Show 0 THE BRIGHAM YOUNG OF 1896 0 A Olmt With tlio Irofklcnt of flio Mormon Churcli About JIlH 1ooplo nUll Tlioir Holtelcm = = TA t fbimoniu HtOnfy Titu aIIIiIIIA TJ SiHnitni lln Tktf Fittlui nMatne Miitmi tJ tbulmttlti Tit niutte KtHxhni Tf Quillet < JMieillov tbrmt Cimlt Oiitl Ikt j > jitrine Tilling ftlrmaJllm > ll H iWjr wr > WAd II ttnnmf Ikt teln nttiSailtl nrlth 1V OlJ < < IIIJ Kiael II A Kmmlittt TM IfM Oil rf Ht Mtit Xlnigtiurtoii tf Ut VtlUJ Slilii 0 I wl1 CmI 011 o hu VIIOI I SILT LAn CIT1 Urll1 Ocl Ib 1196 b I J iI n I III hm II II lIord ood If i rult lie Is Ibuplrllual hOld I ber Olh to oIlh wolJ nd uch he II 00 of lb motl mkabl dflloI I rul oih worlJ M I IIh wolnlmnllor hlIIDg blm 1 lb Idnl hou fql I jw Dd I w rhd Ih L IhlooII loooph Smith on oT h Twlve APDtll Ind 1ldr Inrot Ibe bblola or Ih church I bad challr < with Ihnl a hlomhl whn I hot Lroadbouldrd Ibulll hun lObo did rollook 10 be hlore Ihn 11lr ful 01 ce Chll In II had kind blu f and bit qua ce w 4 w v a d h wrehl I Judee WII boulon hundr aod ill pound JII d w black Iorodcloth d hla IInn WII whll AI lb Ihck Ihlh 01 whleh corerd 11 bd lie wllkd In lIh A hrm 101 nd Ihook mr bnd lIh I C < lrdlol Elp Mr Smllh 10lroducJ mlo hln It WII Irflldol WoodruO bo WII Lor In Coohclleut In 111 > 7 duID Ih prnlducr 01 11om JeO on nd bo It 1111 OUhl holtllb ltandlDg Ih1 b I In hi hlnulh urI ur-I h khown er1 mn In Ihr olnIIbul hone who how 0 mucb mn nd pllcal vitlilr a doet Ihl ormOh plIldeol Ih 111111I01 COlcorlh bo b i hlnlr II wlkd wllh a CI Ind lolld Lout Lln upporld Lf bit bodr rvnl Duln hi 1IIr ea III Lpl 10 hit bd the Eattr 11 or uch dar Id Ihouch InlelleluII Lrlchl hd nothlnl 0 Ih 1 vlor ollnldol oodrlr Gor nncr lb hItorlnonr prolodd 10 ork Itr lie w InI II u frlt p rJ r r dloo wbh be 1Idd M Irfll dent Harrisons 1 father Dr hcoll wai able lo I walk about at ninety three but a nlI occompnl1 him ahd In hatting with me he repeated hinmlf ltd ihuwtil Dial hl memory wai wandering wan-dering tt ilfurd UVoliuir 1lIlIlu1 I ul tlgor lie Uughed like I a toy leveril 1 llmea during our chat and at lime he role and walked about the room He look a trip lo Alaska last summer and he ttood Ilia Juurnty at well at any maIn ma-In Ihe piily TIIK ticnir OP LOXO urc During our convirullon Inked I him to what he attributed hU wondcrlul working powers lie replied 1 comi ironi a long lived larnlly and Inherit a SUITS coniututlon 1 bellete Uul both tenperance and hard ork lead lo longevity and t lute all my Ilia hn tennxrale and a tard worker Iheio uu things have helped tnn but itilde ol and apjrtliom tnem there U I lolhtr clement whichItteemtiome hia had much to do with my strength I In looking back over my life I II tecnu lo me Ilial there bay aUa > t bun Iwo powers at work about onelrylndu demur me me ullier lo keep me alive bo lar the taller hat prevailed XV by I have cone through all r klndt of peiilt and had all klnus ol accident Nearly every bone ol my body hat been bioicn at tome time or other Mir legt were broken twice 1 wai ulco almost dead from drowning My riba were broken at another lime anil 1 have had about a tcore ol attackt ul billuui colic 1 iow suffer from Ihe Ihma which keeps ne front sleeping but pritieOjd I Imu Hill able lo work IHAYia AND IKALTII 11 I le hat another element which keept him allv said Mr bullh Tmi I > U tiotr you vroulJ not count much lul we count It a great deal lie 1 hat Ihe prayera of about 300000 people going up < very day lor hil health Ibeii you Mormon bcltcte In prater praterWe lave faith In prayer and we be lieve In curet Ulnr accumplikhed by bll gC f theUjingonoflianiu watthe reply llytne nay there l a lip uhicli will how IOU Jun whal weilu believe Il Wit wrlittn by Joacph bmlih and II cribracet article l our Uilt Here Mr Woodrulf handed me a card which 1 copy verbatim ArriCLU or uoauoN PAIIII I We believe In God the Eternal father and in Hit bun letut Chrltl and In Ihe Holy Ghost i We believe thai men nil I be punnbcd for their own aim 1 and nut lor Adanit iranigremon j We believe Uul through Ihe too mhl 01 hr all mahklh1 may h ved by obdihC lolh I Ind ordhan 01 Ihe cod 4 Ue believe rnatiheie ordinances nrInal I Mill In the Lord JeiutChrlit lecuud retxntance third baptltm by Immeriion lor the rtmlnlonol ourtln > fourth laying I on of bandj for the eftt ol IhellolvGhoit f We litIItie Ihtt ft mm muitbe called of God by prophecy and by Ihe laying on ol lundi by thoie who Ir g P f a e of 6 We believo In Ihe Mme organli aUon Uul e > l > ted In the primitive Umicli imely arottlei prophett paitort acher < evangelist etc 7 We believe In Ihe gift uf tongue < prophecy revelation viiioni healing inlcrprtiatlon ol tonguei etc rpt believe I tne ilibleto be the word of Ool l at lar at It 1 It tranilated i mectlyl we alto believe thellookol Morrrnn In be I the uord of Cnd 1 9 U c believe In all that Uod hot re ealed I Hut He doe now reveal are a-re believe 1 thai He will > el reveal r many Keat and important thing pertaining toe lb to-e Hlntdom ol God l in We believe In Ihe literal gathering gather-ing ol Israel and In Ihe restoration of the Ten Tribe That 7 < on w III be built upon this continent That Chtlilt111 relxn pertorully upon the earlhand that the tarth will be renewed and receive ill partJIilcal glory II We claim Ihe priviledca of worhlplng Almighty God according lo Ihe dictate of our conscience and allow all men the same prlvllrgetet worship wor-ship how where or what they may 11 Ue believe In being aulject to klngt prcildeniirulert and magUrate lnooelng honoring and tuitalnlng Ihe law 13 We believe In being honetl Irur lu te benevolent vlrtuou and In doing good to all men Indeed we mara mar-a that we lollow too admonition of Paul Ue believe all thing we hope all tiling we havo enuured many thing 1 and hope I lo be able to endure all Ililn i If 1 there It I anything vlrluou lotclroruf I good repot or pralieworlhy 7fl r rti we leek aiur Iheie thing Jonpli Smith Till ONLY TRll CltailTIAM At looked I Ihe above article over I taldi I ee Mr Woadrull you Mor moni believe I In 1 the Llbe why you are almoit lirlillint 4 Why bleu my rt rrplleil I Ihe old man lVe ClimiUni rf Iy man we ate Ihe only true Chrlillan We believe In the pieccpu ol 111 Old and New Teilamentt and we try I to rracilce what wr preach Ue believe olio that Ih day nl revelation hat not pined an that God Hill rcvealt hlmsell I lo trd UOHMONJ MOT iivrocaiTkib Hut President Woodruff do all of your people believe these thlngif Many ol Ihe gentllet tl Ink lhat only the pour J h and Ignorant ol 1 the church actuilly I have faith in what you preach Do lOll be I eve and da the IIdas cl your church bclkvc Are you Honest In your beliel The old Eentltnun looked at me a moment and then replied Ol couiie 1 believe lj you suppoie tie would u7 ltr m r i carry on life 1 o Ilil kind If we did not hate Implicit lallll In lit being the light life and lhat Irum odr Do Iou khOW wtuta Moiraon engaiei to LO whe b enter Ihe Lhurcbr I le acrert lo I rI Cc ndI all at the c I command of the church to drop Mi buimesi hit proieny and hi limily and lo go wherever Ihe church direct him Why we lend out every year Irani oa > to 1000 nnssloaarira all parts ol Ihe world re rhJ leave p all 1 Ihcy take neither purse nor scrip with them and have only enough la suslaln Ihem 1 ake my Ille I have been silly lour years a Mormon I have traveled many lens of thuusamts ol miles I Mr 1 hie has been In dancer I nave been mice almost drowned I have been persecuted Whil had 110 1 gain by I all trill nal hate Ihe youni nienwho lol bl r nfh are now going abroad lo I nglnod I la jermanv to Itie hlands ol Ihe nca tu gain by ID NoO MISSIONS AMI MiniONAKtU How Oo your misilons succeed cry well I think replied the presi I dent Our preachers are doing much Kiwi We hate all laid about 150000 oiivtitsard emigrants who have com lere as Ire direct result ol our labor and here are Mormon colonies manr parUol Ihettorld However tou mutt not think I lhal Ihe moil of llio Mormons are Icrelirners The Ituth II I that the grand malorlty of cur people are Amen cans Nearly all ol our IcaUltiv men are and have been Americans Many of us are Irani New Knland and descendants ol Illgnm lathers How many Mormons are there now In lha worldV Aboul 300000 Where are they there are nearly 100000 In this stale I Then we have colonies In Colo radu Idaho ttyomlug Anion and N Ind Old MuIN Iliete are colonies colo-nies In linai Ilrltaln Germany and l other pans ol Iurope I Thcra are large colon es In Australia bamoa and 10 Hawaii lhnds I Huw about our colony In Old lulcol II Is doing very well Tim silver basis acts as a molecilva lanlT as to bringing I In itoodi Irani the outttdeto compete with themand tlieyunsend their cattle and other pro lucts here and ict a sale I Icr them They are well liked by the Mexicans I and the goven ml nt 1 heir law ns there bear a sirongi resemb ance la American cities than ai other places In I Meilco mi rimau or KILICIOIS Io IOU believe that Ihe world will etentually all become Mormonr Noldo tut I I believe thero III always In cilfcrenl religions I think all lellglons must have some good In Hum or they would not be bcllveu The Mormon Is the best and Ibtru iclitlcn We tolerate and respect i religions you know In ojr labernac every man can hate entrance litII he he Irotettant Catholic Mormon or Cenille Not long ago a Presbyterian divine was uflered tlie chance uf prueh Ineliilhelabertiaclc II I lewis one 01 rurly who were passing through Sill Lake He l reluied saying Ihe I pany f r ilnr prelcrrcd la hear a Mormon Mlnltlers ol all the leading denominations have preached In our tabernacle Our people come out and listen la them Thlsohcn happens roLITICI AND Till MORMONS How about the manifesto lately proclaimed pro-claimed Il ls charted Hut Ihe Mormo are Irilng to run Utah Mollilcallif fiIr That It I not true ssld President Uoodrufl We do not preirnd la lell tou people how lo tolf We tryli seiaraie church and state llrlilian Yuan Uucht Hits and all ol our teachIngs teach-Ings nave been In I Ihli dlricllon WL have Mormon Democrats and Mormon Republicans I The so called I nianllesto to rc tC wtich > oj rrler as nurely adeciara < lion ot rrlnclples which have len a rurt ol Ihe l church since Its loundalion It li I nothing new no revrlatlonnor new I I romulgalion of any kind Our prlncl ilr provide that when a mta It I an officer ol the church tin iihmild ak Ihe advice and accept the decision ol hll lellow olhceis ol Ihe church At to whether lie nhall engage In oultlde bull nets or politics II thne thlngi are to effect hll work wa should know it One ol our twelve apostlei lor Imtance ha lately been enicaglnz In real 1 estate speculation In Unada Ill builness lia kept him away for lU I months r l a I ekfl could I not go where he wat tent among Ihe church brsnchn or late < and subordinate orizaniiatloii In lo whlrh the church ls divided There It much hr ojr I Ider to do nnd II Is I leccsury Ibal such action should not be Interlerred with hy outside matter Another apostle wai palng I attention I lo it rI J J rd politic He w anted lo lie a candidate lor Hie Senate low 1 could he neilinm hit dullei here and be away at WaihloK lonl < monthi of the year Our prlncl I le 1 are that such matter ahould be relerred In Ihe upostles in council and lhat Ihe action taken ihculd be lor the good ol the church Another thing I at 10 the ward or illiirlcit In tthlch Hie embert live We provide lhat no Mormon canleate I one ward or church Ind be received Into another one without 10 has letlcri or can show he I wailn Kood alandin In Ihe ward he Ml Theie thing t are tplrlluat however and not po Itlcal HOW MOIUOS COI UTS CIIIAT TIIK LAtvrtai Hut lh church doe attend to temporal tem-poral tlilngi dot It 1 nUll You have your on coulif wai the reply we believe that lilt beltrr for our brethren ChI together to-gether before the LkJcri their Irlendi and settle their dlsficuhles rather than I to oud par Ihe Itwyer loaettle them for them Uehate local church courts and 1 there It a court of appeal In Hi1 moil of Ihe dilicullles wh cli arise I I Iween members are amicably stilled th i some case the people go to I law but nut many In the few caie where Ihe people peo-ple go from Ihe higher church couit lo Ihe civil couiu me civil court hate uiually luilalned I lha action ol Ihe higher i church court now TIIK ciiiacn li irPOUTED How It I tin Mormon Church supported support-ed Mr Woodrull I aked U II I sustained almost entirely by tithes wat Ihe reply According our rclljlon every man I eipecied li give one tenth of what he make ever year to the church Atlntlieaniouni Hill U lell lo lha mans contcience borne men give more and luma lei Hun tneyshouli Hilt tenth li In kind The armer brlnl oInlh 01 lb n which hi chicken lay one tenth of th bulicr whlcli lie I produce one tenth of hlO cattle and one tenth ol I all bit pro duett to the clutch During the diys ol bilihim aa K e had a great pasture I nj t J here ul ball Lakeupon which many thousands of tie sheep and cattle < > collected l fur tne church were led I Ol course Ihe Increase ol such stock Iw longed t J tne chutcbsnd the Ian J wl kli wat lei atlde for Ihe church alia Incr cd In I valuer Vim had a great deal of luch Hull alI Ihe lime al-I Ihe government conflicted your property uld you nolf I replied me rrctldmt W had at this I tune about Jjjoojj worth o luch pruucity J In hand It represente the ottering ol the rich nnd pour al ke Ihe government agent claimed a ilflil lull and they look allot our oltltand herp Under the Mormon the stuck wa doing well lut Ihe goveinnient C01lI1 could not manage II They hail lostlllt and It 1 brought very hllle This WI a direct loss tulhe church lor the valu s ol lh stock was never refunded Al this same time the government look about fsocoo worth of the personal properly ol tho church this was returned re-turned however They also took cur thurch buildings andcharged us fjoouo a t ear rent for Ihem I tt e tt ere oppressed J bulY Ii r 1 ed In oilier I way but I ttuil lhaiaucli actons ate now dine away with lorever IVLVOAUV I low about polygamy Is It not still 11 tcl Jwn secretly practiced No nol in any shape The church does recojnlie It and the man who would so live would lie acting In violation viola-tion ul church diiclpllne 1 he manlles to issued by Ihe church some years ago absolutely forbids Ihe practice ol poly Ianr vill II ever be practiced again Ida I nol know think not llut you had more than one wife President Woodiulf had ou noir y1 had Ibree One la dead The other tno are alive 1 live ol nurse only it Illi one Haw about the othei1 1 surpcirt her e1 course was lha emphatic reply 1 arould be Itss than I human II If I did not My wives l were all good wives lo me They are no old women as I anIOn old munand I would be a brute II 1 did nol lake care ol Ihm Is itils Ihe case u ilh other Me rmons who were polyKaralitst tealt Is so with neatly everyone Shortly alter Ihe passage nl the 11 I munds Uw forbidding the pracilcecl polygamy theic was great dealol talk as to what was la tmome ol Ihe so called abndoued wives and Conjres was induced to appropriate fjuouuio build a ho ne fur Hit m I believe tlio In stltutlon never had but Due lam ly I and that this wan gotten at the special request of theofli eis 1 suppoteihey tt tie alrald they would lose their job It they had none > ald I Ida I not know as to that was the replt I only know lhat Ihcy did not have any app Icallons and lhal them was no reason lor establishing such an Insiltuticn The Mormon Lumen It amply able to lake care ol Its Oh peo lie lldoesnolusk charily Il I ikes care of Its own poor and givcsaiieit deal la outsider as well noun or HKIUIIAII OLNU I here asked Mr ttoodrud lu tell me something about IlrUhaiii Young He was IOU know astociateJ with Ihe prophet 1 pro-phet during Ihe whole U his career Mr Uuodrulf replied I Iwaswlih 1 llrl hamoungwhenh I > first enured this valley of Salt Lake I He lode Into Ihivaleyln my wagon Ha was llo well ntlhellme andmy vehicle whldi was a sortolaboion I sprints was easier far him than me ordinary wagon When he first came hero ho was met by a Mormon irutn talilornii ha wanted hint la go furlht west llrigham Young reluted nla I he looked up Ihe valley he sal J Here I mil found a great city and v ill build un a home lor our people llrlham YOUII was u broad gU4go man He was far sighted and lie laid out lu > schemes along the I roaucst lines fake Ihe tal > ernacl > It will hold loouo I KO pie Mill It was built when Ihe church was very small and llrigham aang wt crlilclied at Ihe imelor Its site He said thai the church would soon overflow It and today this U Ihe case Take the temple which we have lieen lolly ye < r In building llrigham luung designed lb plan lor It He laid out tlieoll Lake Lily of today and he rha I law fi ty years ago thai this town Ihlr SIr If lnl u Inc cont In lb ume war II a the first to Inteiligate posubllliieiil 01 Irrigation for this cotntrv and Im m 10 be called the lather ol the In X svttcm of th < United Slate II le ur d ut in own our on farmland the loUo ing out ul li s surgeitioni has mile our rtvVat flThU II tr1111 oung man m clb ol enucallonf 1 aikcd ny Not n Ihe seme of btinr fnli bred replied Mr oodrilT lJiT however educiied In llm cllo uj eiperlence Ho had a wonderlUly u f ciptite mind and he teemed togra Ihingi tylalulllontaklnB thtmina I Ira J whole and In detail He appieeliel Ihe 1 HlhrdKhooUandurlverMiles advantage ol education an How 1 I et ih greal a a p anner great as an orgau t andcreatasaneiecullve llewtnot natiow In any reipicl He belle clia amusement anil white ball Uke was still a village he bn li here ont u IIu Iricgeil I thealers of Ihe Unlii > iatr < He I organized the tabernacle ciioirnii < n now has 600 member nnd which hoof ho-of l ho linen choirs ol tl e coun li wai In lad an all mound gnairn t and le waul have been treat In acr plica or la any lime 11mt L1o |