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Show jiTCsa 3WbkS 7 '" ja L (4a jrjt- -1 & t- -, & Tvsrn S' f - N(.V i 4fta .aMSw s t t f t'zSvvw ,zr '. --wifl S r,J-- yat'Jg. y'iA?,'s X. , V i" r?giT'VPy rSJt Ci' J'iii y"-- - "' r'Vi'"'1''4-- ,' i Hwft ,vJ, f 'rt'y - y I"; Tyrp w jl YJ f B PtM 'll I ', r V r if J ) c ay a? so I t A1 X' u ft. ' h s. ii 4? i Tie hat o VOL ha i to nec s.nli t iu Ohio, Ml BKboL. Tllfl M'M'H VV.r to in lie h,ui li'it Nauvoo t"t itoiiof r r Devoted to Evangelical Ciiristlanity Educating Temperance, Exposition of trad Moniioii;fcin and General News in Utah. a lt IV p bf Afti r the cat was let 111 of ti.i hag be the reading of the blasphemous Revelation given to stj Smith, Nauvoo, July PI, 14 j, the existence ef which Lad been denied, to Gentiles and to the uninitiated Mormon:-, by Pi ojilsctmuid Apostles wLere-- e ei it had been esteejiied iu oessary to do fo; Polygamy was preached with greater zeal and practiced with greater daring than evei before. "Wiien Brigham led the Saints out of Nauvoo. ihero were aiious wairants out against iiitn, for fornication and lascniousiiess, and the same sort of discipline that was practiced accent y on p;o-ducli- on, J"f-ep- h H f t--t r o : t4? fit Ias5 I A ! Albeit Carrington, if impartially would hae resdltea in his expal&ion fiom the Apostolic quorum; but the time Lad not yet come; for, then no conspitacy Mas being hatched to ruin the character of federal officers, who weie living to administer the laws. when Col. Kane delivered pnetual account of tho march of Israel from Nau oo to Sait Lake, (which was stocrangi Lbod largely through the aid given by the Federal Government, in enlisting the ueiess Mormon bat. In 3 Nit), Ins I oho h i,l , ' hj o pay gung where they intended to go at any rati) his discourse excited some in the Gentile world. There those who knew something about wete the practice of the Mormons ia Kilt-lanOhio, Jackson Cuuot,in Missouri, and Xamoo, Illinois, who expressed opinion mildly, adverse to the coloring he Lad given to his picture, and lie was asked to explain or justify the Mumoii Greed, by those who believed that as a man tlnohetb on such subjects so he is.'1 After saying in reply that he would have nothing to do with It," that is, with such a discussion: lie goes on to say in a postscript to Lis published tLat t! e communicants (f Morns nbe; cultivate no viy.sttrtes or douWe I'.'.'o1 ao that I ctrtaiidy think they nr 1 be h lievcj in their own exposition of it; arid then quotes .section CJX. on marriage, and CX. on government end laws in general, teffirring the reader to the Book of Moimon and the iiook t Doctrine and Covenants as published tt Ivb'iuni in in whn h oil maniage, the candidates to kce; themselves ,'hoUj for each other and yNaji oil other during their lives. And tints waives tustiur discussion of tilt subject, by giving the testimony of the criminal, er-- now, sthoiioi' iMlvgamv had been announced the Elder-- , sent rev lotion i., d. chs-ir,r- -e . 1 1 Id-14- , l, pio-mis- p n vVtiC rau'" )' jii- -i bv 1 jii inciplc-- tt s of tin1 trali gospel: fr t Bio-Kimbal- at g-e- bv-th- - c:,ve!ts ? John D, whose arthly in the twenty-thirminated tei d ny of fandi s'ikj at Mountain Meadows, Washingti.n C, wnty. Xtali, where on the Kith of Sopfembt r, WiT, twenty years befoie, he with forty-nin- e other members In good and Fpcctable btanding in the Mormon I'eipetual cluirih, Emigration Society; called eating under the order- - and command of their church leaders and regarding the (,l as a religious duty had in ..I onlb to niilerod , n. In,-- . twenty-sevemeii, women and children for tiie buihling up of thi church pml Kingdom: was at this time, as lo had i)frTi u,t pi a r v Trooe'tlli.r bi Hi cicamatin i i m d ' i 1 n lO j in iiuiiic f' i isti rp a,e.r in vi.n'G, r,, 'Jv tLp an i tf rr:t. rial affairs. lie Lad . .uo.-et-- . d and if hlmstlf with t!ie Mormon organization to as taily re-- IbJ", ami from that time to k scu( them home, and tell tl.cm that Zion is the place for them to tin if teachings, and not to v.efe t ih" to fescii lie 'njx'dn.i of tie- exaltations and of the puvvns of tlj woshl tc come and f eternal live-- , that is fhev were O.a-t('!!C'! iiig 'V c; ythii.g that to ;!v,r to Morino'd-,- ,' JJOC the!- e Jn. cai'-e- r vva-ra- enthuisstie be, i , ed deh-u-- sm-mv- . - V ! S ei- iin-o.'- 1 a-- Oi T 1 ! ID- ( 1 r -, e. , c- i )tL ii-Fi- m-'C- e oi 1 1 -- s i 1 un-le- d 11 h-.- d hi-fa- ith m e, n V'-vr- s 1 - unfc-itunatci- -- ; -- -- ,1 T -- I 1 i r I 1 J-- X j - s- sr-i- . ilin-ii!- ( ud 1, U1 ! ; id!, I'sv: O .11. N IHt ' l 111 ! i vfTiiv ,YI s ' ns ! c I .. - 1 linn, w -- in ihe of all its peculiarities of faith and practice, . i ,i r , c i , i JtJO U ill'- t'i JJUt If ,iX as taught by the revelation leeched bv the Piuphef Joseph Smith, as soon as he iwiiii ef if and ii iv e"''shd tii h' fir-- t onng polygamous trij, , by ihignam befoie the Saints ha'l left Nauvoo; and S,V to 1 oi !Ss than one vcai wa-- tl Mormon V " t ti f j I the bef'n niado public in 2. r ii.lL his views of the scripture," i n ti3 in pul-i At giudidt jo! iG or ratsn-- Wi'h In- !ea-!l- v ti Council Bluffs uii th wav to Salt Laic. uipsc was brc1 ' n. asi'I ffr, . BngL-.:,)took fi'sksion, on account of tin' nov, tti.at i e,tis iai pi us man Grig! am Ja tln'iinq tu bilelty rocouid tin1 i fccaicct mm to it. rue "iimcn oiig r.i.u j h;&sKUis tiimugh vvi.ieis fie in one night; In beUience tu siipf!e the 'nmcultn s tl ' y C011OSI , be chrJ, bad r n;k' i Lo'i.S't 1 i t!till t t . nl-C- .in in 1 books of previous explorers) and that when he arrived on tin spot where he then was. lie declared that, the place a temple After Bro. Kimball had prated hi the praver of consecration until Ins lung failed lun. Iro. tlrant and others ha. ened the ground around apiece of eaith about one loot square, at the southeast corner s.f the temple site to the depth of pi inches; dining this procedure a dol lar fell on the square foot, no one knowing from whence it came; and it being a convenient occasion, prophecied that it was a good token and that means would riot be wanted to On the Oth of the build the Temple. immense ciowd an following April, from near and remote parts were gathered at the laying of the corner stone for the building of the house of the Lord, that he may have a pleasant place to lay his head on the earth; and where the Kings and Nobles and the great ones of the earth may delight to visit and secure a biding place from tte storm and tempest and the plagues and the fire and the sword, that God will cause to pass through all lands, to depopulate the nations on account of their wickedness in his sight; thus killing o,T an iimmerable number of men so that the prophecy might be fulfilled, if it had not been already, that seven women bh ou Iu lay hold on one man." The and Nobles and other Kings distinguisho ed persons were exorted, in the General ar, to fervvaid Epistle viittui this with the Saints from everj clime', the ir rich tieasuies to beautify and adorn the house of the Lord. It would be interesting to rt count many things done Saints, but arc they not ail written clown in the Books of the House ol the Lord, for the enlightenment of futuie ur z lion4- leal after Am had aim i, , ti e var rtl ijiin emtl.ei i.f ore child, to herein'' the .ht 'i ( ; enera I G ' ml wF f.ftha ,li.i 1 . Vi ells nc '' .e ike 1 ki t u t is eaneo Gieaf lb itiait for the so t alh il word of God as given thiough Joseph the Leer; and who had with the courage of a ro- foinu r, acs orJiiig to the testimony o? ids son Junius tLseaidcd the Asnfcii- an ot monccamie s sti ri i m irriane r' and end.raied ami piaetic ed polvgamy for the sake ,,f preserving tin' MVi! breed on ti,e earth tthe latest s liable of ret mded time;'" IK had hKo resigned in i iaisns to Ilmmahne the sistn of Louisa who was promLe to be seah-to him, to that pim minded and Faintly min Brigham Young, notwithstanding she did not want to be separated from her sister, Bro. Lee, was the adapted ton of Brigham, and had been among the fust In the temple at Xuuvoo to receive ins washings and annoint-ings- . Tie was also a High Priest, after the order of Mclehtzidek with the right and autluiriy to build up the Kingdom in all the earth ami with power to any vacancy that might occur. The Prophet Bro, Brigham could not but remember how he had ansl-te- d him in his flight from Nauvoo, how obediently he had surrendered wives at hi command, l.nw faithfully he had followed the battalion aijioss the deserts to Santa F o and brought hack the money, after which the Prophet so greedily lusted; And now with a hot zeal, Bro. Lee emigrants from Salt Lake City, out into lonely places ro strengthen the stakes and lengtleu iM curds of Zion. As the Prophet was nut forgetful Bro. Lee had 1 en a member of the territorial legislature, a delegate to Constitutional Convention, aftei the massacre for which he ale ne was executed, and stood then so high in the fa'cr of the Pi that ; who alone he I the keys, the than Geo. Washington gav e man gnaicr him his lith wife to n new Lis vitality and as the II ih might not be sufficient for the purpose ordered Amaa Lyman s .sling to do the for an Ihth; and IJeber C. Kimball, name fragrant with the memory of filthy utteitances on public occasions, to perform the same office la the, cn-- e of the B'th, If tl.eo was ever a trs- - end sme-rMormon who prov cd bv his vvoiks that Monie.r was the adopted son, and faithful servant, of Brigl.-Young John D. .ee But Brigham at la- -t forsook him, left him alone in the of ih- - Gentile courts to I e ami Bro. Peiiro-his eyecution eight yr arr atter and tvvei.ty--cve- n after the massa-ireit is labored oration, has no word of pi!v for tl.i- - man, whose deed of darkness, in whii li ho was assictfd by fifty oBicr mcmi.et f.f the organization, was the logical result of the teaching and eouieu of Biigh.ui Young Jedediah M. Gram, Geo. A. Kniui and ethers too Tlu fif ruiMcrfiiiK to tpm t!mjk A rv (fUll O'Jill Um!v. . etediug small and P nros n(w hi rials rf exile, b: thrthe New. w'tn that other ernbimi aii.t of ti e olden time. Ger.eral ii. Ii. ve", i, v UiG I; (I tf it jitS u..t, kililt , ;r ill nation to ealmlv tu ly the auses oi hat bloody Dago ly( that ri lentie , lb'.! bo Ui 1. ,ii died1 that John J id aiy D. , d. Ili ul - , v' ih fifty m5 cr .urt-: e;trii,. To eveuti' . id he ot fust emurai d Mm i.mnlcn, been r.1 ou- S. is. and the ffe PUPdof ,i,.. Tncp v as :h fimlg, urigudUl Jed' iPah Grant ,.s,d 'tl r taint,, of this ,. lav l r dav dlspof tie fullress et 1 ti.' 'v ,n :r future walk s c may find some i'gtt, t! it thalS why Brig an surrrc'Tid-e- ' d L:- - see by e hid 'll .nnl- !. : ' dcft.Th lir-- r w i WALKS ABOUT ZION FROM F5 ', AND OWYARl) RY A PEDESTRIAN. have been caused bv the sti.dv of the I l?: tow ! drcoui.t dial ill! , .hu tin a re teas that rivehitom, for ih,. sSiiiiits in tu uiountmn ; ' (he might neglected to av that ins diea-n- hOfaetl I nrntf, hut the h;?rers ar fK.' ? SALT LAKE (TTY, UTAH. FEDKUAK Y, lSSil. D. Utah Christian Advccat s fc a' It sL nil IN A1 IMG liy ii 1? B there nut f .t, !ls Jill vim,j; i. ml id - u! in pntp.u t'lie !i,';ip- - m h ! t.i - i's 'ii ills' ; iiitwho i dollbls that musso, are il tetoi!the infallible k ipe f I h a n' a ' , Can we not take the uonl , f Sunth - untie i lly for - g th dead? bapti-tl ougldh IKh1-- it not give u li'oitals the virv oppoitt , m - I -- Tl itiee 'i ,b-- j -- ei . nte.b'd for jv i f o' i iei turn m BalMmor ' W. fh the for Shot. hud. o f j) l i iMUH'lpf ot n t tin' N )cn y of I'iej.ds, a id one B.sh. p Tu Li's hue ie .n Alne i, last 1 nesdavv eve. .eg del'verid a on public tii vvhuh we Lav i' fallen s i John-o- n 1). by Bov. o; h 1- n-- r loiiow hi . e I.. l.-i- um mmn vnp his woi,k in A I Kl After the interview won Dr. Pugge and Lieutenant Weissman regatding the B ho Tax lor T ii b el .in f"e e enuoltv'i his These men two wtio plans. changed tin fust while men that ever crossed the Kasai Pivot and explored that great eounhy. There they found a semi-ci- in 'tMior tluo'igh this mortal life'; fiaudeil my neigi.boi out of - i, !,h , tr in sum-- otl.er way by iny st h action-- , - if nu o and beantitul to be ab! to atone for it all, by being solemnly biptbed in Lis name? Does it not give oppoBundy to obey the precept, ye wmdd that mi n sl.onl do 1 ; i.u, de jc even so to themh If I were i limbo oi j)e.rgatorial fires, or in some o:h'r table place in the other world, would 1 not. wish for some one to help me out, when it could soea-il- v be done? 1 do not know how much mon y it takes to pay for the masses neees-.n- y to get a ea-- e hard very sfely through pnrgatorv, but I think the Mormon method is the easiest and the cheapest, and quit" as effectual. I have some Evangelical friends with whom I have talked about this mattci. I found directly, that they dal not believe in purgatory, the Pope, Joseph Smith or Mahomet, neither d.J they believe, that, baptism could save a dead man ora live one, but is sjmp'v a uie- inony, cr form by whiih on publicly professes his faith in J us Cii'i-- t, a- - tiie Prince of life, ami miiv Savierof The ceremony al-hymbobing tin re . eralion Geau-m- g the inlbienee of by the Holy on the spi it ot man. I I 1 j p-- itv 1 be om-fo- it In-- vvhat-oe- 1 v. i i -- er v 1 nl Df M i s vheiu theie wtie lara-- villages, fanrs, for smelting metals, cookfruit, fn-g- es ing utensils, ot . Thu king accompanied them with a large guard of his people across their eountiy. They were the lb t white men that people had ever seen, and they supposed these two men had tome out of the eva vvho.v; vvateis haul washed their skins white and Lad straight, iied out their hair. They mar the gieab'st l.r them ,o.d kiss to them. When sought they came to the phii o whole tin ir t hicf king resided, he showed tliem tm- sanm kind -- afi-eti- .ui - ui d on a. eiimpanying tliem with IB fifty vuv, , to the end of tl,Ir jouine. kV'in u ti.ey pirtedtiie king leqiicsttd tiie. i on tl t ir next vh.lt to biinghim a new mu L'.i iu-- ti umert. BI-- h p TaySo- vv, otisi yu into that rounOv uti'i! i, , .... '.ifiitvind ii'ile.e diet. mi fiom Lo.oela. He found the oveiland iindpeilis too great v th, i i loiite, butinienus the coming spring Bat what about that, 2,ith to make a Hank niovenu ;.t and take a 1 5th. rhaptei of 1st t'oiin'l ia.is? M slur-euto aptnie th.,t co'intiy a:. I Evangelical fiiends tlmugh! tie meaning p. iplc for Christ. It i kii.wn now not very eleai, nine thought it aniu-- tli.it the Kasai Iliver, which i tins through nee to a heathen custom, vdn u i (m heathen, Lke the Monnons w'io baptized t benefit then iKad liiemi- - ami bv this a t were piai 1, ,t!ly eoi.E ,ng the u'K Ginr ui a laiim .u tiia Lis sami' tijth uas n tiuu, of the !., .g hen, as by otner ne.-- in-i't- ed . H I -- iu.-n- . - O uis-tiuc- g-f- Sy-iri- 1 t vei-eoli- ic -- e i 1 -- ci jt en-b.- the pricing thought tie- gl.t come and cat of st- - - ..f ,t,r the d' ,nl Would m the custom ol t!si a det killing a hor-could Slave it to vide or his wife or aer- on him in vants, that they might llm other woihl nnplied'y conies mg a belief sn a futuie life. Soic.i thought die text alluded to r ferred to those who in times when ii to make a j.rofes-Io- n of would till g, no and take the places of tho- -i vvho l.a b n put to d( atll for it; none oi these e;'i,i!i;i tion-the te.f, seem, d euti'eiy ir.i.i-i.r,-into my mind, I am no sehular. ur vve had a , t b ,he ii alu Grc ek into thn I'leefi-h- . I i ;i hapo r, v. ;i pi rl.ao- - moo .ite' ulu, usual. It ch med to uie ii t was not the oh', t upon win, Paul 'US w 1!..'. The ej,,'q-v, d ea-.e- t w.i-dea- th clui--tiam- ty -- I 1 L- - i a.i-hi.,- ,,- i ( ! o cp-ti-i- I r an argument to prov o th,- do of the edurruficn o! Jow i Fm. f - j me ,H t r. t ry ;s ' . a f i . ( Id f(. 1 -t i ? ' . u- I ! f, , 'Ii rtsl M t) e,l u' N ii.. (is t i '.o'U. u iv! ). i - s tL ,i i i o ; ill d. iivioeb el p :'s ? to in i' ! ,) I k 'i ! to s' XI 1,1 IS. 'e 1, O e t ' ru'd " i ,cs r f - has' d l,l on t ne hope ot (oil tratii ihaf he aive aiul isihe imi' t s d'ii.n l't P vc lilt K we have Ml t m, WM U 2 to, baptlzt. our fauh in a l!r,g h liin-t'Yhz v. do, oi wi:at is to beeiun oi -, o' ' ne: ! S .u have beu baptized, oniv n.ra ! a, nui,f li'.iie .'iiildien. Me knew Ce ijied. it he - TH mivi i(i,.r, edue.if.vi no ): . e 1' - o. HO use to Pr biptleii m 1.1m. Thus the m ai.,.ig o i .HUSf i.f th V(i..e shad ih V d v.hii.h a e bapfL, i I :r.t . i its in) , e.iptur'sl ami p' . whole thev I 0 l.lt d siffd joi vin- - r so, m,.y be. AM " ue i Vv i iv ! -- vrv i w I he. sj itious. u r g I i vv ui ! nil at on! v two ml neu bring fri - v i - i. ( .,ii-up he oil s in the v i K , - u I V to e o ' s u& I fn t g it hr'-- by i i . i ,v,s sr t a '' i fid i; u it the i t Ol J . V r,e m liiee- - in. -- . 1 I s 4 I, tin v . - i Vototl baptized t t. (, .... ni... i , t'l si'lcan I tii t tl, Jl, v ad? I'VV v llDi'i kT II o-i- o 1 i I ' a- - i i o', c 1 dm |