Show A Witness of the of th till the Prophet Joseph Smith No 1 I nand heath Melbourne June JUlie 22 1901 This Thin country Is be noted tot for churches and anU church hut but not so 10 much for tur religion Nearly every very denomination on onearth earth oarth IH his II represented here As Ae A the people belles believe e that faith alone atone Is stif IUt nf for tor salvation no mutter matter what Whet tie de denomination nomination they the belong velon to they are me Indifferent to 10 the truth and ne liS n II result do 10 not euro cure to Investigate tho has ime this thu thul Ih l to 10 some extent Occasionally tho the Jo net gathers a few tew One very remarkable i ireon erson we havo Iivo mot mat it Is 1111 n a man mail that claim to have havo been bee II an nn witness to the killing of or thu Prophet and hn he Rives glee u it ery very thrilling account t of ot that lament lamentable able abio occurrence Ito HI also niao gives elves some very ery Interesting concerning the tho lives of or the Prophet and tile the at III lie He Will wit n hut thu man who drove droo tho thu team that curried carried Major AH 1 red reil from flom Illinois to San Francisco goon after the tho Major All red led tho the molt mob aiRl the tha Hist fatal shot Into Inlo tho thu body bod of ot the We Ve have havo homo very Interesting testimony thin man Inami In iii to South Smith heln n It lie He declares that the thu Prophet taught timid and practised po tuO This man luau left the United In 1853 18 3 und and we WI lire are the thu Mormons he lie has hue met since eltice He lie was wee very vel hitter bitter against UH tu HI when we lint met lIlet him but hut at nt present U lit very ely Cry HI III HInge I i Is he l 78 years and lit Is II n rue nil active und anti bright as 1111 the tho roan man of ot 50 a bright rt oll cllon of or his hl past life lICe lIe He was wall 18 years ears eare old when the th Prophet IM nC slain chain Vo We him him the IlI vi v of or nil 1111 our Temples h hue he the Templo and showed u II tie the lira parts not finished he ho last saw It tt Itlie lie Ilo hail had been beell In the Temple j previous u u lI Itu 1111 dedication and guv a 1 Rood gOOd description tion of ot It Ho lie said ald the Tempi wee was used etl by hy the tho liable for tor sacred purposes nod and was ve then considered one of ot the In America H lie 1111 was well cht acquainted with most mon of ot the Apo AliOS lles lIell and Young Ills brother MUI on an Intimate friend of ot the Prophet and In III this tide way wa ho Ito became well to tl with tile the th family on be beIn Ing In In their company frequently The fhe are ari about the Ille only anly opponents we havo hava here lien While they I are arc all alt they tile the oan n R At they think against us tie thoy they are arc really making us ue t friends and aiming CIU We Ve have n A branch of ot Saints Saint here hero 1 most of ot them trying to do dl al their duty In Ink inkt k kt kf Ing the thue nf ot the l lVe We Ve have a 1 church to hold our Sun Sunday sunday day services In and rv ii 1 Mutual Improve Improvement ment association that Is Ic a 1 good goat I work The fhe are alt all In their power to pres nt the melIle Mort hore the tile people They fhe are allaying a 1 great gr nt deal thal I of ot prejudice anti and our pepie ore nt known for tor what they lIre are Our great need neeti Is le a larger number of or energetic WM H n minnows O 0 S I Victorian Conference T |