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Show i y - ? ono 'jj - Gu Jr YOL. II. NO. qitrjj hue is 4an and mnf tt tvtrg $Vcmtan have ler or. 7 : oxvn 'Qnffband. 2. PRICE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, APRIL, 1881. 1. 10 CENTS. true, but those who have sworn to the fact that Joseph told assisted in the tarring and feathering have studied closely the early history them at different times, but always in of the pcophet, it is not a very farof Mormonism, are convinced that strictest confidence, that the time had fetched conclusion to arrive at that polygamy was latent in it from its very come for the practice of the doctrine, they knew of what Smith had told conception, and its practice and the and an angel with a drawn sword had their brother Lyman about polygamy. Let all There are many other authentic inideas of the revelation were no mere appeared, threatening him with eternal from this degrading bondage .' if he did not step forward stances of a similar nature which go the womanhood of the country stand accidents or afterthoughts on the part destruction, it. It has been claimed to prove that Smith never received a establish and of the natural born libertine who propunited for them. There is a power in agated them. Stenhouse, in the Rocky that the angel threatened him with in- revelation unless there was special combined enlightened sentiment and symMountain Saints, speaking of the early stant annihilation if he did not write necessity for it. Historicus. pathy , before which every form of injus- days of Mormonism, says even at that after his dictation, but this statement tice and cruelty must finally go doivn. time a few of the new converts appear rests on very vague and doubtful au A Valuable Book. Even Wm. Clayton, who Harriet Beecher Stowe. to have exhibited loose notions of thority. morality. Of these, some charged with would be willing to give it as much Counsel to Parents on the Moral divine authenticity as possible, sim A Vision. being adulterers and adultresses were stated to have been turned away, and ply says that he wrote it word for word Education of Children, by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, is a book which disas Joseph dictated to him. INSCRIBED TO LITTLE CALL COLE BY A others were warned to beware and reIn this Smith states cusses, with singular intelligence, dci-cacFIIIENI) OF IIIS MOTHER. And why, it may be pent speedily. plainness, wisdom and earnestasked, were these irregularities so per- that when he was about the age of The faint, sweet golden of the winter ceptible, even in the first days of the fifteen, there was a religious revival in ness, a subject the importance of which moon new sect? Stenhouse answers this Manchester, N. Y., where he lived, and it is impossible to exaggerate the Gleamed softly through the twilight of inv It moral education of youth considered question very satisfactorily in another he received religious impressions. room ; All through the history was while praying in the woods one day in relation to sex. This is the third sentence: Quiet I lay upon my dying bed, It is a book worthy of the of the church, during the lifetime of that he had his first vision, two glori edition. Awaiting calmly the last hour of doom. It is with a keen Joseph, may be noticed a disposition ous appearances being presented to wiJest circulation. Yes, calmly, for my spirit was at peace, him- - It was three years and a half sense of responsibility,, says the And I, though dying, yet could feel new to free loveism. before he had another vision, when he author, that I venture to lay befoic life, During the year 83 Joseph claimed the wide community of parents a subThe mystery of death, I feared it not, to have received thirty-sevedistinct received the communication relative to forThough it might only prove a rest from revelations. In the one of August of the plates, on which the Book of ject which must necessarily bring strife. that year, occurs this one very pe- Mormon was inscribed. Smith gives ward questions not generally considI saw the angel Death steal gently in, suitable for public instructiou. I culiar statement: With whom God a very full account of what the angel ered And smilingly I looked up to his iace, know, however, from long medical exis angry, he is not well pleased, and said to him on this occasion, but noth While friends with passionate, despairing is now there is another dated March 8, 1833. ing is mentioned about the peculiar perience, that such instruction words withwhich commences, Verily, my 'son, doctrine; vet Brigham Young is on needed and ought no longer to be Entreated respite for one last embrace, held by physicians. If not given by As record as having said that the princi lie heard their prayer, but he would not thy sins are forgiven thee, etc. authorized to give it those who those Stenhouse remarks, another revelation pie of celestial marriage was one of relent, He had forestalled their love alone in this, is almost required to explain their the first things the angel showed to are immediately responsible for the and this before Mormonism lealth of the nation it will be given Hut though all powerless to give response, meaning, but there are persons Joseph living 1 felt jy those who are not qualified to inin Utah upon mv lips a bubo' pare kiss who know the reason started A kiss so exquisitely pure and sweet, In the summer of 878, Apostle Or- struct; given in a wrong way, and with these revelations were obtained, why The reasons for It freed my soul from lingering alarms. and who can also point out the precise son Pratt addressed the Josephite Mor- injurious results. of in I Ah! Christ, said, Thy birth, nature of the sin for which the Lord mons in Illinois, and in the course of chastity, purity, for perfect morality, memory Mv. child commits me to Thy tender arms. in early life, and all through life reahis servant Joseph. One par- lis remarks he stated that as early as 1 saw him well, and for the nonce, a pang forgave sons relating to the physical health, to 1831 the prophet Joseph told Lyman Shot through my soul, that I alone was ticular case will be sufficient for illusmental vigor, to the home, to society, tration. Emma Smith, Josephs wife, E. Johnson confidentially that polygablest, o the nation, to the very foundation As through the mystic purple gloom, the had a young girl in her employment, my was a true principle, and would yet of Christian character in young and by the name of Fanny Olger or Alger. ae introduced into the Mormon church, old, are gates extremely well presented. The Of Glory opened in the golden West. It was at the time the present Joseph but the time had not yet arrived. The angel Death then gently touched my Smith was an infant, (he was born in This Lyman E. Johnson, who was a work done by Mr. Anthony Comstock to some of these reasons a terrihand, 832) and in consequence brother of Mrs. Orson Hyde, was the gives November, ble emphasis. (New York: Brentanos Whispering softly, Rise, let us go hence. of the prophet, first apostle called when the quorum of the We rose, and passed into the inner realm, Emmas of the twelve was established in Kirt-lan- Literaay Emporium, pp. 162. 60 cts.) rewas much recovery very of sense. Advance. Leaving behind this outer world Ohio, in 1835- - Orson Pratt said and for several months she was tarded, the door threshold the crowed , eve of But I looked She discov- that he and Johnson traveled and minown dead in a very low condition. and turned my upon J ered that Joseph had been celestializ-in- g istered together, and he confided this We take pleasure in announcing far, with this maiden, Fanny, who ac- to him during the intimacy engendered ,Scarce aught of beauty In its faded lines, Pratt that vve have arranged to club with knowledged the truth, but Joseph by this close companionship. Hxcept the imprint oj that last embrace. denied it in toto, and stigmatized the probably toM this to the Josephites, to Our Union, the organ of the WoOh sweet it was to see it Unger there controvert their statements that Smith mans Christian Temperance Union. Where suffering so long had left its mark. statement of the girl as a base fabricakissed it, from mg earthly Ups, tion, Emma, of course, believed the was the originator of polygamy, but it This J bent and paper has lately been enlarged Then passed forever from earth s gloom gjrl, as she was very well aware that .also proves what we have before stated, and improved, and is now, without and dark. no confidence could be placed in her that polygamy was not a graft, but the best temperance jour I followed then the angel messenger, husband, and she became terribly the legitimate fruit of Mormonism, and exception, ot the stairs mounted And joyful, The name of what Johnson told Pratt was really nal in the country. worked up about it. She was like mad woman, and acted so violently true. The following incident verifies the editor Miss Margaret Winslow And when the seraph oped the gates of is sufficient guarantee for its that Oliver Cowdery and some other this without a shadow of doubt: pearl, On Saturday night, March 25, 1332, literarv excellence; while Miss I crave him, as mv passport, my babes kiss! elders were called in to minister to her, .1. A. F. and cast the devil out of sister Em Sidney Rigdon and Smith were tarred Pugh, who has charge of the pubfeathered Whatever have at 1S81. been sister and ma. the and Hiram, Ohio, may Salt Lake City, January, is well known Emmas other faults, she certainly latter especially was very roughly lishing department, We will for her mumming ability. must have had a very forbearing and handled, being left for dead. Smith Sketches from the History of l'olyganiy. furnish Oar Union and the Standard forgiving disposition, for she condoned was then staying at the house of old this offense as well as innumerable Father Johnson, father of the before together for $1.25, only 25 cents Revelations. Jo eph Smiths other similar ones. mentioned Lyman Johnson. Father more than the regular subscription first MorThe revelation We are also Johnson was a good friend to the Mor- price of our paper. proper appeared It has been claimed by many in Millenial it That Star. the docmon his was and assistance in the leaders, periodical by mons who do not believe making arrangements to club with of the was obtained first that not their it was that publishing they possesstrine of plural marriage, n other journals. of few of and under ion Kirtland miles date a Mormon Smith, 2th, of the creed, Flats, July originally a part but that the pretended revelation was 1843. the revelation was given after from Hiram. There was a large family brief and unsatisfactory introduc of these Johnsons, both sons and We heartily thank those of our cunningly devised by Joseph Smith to I this : daughters, some of whom opposed subscribers who have renewed tlleir cover up his own immorality, and to tion I received the following revelation Mormonism, notably Olmstead Johnpacify some of the more virtuous of subscription to the Standard, esin In of the addition son. three with to brother were who Lyman, presence Hyrum my disgusted his followers, those who have sent other others, Eli, Edward and John, Jr., pecially with the amount of scandal which the loose I and Elder William Clayton. their own. Will not names Joseph was always very reticent joined the new church, but aposta-ciseconduct of their leader occasioned. in the winter of 83 When those who are still in arrears kindly This statement is universally accepted about the modus operandi of his obtain as a fact among non Mormons, and it the communication. Several persons the fact is known that these brothers settle up, as well as renew. of America: Let every happy wife and mother who reads these lines give her sympathy , prayers and efforts to free her sisters To the Women is substantially . ' auto-biograph- y, y, ' ; 1 1 n ! to-da- y 1 1 free-loveis- m d, I auto-biograph- y well-know- 1 d 1 -32. |