Show A splendid number the contributor has now entered on its fifth volume the first number of which lias has just come to hand it surpasses in in excellence and interest any tny other number of that useful magazine that has ever been published and this contaldi is sa saying yi much the opening page contains contal matter atter of especial ecial interest to every latter day gaint saint old or young we refer to the portraits of oliver cowdery david whitmer and martin fartin harris the three witnesses to the book of mormon the engraving also contains a representation of the angel exhibiting the plates to the witnesses tb tho Angel eAngel flying through t the be midst of heaven as predicted in rev XIV 6 and a picture of the hill cumorah where the plates were hid by tb the prophet moroni and from which they were again taken and delivered to joseph smith by whom they were translated the first article contains the testimony odthe of the three witnesses with facsimile of their autographs as they were written when first si signed ned to their testimony following cre there is a historical sketch of tb the e nal records of the book of mormon by elder george reynolds the following are the other contents of this splendid number of the contributor which are full of interest and instruction wonders of the yellowstone the tile geysers L de Val libus interview with david Whit roer james 11 hart political institutions I 1 J ai M tanner A Tda masterly sterly retreat gnome down the lakes J H ward granite bock rock jos T kingsbury sermons und and writings odthe of the prophets life and death president brigham young jim story of an indian ireland and tho the irish 1 I it 8 spence overthrow of gog and magog inscribed to prest john tit taylor og re f or 0 F P whitney Whit ncy E editorial dit orial the three witnesses indian summer amethyst B british braves chas W stayner captain matthew webb association semi semian an nual conference notice of quarterly te I 1 conferences ra I 1 we believe that great num numbers bers of persons who have not heretofore taken this excellent magazine will henceforth become patrons patrone of it il we advise them to commence without de delay jay as by securing at once number 0 one ne 0 of volume five they will possess a treasure that in in difficult if timeto time to come may be I 1 not impossible able to bo be obtained it is worth preserving and handing down to P posterity i that tho the children of the icari read at a saints may la latter day y an opening ag chapter in the g glance ce ha dispensation of history is t ry of the last the fullness Full nee of times |