mon (I Nephi 22:21; III Nephi 20:23). The words of Peter (Acts 3: 22-24) seem to admit of only one intepretation, and that is, that Christ partly fulfilled this prophecy in his first coming, and will complete its fulfillment in his second coming, when the restitution of all things shall be accomplished. In fact, Peter expressly refers to the fact that the prophets had foretold the coming of "that prophet" in the person of Christ, their prophecies to be fulfilled in those days (Acts 3: 24-26). There can be no doubt that this is the intepretation to be placed upon those words. Therefore, an attempt on the part of a modern pretender to take this honor to himself, is directly opposed to the inspired words of one of the apostles. The only passage that seems to intimate that Christ and "that prophet" are not identical, is Jobn 1: 19-25. Here Christ and "that prophet" are spoken of as two different persons. This may be easily explained, on one of two hypotheses. First, the marginal reading is “a prophet." This reading would relieve the difficulty. Or, secondly, as the Jews were entirely mistaken in their conception of the mission of the Messiah, so we may safely conclude that they were mistaken regarding the identity of "that prophet." But after all, the claims of John Alexander Dowie, and other pretended Elijahs and restorers may be disproved by being submitted to the crucial test set forth in the last two verses of the chapter in Deuteronomy (18th) in which this prediction regarding "that prophet" occurs: "When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him."

The Angel Who Restored the Gospel.

Explain Rev. 14: 6, 7. Who was this angel who should restore the gospel? Was it John or Moroni? If the latter, how did he restore it?

It appears that the inquirer is of the opinion that this angel who was to "fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth," was John the Baptist; his reason, as he gives it, being that John restored

the Aaronic priesthood by ordaining Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery, and conferring upon them the keys of that authority. Also, that as he was the forerunner of Christ, so he was the restorer of the gospel in the Fulness of Times. But this view is not held by the Church, it being generally understood that the angel Moroni fulfilled the mission of the Revelator when he came from heaven to earth to reveal the truths of the Book of Mormon. He visited the prophet three times in one night (September 21, 1823), showed him where the plates were hidden, and instructed him in the prophecies relating to the latter-days. He finally delivered the plates to the prophet, and guided him in their translation, at last receiving the treasure to himself, to be kept until it shall please God to bring forth the sealed and yet untranslated portions for the benefit of mankind.

The revelations bear out the idea that it was Moroni and not John who restored the gospel, and that it was restored through the Book of Mormon which Moroni revealed:

For the hour cometh that I will drink of the fruit of the vine with you on the earth, and with Moroni, whom I have sent unto you to reveal the Book of Mormon, containing the fullness of my everlasting gospel.Doc. & Cov., sec. 27: 5.

And again, what do we hear? Glad tidings from Cumorah! Moroni, an angel from heaven, declaring the fulfillment of the prophets-the book to be revealed.-Sec. 128: 20.

That the authorities understand this angel to be the one referred to, is evidenced by their having permitted the placing of the figure of Moroni on the highest tower of the Salt Lake temple, with a golden trumpet, in the attitude of proclaiming the gospel to all nations. John the baptist held the authority of the Aaronic Priesthood which he conferred upon the prophet, but Moroni declared the gospel to him, and was the angel referred to by John the Revelator. For a further discussion of this subject, the questioner is referred to Manual, Number 3, 1899-1900, lesson 2, notes 2-5.

NOTES.

The fifth annual exhibition of the Utah Art Institute will be given in the old Social Hall, 41 State Street, Salt Lake City, from March 9, to April 9, inclusive. This will give the young people who visit conference a chance to view the work of the exhibitors. Admission at least three days of each week will be free, and the lovers of art should not miss this opportunity to witness some of the best Utah can produce.

"Better faithful than famous," used to be one of Theodore Roosevelt's characteristic sayings. It has ever been his rule of life. And because he was faithful he has become famous. That in itself is giving his day a character to be proud of. The genuine men as a rule reap all the rewards nowadays-the men who do things. You have only to make up your mind to that, and stick to it, to win.

The conception with which Christ makes us familiar is that of Fatherhood. This is interwoven into the very texture of his teachings. The sense of it was the deepest element in his consciousness. With this, every other relation of God must be harmonized. In the light of this, all Christian doctrines are to be interpreted. Yet we shall miss the full significance of this final idea of God, if we do not find in it the suggestion of the parental, as well as the paternal, and make it include that which is so inexpressibly dear in motherhood, as well as fatherhood.-Rev. E. E. Chivers.

The secret of the undying vitality and perennial attractiveness of the sacred Scriptures lies in the fact that they come bringing the revelation of the Divine name. Under the illumination and guidance of the Divine Spirit there was wrought into the consciousness of the Jew of old a sublime conception of God such as no other people ever attained. From the background of the Old Testament Scriptures there stands out in clear relief the Living God, separable from all phenomena a veritable being, clothed in perfection. With the majesty and splendor of his holiness, too, is blended unspeakable tenderness. He is an approachable God, entering into most intimate relations with men. The world owes an unspeakable debt to the Jew for the conception of God with which he enriched human thought.-Dr. E. E. Chivers.

EVENTS OF THE MONTH.

BY THOMAS HULL, GENERAL SECRETARY OF Y. M. M. I. A.

LOCAL-January 15, 1903-There are twenty-seven cases of smallpox at Salina, and the pest is spreading in all parts of the state......... .........16-F. J. Hagenbarth, of Utah, was selected second vice-president of the National Live Stock Association of Kansas City......... Neils Morten Peterson, a surveyor and Indian fighter, and pioneer of Richfield, born Denmark, Nov. 12, 1819, died.... .There was a mass meeting at Mt. Pleasant to devise means for the completion of the mammoth reservoir..................Ezra Jacob Wycoff Barnard, born New York, July 8, 1830, a Salmon River missionary, died in Brigham City..... ........16-Col. E. F. Holmes is chosen president of the Commercial Club, Salt Lake...... ..The naval recruiting station closed, having secured 35 enlistments in Salt Lake.......... .......18-Citizens of Mt. Pleasant organize a company to bore for oil............. ..............Mrs. Ella Hunt. who returned three weeks ago from a mission to Germany, died in Loa, Piute county....................... .Charles H. Nelson, born in Sweden, aged 68 years, a pioneer of 1862, died in Provo..................................................19-Elizabeth Leyland Graham, mother of John C. Graham, widow of Wm. C. Graham, born in England, December 5, 1816, died in Provo; and Lucetta Penrose, wife of Hon. C. W. Penrose, of the Deseret News, born in England, September 15, 1834, died in Salt Lake........ ..20-The Legislature in separate houses voted for U. S. Senator; the result being : SenateSmoot 10, Rawlins 6, Wells 2; House-Smoot 36, Rawlins 4, Wells 4, absent 1........... ..........The U. of U. wins the debate from the University of Idaho............. .21-In the joint assembly of the Legislature, Hon. Reed Smoot was declared elected U. S. Senator from Utah.......... Dr. Payne was bound over in the sum of $7000 to answer the charge of murder of teacher Annie D. Hill.......... .Thomas Tyson Slater, born England, March 16, 1834, a pioneer of 1854, died in Huntsville....... 22-The Ministerial Association telegraphs to Washington that it will protest against the seating of Senator-elect Reed Smoot......... Three pioneers of the state pass away: Thomas Ashton, born England, November 17, 1813, came to Nauvoo in 1841, died in Lehi; Oscar Winters, born Ohio, February 7, 1825, father of Mrs. H. J. Grant, Mrs. A. O. Woodruff, and Mrs. J. E. Booth, came to Utah in 1852, died in Provo; and Mrs. Mary Smith, born England, June 17, 1811, wife of Judge Samuel Smith, pioneer of 1850, died in Brigham City...............23-A great irrigation scheme, designed to water 50,000 arid acres in Davis county,

was discussed at a meeting in Farmington. It involves a five-mile tunnel under the Wasatch at a cost of $310,000..............Anna Erickson Lund, born Denmark, Sept. 26, 1806. a pioneer of 1863, died in Huntsville 24-The B. Y. College has been granted the right to use the mails for its publications as second class matter...... ......The mayor of Salt Lake pardoned sixteen prisoners to make room for the builders who are to tear down the old jail, built in 1867, and erect a modern structure.. ........25-Elizabeth Carr Brereton, born England, 1830, a resident of Provo since 1859, died... .Charles Warren Smith, born Iowa, January 16, 1849, a brother of Apostle John Henry Smith, died in Salt Lake.. .26-In the case of the U. S.

vs. Frank Martins, Judge Marshall of the Federal court holds that the regulation excluding sheep from forest reserves is unconstitutional. This would throw 1,087,000 acres, in three reserves in Utah, open to flocks......... .Utah enjoys a general rain storm....... .Isabella West, born England, April 9, 1828, a pioneer of 1850, died in Salt Lake City... .27-A heavy rain and snow storm prevailed over Utah .The State Board of Health announces a quarantine against Ferron, where there are many cases of smallpox............. .........The House passed a bill providing for an appropriation of $7,500 in arranging for the Irrigation Congress at Ogden....... .28-A heavy snowstorm passed over Utah. In Park City, a snowslide buried nine miners at the Quincy mine, killing three outright, and causing great damage. There is great danger of slides in all the canyons...... .29-In Judge Hall's court, the famous case, Ogden vs. The Bear River Irrigation and Ogden Waterworks Co., was decided against the city. The contract is held valid, and the damages claimed by the city from the old works are barred by the statutes. Ogden loses all claim on the waterworks......... .........30-Two children of James Johnson were killed in a cave-in which swallowed a part of their home in the Old Telegraph mine in Bingham

..........................31—The precipitation for January in Salt Lake was 2.11, against an average of 1.44 inches for the past thirteen years.

February 1-An unsuccessful attempt was made by girl inmates to burn the State Industrial School at Ogden...........Dr.John James Briggs, born Canada, May 23, 1823, an old soldier who came to Utah with Gen. Connor, died Jan. 29, on his ranch near Ephraim...... .......2-Police officer Horace A. Heath, after a desperate fight with three unknown holdups, whom he was trying to arrest, shot one of them dead. They had attempted to rob J. G. Morrison's grocery, in which they failed owing to the bravery of Mr. M........ ......There is a total of 443 officers and enlisted men in the Utah National Guard, with 27,344 men in the State available for military duty, but disorganized..... .3-Thousands

view the remains of the desperado killed by Officer Heath....... Ann Mabbot Tuttle, born England, December 2, 1821, a pioneer of 1852, died in Manti, on the 2nd inst........ ........4-A fire visits Richfield, destroying $3000 worth of property.. .The Utah Lake Commission is organized, with A. F. Doremus, chairman, and George C. Lambert secretary....... ........This was the coldest day of the winter, the mercury dropping to 4 degrees above zero.. ..5-The cold con

tinues, the thermometer registering 5 degrees above in Salt Lake and 22 degrees below in Deseret, and 24 degrees below zero in Coalville........................