Show DATE OF THE SAVIORS BIRTH HANS JORGENSON of pleasant grove utah writes thus in the article what la Is christmas christinas published in the semiweekly semi weekly STEWS news g of dee dec 1886 aps claimed that the birth irth o of i christ accario on the ath of aril april in ft jeme vol 16 page translated from the star vol page it is set as theil th of april after a thorough S barck search t through all tile the chronological data relating to the subject extant that he could find the late elder and professor orson pr Pratt att bno one bf the most pro profound foun dAth mathematicians ema of thi the age was enabled to place the birth of th the savior at the alth of april this aas was the result fu it of a scientific calculation he gave it as his hil opinion however that to use a homely phrase a stitch had been dropped somewhere in the chronological feam otherwise the result of the fhe anve investigation would would have shown the dab Clat toDe e the 61 ath h I 1 of april the church of jesus christ C heift df latter day saints having been organized on the anniversary ot of the great event i E elder ider prat in 1879 while in great britain made a thorough thoro investigation of what has been claired hy by prof piazza smyth astronomer royal of scotland aud and many nent scientists scientist sW fo be the sacred chronological symbolism symbol iem iam of the great egyptian pyramid in his bis researches lie he found in the pyramid measurement what he implicitly believed to be a prophetic signification of the birth of christ I 1 it is noted on what has been arsi designated the miracle in stone at ajril ath in the same connection lie he found an indication of a notable ev event ent to occur on the ath of april 1830 10 this latter he took to be the organization of the church on that date the fore foregoing goin however can only be laknas bakun as coincidental matter the revelations elat ions to the church are not silent on the subject it is is made clear elear bythe by the follow ing introduction to a revelation on church government given in april 1830 Book of doctrine and covenants page the rise of the church of of christ in these last daysee ing one thousand eight hundred and thirty years since the corning of and savior jesus christ in the flesh it being regularly organized and established agreeable to the tae laws of ef our country tv bv the will and command ments of god in the fourth mont hand on the sixth day of the month w which I 1 ch I 1 is s called april which commandments were given to joseph smith Jun who was called of god and ordained an A apostle ostle of jesus christ to be the first elder of this church it the saviors career in mortality lasted precisely ec isely thirty three years in the Wand handbook book of reference published by the juvenile instructor office the following statement occurs under the head bead of chronology of church t tory ory 1 1 11 aprie ath 1883 just eighteen h hundred adji ed years since the savior laid down his life fife for the of man on this day about eighty official bucl lid some gonie unofficial members of the at the terry ferry on big blue river near the western boundary of jackson county and for the first time celebrated the bi birthday of the 06 church at |