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8g
LATTER
latterdaysimsmillejsrial
STAR
on the sacred tablet ofmany
osmany
of many
ai an honest
I1
heart
andh anah
anclhisjloving
k
j
lq
ykrig
mem
memory r
isein ilein
is em
I1
balmecl b4lmed among ainppgitbq
thesal
saints nts
ants
of god
in
ahe the rrichspicesof h ippsof til ill tii
ihoiidrand
ide
idi and esteem
I11
ONE OF
F
ti THE
HX
THREE
t111re
E
av
1v
WITNESSES
N N E S S E S
if i f
i
i 7incidents
INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF OV
martin mantin maktiniiarkis
j HARRIS
harnis narris
i
a
tji
1
f CONTINUED
cont&ued from
FKOM
prox prom rage
791 79.1
79. 79
791
ll
11 s
on thefolloylng the following
dayj day dayn daya
I
1
vap
bap baptized tized sized a
sistertp sister io
tp
president
i balllnger 13illikger ballanger in the
ade jdesipihes sIpi hes
river the
branchliere branch
here liere bere
contributed a new sul sui suit sult it of clot ciot clotlies lies lles iles to
brother harris
harr
is for which lie be lle ile felt to td
bless biess them thein on
the tho 2901 of august
w
aq wqe landed
in
in
0
ogden and tlleogdpn the ogdpn ogdan
junction punctum
unctum
sai sal
said sald
111
p Alar martin mantin ifil
harris arrived with
el-
der
el-
de de r edward stevenson
nv116sq
whos chos lian name
kilnow iilnow H known almost throughoutthe
throughout
t
1rougluvtli6wqr1t
the worhl woehl
as
ono
opo of tile the tlle tiie
wit pit witnesses
eisses elsses
of
theboo thebodo the bookk of
cif oif
mormon
they left kirtland on
tlle the tile
ja j9 oili
th of august
67
august pagut 331st
1
sto
the
salt lake talc
a
I
1herctd lel leiw1d wad
said
martin
marrione rarrfone
harris one of the tlle tile three
wit
witnesses
n
sas6
ea
e8 of the book of mormon
aarrived
el
in
salt lako 0
eity city elty last n
izilt
nislit izila
accompanied accompanjedby
I1
by elder eider EIder lder iderellward edward Ellward eliward ste
V
ensen eenspn n spn
dpn
Ttwo vo
members of the tho Jdes es
monies branch of tlle the tile Cchurch
I1
lurch aaccom-
panied
ce
oin oln
ba nidd
t1leillto hienito
Hi
onito enito our
city
lithe
ali
tii til
tli D
deet de
me et aws
news
aas of august 31 11
16
in
over one co column lunin nutices notices the
arrival of
martin
harri
harris
harrl
s last as t evening
evenin
at730 at 730 who is in his 8sth sstli ostli aq yq year i r
me
he
iis
i
remarkably
iarlcably
vigorous vigoro6 for one of his
years ye
ar lii ill
hissnel meniory mentory nory pory
hory
being very good
ancha andha
sight hight though
his hia hla
eyesappear eyes appear
to
6
li
have bave ve
failed faiq
beinL so acute acuto tliat that eliat lie he lle ile
can
seeto
ri
pick pich plch
1
a
pin offtlie
off the ground
j
hee
jias
never failed
faile falie
d
to bear
t6tft testimony nony to the divine authenticity
0qftlio tlle tile book of
mormon
mornion he
TIC
ile lle says it
is
isnotajilatterof
not a
matter of belief on his part
butof
knowledge
ho llowiththe
with the other
jtwp wo
witnesses declared and their
testimony has accompanied every
coly
copy
of the book tliat eliat an zingel ange
I
1
of
god
ciprie cipiie
cirio aown
down
down
I
1
froin from
heaven and he
hp
brought vi6uglitandiaid and laid before beforeoureyps oun our eyes that
i&belield we fbehcld and sw saw the plates and
ana
aha
tii til thee engravln
engrav
engravings
ln til tii
thereon ereon
this
decla-
ration
ia
tibii tibai
he
IIH
lih has
b as
not not varied varlea vari varl ed from in 41
years
we
are glad to
tp
see
martin
111
hardis harris irris on once ce more morolnthenndat in bhe the in
i
of tile the tiie tlle
sil
Sii
sti siinfs
siw
nfs
N
I1 r
me The
thesilt thesila
slit Silt salt skid sild
lake hrulcl
september ap pp
i
tqmber
tamber
ard 3rd said sald
ai 1i4frtd fad
fpd
we
had bad
acall acael yesterday
ni
morning
9
rp
in
g
from
elder edward
stevenson who
introduced introdlwed martin
har harris
1
one
of pathe pfthe all a
three witnesses witnessesto
witness esto to the book dook
ro
ok04110 of
mon mor-
mon
r
mr
harris is now
88
year&of years of
age ago
ind and is remarkably lively ivefyiiand
and
energetic for his year years
ho he
holds
liiwly firlilly hir fir birlilly
to the
testimony
testim
oily olly
at 1t
he
hasi
hag
has hasl
hasiborne borne
ffor fon
or over forty yyears
tthat at anangel
arangel in
ange
appeared before him and the other
witnesses
andshowedt and showed
theo them
tlwjlat6s the
plates
ulion
upor
ulton
upon which thu the characters wt of the ilie tho lile
B
lbook
00k
liook ook of
mormon mor
njqn
we were re
I1
inscribed
after
livi living ng many years yeara separated epa cparated
efroin
jfroin
roln
the itlie tho body
bodyof of the church hehas liehas lichas
come to spend pendtthoa eve ave cve evening t
1 1 0
of lifo ilfe lif
adiong lunong aniong
to
the tho belie believers ve rs
in
in tthat
I1
i at booki bobki bookitp
6
lio
e
wlticlr
w
bich lie is
la
so
proi prol
prominent
proininen ninen
t n nvitn witness ess
mr
narris harris who
has bas as a number of re-
latives
in
in
the territory
camefrom cam camo
efrom from
the
rist eist
ekl eil
ekk
si under the care of ot
elder ed-
ward stevenson
bifi cifi
monday evening aiuwstep
mews
Steptember september tep tember
56 1870
ieo leo
ecil
contains tains bains
tid
tho the
tic
following
1
j st
JL
SABBATH SABBATII
MEETINGS
tliefcon theh con-
gregation
gregation gatlon atlon iii in ili the worningva morning worning wa va addria aildres addrii
sed
6
d by
eldered
elder eider edward
Ward stevenson
stevils stevins
06
martin harris and
pre
president
aident sident
george
ge6igb
asmith
A stilith stirlith Stilith
in tlieafternoon
the
afternoon
flieth flieti thetime theotime the time
ilie tile llie
was
occupiedby occupied by
elder
jolin john
taylor
the house was crowded
to
to
ovd
overflow
W
yng
ing
r
martil martl martli marth
h harri harrl related an incident
fliatoccurra
that occurred
durin duringthe during
thetimc the tiinu tiitu that thatlib thathe teathe
lib
wrote
wrotptliat thav that portion of tliejripsl the translation ati6ft
of the tho tiie tile book of mormon oflaforinon which yhichhe liewwas S S
I1
favored to writedirect write dire
direct effrom etfrom from themouth the mouth
oftli oftle of the prophet josoph joseph
osoh asoh smith he
hp
sai sal sauithat
4
.4 that theprojliet the thu prophet possessed af aseer
ber
stone by which lie he lle ile
was enabled to 16
jiin
tiin translate
sf
ite
ate
as well
weu
weil weli aeu ass from tile tho the
tjriifi ur
and thummim
thumm
Thummim
ilij inij
and for
convenience
he be then used the tha th&seer seer stone
martm
11rffa
maram
ex explained p ain6dtfietranskiion the translation as
to
fojlqws
I1
0
33
jyaidofthe Y
d
iai9
f
IP
I1
seer
qui qqi
I
1j
Sstone t
oneisei
eisei
On
eisel elselisentences
it
ences ances
would au
0u appear andijyerojjeaddb
beadi
yeadi
V
y
tho the tue tuo
1
LATT
l&iils
AJNTS
prophet and written by martin and
when finished ile lio ilo
110
lle lie would say
lt
writ-
ten an and
if
j correctly
written
that
s6nten6wdula sentence would woula disappear
disaplf
mid a iid lid ild another
appear in its place but if not written
correct correctly
Iv
it
remained until corrected
so that the ille translation was just aa as it
was engraven nn on tii til theplates the
i
e plates plate piates
prcisely precisclyi precisely
in the
langua
languagec tien tl en used martin
said after continued translation they
would
would become weary and aud alid would go
down
to the tho river
anldxerelse
and exercho by
throwing stones out on the river etc
while so doing on one occasion M
mar-
tini
ir
tinjound
found Jound a stond very much resem-
bling the one used for translating
and nd 0on
n
resun
resuming ling their labor of tran-
slation
ar
3r martin tf
tu
put
in place the
stone
tliiiilie that he had ftlund iund
he hesiid Hes
gaid1liat ild lid
iid that til tii thel e
prophet
reinaim
remained
4
silent unusually
and ilitei intently itly razing gazing
razingin
raz
ingin
in darjcness darjcnesa
no
4aceiof
traces of the tho usual sentences sentence
appear-
ing
iti iii
much surprised joe joseph ph ex-
claimed martin
I11
what ia is the flie blie bile
diat niat mat-
ter
60
all
is isas&irkasegypti as
larka lark1
as egyptl
egypto mar
tinscountenauce tinacountenatica
betrayed him and
t
then thed
thedprophet
h ajiprophet
e Prophet
askel martin
why lie lio ilo ile lle
had
ajl aji
done so mai mal martin
fill said io
to ito
sto
stopp
tile
tyd
tiie
tyg
inqui
mouths
his fis of
t
fools wih win
ila lla lia
bad had
told
hini hint birli that the tild
pioiilthdd
prophet had learned
tlio8esentencesafid
thae
thqe sentences and waymerely wwrinerely was
way
merely re
neat
t6iting ing them etc I1
martin rtiii
said sald further that tlle tile thie
seer
Astone ud differed in
appe appearance
appearail
arail
i
ca
c6
entik entirely ely
fr6m fr&ii fram
tlle tile
tbo urlin iudthumili tild
tlnimmim
mi
that thut
nvaqobtaiiiectwitlitlielittes wasobtained Was obtained with the plates which
were two clear stones set in two rims
very
jiiiielireseniblingvlectaplegotily much resenting
ectachitionly
thley 1
were larger jamer janer
laner
martin ssaid sald
aidthe there rc
were not inadi inafi
many
imes
pages
im
es trii arii translated nshitlerl whi while
16
he wrote aft6t afttfi wll wil wliicli ich
oliver cowdery
andjothcrs
did tho the writing 1
brpther
brather hardis harris
11
arris was tau taught lit the
lie
ne
lle ile
ceisity ctrity ceb cei
chrity
sity
av
qv
of being
beill
rebaptizod reb411tizecy
ile he lle lie
said
ttnat anat
I1
lat
was fiet new
I1
doctrine
0
CA
rine oiful to
him bim
aleve lleve 11evd
latitins latibns lations
lati
latib
tins
ns 21 and 2ndd chapter
I1
iapte
iante
r was explained e
thatrthoso thatothoso who ho had llad lost their first
1
ipveiand LQ
veand deand
bad had llad
fallen into
cylis
evils and
stlarg snaio
shaio were called oq
oll
011
oif olf orf
to repent and
dqtheir dqtelr first ost mst works
v
ork orl
4
.4
and that fe re-
bviptisin aptism baptism
wwas as a part of the tho gospel
he
claimed
that
lart
he
ie
had not been cut
off
frqnitliqcjlurch fom
bom
the church but saidjutbat sald said if
that
was required of if him hits hith hirs
it would
ould
N
ouid
bemani bemaul
anani
b rnani
feard feaed
&94ed
to
li him
effin ffin
t
by
Y the
spirit
S soon
soo swon
m&llisarrial afterhis after his arrivalin arrivalin in utah uhili bhili
lie he lle ile applied
I1
foi for forbaptism baptism saying1liat saying tliat eliat the spirit
hta
had
uiadoknwl11tohim
made known tto ito him tliititwaq tjiatitwaa
his duty
torenewbiscovenant torencwhis covenant before
the
lo
10 lord rd
I1
he ile lle lie was also taught taugh
t
a principle
that was new to him baptism for
the tiie tile dead as tanz
tang taug
taught glit and practiced by
tild
1116
ancient rj
cled sunti salna
saina
S
untl unti antl
immit
itmit
andcspqc
6146ihllj
lally bally
ially
taught by
paul
the apostle in the
15th 15lh chapter of
isac isfc istle corinthians Corinthians iana lans
else what shall shail shali
tilev
they thoy tiley do which are
lialitized
tiaptized
fbrjt1j
abr fbr th6
e dead ea if the tiie tile dead
rise not at
all
I
1
wh
are
tiley they tlley
then
baptized for the tile tho ddead
i
d
after
con-
sideration he lie lle ile came and said it had
heen been heeti mudeknowq anade inade knowiyitodiim
to
him thatbap tliat eliat bap-
tism for the dead was a correct prin-
ciple ciple for lie had seen
his father in
visiunat vision
at thefoatof
the foot ocaa
ladder lllldfh6 andr andi audi ha
was
wasabove above and hadto hadbo llad to go down and
help him up in a short time the tho
baptismal font was prepared and by
his
request
I
1 bapti baptized zeI him and
pre-
sident
sidentgeo
geo
A smith and apostles
jolin jolln
tiylor taylori taylora wilford woodruff jo-
sf
smith and
orson prattt
confirmed
him by the layingg ot oni of
li
liandis hands andis
biandis
oi
olsn orson
oisa sa
pratt
being bein mouth As soon as ashelie lle ile
was confirmed lie liw lle ile
returned into the
font and wahs was wats baptizd baptizsd baptize for lor lon fon jor several of
his dead friends fathers grand-
fathers
f
etc tc
th then
ils lis
his
ai 8i
sister sifter ster also
was
las baptizedfor baptized for thu female relatives
and they tbey were wore wibre kibre coli coll confirmed
ii ran
rtn
ed
for and an d in
im
behalf of those whom ullom they
theywerobap nverwbiip
tizedforby tized sized fur for by tiie5anicrbrq the samo bruth broth brush
brenijos
breni rc
nJos
Jos
F smith
being
mouth
it
wwa
as
a
tinie of tr
ei
rejoicing ejoicing
oichi
oichw cur
fur
cor
all
411
ail ali oil
011 wili vilo
tero iero tere wero
jm
plesent 6ent
bent
brotiiermartin brochon brothon martin visited miny
iiilnl minx
ot
otlle otthe atlle
lle ile lie
wards continuing to bear iii hi ill testi-
mony
both l2oth leoth of what lie
jio
lio llo ilo had beheld
with his own eyes
eves andd
verily velby veiby
knew kne v
to be true
H
he
pub
puu
publicly licay licly said thab that thid
many years agnit in
in
0oliio olibo iio lio llo a number
of persons combined
and
sou sought
litto
lit to
get M
martin artin tto drink wine forthe for the pur-
pose of crossing &crossing him in his testimony testithofiy
at the thu conclusion they tlley tiley nsked hini hinl
himif himic if
lie he lle ile really bel bei believed the this thes
they
testini testimony ony thab that
lie im lle ile had bad signed
inthe in the book of
mormon
to be true I
11
he
Hc hcreplied replied no lie he lle ile
dilnot wilnot did nob not
belie belle beile believe ve it but
in
much uch to their theil thell surprise
lie said lie he lle kneivit
jtntio
it to bo be
true
I11
soon
after receiving his hia hla blessings blessing
in the tlle tile house of tho the lord
lie ho lle ile went
to smithfield cache valley
anddivqd and dived
jived
with his sou son until lie he lle ile left
thiis t1iis
tnis anis mortal
1
I
life ilfe
i fa f6
just boop bdop bet
defi dffi
lie hc ile blea brea breathed
iba ib4
his hia hla
last lie he lle ile sat np
ap
f
iiriils in ins
1 I
bed holding holdincollib the
book bool booi of
murmon mormon
iniiis initis in his hand band
7an&
and
bore his hia hla last testimony to those who
vh
0
we wero were present represent
1
EDWARD STI
STEVENSON EVENSON