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When a rebellious son mocks the faith of his parents, he is confronted by an Angel of the Lord
(left) is stricken, then miraculously healed. The Pageant (center), depicts Christ's ministry to his
people in the Holy Land, then his arrest'by Roman soldiers and his martyrdom. King and Queen
Mosiah (right), fne king casts aside his royal powers and establishes a constitutional republic.
The triumphant appearance
of Christ ti> an ancient Ameri
can civilization after his death
and resurrection in Jerusalem
climaxes an awe-inspiring
pageant to be presented near
Palmyra. New York July
26-31.
This will be the 197 I produc
tion of America's most famous,
most elaborate religious spec
tacle- The Hill Cumorah
Pageant-with a cast of 500
performers.
More than 100.000 specta
tors from over the United
Stales and from overseas are
expected to journey to Hill
Cumorah to witness one spec
tacular scene after another in a
stirring portrayal of the Mor
mon concept of the rise and
fall of an ancient American
civilization.
There is no charge for seating
or parking, no hawking of sou
venirs and refreshments, no
commercialism of any kind,
and donations are neither soli-
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cited nor accepted. Palmyra is
in the Finger Lakes Region of
Western New York—2s miles
east of Rochester.
STAGES ENLARGED
In preparation for this year's
production. Dr Harold I Han
sen, the Pageant's director
since its inception, in 1937. has
had the five major stages wid
ened by 22 to 32 feet so that
they now measure 105 feet to
135 feet. In addition, there are
20 secondary stages located
over the broad western slope of
Hill Cumorah.
To the accompaniment of
stereophonically -recorded
music by a chorus of 300, the
Utah Symphony of 80 pieces,
and the renowned Salt Lake
Tabernacle Organ of 11,000
pipes, the action shifts from
stage to stage, some of which
are veiled by curtains of water
on which varicolored lights
paint effects of breathtaking
incandescence.
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FOUND NEW CIVILIZATION
Scene by scene, the 500
young performers arrayed in
authentic costumes of ancient
Greek, Roman, Hebraic, Mayan
and A/tec design, enact high
lights from the Bible and the
Book of Mormon. The latter
book, held by Mormons to be
complementary to the Bible,
tells the story of a group of
Israelites which, by the grace
of the Lord, sails 600 years
B.C. to escape the destruction
of Jerusalem and found a new
civilization in the New World.
For a period this civilization,
faithful to the teachings of the
Lord, flourishes; magnificent
cities and imposing temples
arise. At times, however, evil
kings ascend to the throne and
oppress the faithful, persecute
their righteous prophets. Then
armies arise to restore justice in
the kingdom.
BIZARRE REVELS
In one period, a faction of
malcontent* move*
the wildernetc, slips into savag
ery with barbarou* rite* and
revel*.
This ix one of the more bi
zarre scenes in the perfor
mance.
As the years pass, two fac
tions of the civilization fight a
war of extermination.
Perhaps the most exciting
scene in the whole Pageant i*
the destruction of the City of
Zarahcmla by earthquake,
lightning, conflagration—a pun
ishment for the wickedness of
it* inhabitants. Only the right
eous are spared.
BIBLICAL SCENES
Among the visions of scenes
of Biblical event* in the Holy
Land are the Nativity, Jesus
ministering to his followerx, his
arrest by Roman soldier*, his
crucifixion.
Utterly unforgettable is the
greal scene in which Christ, as
described in the Book of Mor
mon, appears to his "other
sheep" in the New World. In
this scene the entire cast of
500 moves slowly and rever
ently up- the slope of Mill Cu
morah toward the white-robed
figure of Christ at (he lop of
the hill.
It was on Hill C'umorah that
Joseph Smith, a young farm
boy of the neighborhood, was
led by the Angel Moroni to
find the golden plates of the
Book of Mormon, which told
the history of the ancient
American civilization drama
tized by the Pageant.
3 MILLION MORMONS
On the basis of these plates
and other revelations, Joseph
organized the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints,
better known as the Mormon
Church, in 1830. After
Joseph's assassination in Illi
nois in 1844, Brigham Young
became the head of the Church
and led his people to the Great
Salt Lake Valley.
Today the Church has con
gregations around the world
with a total membership of
three million.
The 500 Mormon performers
and the technical staff of 50
are mostly young men and
women, many of them from
the Western states, who pay
their own travel and living ex
penses to participate in the
spectacle.
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MEASURE OF A MAN in industry today is his talent and
skills, says Clemon Gibson, journeyman template maker at
PPG Industries' Creighton, Pa., glass fabrication plant. Hav
ing completed a four-year apprenticeship program in less
than two and one half years, Gibson hopes his accomplish
ments will help persuade young people to seek careers in
industry. Shown measuring a space helmet visor he made,
Gibson is framed by a fixture used to check tolerence of
F-11l supersonic aircraft windshields.
Israeli Confirms
Talk With Red China
A left-wing Israeli politician
said Monday he held informal
talks with Chinese Communist
diplomats in Paris last
weekend at their request but
refused to disclose what they
discussed. He also disclosed
he has been meeting with the
Peking envoys off and on for
the past three years.
Eli Ben Gal, Paris
representative for the left
wing Mapam party, confirmed
Tel Aviv reports of the
weekend meeting is a
telephone interview with
Israel Radio in Jerusalem.
Earlier, a spokesman for
the Chinese Embassy in the
French capital denied any
such meeting had taken place
and said "it had been invented
completely for reasons you
can easily imagine."
Political sources in Tel Aviv
said the meeting was initiated
by the Chinese in an apparent
reaction to recent reports of
a possible rapproachment
between Isrrt! ano tbe Soviet
Union.
"I can confirm the meeting
but I cannot tell you what
we discussed," Ben Gal said.
He said Peking was interested
in keeping in touch with the
Middle East situation and in
the different lines of thinking
in Israel.
Annual Picnic
Plans To Stage
The Prospect Chapter no.
379, Order of Eastern Star,
will hold its Annual Picnic,
Saturday, August 6, 1971, at
the home of Sister Marie C.
Torian, Highway 86 in Hills
borough. Cars will leave from
the Masonic Temple, Pettigrew
Street at 2:30 p.m.
Members and friends are
asked to bring picnic baskets.
For additional information,
call Sister Lessie Hard at
489-8679 after 6:00 p.m. any
evening.
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