Show JOSEPH TIlE I Dec 23 the SAInts with gratitude the tho thi anniversary of the birth of at the tho Prophet They reverence the martyred servant of the lArd Ird on ns the Instrument through whom they have hae received light and truth peace and jO joy and n a hope that like the links on the pillars or of the ancient Temple beyond the veil velt anti and place thorn them In communication with the tho glory ot of GOd Goti resting on the mero sent seat In the th Holy of Holies They will think of hIm as the messenger through whom they were offered both temporal and eternal salvation For with n a great many of them nil all they thoy have and all they axe they owe to the Gospel which lIe he was Va raised up to proclaim The Prophet Joseph won was one of the tho most men lIlon In thIs century One of his great groot characteristics was hIs faithfulness to the tho Cause Causo en cn entrusted trusted to him In faith alth In God and love loe for or hIs fellowmen he rose to a height attaIned by but few tew And for title this reason he remained firm as a 11 arock rock even when the storms of adversity raged around toes attacked him with the fury of beasts and friends forsook hIm or plotted his downfall Ito He ive hiss hili life tor or the tho cause causo he hd hail ell ou ed nt at a time when he might have hae escaped martyrdom And huM thUM La his death as well as In his life anti and hili hi t he forcibly to the SaInts of at tho th toot Meet nd ad admonishing thorn thum to remain true and loYal to ChrIst their dIvIne Master Malter The recurrence of the anniversary of his birth should remind the Sainta ot of their duty to be faithful antI true as ho he hovas was vas to the end They have much both at home and abroad but there Is a still greater work to be bedone bedone done for whIch none but the humble I the pure the loyal and the just ate are arent nt fit There are Bre to bo received can oon he be given Ion to none but thOse thUM who keep the dIvIne commandments Lot Let the memory ot of the martyred 1 Pro Prophet ro phet Inspire to greater creater efforts for All ali that Is good and praiseworthy That ThatIs Is after aCter nil all the celebration mo most t worthy worth the memory ot of II a Prophet of Goo God |