| Show JOSEPH THE PROPHET it is in especially appropriate at this time to contemplate the lifework life work of a man who during a brief but eventful career wrote his bla name in indelible characters abstractors on the annals of the world To tomorrow worrow sunday december 28 is the 49 anniversary or of the birth of the prophet joseph who was wag born on that date 1806 1805 in ri haron windsor county vermont to say aay that the mighty messenger from gd to toman man in wis this century was wah the greatest prophet ever raised up among meu men the son of god excepted to ia dow startling only to those who are accustomed to louk tu to the me gray antiquity alone for their ideala or to those who nave have never seriously considered what the teachings ol of joseph the prophet were to a similar claue class the announcement by our mat J dubu uh 0 the baptist at his bib time held the foremost pus pue tion among men was bellid wey they remembered a moses a david Xi vid an ezra sit air mighty men menu u old however the position tiou hold heid by jonn john the baptist as an the forerunner of messiah too joni leming link between the old dispensation and a now new 0 exceeding glory wore than justified the be placing of him above any ut of the leaders ot of the old in 10 the same ame way the mission portor mou bythe crest prophet of this thia despen atlon had such lar reaching results that it la is no exaggeration nur nor merely volt boost to say bay that he be haa bus noi DOL been surpassed ur pawed by any of plods hods messengers in IB any age it if we were to look upon joseph only as the founder of a church in tuie this ae his bib wonderful achievement would place him on OD a level with a wesley a ak x a luther uther li a calvin nay even as aa a builder his work loulu be more amazing than abat of these theae men for they did not encounter the world grappling with the problems before them until they had bad secured the nem neet seary they met learning with learning they had eloquence skill la iu dialectics influential friend trion db of them operating under tile be protection 01 kings and princes princea joseph bad neither an inexperienced almost frion icess boy he be an opposing world to all human appears oe me unprepared or the tho battle that was waa to follow and yet the church of jesus christ of lattery day saints today Is ie the admiration ot of lea leading aing men for ito nul organizations testifying to the move mole than human wisdom to which it owes its if origin but josep the prophet was wag not merely a church builder a reformer his hie work above all was that abat ol of brigu tug ing harmony among the scattered obil chil dren of men this thia was the me purpose for which christ on calvary shed abed his HIB blood reconciliation between man aud and man as ae well as an between goo and mat man the union of the hearte heart of fathers an ani and i children chil ren iron anu and fathers father was wa the ultimate object of the th stone atonement mout atia to t carry thin thid work on wa josephs special mission ml eBlon As aa jahn the be baptist was the fore of abe new testament ra so 0 o the prophet of this age was waa the herald of tile thea still till more glorious millennium I 1 lu u which this unity of mankind shall be consummated to qualify him for this work he received tue must wonderful revelations revelation at a time when the entire christian world had lost the knowledge of their heavenly father and ad acknowledged that both the father and the are sible eible he was enabled to reveal the true irue gd G d thereby making a return or ol the cu children ildren of men to their eternal father possible poh sible ble further to hla his views the past ol of the world wait waa unveiled and acid the mysteries of 0 continents solved fhe connecting links between nations io different parts of the globe lobe were traced bridging the way to union bt between tween ObIl children and fathers aud still mur more the veil of eternity was lifted bitted y the revelations revelation he received and bated to mankind iSalva Salv liou aLlou was wae strown to extend to living and ami dead and to be obtainable through the loving efforts of children longing longi tug for reunion with those who hav egone before them the contemplation et ct this work is overwhelming by obedience to the require requirements rne ata thereof the glory of heaven fills the soul faoul as the astmos phere of deleat celestial ial palaces permeates the sacred temples teu to ples oples dedicated for that work rhe ly of the tabernacle in the wilberne 8 9 wan wais but a shadow as aa corn com ared to the reality in this tion fur the revelation of bf which the 06 children of iod god are indebted to the subject of this sketches chae chas an instrument in the servi service of the almighty well has baa john fohn the revelator de this thin mighty messenger as ae so an angel sta upon the sea ea and the earth the whole world and declaring by a solemn voice heard to the uttermost utter moat parta of the alobe that thai from now inow 0 there be time or delay no longer but in 1 the days oi of the voice of be seventh angel agel s when he shall beglin begin to sound bound the mystery of god should be finished fin labed as aa be hath bath declared to his servanda ser vanta the prophets Prop bete n joseph was wae crowned with the diadem of a martyr still he lives livee anu tile big work goes on the word of inspiration indicates troublesome times on the earth they will be of comparatively short bort duration however anda and as a fruit of the work of the p pr abet as an aim humble bumble servant of the redeemer salvation sul will be brought forth and mankind enjoy millennial happiness not until then will the be real signifies ince of the mission of the martyred marty red prophet be feliy realized |
