Show f I TUII s iHS In publishing this this Christmas num number ler ber of oC the Deseret News we think we shall hall not be aecus accused of boasting when I we call attention to the excellence of ofUs Us lie mechanical work and ot of the l I which It contains In such uch great groot 4 li 1 At the MOle came time we may ma be permitted Without vanity to remark that thet since in the present editorial and bu man management management I assumed direction of the News New It has doubled its circulation II I I I In each deportment department The Dally the j Weekly and the Saturday adl adlI I i have hwe Increased beyond our most mOlt i l expectations at the beginning t ot of the year oar 1189 i W We thus have reason to believe beUne that tour pur to fulfill the Ule made I t at al hat time art are appreciated by the i i r people who look IO Jk to the Deseret X XI News I f for information upon current events nu I f E sad as to the progress of at the Church j ot of Jesus Christ of faints In all the world and to 10 the r r tI Jn and defence of Its doctrines and andt j t discipline The substantial support I given In the shape of subscriptions alii and I advertisements Is fe In harmony harmon with I r the ot of and ap apI approbation I probation which wo we are continually reo ye yeI il I I j I from our numerous readers f The Influence of the Deseret Sews II iii felt for good not only among the mem members members i bers of at our Church and by br the mi miI mia I I who travel abroad but b by many persons not with the Church who view the News as ac a i honorable public journal re retable reo table as a purveyor of news and firm I r In Its a advocacy ot of principles It t holds boWs III as true And divine TM Th pride we feel In this lilli Christmas edItion and In the Ole ever widening influence of our reg r I star bUet cannot be fairly considered IS as and we 0 do not for tor a mo moil moment il ment t forget that the ot of the nAme an and support ot of President Lorenzo LorenJO Ino Snow at t lId head ot of our columns man have I 1 been n a potent factor la h tb the that 11 ba been achieved With gratitude to him and aAd above aboTe all to Cod the Eternal Father whose J t blessings we reverently ac acknowledge we C Congratulate OUr subscribers and ds I Ia receiving such a paper AI ae we r F sere abl abb now to present prent to them and we wish them aU lb the compliment of I season lOa and trust that Ut the last lut of this remarkable I I century tl bring briar them flood cheer health happiness family union and ADd every vel Ii blessing I and temporal that their heart lIart tan an reasonably elMI desire |