lon tOI beIng holn given In II their day md tunI 1 not hot only emily was WIS no revelation then given but bus neither would thero lucre ho bo o any In revelation given In II future time line The Tho volume volumn ot ur revolution Is him com coot doted mud closed wax was dogma In n mull all ni Christendom There Thero would IJ b bno 10 no 10 future of angels No Ni 1011 would th the hel bo ho opened or orman 11 nun man stand face faco to faco face with his God Godor GOI or speak to his I Lord Ird ord as a man nuutti Hp to o his bIn friend All this 1111 wan ended The Thu Tie cinon of scripture watt was completed and forever closed cloned That Taut canon consist consisted ed of ot the tw Old and Now Testaments alt all 11 other othor books wre roro secular this alone Thero wits was no rio other ether word of ot God cod OF DEITY 2 2 In regard Ic allio to deity Christian met men mIl metat nt at it tho the beginning of the limo nineteenth cc C tory ury believed d that Go God wits was WIS an tin In Immaterial being Without oily that lii Ii I not material tint not matter without ports without passions passion and yet et with the tho gravest inconsistency thoy thy lucid held hel that God was wal of or love lov the ho ts es that Ho loved lovell rIghteousness that hint Ho no hated Iniquity that thai He Ito 10 so Sf loved tho he world that Ho 10 gave ills His only begotten Son Sn that hint whosoever on un hint Him HII should not perish but have everlasting life ICI Notwithstanding this love and Ind this hate hale Ho lie Io was wait 11 without passions He lIe was too according to t I their creeds without form f otto rm Notwithstanding standing Moses one OI of or the Ito GodIn teachers of men muon lel said sall that Clod created man In lit 11 Ills His own Image In the Imago ot it t God Cloth created He lie Io him hunt and Jesus by b u a prophet of the Now New Testa Teta Testament ment fluent watt was WIS declared to be th Ii express Imago Image of tt if Gods personage personae Hebrew 21 3 1 They rhuey he wore sero possessed l of or a n morbid terror term I of or anthropomorphism tho as ns ascription of human form feelings or to us If they could os es IH cope CIPO It I and stilt still sUI hold belief In 11 the tho Bible revelation of Gout God Or 01 for Jur or matter of o that hold to any army of God Gol taught either by b religion or philosophy At the tho very vcr least If it the tho survive ut lt all God must be he held hold to al Goo possess posse con comi consciousness 01 and volition ollon and ali what are aro nl but hut human qualities quah which render God to 10 our thought as us ni anthro Snip God Clod of oC these as aswell aswell well as a other human qualities 1 and und Ho Hn Is I reduced to tu the tho athe atheist force orce to blind purposeless force toree that can cnn sustain no 10 possible re to relationship whatsoever to men uncut or nu 0 other things In 11 the universe As At ono one writer In great greal a magazine said if it I wo we are to lu know Imo the tIme Su hircine 11 ll at a t all al It can only mh iuli be le through tile tho attribution to In Him Hh of qualities to though Infinite Infinitely ly ir 1 transcending the he qualities which we wo recognize as n highest In ti I man mn and ali consequently In the world us as we know lunow It But hut wo we must pass pasi throe these Incon of the tho creeds of moon men me I wo we shall have havo no 10 time to 10 discuss them thor Indeed I must ask you rou to think with mo tue In II s and amid ald to tn fast toil faste We se e havo hao Im no ut 10 time lute for fol argument Wo Ye shall shul barely have havo time to pass over the tha ground proposed and mutuaL must lust depend up upon on oil the that truth of our Jr statements being nr or conceded HI to 10 bo he accurate talc rate Itol of oC fact act 3 Respecting tho thu unIverse Christen Christendom Christendom dom dum at lt the tho beginning of the tho nineteenth century COl t I that It was ivas WIS created of oC God from frol nothing and aI that lint no II stoat great ie ago Igo Calling Cal I Iii g forth from trl remit noth nothing hug ing III was sas hold bold to 10 be ho Indeed Illel the tho ri 1111 an Ing III of oC create God lou 01 tho tInt universe Was In lit fact outside of oC It I What VitaL an un American America I phil philosopher phi PhIlosopher opher o Mine yeara after afterwards wards called nit nil n Absentee Cloth 11 except for fi nu a I little Illo Jog JI or poke lucre hlo and there thelo In Itt tho the shape ot of ota ofa a 1 special providence In 1 or Of man It was WIS taught that hunt hu hue hl wal created of or God lmh nOi hIs hil origin ivus purely II u 11 an am l one n hU hIs body hod made of o if tho the earth a ml I into him when his imis body was IS made ma do flout and HO NJ became a IL I living soul anti and mill all taught that hut he lie h was u a created timing thing a ut 1 5 As too toe manH 1111 salvation no 1011 mo of I taught that Gout Gud of uC HH Ills lw Ilat unit oun volition had hut that Hint sonic mun mOi and doomed to 10 over is thui g lost lout and amid lined tl to 10 ol tito IC huLl ami glory Not for em any aim good Kiti or it Ill I that they tile the loud had minute donn donnor 01 or could CO old do 1111 butt but hit their t i tell fato Cut to wun II by lo thu thit volition v of or IC God Ut Ilono Tle o whom lit II nave IU 0 Ho Ito 10 would move by b grace to 10 theIr salvation Hu 11 I Lu had bi hi II damned do iii Ii might it hi not escape esea PC struggle they no I tu mi 11 t tift thorn no ito 10 act let mud ot of atop obedience op might iii Lu I huh m pun un l no ito 10 bun I n g and mu umul t lii g gI tIer I I thorn thom t to Lu II they hue Iho t mu units t mimI and 1111 that Ihal t Thole vho oil In IK ig I noru mire of ur tim ml st wore it ore are damned Tim Th It e ii In Iii II lass ii with no Inlo mute old a mm j tilt e tuition on Oil UI rec ree record ord I rd an I mu ii I I 41 rut I to t 0 boil Hod IMI boila nud a going down to II death thiat Ii In II I it an nn ii condition iii I t Tho tI lilt oil Itt I I ty of ot 1111 uig al hoot a hi ma u lodge of or Christ lifter after 1600 a VOI 1111 hi II t y Ill by Iu h no WI m in exu topIc Ho Ic to said Sit Id those thOM who ox did hubs I I 0 Ii 1 I It ii still 1111 t II I taught I tIme that I Infant units dying 1111 Ii I In Itt II Infinity iii t t L 1 n g I Ii mis I tim ii ita iii lamI tuned and a mid I flout thill fly Ity ly minimum 11 I it flu Ii Is wen burial in lem nl net I Hulf ALTO cru ua wms iv a I n l i V M X M X Yx Me I o 1 1 A Ai X 1 i X I 4 t i ie f 9 i ic c b 0 I Ii IJ i i I e t r 3 J A M STAKE TABERNACLE I This IIA picture represents the Maricopa stake tabernacle at I Mesa Arizona In fit Inthe 11 the lie Salt Sai valley a beautiful und arid commodious building surrounded s by semitropical verdure n Mormon colonizers went to that lust locality 30 years ears ago Igo It was I a barren waste To ro Today roday day the tho once treeless desert Is a II green geen