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and cracked rude jokes. Everything, from the 

 ^^set of an ox-bow to the setting up of a stocking," 

 he knew and ordered. Of vast physical and men- 

 tal power, indomitable, far-sighted, he ruled his 

 people with an unquestioned authority that has 

 not been surpassed in any age. The testimony 

 to his work is there today; and, if you wish to 

 know the real Mormons, go to Salt Lake, visit 

 their schools and colleges, see their homes, watch 

 their pleasures — then tell me if there is not some- 

 thing great, something profound and lasting, in 

 this Mormon faith. 



Here are its leading Articles of Faith, estab- 

 lished by the First Prophet, and approved 

 universally by the Church: 



"We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in 

 His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost." 



"We believe that men will be punished for their 

 own sins, and not for Adam's transgression." 



"We believe that, through the atonement of 

 Christ, all mankind may be saved by obedience to 

 the laws and ordinances of the Gospel." 



"We believe that the first principles and ordi- 



