Excerpt from Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 37: Designed for the Advancement of the Young; August 1, 1902 The Prophet Joseph Smith was not the first who recognized the great spiritu al darkness that covered the earth, but he was the first to go to the Lord to seek light by revelation from heaven, the first one who was willing to perform the Lord's work in His own appointed way, who would give God all the glory, and acknowledge His hand in all things. Joseph Smith thus became the instrument of the Lord in restoring the Gospel with its gifts and blessings, by vxhom He also established His Church with its inspired Priesthood, and he now stands at the head of the great latter day dispensation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.