| Show u t j H H I I H HH rN t T le II natural u we approach or of the Nine NineS i S d 1 I J Century tury that WI we bowd look back to its It I j 41 h and tent reflect upon the great reat that l I I I barn done don during durin this remarkable period I I of the century have baVI been wonderful f t I a s has baa been made In every d de 1 t t i has of and of art All AU th there th ha have 11 been for tor the benefit of the human family and add t 1 t I III aid In the or of the of f I s v C the Almighty and In In the or of the reign of me foretold by the t prophete The greater event or of the century In my opinion the heavens and the earth larth x b hwa ben the up of nf between t In the gh to 10 the Ihl Prophet Joaeph In the of tile the authority of tie th 1101 holy whereby tho of ei can cm 1 lit be in III Ih the name of the Father and or of the Son bon sad ull ot of the Holy host the establishment ot of the true of Jesue U It Il wu eel t up i iby f by t the be Bon Sou of God Clod Himself In the mit century or of the Christian era the X C Cj j preaching or of the true to the nations nation of the earth tb the gather I tin together of the events tb the build building In up of Zion the erection or of holy Tm Tem plea pi after I the pattern made known from on high and tb the Ol of oC vi i it t work ork for the redemption of the dead dad u b has been heen the work ac J during durin the present century It is II but a beginning of that which le II leli li to rome come In the century which Is II about to open there will certainly be an ex ex j pension of that which hoe bu already alread been boen effected Th The Church anI and kingdom s f of God will extend and It Ito Influence for good will become grater and the J rr grand events foreshadowed b by the prophets prophet of former and of latter day pre S l lT T x to the In of the and tile the reign of i and aId peace will be fulfilled I have not the doubt of the truth of these predictions I 1 know that Gal hu haa from the i j 1 that Joseph who wu war martyred for the word of Gad and till the testimony of Jaue Jt ul wu war a prophet of the MOlt mb High an and that the work or of which he laid hl j i 6 1 the foundation will continue and the end for tor which It wu w divinely 1 ordained I bear testimony that the which he Introduced to In the i Nineteenth will beneAt all to come and that they will triumph over error and all opposition end and thet the Church end and andI I kingdom of our God Gal Ht art up on the day of April 1830 1110 will spread over oer all allt allI the earth that will come and reign and all peoples and will f t I be brought Into willing submission to HIm u AI ICing of kings and Loral of 1 i lords lOrdI With profound conviction I look upon the o opening up of the Twin TIen c cI I Century AI ae the of an Ira sra fraught with the very bless I Ings Inge to mankind JOliN W SW TA TAYLOR 1 OH I H H I IH I 1 r H i 11 ti HI I I et HI I II r I H t 1 I HH T t T I Iii HE nineteenth century hu has been an eventful t t T one from whatever standpoint It Is regarded ri t i 1 Its II Ic truly marvelous The nineteenth P j r RI as a legacy legac from the t I x F p the tallow dip the wooden gunboat the crudely A i 1 1 constructed sailing vessel and In ht theIr w we j 1 I bequeath the electric light the battleship Arizona i the great ocean oen greyhounds with all the comforts comfort q qt j t of a and thousands or of other wonderful Im t i tI jc r y In science In education and In the thet t adaptation or of natural forces tor es to human pur purposes s above all these Is II the tacit fact that God has J Jr I r spoken from the heavens and to a bo boy who was humble enough to believe In Inthe 1 the following words wOlds ot of the Apostle James Jamesy y It If any of you tack lack wisdom let him uk flak or of God that to nil ail men ment J t i liberally and not and It be given x k f Ing that God Cod lives let me ask every evry honest soul to believe In the I t I words worda or of Apostle James Jamel as did Joseph Smith ant and ASk of God In humility and andL f t L I i earno earnestness for Cor and I you ou that the time will come when hn you ou 1 I f 1 c shall know for tor yourself whether the Gospel of the Lord Christ Is the J I i same as the Ih one now taught by the Church known ns as the Church of oC Je Jesus us j t f I Christ ot of Sainte i I Great destinies lie shrouded In your our swiftly hours great C stand tand In the or of everyday ay life lite great reat dangers lie hidden In the i w gf 11 b bypaths paths of lifes great grat hIghway God lea hu given riven you with Ith full Cull pow Y Yer J er and opportunity to 10 Improve It and bo happy Ire He has given you equal power r to despise the gift and be wretched which you will do Is the Great problem to tobe tosy sy i he be solved 1 by your our choice and conduct 1 It If ye 0 lAck wisdom ask alk ot of God With a knowledge of 00 God and II a de det deJ J t termination to do right life lite becomes II a noble thing Every being should form J i E 6 QI as early In lite All as the purpose to make the most and the lest bet ot of 1 I the powers which God h he given riven him This purpose must carry with It the RI RIt a t sont of the reason rUlOn the a of oC the th the ober jUdgment ot of tb the 1 r P f Intellect To live II a life lite with ouch lIuch a purpose is II a privilege no mat matt maty y ter at what C cost HIt ot of pain or unremitting toll It Is a thing which 1 1 brings to Its nourishment all good goal It Is 1 above all Place Flace cannot X t enhance Its lis honor wealth cannot add adl to It Its value alue Its coupe courte Ue lies through urh 1 true manhood and womanhood through true trul fatherhood and true motherhood 1 L It lies through unswerving oust In God and man and ami leads a as straight to i t eternal life ns as the path ot of a sunbeam leads to the bosom of a flower My Ir teed C mony is III to the world that God lives that Jesus Is the Christ that he Father and the Son have rutted lilted the earth larth I IF 1 F SHOOT i ii F i 1 Hi HI iH I HH HH H H H IH HItH H H H HIt HItt r d t i DI NO upon the rot rat Ii I t I f 51 S tUI und and bal luck along alon tbs hundred J 1 y r 11 s that Ire gone ono one to struck by the i r 1 ct cl II iu 4 thit have hae been wrought among men It Il tr j 1 II Ie been n an Ira era of progress and 4 i v rt I In th arts In and In literature The J x 1 f u I h t I line been startled from time to time by the thea a t c b r 1 t I nf Inventive genius The railroad the tel i iund 1 i r A e h und end Ih the telephone bring the children of at men i ia i J a L s Li lest Inlo dose communion and by J the adoption of 1 modern a life Is II made comparatively ra easy and the poor two mall of today bu come COhU Inlo the T l lI I enjoyment or of Comforts that here ere unknown VIII even to potentates and ruler of 1 other centuries that subtle Invisible end and all powerful fora has MIa bees har 1 up and made to do In a thousand and ways aya Through Its t 1 agency the world is III flooded with and liT by Ita it power men are r rC x C transported from place to place with an cue rapidity and comfort that would bewilder end and astonish our forefathers i ir x r In 11 All that for Cor and pro progress no nation amon among all the 1 peoples of tb the earth takes precedence of the United of America It i iII f le II the pride of at every evetT loyal or of the Republic that the star Itara an and 4 I emblem of over the land Iud or of the free and the I 1 home of the Therefore turning to and late Into review c 1 tb the of a hundred years yearl this le II 1 r namely t Which ot of aU all the greet and Important evet la of t 1 of urY will have X the mOlt meet marked and Influence upon thi tbt people Of t tor OW ft Wally nail upon the tw people of the wi ole earth 1 1 The writer laving due regard reaid for tor the views 11 ot of others and arul trout 4 the of oC a The n f of the Ule Church ot of JUI of Sainte SaInt upon the day 0 of April x J 1810 In Fayette Seneca County New York i C Th The growth expansion and of oC the worM world In recent years e made 1 4 UI the of a new and that wound meet IMet every want and answer every evelT to the i 1 of the soul lOul Such was at the great reat demand or of the age and In answer i 1 thereto the nineteenth century gave aye birth to But says one t 1 to II distasteful to the world I le unpopular In III reply It play may be I It t 1 uld Id So o also allO war Christianity In the meridian of time i The central n re to In the organization of the new wu wag Joseph Josephy y Smith the prophet then ne ear or of age ac and Ind the fundamental i J t taught were Falth alth I In the Lard Jesus repentance I i by bv Immersion for the of sine and the In laying on of hands for lor the t tr r f gift of the Holy Ghost 1 Joseph Smith came to be whit what he was WaI namely a prophet of God by divine r appointment and the doctrines inculcated b by the new and ea 88 i r upon American soil were calculated In time to reo re con conditions throughout the world 1 F In proof of the foregoing It n needs ds only te td bit be cited that the J 1 lay hoy prophet taught ne new and stran d doctrine J 1 which were at the tho time but which ha have since 4 I been Ilten part at many eminent and 1 i gent nt thoughtful people or of the Christian felt faith For example the 1 ot of Cal In to the then prevailing notion ot of III a God mahout i bod body parts or repentance and reformation bl beyond ond tb the grave u opposed to the Idea of eternal punishment nt without hope ot of deliverance and andt 11 t baptism and ordinance work for the dead who were sUIl supposed OH to have hae gone 1 loe beyond ond till the Influence ot of human effort j I With the organization of the Church perM followed Joeeph Smith i and hi brother bruther Hyrum were martyred for tor the cause taue and precious blOOd has baa since ben been for tor the or of Jelu but the new i 1 through the crucible unscathed thed and has stood the test of threw score r and J 1 ten From It a membership of six the Church hu ha grown and expanded until i it t lie devot devotees number the precepts pr taught b by Its founder have 1 J made a great grat and strong people ot of the Saints In the Rocky Moun loun r tins x 1 lo Pau eed or of the elements of strength mOll and endurance and firmly an 1 shored to the rook rock of truth m enter upon the twentieth century i full fully prepared to meet the living Issuer or of the day and crap grapple with Ith th the so 10 problems that are aN the peace of oC the world and undermining i the tho very er foundations of at I IThe x The bears iris hll humble testimony to the truth ot of the Goepel u AI 4 1 taught by the Saint and the earnest attention ot of the In III i to Its glorious doctrine and urges renewed faithfulness to the t cause cau on the part or of hll people CLA 4 1 1 I I H HH I HH HH t 1 2 1 I 1 H H Hi HH x 1 I H i d 1 HH i I i Y i POSTLE A O 0 WOODRUFF Is traveling In Ini i T eY y R A company with President Joseph F Smith In 1 P 1 the and Arizona Stakes of t 4 the they are pr aching administering and setting In x order the attain of oC the Church In tho those regions l y and giving great reat comfort and encouragement to 4 the Saints who have settled In those thos parts part WI We i 1 1 v h 1 regret t not being able to obtain something from v hIs pen to accompany the sentiments to tous x 1 us b by the other members or of the Council Counell of oC the 0 Twelve Ap atles However w we may safely tI sey NY i that his and testimony are In perfect har harmon 1 mon nony with those which we present to the readers of the News e I I Ider der Woodruff following In the footsteps ot of his beloved father the late Pres Prell r 1 ot of the Church I le devoted to the great reat caUM of at human redemption corn i In the early part of the Nineteenth Century by revelation from c 1 heaven and we Ie are arc assured that his labors will IU he 1141 continued and be ot of still t greater value and extent In the Twentieth Century which will soon loon be corn com i I 1 mence 1 1 C I HH H IH HI HH HII 1 i I r J 4 j ji i t f X r rf I Ip f y p r r 1 1 r T 1 1 j s I I YOUNGS ORA VE 1 J f Some Same years before Youn death he wrote a paper i l by exact met metes and hounds the alte where he In earthly It I Interred and the m ot of his hIli burl bUrial hl hla hi It was Oil on hi his own private pJ p party Oil on till the brow broil t T the e trill hili the city just a block nd I north or of the r j j Ote ate The plot or of around covered an area of at 10 IO rode rod h d J C Ing the latter years ears of oC the lit life ot of the Pre Will was under hh hi 1 i directIon enclosed with II a stone Walt wall and neatly terraced Ile II d I allt i 1877 and his hll burial took place 1 I I X I c Some SOIne members ot of his hili family were oleo buried In this plot Lilt but t In the CIte or of tro ho or three of his widows their w ex C to the city cemetery A few years ago half of oC the lot r 1 ua II 7 11 i disposed of for tor II a good gool the tho proceeds ot of which were place l in j a perpetual fund which gives Ii a annual Interest for tor I maintenance of oC the lot Constant care and Attention are thus thu z t cured for fort ft The grave Itself Is a plain and substantial 1 I vault ault I r f masonry covered wr by a heavy huy marble slab Blab the he whole being i 1 od b by nn an Iron fence This laRt laet sleeping place ot of the greet r and loader Is 19 lilted by br thousands or of tourists every year X till and j is 1 i looked upon by them all as a most spot Dy the w i It Is regarded as hallowed ground In the strongest l ct cf r c the word T I H H HH |
