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Show ii Church Department TOE DESERET NEWS, SATURDAY. OCTORER 20, 1934. Apostles of The New Dispensation FROM :S30 to 1144, tb period ot the organlm! the Church nc the martyrdom' of the rrophet Joeeph Smith, perhape in there wee no onti Oourate Otuplayed jlw outiUndiny defn of h' ctlglan and of Hu loader than4 Wight. Lyman, Wight Joined th Church' fn 1,10. being baptised l Oliver Cowdery, For viUtanoe of xervlre find after faithfully discharging Rvany ether office and Julies, he Was Ordained a member of the Council of the Twclvg. The vacancy be filled In thla council ws oa aaloned by the death of David W Fatten. It waa fitting Indeed that whe a tpan of the ceitnte and atrenicth af faith euch aa Oiat dls- layed bjr Elder Patten, ahoutd be let to the Coqncll of the Twelve, Lord through death, that . the hould raise up another . ' stead af actual physical and eplritual Courage, Two or three experience In hla life ahow hla extreme courage and f loyalty to the Prophet, a devotion ao Intenae that at the deal . of the Prophet. Lyman Wight refuaed to leaden and teaognis any other drifted from the Church with a faw follower. asUbllahlng hlmaelf m Texas But hla life from 180 to the kiartyrdom in 1111 iwea o raplata With example of faith and oour-t- ce that ha haw won a permanent Dlaes la the early hlftory af the h t a Church ' j - Lyman Wight 18th Qf The Modern Apostles Ly-te- 1 J Am hpwliice I . -- fifty-thre- n. look placai fallowing conversation "General - Wilson 1 aald. Col, wa have Wight, nothing against7 pou. only that you era aaaoolatad with Joa Smith. Ha la aur enemy and a damned rascal, and would taka any plan ha eauld to kill ua You era a damned fine tellowi and 'If Yon will font out and awear agalnat him, wa wilt aparo yourlir. and glva youany offlca .you want-- , and if you dont da It, you will ba Dnoj4 tomorrow at i , Oclock. Gan. "Cok Wight Answered, Wilson, you are entirely mistaken In July, he was ordulued one at the IttI, high council In Missouri and spent tliiv suiumer of In Clay rounty. Being counseled to so tu Kirillin. und get his endow mirnl . I.ymalt Wight left Mlssoiiit In the fall of 1S35 and pieaehrd hi, way through to Klrtland. . On lit atrival at lti'hiuund. he walked through the city, and being a stranger, was Wherever ho wtent lie heard the people threaten j to lar and feather the Mormon preacher when ha cams to meeting' that night. At the appointed time, be waa at his post, and there being no light provided he bought candle and lighted th room. Th with was soon filled bouse men who brought tar and feathers for th "Mormon elder, hours, relie preached about two wickedness proving them for their and meanness. At tho close of tho meeting, he In aald, If there la n gentleman thla congregation, I wish h would over him wllh Invite ma tq stay on of the night." Whereupon l3i be-so- . and repaired Immed- lately to Ear West to aid In lta dewfenee. Here with Joeeph and Ilyrum Smith and other, he waa ha hla ana- trayed Into tha bands-o- f miss by Cok Georg If, Hinkle, on Oetober ll. and waa aqatonoed by a eourtmartlal to baiahot hast morning at I Oclock. "During tha avenlng jOen. Moses wllson took him out by himself and triad ta Induce him to betray apb Bmltb. and swear falaely agalnat him; at which tlma tha bill rtrt-vent- ed One Of the Inafaneed of oxtremo douroga la related in Jenson's Bta- aa follbwat , graphical Encyclopedia, "la October. 1111. after learning that Ear Waat waa surrounded by r e volun- 0 mob, he ralaed (lit-mlle- e tee re In d latent) lit your man, In refund lo mi-- 1 self and Jom-kSmith. Joseph Hmith t not an.emmy to mankind, he la not youi enemy, and I aa good a frtvn.l a you hate got. Had no jl It been fdr him. .would j have been In hell long jou ago. Lor J j should have sen you Ihcrc, by cut- - , ting j our throaj arid no other man but Joaiih Mnillh could have me, null yfeu limy thank .ihlni for jour lire. And now, df von will give Iiifl) the boj-- 1 brought from Ihahuianj yesterday I will whip jour whole army. 'Wilson ealdJ Wight, 01, ara a alrange man: but If you will nod ou will ba accept my proposal, j .shot tomorrow morning af 8. Bhoot and ba damned,' wa Ibe courageous reply: i Thla was charm-terUd- e of tha man who would .have died for Smith and ble friend. Tel hla Ufa waa apared with that of tha othara and ha waa able to continua ;bla missionary labor, and to one of the loaders, next In command to Joseph Smith, of ' Etons Camp, that of stalwart men who inarched body to the aid of tha stricken Malnta lp Missouri. o At conference of the Church In .Klrtland,A June, 1111. he was or- dalned high, priest by Joseph Bmlth. He began hi aarly mission- ary work In Clnoinant! where ha lived with the people, fished with , them la the day tlma and preached to them at night. .Here ha built up a branch of tha Church and bap- . lwt pearly 109 teonverta, , . Hla eeuragedua spirit mad bins menses lo the persecutors of , tha Hainta In Missouri and ha wa often men who would not bought after by have spared hla Ilfs had they cap- lured him, Ha pan among thn Balms driven out Of Jackson counK tr Into Clay county, and whan were asked for to go to Klrtland and visit the prophet, sev-eI who were asked made excuses And Lyman Wight volunteered to ., go. Asked by bishop Edward Iart- ridge of the condition! of hla fam-- 1 By ha said hla wife lay by the aide Of a log In the.woods, with a child three daye old,' and hn had three dayg provisions on hand; ao ho he could go. thought H P. Pratt next' volunteered 7 Parley And they .went together. , Lyman Wight Assisted Hyrum Bmlth In getting a company of II for Zion's Camp. Joining tha main at Balt Bluer, Missouri, camp ' where It waa rsnrganlsed and Ly- man Wight was appointed eecond t officer. I , li ' J . (Continued j , ' ' . , -- a ' WRITING AND PRINTING OP X OP MORMON THE BOOK i ' PART Y . 'I Y tT Is Important do know that Jie X writer ban disputed the declara- (ion of Joseph Smith as to tha ' . dm and pine where the manu- and script of the hook was written waa how It, ns printed. The work 1 ( aa ordinary ?ursued asman, Joseph Smith dto- -' tnted; another. Oliver Cowdery, wrote, A ehsnge of pine wf work became necessary. The movt was ' known to nil concsrnsd. Many . witnesses knew the facts. Ko ne, either friend or bitter opponent, hen ' the facte re- - ' disputed physical , gardtng the writing of th menu- ; script or th printing of th book, Th following are th physical faces concerning the Appearance of tha. Book' of Mormon. Tho menu- script of the book, which Is still extant ati Independence, Missouri, '1 b waa brought to the publishers, R, B. Orandln A Company., Palmyra, it.. Hew York, by Oliver Cowdery and ! Smith In Installments. The ' Hyrum not by hand and th book wan type was printed on n small-- ' hand prrx. Finally, avy r a period f . about , t ; . , i , is . seven month from August IS. 1110, MOO copies to March ft, war completed. The manuscript was la longhand, ytlttei on foolsmainly In cap handwriting of Oliver Cowdery,thaj It was not care- -. lilt. A. fully capitalised or punctuated. con-- few errors In grammar And etructlon have been corseted ! In later editions.. I. Th manuscript was produced between April I and 1st June or J early July, 1110, at Harmony, ft Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, BenOca and at Fayette, County, New j York. Joseph Bmlth-- ' dictated th con-- (I tenta of th book Ito Oliver Cow-- h dery who wrote the manuscript. John tVhltmer, Emma Bmlth and Martin Harris assisted. L' Aa will' ba noted later, ion bun- -, dred year have seen complete ) nhnnge of explanation regarding book th th origin of by those who deny Its divinity. i To all bis neigh bora both friends ild opponents, Joseph Bmlth lack, ed formal ndticatlOn; ha worked f eommon labor on his fathers farm or for others. II hired to dig-- j well and assisted In digging (or j I hidden Bpnnlsh tiauore for From Pag that tharo la a continuously evolving world around ua, that our faithtnust perpetualsustain, and that w ara ly and everlastingly In our course of evolution. Thera Is nothing drab shout th passing wpen ona has a faith Ilk Anthony W. Ivins had. II believed In the future and he wasnt afraid. One.) I'eaoe to hi asheat 1 hops you will convey to President Grant and to all of your friends and associate, who might ba Interested, my great, admiration for the man who has Just departed this Ilf. I wish I could have been there to assist you In paying ta litm thla last tribute. With affectionate regards, t am. Your friend, DAN V. STEPHEN. President of thn Stephens National Bank. workers in the building. All tb serve free and Up are absolutely r, forbidden. There Is a visitor at which over five thousand people had already registered at th clone of tho fourteenth day." Great Growth thl At th dose of th first number of registered had swelled to 130,000 of which a goodly portion wera strangers In Utah. Because of the rapid growth of the work and Its appreciation by visitors, this building soon became Inadequate, and the present . Bureau of Information building was erected being dedleated on Saturday. March 33. 1004. Later,:to In the 1310 ad addition was mads subsebuilding a to tho east, end was added, second story quent y s a need reading room and 1 yr Book - occurred suddenly from a Stroke," March 31, 108, In Mountain Valley, Texas, H. A. ft. rag-late- America'sStrangest BY' DR FRANCIS W.j KIRKHAM 3,14. HI death i . . ed The Temple Block Mission II . superintended the procuring a II-- brary for th tourists. In 1011 the short period. II married nearly he received the plate. year before A child was born a little ever a placs year later and died. Its burial la marked Irf the yard which contains th remains of his father-in-laIsaae Hale, at Harmony, PennsylCounty. Susquehanna vania. Th deed la recorded whleh ho received for a small farm ha where he lived except parents for occasional visile to hla waa osat Palmyra. Joaeph Bmlth with conversation tracised from ministers for they ridiculed hia Claims of divine revelation. There la no evidence that he lived other than tha ordinary Ilfs of a pioneer farmer, working at common labor to support his family. Tho only money ha received to assist him was 50 from Martin Harris, except food and supplies which were given to him durbook, ing the actual writing of the Whit-mer. Knight and Peter by Joseph ' Martin th financed Harris of Mormon. printing of the Book, (Continued Next Week) j of lumber for the building of th Nauvoo temple and Nauvoo house. , He was active In the cast as a missionary when he heard of the death of Joseph Smith. On his return to KAuvoo, he said: 1 would not turn my hand over to be on of the Twelve, the day waa when there waa somebody to control me, but that flay la past." Ha with rebelled against th George Miller, authorlty-T- f Brigham Young and when the Church left for tha Hooky with a few followMountains, ers left for they Texas He was In Balt Lake City. Dec, veyod hi great character and hia of life, general underatanding I hope where he has gone he will still find great work to do because he la capable of doing It. I cannot concelv of a futuro of nonwit ence for a great man ilko Anthony W. Ivins. It would be Illogical unreasonable and contrary to everyabout I thing we knowofanything him and other love to think in tha loved and known that I have that they past who haveInpassed on.and better are engaged bigger things than even those that they have engaged In on earth and that their evolution Is .continuous and It Is a beautiful everlasting. thought that ought to sustain men who aro appioachlng the end. If they can hold to tho belief firmly ra . 1 Tribute From a Friend ' j l ' i j men stepped forward and tenderefL (he Invitation which, wa willing accepted. Many Rosponsibllitlen pool- Lyman Wight filled many in tho tlons of responsibility Church, among which was a memslake tho of of the presidency berAdamondl-Ahman He was closeut ly associated with Joseph Bmlth and suffered In many of the persecutions and imprisonments Inflicted upon th prophet He was choign a Jncnber of the Council of Twelve t the April conference In 141 He was also a brevetmnjor general In the Illinois militia, was active os a mlsulon-ar- y addition, now housing the museum of pioneer relics and archaeologtho ical exhibit, was made and building has continued to servo the public to thl time. From an inspired beginning through to the present time, visitors coming to Balt Lake City, and jhelr have been thousands of them each year, have found the Bureau of Information on the Tempi block a veritable mecca for tourists. Here these missionaries; now directed by Joseph B. Pcery, officiating aa prealdent of the Temple Block mission under the supervision of the Council of the Twelve, have an unlimited opportunity for thq gospel. Their experpreaching ience have been many and varied, often exceeding In Interest and Inthose enjoyed by spirational value mission arte In other parts of the world, engaged in th aam work. A splendid work la being dona. To all these missionaries might well be said, as one visitor wrote In th register regarding Mr. Pcery, "An excellent. Inspiring and lecture from a very i . broad-mind- gentleman." Tourists from alt part of the world have learned of Mormonlam have on th Temple Block. They read the literature offered thorn, many thousands have purchased Book of Mormon and these they have read with intercM. Whert la favorable contact I mad at th Bureau of Informa-t'n- n. sr names and addresses often left to be forwarded to the mission headquarters nearest th home of the Individual. A constant flow of loiters to the. Bureau from and mission offices, missionaries from new converts to Mormonlam, tell of the flames of truth matured In th hearts of many from the sparks Ignited by a pleasant and instructive hour spent on tho Temple Block in th custody of one of the many mlselonarlee engaged In this service. |