Show FY J r t t t I tI r I 4 JI I It ItI 2 I if a L ii Mr r. r and al R. Mrs R. R R R. Andreason ason Long LongBeach Be Beach h Cal members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat Lat- day ter-day Saints stud study monument on temple J square of Joseph Smith Jr church founder launder To Note Nofe 1805 Event L I IDS D S 5 Waits Anniversary Anniversary- I Of Founders Founder's Birth By JACK M. M REED Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints Thursday quietly will observe the birth anniversary of the churchs church's prophet-founder prophet Joseph Smith Jr Some wards will mark the event with talks in sacrament meetings Sunday night The sixth annual Joseph Smith memorial memorial memorial me me- morial address of the L D S in institute institute in- in at Utah State Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural tural college Logan was de delivered delivered delivered de- de livered last week end Otherwise Otherwise Otherwise Other Other- wise there will be no particular observance When Joseph Smith was born Dec 23 1805 Thomas Jefferson third president of the United States was in the first year of his second term in Washington Washing Washing- ton D. D C. C Situation In 1805 There were only perSons persons persons per per- sons living in the United States including 17 states and four territories The huge Louisiana purchase had been consummated only two years before extending United States jurisdiction west of the Mississippi At the time of his birth Joseph's Josephs Josephs Joseph's Josephs Joseph's Jo Jo- seph's father was working a 68 acre farm owned ned by his father father- in There was a small house of two or three rooms located In the township of Royalton Vt Mr Smith Sr was 6 feet 2 inches tall fond of sports and skilled in wrestling Mild of manner and charitable he traced his ancestry back to Robert Smith who came to America In 1638 from England His wife Lucy Mack Smith was 29 at the time of the baby's birth four years younger than the father They had been married married mar mar- ried ned nine years One of 10 Children Of or an eventual family of 10 children one of whom died soon I after birth Joseph Smith Jr was the fourth child and third son According to the writings of Mrs Smith her husband cultivated cultivated the farm during the summer summer summer sum sum- mer and taught school in winter Such were the circumstances into which young Joseph was born On April 6 1830 he and others organized the new church being dissatisfied with other religions of the time and reporting guidance guidance guidance guid guid- ance from heavenly hosts for setting up the new faith The church which he organized organized organized organ organ- with six members today has grown to be world-wide world in nature nature nature na na- na- na ture with approximately 1000 members |