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Show 4 House Still Stands In Which Prophet '-- 1 rv THE DESERET t NEWS SALT LAKE CITY DECEMBER SATURDAY 21 1323 die appears the legend: M8acred to the memory of Joseph timUli, the Prophet, born here 22 December. 1805, martyred Carthage, Illinois, 27 June 1844 The words from the Bible that led Joseph Smith to seek the Lord and started him on the mission that lifted him from olcurity to fame, are engraved around the ornamental moulding at the top uf the pedestal: James 1., 5: If nr of vou lack wisdom let him ask of God, that giveth to all m liberally and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him " The Prophet His Palmyra Home Place ot First Baptisms Worked On Record Home at Palmyra Is Tourist Center; Place Of Early Baptisms Still Missionaries Go To Indians During. Churchs First Year Marked. history Taels gut rounding the old New or stale offer most inlerestifig Smith farm in material. Prior to the construction of IU Ibfi invent Era I deaiiibed the sacred 4. present building in sttractlon Joseph fern it ti family lived m a grove, whieb is utheJustMgu li email log house near the site ot to tourist the present structure. It was i" ' this latlrr building that Joseph h from h(,re p.umvra i rearh-itimtfre- received a vmlation by the! by mterurban iais w.th he which Moroni during Angel quent service was instructed regarding the Uapttsnial llwl. of the gold plates from The route run through a which was translated the book farming section, that hasn t of Mormon. ' shown much change cither for betIt was on the new er house th it ter or worse during the past cenAlvin Smith, brother of Joseph. tury. Many of the buildings inTrtclr-wav worfctTurwhen he w cluding the old Powers hotel, with an illness which in a short known to Joseph FtniiTi. still stand time proved fatal. When unable to A paved road leads to th Smith farm from Manchester As one ar work longer himself. AW in la to have exhorted Joseph and riven at the farm, he cea the old his other brothers, to complete I h barn one of- Uie. caxii baptismal structure that their parent might poo 1. which was torjned by the hive a comfortable home fn whicn deepening of a gtiearn running to live the barn, and moat Important of ail (he sacred groe. with Heaven), Messengers. EnyiU stretches of woodland are a Jane leading up the hillside of located on the Smith farm. One It. A seat has been built around grove of treea had not been of a targe tree According to the beet touched by an ax for a century. According- - to a man Information obtainable U was near named Chlpmen. who caine into this spot that Joseph Smith ownership of the property, this! p raved. Was due to a tradition that in this "The grove occupied possibly grove Joseph Smith wa three or four acrea of ground near in two messengers heavenly by it is one of the crest of a knoll anawtr (o a prayer. the fw remaining clumps of virThe grove is very old as shown gin woodland in that vicinity. by the fact that one tree stump A ith the entire farm, intruding the carries 110 rings old farmhouse, it is under proper One of the most interesting feaand every effort is tures in connection with the ac- supervision made to preserve the old landfarm the of Palmyra quirement marks. properly by the Chorch. Is that old barn has Wn placardone parcel of land was owned thy ed The an Joseph Hniifh Farm that the late Admiral T. bampson of h P n,,V k" n war fame. From About two miles to the him W8S acquired 179 acres. An lion "and about half a mile to other portion, known as the Ben- south nett farm, comprises 229 acres and the east is located the llill the Tripp farm, a third parcel, contains 92 acres, making a total of 819 acres. In addition to this what im. known-- a Grange HaU. located in the town of Palmyra. This is the official residence of W illard Bean, caretaker of the Palmyra Patriarchs are ordained in all property. Most of this property mas ac- stake of the Church, and thev th 1914. in last piece ,giv blewings lo members of the quired along being purchased from the helrs'of Church These Messing are valued! Pliny H Sexton, wealthy New htghl by member of the Church York land holder fn H2A Thu who in a tense regard them as last plot contains approximately 49 similar to the blessing given by acres. patriarchs of the Bible dajs, AbraIn a recent Issue ot the Improve ham, Isaac, Jacob, etc. O At a confecenee of the ChurcS held In Kayette.iJew York. In September. 1830 the first mission to the American Indians, or Lam anltes. was appointed. O'lver Cow. dery. Partly P pratt. Peter Whit mer, JjK and Ziba Peterson were named as the missionaries to work. The first tribe so contacted were the p.lewares In the frontier regions of Missouri. 5 18-- bl j 'r pbJ.SmMh. be posilo side from the rwdlttMt k o- beau-tifat- n d two-thir- . ( Hpsnfsh-America- All Church Stakes Have Patriarch hto pwtpttc ta S. T, Hi borne In Palmyra Is shown above with the photo of the nronhet himwir seen the creek near the farm Palmyra. bowse where the first baptisms of the L. I). 8. era were performed. Memory Shaft Honors Prophet at Birthplace Monumen to Joseph Is Attraction, in New England; - House Include Parts of First Home. Utile knoll NESTLED on a between South Royaffon and 8h"fofi,ih"NYTndsor county Vermont, Ji a beautiful otuge at the aide of which stands a column of granite over 40 feet in from this rises the inscription die a cube six feet in dimensions.' A decorative moulding comes next, seven feet and four inches square and two feet and six inches In. height. From the moulding springs the four feet on a side at the and Investigations would reveal the shaft, base, three feet at the Cop. and following story, historical and gracefully. The shaft is in every detail, and would tapering 38 and feet --h lg b he likewise lead to IheiigceOTnpanytng bright being deliberate and- - sigucrilUoB' since there is one foot nificant; On the spot occupied by the cot- for each vear of the Prophet's life. tage. Joseph Smith, the prophet, Surrounding the whole is a pyra seer and revelator aud founder of the L. D. S Church was born on 1 805. Dec. 23 The beautiful monument Is a memorial erected in memory of Joseph Smith and w dedicated arTT a.Tn. TOdTTtV 1905 as a fitting celebration of the anniversary of his birth. President Joseph F. Smith, and over other prominent Church officials from Salt Lake City, were present at the dedication cere vi-i- one-ha- lf On tl All Witnesses mid cap three feet in height. The entire monument is of handsome dark colored Barre granite, The monolith highly polished. ton and is noted a weigh-- 4 the largest standing monolith of polished granite in the world. Hauled for Mile. The work of gettlnr the mammoth shaft to its final resting ern steel structured would' no! v'and the tremendous strain. For thts reason the shaft had to be hauled six mi les over country road op a , mountain, with sharp turns, and serosa a stream. Horses and oxen could not move the Immense mass and It was only bjr block and tackle, worked by . . horse power, that the alisft wax;a. biuernes epirtt and an slnof- fclxee- appear ahntwtlnsurmotinL-abJftJT-h finally draaged to its ti.e Fourlnesajor several aUaia four miles tmnm trips were necesskryposition, to set ail .end of their Ihes they were unlt-th- e the South Reyaiton staMom hut it in the monument to ediy true to their testimonies granite could not be unloaded there, be- the seen. j n J84J. after the Church had cause the bridge, although a mod- On the faoe of the inscription been driven from Nauvoo. and four mar- - Ivtars aft.et Joseph .Smith's trdom, Cow dery returned to mem. btrship. Martin Harris rejoined tbs. TTiurcTTafter the migration of the mala body of the Church to Utah, bu Whitmer never Joined again. Right to the day of their deaths, however, all three fervently their testimony that they had aeen the plate Break With Church -- yeera.-bttt--lo- . PROPHETS BIRTHPLACE MEMORIAL -- height. Both are visible from the road between the two towns mentioned and tor some distance on either A'; side. To the paam-rbor the niony. The service were held In the stranger, if perchance one is abe memorial which has been ' to appoach within sght of th built over cottage (ho old fountain of the structures without hearing from Prophet's birthplace, Presiwith the natives of their significance, dent Smith offering the dedicatory thev command attention and inThre ary jx grnrdl gtad of and members of the Morprajer vite further inspection. mon choir singing. X priesthood in tho Chuich The r or Aaronir eni'w Surrounding the home and the -The foundation stone, cedar c beaut. ful gramlo pillar is a braces three offices,prlrxthod thone of du i. walla hearthstone and doorstone ot with con, orchard an old teacher and priest These poyard of the old house in which 4.23 ancient apple trees, an old well Jow ph Smithfarm sitions ar usually occupied by was born were found and a portion of a beautiful littl in bos and oung m n the highwere and where possible er grad of priesthood,in known stream all inclosed in the remnant uvdplace ax as Intregai part of the mem-orof a stone wall. The Impression th. There are Three cottage. Toe original place that the yard ha noc charmed. In ; general divisions also, those ot cknown a. the eld- - Meek- - farm for at leit because it belonged to hi grandider. seventies and high prnsts. physicarr" appearance 80 years in given at a glance. father. Solomon Mack and was Beautiful hw. rented bv Joseph's father shortly Testimonie $ Fulfill As one approaches the home- before the prophet's birth Home stead the attention is attract bv 68 acres of land surrounding the Scriptural Conditions the beautiful view, overlooking on old sit' was purchased the westward and southward rollMonument IhnMTlheil. Testimonies of witnesses to the B ok of Mormon were The deduatd monument con- -ing country, while to the east and t.y . , 1 fjf ' , north extend and sts of a super-strlure haje at divine revelation, and requit picturesque were' - r't in t'K1 ,f the bottom Of a pedestal 12 feet line with the scriptural Injun Mon heavily wooded mountains At last the little knoil has hee.i square and 14 Inches thick. St at the mouth of two or three that Here Is the farm house and memorial monument at the site of Joseph Smith's birthplace, Sharon, witnesses Bhail a matter be ascended and the granite spire on this I a second has nine feet etab. and cottage are at hand. Inquires square and two fet thick, and Windsor county, ormont. liehed. Church Priesthood Has Six Grades v LH If 4 ! j- A yy) 1 ( ! AXEL B. C OHLSON THE BENEFICIAL LIFE DIRECTORS EXTEND BEST WISHES FOR t i I , A1 roOemry CCDmrfisfinnnas anmdl sn , 9 Mew Weaiir IPirspeirDns Vear Alter Year Beneficial Mini Leads All Companies in Production of New Ordinary Business in tlie State of Utah The Proves the Most Prosperous in Our History f It k k k l -- F J ALL POLICY HOLDERS OF THE BENEFICIAL NOW SHARE IN THE "NET EARNINGSDF THE COMPSNY I k k k I t, lfcaultS X- - f |
