| Show A QUESTION I 1 OF DATES 4 the veteran B P F jonnson johnson writes from mesa city arizona under date of august 16 as follows follow how liable we all are to mia mantakes takes in dates when reaching back to dig from the grave of past events incidents of church chorch hist bistor oryl vl in a late issue of the NEWS brother miles in relating MR bin observations ions and exper experience lenne with miller and Miller iam says bay that the ath ot ol april wat wa the prophetic day day as calculated by miller for the second becloud coming of chri christ t but as the ath of april w was as annial 0 conference 0 n of the church that could not have been the day for on the day designated by miller for that thai event the prophet joseph with fifty or more of his chosen associates were convened in private council and on ah that at day there here was by direct revelation organized a nucleus of the gove bovara irn metal meni of god upon the art an h hand and i the he key of inq it eternal perpetuity were committe commit td in perfect fulfilment fulfillment of the prophecy ot of daniel balaj miller wax was cism the n tare of the event evem that hat on anat day and of those present on that occasion sion oo do one had remembered until all was fulfilled that it was millers io day it now seems to me it was the ard 3rd of april but am not certain and would be glad if you could give the he correct date as it is in an item ot of history I 1 wish wih to appear in my life review 01 will you please tell bro booher her E stevenson that it was 1851 instead in tead of 1852 that he went with Prep president ident young and company up the sevier valley and over the mountains to parowan carowan and cedar to settlements and examine tle iton iron and coal of i hat region I 1 frequently see along the historical line from 1831 to 1895 dates of events D oy old veterans that under careful they would no doubt change mistake is 29 in history are more easily mada mad anan corrected we have not the data at boad ut tat giving the information asked for by our cof correspondent respondent relative to cise also date fixed by william mahfet tor for the second coming arthor than feat it Is was early I 1 in a april 1848 relar biall the jtb we will say that that of holding the annual Coulto omm at kirtland with reference to the that some of our veterans vary soll somewhat newt to in the dales given give a of certain vents fats this Is IB easily accounts d for to tho ada that many times they war to trust to memory for a lengthened not always having facilities for or making a written note of bocour inmost in most of baim an im character bow eifer there mete haw ban been some careful persons who have k kept pt diaries aud to these reference mut be b had bad for the orreon data that are invaluable to the historian the greatest work that has beau port pert amed in this litie hue has baa been by Preside deat att woodruff for whose services in this respect the he people of utah always will he be under great reat obligations |
