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14 PaU II AuaiNt 25- Coa Angelee RELIGION Mormons Ponder 1830 Letter Altering Idealized Image of Joseph Smith ruer By JOHN DART. Times Helium IV CUT 1 1VT PITV A SALT LAKK til A leuer I told that the true church vt-s not on Earth, and his fascination for buried treasure, including his discovery of a seer stone in 1 Desi.te the suggestions by Shipps, Bushman and other historians that there ts too much evidence of the church founder's less-than-ideal activity, there are few signs, if any, that the strongly conservativ Mormon leadership is willing to alter its standard teachings. John Carmack, a former Los Angeles church leader now appointed a General Authority, said Thursday that he sees a growing candor in Mormon biographies, but he added, "not every half-cocked theory that appears will be put into instructional materials." At the same time, Carmack said he has not seen any effort to restrain research work. Church leaders, he said, are aware of rather candid books recently published by Arrington and a Smith biographer, Donna Hill. ery has surprised some Mormons, who note that the parallels wording also could be taken as evidence for authenticity.

Shipps mentioned in her speech another letter, reportedly written by Smith in 1825, that advises one Josiah Stowel (also spelled Stoal) how to divine the location of a rich mine with a stick. "You know the treasure must be guarded by some clever spirit, and if such is discovered, so also is the treasure," Smith wrote, according to a reportedly typed copy circulated to some historians and news reporters. However, the letter has not been confirmed publicly to exist. At any rate, Shipps said, she was already convinced that Smith and Stowel had worked together attempting to find a mine that would yield treasure. She said Smith's early story contains alternate instances of religious visions, including the first in 1820, in which he was said to have seen "the Father and the Son" and not simply to the uneducated.

"What to say about the salamander? After the initial shock this was the key to my own changed understanding of Joseph Smith," she said. "A salamander, according to myth, is the animal that can be placed in the fire and not be burned." Her studies led her to conclude that magic and religion are "really two ends of the spectrum." Further, she said, her reading "makes it clear that Joseph Smith himself moved from hunting treasure to searching for a treasure of much higher magnitude and seems to me to provide a basis for a story of an honorable religious tradition." However, unusual caution about the letter's genuineness has been expressed by Jerald and Sandra Tanner, longtime evangelical cnt -ics of the Mormon Church. The Tanners wrote in their Salt Lake City Messenger newsletter last March that the purported Harris letter contains too many similarities to statements published in an 1834 book by E.D. Howe. In the Howe book, there were two accounts as to how Smith found the plates.

One said he looked into the hole which contained the plates and saw a toad, which changed into a man. The other said the toad transformed itself into a spirit. The Tanners' suggestion of forg Jl Joseph Smith "Since the Harris letter was addressed to W.W. Phelps, a newspaper editor and potential Mormon convert, it is a document that, if genuine, will also make clear that the presence of the occult in the Mormon story was not something that Smith '8 early followers tried to hide," Shipps said. "Quite the reverse, the mixture of the religious and the occult appears to have been one of the appeals of early Mormonism and the project.

He did not say when the letter or results of the study he financed would be released. The First Presidency's Gordon Hinckley said the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter -day Saints had earlier indicated that no comment would be made until the letter's analysis was completed. But insiders here say there are indications that the letter may be valid. Even if it is not, a respected non-Mormon authority on Mormon origins said the white salamander letter is consistent with other evidence that Joseph Smith had his occult side. Jan Shipps, a Methodist who once served as president of the Mormon History made what may have been the first public talk about the letter in Mormon circles Wednesday night and simultaneously offered the church hierarchy a way to deal with the explosive issue.

li It aa Evil Pursuit? Shipps was one of three historians who addressed about 800 people attending the Sunstone Theological Symposium, an independent publishing group based here. Referring to existing evidence that Smith engaged in a popular activity of his time in New York State-hunting for treasure Mormon historian Richard L. Bushman asked whether it was more "inherently evil" to pursue such a pastime than to play poker. Bushman, whose "Joseph Smith and the Beginning of Morrnonism" will be published next month, urged Mormons to be tolerant "about this culture of magic invading the life of the prophet." But Shipps, an Indiana University professor affectionately called "the den mother of Mormon historians" by former Church Historian Leonard Arrington, suggested that the true picture of Smith lies between the standard church portrait and the anti-Mormon picture of an imaginative treasure hunter. If the Harris letter is genuine, she said, it would confirm other evidence suggesting that some people understood that the plates were located by Smith with his seer stone.

UKSI WOOU IMt.KSIl.Thl.lAIN UlUltCII IOH21 WiltMrt butnrd eYa. We) L. Or, Patttr Worship 0 00 and 11:00 A "ALONE AGAIN, NATURALLY" tinrfay Radio HroadrnM 8 a HI I I IOM pui-ported'y written in 1830 by Mormomsm's first convert is now threatening to the idealized portrait of church founder Joseph Smuh. The lls -fwge leuer, which is kept in a bank somewhere this capital city of Mormonism, is attributed to Martin Harris, Smith's first follower outside his own family. It reportedly says that Smith found the golden plates, which later resulted in the Book of Mormon, with the help of a "seer stone," a kind of magical looking glass.

It also claims that Smith was prevented at first from gaining possession of the plates by an "old spirit" that had transfigured itself from a white salamander. Spreading the i oral The standard story of Smith has him directed by an angel in 1823 to find golden plates that he "translates" with the use of certain seer stones. Word of the so-called "white salamander letter" first spread last winter among Mormon historians, a growing group of scholars who have generated many articles and books "demythologizing" the early Mormon movement. Church leaders have declined to comment on the letter or its contents until its authenticity has been determined. But some leading historians who study Mormon origins believe the letter would add to existing evidence that Smith was not only a dynamic religious leader, but also a treasure seeker who believed in magical spirits.

And among conservative Protestant critics of the Mormon Church, the letter has been hailed as "one of the greatest evidences against the divine origin of the Book of Mormon." A Salt Lake businessman, Steven F. Christensen, who is also a bishop of the church, purchased the letter, dated Oct. 23, 1830, and announced in March that he would not release it until its historicity could be determined. "I think it's authentic," he said at the time. Christensen said this week he probably will write a book on early Mormonism and that the Harris letter "is really just a catalyst' in Dowt Dr.

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644-1319 WOODLAND HILLS COMMUNITY CHURCH, Dumeb Road al Canoga Ave. Wor. W30 am. Rev Robert PJcbter Jr. S48-0820 NORTHRIDQE CONGREGATIONAL, B669 Berboa Blvd Dr Moea Wm PottarvekJ, Wor.

930 am 649-2400 INGLEWOOO Morntngalde Unned Church 8722 Uanahaw Blvd. 10 JO an. Rev. Dr. RlctiaTd Chrteman.

"A Fuy Irrtegraloil Church" 750 2790 GARDEN GROVE, 8621 Blxby Ave. War. to am. Jamas P. Lehrnann 714(639-1131 BAFTIST FIRST, A Wesl Bth al Weitraoreland, Wor 11 i Townoend J64-2151 GARDE NA, CALVARY.

2618 Manhattan Beach BL Morning WoreNp-S tS 6 11-00, Sunday School-9 Evening Service 6:30 P.M.; Prayer Blbta Study Tubs, 1M pm. Hrapanlc Mmniry Sun. 1 323-7626 TEMPLE, 427 Fifth St Rev. Jamas Conkmi, Wor. 9M0.

88 930 am. 628-7361 PICO RIVERA 1st) 9141 Burke St Rov. Darton. 11 a 6 7pm CS 9 30 1 099. 1663 NORTH HOLlAytjoO, 13050 Vanowen 8t Wor 8 45 and 11 a Eva and Youth 7 pm 765-6124 VALLEY PARK, 16614 Nordhorl St, Sopurveda, SS 9.16 SVC W30, Wed Bible Study 7 p.m.

894-B3I6 8 am. Wur. am, Eva. 64)0. Larry Chouhard nvwuinu niLLO, moo ouraana, a SOUTH BAY FELLOWSHIP, 2603 Mathews Ave, Redondo Beach 11:15 374-0506 THROOP MEMORIAL CHURCH, 300 Los Romas, Pasedona Rev Robert Kaufmsnn.

11 a SY5-6626 WHITTIER, Uptown YMCA, Hadley al Milton, Rev Harold Beu 10.30 a.m. 693-5536 SANTA MONICA CHURCH, 1260 l61h St, 11:00 a m. Dr Pipes 829-5436 UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP the FOOTHILLS. 4451 Dunsmors Avs, La Crescents Office 248-3954 ORANQF COAST 1269 Victoria Costa Meaa 10:30 a 646-4652 zsnelos ST ANTHONY'S (BREEK-EN0LISH1 778 8. Roaemesd Btvd Patadeos.

Sun. WOO John 449 6943 jw-jr ic, eng oc-oo YORK 4904 York Blvd. Jos H. Moulder. BS 945 am, Wor.

10:46 A 6 P.M. Wed. Wte 7:30 256-4283 SAN GABRIEL. 625 Dewey, T. Phmips Wor.

10- 11a 6:30 pm 266-1261 WEST LOS ANGELES, 1731 Corinth Ave, Sun. BS 10 a.m. Wor. 11 a.m, eve 6 pm. Wed 6:30 pm.

Rutter Reaves, Minister 661-5746 B9B-B044 212-7044 261-6270 51 MICHAtL a vrn, 1 wo oo raranwwm wvwiwy am. m.m. HOLY TWELVE APOS1LES (Englleh), 2041 Argyll Ave, A. Ft. SWIsn ORTHODOX MISSION, (English) 2371 Carson St, Torrence Manna 930.

liturgy 10 a.nl. FULLERTON, 2400 E. Chspman Avs, Futtsrton Sevlngi. Rev. Dorl J.

Somen 10:30 a.m. 714871-7150 M0NTCLAIR, Unitarian Society ol Pomona Valley, 81S5 Monte Villi Ave. 10:30 m. 714626-0520 CONEJ0 VALLEY, Fellowship Hall, 960 Warwick Ave, Thousand Oaks, Rsv. Jim Hooper 10 30 a 606492-8751 (7M) bridge HI School, Eng.

Set. a Ft. S. Stectiankfu ST. PAUL'S.

IRVINE woooora I 731-0309 323-4052 LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ABHRICA ANGELICA, 1345 BurHngton, Eng Wor. 10 am, SparHah Wor. 12 noon Rav. J. W.

lane BETHEL. 5760 Olympic Wor. 1100 am, SS 946 Rev. John 6 lemnrtzer DANISH, 4260 Third Ave, A. P.

Orberg, Pastor, WortMp 11 a.m. FIRST LUTHERAN OF 3tt9 W. Slnth St Wor. a Dr. Karl Knlseley FINNISH.

Finnish services at 1345 Burhngton, A Rev D. Lehtl, 8:45 GLENDALE tit) 1300 E. CotoraOo. P. Kompton Sogerhammar.

Wor. 6:15 1 10:30, Christian HOLLYWOOD. 1733 New Hampshire. Wor. 6:30, W30 a Rav.

Harry Durkse PASADFNA (Trinity), 997 E. Walnut, Floyd L. Lswson. 10 sm. SANTA MONICA (St Paul's), 968 Lincoln Bl, Wor.

10:30 a.m SS 9 am. VILLAGE WtSFWOOO. 343 church Ln. Dr. A.L.

Henry, Wor. 10:30 am. 769-7066 277-2613 927-7079 542-2738 866-6646 Bom 4th CONORBOATIONAL FIRST, 6th Cmmmmm. Wor 9 JO end 11 am, Dr DonaM B. Ward 986-1341 hvLvrWOO, 7066 Hoeywood Rev (lltrerd rjielfii 11O0 am-11 SS 467-2172 ONFON i 1615 GartMd, South Paladens, Or Edwin Roberta, War.

am, C.8. 1 a.m. 799-6161 SANTA ANA, (Fast), 2666 Santiago, Richard L. Irving Mtrteair 639-0311 Wf STW0O0 HILLS. 1969 Woetwood Rev.

8 Mark Hogue, Wor. 6 CS 10 a m. 474-7327 MESSIAH 7300 Manchester, A WOR-CS 10 am Dr. Rooert Hilda na Jr. 645-0301, 670-2242 WOODLAND HILLS COMMUNITY CHURCH, DumaQ Rood at Canoga Ave.

Wor. 10.30 am. Rav. Robert Rtthter Jr. 348-0820 382-6378 836-9105 292-2722 387-4355 363-8466 Ed 8 20 240-9000 666-0140 792-1212 451-1346 472-7510 CHRISTIAN (DISCIFLBS OF CHRIST) HOLIYWOOD BEV, 1717 N.

Gramorcy PI. Wor. 6 16- 46 am CS 8 am Rav. Moon HO 8-5107 HC1LYW000, 4360 Colfax Robert Bock: SS 930, Wor. 9:30 and 11 a 763-8218 WILSHIRE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, wWi-Normandie, W45 am, Dr.

Jamas W. Ptersetl 367-6337 WOODLAND HILLS, 6970 Shoup Ave, 30 am. Wor. SS 9 am 340-5613 WESTCHESTER CMntSTIAN. 6740 Ll TBOra DM SS 915, Wor.

W30 a m. Dr. 8rnlth 645-4344 SANTA MONICA FIRST, 608 Artrana Ava. Wor. W46 am.

Rev. Charlee W. Erawk 393-6767 SPIRITUALIST CENTRAL CHURCH. N.S.A.C, 1707 Vermont 2:30 Sun GARDENA, First United, 813 W. 165th PI Services 11 a.m.

7 pm. UNIVERSAL CHRIST CHURCH, 16016 Sherman Way, Van Nuys. sun 10 a.m. NORTH HOLLYWOO0, FELLOWSHIP CHAPEL (NSAC) 12128 Vanowen 11 a m. THE CHURCH OF INNER LIGHT, 1557 So.

Rarrlnglon. W.L.A. Sun. 11 a.m. Rev Jirno SPIRTIUALIST SOCIETY, NSAC, 6000 W.

Pico Bl LA. Sun 11 a.m. Rsv. Faubsl ETERNAL LIGHT 2900 Sepulvade Y.M CA. Torrance, Rev.

Bin-Dorle Freebury. Sun. 7:30 p.m. SPIRITUALIST CENTER, 6417 uxmgton Ave, Sun. 2 p.m., Wed 6 m.

SANCTUARY OF SPIRITUAL SCIENCE, 4953 Franklin Ave, Hollywood. Sun. eve. 7 pm, Wed. Sat.

esch month fair and asms 1-6 pm. AFOSTOLIC FAITH A 2333 Fletcher Dr. 11 a 6 7:30 (SS 9:30) Tubs Frl 8 LOS ANGELES, 3200 W. Adams Blvd, 11:30 a.m. DST.

ELD. Grady Benton CHAPEL Of THE KING CHURCH, 6037 W. Pico Bl. Pastor Elder Alsn Wright BIBLB STUDENTS BALDWIN PARK, 14200 E. Rsmons (behind Imperial S6L), service 933 S.

Hoover, 11:15 a m. 3:00 pm. Sun. RADIO KIEV 670, 1:45 p.m. 246-5530 666-54 17 731-7303 936-1957 ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN MANHATTAN BEACH, SOU Man.

Be Btvd, War. 11 a SS 9, Evs. 6 pm. Bey. Mark House AMERICAN LUTHERAN CHURCH CANOGA PARK.

Shepherd ol the VilHy, 23636 Klttrldge, 6:30, WOO am. Pastor Rich Schlatter 348-8343 NORTH HOLLYWOOD EMMANUEL, 6020 Radioed Ave, Wor, 6:30 and 11 am, CS 9.30 am. Folk Service 10 Perrleh HaH 761-6124 GLENDALE (Salem), 1211 Brand Henry Routs, Pastor 6:30 1140 SS 9:50 243-3193 SANTA MONICA, Mt Ollvs. 1343 Ocean Park Bl, B. 90 a.m.

Crslg B. SchoU 452-11 16 TRINITY HAWTliORNE. 4783 130th St, M. Sssl, 8. 10:30 (Sf 9:15 AMI (213) 875-4493 WESTCHESTER.

7631 Seputvede Bl, Rev. F.G Milled, Wor. am, SS 6:45 am. 670-5422 TORRANCE, Good Shepherd. 21100 Victor St, Torrance 642-1649 Worship: 8:30 6 118.8.

9:45 542-1649 GRANADA HILLS, St. Stephens, 15950 Chstsworth SI. Wot. 8, 10:30 am, SC 9:15, Philip Natwlck (618 691-1769 918-0671 DU7-4341 FRIENDS (QUAKER) PACIFIC YEARLY MEETINO LOS ANGELES MEETING (Unproprsmmed). 41(7 NormancH, 11 am.

WESTWOOD MEETING (Unprojrammadl, 674 HReard Ave. am. SANTA MONICA MEETING (Unproaaraiaod) 149 Harvard, 10 am. 298-0733 478-8576 628-4069 CHRISTADBLFHIAN BCCLSSIAS EAGLF ROCK Hermosa -Cokxodo (Woman's Club) Wor. 11 am 7:00 Dm (BC 9:30 ami LA, 10721 Pioneer Bl, SanU Fs Springs, Wor.

11 sm. SS 9:30, eve. 7 p.m. 927-0563 RFSEDA, 19063 Ingemer St, Reseds Worship 11 a.m. Lecture 7:00 p.m.

(SS 9:30 a.m.) SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO. 3144? El Horno (Women's Club House) Wor. 11 a.m (SS 9:30 a.m.) LUTHERAN (MISSOURI SYNOD) RFTM4MV 407t C.nul hul. fianrf WW MISSION HILLS, No. Valliy YMCA, 10925 Columbus Avs Wor.

11 am. SS 9:30 a m. 365-3231 CRENSHAW CHRISTIAN CENTER, 9550 Crsnshaw Blvd, Wor 8. Wt5, 12:30 m. 757-4151 UNIVERSITY.

6631 CentMIs (BS) 916, W30. 6:30, Gone 8. Carter, MMaler 670-4747 WESrwOOO HILLS, toeoe Conte Ave. WOO am. Dr.

Myron J. Taylor 208-8578 SCIENCE OF WIND RBUIOIOUS SCIENCE ALL FAITHS CHLIRxat 3233 Tyler, El Monte. w.J0 a Ray Arthur Carter 444-4514 WESTSIDE CH Of REL. SCI. Sun.

6 8 11 a.m., Veterane Memorial Bunding, 4117 Overtand, Culver City M. Jar HlKtl HobarU 202-6661 AFRICAN METHODIST BFiSCOFAl WARD AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL, 1177 W. 26th, 6 8 w.45 am. Frank ID. Read 747-1387 UNITED FSNTBCOSTAL CHURCH LOS ANGELES.

5086 EBananod Dt. 88 945, 11 am, 7J0 pm, Bernard Elms 267-0064 BUDDHISM AND SEN MEDITATION MT. BALDY ZEN CENTER Training end practice el Zen Beddhtam. Pta leatructlons 930 sm Sunday Ml Baldy.Cs 91769 (Ca8 lor res.) 7W98S-641J A BUDDHIS1 vtHARA, 1147 N. Oaaclrouod Dr.

8un 4 pm. 464-8698 662-4176 an.fui CHRIST 64th 6 Rulhedm, Wor. and SS W30 a 'Rev. Lnler Charles. B9AJCAREHE COVINA VALLEY CTR 5119 N.

Vsley Center Rick Savase. 8:46, 110 am 7 p.m. 699-2512 CRESCENT AVE, 5rjd, OavM Mesiroeh SS 8:30. MS 1046 a.m, Evs 6 p.m. SZJ-2797 FIRST, 3rd St.

1 Hock E. el Vermonl Ron BervarM, 9J0, 11 em, 8410 pm. 366-6345 THE SALVATION ARMY Sunday Service 11 a m. Carps and Mneaxenlty Cerrlsrs bVougtioul Southarn CaBtarrila. Ptoses check your local directory or ca (213 627-6571 ASCENDED MASTERS MALIBU CYN Church IMvoraal and Trkimehant, 26800 Muaxjaand Hwy, EKzabotti Clara Prophet, ScMnca ol the Spoken Word, Wor.

1030 am. Wad. NM Hasting Sat, 8.00 p.m. 880-6300 CHURCH OF OOD A. FIRST, 2941 W.

70th 81. Wor. 8:30. 11 a Evs. 6 Or.

Bensmln F. Held 763- THROSOFHV THE0S0PHY HALL, lectures 6 dsssss Sun. 8 Wed sm. 8 p.m. 33rd 8 Grsnd.

746-: ETHICAL CULTURE EL SEREN0, A LLC, 3304 N. Eaitorn Ave, SS 9:15, 10:30 comiwinkKi. 12:15 Spanish, Rsv. Ernssl King 225-6974 HIGHLAND PARK. 6310 AMama St Rev Robert Alsloben.

WS 930 SS 10:45 Sm. 255 0309 INGLEW0OO (Good Shepherd Arbor Vital Maple, W. Worker. 6:45 6 10 am. 671-7644 TRINITY 967 S.

Gremorcy PI BC 9, Wor. 10, SS 11:30 a.m. Dr. Alfred J. Freltag 737-2790 UNIV Of SO.

CALIF (Lutheran), 635 Wan 34th Street al 00 tor Into 741-6114 DOWNEY (Good STiepherd). 13200 Clark. Rev. Oennli w. Bottoms 6 6 10:46, SS 9:30 803-4469 VENICE.

FIRST. 615 Venice Blvd Rev. P. Johnson, 10 a SS 8 45 621-2740 FIRST ol Culver City 6 Palmi. 3735 Hughes Ave, Rev.

Carl Lutt Wor. 6:30 am. SS 10 636 6076 PASADENA Ml Olive Lutheran, 1116 Alter, Rev. Fackler, Wor. 10:30 a SS 9:15 794-2794 PALOS VERDES, Mt Olive.

6975 Armage Spring Rd Rev. J. Poarachke Wr. a m. SS 9 a m.

377-6541 106 ANGELES. MW 8a. Ftebartaon, tat Vd Sun. of mo, 11 am, Dr. Gerald Larue, Leader.

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