1825,-In Hyrum, 9th, William Henry Green, born England, March 11, 1838, came to Utah in 1860.-In Riverdale, Saturday, 12th, William Stimpson, a pioneer of 1856, 86 years of age.-In Hubbard, Ariz., Monday, 14th, Mosiah L. Hancock, born Kirtland, Ohio, April 9, 1833, and came to Utah in 1848, and to Arizona in 1887. In Fremont, Wayne county, Monday, 14th, William Wilson Morrell, born Ohio, May 8, 1830, joined the Church in Salt Lake City, 1849, a companion in pioneer work with Jacob Hamblin.-In Provo, Tuesday, 15th, Julia A. Fleming, born Ohio, December 22, 1837, and a pioneer of 1848.-In Salt Lake City, Wednesday, 16th, Margaret Pierce Whitesides Young, widow of President Brigham Young, a pioneer of 1847, born Pennsylvania, April 19, 1823.-In Vernal, 16th, Eric Anderson, a Uintah county pioneer, 78 years of age.-In Pocatello, Friday, 18th, Joseph Henrie, an early pioneer of Utah, born Ohio, April 20, 1829. -At Fruita, Wayne county, Saturday, 19th, Henry Jakeman, born England, February 9, 1834, and came to Utah in 1856.-In Draper Ward house, Saturday, 19th, the funeral services over the remains of George Terry were held. He was murdered on the night of January 10, on the eve of a trip to Washington to see the President in behalf of the Indians of the Windriver reservation. His father is Joshua Terry, and his mother a Shoshone Indian and he was born February 1, 1853, and in early manhood took up a life's missionary labor with his mother's people, and married a native who bore him ten children, only one of whom is now alive. In West Weber, 20th, Thomas Etherington, a leading citizen of Weber, and a prominent stockman, born England, November 1, 1837, joined the Church in 1854, and came to Utah in 1855. In Forest Dale, Sunday, 20th, James Fowler, born England, June 6, 1841, and came to Utah in 1872.-Elizabeth U. Elwood, in West Jordan, 20th, born England, September 23, 1824.-In Richfield, Monday, 21, Sarah Frazer, born April 1, 1816, and came to Utah in 1868.-In Cedar City, Tuesday, 22, John Stephens, born Wales, April 28, 1843, came to Utah in 1868. In Fairview, Idaho, 22nd, Lucy J. Lake, twin sister of the late Hon. L. J. Herrick of Ogden, born Ohio, December 14, 1827, and came to Utah in 1850.-In Salt Lake City, Wednesday, 23. John Hutchinson, born Scotland 88 years ago, was baptized by Orson Pratt in 1840, and continued as a missionary in his native land until he came to Utah in 1875.-In Vernal, 23, Dennis W. Winn, a member of the "Mormon" battalion, and a pioneer of 1848, born Alabama, December 11, 1826.-In St. George, Thursday 24th, Mrs. Duncan M. McAllister, of Salt Lake, for many years member of the Tabernacle choir, born England, February 16, 1846, and came to Utah at the age of 15.—In Fairview, Wyoming, 24th, Clark Ames, born New York, 1832, came to Utah in 1849, and has resided in Sevier, Boxelder, Cache, and in Gentile Valley, Idaho.-In Smithfield, Sunday, 27th, William Chambers, born Bristol, England, January 4, 1818, and came to Utah in 1853.-In Salt Lake City, 27th, William Treharne, an Indian war veteran and pioneer of Cedar City, born Wales, July 14, 1838, and arrived in Salt Lake in 1852.-In Sugar House ward, Thursday, 29th, William Huskinson, born England, April 30, 1824, came to Utah September, 1853.-In Ogden, Thursday, 31st, Simon Weston, born England, April 25, 1835, joined the Church in 1854, and came to Utah in 1873.

[Elder Roberts submitted the following paper to the First Presidency and a number of the Twelve Apostles, none of whom found anything objectionable in it, or contrary to the revealed word of God, and therefore favor its publication.-EDITORS.]

INTRODUCTION.

In the May number of the IMPROVEMENT ERA, 1906, the editors promised their readers an article by me, in the then near future, on the Immortality of the Soul, as taught in the Book of Mormon; and having special reference to some questions that had been asked respecting the doctrine as set forth in the Young Men's Manual of that year. The neglect on my part to enable the editors to fulfil their promise to their readers surely calls for explanation, and perhaps apology. The fulfiling of the promise given to the editors to write such an article seemed perfectly easy when it was given; but about the time it should have been fulfiled one call and duty after another so pressed me- -one trod upon another's heels, so fast they followed-that it was impossible to write the article. Then, towards the close of the volume within which at least I determined to publish the article, I was called to visit the Eastern and Southern States Missions in company with

Elder George Albert Smith, of the council of the Twelve Apostles, which again postponed the writing of the article until now; and even now it is undertaken in the midst of many other duties that urgently demand attention and frequently interrupt the work. Such is my apology to the editors and readers of the ERA for the delay of this article; and which I trust will be accepted as an evidence, at least, that I have not been wilfully neglectful of my promise.

Meantime, judging from the number and urgency of letters written on the subject to the editors of the ERA, I am happy to see there has been no abatement of interest in relation to the subject itself. If anything, one is tempted to believe the interest has been increased rather than diminished by the delay, and some, whose anxiety is particularly great, have expressed a desire to hear something upon the subject "from the one who has a right to receive revelations for the Church." "I think," he says, "it would be right for us to receive this knowledge from him in place of either Elder Roberts, or Prof. Nelson, or anyone else." Undoubtedly, if the Lord has anything further just now to reveal to the Church upon that or any other subject, it will, of course, be revealed through the person referred to in the above quotation, the President of the Church. My purpose in mentioning the foregoing remark at this point is that I may correct any idea that may be entertained by anyone, and in howsoever slight degree, that what I have written, or what I shall now write, on this or any other subject, is given out as the doctrine of the Church. I am in no way deluded with the idea that my writings are setting forth in any authoritative way the doctrines of the Church. What I have written, what I shall write, are my views of the doctrine of the Church; and it is of value as instruction in, and exposition of, the truth, only in so far as it is in harmony with what God has deemed wise to reveal on the various subjects treated. In this respect, what I have written or shall write is on exactly the same plane with what other elders have written or spoken respecting the gospel, and associated subjects.

THE SUBJECT AND OBJECTIONS STATED.

In the article on immortality promised the editors, it was proposed to limit inquiry on the subject to what the Book of Mor