Companions of Man: A Poem

MEMORIAL MONUMENT DEDICATION. 389 TESTIMONY OP JOSEPH SMITH. In the spring of the year of our Lord, 1820, the Father and the Son appeared to him in a glorious vision, called him by name and instructed him. Thereafter heavenly angels visited him and revealed the principles of the gospel, restored the authority of the Holy Priesthood, and the organization of the Church of Jesus Christ in its fulness and perfection. The engraved plates of the Book of Mormon were given him by the angel Moroni. These he translated by the gift and power of God. He organized the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the sixth day of April, 1830, with six members. He devoted his life to the establishment of that Church, and sealed his testimony with his blood. In his ministry he was constantly supported by his brother Hyrum Smith, who suffered martyrdom with him. Over a million converts to this testimony h^ve been made throughout the world, and this monument has been erected in his honor, to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of his birth, by members of the Church which he organized. They love and revere him as a prophet of God, and call his name blessed for ever and ever. Amen. Around the capstone above the die : If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. — James 1: 5. Salt Lake City, Utah. COMPANIONS OF MAN. (For the Improvement Era). "I Can't" and "I Can" are companions of man. From his earliest youth. The one he shall choose means win or means lose In the battle of life. If "Can't" be his guide, he will always abide On the lowlands unseen; But if he choose "Can," the helper of man, To the hill-top he'll climb. As the city whose light shall shine forth so bright That it cannot be hid; Through wisdom and strength, he will triumph at length. In wresting from "Can't" his domain. Grace Ingles Frost. Salt Lake City, Utah.