Two Corrections

Two Corrections Of course, most people have read of the ancient calf and the faithfulness with which generations of men followed and built in and beside his devious path. That such things are still done was shown in the January issue of the Era, in the illustrations to the article, "Tour of the Tabernacle Choir," page 240, where the associate editor fell in line with the photographer of the sacred grove, and said it was "where Joseph Smith held communion with the angel." Now everybody knows that it was here that Joseph held communion with the Father and the Son, and it should have been so stated, regardless of the photographer's dictum. Again, on page 242, the old home of the Prophet is shown, "where the angel visited him and a part of the Book of Mormon was translated." Now, the fact is that Alvin Smith died in November, 1824, and the house was not built until after his death, while the angel was made in 1823, when Joseph lived in a little visit of the house a very short distance from the building here shown, and which is now obliterated. In this instance, we followed the statements made to visitors, including members of the Tabernacle choir. Again the calf-path. It remains only to be said, in addition, that there is no historical evidence to prove that any part of the Book of Mormon was ever translated in Palmyra, that being principally done in Pennsylvania, and in Fayette, Seneca county, New York.