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Show PRESIDENT SMITH ANSWERSSUMMONS SIXTH PRE8IDENT OF CHURCH CLOSES REMARKABLE CAREER AFTER LONG ILLNE8S. Leader In Church and Civic Affair-, Broad In His Sympathies, Hit Passing Will Be Sincerely Mourned by AU Creeds. Salt Lake City. Joseph Fielding Smith, sixth prcsldout of tho Church of JesuS Christ of Latter-duy Saints, died at 4:50 o'clock Tuesduy morning, November 10, following nn Illness of several months' duration, against which ho had made a determined fight ami had on several occasions rallied sufficiently to permit his appoariinco In public. Tlio cud came peacefully as ho lay at tho official residence ot the' church president, surrounded by members of, hlr family and church dignitaries. dig-nitaries. In tho death of President Smith tho statu loses one of Its best known nnd most constructive leaders. Broad In his sympathies, far-flighted In his Judgments nnd tolerant to n marked iegrcc, his passing will bo mourned by men of all creeds In Utnh and In tho far-lying missions of tho church to which ho had been n frequent visitor. Thu church loses In his death tho last of her leaders whoso birth occurred oc-curred prior to tho settlement of tho church In Utah. President Smith had Just passed his eightieth, birthday when the end came. For 17 years and 10 days President Smith had been tho supreme head of the Mormon church, to which ho had devoted tlio grentcr part of his life, and for which ho had endurod In bis earlier days hardships almost beyond the belief of tlio effete generation ot today. During his term tho church has witnessed wit-nessed tho greatest prosperity of Its history. More meeting houses hnvo iiiHHIaaaHaW 'iKiaaal ' aaaaaaaaaaaV JhW ' LaaaaaaaaaaaWaiHk'' 'aaaaaaV HjF aHHHH ' aaaVaaaaaaamaaaaaamfi' ".aaaaaaaaaV President Joseph Fielding Smith. been constructed In tho Course ot his rcglmo than wero built during tho entire en-tire previous history of tho organization. organiza-tion. Whlloi President Smith Is known principally as tlio churchman that ho wrs, 1,0 '.caves behind 1dm nn enviable record as a public citizen. He served several terms In tho territorial and early stato' Ulslntures, was president of tho constitutional assembly, and served sqvcrul tonus In the Salt Lake city council, as well ns one term In the cltv of Provo. Joseph Fielding Smith was born In Far West, Caldwell county, Mo., November No-vember 13, 1838. Ho was tho son of Ilyrum Smith nnd Mury Fielding Smith. His childhood days wero spent amid scenes ot persecution and hnrd-ship, hnrd-ship, which resulted In tho dentn of his father and his uncle, the prophet, Joseph Smith, Juno 27, 1814. With his widowed mother, who left Nauvoo as an exile In 1810; ho drovo an ox team for hor across the stato of Iowa to AVlnter Quartern, vyhcre tho family spent the winter of 1810-7. Ho was then only 8 yearj of age, but while- at Winter Qunrters was employed as -n herd boy, and It is said that during tin time that ho was herding cntllo at Winter Quarters and after bis arrival in Suit Lnko "ho never lost a hoof." Oh tlio death of Georgo Q. Cannon In April, 1001, In California, Joseph F. Smith (icted as first counsellor to .President Suow, Tho latter' died October Oc-tober 10, iooi. When tho first presidency of tho churdi nnd tlio twelvo npostles met on October 17, 1001, tho first presidency "was reorganized with Joseph F. Smith as president, John It. Winder ns first ( counsellor, olid AMhon II. Lund as ,s'ccond counsellor. |