Show AUK AIm tK J Tho rho La 1110 Crosse C Wisconsin Chronicle of Ut recent date gives glos particulars of n a awill will content t In hi which h n t very vury I peculiar brief boa ha been flied led on behalf of tho the thoe If etta cUta e of ot William Campbell deceased by an Qt attorney named C 0 I T Hood H Jl appears from tram the tho statement lIt of ot the Iho th case ono William Campbell a Quaker and Mrs Mu T n a Catholic both of I whom very err ery old vIII persons vero mar marriM marrIet riM rIet In n 1002 1102 the tho minister be being ing ig IThier J liler William C Keysor J n R min mia of o the tho Church of ot Jesus Christ ChristI Christof I of ot He JIe complied with the laws of o tho the ther r which authorize certain cil out cers to I nUll ant also ulso III so any Iny ordained minister or priest In ret reg regular r ular communion Ith nay nn religious so society o clety and further the tim licentiates of ofa ofIL a It denominational body or of vf uny bishop hoj while serving ns us n a regular minister or of any an church of or the Iho denomination to which he belongs I The require that before any nn per pcr person son SOli shall be ho authorized to solemnize n A marriage he shall lo credential cre of ot H II cepo censo or appointment with the tho clerk of the circuit court of lit the tho county In which Is he located lo tho the church chul h under his hi mints minis ministry try tr Eider J filed with the Iho clerk of or th the circuit court of ot LA IiI Crowe Crosso Cro 80 county his hit letter of f appointment an M To nil all persons persona to 10 whom this Ihla letter come como This certifies that the bearer William C Is In full tun uhl faith and amt fellowship with viti tho the Church h of or Christ of 0 Sal in B and by tho the authority of raid Church hurch has haa been heen duly to 10 toa toa a n ml lon to the northern states to preach the tho Gospel ant and minister In all nil the Iho ordinance thereof pertaining to his hili hilio o tind arni wo we Invite nil men to 10 give heed to lila his teachings anti and coun ela ilK as n R aman man of God Clod sent to 10 open to 10 them tho the I door of ot life and anti to us nil elat him lu in his hla travels In whatsoever ho ht may need neeti nee And we WI i II ray flY Clod loti I the th Father to bless J Key Cy nor or nil alt who wlm receive him and minis minister tel tar to 10 his hla comfort with the blessings of betton and an earth for tor nil eternity In the tho iamo amo of ot Jets Jesus Je Christ Signed SIRnell at nt Halt tAlk Lake City Utah Do De comber 3 1901 1001 In behalf of said Church JOS JOB V P Jo SMITH JOHN JOliN U n H n M 1 flue Tho husband died shortly horti after ft r Uin tho tim wedding and aUlI a n over his 1111 will was by his relative attorney miNd railed the question nil nl to In tit 01 time Hunt right of ot thu Mormon DItter tinder the theIn law In to 10 perform the Ih The Tho chief to tn the In Inthe Inthe the brief were 1 the thi held by It the maru HH nil Sit SI forth In lilt his to filed fileti I with the he clerk clrk of lit in Ih time and the Ulna of th the huhm I him thAI I time Tim attorney a that Ther Is i lit im before the urt a j that th i It f 1 J Jesus ua nf or itt purports to 10 l I h u m re MM y T r I n 1 i MY as y ni io ll 11 I t M I iiii t mi thi IlIf m It um u often a lined In i tUIl Jo Jr mix I hv hI i I tn rf itc te Hut nUl nil III thae Ih II 11 ris might III n l i In th the nf r f nuin II I I I 11 ie tin tt w nl i ii unit In hi mm Ih 1 CI i i t lien t n nil i ii over u r th Ih t h ry f rut n t tIm i nf f them th orde li f nut not sank I OW 5 not I t u a I if or orlO I iii II th Ih I Ih I ill 1111 to 10 i 1 what hal hi he hith hei L i i I a r th Ih h rite rice of 1 I t th IP hll It h tn h r f tm tin plot pal k Iov t li It U f fa fth non a 11 I th Ih IU u l I that h th Ih I Monn U im II 1110 nl nf I h he 1 m d tAIs It I I thC h I It I Ii alitt w S P MIl MIlf i r 1 11 I r A f I 1 I ari 1 It P Qt 01 bi Ith I 1 Morn Murll lillO II vs N NUI UI on allow IMS U It tilt II ir I La 1 pi MI MIll ll I i ii I ut utI m I ii hi hll n 15 II IIII II iI 10 I 14 11 1 I 10 I I St I J Jh ii h h I hI hIt ill illI t I pl il LotI I I Ii m I I t 1 I L Iu tl I I t 1 t II I I I m I n a priest or minister but this Idea Is he cx ex n It ft nays he ho Is III an nn elder eider The law does doe not confer rillY aimy power flOwer to perform the marriage rite rile upon elders r or deacons This elder Ider I Ir It is sent by tho the authority of lit the Church of Saints on a n to the northern statue state to preach t the i gospel SOli pel and minister In all nil th Ih pertaining to his What ollice of an elder or missionary and nd no other We have not hot learned yet of the courts decision on theM hess mutters matters We Wedo Wedo do 10 not think sin sane judge would hes hea hesitate Halo long 10 M ci to the of time 1110 Lat Saints faith AS nil a 1 religion whatever whaler kind lit be might consider It U ti hue UP or tale raise wise or foolish And nd wo we surmise urmIe that Ih I the Ihl ministerial functions of or the aa ems set e forth In his hla rate of ot appointment could not remain In III reasonable doubt The con can conferred conferred therein by the Church to preach the gospel lo and and minister In nil all the or ordinances thereof pertaining to Ills his of lice ought to b be to to nettle that point And Anel that hat are arc ordained to tu that office la Is 1 so eo easily proved by b the commonly accepted lod scriptures anti by bm bythe bythe the standard writings of I ho thu Church to which eser belongs that It la Is beyond lio rational dispute Wo We 1 0 o not be lie Mr lr Ir Hood flood will hoodwink time tha court It Is remarkable HOW Ilow lawyers will quibble over oer strained technicalities and how ready rendy mot most poisons persons are to attack k anything end and everything relating to Mormonism Under the lawn of ot Utah ministers of tho the gospel go pol or priests of or any In regular communion wIth Ith any religious society may solemnize marriages inI It has hIlS never novel been disputed or doubted that elders of tho the Mormon Church come comae within this category We Wo give gho place to these to emphasize the tho Met fact that our missionaries are lire nil all It II or ministers of the tha gospel find to show to what lint lengths length otherwise sensible peo ico people I O plo will go FrO In their uninformed hostility ity It to the Church of at Jesus Christ re rJ to earth In these Juller jatter days |