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. VOL. 3. ,f::,\ }/1' fJ1\KE CI'J'Y, UTAH, .TANUAlty, 1877 . No. 1.

CB.URCH AND STATE. Church nllel State have disappeared after and the medium of it this time and lcrt to the Papist only the shadow, was S. Rigdon again. It was a ~:rcond

Acconli1~g to. the theory of all fe· which, however, is clutched 8;; a relic attack on his part of the "uni\"(:rsal Iigioni5ts wht't her or ancient (l)' ll1od- of fond memories. 11- is trnc that kingdom" mania :md nearly ahllndn:t1 ern time!;, [lolrthci~tic, atheistic, pa- SO:1).! sangnine t(;lilp.onull'!nt~, or en- )J('l'son.<;, King;; auef Princes in emgan, Jewi;IJ or chrhltian, the C(ll11,lml- thu;in"lt;;, still ding to the hope that hryo, follOl\-<'o him to Pittsburgh aw1 mation of their hope is :l univcrsal: something will lUrn up. \'ct to throw to the yalh~\' of the Cumbcrl:J.ud to , . , II ivjne Go\'crnmcnt, and. a universal," all p:)wcr in !.c.wen and on earth" • organize for the treading under foot of obedience to that Government. And into the hands of the Vatican Pri.::st; the nations a1!d partitioning thc do this is snb::M,nfially Church and State bat c\'idently event., arc turning \lP, millIOn :ul1ong tllem'iclves_ Thi;; in theory :1n(: in f11.et, or more plOp- fortu:l:ltcly for society, that forUid such bubble burst so soon 111at but f.:w ,\-en~ elly it is the Church absorbing t]lC a realization. flceced by it, though a gellCr:l] disgu:>t St;ue; the Kingdoms or Governments nut now the same old Mea is drcss- pervaded the rcmrmu!',mce of j~ in of this worlel becoming fused into ed up new, alid pushed into notice, after time Next, one Gladden BLihop that of God, ;\nd there ha.~ heen under the sanction of a m:\\' dispen,a- cOll1mellccd"Setting"a~ thc ancient vi constaatJr an attempt to litemUse I tion, as the glory and /iN,de of the I days, in N;UH'OO, preparatory to gh'-' t!Ji::; id~al. 'The p)j)e, assuming to be i latter-d;l.Y work. Alld, strange as it jng the kingdom under the who!e \'iceg('rent of the leg:tim;ltc niler, db- I mly appe;'.r, it'> iden~ity with tlie for-I heaven 10 the inGi\"idnal expected to

placed Ca:,;ar:J~nd hlcllded th~ ::m-ord i mer nwnife;,tations al;-ea~. y alludcd :0 I com~ with the cloud of h::,~!\'ell, 1m! and [he eros:.;; 111 one authority, the i \\";~s not detected, and th15 want of dls- he (hdn't come ,IS exp,:c('(l and the

, I' . one sY',Ii.n)i:;ing the Church and the' c;crnm:.:nt ins\!r<'d it another rHi;. ~. I dish::n:;~"i" b·,'::."., ..... : C~};-,':JiG ·,.-itl: ~l'ii:

otller th'~ S:atC'. Pl'ote.,t:mts howc',cr: Rig!lol1 in 3. Fomth of J\lly oration,: le':1 ;"',\1 h: ~l':nt hi:, I;::,: j" C(,,;

'l;::pnt::·:~ !L!~;;{··, .. t·":1tption ot" t~1';'! p~r~ I in ISS8" g.l v:~ ~{':opf::' ~I\rl~ r..i;!.n~r;r.""."1':-f:: i ~"'~';~\"':~\'''\~~ t.}/!- ;'.".,. .. ,.:1. ... \.,., !' !,'. .';.'

I)f tJ-H' 1'01".': amI C;;IJbjjsh~d socidies I to the" idea" in a flow of e;"qu';l!n' i jll~t hc:hi'Hl ilK' nliuin, hH 1',,:-;uhjcc:t to the civil power. J~llt the i exceeding that of Demo.o;tL;~-..:'s (IT th'cl'Y did not ~f i:;; ;?,(l;-~!::'«:IC;

oh1 traditional ,heory of reli;,;iollS: Peter the l--lermit, for the fCIl'mer only I did, hut th~ distc:mper lcec:nne con .. (r-iun'.[)]) (h'c"'" ycr)" soon 1\ brrr\: 1",1,'l)' rebtec1 to Greece, anci the latter to: l:lr'iOUS and hnncs J. Strom: hCl'ilJ.f, ..... : I --.' .. ~ 'l..< "'-

of prote51:1111;o; on:ol' to th(~ side of the- ; Judt.:a but S, Rigdon'!' theme W~',S: rhnt the time had COll1t~ to set up t)':e ocracT or Chm'ch and St:::t~, and the' the world an univel:sal dor,)inion.! kingdom that should pcyer ht <ics ..

,identical theory uf Popery was aetna- And in the heat of his entbuii:l"111 hl', : [rayed, wirhd few to Jka\'cr hb.)){\ to

Jised in thl; cstahlislllPclJt of the speak ing for the Latter D3)" S;.ints, de- ! prepare', anj <"Ilongh [olll'wed him to Church of England. l~ome W;lS pho- dnrcd his independence frem human: make a l'tar~ and more clnhrro J:::'in;:;" wgr:1phed at London. In each the govermnen!s, for he fc~t sure [li(' time I and Pli1JCCS were sct apart uncle! hi,; head of the Chmch was the head of had come to put in force the literal: hau(h; and 'the book or the law i;;:;l~erl

the State. The clol!blc set of duties interpretation of NcbnchadnczziI.r's: forth from hh; prolific brain and C\'(;l'y'

invoked in the union necessitatcd a dream, and set the 1iUl~ stone rolling: thing betoJ:ened stirring events just douhle l'ct of fUl~ctiOl;S> l.'.nd compli- upon the toes of Gm;crnors, Presi.j ahead. The "litt1c mighty" pl.:)pht;~ c:,tiom; folloY\.::d unti! con!1icts e,( co- dents, Kings and Emperors who I' with a "sole prie~li:o()1" was lib, the ordinates an.l suloorclilln.te:;, reslllLed stoot! in the way. And then followed first NapoJeo'l, a king aXil(,llg kij~g,:;

in I.iodifieation:; of (h~ theory, Imtil the "salt SennOlJ, "in which the rroees~! -,.:iehling- a (wooden) seq)tre nB 0\''-:;

practic?lIy it means 110 more in E!lg- of cnt'ihing toe<; and hr~<'lrino the! l1u: i:l!nn<l and it WI'.S only a <1',,,,,.iU:i land [h,~n.lb·~~ r:h~ 'phr~:-;::" "hy the legs and a~1l1" of h~lman gO''>I.'rnmcuts lljr cnrio!,ily whicb of :hl: .I''''',l.:lpl, (;~I\' grace 01 (.0-1, king of l'ranec," does WllS deLuled WIth gr.:at fluency I Crl'mcn!s of th,~ J.,:.[(,1 -;,;'.\:,,1 b: in the style and till~3 of its ~on~reigll. IlWeI f{.ree. Nohody rch1.lked this I wiped Qut first. So "In: ':::,'; .hi" H",n

Thc Pop" h\lw~'\'er not only hol~!,; ()ll \\'ikl, franlie onli.ml"st, and it wa·; very i tI.al he held the h'r tl, Ill,' ,:'.11.:1;,,'1

to the idc,l, h~lt :;('('k'1 tLl ;<!tain all the r:ttiol1:tl!y ;Hlributed t~ the raith, as i unh'er,;al l-way, lh:1t the l:;'",:i C,;1(e:

pr,~rog;1tin::s that it implies. And the serH;mel~t of the Church, and as I hcard him li1:;l.!:'! the ;,):lu" . ~.'.IcWhCll rorced to' yicldp;'erog':1livcsand IHlwrally it51inc ofpoiic)', and they mcnt: "That on hi'i ,i,',' lP \,,' '~'~lil1gtJrO\'ince~, inch by incll, he (loe-; ~;o wei.? ~lUlit; (>Ht of:i:e S(;,tc which the), I ton \":hel" he ~lJok:'.to ll .. :l:' C;'l ill,I1nder 501clrm prolc:;! and terrible! bd t111:,; fo(~1jshly d;.,nt:d.. This of I jy;nrling c.ri~,;:-;, COil;;. ,'Hl.dl ,I;.,I:.:"! I hr<:;I1':';1 i ng. The Rom:m 1mlh h"yc ' com';e \,':lS cltled p::.-"eCli tl:)11 am! 50 I cc;n(:cmed, and Ih/; (1Id,'.-;! ,:)~';' :1l0;'

giv,::J (.nt :l \ ,)I:.n'J1? cf noi.;c .1illl l'i")1· f:lr :1;; 11;,: ];o,ly, il \',,'i tx<;epl :;0 (11" as I took him, hy tl)':: h::md ~nd \\"ilh " ,1 .... ~, (l"lIi)" w;,,,)d;~rflll. lhl. wi:h :1.11 Ihey \.err- an~c:;:",or)' If) tl,,: (i-,Ilks Orlcn;(J[ion~:aicl"\';cf<;cllj\at Ihe: (k,;I:""5

lhi, :'1ld IlK' ;,id 0;' il'.:jt.!sit;DIl:i anclllJtlH':''; Th;: Ile;,:l c~:hibjti(~ll of this I (If th", X;ition :lrcin y<)urh~l' to.., JC:':'li:t1~~· .. 1)."t1~i:\·,:-) of ·i'(J;;(Ty"~ -i.}'c ,.,.:,/1 a!j~n:l~~, \1~1~ ~~;,-,i!~ts ".:l~ o:dy a fl y~' yt·?r:; I But the seqill.."I! Pi.·o\"cd \\'l!a! !w.~ c!·!." !'~

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he'en proven uc{ore and sincc, that wily thuo: pn:pared for the universal! many won1$ of cnc(!umgcm.:;iu rcceiy· "ihe best bid SChC:llCS" may f.1.ilj and kingdom, thcsc function:; will c,,:esc by! cd, we ask a continuance oflike efrort {11'~ high. hop:::;, especially jf the}' be limitation, its errand performed. I for the year to come .. We should

.E1l';,tical hopes, I1O'1Y end in disap· I So t1w.l :<ts Lime .he jJcriod of prcpar-[ very much like to retain all our :mhp:Ji n t mcnL For the little man of: atioll is short, ;1S compared with: scriber:; and ohi:1 in a few more. . "r e great prctt-J)siolls W3!l shot down like I eternity, the duration of the work 1 regret at having displea.:;cd ,;omc--fc\,: a dog, a rufl1anly act, :md the whole I prolJosed, prie~thood is?t hest, Ita l-but we should have been frightclll'd thing dis30Jved like a deceptive little brief authority" lent for u;;c a.nd : to have learned that we pkascd cwry mi.·;;ge Jearing jt~ victims like floating reLurn. Hellce we would reverse the: body. There j,.; a tendency in rechip~, "ddying abunt uiltil returning propmition of Mr. Pratt and say that! Jigion to fmnticism. w~. offer the rcnsnn aW:lkcl1ed 5urprise at their "human gm-crnments," al(Ji'J,' <'Ire Iegall MESSEJ':<;mt for 18n ao; an antidote, former wcnkne,;s. But the end is llot (or humans, in (1JOT ('/,arl of the iand withal ~h:.>.n seek to ayoid com-

. II I ,. l • • II d 1 1- f) I· . I rd, to Y las a C Ilnax, ano It was UlllVerSC, an t 1(' anguage 0 rea . pl'OmlSll1g trutl. rcsen-cd for Brigll:llll Young to cap pricsthood is "organize )·(1l/rsc/1!cs." I '.C"='~=-:'"':""'7"''':"~':'~~'. this 01lC, ill «Ilother attempt te eSlab·1 By wl.at authority? "By the voicc of! THg NE\Y YEAR-- I8 77·

Ii:;;h in f'1cl, the ill[:lct ide:ll, Chnrch I the people" bv common consent of , ,I '\' . I't 1 I I . J' e \\'IS} 1 ma}, )C a '~\PP\' one () uo,d State. ,Vitll grc~'tswelljng words tlh"/itYi'cnltd, with God in the cOllsti·: II 'II t tl ,< f' t1

• < ; a ,espeem y 0 le )\,,,-OCfS 0 ...... he rcas:'ert~ the defunr:t claim of his! tlltion, precisely 3S he .is in all his i 1\"" 1'L' .

. . i .... I l.r.SSEl\'Glm. ue open Illg year I'; pn·den·,;wrs to the 1l10l1tl.-plec<>slilP j work:;, wnlteil With Ill:; own finger. i" 11 f I J If' 'II

_ , . IIU 0 piop,lee), ant HUlC I 0 It WI of trOc] , but then God d()n t mc.:iln as' It will he the nal kingdom of Dayid, I . r. Ifill -t I

" 1 • ,. recelYe a III 1 Illcnt ere I C o~c~, WIth both hiS predecc"sorf:,onlyAdam~-1 WIthout a 10ah, that WIll conslItule I I . I ,,, k I I I' among W He 1 may uC ree 'one( t 1C a man. Hence the leading me:lI1:, and f the real dominio!), and when it be· 1 '. f If' l' . , ,. . ... I' , erectIOn 0 a 10:10,(: 0 wor~ lip 111 tile H.tm);!.!c 1:_IPgdom \nth lllln, !s no (,Ollles uun·ers::>.l, there WIll he none 1 tl . 't 1 I 'r J ]) • . . '. .... '. us CI Y )}' t le rue .?tlcr .W ll!glwr than Uns l(1t;a of God, whIch IS I Lo dIspute Its sway. It will be the 'I S' . t .' I'e -· ... ._. _ . am.s, so llece,;sary to. gn'e I,e to al: human, tn such a :icheme as th:s, I' reDt:ctlOl1, not of a lorclgn l)ower, not III r:')' Ut I II '11 . 1

le ,alll 1Il a 1. . WI write t.lt' in the Ilb:.;el1ce of real il.bility, the l)est omnipotence with it,; iron heel, <.:rush- ! 't J f 1 I I I . . . i . . . . 1 epl ;l.p 1 (I t le se lCI'Wr, OO';Cil tit: rc,;onrsc J'; to C:l11nmg. A neI II apFc,lr-.· mg out OPPO:;1 11011 , nor the lIilI!)' of, b.J .' tIl . . . I .' . . . i onus, rem!; ·,,_te 1l11H:ln agency, a!l( ed few :1 tl!n<~ IIb.:ly to sw::c('ed; that th~ fe.:r-sHnHclJ, or \'nlhng sla\"(:,;, In:t· ). II' tl tl d I' It r

. . ,. ., Ie :II1( e 1t smo It:re 19',' 0 go,,-mc~\-'·.tre 01 ::UCCC5;; wag rim' hcw.'c':(;j· tv I the 3.r'grep·;;tlOll of ll1d rndual go\'ern- I I 1 I . .

, .• '.' ."~ '" pc weal 1 lIpon 1I1ally.:~n leal·tll stont' ll.": i;in \'ttr;"\lfUH::-:: "\,t· (if .... !', l >vt.utn.hl . ·l11'''Ul

, . . .' 'i" in priest ridden Utah. There arc ~m clemt:llt lau:mg lJl' an the / '':::.::.-:!~~:::£':~:.'~:'':'':':'::::~~~:;;::!:;'=~::=C:! prophetic omell~ ~n tilt: air,~o( har. rest, bat wl1(;:1 by l'(;a':)ol! of thc"r-'''y{:;, r\1f1"'C'S"~I:'J-r>1-"R' . , . . , . - ... I t--] L: \ J "j.) j4 " I ,.--( I ten llg schemes, of Scnbes amI Phar!-cst<1llh"hrnent 01 f\ 1l111litmr post I I ••• _.I .L._ 1... -, ~ ....1 •.• d. ; .

. . . -. -~----'---'-':-'~'-~~----~' : seet;, to blllc1 heavy burdens 11'1011 the nl\1fJ1i!: th .. ~m, tLe blllkhng of .I'e rr,!1 i P. H. BmG(;;; F.IlfT(HI. ! I r J ,. If •.

, . '; sou S o. men;-mcrc )al1(I1~C t) prlest-ro;1!l ".n,:! til<' (hscoYl.~n· of mir.:es, callS- ; ~ __ ~_"'_'·"··"_-.·, __ -,·.v._.· -.----- ..... - i. '" · . n f . . J. J' I J I Salt J,u..',c ,/UUllfO'l'. It:',';', craft;-of l'lunhhng III the (hstai)c,~ of lilt: mLux 0 t'nla~mtIOl" t 1\S C lan'-'e(1 I ----~--,-.-'---.... - i d' ". 1

' • 0 -.-.-.-.------, Is<.'olltent, at empty proml;ic::, all( tlH: asp(;'cl [C.1<1 shrl\'clled up the hUjlt:s i 'JV) ()UI' ('Til':~'--'n. fl)~~l'c. I ,..~ 1', . 1 "\" '1'1 ;., 'I .. . , '1'] r' 1 '1' d . \.. ..... ::>1. ".",1 ... oj, '.">. . le",( H·e IIpO!) lIh .~. 1C te.~t.: leh tlial nnCt )ll I:ur to )t re., J2.C ; 50 I -.--" ! -J . ffi .. '.. 1'.. ..... • b . I 'f '1' I· ..' \\ lO:.e 0 c(. b to lcud Ot,t t e CO.I-

I 1:l~ In\'; 0 t rcpcaten am wrlty to. This is the com,nencem::l\[ of the d'l' f tl . i I r 'I 1'1 . I' ! ,I 10n 0 Ie t1llrLl • :\1\{ Cl1,orce (1)(;1" -

( 1C!~lk to t.lt: worJ,i on the p:t::t of <.d \-o:llltle of the '\!gSS:i:NG£R lanu-:. ., I . ., . .' .... '. I lance to COli lin" rep(nL a arge lJ~r

lim; 111;111, and the al'~el LIOn of ilJr. I ;;xv m:ilel:\d of i';O\'emucr <lnd as we I fl' 1 II ) - , ',(mt. 0 mr. eontcilts In t Ie va CI-:;

I r;ttt th:1t lmn1;lu Gon:rnmcnls g.rc 1 shued 111 our J .. st it will not be sent: .. r 1 . . , , 1 • .' f ' ! w:utlllg ,or somet Hllg to "tun) IIp.'

without legal I.')ght 111 un}' P;~l't. of the I to &nch as arc olle year in arrears, ex-, -1" 1 .. r· • I· 1 ",. . . . . "I 1 . I to c ean t ,e stre,II1)" l hit 13,,: heen lilll\ C1":;;':, l~ l:e r to lJe regarded i'.:' cept they rencw or report. Now out: Ii I 1 1 I f: 1 d

. 1 " I 011 e( )y t 1e at catl e, an tu renew an ;:;PjJcnt,~ge to what tne otHers n,,111c'-1 of the lHunb('r of stich ant.! the" are: 1 I . I I

. • . _.: '. : t \e pMture;; v/lle I t le}' have "tate II Imv(; saId on tho:! ~;a!11e SULlject, It",-, numcrOl!:;, if yeu are loo poor to pay i . ., AlII' 1 d ~ .

I d . r . i. . 'up. t le:iC a1'(,>\, 'I 01 lwom1:;e; [(1]'Y l;.~:; rep.:ale I b;('lf O,L('). 0;) tJllS: the lift,' rellts due for the l;!.~l voluI11e: '1' f I I I ('; I '

'" .' ..... ',_1 \ .••. '1- '11 .... I '. i prop lCtlC 0 a lea t 1.U ~bange. )let POI,), 01 nl1n_l~", .LlgC :.Ij,l·blll (en, antllcnew [.)r the prcs~n( \'olume, or ..... 'd '. . '.. L " . I . I ' ,. - . , It IS f..U tllllt Te,;us IS COlnmg SOOl! tc., I)' v,r,l:(; <\1 ,l \II C:t.'n pC\:'cr th-It ~ I allY 01 )'c-u, we wiil cmnpoulld with' I '. I' '... ! , '" , 'J' , 1" II 1 • I ' t lCll C o~et Ir so It w,lI be to Ib(' til\" J:!~t tea']:.' to c~(:rt l!se.:, Gl. eu pne:.t· )'Oll ",; f()llows . all such who will scnt! ' '. ., ' . ":;CO\1(!Y(;: of small cor,],," upollthe 1111-

Iwnd, fhe: sl'll'ly lwtun:: or nus };u·;I:.! us fC't'!1tr-fIW: ((!nt,; we wiil credit' '" tl:·. f' 1 - . • I . ' . I clean desecr:ttors of the 11Im.an sanei-tt': ~'I •. F~lllg(d)f1" 1:; SCC]~ hy ~J1{11~·Zlnr.- i 'r~.)u ror the YOhlrnr J~ust cndcti tlnd fOJ ' • . . , .'" I J , n:lrY-··:;OC!ct··. tk: w«rk ;1.'1,] )Cl·~,~ of pn'':''!'!lO'.I{l., the one jll.it cOJr.;]1encr;d. Those who' ) Pri;:·;r:, ~, HliHI\;!r lQ,~qld !~'r :,:)(\ f.-,x:), II have Jxtid for the bsl volume, exeel'I~; ':"'~:''''-~''':~'~'~~''\''~~

.' r •. 1 1 . PARTYr~:i·.L il it~ ... 'Uj~~::) tH c~ll~ur!J n~"·:1~.");) \~h\·.:cn i : ..... :r Jlotify \;i: 10 ilo other'\l,~i:-,~1oJ \'."( ,\;,; I}:' r'I~)[\' ;):;'1.1(-':;, tl:::, h;glt~,·~ [h'gree' ~I!~lll ~(;"d j,' i,S Ib!::J, ;tllll <H.,· sHch' OfalJ tlH! ism:;, with ,;hid! lh~ world.

- .... : : " ' .. , .'. I:' .. e.' .' . I .' -. . ., (,,1 \,11./ d ,~. ~- 1.1 (hlf"J, (1. !;t} L"~:t\\Ll'l); 1 ~"h(1 do nul \\'""~-,.'!1t P., '.:;i~ hop,; they. 1S: fa\~o!'cdJ or amlc~.(·dJ partrl;ail 1:,\ th(' " .! !, .. I. i.,' ."'" AC' .'. ' .. e ,- •• -. \.'. ( I "1 I' 1 -- , •• • ,"Ij., J..,~ '::~,) •• ;. :'dH~\'. t.: ';l,l'''ltt .. -'<C._ i {;!:., i \f~1! I...:, !!S .. :ll4.1\J,.~ r!~ tr~c l·K·i.~Ulnln~,- (if: l1'lOS! potent ~nld d:u,gervus. It 1S tlh"

~. j \:' ··:i' 'i'~~l!:' • .'1 iH~ J); ~~~;,,4_i';'l~)":!J~'1l fH{f"~f i tLt." rc:t.~. \Ylc- :q~~ i:h~~f·!{rul tlnd f~latl~": C3,ll;;v of blii1dllc~)s ~i.-i,d the nur~;err (,f .:~(~ '.' ;,,~·,.:.:,·';~,'r. ,(I' ,;:;·, .. !:t:iL~ ~<.;/;. i .hl ~o lhos(:, \\J~() ha'o'<;; [·.ided !ll f)htrlin-) j,n judice, It hlilllL; the rC,lwn :l.i1.\

('1"'_~1. ,~~.t ~ ;,:,,~ ~,:·;L· ... j ~ i'; :\="·')i,(,di~~: .. i 1f::< ~'J,l~l'~(-n i't~~~ns, ~:nd in returJdllg: st\~(~l"i tl:e IH;+lit to truth, ;~1I1..r'1th til;H i·)-,. (..-t r", l' .~'':~ i.; ~-i!:~"'::·((.·di ~ .. d(~ \! ..... : t,].:_-',I I':ll~' th;I;I~,...; :-•. r Ih:~: ~~'Il (r-.. :-- .1,.",1 ;1' "n,.- ..•. ,., ,.. ....... I.('t: .. L ..... ~11 ..... , ........ : ,.:.~~.


notil)lOi>. Panyi::;m alld crcedohlgy .lre 1 demil),," according to. the term'S of cnelllie;;." A~la now "c Sl'bmit that t \\ in rdics of ;t nude age when wper- . sealing, sat(l, "that they might cJlC(:r the rcyocatiml of the ori~;il1:;J work to ;;titian reigned, and prescl'ibcd and: up" for if they could s/ClJl1adl it through build a ci~)' and :l temple in Jackson proscrihed channel;; of thought and; thi;; proD:ltim' they should be deliver-II Coul1!y,Mo ..• aho rcn;kes all command, thought .it,;df. 1t is clannish in its, CiJ from them ill the next, and Jesus ment,; III prepare for that work, hence nalul'(: llmj intolcnHlt ill it:; habits,. Chri;;t would takc all such to he Ids it follow5 that those "regions rmmel d i:;qllalities men tr) rea50l) or to' wivc;; there, and to remove a.ll doubt ahont," referred to ,in ihat !;enion, judge, It is bad enough il; politic",: Mr. Snow added, "I know he will do hove no significance, being without a bllt worse in religiou. It dwarf.<; the so. II This i:> 1'C;ll comfort :,Ild w:!l'uing, promi~e, and clinging to the idea that mind hy rdlisi:lg the inquiries that for Snow, to :'l large lllllnbcr of suffer- they hayc is a mylh. h is sll)lposc,d arise lest inYt~stig;ltjon should ul1sdtle : ers, bllt thi~; information is not the less I, that tl~c manifestation of IS7 3 con fi l'll1S

some dogn~a, or (/ra1(1 ~ome thcologi-! important in showing how intimate the tradition of the Saints IIpon this cal status. Religion natural or re-: Lor,'llw is with Jeslis Christ, and .hisl point. It is as follows: "Let my vealcd, is not partyizm. Je:;us aflili- i matrimonial designs ,in eternity,l commandments to gather into the :lted \\"ith no party and fOfmed llOlle, l There is one point in this batch of in-l regions round :l1>out, and the council

hut addressed his prccept~ to hum:lIlity : fonm,l~on th .. , req.llires I:orcn~o I~ I Of. the cider,S. of :!1), churc1~ guide in .. s 11 whole, a.nd appcaled to the Judg- I open 1m. mouth «gum. It 1S thIs: If tIllS mattet'. '~·],o wa:; thIS addrcs~

mellt and cOl1sci('ller; for 11 recogl1iLio)) ! Jesl1s Christ call take wives in etcn1- \ cd to? "To t1)e church in confcrenc~ of their excelkncc, claimed no uuth· it)', why can't ~)thels? and then whallasscml)lcd." Now there are 1\0 "comority ahO\'C Ihat of a hearer 'Of "glad hecomes of Ihc statement that under- mandmcnts" to g:lth~~r "into the tidinrr.s," (never IU1Jl)ed priesthood,·) lies the whole scheme that tho::ic who regions round ahout" in (he srtid and whel\ a;;k(:d to gin:: other proof of I neglect to he properly "sealed" in, county, onl}' to snch as were there to his doctrine, or of his authority, by I this life, must remain "single" and "stay" hence this· cannot ref(·r to anymiracle:;, he refused; hilt did he work! not "enlarged" and be "sen'ants" thing said of those regions, or [\<1-miracles? Yc:;, and the greatest oC: to them thai are cnlarsTed. Allain, if, joining counties to Jackson county.

• ! 0 0' I thnt or ;my other age 11'<1, the stt:c.riilg: Jesl\:; Christ goes to taking men's wi,-es Hut in the epi~tl{" of Joseph Smith, dear of ll:utyi;;m, in sj>irif and infad, : !'rqprdle~;s or their being sealed for! from the Liberly jtiiJ, in which tlw and it was a terrible "wound" he "re··I:lll eternity" lo others, what s(:curily I name of (he Lord 'j"Jrr.dr 1lsed, we ceivcd ill the hon:;e of hi,; friends,"! have YOll,Lorenzo,that he will nol take; fili:1 tll'~ foll0'.';i:;g rCi·<:lf:llt'(:; "To

when theological "rings" were furmcd ; rours also; <111(1. rOll left m-sllMlk.! in 1 Hi ;l: .... p Palridi}_', :'I'd 10 t:,~ d .. ;;,;l, and hatdiLc1 p:lItyism, for henceforth ~ the "eternal world," to remain of )e;:l!s Cln'is, of L ".ter n·.} , ~);'i!'l.;; ,the sword of disc('rd has di"idcd 50-· ":;ingle," allll have to serve some Eel- ill QuiJ;cy, lIl!l~('!~, ?lld to lh(,,,,',~ :;f;;,(_

dety joint by joint, eyen to the "l11a1'- i ~ha7.:\r or king of Dahomey who had tered abroarl throngh all the region,; \'Ow," setting each <lg:lillst the other,: "enlarged?" Surely the ste:) between round abol1t;" Timesand Sca~on:;, \'01-ti\"o ':g:lill;;t thr,'c and three .:g:linst; the "sl1ulime :md the ridictllou:;" h:1s; ume I, page 99. Now the onl)' [1\"0, and prob:~bl.y five tl:Ji.inst one.; been tal:ell. i COU1IY':'wdmcnts to gather to any Religion is unh'er~':J1 il) characteri:-aics ' !:'::':'~':,';;:::'::':~~~~ i region subseqnent i:' to the,;c regions and dcn1al~dsnnd i5un"ivelsnl1ydellland. ; ZJ(J!\ (;.:\·T'I]l.i.:ltIl~G, &(~~-·-t\o. 3.1 about, Quincy and finally U OB('

cd bj- the "inner m,w" of the race. ; I region"Nauvoo for "the gatheril1g for . , It is 100 large in its pre.portion:.: to; Though it ha~ been :;howll that the: the Saints," Time:; and Seasol15J \-oJ-"get up :'l. corner" upon sl1eccs~fully - huilding or the Jackson, cOllnty Zion! nme I, page 93, then come,,:1 "com·

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<)r to dictate rc,>peding it. ,and the gathering thereto, command, ; mandment," to all the Saint:; in ;11/ ~:'!="::.=~3":".:O-'''':--:-:~ ; ed the church, has been revoked, it 'I these regions and in all the world to

i\1h;~ Eliza R. 5nO\\-, Smith, Young: behooved me to require that "'ork JI~ I come to this 011C region, hence the &c., pn>;ident of Iht: relief sodety 'marc at the lnl1'{ of these ;;OIlS of I item in the communication of ''is, &c. ill a lcr.tllrc to the :;~lid: men (church). Still snch is the; lea,·c;; the 5U~)jecl just where it was besociety branch :11 Ogden, after e:xhorl- . strength or traditiOIl and carly teach- ' fore, and has often been aftirmt:d 11;ing the young maidens to ":;tri"e to: ing that the minds of m~lly still ding I the general confcrenr.e5, from June clIlcr in" to some or the 1\('<I\'(,11S,' 1'0 a moclifit'd foi,jll of the old hka, 11852 to April 1876 that tlwre "i:; nl) ~aid \,'ere it not for polygamy "Ihi:>: ar,d fondly cherish a 'gathering into ~ place to which the S".inLi ~:ie ,'on~)Jcoplc wo,:Id be but little better than; the "n~gions round .. bont." it has /manded to gather, no pLc,', r·; phces;

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Scc!ari:lll';." She further stated that: heen ~;hOWil that t,he;;e regions i l'onseqllclltly no 're::;;l';1~.' -'. Th;;,: • 'whe!) polygall1 Y W(l<; first re\'caled 10 . sroken of (Sc..:. 10Z, par. 7 and 8,) ~ commllnication of Nov_ 'J ;::, 1 ~::: ~ 1';1-

hCI she lw.d IlO idea tlw.t i! wOt:ld ever (\lot rRz, as in la·.t Ilumh!.'r) :l.nd the: plic:; the same; \Ising ':~li"b,~.?". the"

h("m~lde p\~h1ic (to the. church)." She "m1joining cOllntic:;" I~J Jacl:"on Co, I word Zit)!l, in Ihe 5:~~.l'! ~:'::u_· ;u i,s rcg:Udt>d 11. at Ill:!! tline a5 a S\;-(;u (rnr.S). And that tho.: stay III th.::se Illsed lJ)' "my scrva:lt .fecl·r'); iJ1or"d, intend('{luilly f"w the I('\\', hut, rCg'ioHS \,'as for a time ~~Illi specific I ill Doc. 2, COY. ;;("',:un 103, r'~ig,~ f;

it W;lS 10(\ gor}(l to l:;'{'p: 'APCli)tJc! i1,.1l"PO:;("; vi;;: while 111t~y were s:lying I "For behold I .'lll ah:)ut to c;111 UpOIl

1.01,:';;:") Sl)I)-.\' ill di:;co;,uing UpO!j1 r"dn:~s [;.; aud Idnm \is. ant.! while i them to Give' heetl to lhe' litht :tnrl , ~ ~ l' "' ~.. I " . . . ~ ; r~' • r, a!m~l\'c, C':W;.ll;,! :'It:,\;:lI·,(lS,to ·11:c.'I.t[e! llw}" we,'!: rrcp~.,:':n6 to rdurn \llth the 'I glory of Lion, Cor ,! ~""L tm\<: t.:.. I.W,)) ,.

" , the lc(f ... Jt ~): thl'ir ~':!\"';.~·s at the t1t!)!!!~1tt ~ "llnnv, ft ;lutll(;ri.i-~('d to he nr(:,p~~rc(l f ht~r is con\e.~·~'1 T~.cJ~~on (;Oillltr g':1\"1:

(l!" ]):':;1\:': tic{l"!o sl1ch b:·,IV"; "1\) '~tll: "[I) ;1'1('1, dc)w!l Ih" \\,.,11 'of t·j;·;i .. i no lig!:t, nor eli;} il po:>,;c:,~ ::J;j' , ,


ami fmth.::r, i;"\'i1S at tbis \:~r}" time,' hm!.sco; of cycrr cla~:; rCS~(~~I~t-~~(;rc.1 a'iccnding Ul~ ~l:;(;~~~ G~u "~llil the ,\t lh~~ sd lill\(: to f:l\'or Zion, tlui Ihe . Cmio:;it}' ":;,~ em liptoc for somethiug i hC:l\',;nly hOOit;;,. whidl ctluscth :>.11 ., . 1 l' ; .. rl cteJ'lllly to be pruned lUlll fhe he-1\'·

bUlhhng a clly ;lilf temple t Jere I" flcsh,snme prophetic del1l',Hl:;tratlon 0, ! \'1 f: It'" () ,ell" In wcql I.'C <\ lllg ralil; yea,

resolycd. Now it is the Zion or Sec, : the gencml ~'la:uniln ~ort. Old ,.:~ 'Lord, that he may li~'.! to sec thaI ]0,3, pat. J, tInt :;houJd be r",jnh,~bjt-' crans (IT Brigh!1mite lblU'[!:1tio[) ;,,~:' n:.lioll, if it will not repent, broken in cd (or rci'lstated) and givell "heed mi:;rllk, pOl)'g~lli1i:;ls, blood-alone)':;, !pie,:e;; like apolter';:; ycs,;eland swept to," ;;, ")j;)id lI'llt.m ... servant, Joseph S:.1.rah~ and H;lgars wiih their I:;,I;1C:; I from orr. the earth:.Ls with II ho:;,;um or s' ',,' ,. i .. ,; J .. ', ,: ... , I " 1 I' "'\ ',I ,I' S. ,., ,j, . s· " 1 !tleSIHlctlOll, a", were the Jarc.:h:c~ ,111.1 '. ,IlHll ,n ~.U p.II.1,~,.11) 1, allt t 1e ,\11, h 1m.le~, • CC",I •• lllli, panna - I Nephitas, that til.:: bnd of Zion m;.!y

~~wern()r,~ ,hall as,)(:mbh: and the pllre . ists, Atheist;, Gcntiies, LihGr,l.~;; and j' <.:C:l:ie tc gro;m untlcF the wich:dn{;s" in he,H't sh:l11 gather" into Oll(, and, !It'',mgers, Among the;!; \\'as a cia:;.,; and alluminations of ,Men. "·-DUt·"f constitute this Zion whu:;e bC3 l.ltifni tlw.t W:1.·; edified witll wh:1t W['S said,\.J.'lTai:'J" J;.tn. 13, 187'1. '

garment,.; ar{~ the Hrlgl,llCfllbnc:;".' of; others were plea.;ed with what was I". HW.'C, Thy sen'UlH:i a~ltl peop~, .. , ~ajnt,;," Tilc"c thO\;ght" are cfli.>rcd 'l~ft unsaid. TllO~C who comprehclld- :;~r(;lGh forth 0111' hallet,., U~1I0 tne ;{5 p:ll't of the "Coancil of tile J~lders i cd the situation could c;\'iih~ apprcci- !;at~:'r of QUI' Lord Jt":I~ ,~,hn;;t, and

, '... ' . . '. . r' In hIS name wc lH."scech Inee to hear of I~:r chlln':~l' to "gl:Hlc Ii! tlH~ ll::lt-; :~te the dnft and Illfer the P":iI~lO!1 ?' 1 the prayer of thescn':u,t, \\T. 'yood-I ct'. .. In thiS conneXlOl1 the allll:;Wll ttlt' speaker and tho:: re"t Well' bllnde!1, i ruff, which has heen offered up III the mad" 1i1 ~ec, JvI, p.I!'. 3. to Abnf- I for hc did not ((1m,: flit! ;lad call on I front lOOW ofthi;; house, amI an~\'.cr h:\In .'tld lh,.: leading of I:il':lel ill' the name of hi,; God and J'milt' his! it upol\_~hi~ house a!1d pCl)p!e,"-

, . 1 ' 1 "", I I ., ' , I ])escrt j"cw .• , same date, I :mcicnl tim,;·; -')' a prmlHse( "10.;(',, ',ane" over 01' aq;'un~t IllC rOIl('li p"zet I 111:1:'1," onght to imtruct n,;,. The for· ; of the Icproll;; 'portiun of his <tiltH-I! "Hcar anrl ;lnswcr the prayt'r,; ,

, . ,.! . • ,offi~p'd b}' 'nin> alxFl'le,,' ,Yo Wood-m::!' d'Nt, not h3.I'Ii1:r r<!Gc~i\'~d the : Cl1CC, though he mtllluted that Jordan I f'f'" 1 L' 1 c: '''tl "t til' , : , ... " ru r..n( J.',. 0now, ,lit ley Ill,:) thing,; pwmiscrl, and his seed after! sttll posse;:;sed Its healing qll:-llllle,;. : pellctrat(' the ear,; of the Lord of him lJ~\'e for a p:~ri\)d of !lear four: The pretense of love for Jo~:eph the i SaL[loth. ":-Jhli!. ~l:oil,:.mrt rear~ f:likd to realize thi;; , Martyr and r{;:;p~;c: for Hlit:lc)?scph" I lVhile these polygmnoas Apostlt:, lIf~'a! of prolJme,. :-\.1''''" }hc;;e ex~cc~- so oft~n repe~t~J by tbe eh:cl ('::;urper 'j' were dcdk''lting this hou,;e in which atiO;h c;h,mtclen;t'H': 0, OPt's? !~hbt: :llld hI'; tooL; Ji'I the la~'l thirty ye:1r,:, to ::;e,t! to each other many wive:; and \.,' \'1'1" ", 'l'~"""' '1 ' \,1 ·,r'l'!' ~ll jp IF" \"~ "'It \'''' '1" 'l'Ollgll I'c)\"c\'~" 10' I • f I ',L \, "", v,",; '., "", c.. - ~' ... 1', , ,,,I .. t.. '. • '''', I to pray for ly: deslru:'tloll 0 t lC nearl.!!' the re:1lin'jo:; tila:1 they are throw open the door;; of the Taher-I nation, a fellow Apl)~(le. Ceo, C::!I;;u p~c;.~:~at? ·rt1.·.~ i!.h:~; of L1~~!.~r 1\ Iy ,nac!e Conn{;H hou:::e, nor a siug-lc nOl~, \:a.:: eng~lge(l at y\r:l~hillgti}n a:!,. Setin,:;, tint th~ fflilti ... )l1 of our hop~ w;ud hOIi~e in this citr, I resenting the loyalty tJUtah al!(i ::Iski;; ~" c!m',~ tCll!'.!';' in"l h;,; genl~rrrtioll". Some are disa~)poinkd howey;:!' jug admission into tht' t;,mi1r of Sta,t:;;

ll:l, b.'."~n ent~~'I:li!lcd by Lrad from, thnt Em. Joseph did not ;;con:" every- i Surdv alTogance, hyp()ni~)' and bras:;

tht' fir~t, uittil "hope (lelerred" has, body .fl," they had a~)t~cip:lte:i. . We I is the'staple of thi!; p.Hticl1~:lr ;;nI. III reactt'd ar:d :>coffer,: :t-.!;-, "'Yhere is ,SlIgge~t to these that It IS "pnnclples I alluding to th,! foregoing exhibition

the pro;nisc ?" The Ia"t i[c:n touch- :wt men" Ihat call ;;:1.\'(: "thi" peoplf~" i of t:matical specn, the R,'i·!..:t'll.f(JlllIt'alll . . ", '1" I" I'!' 1\ mg Llon cnrrent 111 t,le rum (11$- Jl!~t t l;! :-;:mlC ~IS nt.H.':!' peap C. t).nr ChristiaJl ~ay,,: t,[(;~,," of thi;; pric5t-ridden people, is .thegi<;t of and the impres,>ion of the I "ft,' . II', t! til' I • ,'- l~ .. z· . d ,. r: d: IS appa 1.1g) ,\: patri(,tit:

t 1.1\ tne cIty ot :'~IOCll m JlOn 13 e· four (]l3COUrSt~S referrt~d ttl, .,n-ore i heart, and :;orrowful to tht' rdigioll,-; sr.cilding- steadily to earth and h:LS : this "jew, I sOill, to learn to wh:tt extent the fa,n-rear;ilt:d the u!Jp.!1' ;;llrL'\,{;,~ of th..: at- : r-:'?::.",::=r: ,:""':':',':"''',C~,,~ I aticism of IIJormoni;;m ,,;il1 kad it~ mosphere directly ovcr tho:: Cache J)RI(;HA1\lIS1\f, ! dc\'otces. Th,? vile a~sl1mptioils of

11 i I · J tJ ) ITS l'IU\YI:R:, AKD ,{l<bASON, Jl[OCFl"f' I the representatln::; of tIle system be-vn e)' to,;arl \\' He 1 lC marve Oll:;' , " • j .) • hI.;'" '~ 1 I (Ie':' rue tin- .

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~'l,pml,motbfall( ",'''1 : smll.ten -;tmll1 t lell' anXlOlB eye:; 0. ,.' an lIe u !Ii( ness 0 t lC 1'('01'.':: prc-fn illl. l<;J.:NT T11AT HlS'ITRS THl-:~I. ' i vellt them from seeing 111<: {'olll:,;e p!lr-

Thi,; may sonml ridiculous to l'ome ! OiIH.:ll hv its le;~der:i, whid, will inc..,;t-who l',cl'ertlwlc:';,; bdieve tInt such a At Ihl: lledicalion of :\n'lmfini~hed: ahly l,l;d in their (l\;-.tflldio)\. When cil}' 'no; lak{,ll up, "0 thal J h3,d a building ;::, 51. George, called a' the b~illd lc:"d t~le blin~l, Lo::h fall in,to

"'" , "G ,1" II r II ' 1" I tlte ditch; and If the Il~ht III mall n'.:' '.,,'-,)' :'" II II 'l(),1,: '"1",, 1!1~·~,,·!··1·L·"< Olr t' l'l'~ " nl l)le 0. 0(1, ,1C 10 own <; I I I ,~, 1.'" ., • • - . '.' _v ~, - " ,,' j ( at' mess, now grC:lI IS (nal (,:>n~ne,;..;. ; I prO\~.;,;[:;,'· is l,h·~ 5i!Cllt pr;ly~'r of pl"1y(~ri; \\'t"re recil<xl hy V,', 'Vo'orlruli,; The;;e remarks ar.! !lot 111<1'.1" "'it!; ;lln'

IT:<ITly il.:hing heart::; and thlohhing E, Sno\'{ and R Young:' I \'illrlktiv,mc,;s of feeling, hut with a , bf11ill::. 'IIe;:..:~'i:; a kr:rbul who (;.111 or "1\11(1 we pr:tv Thee, our Father in :decpfclL,;orro;\' for the I')~S'; of III:: I

1 '<'.l't I ( .. ],1-,,\\, 'I' I", tlj-' '11'1111.00 (If rC~II" C l'ri". ; poor deluded llcol,k of \j t~lh; and " (..:1\'t..: t', ~1,"'t .. It? ( le"/Ol"( pruBH:::t;:;) Co. t... ~\ !.I.. f.. ,..... ,,:") 1 ........ ,.. '.. t •

if it I,C ·coll,;i~!t.:nt \,.jllt 'j;h\, will, that: with.. lonn?, (k~m; l~l. open tl~',~'r tb;,! l,;pc:;!.; (m:11;<::) unto y.:m the)' '1'lb' :;"I';'<1.:'t Hri~'L"tllll:1r~~t<1nd inlhe: filmed eyes to the !illi~lI;;lllni! pr~.CtIC:'1":' "Slhi(" ,,;;iritlHlly Illllkr"toO(l, if fie:;!) \0 behold tl;,: 113li(II';, whid\ !lUW t:d upon th,~n\,hy scll-:>t!lnl :1PO-:t](·"

at ;'!L n(>~, t-:!ll ," mil , anll th"; is life, oC':':l!i';"''; tile lalld upon whi,:h TI J(l1.I , and J,rc'phCl:;. Ollac·n·:;"".' II".; ".-crt! \t)t pr()lui~'~) 1.0nl, h:."t s:lid the 7.i()1\ of GOll ---- ...... --.:;-:. ..

Sll')'.h! ,;tan.] in the l:>t!er (by" that Tn~: '!E~:::I';;"C:';I: or lht' 1:"')"'~"'!lizca.~''''llvl: killt...:t \t--·-is di")lIL" . J L u. 1. • . ', of .J.~!:t!~'; Chn''a {If I,:tUI'j thy ~w~:d!d~ ~ I!· i,n"~' "i,

~, 1>.-,tiOI!, wh!.:h !'];,:d tlH~ },!cHId or lllf'; 11"1,,,(\ HWllll:1y, lil :~all, J."I;,·'c'i!y, (JllIli.

C", j'J,:c-. !l.d, Ll,l. Jo,;::p:: Sll'i!h l:nl!I'!\,'lS:t:l'll.S,,':,\nl"r 1':-h,i(::~"".::r):,:II}ll::, ' '\'lrit~L:~,~,~;,;:\-l,":';~~';'~ P'" )C;tl', 'j\.l:::Ii,), • •• t • I . '. ,()(J{ 'l~\; ,\1.( jli.::-.t\ lOt \ll( .... ;.,,(,,]h,~,,~ ,.... f-:;h.".; ~(~\"n::\:.iin~ ... ·t~pt~.

IP'.> ... 1 ~:"',~l l \" j{.'~: 1!" ~ n~~" t.! hi.:";~~l, it:! ~! h\, r.' ':-1 '.1' \. hi (,11 ; ~ ly\ "11- i p,,,," V"H" \If; t 11 (: ()(~ ("f'I'n'n - 't'" t-;; jll'::' 'IlH! l"t'~i j·I.'i""~"': t.h~'ti!,! l'l' ~. . . . ," tn!.' 'I ; ,_I ......... :. :.; T"' ~ ·f. ,'- ,,' . i"' 'p,I,( jJ.." ...... ;, .. ~.', "t 1r',j.;

!i~;; .• ,~.'.~) \'nd ~:.l iI!':;-.:~~·t",l:.l~p~~' !~:"''';-::~:"j,11 hL~ tJu.-is{', ttt~t n;lfh;n 'r!l(J~~!.' tHldl!..·~A't ill .~ •• 11.~~ .. "Ll.~jU •• hl) .

\" :!:i:.l F'(\d~y *', fui: ;~il';:; <,:: ,~'(,d1h":';'i ~u';d ;-JhHtlin:\tiln1'~ :1n.: (IA;":_ff~' ;~;~~l • .f.,'-'!i"'j"·.',C·. ILL


S .. H~T LAIn'; GITY, U1',AH, }<'EmmAUY, lS". )i;o. :!.

~econdcd byElderHyramSmith,where,', W. W. Phclp~ hm'e n'nlnl that lit' THE J!OOK OF nOCl'RINE AN)) CO\'E- upon it rc(~ei\'ed tlll~ nnanimou:; ,'ote! the Hook p:-..:,,,,'ntl'd to the ;\s·

~ANTS Ill' IlRWIIAMITES-THF. AI{- of t)lC Assembly, I sembly was true. Prc~;,h'nt .I"lm

THE NEW EDlTION

Tlcr.}; m· ... MAlUUAGE u::.n' OUT I (Signed) O,.I\'F.R Cownu:'Y1 . I Whitmer als,\ aro:; ... and tc,t;!il"\ th:u ANt) TIn: l'OJ.j'(;.A~l\' Rm'

m .... TlON AIlDRt"- , OR:;O;S HyuJ.:. Clerkt'." ,. it was true. Ehler " .. 1m ~lllith tn-

, We c.opy the aho\'c minutes from I king the lead (If the High (",lll1,'il in

This brazen attempt' to establish! Doc. & COl'. Il't edition, page 255: I Kirtlallll, h,)rl' H,'conl t:Ui th\.' l'\.'wl.l

l'olygamy.lly "changing 101u$1" is a Again on the I ith of August, 1835, I tion:; in saill Book Were tru~', Wherec:haraeterilitic' of eornaptor:; of the another gcncral,3..o;scmhly w.lsconvell- upon, the High Council or Kirtland

tnlth illC\'cry age amI dispensation. cd t? hear fron~ ~'lid Committee. A I a,:ccptcd, ;~nJ ;ICkll~J\\'lctlg(,li. th~"t' ;~:;; The Church cst;lblishccl in, 1330 port1On of the Il1l1lulc" of that hod\' the }),)dnnc and CO\',,'n;!llb .'t th~lr

recognized from the first a principle we now quot~, page 255-6-1 :, . Il:,ith hy :l IJllanimon>' Yuk. Elder

of common consent both, in respect ' "Whereupon Presidents O. Cow- i L~\'i J:l.ckma~l ta~t. in~ Il.lt' /<::111, of t~l<7 to it~ fa.ith and policy. "Therefore I defy and. S. Rigdcn proccedcu and \ IIlg~ t 0l1nc11 (:1 tl1(: t hurch III ::\h~th.is ye shall obsen'c and make it your organized the High Council (If the I' s~ur~" b,):~ t"':;,llm:')n~ !h;u tlu' rcveLL!;lW. to do yonr business bv till: voice Chun:b at Kirlland ,Ult! President W. t!on:i III ~:l!d h,)ok wefe 1m::, ;lnd the of the people," l\Iosiah,' Chap. 13, W •. Phelps and J. Whitmer !:;aid High COllllcil of \fis:;ollri acn:plpar. 2, ., Beholtl, I gi:ve unto .rOil a! pn)cI.'Cd~d ;ml.i organi~cd the High 1 cd all,t! :l<'kno~\-leJJ.:i:d t;!~m :1' _ t,h,e r.ommandment, that ye l.'h:lll as,"clllb1e! Council or the Church, in Mi';",mri. I i),wlnne ~Ild " oV{'\;.,nl, o! then- I:tttll

yourselves together to agree upon my! lli"hop N<~w\~l 'Vhitney plo~'~eded ;tnd I hy a IIn:~lI1mou" vvte. word," Doc. & COY_, Sec. 61, par .. I.! organiz~'<l his Cmmcilhlf:;, or the! "PrC3!<h.'ut Phdp~ t1:.:[1 n:;lti the U Neither shall anything be appointedl Church ill Kirtland, and acting Rish, : ~\ritten t,:':-:tiUlrlH\' uf the ['\\('1\"', as

mHo anl' of this Chl1r('h contrary to; 01' John Corrill org;mizl'd the CtHm-! 1011tH\,,,: h ( 'h 'c 1"'/ I' I 'II . I '] h' 'I' ' I" "1" I' - 1 ' l e ,urc.} oven:mts; ,or (1., t lings 1 CI ors 0111,' l. 111£\'. iIl.\ ISSO\lTl, ;lnc!! Jle ,·,;tlIndn y' oj t H.: II'ltll':-.SCS

mnst be done in order, nnd by com-! also l'rl'sid('nts, Lcunard Rich, Levi Itu the H'IPt (Ii Ii.e 1.'.)[<\'.; ('ut:l1l1<1W\'

mon consent in the Church," n, & C. W. H:l\1I:od .. , Sri\'C!)lcr Smith, 1.)'111:111 i menls, \\ h:\b ,hL', ,:::":: 1,1 Li, {~Jlur{'h sec, 51, par. 4, In agreement, with Shennan organized the Councilor the I throllt: h J,l"t:pn ~m:ll; J ;:n" who wa .. lhe~e precepts, as soon ,as the various Seventy, and ahio l~lder John Guuld, ~lPP(}llJle:li hy the wliccr~if the Cl;llrdl

'lllonnllS, which constitute the spir. acting President organized t~c '1'r;\\'- fM Ihis pmpo,c, \\'c therefore fet'J itu:d authorities of the Church, (Sec. cling Elders, and also Ira. Ames, ad· willing to hl:ar testimuny lu all the 3, par ,H. last danse),had been cs~' ing l~re!jdent., organiz(:d th::, Pricst!:', world of mankind to c\'cry creatllrt,' tahii;;hed,.and learned a ,measure of also, Erastus Babbit, acting Pre.l>ili<!llt, IIpon the I:\c~ of the E:wh ami upon their duty, a general assembly of organized the Teachers; and also, the 1;;1311.1;; of tht: Sea, th;tt the Lord the 5:1.me was convened on Sept. 24th. William Burgress, acting Pr~idcnt" has IWrIle record It) ollnolJL, through IS.H' The assembly being duly or- organized the' Deacon!>; ,and also, the Holy Ghost :;hetl furth upon IlS,

g~mized: and after Jransacting ccrtail} ThomasGates,a,;:;jsit~d by Joh!1Young, I tha.t the~e Commandmcllts ,\'<':),<,: given b\I~;lle% of the Church, proceeded to William Cowdery. A-ndrew H. Eld- tj by in:;piraliqn of (;()d; ;Jnd arc proli~,ppoint a Committee to arrange thc ridge, Job S. J..ewis anq QIiver ffig- table for all men, :In!! an' \'lTily I rue . .items of the doctrine Qf Jesu$ Christ ley as Presidents of .tht.!PaYt :organiz- We give this testimony 1111 to Ihe world for the government of his Church of e<i l4e whole Assembly •.. ' ~djolJ.rne~ the 1.o,rd lJe$ng our helper, ;md it ;:; the"Latter-day Saints, which Church for on~ h9ut:. . _ ...' -. through the gr;J.ce of Cod lhe Father WllS organized and commenced its rise ,~'J\.ft!!fn90D.Afte,rahy'mn w~,sung and bis Son jChtlS ,l'hrj:;t, that we arc on the 6th day ,of April, 1830' These President Cowde,ry arose and intro- permitted 10 lw.vc the JJri\'ikgt: Qf items are to be taken from.Bible Book duceQ. the Book ()f Doctrine and Cov- bearing this tcsliWOI1 y UJU 0 tlw wor){!, of :Mormon, ~nd the.revelatioDswhicb enants oCthe l,.atter-daY,Saints, in be. in t~c which ,wc rejoice an"cdingly, have been given to said Church uP.t0 half of the ,Committee. He 'was f~l- praying the ,Lore.! .:llways t.hat th..: chiJthis date, <or shall.be,until. ·~uch aT- lowed ,by _fresidcnt Rigden,wh,o ex- drenQf men lUJ.y t,C profited Ll;~n;hy.' rangement is made .. "Elder Samuel!;!.. plain~d ,the m~nner by:w.hich tl1.cy in- "'.Elder L¢(II1.:l.rd lZich bon~ record of ' Smith,. fur the assembly, moved ,that 't~nd~.to .obtain the ~'()i~ ,9f ;t{1e As- .lhe t'~lItb ;~ft~e Book, and theCoun', -Presiding Elders Joseph :Smith Jun., sembly,.fQr _or ,.agai nst Jhe book. rh_c ciJ ,~)f the Sevc,nty ac.cepted ;u:d acOliver Cowdery, .Sidney Rigdenal\d other tw:o members 9f theColll,< koo.wlcdged ,it ,3..<; the Doctri:-le ,and Frclkrick G, 'Williams compose said mitteenamcd. aoo\:e were aU:;cllt. Covenants,a.f their faith, \;y a l:n.:.nj~ Committee. The nominati.on .was A~co{ding ~tP .saip. ,. ,~rr:!ngcmt:H~ •. '!lOllS vote. Jii:>hOl) N. K. V;JliU.-.cy,


hare record to the truth of th(; I3(,:~'K! bl::cd IS tc tlle LlDltcu ::'t3.[C", VIZ: me. tHe S'·!W," 1;"lN'~ wey 11;<'-'" !'i~ll'd t. - t - .. ,".. l'

and with his (1?~~nci1I~~s u~ee~t~d ,und \' highest a~thorit~; to pass UpOl~ t?e,ln:- : bu!lt~; Rlhl insj,it th:lt other:; ht",'h!t~ th~ acknowledged It" as ,.the ' Doctrme .. aml , bors of a comm~ttee'of the chlefest of domm:mt'p3rty :;hall hl~ hear.1. At Covenants of their faith by a unani- I its Elders, appointed by a Hke previ-! Slatersville this 0' irrepressihlt! ('Oll.

mous vote. Acting President· John lous Assembly, .. to arrange the items J flict" between "priest and P(,Dp1~" ., eouid' gave Ms tesiimony'fn' '(avoro[1 of'DoCtiirieof]es1is-'Christ for'· the+hasculminated in electing·:1. ],,'ar,t of

the Book and with the Traveling: El- government of his Church." ; :.' t 1 liberal tm"tees. _\nd immediatdyaf . . : ders~' accepted lI:nd' 'acknow}edged,:'it . 'The ·Book·'-of . Doctrine -'and Cove-,! ter we received all, illdtatioa tOO'-Cll.

; ,as the DoctrilJ~ and, Coven.ants, ,bf nants was reported by that Committee j py and speak to the people whieh WI:

their faith by ,a unanimous vote. Ira and accepted by said Asselpbly. Aud I did 011 the 5th and on the 7th of Jail. Ames, acting President of the Priests among those items was an article on to a large and attentin' :mdit'!lce, AI. gave 'histesth;nony in favor of the Book marriage and if marriage is a doctrine, ::;0 at Plain City on the 61h to a full :lndwith the ;Priests accepted and ac- then the doctrine of tbe Church is ~ house. In both thes.: pbccs are an in. knowledged it as the Doctrine and contained ill this article; which - says i telligent ~llld large minority at least

,Covenants of their faithby a unani- ~. We declare that we belieye th~\t one h.ho thing that truth is sale in "~1Il mous yote •• Erastus, Babbit, acting man shoul~l 'haye one' wife and one! opcn field" rather than in the keep.

. .' , . I,

President of the Teachers, gave. his womnnbut one husb:md,except ill case ing of a few m:,hops. ::md who ~L'l~1l\

testimony in: favor of the nook and I ofdeath when either kat libertr to mar· willing to hear hoth :;itks .If;l· que:;· they accepted and acknowledged it asry. ~gain"-:-or another. .This mo~o- rtion before judging it, as the mIt' lifT,,'

'~h~ Doctrine and Covenants of-their gamic doctrine was adopted by a nn· ~ been. The omens at these (WI} Ilour· " ,faith by,a'U11animou~ '\'ote~ ,WIn. animOlis vote of thai: A!'Semh1r, And' j;;hing towns art.' In·opheti .... , the seed

Burgess,. acting, President 'of the in 'Sec. 13, par. 5, of that TIo'ok is a 'sown there will take root ;lnd hrhlg Deacons .: bore, record .of the truth commandment to'" observe thc em-c· ; forth fruit to the lOY of 11011e,;t ~,lil1b of.' the "Book and·. they accepted nants and ChurchArticks to do them," ~ an,i hOl1e::;t men ;n:l to the dismay of

" . and' ack~,~wiedged jias th'c Doctrine· NO\,; in the last edition of this Bnok; th(" hypocrite :1n,11hc dec~itrul ilnd Ih\' and C~"enants~,of t,h.eir ('lith by a un- i by Brighamite authority. lhis" Article; selfish higot.' . :animous, vote.' The ,:enerable Pr~si-I o'n Marriage" is left out,· and the: On our way to thc:ie pbcl's we ha,\ dent, Thomas Gates then hore record! Apocraphal' documcnt on plural mar-: th\! privilege of speaking 10 some of of the ~rnth of the Book and. with his I ringe pui in,' fly what authoritrwa;; 'the· saints and people 01' Kl'y,;\"artl Ih'e silver-headed Assistants, and the. this omission and additioll? . .!\one; what: the st:lntlard of rdj.:~i'Hh liberty whole ('ongr,egation ac, ceptcd, and ac-I whate":f a"p~ars in. the' n~ok." ,The h;L'i .lll.:ell l11:\int;~i:let! fIll' ~I:H.'1::I1' Yl"l:'~ knowledged It as the Doctrmc and Utah Elrlers mdudtng their l:.'(lltor~, af;:lIllst "UI'Cf'tIIHHl <lnd pnc"tITa!!.

Covenants o~ .their faith br a unani-j I:ave al: along ('o~telld~d tlhtt said ar-' :\!~o at linion Ft . .lft we Illet 01, few ",lin mous vote. , I tide did not II1terdlct Polygamy., re!u:-e to how the knee to haa1, but

, l~ The several authorities and the; Then wIn' leave it out? And· win- . "!rn~t the J ,onl amI k~ep their pmnler . C'ene!al A!,sc.IDbly by a unanimousl add the jJolrgamyarticle? And wh}' I tlrr'" ~nd who mean to "hold the

vote a~cepted of the labors of the I do both without a shadow of'authori- Fort" again:.t the ,lragou.· And in Committee. President W. W. phelps! zation by the body.-Ctmtillirtd. : Salt I..:lke City are a few who h.:lVt'

then read 'an artit';le on in:irriage which I ..... ... ,,", ... : not denied the trill h, though dwdl-w~nccepted and adopted and order-l THE MESSENGER' ing where "!'iat:\1l\;"e~lt j:;," ilnd they c<;l to. beprilited in the said Book by I J. w. InIlGii", J;llITOit:-'-- are known and will not' be [orWlt ten Ii' u~animous, vote.' .. ,.Presi{~ent 0 .• 8~di~----"'cifY:' i'~eb';:;;;;';1;;-:-'TR;r~ ! in the· dar of awani:;. This lImn.:h

Oowdcry then' read ana:t:ticIe;c:)\} Gov-' T' ,! is in the fOt:u" of the two powers at , . ernmentand Laws in general,' which' S!GNS OF H?PE IN U fAH, " work here, Fil. ... t:llll,ffurl was made to

- was accepteQ:and adopted alld order~These arc seen in ·all'directions.; "make it too warm for thcm." This . ',' cd printedin said Book, by a un:mi·l In cadi' ne,,: luineral discovery, every' failing, an attempt was m:Hle to

.. 'mous. vote. ' ," ,. Iliew mill or furnace is a guarantec for, freeze them ont." (Starve them Ollt.

, "'~ hym~ '~:as then su'ng; President an increase ot a liberal ~o?ul~tion fa- 'sa):" n, Youllg.) n~,t Ihey wi!1 not ,S. Rlgden returned thanks after which I VOTable to the cause of clnl fights and. burn ont nor frecle out, but dt:~lgll to

- ':. the Assembiywisbl~~edby the',Pr~s.1 mental freedom, ~nd this is the real: incorporate their' tc..'Stimony ;gain~t '" 'sideney witl1 uplifted ha~ds J1Qd, .·o;i~~ I foun~dation of relig~01is"~reedoni'or re~ i usurpation and falsehood in the shape : . inissed. ' :' , ~ :' ., . : .., l~gion itsel~. ~ : ,: ' .' , , .' . : i of a h()Use of worship dedicated to

, . '0 Thomas BUrdic;} "." " Theie'is a growmg distaste to the 'the "trlleGod;'" And a.lIwho ",,-()uId ,.,:.:: W~rr~ll Pari:h~.' Olerks: It, iule of:Bishops. ~\'ho serve their own 1/1 share inthe ho,;oi'of this m,on, umcnt

'.< . ':." " S}lve"terSmlth ', .. "." .... ." , f h ' , ',' . ., ,', , .. ', ' ..'".: . " "tables" at ,the expense 0 t e poor; of truth, send up a. brick. ,',.',

." That was no doubt the most' impos- instead'of ministering to their \ .... ants: '1 '- . .. . '. '. ; irig and the most important Assembly The rule dict.'1.t~ by Brigham Young; : . CORRECTION.-In la;ilI5;;udhe ty!,,;

ever convened iri the Ohurch. Itwas" Bishop;;, don't let apostates [niissibn-! got ,,-rang in ~veral places. For till: "illdi~d a C,' solemn Assembly," of the II aries] preach 'iIi your wards,'" they: editor! read J, W. Briggs ins.tead bf P.

A ' .c •• 1 h" t, r' ' . '. r: ". • .• H. BrJggs~ On Ist parte, I:>t cQl! 3d I "ntlre splntua aut ontIcs' . 0 'thei cannot now enlorce and 10 some places II' fi Ath ', .• ' d":rllel' <;tl'~' On .' , .',,'. j mc, or el""lC rca ~,,,.

Church .. ,It was to the l'hurch wh~t the. people 'h~ve arisen ~~d. ass,:rted! page"4th; col. I"line 9, (or (;o .. ~nor., Congress and the Supreme Court com-I their natural nghts to a fair' share: of: re:ld quorum;;. . .


-' rr:a::E :M::ESSENGER.

ZION GAT'HERING-No. 4. ~xponilding all scriptures tl11to the I eration existing when it wasdirst cum-.' .-, -. -. -: .'.. . Church. " -This \vas de\'oting "all his I manded; and several methods of com·

In justification :of tlw: wider:: sense service' in' ZiorV'-the . Church. i llut:J.tion have been re:;orted to to fix in which we use ,the ,vord ~1~1l, wcr~.-l Ag'ain §z9, '1.3, '~Behold ~S:lY unto! the ~il1l: of the. existence of that Of

fer to the followmg. Doc., & COV., I you my servant John (\Vlutmer)' that i gamzatlOll, 10 years, 100 year:",' 1::0 §S, if..>: '~]3eilOI4 ~ ~aYl~lltoyou.~eep I thou shait commence from this time! years and the lange:;t ]ife of any Olle

my commh.ndmentsall{iseek:JoJiringl forth' toprocbim MyGospel as with : then living, haw 'each and ::ewr:;.!Iy forth imd establish the ,cause C?f Zion" I the 'v(lice 'of a" tntm p; and 'YOUf ~ been adopted :;0 t hat there is as much -this wHsgiven ill April, 1829_<, What llabour shall be at your brother Philip: di\'er~ity in reg-ard to the time as in Ziori was this? We think;all will see, I Burrough's, and'in the rcgioll5' round I regard to the suhject itselt: It fe· Ivho look, forthc . purpose ,?f seeing,. abollt,"yea, where,'cr you elm be heard i minds one of the ca~e of a couple of that . it . is· . the same which in -and your whole' labor shall be in i divines di5t::ll~sing a ('el"t:1.in )las~;lgc of

Ih: pr~:cding 'par.~2) is;, t:alled Zi.?n'l~with1;lf1 rour soul from"' henc:e-j Scripture; on.c of whom, led ('IT with " 'J he K.lngdom of God," or· the forth." ,':-. . I two <:;>;planatlOlls; to which the ,)t1\Cl"

Church.. . It' '. certai.lll); hal~ n~' ·al-1 ~ Again ~3.h. ~ 6, "Keep all. my. Com- replied by ;lS~ing- "Which of th~lie do' ]llsio!1 to Jackson Co~.;·110; : :Again" "manclmcnts :md. covenants. hy' which I YOllwbh me to accept ?', "Which· !; 11'1 ,r It ." A great and mar~'ellol1slye ~re hound. :md' I will· cause the I e\"(~1' ~'Ol\ please." "But tldlho'of ,(W'" is about to come' forth .. ['2] Be- , hea~"~ilS to shake 'for your good and I them please me. " " Xor me either;" hold the field !s .White :already' to haZ:~.li S~t~n sh~lI tremh:<" ;nd' Zions~all i replied tl:e fOTl:ler •. It will he l'iccn in n:sl-reap \rhlie the d~)' lasts tha t he reJOice-lear net lutle flock, the klllg- ! these ~c\cral cOorts to dctermillc 111C

may tre;t~llTe up for his sol11 e,'crlast-Idom is nmrs, until I. come.", !sense ,)f Hthi~ l!cneration," the COlll

ing sah'ation in the kingdom of God." 1, All tl~(~ lIhon~ reiercllces are made; mOil s,ifnific:ltion, the ;l\"erai!e (;f hli\ 1 1"'" • '·d· I, I >. '1 'k a" ~r . ,~_, l'~ _ ,.:, 1111an life, has hy ;"Ill ht>en ,.;w!liomoly

,. Jl( tllSlse'l t:l1t }tlc:;amenol ,',sllo .,Ion m I}(~I) <.,m .,0, p.e\\ol1~ to'a,'oided. The f(';!.,on (\1r thi.-iisc:1si-that called in paL,) "Scck[ing1 tobnng I any knowledge whatevcr. of Jackson; Iv seen. it was t011 ~hort. I~\lt it is n:r. forth and ('stab,lish the (~al1~~ ~'~ zion,~'1 cOllnty, Mo., and GIn not be m;tde (0 i t:1i11 tl~at this :-'.."1;' the "i(\\' of (.I~c This language IS I"epeated III S 12,'»2,3, apply now,. to th:!t 0r any other local-I people at that tllnc, for those nf 11111.- .

where it-the 7c'(Irk, ~r "kii)g(\(lil1 or: it)' .. The I1t';ue"t po..;;:iblc loc:ltion: I~I~ a~~ 3a~ll~1~I~Y ,;'~3r~ pa"t t~l;:t.. ;11: • " ' . )J' I" 1\1 Z' " \ ' !. '1' 1" . I' tll,lp;hni H:nl-l1l11I1 h ,lI\ld th,u (;OIl:itl.Jl-

(,0(\ ........ IS ca e( .. ' Y Ion •. ~ galll: 1Il{llcate(, IS ,"Ill the regIOn rounl i maliall, and I n:lIlure then:, em h.; ~J 9, "; 2,':~ For thus ~~ith .'the L~rd ! about" Philip Bmrcmgh's rc,;illencc,' f"1I1l11 tiwlIsaml,.. oj l':nri;lfchal I>k,,fiod, him [J osephSmlth]' havc 1 1Il-; as cited al)O\'e, Hilt tlle'H:nor of :\11 in;!~. 1"'UiUi,ili'; thi" 10 lli~ hohkr", :::piretl. to mon: tbe calise of Zion fnl"-these show that the fO!mdatiOJ~ (,f hut, who arl" nnw in tlH:ir W';l\'~~' ~ow

. r 1;' I I", d'l' •.. .' ",hilt' the C(lmnunllnw~I~. and per-I1nghty:power lor gOot , :l.l( 1l!-5. I I· Zion IS !'ecurd r laHI. and IS 100 hroad ' ..' . • t... ~ • ..; -. • .... ~; (_cn~t:qut:nce Hi<..' ttrOHH"-\':>! n LiJu,;g to

;;l:'l1Ce 1 know, and IllS prayer" I h:1\e I for Jacbon county. \, t'n' It possible. tl,c ItlC;li Zid!) ;l:'t- r':Hlb'!l ali thing, heard.: ~'ea~ his weeping for' Zilm ,lito SOCt)Jltr:ld i:, it would do. for it,; r('bliil~ tt) Zion iT' i!~ Ijr;r>1;1~y sen:,c, . 11:\\:;:: sue)) 'and I will C:lu"e that he: what On.-on Pratt ~n; i:> done for ,the !MC in ill!! fun 'c. Allli ro the ill'luir\', l'hall mOll~ll fo~ ;;('/" ;/(1' hlllg<~;'; for hi:; , intt'Higent, pre.exist~nt ~pjrit 011 enter-I' ',:Oh:]] ::'~ .~(lth~-/: I:('::ft, I:' L:i"II?" . 'Y ~ 1 r ' . . tl·" I" 'I' n.:ph, 'C"i ltl It:< \\ Illest l">cnse, 1 he ..

(<l"$ o· rCJOlcmg an: ((1J1lt',unto. lC' tn'Y tht' "mrant" tailcrna" c. -pine)· ~ 't' f I' . t ,) '., . , " '.' • b.;. " • • , • . i I nSIJlra Itln 0 ,t"l<> fi£iIU(" nal; ~,~ I Ie

rCllll:;slOnof hiS _ SlIlS anti, the, m:U1~~ Ollt It:,'ii1tclhgcm:{', which IS Its glory. ! key· note to this ~\tbjc\'t, as it Ilid If)

fcstatiol) . of. my' blessings lIpon Ius It. will 'at least he admitted that this 1.the doctrine of trinity.-:::t. .\lIlhro!':e works."'" 'Thisa!s()\"as given in AI'lrilbroad'st;lhe in which Zion .i.; w;etl in! ~:ompo"ed the dox,J!ogy and got the .:!9. What' Zion was :.he inspired to' the opening. of this dispc:ls..1tiQIl of; chhjldr~n ,to Sillbl7i!1lg it(" Jalll~"J' tOfo~,.Il)J

.~. . . '..;, . '.. . ; t c re.r:l.I11, an<. t le ,uuau. 0 1. ICC, ; llIover ""e answer the Churcl1-,-:'·be-.; the (.O . .;pd,lS 1($ primary sense, Ifi made short work of it. . ing i1lspi.rl.'(l of!he Holy Gho.st tolaY"iso, a local sensemllst be sc(olld;.;rY,"j" Shall we ignore cxp.:ricno.~ in re· Ihe' fOUlld:uion' thert:of," par. I. t and as the funner implies permanence, i spect to this !iuujec!, or shall \\'(: learn Wh:\t Zion W:lS he "weeping f.Jr."'! the latter ma\' imph' tran,.;icnt_l~ut! by it and tr:Ulsmit the wi"dom 1::Irnt . ' ..'. . , , - -. I down to comiJl'r "cncratlOlls ( :::;ureh·llotforabltoflandm}ac.ksonimno:casc·(.'an the secondan' sense" E tt t' 71 ,'" 11 t

< .,' j . . ., '.. ,!rver)' a emp III gat ltflng :mc .Qca-,"olmty, Mo., wludl hall not Tet be:=n IllSurp the place of th~ pnmary; and I ing Zion ha.':l been a failure. Shall thought of; but rather for the' going i in the l:itter sense:' was it onl}' u;;ed in !,we give rbe to a. tra.dition that in com~ forth. of tht! G~:;pel a.<; thestonclinto! the begimiing~:, Ht!nce this. is alone j ing gene~a:ions s!lall reproduce these the ends of the earth.,..-that the Hin-I.the general sense; and ]ik~ all general ; a~tempts. Shall wc .~ot rather, r~ach

, ., f ' . "." I ' . I ' '. . . 'h'I' h I·baek of all these lucal and transient Ii hal)lt~nts ~h~reo . may recew: .. ,It ',~'lprUl~lp es must remam, \\1 e t e notio~l:; and take hold of "fi.rst princ!7,

:u~(1 h~e 1~lm 'recel\'e a, "rcnllSSIOU. "1 speCIal o~ 'accon~modated sense .m:y ·! pl~~?, the end ~f thc"rod of. Iron?" It IS l. o( then SlI1S, . and th:lt 'God ,"may be : ~hange or cease altogether. and III [not a. sm~Il thmg to paupenze , a whule . glorified in heaven, so on eanh;" [see· this,laue!,' and local sense was the local: ~ommllmty a.". has b~er~ done JIl c\'ery

., ] \1 i:.' "" "r. 1 I I I Z· 1 'Id' . J k C '1 .; lIlstance of ZiOn 'blllldmg and gather-;:;65· 1 SOlIZ'), ;'4, ... ·or tlollSl:lt, IOU'lUl mg.Hl ae'son 0., ·'°"1" d" "I . t . " ." , . " ,!. . IIlg an It IS ,~ ,3. se aCClIsatlQn 0 ~ dc\'ote ~lll thy sernce III ZlOn._ }'loW! removed from the catalogue ofreqlllre-charge the people who. heome . the i so far from this Sl'I7'i~',: relating to! ments upon thosc'.who had attempted I victims with \lnfaithflltnes.':l a.i. a cau:;!: • jackson county, Mo, .or all)': other. I it and ,,:ere hindered by their enemies; of failure. The world has never lucalit~· it is dearly defined in the! the Lord liays, and 11,11 by tlieir o,,:n wit~H~ss{''1i, an instance of, gre:iter d~-

. .' . ., -.1 _ .. ' votlOn andreacly obedIence and 10 i pn.:ccJ mg paragraph, •• In callmg up-; transgres:>Ion. , . ttl .k- t" the I Oft] 'Ie ;. . ." . '. . ' .. . ;, respec o.a(; "on coun}, ,,> ~

•. 011 God-and. wrltmg-the thmgs wlll(:h! ;The local Zion, It Isagre.ed, wa.<; to 1 made to own thili. The failure re~l.dl-[shall be gin~1l by the Comrorter, and; be complet~d and accepted In the gen-ied from the theory.

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INSPIRATION-No.4. I speaking in tongues in a meeting;:l.S spurious. Th~ h'l'k~ '" . .! among the Latter-Day ~aints to sec i( are S4 in number ;Vlth !':\HW :1\:{~ : 1:1"

In all the developments ofmspu'lthe blood preserved its normal state. known,to haye eXl"t;d I;' (:1.<1 Tc-u , k' th 1 ... f.. t I- , ' . mcnt tmoe!', ami 61 III :'\cw It'''L1!1~'''' atlOn nO\~n to IlS, e lUm"n ac I He made no discovery but tillS rc-, \ I' - 1 1.··· 'I b . I I " t :I. : ' tUlles. ;: 1St ot t'leF~ ma:' 't' 1":11',1

tiCS lave een so C ose y assocla C( l minds us that posture, gesture and in DuPin's Histon'of the t'ant.m ,\:c with it, that it has ever been and still i physical conditions are included in \'olmTIC z. 111C~C n'j:':clcd bouk: is difficult to determine just where the I the exercises of the inspired ones, the claim i~l whole ,<'11" in p:lrt. i!1~pi~',1li':l\ human ends and the divine begins or i ,. , t' for theIr :.n;thont" and were h"iw\'t'd ..' . ~ " I memon', ·perceptlOn, lm::urma WIl 1 1 1 • '1 "I ' .'. ·1 ere the div:nc be"ins j., '. ..,' ; )I1t Ill,,' so l~r JIll b",'!,1l:1l! o! til\' ,l{'\1

'ICC \ efsa, " 1 ., 1 <:>; qmckenc(!, cau~ality, Ideality :md the; enlit::lnclled 01 the pre~c:ll "!.:t' h:1\." and the humal~ ell~is, m respect to .th,e! whole mentality charged with acth'ity. : ~~st them ;lside ;l:; til"','!.'! i\"t' all.! p~oducts of tIllS glft, agent or q~alIt). I We extract the following account of i lal;:. " . W hen we go back lIpon the, Itne of I the appearance of the Srbil, or Pric:ot. : I he pl:lf:ll l~llml:t'r or I ht! ,~!'llll" oj inSl}irational manifestations (or ex-I ,.' .~',' Y' -"1 ;, ,\" • '1~ .:}I tlle prl']l,lel:i IIn),II,':; nut 1 lIt', ll,)h

. ,,' .' , les~.m",I\lllg.1Il0 .. 1te, IHmhlC •. nc,{ Gh\l:;t~l'iUSll;\l1vl1nt.kr~h",d. toril i, amples to test It m thiS vita] pomt wc "f'·' .\ 1 k 6 ' ~ I <. • •

. . 10 Irgl, )00' : 'Inc"cr spoken 01 1lI th,' I'hll;II. hilt a" are at a loss which to select, to tiC to i ..' we halT :-hown thaI till' II ,,1\ \; h,,,!

1 d " ,. I 11 I "And as,hefore the door III \'l\!\\'. I. '. ' as whol y Ivme anh 111\1.1 ncra) e to I SI I I' l' I • IS an Ulfl!lt'Il,'': anti. not :l 1'\'r~,)Ij .. , Ie stam:; lcr \'IS:1'''e pa c;; It:; nac. ! .' '., I I' •

the attacks of rcason, which may sug- i Her locks dishe"elI;d 11y. ! :::pm!s ot the pr~,p It'(-; I "or. 14 ,'IH;

gcst it is partQ' human, or the di\'in-! Her brl:::th comes thkk, her wild; only mean till' 1I11!:tt'lH'e kOllt: h! 10 , f ·h "\' ~1: I I I hear upon the prop,lds • :tnt! tho:,,: ,q',' tty 0 umamty. e stop at • oses, r leart g OW5, , ' 1 I I

t k d • Dilatin"" as the (i:lI'kne:;s .... row;;. : 111 p HTa 1)lI111 leI's. . .. for we can go no further l:tC, an ,'" <' , k'I!'; "knew when was 111 111:111, hI"~ Ii d I 1 '.', tIl Hcr form looks br(!'cr to the l~\'l.", i' 1 l" . I 1Il t Ult t 1e entire IllstltutlOn cs a )- 'I U hI I] ~ I l'j 'call~e tIl.' t llng~ 01 1lI;1ll nne I:i;,;:;'" 1\.

~ I near! \' Ill'a ~ Icr l cep' Olll:( cr\,. ; 1 .', I ' 1 . , h' " I' lished by llis inspiration was 13.U!t\·. A 1 t\-' d 'lrc 11 'nr It 1<.' sp.nt of 1Il,1Il I\'.l\f d \'0. 111 HlI, Illl

, • . . . " I, f; )r~a llng llcarer ~n n1l , t'., 'he did not knew 01' Ilw fi",lrt'" \; he.!!o, and In large part a rc-moukhng or, fhe (,ou comes rushll1g on hI>' ('~lr, j I' . '.' 'II

" . -, . .' '. " • ,., •. cr l.lcrr w,'rc 11::" 111'''1\ It 111"1t 1 !t' II ln, that pre\'allmg 111 hgypt and restmg '. '~o ~br.k! cnes ~hl', 'at won.: u1\'IIH.'.· i·... 1 \". I (' .' " , I' '1" P ! till 1'1 ,anI S;1\, , no. -, - ~, . , I. •• I 1.

Iljlon the profe·'~('d inspiration of her' rtw, roFm, ra\'. no (' sc Ie:> In w: t J b' ~ ,,' 1 1 I ;t:\~ · " . . . ". ~ , " i Its ~pell. hotlml silence J.reab.' " ;, I~ ,1 3~.·. {"', 1<) ~I \I, 33',) pnest:;,. the Apostles with a dc:ua' ! (iJstmet clalll1S tn m'i'Ir.;,I1111 ".1 :11,' light or' inspiration di<co\'crcd the i i'his description will lit alm,)~t ;IS 'l';ll't of Elihu. "The Tiril within m, typical character of the ~lo5.1ic ritual, i well in modern. as ancient tilllt'''' .: nllJ~lr'lillcllh, 111t:. "\' " I :lll\l ,;H':. • . , , • '1'1 . . . I . I ' • : to th\' Wl~ 1 m (T''''; ,1<',1, • 1,'1

l'ut Moses dld not see It, nOf uHI the: ,. Ie spmts 01 II.: prop It:b are Ilhric~ .lcd;l!<:~ tll:n '.\;:" hI' l' i~r(,phctk prieh(5, 1"110 m;l~i;,t!'rcd :ind jSllhjt'd hI the pH)l'h!:!,;.·· Thb stalc- 'In ";;1\' j..: II' ";JJ"\'; n,ill"""ilii'lli." prophcl>ied concerning it, from :Mo;;~s j menl de~t'f\'<:s dqscr con"idt'ralion wa, i"lhi'iH.'d t., ,:il.' h, "pi:li,,':i '1;0'"

'0 lol'n discover 'his It \\'a~ to them' than it ha, relTh'cd, The,;,," ",oj rib the ~ .. l,.;t·;'1 (ff I]),· nl1H r,11 u'"y ]a ! .•.. e,"; .. .) J.~ , " .. t 4.; f '!. • 10 ~,~ .' Tn:1 ~~n(~ hl":' thrtT rr'Ci){~"-'1 ~UHi thl'll!'~t a "pefllctual co\,en:l.I1t throug-h0111 0// ,)f th ... pr('pbe,s 11 will t.t a( "no" 1- '.-. 1.'. . ,.1..

'" :. • • '. t • ciln 1 of t ~:I: n;~ p:rauo"1 ,~.;t" (1,1 '" ).1· Ll:,+r g('neratioll~.'~ 11.' al~ thi~ COll"l edgc(l IS tht' I'a/(S( 01 ,{It~lr Ilr.(lp.:c·.'It'~. die hi, ..... T;111! .. ;li: Hi1b: tll!:. \\ lillie t.: tmuous stream of IIlSplratlllll IS thus:--:-lhe, source of t~e!~ ,1l1"}llratl(lH,:- them-Jolt r!lljils/J/J:I:.:: /II1lI.,,!1 ;1['"

~hown "the infirmity of humanitv, '~l)W,1Il what sense b Illh "ollrceof ro·. the oth(,'r~ for not n:futini!, hi., :Jri;·,. , I d 'tl tl d" b t·1 '11 Sllc:ll l :;piration subjl!ct to the prophet? To menls and vet nmd(,llwin;,.: liilU, :\l1,i mlng e WI 1 lC I\'l\le; u ill' , b b ,. t I ' .'. . " ,

• . , I )("!itt )Jcct to IS to e;'lI ufullul.te (I: he promi~ ... s Illl mon~ Ihan to ;.pC;\"; :\.:-proportion:; as to allow under lIs saud·l thc prophet, and we han: le;\rm~d that l'onling to the uprightness (,( hi:; 1)'~:lf! ion whate,'cr human frailty or human I this gift i;; to be exerciseu only in pro- and to ufll'r wh:lt he /,n.";:' "dearl y," depravity suggcsted, It was more- i pOf;io.n to their ~aith or a(:(:onling ,to; dl. J,l. ')' thotl~h ill \'cN' 17. ('h. 3:!. over ,'acillating, prohibiting at olle! theIr .f senses bemg exercl.s",~! to dls-; he, Ii!;:.; I'.l:!l, d,lims onl r to kll;;\\' .:1 , , ~ " " ~ i cern both good and (:\'11. And ;/,arl and Ihcrt'ftJl'(' could tlilly .

tlllle, and allo\\ 111: at anotht:r the i \\'hen \\'<! are told that thc.~c prophet.,;. in "part," "Th ... r~' i~ a:;J.j I it in PI:l!:,' ,

self same acts, Tlus pro\"(~s that dur· ! are to speak by two or thre~ and the ~:H'" Elihu, "alid Ih/~ i:bl'il':itiu1i 01 ing that long period the human part; rest-the :mdience-h) ,innge, :llld. th~ Almii!11tl' :;~:lldh i!1':~iW (;";0 np,!1 predominated. The ex.hibitions of, this judf:ing- mllst be by the !'cn:::e and them"-lll;l;l-:U;.j IIi, iii,·;) (.j' Ilhl.ir,

l)owcr 011 the part of Moses and the: reason; for there is no other war,' ation is "hnwn ;n (~,. ,;';. 14 III J i' , , i does It not follow that the perlna-, It is df<:;un,..

maglclans further show the complex: nent gifts of intellect, or the faculties, It wiil ile "aid Ihat thi .. \\':l~:I liP" character of this subject. It is true I of the soul are superior to the especial: grad ... (;f in-;pirJt ion, "" c r~~l'l}, i ( that it is conceded, allowing Moses to I gift~ in question, and that the .l:uer wa:; ~uitJbic lo lhe occ;bion, for il ;:Il~ leU his own story, that he proved his I are Jud.ged by the former, ~.J?d what· dre""..:d p. low grade. of 11l,lHI,:n.!~~. .1 , .. . l' btl ever. lS spoken or propht.:sled that. who:.e hl"hest conception" 01 II!\ 11,< mSplmttoll supenor to t letTS, u I '11 b 1" d :) (' I' '." -, I I I 'I

" ! WI not ear t liS JU gment.. .01-. worshIp Was to kIll tI !Jut anI J!:' I those ":ho retIred prevIOus .to the :ast II firming it a..'i di .... ine is questionable i his entrails, the smoke vI' \,hil h, \;'nh test-hiS rod·serpent eatmg thens, and not to be accepted, And how- i their nraver would ascend ;lI,d Wl:<'i l

would naturally go away with thecon~ e\'cr mu~h we disc~rd this \'iew in: ddl)' ~"melle;! the on;:, would li,I .... 1\ I" vicliou that it was about an even I t~eOl:r, It has L~en III .the p:1:>t a,nd; the other.

• '. .! still IS tile rule m practice by Willdl: .... . __ .. __ . . tlllng between them. And fig-lit here i inspimtion i" juJ'Ted, 17 pon this I -- ===--::::::"--'::=~---'----. " is a. large class now-the}' have not i I)rl'nciI)lc the llook~ of the Olrl and. Tm: ;l,1t:";'L.~f;y'J: tor tb· l~c"rt::'!IfY:'·d: "I':":I;~ . I ; uf J"fiU,; elm'! of L3tt.:r D"y :;:JW\., 1 seen the dbtinguishillg tc;;t trial be- :::\ew. Tc~tamellt5 are jUl1b'ed di\·inc in; Ji~ltCl.l.uWllt!lIY, :It,::,.,,lt 1.ake (Jity, V! .• h.

I 1 , I' 'som'" "orr ~nll llot 1.... tilall I I -, J. W, llI:lGG~, Erl:IOJr. , • ',. '. twecn t \C IllU tltU( mOllS competitors,: ~,-."'~'. . ~.'>..., • J: TEr.:'l::l:-k'Il"l'\·,Cl',:ni; (l,.r YCJf. 10 h, .. '" cx.hibitinO' ins >irational owers. The: boo~,." !;et asIde as ApocrYP9a1 or. l"lc: CC"~4ty:II'" co:rIl», " , ... " .. ,,:.1 '"

,,1 P t:,.rspunous ami a lacITe proportJOn~ (;v;umUDlt:.ttl'JI.~ :.bJ fUl..,t..)] , .. " .

writer once knew an ilwestigator whp! ~hc PCOi;htdC::3 amung the L:ut::r-Ihy l1i1dn.:~,cJ to 1'. H. Bri;;.;". J:'bw" lid.,,,,·

asked to feel the plIl"e of one whil~! Sair.(ii h:J.\'e been doubted or reject' ~ ... zm~ p •••• , .,"~w.~· •• e,


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