Show BIOGRAPHY OF BRIGHAM YOUNG v and and- an l HISTORY OF OP MORMON CHURCH From Page Pago One former times Umes a man that had revelations revelations reve revea lations laUon to whom the heavens were opened who knew God and His character I would freely dream dream- scribe the earth on ou m my hands and ana knees I thought that there was no hardship but what I would undergo if I could sec see ono one person that knew knerr what hat God is and where here lIe He is Is what was His character and what eternity ty was This would a appear pear to be a large order but the opportunity opportunity of ful fulfilling it in some Measure measure measure meas meas- ure was soon after offered to Brigham Brigham Brig Brig- ham Young when Samuel H H. H Smith a brother of the prophet Josepn Joseph Smith Jr arrived in Brigham's Brighams neighborhood selling the Book of oC Mormon Samuel Smith was as the book agent fox for fore his religious brother and in t tze e e course of his difficult task of ot distributing distributing distributing a new Bible Dible he tried to sell a copy of it to the Rev John P. P P Green of Livonia New Now York The Reverend Mr Green told loll him trim to come back In a few Cew weeks after atter he and Mrs Green had had a chance to to inspect th the new Bible and when Smith re returned re- re turned Mrs l Green told him that her husband had decided not to buy It was Impressed upon my mind Samuel Smith said some somo years later to leave the book with her He made Mrs firs Green a pres present nt of ot Book of Mormon asking only ottlY that she she- and her husband would ash asK SK God for far a sign that it was the truth They lid did so and soon afterward were baptized Mrs Green was a sister sis of Brigham Young She showed show show- I ed the new Bible Dible to her brother Phineas who took it home to study and soon afterward afterward- Phineas began to preach the new religion He show show- I ed eel the book to his brother Brigham m who said later that he first saw it two or three weeks after it was published published in 1830 1530 Brigham Young Youns pondered over the Book Dook of Mormon Monnon for or two years ears He adopted toward this new dispensation the same skeptical attitude he had used to toward toward toward to- to ward all the other sects The more mor he wrestled with with it the th Truer It seemed and so he lie sa says s he found it impossible to discern its errors errors I found it was from eternity passed passed passed pass pass- ed through time and Into into eternity eternity eternit again When I discovered ll this 1 said It is worthy of the notice o or 0 man Then I applied my heart to wisdom and alid sought diligently lor understanding And eventually lie he came to this emphatic conclusion I knew mew it was true as well veIl as 1 that knew knew that I I 1 could see with my eyes or teel feel by the touch of my fingers or be sensible of ot the demonstration of any sense Had not this been the tho case I never would have e embraced It to this di day To be be Continued |