| Show c c v it Tm PROPHET JOSEPH y i Is tho t lIt t o If the het in III or Co III till th ot of Thu I WIn worthy t I H tur io lit f tile thu lust century a 11 mill lasting 4 I r UI tiso tho r tills this name laUlu now flow Is known In Ill every erry ot u the thu 1 lobe i In brieflY the 1110 remark li Vt ot fl this j i or of the tho It bE convenIent v ent 11 10 rf or O the l nent nl an tt tO many III tIIt or l of at c t In Iii 1111 career Ve Vc may t look tho first yours 4 tl itis o tI birth the lay day M hIlI tho 1110 I of till r 4 c Cl thU tho an n uno Of fur tim rat ho to tn toJ rJ rIll re t n ons 1 II 1 J 9 UI lit of Ih tite In III 8 I was ol of o ninis the lit of th lor or II t work to through i all U 14 i I until thE tho mIll 11 IR 1St I Wit 1 P fr of O wIth the tho of darkness 11 lit tito vIctory lit III t I In all havu We un OIl upon omu omo or O Iho 1110 ot each ot of periods ri ur 1 1 It lii In Was wall no floe from that ot of other O 4 In similar humble 0 4 were not but the hey tell welD v ro en tru und Ilie did not thi Its Ills t i t hut lilt 1111 eyes and heart to 10 the tho ot nature lie had listened to the tho or of God In the tiui ru elf of the tho Iad In the tho In the tho sweet or of the Iho brooks or the over overwhelming whelming ot of lulls hills ami moun t V taint Iy Dy and communion with GUll Got In nature natura by the of o pious patents the tho young bol Willi SUS CI fur tor Iho ho future futuro work Ii o 0 his hs liCe Iho result was that thaI whon 1 li ii tho ho voIces of sects h lie He know not tim tho It 11 s but ho hI went Into uno of at tho ho 1 t ceci chambers of oC the tOld f there poured out his itis soul In prayer and supplication for tor wisdom om It was wall In r answer to this prayer that Ito ho received q 1 th the most glorious visIon ever r vouch ouch to mortal man lie saw IV lie lather Father and the tho Son and received un an Intimation of at the lie worle before him pro 1110 jt ho ha would tic bo and loyal to ble clod t It be ba remarked here that the ot of the tho g snakes mattos the tho assumption that ho HIS 1115 the tho orIGInatOr of the tho or of acceptance That Thill Ihus received strong cor corl l b from Crom its 1111 aPPears moro probable to t 1 than thun It when It was published d 1 oWin to the greater light spread over the tho jint ot of these con tin en I by van ous ou anti of arctic arche archeology otty rue Tho proper of lie book i p 4 1 an many of thom them bl be traced to Se Sc 1 and that itself Is proof I I that It lilt not evolve In the tho brain ot of nn nit illiterate bo boy The Tho Prophet JI no foreign tOil GI S at the hi he wac called to give GIe this to the tho world Tho lan Ian ra h IP III man many instances R the Imperfections ot of the tho human Instrument i nent ment lire Ish which It pleased the tho theW W t to again bring the Iho records to tho Iho tight light Just as lie lan language ot of th r ic Testament reveals the tho nn na nat t training other othor 4 tl tIts l ot of the tho but there h no other WilY iLy of account accountIng I Ik Ing for Cor tho coming forth Corth ot of the tho i ur of than that which ascribes It vt to divine og That Is the Iho un en ml mistakable lesion or of the tho childhood and k education of tho it co II II Period or of the Prophets I life lile with 1 a short ot of 4 which lIe he says ho hot hop p In g many foolish errors errora But Dut Buten t en tIe the ht of at 18 13 3 nt at I flIght the Antel Sn el to toI I him In answer to j to coil for tOI forgiveness p p tor or mil follies nail for tor n a mani manit t r I of the tho divine divino noC In answer to pm prayers ors the Angel ngel anti told him ot of the tence It ci records nail the tho place I fl tho thai waro deposited vore t 3 ShoWn him In II a visIon The Tho hOlven heavenly 1 hInt him on mall ninny doe doc I and opened his mind so that ho he hei i 1 could tho future futuro jUdgment i that ruo reto to upon tIm tho world worl 1 lit III WRY way II a desire was In 4 4 3 IrIs foul toul to d to the I work of It Is l a vivid com eom I of what Is to 10 como come that inspires the tha truo missIonary to zeal p WIthout the there thero Is IsI I no effectIve I The angel angol tIp appeared pen red Again the tot fol an the tho young oung youngS Seer to communIcate what ho had r S seen IUd heard to his fat father her This S S dl did r and thus what lie he lieT e 10 needed 1 a faithful confIdant T and SUPPorter went to the tho hilt hili jL 4 II t the tho latter heln being a Ito 4 5 fO Wont Wort a high place placeS S S 5 55 bill m and there Ita ho found tug tho pla place e I 5 In tho record and nud 5 i 5 L 1 oilier rollIs from coin IL a pail ago hiatt bean boen deposIted Hut But the time had not yit It arrived for tor him him tl to become the thu ems CUll n ot of th ao treasures On the tho con can contrary he WIl ivas to understand In it IL uLlo vision that there thero Will was a abug 1 bug struggle lu with the forceS or of the tho Il furo him him and that lie he t n bt temptations to no cumulate fOl the IhO glory of the tho tic was asked to como come to till the hut hili 1 II yeatS un fl IL a given date Ito so Sll end hint cacti Cach time the Iho who III hint him In his Ide At t I on the tho day clay of at ho he r received the tho re no liati heen dello since about arn ChrIst with thu tho flint ho was wall blu bli Cr Or their safety It If they ivero lost hiss hili lie ho WM wan to bo be cut lul oft but if IC h lie u used nil all enco In thrill they thoy ho nil 1111 It If the Iho I be ual asked ed Why these tho Is II that the tho youthful Seer RecI was through a 0 Qt of The Tho Lord often to ti tile the tho ot of and Josephs test at this was the tho duty I imposed upon hInt him to appear once n a on a gIven date upon tipoti the tho sacred lull hili It t title seems to Ito 10 IL a small mat matter ter ler It ii ho be that the severest tests often ure Oro those that small and Thu Tho pro cislon and fidelity with which small matters are to fur furnish nish the tho real test or of character Jo Joff ff pl tilso needed the yearly tirIna of the Iho divine messenger lie he need needed needed ed de ot of mini and bOIl body and Imd therefore the day doy was postponed until Ito he vas In WilY way tal the great work vork him The now round found him himself self elf lit III of an ancient t sacred treasure which lie he was WilS under or of lr to 10 the world In III Inthe the tho language A boy without linguistic without till I nod without re rc recently thu Iho Ut for hIs I Ills well ills If lOI ot 1111 ever 1 a f C the Iho In n a 7 Let anyone Place lit In hou It If lie can do tiO o b by reo re resort sort orl to just to see what tue ho si Itu the Iho hit Bul till the Lord hover gives a 11 command without for Cor obedience It if thore Is IK 1 a to o oy Joeph started out copyIng Maine and hereby his hili faith In led and the Lord provided friends who made It pO 11 0 for hint hini to accomplish the work lie He met In lilt 1829 cud Oliver lii In 1821 Ills brothers Samuel and Hy fly two became ot of the divinity or of Josephs through revelations to 10 them In iii answer anwer to prayer In III 1829 Joseph end Oliver were or to the Priesthood by a heavenly m John the Baptist after which thc they baptized t for the tho ol of sluis J ht was upon hy by tim Iho Spirit to brIng aft as to the Iho Prophet and shortly afterwards the Iho Joined the tho little group of earnest Inquirers III Ia the Lords and thus the tho stupendous Jork was mado by the tho Lord raising liP up friends unIt MI assIstants from time to time But It was us Indeed I a tIme of trial aU alt was read ready for Cor the tho organization or of orho the ho Church The Priest Priesthood hood had been beon Joseph Oliver Oller by br leter leler James Jame and John and 1 a revelation lation been given Ivon con coui concernIng cornIng the rc restoration of tim tho postle shIp according to 10 the Scripture pattern On the day ilay of oC April 1830 the Church was organized The Prophet sa says s The Tue holy Ghost was poured out upon tue III 10 ii LI 11 very ery great grant degree some sarno prophesied whilst all praised the tho Lord and rejoiced exceedingly Years Tears or of trial probation and struggle ended In indescrIbable joy As AB soon nil as the Church had been or organized anti and the Priesthood restored the tho work ot of evangelization commenced As AI the tho Pentecostal Influence radiated from J Jerusalem In nil all dl directIons so the Spirit that was poured out upon the tho restored Church organized organIsed nt at Fayette Seneca Co N Y 1 was felt In ever wid widenIng enIng circles Public meetings were the Gospel was proclaimed In power Miracles vero performed Evil spIrits were cast out These mighty deeds wore were witnessed b by many and anel I some believed The holy Spirit was I poured out upon the tha assemblies of the tho Saints Especially was lIS this tM th case caso at atthe the Iho nr t conference held JUno June I 1 1830 1530 on which occasion the lie spiritual tons tlona wore similar to those of the tho day or of The of oC Mormon was IS circulated caused u tt great stir In the world Many accepted it h otherl hard hardened enell ened their hearts and became ors orl Attempts were matte to convIct the th Prophet of at dishonest business transactions wh when n these railed Called re recourse course had to violence the lArd held hohl ills 1111 protecting hand over the young youn Church MIssionarIes s were sent lent to 10 the tho and ond the fIrst corn com commandment to gather In Ohio 1111 gIven In January 1531 1131 the Prophet started for tor I where lie Ita was wall cordially reo re by Newel IC WhItney But the course courso ot of the Saints was westward and anel soon the Elders Elder wore b by dIvIne dl di direction sent further pointed to Jackson county as the tho con cen central contral gathering place and Independence as the tha place pIneo ot of the tho rearing of oC I a won wan wonderful Temple We e cannot follo In detail the of the marvelous work that was wal per In the tho brief time tinie that was Villi nl at to the tho Prophet before his martyrdom lom Amidst storms of at Ion conspIracIes ot of vile apostates and ot of politicians ho was WILS en enabled to send tile the to the Iho United States Canada and Groat Britain to build largo large cities and tern pies to found and aM Improve his mind until ho became ono one ot of tho Iho beet besl Informed unon ot of tile his time to receive revolutions and enunciate 1 that have havo a 11 influence upon the ut of the world It If there ever was remarkable marl man upon the tho earth the Prophet Joseph was ono one We have havo scan that persecution was his portion from the tho very day the Iho Lord appeared to him In his early euly youth No o true truo servant Qt ot the AlmIghty was ever persecution And nd the opo op pOlling forces gathered strength AS th work progressed and souls were saved aved from flom sin anti error the Gas Oos pet pel banner Was 55 planted In Ohio In MissourI In Illinois the tho powers or of hell helt concentrated their strength the I defenders of oC th cause of It the tho Sea San Ut of God and finally the blow tell by which the tho mighty and noble leaders and we vero to from this sphere of af their followers seemed II a time talc overpowered It P 0 of the tho experience of the early discIples tile the drama ot of lint the Iho martyrdom ot of Cantli ago was I a In the of the tho woric the had been caller called to perform Jt It 1 IL crown of glory for tor him anI lute his beloved brother brothe victory for tim Iho Church ot of Christ The verdict of oC his history tory torr is III that Joseph ph lived great and dIed groat In the eyes of God file IUs people and Ilk like most or of the tho Lords anointed d In ancient times sealed his mission and hI his Works with hI tili own urn IJO has hos lila his brother In Iii lICe they were wera not and In death till boy wIre not hot separated Doe Doc DocCo Co Coy v Hec 13 3 The WOK uno of oC Gods noble noblemen men Ito He died for tur 1 a that cannot die new honor and bless hut hll memMY through him they thoy were ted letI trout from darkness I to light from miser Biker tu to happiness from death to Ute life lie diet but ho The Tho world Is better because of 01 his life and death Ito IIi wn the tho herald if tho lie second corn com lug Illg of the SoIl Huh of God anti when that glorious event trAnspires ho will re the tint that Is In store for tor thole who are oro the tho Lords In Ills corn com comInS cornIng InS Ing unIt l so will nil who remain faith Zui tul throUgh trials and persecutions until the tho end |
