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Pi - 1.1114- 1) ' ' )1....,,,g11,,,rodito 11C..q4 olio, AV ,44- - ,, '43---- , EM.....MIMOEMMMI , 3, , , , - Qv Saints throughout the world on the privileges, progress they' have attained, since they last celebrated the an niyerssr.of the Savior's birthday, according 1,, the date aceepted iu Christendene Christmas means as much to them as to any body of believers on the earth. Christ is their the world. the Redeemer, their Lord and thi-'i- Nines Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Mary, was and is, in their creed, the veritable Son of God, the light and life sinless and immaeulate One, the een queror of Satan and of death. the srrection. and the atoning substitute for human guilt, by whom mankind are reeonelled rom.Tatulate the i to, ,t 4A !,....t ., 4 ttii-il-) ' N , , ,''.1 .,. ,,.. .,1 , 1,7 set 1 54 :t,' their understanding of its principles. in the order and power of its priesthood organizations and auxiliary attention. All this has been a stamp of pleasure and gratification to the Saints, and is to them strung evidence of the layer el heaven and of the truth of the prophetie utterances of their leaders. The past year has been pr,ditie in determined attempts of designing persons te bring trouble and disaster upon our people and block the way te proslyi ism abroad. The press and i he pulpit, in inane plaees, have combined to vilify, misrepresent and falsely aeruse env Ministers and our cause, in order to arouse the :rniteosity f Ho iminonned populace and inflame the passions of intolerant mobs, leading to acts of lawless violence, to assaults upon persons and property and efforts to intimidate -peaceable people, preventing their attendance at Mormon" meetings and creating riot and disorder. Some of these endeavors have appeared to suceeed for a time, but have eventually resulted in their signal defeat. Patience, perseveranee ami relianee upon Divine promises have gained peaceful victories; and truth ha triumplicd ovee talsel Nod,. 'rhe newspaper and magazine attales upen eur leaders and the lectures and diseourses of hired libelers have met with a similar fate and have aecomplished the very reverse hi le the willows and workers of the evil have soon faded from the public view and sunk toward that oblivion which is their dread and v, ill of the purpese intended, '111.('IY he their doene 1 4 4 ..i , 1 q !' t7,4 , 4' 74 1 .s, 1 'i i ,,,, 1 1 i V , .4 'l ,, , fl , ,!, , q s s's-, , . 'tt;, 1 .,,' ,. cl i ,., !, 4 4 4 11 r I 1 1 ,,, .rt:fal, i ;'':.-: ,..,24, , s.ss on Nvhich we . A i al p I A 1 ., . varions-settlement- 11.1 ft s . 1 ' 1 ,,,i J , . - ss,-t-. r.4,,,:. . 1 i !" s ; - I ! . - ,, ti !I : 1 ti i4 1 :J ss : 5:'", rs :,!,'41, 0 , , i '0', ,.): 4 - ; i;-- ' ' 41 ,. 1 !';.'',!,,,. .,,, ,, 1 , 1 ., ' ,;,;,a Ail,-- ! if.' ' lwere'ormed. 1 ii ifrg ,, W '''' . ,., 7.':'''.' ; t1 :,' - , Tds- -- the-men-- tsrattntraT4'.111:71!lr,"7 '''. , a'' 1 ''''".-- . - 1 7 " ' , ......:: v. 1. ..,.. ' :' 1 'A ,,, . ..,.t.t' 1 1 F.' ...., i I . , ,e ,c..:. i t I . , , rs y i,q ::...'v..:, metal-produce- . ( 4 , Commerrial prosperity is also in pleasing evidence, stimulated by an awakened, spirit of support to the home manufactures which add so greatly to the material rihes of the State, c onpled with the vast output of mineral treasures, brought from their mountain deposits and prepared for the factories and the markets iin the great home works whirh been have ereeted of labor and capital in unison. Utah rank8 among the leading smelting through the enterprise if theaeveral States. anti NV(H11 t her .e.r6p and sugar produet, rontribute no lless to and fame and show wondrous inerease at each succeeding . Christmasday. While inissiims abroad and general edueation and higher learning at home, both secular andI l i religious, mark the rising eminence of the latter-dawork. the deepenine faith of the Sands is shim n in their labora of love for the living and the dead in the sacred ef the Temples Lord, where orditeinees are (tally performed fee the salvation or mankind . I.." ,n 11-- to nmerous ueisiis for time and I' ternity that are solemnized in holy places. welding together the past, the present, and the future and preparing the way fer Ill(' gliprimils adVelit 1Irr the werla'e lz,shaseeer. The spirit of devotion radiates from those sanetuaries throughout the Stakes and wards Of Zion and is felt in the homes of the faithful, where praise and prayer in the morning and the evening to the throne of the Most . High. The yar now pasite4 has brolczlit itsiny , thousands of inquiring people to our chief eity, who have seen for thi'qnselvcs and heard with surioiae the t nit h concerning the maligned "Nlornions- - and have gene lsiek to their homes i ready', to refute the stories in popular circulati on that have gained credence with the a lose visit4s have been many Iii.:1111i111,1, d and caurageous ?nen and women, who have beeome our fast fri, nds I who and defenders and aid in bringing about a proper imolerstanding betes On os and the heneral,!. el Oa earth. horn we hail ;as members of t tile great family of the Eternal Father, no matter what may Ile their rave or ereed. We 'congratulate ,(etr brethren and siters on lids clic4stiragitiq adVallecnicilt and reeognitionS Another cause ft,r ,ongritotation is the lifting cdthe dense elottd of pteltiaiee against our people froin of the leading men of the nation, and their " changed ;,, ,,rss,7 ass, "'",01R:' - '11t,111491r 14. ' ' ""1.41r1741M --''''''',4,4"-- ' ,17,...114&, ').3711,4110tt'on W1,04;77.4 ' - '' ,r ,' , , , .. : .' hlth '5 E T' ", -i ..:' ., 1 ,,i 4.sL -- eongratulate our frienda and particularly those who have been assailed, is in the arousing of public attention tto tlo, eauac e lad) its enemies aim to destroy. Alter the excitement aroused by the outrageous and improbable stories against the Elders and Saints has subsided, investigat ion by n110111;11 persons ensues. the meetings held by our people are largely attended, conversions , follow, or at least eonvietion that the people and principles so grossly maligned ha e been unjustly arensed, and these who have figured in the falsehood stand condemned blefore their fellows. Anti thus the work goes on, in fulfillment of Divine promises and to the aecomplishment el IIle warning el the world and the proclamation of the Gospel of the Son of God, whose advent as the Babe of Bethlehem we delight to celebrate. t:acL Christmas day brings additional assurances that, the word of the Lord to us in the beginning will certainly be fulfilled: "No weapon that is formed against you shall procr and the tongue that rises in judgment against you shall be condemned." We congratulate our friends in these mountain vales on the bountiful harvests of this year of eTare, wbieh have been so abundant, yielding good. return, for tis I i 'ekill and labor expended. on the progress atAlieved and improvement exhibited in the raising of fine live stock, an4 in the erection of comfertable leanee Nvilll nod( NI .. ....... ., ronvenienaes and adornments to be- - arcil in the of the Saints, rePlacing the printilive dwellings of the early times of ,struggle and privation. Similsrl and in many places. greater advancement is noticeable in the public buildings for civic, educational and eeclesiastical purposes, a( I a..ng beauty to the townd cities ellen:. they are conspieueus. as well as benefiting the publie in other ways and assisting in the general progress. d t,. ,is,..' L....! , 0 V d of worship at Ilene, and abroad, in the faith el its nwmbers and associations, in its missionary netivities and in attraeting public ) 1 a r wide-sprea- r,, ;, Q; . ,f 1 4- lingand I Deity and salvation may rens, le ;ill. The annual commemoration ,,r !Lis birthday has become more general and more significant of His divinity, as sueccedina His nativity. That SWeet retrain 'ears have passed along. since the Star of Itethlehent guided the Magi to His birthplace and the shepherds listened to the angels' song of earth peace. 'rood will to IIICT1,.. has ec h0Cown threugh the corridors of the centuries, until at this Christmastide it is a universal anthem. influence. in its heuses Since last Chriatnias, the Church of desua Christ of Lattenday Saints has inereased rapidly in unity, in strength, in numbers, in el !t Latter-da- y WE t. ( ::,', .L. - 1 '' - . 91,11 ,, ss.,.y, - . 0 . , ,. . , e,.., ri -, .',:,:::,. ',...,1:-.,- s 1 ,,,. ;:..4.4 i .,.re, -- ti, 1111 ' t . ,,,:il 1 419,. :.,!; 1 7, ifix 15(. A , . I ,,I. ''''',77'''''--.- ,' ,:' ,, - ''..;t777...7.'ir:7!"7"..7.7".: 1.' ' '''',- i :'. ' ','". . ,.1:,,,1:;:::,-,- ; 4' if."7.millo. .. 'r ,!1, II ,. ,, ' " ,, ill I , mommonomm, :.,t l'' A ' Minn g,,-- ii - - :. ',.';'-- ,.;'. : r 1 0,-- ,',;, ; ,r, "19! !.....,-, ' ".4i:'.4.14";,,t;:0.:!'''. '''' ,,i44,1....:atir,;,1,',1,;,.,1,11!i.!.1,'...., : '''' ..'., :: ,i'6Iik.i.;24.:.,.;'..... '' ;,. ' .i.:....Y. 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