Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-02-08 | Page 4 | The Friend of the People

The Friend of the People To receive attention every question must bear the name and address of the person sending it This does not necessarily necessarily mean that the name will rill be published when the question Is answered only the initials will be used if the questioner so desires No attention will be paid to queries to which the name and address of the sender arc are not appended V To W. W X I L L. Provo Pro Wo cannot understand V your question Nor or can we wo find the two poems ou quote 1 This world Is Js a difficult cult riddle For or how many wo we see ce With faces face as long as oa a a. fiddle That ought to bo be with glee At t intervals there camo camoa camo amoa a melan melancholy V c choly Tho The hoot of ot tho owl and tho the catamounts catamount's catamounts catamount's cata earn mounts mount's cry Friend of or the tho Did John the Baptist know Jesus personally before Jesus p was wag baptized In tho the river Jordan N. N X N. V Answer Answer Probably Probably not nt tt least there thero thereS there'S is S no IW evidence that Uk they had e vcr met before beCore Jesus camo came to be baptized baptised by I John lohn Jesus was born horn in Bethlehem I elx miles mUs south of ot Jerusalem and John was waa born in what W was S called the hilt hill country some somo distance from there John was 6 months the tUo old older r of tho the two find ho ha commenced preachinG and bap- bap before he bc ha had over oer seen een n Jesus I g St St. Mark say a ay And ArUl nd there went out Unto him John all the land l of or Judea and the they of Jeru Jerusalem lem and pro all baptized of him In the river of ot Jordan And It camo uno to pass PM in tho those days davs that Jesus Jesu camo came from Nazareth of or Galilee and was baptized o of John in Jordan We Va aro are given pt to understand nd that this W wad wa tS the beginning beginning- of ot their person perona acquaintance thou h John said though had said Thero There cometh one mightier than thau 1 I after me the latchet hatchet of or shoe I Iam om am not worthy to stoop down and un un- loose Friend of or the People V Who Vho Is tho the author ot of tho the song zong In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Cro Cross Grots s of Christ I Glory O. O O. O O. O Answer SIr Answer Sir John a a. dis distinguished dis- dis linguist scholar arid amI diplomat diplo diplo- i mat of or En England land born bom In 1792 mid and died In 18 1832 Z He ITo was a a. very learned wan man knew and over o lan languages and himself declared ired that he often otten dreamed in foreign languages langua-cs Ho Ire was also a n VO very pious man The rhe poem In Inthe tho the Cross Croas of Christ I T Glo Glory Is in included included in- in eluded In some tome collections of ot church hymns ym V I V