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Show Record of 100 Years After months or preparation a complete record and souvenir of the remarkable Centennial Ce!3-bration Ce!3-bration of the L. D. S. Church has been issued from the press, and will be ready for distribution in a limited way in the near futiue. The Book is entitled "One Hundred Years." It is intended to be not cnly a record and souvenir of I'm Centennial Celebration and Pageant, Pag-eant, but also to serve as a refers ence book in connection with thj history, activities and progress of ihe Church in its first century. "One Hundred Years" contains more than one hundred and fifty illustrations, including all of thy present general authorities of thi ;hurch, outstanding leaders (both men and women) of the first century, cen-tury, important and unusual events n early Church history, items of unusual importance in the Church life of today, pictures of all the Temples of the Church, and of j many of the Missions of the Church ihroughout the world. The book was compiled and edit ?d by George D. Pyper, under the supervision su-pervision of the Centennial Celebration Cele-bration Committee. A group o: special writers prepared the arti-cls arti-cls on various phases of - Church activities and progress. Included in the list are: George Albert Smith, James E. Talmadge, David O. McKay, Mc-Kay, Levi Edgar Young, George D. Pyper, oseph F. Merrill, Julia A. F. Lund, Susie Young Gates, Maiy Connelly Kimball, Clarissa A. Bees-ley, Bees-ley, May Anderson, Andrew Jensen, Archibald F. Bennett. Weston N. Nordgren, and John D. Giles. As the edition to be issued is limited, lim-ited, the book will not be offered for public sale, but will be distributed distrib-uted under an allotment plan to the Missions and the various Stakes Df the Church. This plan is now being be-ing developed, and it is expected that distribution will begin shortly. Advance copies indicate that "Ono Hundred Years" is one of the most valuable and importanat reference books yet issued by the Church, being very comprehensive and complete com-plete in its treatment of the out standing features of the first cen-ury. |
