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THE ANNUAL G ENERAL CONFERENCE .

O L U O (C NC SI N).

T HE fifth session of conference on Tuesday morning , April 6 th , was first addressed by Elder George F . Richards who said , ninety

- - years to day , the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints was S ix organized with members . One hundred years ago God the Eternal Father and his Son Jesus Christ condescended to visit

Joseph Smith . He was told not to j oin any of the religious denominations then existent, for they were all wrong , teaching for doctrine the commandments of men , and having a form of Godliness

- but denying the power thereof . Latter day Saints believe these words as the word of the Lord . They mean that the true Church was not on the earth ; that there had been a universal apostasy . “ In regard to the statement : All their creeds are an abomination ” in my sight , said Elder Richards , what is an abomination ' The teaching of what is not true would surely be an abomination in the sight of the God of truth . Men had been teaching that God is a being without body , parts or passions , surely an abomination in the sight of the God who appeared to Joseph Smith in person , with his own glorified body . Mankind , is without an excuse as to the true and living God . He has made himself known to his c hildren ; he has visited the earth and his voice has been heard .

The world is not without a witness of God . B President udger Clawson , the next speaker , said he desired to speak about investments . He quoted a scholar who says men should always distinguish between that which has eternal value and that which is temporal in its value only . It is the desire of

- the Lord that his people should stay out of debt . Latter day

Saints , whenever they contemplate investments , should ask who are the promoters ' who is at the head of the scheme ' who are ' c the directors If they are staunch , careful , onservative men , the i risk , of course , s not so great . ’ - A L 322 LATTER DAY SAINTS M ILL E NN I STAR .

And as to eternal investments , said Elder Clawson , what think you of tithing ' Surely some will say , tithing is not an invest ment . It is , however , the safest and best of investments . It fo r t he c pays rich returns . It is upbuilding of the Chur h and kingdom of Go d and whosoever invests in the kingdom o f God will receive the surest and best returns . Anything is an investment fo r on which man expects to be repaid what he puts into it . A nd the Word of Wisdom is an investment, an investment in health o u and happiness . What think y of marriage as an investment ' asked President Clawson . There are two kinds of marriage , fo r marriage fo r this life only ; and marriage time and all eternity . He concluded by expressing the hope that they will always con sider and prefer that which has eternal value .

Besides the First Presidency and members of the T welve , and c t o the Presiding Bishop , the following elders were alled upon address the large congregations assembled in the Tabernacle : h o ' c Charles H . Har t , w spoke brie y and was followed by Patriar h 1847 c Harrison Sperry , a pioneer of , who ame to Utah in the 88 company o f President Jed ediah M . Grant . He is years old ; his c hair is hardly streaked with gray, his ountenance is hardy and

. b rugged , his step firm and vision clear He bore a remarka le testimony to the gospel . He said he could almost repeat a sermon ’ 72 he heard President Grant s father deliver years ago . He was uv o o baptized 79 years ago in old N a days , and has been in these valleys 73 years . He says he well remembers the Prophet Joseph m w N . Smith , and the auvoo te ple He kne all the presidents of the Church , and recounted his acquaintance with every one of n W W o o d ruif them . Speaki g of President ilford , he said their farms j oined and tha t he helped harvest grain on President ’ ’ Joseph F. Smith s mother s farm , when the latter was a little boy . He bore a strong testimony and invoked God’s blessing upon the

- Latter day Saints . The sixth and last session on Tuesday afternoon was addressed by the following , as President Grant expressed a desire to have all of the General Church authorities and the mission presidents on rec ord as having taken part in this conference : Elders Joseph n W . Mc Murri , Presiding Patriarch Hyrum G . Smith , Elders

S . . Rulon Wells , Seymour B Young , Bishops David A . Smith 0 W . and John ells , Presidents Samuel Bennion , and Winslow F .

Smith . President Grant read the certification of the Auditing Com mit t ee c that all the Church accounts are arefully kept, and

Church funds properly accounted for . It was signed by W . W .

Riter, John C . Cutler , Peter G . Johnston , Heber S c o wc ro ft and R l Henry H . o app. The General Church Authorities were sus t ained as follows : — First Presidency Heber J . Grant, Prophet, Seer and Revelator

- a and President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter d y Saints . , - Y LATTER DA SAINTS MILLENNIAL STAR . 323

Anthon H . Lund , First Counselor in the First Presidency. Charles

W . Penrose Second Counselor in the First Presidency . , — President o f the Council of Twelve Apostles Anthon H . Lund — Ac ting President Budger Clawson . —B Coun c il of T welve Apostles udger Clawson , Reed Smoot,

A G . George lbert Smith , eorge F . Richards , Orson F Whitney,

David O . M c Kay, Anthony W . Ivins , Joseph Fielding Smith , n James E . Talmage , Stephen L . Richards , Richard R . Lyma , J Melvin . Ballard . — Presiding Patriarc h Hyrum G . Smith .

The Counselors in the First Presidency, the T welve Apostles and the Presiding Patriarc h were sustained as Prophets , Seers and Revelators . — First Seven Presidents of Seventy Seymour B . Young , Brigham

. NV l l s H . Roberts , Jonathan G . Kimball , Rulon S e , Joseph W .

Mc Murrin, Charle s H . Hart, Levi Edgar Young . — Nib l Presiding Bishopric Charles W . ey, Presidin g Bishop ;

David A . Smith , First Counselor ; John Wells , Second Counselor . — Church Historian and Recorder Anthon H . Lund . Assistants

J ense n . h Andrew , Brigham H Roberts , Joseph Fielding Smit ,

A . William Lund . f — o . Church Board Education Heber J Grant, Anthon H . Lund , r W Rud er Charles W . Pen ose , illard Young , g Clawson , Orson F . Mc Ka . t Whitney, David O y, Joseph Fielding Smith , S ephen L .

Richards , Richard R Lyman ; Arthur Winter, secretary and treasurer . — - - - - Trustee ih Trust Heber J . Grant, as Trustee in Trust for the

- Church of Jesus Christ of Lat ter day Saints . — . R l Auditing Committee William W Riter , Henry H . o app, w ro f John C . Cutler, Heber S c o c t , Peter G . Johnston . c Adam S . Bennion , Superintendent of Chur h schools . M c Ka c c David O . y, Chur h commissioner of edu ation , with

t . c S ephen L Ri hards , first assistant , and Richard R . Lyman , second assistant . — c . Tabernacle hoir Anthony C Lund , conductor ; B . Cecil Gates , M c Cl el l an assistant conduc tor ; John J . , organist ; Edward P . K imball and Tracy Y . Cannon , assistant organists ; George C .

Smith , secretary and treasurer ; and all the members of the choir .

Edward H . Anderson , Clerk of conference .

President Grant, in closing remarks , said he had rej oiced in the testimonies that have been borne during conference , and in the truths that have been expounded . The living testimonies of elders of the third and fourth generations of Mormonism are refutation of the taunt that the work would die out with succeeding genera tions . He referred specifically to the fervent testimonies by various ones of the elders who have spoken at the conference . There is a move on the part of the government to get away from extravagant living ; the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ’ - 324 LATTER DAY SAINTS MILLENNIAL STAR .

Saints indorses this move and commends it to the saints , and in keeping therewith discountenances any general pilgrimage on the part of Church members to the Sacred Grove on the occasion of “ ” the rendition there of The Vision . Thousands of applications have been received , he said , but comparatively only a few will be “ ” authorized to make the j ourney . The cantata, The Vision , will be rendered here again during the June conference . President Grant bore a powerful testimony and invoked the blessings of God upon His people , and upon the work of the Lord . i m The conference was adj ourned for s x onths .

At the over' ow meetings held in the Assembly Hall , and in the

Bureau of Information , on Sunday morning and afternoon , the throngs of visitors crowded them to their utmost capacity. The c music was furnished by the Ogden taberna le choir, one of the best in America , Joseph Ballantyne , conductor ; and by the

Swanee Singers , a l ocal chorus directed by Spencer Cornwall . The — speakers were as follows : Assembly Hall , forenoon President K James Duckworth , Blackfoot Stake ; Elder Oscar A . irkham , N x Executive Officer Y . M . M . I . A President orman Lee , Bo elder , and President William T . Jack , Cassia Stakes . In the afternoon

al iff . President Serge F . B , Cache ; President Uriah G Miller, Cotton B wood Stakes . President udger Clawson also addressed the con

' b E lder gregat io n and was followed y Andrew Jenson , assistant

Church historian . The speakers in the Bureau of Information were Presidents of

N . N Missions Elders ephi Jensen , Canadian ; Heber C Iverson , orth K western S tates ; Rey L . Pratt, Mexican ; and John M . night, of the Western States .

There was an important meeting on Sunday morning , at ’

A . of the offic ers of the Y . M . M . I . , at which the Boy s Glee Club , ’ - of the Latter day Saints University , sang , and the following elders spoke upon subj ects of prac tical importance to the associa tions : Superintendents Anthony W . Ivins , Brigham H . Rober ts and Richard R . Lyman . Elders Moroni Snow, R . W . Eardley, K John H . Taylor and Oscar A . irkham . The inspiring slogan for h “ ” t e year, Fifty thousand enrolled , fifty thousand to save , was commented upon . The regular annual conference of the Deseret Sunday School

Union , completely filled the tabernacle on Sunday evening , and a most inspiring program of music by the Ogden Choir , and selected soloists was beautifully rendered , with Samuel F . Whitaker at the organ . In addition to which a chorus of eight hundred girls , under the accomplished direction of Miss Margaret Summerhays , “ sang the beautiful hymn , Come saints and sing a j oyful song . : The speakers were President Heber J . Grant , Elders Nathan

J . Porter, Alfred E . Rees , William A . Morton and George D . T Pyper . he secretary, Lawrence W . Richards, call ed the roll — ’ 3 LATTE R DAY SAINTS MILLE NNIAL STAR . 25

i and read the st at t sic al report , from which the following interest ing items are c ulled c ' Stakes of ' ion , 79 ; missions , 22 ; Sunday s hools in stakes of ion , 948 21 ; Sunday s c hools in missions , 5 ; total ,

Officers and teachers enrolled : Males , females , total , ’ : Enrollment, not inc luding Parents department Males , females , total , ’ Enrollment by departments : Parents department, Theo logical department , Second Intermediate department ,

First Intermediate department , Primary depart ment , Kindergarten department , total , 1 Cradle roll , stake boards , 75 ; officers and teachers , grand total ,

Increase over 1918 : nearly 5 per cent . — 6285 Largest stake Sunday school population Granite , ; Utah ,

Liberty , — r Largest Sunday sc hools L e G and , Liberty stake , Eleventh ward , Ensign stake , 880.

M AN KNOW THYS E LF .

T H E above quotation is the counsel of a Greek philosopher . A knowledge of ourselves , the capabilities and the possibilities we possess , are essential . We should not look upon ourselves as worms groping along aimlessly ; we are in the image and simili tude of our Heavenly Father . It therefore devolves upon us to “ take heed of the words of the Master : Be ye perfect as your

Heavenly Father is perfec t . To strive to this end we must continually examine ourselves , endeavor to control our thoughts .

Take care of your thoughts , and your thoughts and actions will S take care of themselves . All we are and all we ever hall be , comes from the quality of our thoughts ; our thinking forces form our charac ter . If we adhere to this purpose , we will be unmoved c amid temptations , not tremble in the fa e of danger, nor shrink when trials and responsibilities c ome upon us ; and thus we shall

find out the c apabilities and possibilities we possess .

“ L et eac h man learn t o know himself ; no ed e l et a T o gain that k wl g , him l bor , I e fa n e f mprove tho s ili gs in hims l ,

W hic h h e c ondemns so in his neighbor . fau e V e H o w lenient o ur o wn lts w i w, And c o nsc ienc e adeptly smo ther ; But o h h o w harshly we review

The selfsame erro rs in another .

U Gateshead . J . A . MARQ ISS . ’ 326 LATTER- I)AY SAINTS M l L L E NNIA L STAR .

MINUTE S OF T HE NORWIC H CON FE RE NCE .

- 9th 1920 T H E Norwich semi annual conference convened May , , at

- c l t , Norwich . Five sessions were held , Sunday s hoo , pries hood

v . sacrament, baptismal , and the e ening meeting The weather f t was exceptionally fine , and we were avored with a perfec day of t t sunshine and beauty . The Lord blessed us wi h His Holy S piri , Go d so there was love and peac e in every heart, and the power of was with the speakers . The attendance was the largest since pre

c c . war days . The hall was taxed to its apa ity N c c The day was no t only c elebrated as the orwi h onference , “ ’ ” but also as Mother s Day . The morning session was entirely “ ’ ” devoted to a Mother s Day program. Beautiful white carna tions were presented to every mother present , and to the fathers N w were gi ven red ones . The or ich primary girls distributed the carnations . The entire program was inspirational , and truly a beautiful tribute to mother . ’ in “ The speakers , aside from those participating the Mother s ” o f Day program , were Elder Thomas M . Wheeler the Liverpool K Mc Ka II . office , President James Gunn y, Elders Ernest earl and M c Ka c William H . Horlac her, Sister Anna O . y, and the Bran h t Presidents , James Hook (Loddon), Charles M . Coleby (Lowestof ), N w c Stanley H . Marshall (Ipswich), and Alfred Burrell ( or i h), who gave repor ts of the condition and the ac tivities of their respective branches . The theme of the conference was : Live so near t o God and His c teachings , that Satan will not be able to either de eive or destroy ff you . Satan has great power , and he is doubling his e orts to destroy and deceive even the elect if it were possible , for he knows that his time is short . The large number of saints and investigators present were well pleased with the conference , and declared that it was a day of rej oic ing for them . They felt encouraged and streng thened . 8 N c Saturday evening , May th , the orwic h branch gave a so ial , and had as their guests the conferen c e visitors . An excellent pro gram was rendered , and refreshments were served . The large n number of saints and friends had an e j oyable evening . A NNA O . MCKAY , Clerk of Conference .

— “ LE T ME OPE M r. Howells , in his Modern Instance , says that c everything in Boston is chara teristic of the city , and that even a Boston Irishman and a Boston Je w are entirely different from the Irishmen and Jews not favored with a residence in the old Puritan city . This theory , and the occasional humorous assumptions of

- after dinner speeches , in styling Boston as the Athens of America , gave occasion for wits to indulge themselves in such exaggera tions as the following from an old New York paper : , - DA Y LATTER SAINTS MILLENNIAL STAR . 327

- A N ew Yorker came to Boston recently, and as the street car he w c ished to take from the depot was rowded , he got upon the front “ ’ platform with the driver. Well , what s the news in old Boston '

- Ne w said the spruce , keen eyed Yorker, turning to the driver . “ ” “ o f They say , responded the driver , that the course le c tures at ” Harvard on Ethnology is attracting no little attention . This N e rather startled the man from the backwoods of w York City , but after a few moments he rec overed sufficiently to be able to “ ask , Where did this Myopia Club , that we read of so much in the ” ’ ” papers , get their name from ' Don t you know ' returned the “ - driver as he slapped the o ff horse with the end of the reins ; why , ’ I m surprised . Myopia is derived from the Greek , and means “ ” - o ff near sighted . Stop the car and let me get , said the Ne w “ Yorker . I must get into a car where I can sit down for a few ” moments . I feel faint .

THE S TARRY HEAVE N .

’ Twas a star lit night and Cynthia fair

h er e a Over Mother E arth shed gold n h ir, And the steller legio ns sped away

fa ac o f K o f da On the ding tr k the ing y.

A I I t o ac nd as mused, sought tr e ’ o fin e o f ac G d s ger through the d pth sp e,

a a e W here orbs c elesti l in gr nd ur roll ,

A o ur Fa e Go d has e c . nd th r, supr me ontrol

I stood and gazed with fond delight

e e o f On th se shining g ms in the brow night,

And I e la Go d t o e thus xc imed , O Th e,

M ay I with reverenc e b o w the knee

I tho ught o f infinite worlds o r spheres

o f o f f e ea H mes o the Gods orm r y rs , W here c ountless myriads c ongregate A nd Elo h eim preside s in state .

Awed by the skill th e heavens display

In ac fi far a a the sp ious in nite w y, I gazed entranc ed o n thos e orbs abo ve

W e re e G d h re igns supr me the o o f love .

As through infinitude I sto o d

o f e r r a Home the Gods th i b ight bode , I c aught a glimpse with illumined eye Of the throne o f Go d, His throne o n high .

ANDRE W DALRY M PLE . ’ HE LATTER- DAY SAINTS MILLENNIAL STAR T .

20 1920 . THURSDAY , MAY ,

E D I T OR I A L

S PIRIT OF THE CONFE RE NC E .

“ THIS is the best c onference I ever attended . Thus S pake hundreds if not thousands at the conc lusion of the April c onfer ence of the Church . That it has been said at the end of every

General Conferenc e does not matter . It appears at this time to n have been spoken with added emphasis . And why should it o t ' The lofty theme of the glorious First Vision brought forth in the remarks of President Heber J . Grant at the opening session , was s the keynote upon which the disc ourse of all the speakers was , in f t c . greater or less measure at uned , throughout the con eren e And s n h it was all so inspirational . The Pre ident ever spoke wit more freedom and power, than in commenting upon the signifi c ance of t the First Vision and of a revelation suppor ing it, given to the ’ “ Prophet s father in which it is said , a marvelous work is about ” to come forth among the children of men . He recited the history of the rise and pro g re ss o f the Churc h in fulfilment of those prophecies . The audience was thrilled , as he unfolded the fact of that development , demonstrating the c onstant presence c and power of the Lord in arrying on his work , preserving and n sustaining it over every opposi g obstac le and foe , and bringing it in triumph to the notice and astonishment of the whole world . n The President was followed by President Lu d , in a c arefully detailed narrative of the circumstances of the Firs t Vision ; an

- exposition of the reasons why Latter day Saints are , distinctively, ’ a Christian people , believing in all the phenomena of Jesus Christ s mission with a testimony of their truth that others do not have , c and annot have , except the Lord reveal it to them . In the following session President Penrose delivered a beautiful

t n - doc rinal sermo , with the undiminished vigor of his life long eloquence . These discourses of the Firs t Presidency were so lofty in the themes spoken upon ; in the clearness in which they were elaborated ; in the convincing sincerity of the testimony which accompanied them , that the thousands who heard them were profoundly impressed and stimulated , to an exaltation of interest and feeling that filled their souls with j oy in the extreme . The speakers in the succeeding sessions were animated by the same spirit, and all the discourses were of the most inspirational quality so that the speakers and hearers rej oiced together . The clerk of the conference writes con c erning it as follows “ No greater interest and enthusiasm has ever attended a general

- da gathering of the Latter y Saints , than were experienced in the ’ - LATTER DAY SAINTS MILLE NNIAL STAR . 329

annual conference of the Church . The uppermost theme

rst v ision of the Prophet Joseph Smith , the hundredth n ry of which is celebrated this S pri g . It was a theme c speaker touched upon , and whi h animated all the

meetings with a unanimity of spiritual thought, ih

eeling , seldom experienced to such a great and uni versal extent as upon this occasion . It was the general sentiment freely expressed by the individual members of the unusually large ‘ : and representative audiences , and heard everywhere We have been spiritually The music al features of the conference were of unusual variety and excellence . The great Tabernac le Choir , under the direction M c Cl ell an of Prof . Anthony C . Lund , with Prof. at the organ , rendered the hymns and anthems which the saints are familiar with , in the most satisfactory manner . The presence of the Ogden c Tabernacle hoir , of almost equal excellence , under Prof . Ballan

- tyne , at the Sunday school conference , and in the Assembly Hall , doubled the supply and quality of the choral music . This was sup l e ment e d w p by the S anee Singers , directed by Spencer Cornwall , and a Girls Chorus of eight hundred voices , ably condu c ted by Miss

Margaret Summerhays . Taken together with the solos , and a c special organ re ital for distinguished visitors , it will be seen how c great the musi al contribution to the conference really was . But there was , over and above this , the rendition of the cantata : The ” c First Vision , which was omposed for the occasion , words and c c v musi , by the veteran hoir leader , Prof . E an Stephens . It was given under his direc tion on Monday night, before an audience of eight thousand people , in the tabernacle . The chorus numbered c ao nearly five hundred sele ted voices , and the performance was I claimed by all with unbounded delight . t was indeed a triumph and recognition for this eminent favorite among the poets and c ' musi ians of ion .

The meetings of the auxiliary assoc iations , while of a business character, were none the less highly inspired , giving the repre sent at ive o fiic ers attending them the very counsel and enthusiasm that they most needed .

An incident of more than usual interest was the presence , in the seats placed immediately before the stands for them , of

Colonel William Jennings Bryan , and United S tates Senator

Robert L . Owen . These distinguished statesmen were presented to President Grant and his associates , and were tendered an impromptu organ rec ital at the close of the meeting . This they highly appreciated , and in speaking to the people present rather surprised the audience , by the warmth of their approval of all they had seen and heard at the meeting . Senator O wen is re ported to have said : that he had received real inspiration from the sermons he had heard ; that he had never before seen such a religious gathering ; that the enthusiasm of the people in such a , 330 R - D R LATTE AY S AINTS MILLE NNIAL STA .

vast worshiping assemblage was splendid , and that he admired the application of the gos pel teac hings in the lives of the Latter day Saints . Colonel Bryan said that the truths which he had heard expounded there that day , he should endeavor to carry with him through out his life ; and that he believed through h im many people might hear the truth concerning Mormonism ; fo r he should try to give an exposition of what he had heard in pl ain truth to the people c with whom he asso iates . He remarked that he had bee n un decided about coming at this time to Salt Lake City ; that he had been asked to speak in Los Angeles on Monday, b ut had obeyed a

c t o w h . whim almost, and had ome on Salt Lake , he did not know y

But now he believed it was providential . At any rate he had heard truths u t tered that impressed him deeply and he knows he is better equi pped to perform his work in the world , for having m heard Mormonis expounded . He said he was par t icularly impressed with the Mormon belief in the personality of God . It is a beautiful belief, and one by which the world might profi t . He referred to the application of the gospel in the lives of Mormon people , and said such princ iples applied to the problems of the d world woul , in very deed , solve the difficul t ies with whic h the world is beset . Referring to the single standard of morality , as expounded by one of the speakers , he said that, in very truth , is ’ a principle that might well be applied to the lives o f all men . ex The testimonies of these eminent men , so feelingly and freely pressed immediately after listening for two hours to the discourses

- of the Latter day Saint dignitaries , created a profound impres sion on those who heard them . The speakers at the session of c c Ka onference whi h they attended were Apostles David O . Mc y,

Orson F. Whitney , and Presiding Bishop Charles W . Nibley . No t only in the general c onferenc e at the headquarters of the Church has there b een a remarkable inspiration and manifestation h of fait and testimony this spring , but throughout the Church and in all the missions . We are rec eiving daily from the branches re o f ports such services , which our limited space forbids us to pub lish . It was produced , no doubt, by the commemoration of the glorious event of a hundred years ago , inaugurating the dispensa tion of the fulness of times . What could be more inspiring than this theme ' That of a heavenly vision ; the appearance to man of the Father and the Son as an actual occurrence , with it s potential consequences ; and proved beyond cavil or possible denial , by the presence of a mighty people assembled in adoring worship of the living God , again made manifest to his children . Why should not statesmen and churchmen the world over wake up to such truth and have the c ourage to proclaim it ' It is in the world for the healing of the nations . It is the only hope of the world for the salvation of mankind .

J . F. W . ’ - LATTER DAY SAINTS MILLENNIAL STAR . 331

THE BOOK OF ABRAHAM .

A STUDY BY A . A . RAMSEYER .

IV .

T H E LANGUAGE OF T H E BOOK OF ABRAHAM . The Prophet Joseph does not explic i tly state in whic h language o f the Book Abraham was written . He mentions , however , in his c history, as quoted previously , under dates of July and O tober 1 5 1st , 83 , that he was engaged in translating an alphabet of the n Egyp tian language , and in arra ging a grammar of the same H i 23 2 6 . stor language . (See pages 8 and 8 of Volume II of the y of h hur O 34 t e C ch). n page 8 of the same volume , he gives the follow “ ing description of the papyrus : The record of Abraham and

Joseph , found with the mummies is beautifully written on papyrus , with black , and a small part red , ink or paint , in perfect preser t h e c fiin vation . The characters are such as you find upon o s of — c mummies hieroglyphics , etc . with many chara ters or letters like the present, (though probably not quite so square), form of the I t Hebrew without points . ( may be of interest to notice here w 1836 . e that in January, , Prof Seixas , a J , taught Hebrew to the N 1 35 t h e saints in Kirtland , although as early as ovember , 8 , 318 Prophet Joseph mentions that he studied Hebrew . (See page ,

Vol . II). In the Book of Abraham are found several words in ff “ n di erent languages : the word Rahl ee o s , which Abraham “ ” tells us is the Chaldean term used for hieroglyphics (1 : “ ” “ 1 : E Pharaoh , whic h signifies king by royal blood ( gypt us c whi h in the Chaldean signifies Egypt or that which is forbidden , ” 1 “ in 3 ( : S h ehah, whi c h is the sun ( : no doubt related to “ ” “ c the Hebrew word Shenah , whi h means year ; Olea , which is ” “ K k b eam c the moon ; Kokoh , which is star , o o , whi h signifies ” “ ” n l aum stars these two words are Hebrew ; g o , eternal , (3 : this is Hebrew also ; then there are the names of the

Oli l i E ni - - stars , some of them being Egyptian , like b sh , sh go o u dosh , and the names of the idolatrou s gods of the Egyptians and

Chaldeans , which might furnish some interesting material for a competent philologist . The reader ’s attention is called to the fact that there is more f than considerable a finity between the Hebrew , the Chaldean and “ the Egyptian , as the following testimonies will show : The basis of Hebrew , Chaldee , Syriac , Arabic , and Samaritan , is well known

c . b y every good oriental s holar, to be one and the same Hence it may be truly said , that he , who has a solid and fundamental know o f ledge the genius of one of these languages , possesses a real knowledge of them all . The meaning is , that the genius , strue c ture , idiom , pe uliarities of syntax , and a multitude of the words ,

. are substantially the same in all . Who will say that the study of x Greek , Latin , French (specially the Norman), and Sa on , does not , ' ‘ - Y S 2 LA I TER DA SAINT MI L LE NNIAL STAR .

n d cast light upon the English la guage ' Indee , ho w can it ever be radic ally unders tood without some kno wledge o f these lang nages ' But the Chaldee is muc h nea re r t o the Hebre w than any ” o of these languages t the English (Prof . Moses S tuar t , in the pre Manual a face to a of the Chaldee langu ge by Elias Riggs , Bos ton ,

. in E as L esso ns in E tian Hiero l Prof Budge , his y gyp g yphics, has this muc h to say about the af finity o f the Egy ptian and the “ Hebrew : The Egyptian Alphabet has a g reat deal in common with the Hebrew and other Semi t ic dialec ts in respec t o f guttu ral ” and other letters peculiar to Oriental peoples . And under the “ ” “ o f : caption The verb , he writes The older generations of scholars were undecided as to the c lass o f languages under which c the Egyptian language should be pla ed , and c ontented them sel ves with pointing o ut grammatic al forms analogous to those in d Coptic , and perhaps in some of the Semitic ialects ; but recently the relationship of Egyptian t o the Semitic languages has bee n boldly affirmed , and as a result, the nomenclature o f the Semitic ” - r o f verb or stem wo d has been applied to that Egyptian . Again “ The exac t pronun c iation of a great many verbs must al ways re main unknown but by c omparing forms which are common both to Egyptian and Coptic , a tolerably correc t idea of ” “ the pronunciation may be obtained . And , Until all t h e texts belonging to all periods of the Egyptian language have been pub l ished , that is to say , until all the material for grammatical in ’ a i n has v est ig t o been put into the Egyptologists hands , it is idle m to attempt to ake a final set of grammatical rules , whic h will enable the beginner to translate any and every text whic h may be set before him . In many sentences containing numerous par t ic l es, only the general sense of the text or inscription will enable him to make a translation which can be understood . This ad mission from an acknowledged Egyptologist would start him and many others good , when j udging the Book of Abraham . Here follows another refreshing admission of Dr . Budge It is hardly necessary to say that differences of Opinion exist among scholars as to the method in which hieroglyphic characters should be transcribed into Roman letters , but this is not to be wondered at considering that the scientific study of Egyptian is only about ’ ninety years old (Dr . Budge s book was published in and that the whole of the literature has not yet been published .

Dr . Budge gives us a valuable hint about the origin of the hier w t he o glyphs, one which would sho Chaldeans as the probable inventors of that system of writing , which , Abraham tells us , ” “ n s . they called Rahl e e o This is what Dr . Budge tells us : It is hardly probable the hieroglyphic system of writing was invented in Egypt, and the evidence on this point now accumulating indicates that it was brought there by c ertain invaders who came ” from northeast or central Asia . Whichever way we may go, the evidences always point to Chaldea as the birth of Egyptian ’ - LATTER DAY SAINTS MILLENNIAL STAR . 333

culture and of the Egyptian people , confirming what the Bible and the Book of Abraham tell us , viz . , that the posterity of Ham , “ : No w t the son of Noah , settled in Egypt the firs government of E Egypt was established by Pharaoh , the eldest son of gypt us, the ” m 1 : daughter of Ham (Book of Abraha , Chap . ’ Dic i n No w listen to another witness , Pierret, in his t o naire d ar “ ” Affixes chéol ogie égyptienne ; under the heading of , he writes “ The determination of the three persons which distinguishes the f grammar resides , in Egyptian as in Coptic , in a system of a fixes which entirely conform , taken as a whole , to those of the Semi tic

ff . cycle , although their use is regulated a little di erently Under “ ” “ : N the caption Langue (tongue), he writes otwithstanding some no dissimilarities in the play of verbal tenses and moods , t with o f standing the special character the hieroglyphic dictionary , there has been ascertained an evident relation of stem between the language of Egypt and those of Asia , on account of the same ness of a great number of radic als and of the affinity of the h r grammatic al laws (See E . de Rouge R esearc hes o n t e fi st six E inl i n I' nasties . e tu dy , Mr Brugsch , in his Dictionary ( g , ), insists upon the bonds of kinship whic h unite the Egyptian ihr n mi language to its Semitic sisters , e se tischen S c hwestern ; he then plac es their common origin o n the shores of the Euphrates and of the Tigris , and expresses the wish that an Oriental sc holar might undertake the task to signal and to prove these inc o nt est able relations . We will hear another witness of the relationship and similarity i E t an . F of the pyp and Chaldee ; this is Prof arrat, who in 1857, published in Porrentruy , Switzerland , a work entitled , N ouveau systeme de l a traduc tion ol es Hiérogl yphes égyptiens an mo yen d e ” l a l angue Chal déenne (Ne w system of translation of the Egyptian hieroglyphs by means of the Chaldean tongue). The professor has t to his credit a series of s udies and researches in the Semitic ,

Egyptian ; and Sanscrit languages , showing that he was a student o f no mean acquirements . Instead of studying the Egyptian by means of the Coptic , which is derived from the Egyptian , as the

French , for instance , is derived from the Latin , Prof . Parrat studied the Egyptian by means of the Chaldean . The Coptic language is a dialect of Egyptian , of whic h four or five varieties are known ; its name is derived from the name of the old Egyptian t c ubt c i city e , through the Arabi Q , whi h in its turn was n A i tended to represent the Greek guptos . The dialect dates from the sec ond c entury of our era, and the literature written in it is

' . chie y Christian Curiously enough , Coptic is written with the c letters of the Greek alphabet, to which were added six harac ters , derived from the Demotic forms of ancient Egyptian hiero gl yphic s, to express sounds whic h were peculiar to the Egyptian Cham l io n language (Budge). po , who was the first to successfully

translate the Egyptian hieroglyphs , succeeded because he knew ’ - 334 LATTER DAY SAINTS MILLENNIAL STAR .

o f Coptic well enough to draw upon this stock words , so far as “ Parra they were remnants o f Egyptian . Says Prof. t : The f relatively recent origin o that tongue , necessarily posterior to the Greek tongue , since among its Semitic roots , one can see the u Greek words thick as ants , proves that it has not been sed in the n first hieroglyphic inscriptio s . In translating the hieroglyphs by n means of the Coptic , one does exactly the same thing as if o e were translating ciphered Latin inscriptions by means o f the o ne c an French o r Italian . Sometimes come near the meaning , when the Coptic words retain something o f the Semitic ; b ut that d bec omes impossible when they are rawn from the Greek . To obviate that inc o nv e nienc e t he German authors have invented an anc ient Coptic which is found in their works only . It might have o n bee n as well , it seems to me , to have passed at once to the — c c Syro Chaldean , a tongue whi h can give an a count of all the c o f words c onstituting the a rophonies , (the first letters the words), which are simply phonetic signs ; this does no t appear possible ” with the Coptic tongue . He emits t h e following opinion : I t was impossible for Abraham to converse in Coptic with the Egyptian Pharaoh , as that t o ngue was no t existing then ; he therefore spoke without interpreter in his own t Ongue , in Chaldean I t was therefore the Chal c in dean tongue , whi h those remote times was spoken and written , not only in Babylon and in the neighboring lands , but

- in Egypt also . Therefore the Syro Chaldean is the language of ” the hieroglyphs . rmann E , a German philologist, shows too , that there is a reason to believe that Egyptian was originally a characteristic member c E of the Semiti family of languages ( rmann , Das Verhael tniss tischen zu d en semi i c hen r E c cl er aegyp t s S p achen). n yc l opedia

nic a . Britan , art . Egypt This much to show that some eminent philologists and Egypto l o gist s believe the Chaldean and Egyptian tongues to have one s and the same origin ; which tands to reason , seeing that these c N different peoples des end from oah , who died shortly before ’ d Abraham s birth , or , accor in g to some others , might still have been living before Abraham went down to Egypt . The Chaldeans and the Egyptians were related by their history, their geo graphical relation , their language , and their form of idolatry . T o ( BE CONCLUDED).

WHEN Rubenstein was in America he was presented to Josh

Billings , and the pianist was careful to impress the American “ ” c humorist with accounts of his noble an estry . My family , said “ c he , loftily, goes ba k to the time of the Crusaders . I have been able to discover that one of my ancestors accompanied the Em ”

e ro r . f p Barbarossa Josh smiled , and af ecting to be immensely “ ” : impressed , immediately remarked On the piano, of course . ’ - LATTER DAY SAINTS MILLENNIAL STAR . 335

H M F ROM T E IS S ION FIE LD.

l f W rk — S a e o o . A successful sale of work was held by the Relief in Society Gateshead , which was fairly well attended , on Thurs 29 h 19 0 5 1 s day , April t , 2 . The sale realized £ 0 . — Change of Addres s The address of the Bristol c onference has : M c Ka been changed as follows President James Gunn y, Deseret

N 15 . 152 High Road , South Tottenham , London .

i — Wedd ng . A very delightful and fashionable wedding took place

t . t in Dublin , when Bro her George F Price and Sister Ber ha L .

Steele were married . A reception was afterwards held in the

Assembly Hall , and about one hundred and fifty people sat down w to dinner . Brother Christian Steele , father of the bride , elc omed c f all , and Mr . Pri e , father of the bridegroom , also of ered appro

riat e . . c p remarks President Benjamin R Bir hall also spoke . The c presents were numerous , rich , and of a varied chara ter . The happy couple left on their honeymoon amid the cheering good wishes of those assembled .

c i l s — h 9 S o a . On 8 t 1 20 Thursday , April , , a fanc y dress social was held under the auspices of the Norwic h Mutual Improvement

Association . A spectacular display of national , c haracter and c in ff c mythi al costumes , was presented e e tive tableaux , under the

u . able s pervision of Elder James H Hood , whose energetic and d ’ genial nature adde a pleasing feature to the evening s suc cess .

The M . I . A . are to be congratulated for providing the branch with ’ an enj oyable evening s entertainment . 6th 1920 c On Thursday , May , , the Barnsley bran h Relief Society, f c c She field onference , held a tea and so ial . It was organized to augment the funds of the Relief Society , and proved a great suc cess . Elder Samuel Beggs received a beautiful present as a token of esteem and respect . After the presentation the time was spent in playing games , etc . N 26t h A social was held at orwich on Monday , April , 1920, in honor of Brother and Sister Southgate , who sailed for ' ion April

30t h - . A dinner cruet and pair of nutc rackers were presented them as a united wedding and parting gift, and as a token of thanks and appreciation for their valuable services in the past . A goodly number of friends and members were present to give them a t hear y farewell . — Bapt is ms A very impressive baptismal service was held Sunday

9 h 1920 N . afternoon , May t , , at the Swan Baths , orwich A large attendance was present , occupying the seats the entire length of the bath . Four adul ts were baptized and confirmed immediately ’ 6 - STAR 33 LATTER DAY SAINTS MILLENNIAL .

w . . after ards President Charles M Coleby (Lowestoft), and Presi N c f dent Alfred Burrell ( orwi h) o ficiated . The Nottingham conference have had a diffic ult time securing fo r the use of the public baths baptismal purposes , but are glad to report that their applicatio n to the baths c ommittee of Mansfield

was readily and willingly granted . Fo r this a resolution o f thanks

was voted by over one hundred saints and friends , in attendance

at a baptismal servic e on May l st , 1920 ; when we rej oiced and were c d exceeding glad that nineteen andi ates received baptism . The c : applicants were from the following bran hes six from Mansfield , c w six from Hu knall , five from East ood , one from Derby , and one

N . from ottingham Brothers Mullinger, Pears , and President

. Stallings officiated After completing our work at the baths , we returned to the hall and instructions were given and short talks d Calladine made by Brothers Bettri ge , Phillip , Joseph Robinson ,

and Alexander M . Graham , and President Stallings spoke fo r a

few minutes . Those who were baptized were then confirmed by o f the laying on of hands for the reception the Holy Ghost . The

afternoon and evening was one of great j oy and pleasure , and will long be remembered by the saints and friends o f the Nottingham

c onference .

D I E D .

— B RTON Marc 24t h 1920 E c o . J a uar 15 O . h , , ri Ort n orn n y th , 1920, at a e e Fe ar 15 1920 E er a a e Huc kn ll , bl ss d bru y th , , by ld H rry H y s . — B F A UN T . Ma c 31st 1920 S a Fanu . o S e e e 2md 1 r h , , us n t rn pt mb r , 879 ;

a ze c o e 28th 1897 . S h e ea e a a and a ar e f b pti d O t b r , l v s husb nd l g amily o f

c hildren t o mo urn h er death .

M TCHE LL —Fe rua 6th 1920 S a L a e C U a I b ry , , lt k ity, t h , Elder ll H e was a ze e rua 19t h 1870 F Tho mas Mitc he . b pti d F b ry , . o r fiv e years h o c o and e r u h e was president o f t e S t kt n Middl sb o gh branc h . H e was a L a e e e and o ffic a e fo r e era un wo rker in th e S alt k T mpl , i t d s v l h dred o f his

l F o r ear e ea h e was a u e e o e dead re atives . n ly tw nty y rs tr st d mpl y e at th e

Deseret N ews offic e .

C ONTE NTS

The Annual General Co nfer P o etry : Th e S tarry H eaven enc e (Conc lusio n) 321 E dito rial : S pirit o f t h e Confer M an Kno w Thyself 325 enc e Minutes o f th e N o rwic h Co n Th e Book o f Abraham ferenc e 326 Fro m t h e Missio n Field

D T D P R NTE D ND P UBL S HE D BY G E ORG E LBE RT S M TH 295 E DG E L N E E I E , I A I A I , A L IV E RP OOL

F OR S ALE IN ALL T H E C ONF E RE NCE S OF T H E CHURCH OF J E S US CHRIS T OF

- LATTE R DAY S AINTS IN GRE AT BRITAIN .