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Show Wearing Nauvoo Legion uniform, Joseph Smith mokes his last public address. IM shows Smith family home in Nauvoo, rit 111. Prophet and book. o n 5 w By o o JACK E. JARRARD improbable that some fa--, will contain a question utbixk ' hmg like th': What historical Amer-- e Nineteenth Century has exerted the eiful influence upon the destinies of men? And it is by no means impossi-h- e , nswer to the interrogatory may be iH Joseph Smith, the Mormon bv r.o means ... n of a statement made by the hod JoMah Quincy, one-tim- e mayor of isited and talked to the who had liweph Smith in Nauvoo. nphasis at this time of year is Christ-tha- t ic. it represents the birth of Christ, the Church should also pause that on Dec. 23, just two days before s Day, is the birthdate of Joseph ophet, seer and revelator. i was born Dec. 23, 1805 on the Smith r Sharon, Vt., to Joseph and Lucy Mack id with the family moved to Palmyra, ut he w as about 10 years old. ; in Palmyra that Joseph Smiths call-ru- e sen ant of the Lord began, s near the Smith farm in a grove of t he sought the Lord in prayer as to liurth was right. It was here in the ' 1S20 that he saw the Father and the i he was but a boy of 14. o was in the Smith home in September hat the Angel Moroni appeared to the e and told him of the record on gold id subsequently led him to them in the ill Cumorah. irophet met his wife, Emma Hale, while with her family in Harmony, Pa. He na were married on Jan. 18, 1827 at the ' Squire Tarbill in South Bainbridge, Iters of k. as expected cpb he d opposition Smith at every turn after he re plates and began his ministry as Satan-inspire- Continued on rtr 13 . The famed old Mansion House stands in the snows of old Nauvoo. It s V v " ' was built ot time of Prophet. |