| Show AT ARBO lecture on butali by parks correspondence at the recep tiiu aind enis irom the western states mr richard lemaa was called upon to of and her people bo after rhe buceta with their names pruned on ii ir brenta bad and angled and chatted together for a couple 0 hours they were called seated and a prepared pro gramme was carried out bro lyman in the time to him emoke of the religion of the latter day saints or cormons mormons Mor mons aa they are better known he gave the founds tion principles read the articles of faith and explained the principles of pre existence baptism for the dead and polygamy then he took up the history of the church and followed jos eph drath fraai the time of his first vision on the hill camoras Ca morah through the manderine wan derine of ane saquia till joseph was in carthage jail and the exi odua of the saints from nauvoo hia speech waa terse and ha received ma ij for hid directness in his nd dicea diced felicea feliu ea towards those chosa parents asid to rob murder and drive the bi cb and ayin horn their bard earned ahme kunis a banais aladj read a well prepared paper explaining the of har atala watch she termed the land of the carlo d aad the home of the blizzard aad in which ahe stated that every man woman and chaid in kansas was a prohibitionist and that rumor had reached her that had been very successful introduced prohibition hibi tion into the Kiner garden the chairman called upon judge parka to us a few minutes audne parks is from kansas also and is here lecturing to the senior lawa on abraham lincon with whom he has consulted ou many a casa which they have taken together he eaid that about thirty years ago he was traveling through utah and that he like every other traveling gentile had a desire to see and to to brignani Br igbani young mhd marshal arranged an inter via w and as he waa being conducted into the lion house he wondered if he waa entering a lions den he was received very cardi ally and entert u eil as if by an educated re wealthy gentleman it ia re said judae parks how reamona rea aona boch tha bible and from nature young bring forth to sustain the principle of polygamy hia conversation waa convincing and intelligent and ace me as being a great man ha looked very much like bu chaban who wai president at that time and I 1 think he was not in many ways the presidents inferior As to whether he was sincere in his religion or not I 1 cannot say but I 1 ased to thins he was not but as I 1 grow operand see what strange opinions men do have and appear to believe in I 1 am growing more charitable and sometimes I 1 think perhaps he did believe in to me the absurd practice of polygamy he described Briz hama appearance bis home the surroundings and salt lake in general be baid he tried hard but was un able to get the exact num bar of children brigham claimed an estimate and had sixty as a and sixty child ren together their many mothers was a seat responsibility upon one man ao the learned judge thought but be added brigham was eual to ano task he was wonderful financier and his own anaida and the affairs of the churuti with wonderful ability and in more wava than one he was a great man the judge thought he would tape graced any curi in europe because of bis fine carnage good and noble batrine ba arine ai the close of the exercises the utah people gathered round ane judee and expressed their agrati tuda at bearing so unprejudiced a man speak of one of leaders and ce in turn expressed his great at begins BO ganv utah students in ann arbor he said the territory must have grown wonderfully in population and wealth to have such a full depre gestation and wondered if the parent g of ech student were wealthy I 1 bro claff leacea in a couple of weeks to visit other schools on hia way boma X ann jan 29 94 |
