Deseret Evening News | 1900-05-26 | Page 13 | Old Salt Lakers

OLD SALT 1 wIl 11 1111 1 1 1 i I S 1 rF v tt f t X 1 r rt r T J iP J l lt F 1 r 1 1 4 1 1 f fj 1 j I if 1 1 f I I i if iC ii f C i k f d dy dt y dd d t 1 T t Y f f C 1 f 1 j of I t 1 11 t J 10 r 1 Ind 10 IndE t E hi 7 lJ m III mI IIIi mf f i k I 1 14 WILLIAM W PHELPS tn u ut II th mt g A nets nev generation has grown rown up ul WIlliam W Phelps d away but as long ns as his familiar nUl nue to 10 be tun aung his hll memory well be r r kept green He peered away all city on an March h 7 pelf 1172 lie Ha tae IIII the tI n editor of the and Morning Star pub hed at Ind eUe J 1 JIn In a and devoted to the ot of the Gapes and as hla n many hymns Indicate l e aas II possessed d ot at high literary and poetic talents I rat 1 Perhaps not noL many ot of the generation tod today which sings the he wrote are aware that ho le Is the author of oC familiar hymn ae 18 Te of pod l Like n a FIre Is Durning ot of To Who Made Mado the World The Tho lowers of Zion Soon Coon Shall m Praise to the Alan Who t I with Jehovah Now Let U Us In the DIY Dey ot of Glorious are Sung of Zion Come all Ye Sona of Zion and many I ly others othere equally familiar HIs llla full name 8 Will was William Win and he n iT was Wall born at lI nover Morris Morrie county N J on l February 17 lie He WAS bp bap baptized a member ot of the Church In 18 and and tossed all the exCIting ex 1 U of tiro tho earl In the punting In hIs E I charge being destroyed and the pre and type ruined b by a mob nt at 1 once enee In lie He was Intimately BlI with Ute life Prophet Jo Joseph ph and Bened ae hie hI for I a long Ion I time During the Missouri Mis curl w he for tor a time left the Church Chu h but later laler re and remained r ra a member till his death Ida Jle come to Utah with Ott on of the eft 01 early pioneer companies and to here until the time of hi hla I Ideath death lie He WitS was a familiar figure on the to the loot generation and t r I II we closely with many ot of the loaders leaders of the Church I e A