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Show ... j On otio of these visions ho was coiU- tnnnded (o tnki lilo com pas nnd Jacob -;; otnff, fo itarl fioiu the city of fnr west . a;V nml travel duo north unit) ho came to ;" - "a river, an undent nver, but now '" " ", - called tho Grand" to descend this river (o whore it whs crossed by the center cen-ter line rtiimlnc north and south thiouph Daviess County lor certain - nuruter o? furlongs. On this plnco he .'';,. . would ilhd tho resting place of Father ' Adam. "For hero he died nnd was gathered to hU Father, nnd here ahalt ' thou locate thf stake of Ziotrnnd cnll the name '-hereof 'Adam-on-dl-Amon,' , meaning, 'the grave of the flret lunn, Adam.'" Joseph found tho spot and whetTie hud done bo he called the people to 2-j- t gether and natide known his "revela- '-'; - tlon." The. apnt wae made cotuuorate 1 .. and on it wan laid olf a town, "Adatu- $.'' ou-dl-Amnn," which for tho sake of --.' " brovlty was aborted to Dl-Amo'n. 1 it .fv." any wonder the church desirea to locate jfeL.-r" n be found waiting whore the flret - , " man Riven by God 'to tne ,vjr)d had 4, , "inede hU hniv and wan bt'rit-I. Nor ie thiu all. Botn branches of the sharer lightiri for 'Ar avpieioucy lr ; .. Mifoifl believe thntU.Hst him already uic.trhud, iio'udrcde .t jfKrc ago 4 throughout what ie now the great biutr . ... of Mlsaoun.- , y-l Tim Boon of rtjormoi purports to lo . ' a aaered l:-n.ry -i M u jl i'i'hjj .r )-. "iZ,,.', AmJncati iuu.'n.-.-r.t. Mnn, hundruh V-'it" of ytjare "fo, botore th.- N:tn American fi-Tf-,,.'- lodlan had bc-im drivnn westward frjm I. 'Vf!' the Atlantic ;oat, Uo Mi-ii8lppt Vnh- . bOTF8' 'sni M-"IPP. Valley it . jjfifllaRp"- -doTW with their lAsUnda. Within- a , SBK;,'";5nJf' Iicfur't rid of St! Lonh, gome. o g'tltft. jSMi'ntfs host preeervad, pad jhef vSv " -i .ll1n''W areht'olofltcml , are lo be found. 'r.-'-i.The aormon bvb that OlirUt .cnm to tho MiaeiaairirirValley daring ' !KJ1i0oiforty.dBi,rwhioh Hef hat Aice aup ' ?Y " - wd io iha,.e .pp-int iu iUiS vwildt-Kuea '"' -4" " ittnd iprcnohctl ito .theo atsme Wmw! J'-' Buildwj! wPiMvsii livjjtj ,vheMi&t.jLoiBe j0Vitan)(i.. Ulhoy lbfl'4leo lucdrx 4lat J i '; - ' Uor iCluuwt'n aaeopaiou rtircee ptvyfct ' y ifoneUt with M Iudjrtn-l;he JCJoswd JfMUWirjs btrtng OUnlnUttrj ud te 1- dooitiiye ihnttlc t mjj qb dhs )i .' . (HfiQiuvwAli,, xa i&S.ax Kjv Yvrhm ' '" XKrliudtiiti ihW(l H!tyr8 vu vrihiKf il tl... gfttf-tUftU ,Httufl 5&s3AAiii dl ,"' ' iMft WU9, taw wr'inA tvaiior e4 Uie , My, jfj-it wiB ltria eiiMmd. " t-"L A OMua f iiA m &f Mormou vtctv a A liwj, ui, tfttJw InVJWlhB ol Qod, '- : whkfc JcAtpU Smith ftraad aod rx j umfd io tlit Mormons. l"tf. " tii 'i,,w'' thtrtfcft exitt for niak- I tn tiitn'juri Hit tnetillkth century VtrrtiftS, Adita'a .jirare In located i;. btri Jtnut CUntl once (pieacbed here :;v mtd will ei i His return. S& fM(itiMlo Ja th holy city of both E.'1, Hqruton churchen, Tho original Jweph -i,, UtrtUU tiroplWiwl, In a violon, tht: a : ' " 'k, . Kreat tuipl would eoinc day ho urectfld V-v ' ",flr" l',e evvn V0P-0ofGod. It -t vSjfcV I- " t'" r,w- p0v' t0 JwuiD which In C7 J; the oliofieii people: Utah polyeatnlota f W$ rIownionojsiiilU. Which will win? , J)i" ' that the battle ie to ba a royal one ie '" lf" ' ' shown by (lie viaita of the two bands of .0 jNpf'i! eioifwarlee; by tht- declaration tliKttlio 'ff" -Salt Lakfe iiead juarveru wi'Uld be re- t.-; mov( ome da to Independence; by the fnot tliftt the Lnraoni hendqunrtera r are already being moved. Who will win the Teniae lot? Only tlmo nnd ', i, ejiurohly diplomacy can determlito . . " , Thin much Is certain t both eecta ore 'i.-. deterrainod. Tho Utah in the stronger .v flimnolally, but the Iowa hau the ndvan- i f,'f; ' ' tg of direct descent from' tho original ? i.', ., 1'Mphet. In tho Book of Doctrine nnd f: Sj'er' CovenanU. tho I-ord eayo unto Joseph W 'MsmSfa' ',th whn ll9 wfia Mt,bl'shlnB the i w$; "r,8t it b'bu,lt "nt0 Mx narao nnd ' -"sJ' '' ,ot 01Jr nswe " n'me, up0tt il Bn:1 :t v'W'jV-- My, eervatlt Joseph and hie houso hnvo ' ;'J' plaoa thtroin Jruin Kensrntion to gonora. f- ."., i J tion ; for this anointing havo I put upon f " ' hia bead thathls blesbin(5 shall alfto he vr ' ' -Wi uP"n th'e'head'of jiiif posterity afler- " $ 0m, and aaI aVjil jauto "'AVahdirf con- ; .aWr;iiWi Hte-frHKvWe'.o,ft I1?, ProtllOftnAJijetflfttl iftl'ty-.fatftifldT OotVbftwb heolWd"i.r. iUc A . KlBltlJWft M. iffiWBW!lJfl!riHtiaW"0? TJ" 1. 1 thvloiJiM.tq eUft.bRli: pSiwsha !eVTe1' a J il' ' ' 'II I 3 " ' kjhthh'J'h"'"""'1""-1 " ' "T!?i!??T,'' fore he must build the Temple and fulfill ful-fill the prophecy of his father. But the Utah JoMph'Smtth la powerful, ho U 4etefmfnd. fl" -;!! nof 8e up the eontwt without a battle royal. The building i.f tho Temple i hot a preparatory prepara-tory step in the groat plan to rorelv Jesua Outlet. As the Joseph SmlUi, now at Lomotil, Init soon to bwome-a citiaen of Mieiouri at IndepcnJenee, aaya': . "v'o are preparing for the second eomlns of -Chris. It will be a literal gathering Wtfather of Ilia children. We aro preparing ft il ' Indepertdenco,, where alt trrto believers will aesetoblb for the Lord'a coming. He will come to as there and find ua ready and waiting. Yee, Chrret wi!l come there. What ie there wdnderfnl in that? Do you not bellevu in the teoond coining ol Jeane? Wo do, and we believe in the literal gatherlnc together and there iawhei It' la to be. We do not know when He will come, bat we are gathering how to ns to bo roaHy and when the scattered nraoll totf-ther thon will Christ oome and find Hit kingdom waiting. Ilia people hnvo been guarded and guided by the prophets. of tba true church, ns they weto by tho prophets ol the olden days." 'i a " |