Show it A NOTABLE WORL 1 it Is bv no means improbable that some future text book for the use ol 01 yet unborn wil 1 contain a u tion aiji e th 1 what or edical american of the nineteenth century has exerted the most power 1 fill influence upon the destinies of his countrymen and it Is by no I 1 means 0 that the an that laterro tl tory may be thus written tole aff SMITH I 1 THE PROPHET and the reply absurd seems z to most men now living may be an obvious m to their do history aeils in our and quite as startling vt hla the win vibo established a I 1 religion in this age of free debate who was and is today to day accepted by kun idreas of thousands as a direct emis as from the most I 1 I 1 agh such a ram hu Is by bolting his memory with epithets tile most ques dons americans are asking each hotbo r to aay have to do with a man and what lie has left us burning questions they are which baust naust give a prominent place the sturdy seu whom I 1 visited at nauvoo joseph sin th claiming to bean inspired r faced advena ity such sa few have been called to 0 beet enjoyed a brief deaso it of prosperity such aa few men eve r at finally forty three lays after I 1 saw him went cheerfully to a martyrs Matty rs death when lie ered his person to governor ford in order to prevent the of blood the prophet had a presentiment at what was afore bf in 1 I T VA like a lamb to the r I 1 reported to have sald 1 but I 1 P as calm as a summers mo nago 1 it lave conscience void of offe nce and shall I 1 ale innocent 11 quintas Quin tvs agures I 1 odthe past I 1 one of the most notable literary events of the day Is the issuance of a history of the man so eloquently described by tha famous quincy this new and great work is from the pen of hon george Q cannon anil from the jureziz Jur eniZ press at the present time it will I 1 attract worldwide world wide attention I 1 in the publication of the life of jeph smith ae 11 ropha a work long loved and contemplated by its disi author has been brought to fruition we cannot better open this review than by quoting apostle cannons own explanation to the public entire preface of the work joseph alad hyrum are now dead but like the first martyr they yet speak their united voice Is one of testimony admonition and warning to the world they lived men of god they dle d pure and holy sealing their les t with their blood no men ever buffered greater t loft than they no men were ever alss understood by their generation it Is in the lope that the saints 1 may find joy lil restring rest ding at their be 16 ved pichet and patriarch and that the world MAY fudge more fairly of these otman kind that I 1 I 1 this book 13 written to the author its preparation hs been it loving duty somewhat busy life lie has found comfort in the t ion of I 1 his great subject The closing retailing ae tailing the flail suffer inza upon earth of tbt prophet of god and him ever constant brother were an ishad in a prison for adherence to ille which an d lor this is invested with a deuer begird I 1 seila abe work away now is like being torn from a beloved earn panion when most the solace of his friendly presence Is needed ra some respects this volume may be imperfect the which its preparation were not favorable to the collection and ax rau gement of materials but it Is be ildved to be truthful and just to many friends the author Is in debated for information here embodied and he takes tills to thank thorn hoping to live yet to meet them and express his gratitude in the besl I 1 that the sublime example and I 1 inspired teachings of J if I 1 the I 1 rr jophat af the last dispensation artay be of ite mal benefit to all buo read this life Is ofle heart felt wish of AUTHOR UTAH penitentiary oct i 1888 the work is one of the most valuable of for it enters into the daily life the walk the conver station and tile human intercom Inter cou arse of the subject and it presents a pe 13 picture of joseph smith in eve ry stage of his career but it Is in a than a mere biography for it IS it philosophical treatise upon the mighty work which the prophet performed perfo emed and it shows As no other volume has ever done the sublime plan of facial redemption which it was joseph smiths mission to accomplish I 1 h the hour I 1 an eloquent olo quent portrayal oi tho situation 1 of this world in the opening of th e present century in rho hour is traced the apostasy of the primitive church the descent into and through the dark ages t and the culmination in the blasphemy of the french wherein was of profane unbelief un bellef then Is shown tal awakening reawakening re to religious feivor resulting in a ver I 1 bitable babel of religious creeds 11 says theauthor it became hour for the heavens to open and ith their celestial show to man the way out of the abyss into which he had I 1 fallen it became the hour for the re establishment of heavenly the gospel of christ and its direct communications between god and humanity a religion which should cast off the skeptic him of irea son and the of superstition religion which should be bold in righteous faith and convincing in itsie I 1 healed by aid tile way I 1 had been for this renewal t the second part of the work is the man consisting of a momentary of joseph 1 of his i I 1 career joseph aam ind been a i retiring youth the cirit wide him I 1 bold to declare ta aulm and potentates gudall mankind tte adein revealed aled ile had a bumb authority auth rItY mt 0 upon him that men looked 0 z him with reverent awe I 1 le bad unlearned in great things of and science he walked with human knowledge was 10 WS art open book sud celestial light beamed through his mind the third and major part f the consists of the life and work every authenticated detail of joseph smiths wonderful career seems to have been gathered for this book upon it perusal we can fiill believe abat the author bas spent years in the collection and arrange dontot montot materials it was a life very prolific of events but there does not appear in this volume any redundancy nor any repetition the testimony of the author to the impi ration of the prophet Is tie wt epitome which we can give of the grandeur of this work if christians were dependent today solely upon the history of christs work their faith be insecure but they have that liy of the spirit which gives to the sincere seeker after truth a conviction so firm its to be unassailable by all the power It lethis convinces the saints of latter days that as truly as christ lived gods only begotten son as truly as performed a divine mission upon earth as truly as ile died upon calvary a martyr to redeem a fallen world just so truly was joseph smith ordained and inspired of god to reveal ills truths and lead men back out of the darkness of ages and into communion with the heavens the physical strength and the men tal oj an unbelieving world may be arrayed against the followers of this prophet ai latter days as these same powers were arrayed against the early chris afan but prisons and crosses an a swords and bullets cannot undo a facca they way operate upon the beara of men and they may induce re but they cannot destroy absolute know leago As the years PAN away the a joseph smiths wonderful career grows more widespread the day Is near even if it im not already come when the world of thinking but unbelieving accept him as marvel they confess the mystery of his power and the unaccountable grin deur of his deeds even while they dispute all claim to inspiration th y say he was a doer of wonderful barks they confess their special amaze that an unlearned farmer ad dwelling in the in the early part of this century should have cou aved of his owl mind a system of theology and a pur pah of church organization a plan of social redemption so vast so extra ordinary that should have Liand held to work edth such heroic tenacity through all the ills of life and final scene oi martyrdom no words of a believer can of them convince an unbeliever there Is but one power of and that is to seek by humble prayer for the voice of the italy spirit so surely as man prays ili faith and meekness so surely will the answer come this answer Is the teotimo ny of jesus christ it Is the testimony to ills servant joseph smith ile world will not put this to the test only bore and there an honest humble soul sting gling to the light will bow before the eternal throne and make sincere pe fol guidance by this lesii many will the age be judged WO de claro unto all to whom these words shall come that joseph smith 4 a of god flesh and I 1 load have not revealed us buthur father ivelich Is in heaven and tills holy revelation is the gift exal excl alively to no man and no clam of men it Is f tea to alf who will seek for it in ate dienel and sincere humility in conclusion a word must be aid regarding the typographical graphical appearance of the book it is use best piece of work ever performed in the territory and gives evidence that the day lias come when utah may produce her awn books as she can produce the matter to fill them sax alta Is justly indignant at the effort to attribute the election murders in california to tle democratic party it says responsibility for U a sava an a hi ca attended I 1 the republican primary election of thum da y must not be shifted from in divid alls to parties it III not do to a ab the fure of carwan parwan capital for the administration lice th a man I 1 test disposition to turn the whole matter into politics and very dirty politics at that will neither vindicate the law nor satisfy tile ro ablo law abiding element of tills city what the people want in tills case s evenhanded even handed justley just leb and not politics the owner onto other people in other parts of the country learn tile fact expressed by the alta the better there Is a broad line between In divid ual conduct and party action TIM AN r tbt t one mote day has been cut from tile mail time between new york sail san francis co making the period now occupied in traversing tile continent oaly five days reminds us that we ate rapidly approaching the age in billich this journey will be taken in five hours in stead of five days A mere matter of pneumatic tubes boux joux L physician clares that john Is out of all danger in view of the fact that ul liskey 13 still sold in boston and that J ake kil rain and charley mitchell ar 0 yet alive tile doctors statement Is entire IY too sanguine |