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Show e. w ri . . , , IS I ( THE XATlinE Ul' JlMU'l! SMITH'S Hi II' Mistiox. Hi S Ir4lniulre Into the nntureof the Ht SL eolktt Jofeph Hinlth, only two aup- W B piltloneareuultlf: rlllx-r, that work tlj flj ll Dlilna, or, llliacunnlmily ilftliM 'Wt W human achtrae. jMeh Hnilth mutt iw oI hare been either the moit clever mem .m. Vj her of the human family, or elie n Jl humble Initrumtnt lu the hand of a fM Ml luprrlor llolos. Ilia work mint bo ,1 Jm aicilted either to human aigaclty or to M W DlTlnelntelllitroce. 'Vj . W Which of thcM two alternatlTea aru Jl ' no to accept, wheuweknow how the MB j I work orljluated; There la, at will t )H Ok lean on a proper luvctllatlou, only C B tne ulUe, S JH WhenJoarjh Smith received hla V fl drat reTelatlou, ha waa, aa la well K O known, ayotuia; boy, with very llmlteil li W iducatlon and noall worldly exptrN jaJLi l h W ance. If we now for a moment aup- HtWt X (" that the IJia of etattlnif a ne iWBKt .t religion originated with him, e may KMrfl m' aV, whan did It orljlcati? IlojaUo M .' jfj oot, aa a rule, burdan their W , ralnda with Ideal of revolutlouliluK Ih '' "" wrld. Who cannot from hla H '9h boyhood renieuitvr that a flue liorae, a I'D 9 rllla and ilullaroljicla erocomld B&j. BE arid far mora linHrlaut than all the MB, jH dogmuaudcneilaln the world T A Kr Kw . younKmanplauulmrarellitlouiiyrtim baw " Ctl ' "" ,D,Su,luJ' of that uowundtr a etuaidvrufMii la Inroncrlvahle, Had W ,I: Jowh Ujilth at In time leeu u . Ji rtatQKdave. fauillUrw.li thouolll I j! jfk and 1U varloua liutltulloua, It ouM ill haTaUendltrreut. Hut he , aa lint, j S loeeph, Ih kiii of Jacob, truthfjlly 7 ffli ' and Innocently announced hit prophe a j Si Uo drwiini to t.li brothreu ami waa tw- I jH ' t lra)ed Into bunduKu therrfjr; audld li 82 t. IhlijoullifuliHer. I,nl f.'lictnl him ji ' B to ttila work atapirle-lofllfe, nheii j H 1 henaaleut abletocojiuiriicea work H . J of thli kind In hlavwu wlidiuaiil , S ' litruiith, MkIi nulled an fori)' 'laS i yinra old vrtiuu he coiiiiiifncej . ' H . , hla woik and he had thru traveled ' i i'SjK j rumldwibly an J avrn much of the 't ' 91 "'U' 1'u"1" ''aJ alnajy a ipilrvd I ' iWB ' . Iheihrologlml knuvtledi;unallalle at 9 JN ' lllillui-, Uiurnlw collcilvi-dthi. IJm P ' 'Mil L f prut.! nmlmt Ilime. And hla ' (H aautltii;pi'tioiiror)tarailiovetliat P. -tB l h uld not mlu. whet In viaaiiolnjr. V.f !X ff lllniulntliaiii.ffiurlwnor nfleeii ft. ! Ji-arallutmnuitiiid iii aa rrformera, y ' ' I if Wniemnaber only one who at the age j , L( Jltailvecoullattound the Ihuiilojloal i BJ t liaihrnofhladay with lilaa i ueltuiie 1 -i JaBCl ii'lanair. And thli Aithv twyof Y 'tSI I !nrth, who licamu the Blnrof AteL'-jSlJ HiVwdrU. Wacki.ulMjira that lie T -.A' .'t9 1 f waa Intluenced by the Ulvlu Hpltlt ' ' if.' " r",tJ "P"1 "Im. riiereliiio ! Mtli.r ikiiUuatlon pou.lt.ie of the fact I liatJoaeliHiullli,atlli aguof llltven jl .vuoltidthiguatldtu fur hlih ha llteJ and died. The Spirit ruled Un him, jronipted Mm, taught lilra. There la eeljinco encugh that at the time ohm th I'oplul had the II tit minirntatlona, he rlved liatrucllona, rontraty tn ever) thing that wai lii-l I tv I11 true by tho wiirl I, Two oliilon ngard Ing the church were then, rti Ihry are II.IW, lirl ly moil. H.im thmuhl Ibat one partlrutur church au the rlcihtnne, eXil nlveiif atli.thirinltal-n.tlml atli.thirinltal-n.tlml lii.lltuthjtiii Othrra In 1 1 lhal iw pi'thiilir ilmrcli Me i hureh, but that nil I ikrn tether umlld run tiln all rlem 'lit Mliich, they lniii, ivuiil li :i.,qnl.-l the "liivltthlv rhunli " Jompli hliiKilf waa not fne I Mil the Aral of then Ideal. II uaa vtry louch lnclliel lowarJa Mrtliu.1-lm Mrtliu.1-lm and (ought hli filrnda aaiong the rrprein'atlviaof lhat i)teni. Now, the pDbiblllly ; tint nyminit li.y, who xetii audi n tiiltij; concilvabk would bull I a ayatim of Ida own, and hyhlaoan nlidotii, would titilld on the foundation already laid. Had Jver li Micllh beau Inlluenced only by hla oa n wladom, he might hat.iatartcda new branch of the Mcthodlit (Jiurcli, depriving It of n few oljtitlon. alio featurea and oreamantlug It with eorue now emUlllihruanta. Thta hai been done again an I njalu In the world. Tor what are all the piiular cliurrhci but hranchca of the great Roman trunk, ono lit na'ure, alttiouglr dlverae In form.? No man can by hli own wlejoutftrm an orlgloil church. He la a child of education and clrcuni-abtncea clrcuni-abtncea aud hla moat original work comliU of modification! of what already al-ready exlita. I'jrtharlhan that mau'a wladom doca not go. Now, JoM'tlt Hmlth la all at once made aware of the fact that all the churcliFi ware wrong. Neither ono rtlcular churcli, nor all together ware right. Thli la the otTenilvo dc. trlu that he waa told to announcoto the world, much to hli own wonder. WhrtedlJ heloarutlat new diotrlue, whlchatonr placed him, a Ji""1? ly, In oppoalllon to the whole world? Only one nmwer to thli cpieallou la naaonahle. Hojot It aidMHiul who through a vlilon from hrnriti waa convinced of the fact that every eye-lent eye-lent of the Jewtih theology waa wrong aud that the crucified Uilllleau waa the Kan of CM. rurlher,tt wai a promise In the New fiitamaiit that ltd Joicph to Hie tint alep on the roal hi intend. With chll 1 like faltb, aubllme In ita almi llc lty,lie embraoee Ihla prouilae) "If any man lack nlalom, let hint oak of Osd, e a n.j t .hall be given Mm." He fell hlalaikof wlidom; heautrtiFd montal agony In the darkneaa lint aur rouudnd lilro. Hut he took thla prom. I.e to bo true and put It to Ihetcat. The reiulta wire the opining of hie uodet-atandlng uodet-atandlng to the condition of the woild and the calling to be tlio mvucugirof heaven. Shall wo now aiy that ho wai deceived? de-ceived? That hli mind bcramodark. ened by the prayer? Then, ve mutt ray that the Illhle milled him. If Joaeplt wai decilved, he mint have len ao by the poer of darkntffi. Wu luuil auppoio, than, that lu amwer to hla confldeul ra)ir tn God, h waa dtlllered up to the Inllucicte of Hatau. Hut If thrre la nnytmth lotheproatlieiof the word ofourlIeavenlyi''athir,wvinuit admit that the pnyr of the j'uun boy wai aniweredby Illm t whom hla firvent auipllcatloua were devoted. It muituot he forgotten In thla con. nortlon that there aru many wltneina who, hraldce Joivpu. tiatlflvd to the truth i,f liliititaruouti, uuJ notably to tlie divine aaalitanco In the llndlng of tliebook of Mormon. It haa bceit re-pvateJIy re-pvateJIy (wlnted out that tluw wit-neiaca wit-neiaca never denied their teatluoulri. Sjmeof them etilereil other unocla-tlonaaud unocla-tlonaaud wero even hitter agalnit the l'rophit aud hla friend), but they novcr denied thrlr tntlmony. On the contrary, aa I ng na they lived, and on their death-brdi, facing e'ernlly, they itlllteitltlel. The force of thla arj'l-imiit )nt never been iut reiifully met, lljr can It he uvorcome. It la not to be auppoivd that there men would Iw lying all their llvta and go diwntolhtlrgrtvu ulth u filiehood ou tln-lr ll". TUtlr Uatlmjuy ehuuld bo ncveptod ai true by reaioiublo lilugi. It tni been niltrted tint theae wit-ut wit-ut ilea were thvimalvre deceit ed ty a iniiuoly iwraonalliig an nn;el 11 jt tliUailjgprtlon la n'mut aa fiaalble aa aa the una olleral by the Hijh I'.-Ik'j, who Int'iccd the llomauaol. dlrra to ray that the hidy of 1,'hrltt wn atiUlthy theilliMplut whllu Ihey-tbe aol llira ernailip, m If It were pji-alble pji-alble to aie the thlevua while aileep, riioiawlioautgnit that the ttlt'ii'ivfit'i the llotk of Murmoti were dvcelveil by au liupirwnator, mutt think that ItlannctHy nutter to act the part of nit mufl, nu I tla'. iople aro utilly utlllled III thla H',l, lie would eoon Iw undilved by attiniptlni; It. ftlinuldlio drop lu nmoug luttlllgent l-r.on" and htm til t Iib ti ero au nngcl, he wiuld flnl lint ppo,d are iniicli lias rreliilnui thin Oliver Cudvry, Martin llttrla, thi Whlt-iiura Whlt-iiura and th r-mllha oio ii uid lu have lien. When man ltkv llu-au ttand up ladoro the world and Unify lu either worla that they litvn teen lictu-uly tnriiungcra, It It aafa to give crodauca to their lUtu. inviita. lu audi unttera ieop!e are not ullydecalvcil. Ihu Inltuetuii of llie pritenc of aucli mriieiigtra ctii. notba Inijiirted by itiirttl man It li na retloil'itiK) t'i prtimue lint llltilcl triia dvculvad by the aitget that tin Oldod to him the coiiteula of the ''Hcrlpturauf Iratli," or that John uaa decilved on IVtra i, ui to aitppsie that JI IhtiewlttiiMci Here thovtctlmiofdo certlon. la there any m ire tcttlmony needed? If io, the world furnlil-w It. Ilvrry 'Inj I rlngt neir prw a that Und nlr throUKh Joi-pll Snltli The tevolil tfcti in mturi-, thucnnmotlonannioDg the rutloiia and the alliiitlou of the Church to ay, cmMn In proving that Juvph waa a l'rophet of fljil. And thru, there li the teatltnny In III limit ufthe Iwllnvir. Tlina llltt IntHtiutliunlaritnnd It. Tliry milvv tlm imir.Mlon Ihoreof liidelllhli '.alll-J on their Ileum Tliry kliua' for thtnlvr tin; the wi-rX l d t'lvlni- or I'lA'il h c-tiw tlvlni; w ( ttitii-iof tin in -ilou of Ji4pu MjiIUi, the IVyj li t. |