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Show t, • I" ~ - '~ Christendom Justified in Believing that Bevelation Has Ceased?" "Does the Bible Contain A ll the Scripture 7" "The Mission of Joseph Smith"; "The Book of Mormon"; "A New Witness for God,'' and others which will be announced from time to time. The meeting last night was remarkable for the distinct i ntentness with which the audience 11 tened to everything that was said. Most of the seats were occupied with an intelligent array of people who remained until the last notes of the last song were sung. Another feature of the meeting last ig plendld singing contributed ~ ~~ • •. ..,....,.... "'b ... v ................ .,.:,,._ """' ".a. ;,t,,vw. _. t.:7< i.JJ recountal of this wonder and the per,~ecution which the story brought upon him and his family from the community in New York where he lived, the revelations following the first vision revealing the existence of the sacred records written by the prophet Mormon and the building up of a society of people who called themselves 1 Mormons. In 1830 six persons avowed their belief in the new doctrine of Constant Revelation, and established a sect in Fayette, N. Y. "From that society of six persons," said Mt. Roberts, "has grown one of the mosttalked-of bodies of men the modern world has seen. And at the present time one of the most numerous and prosperous." Following the revelations as to the sacred records of the prophet Mormon it was revealed to the members that the location for the erection ir a 1 i g e d -.,,,~-~~._,.,.,-~ _...l -"'-Mk4W._.___ •~~ft ~ ~-,---, Tile Violent Preju«Uce. th"The prejudice, how.ever, in the minds of e people all over the United St~tes agai~st the Mormons had not grown les and m 1856-57 a report went abroad that th, l\Iormons had risen in rebelUon against tl e Governm,ent; had destroyed the Stat le ords and threatened the overthro e recrest~aint in that portion of the ~ ~~ a~l President Buchanan, without an i n· gation whatsoever, sent out an Y ar~ves\i0 quell a rebellion which had never { When the troops approached the t!x ~tted. the. elders of the Mormon church rctn, _ory resistance. a , 1sed "The soldiers w~re therefore notified that they would _not be allow ed on the Mormon round. This was enough to C'Sll!'I n 1ch nan to sent out a commission of investigation, with the result that the true state of the case became known and an amicable / agreement was at last adjusted between the no,v large denomination and the United States Government. To-day the Mormon church embraces over 300,000 souls. It Is more prosperous and SU<'cessful than tt has been at any period of its history, and has fulfilled Joseph Smith's prediction as to its · future greatness made at the time wh n th camp had been cast out to live In the Missouri bottoms." Mr. Roberts conclnded his interesting adclres by expressing his than! s for Lh large audience present. He will speak at 8 o'clock ev ry evening e.·e~pt Saturdays and on Sunday aft rnoon at 2 :30. |
