Show Biography of Brigham Y Young ou lg and History of the Mormon Church I M M. R. R Verr Werner er in Ladies Home Journal Continued d front from last week There is is is' is evidence that polygamy y a n I was as was practiced practiced d' d secretly at Kirtland That Tha t this was vas charged against ag the Mormons during the Kirtland land period is cert certain in for in the first edition 01 oi the Book Dook of Doctrine an and covena Covenants Covenant's s t there appears this this sig fica stalo state statement m ment Inasmuch as as as- this tilis Chur Church h hor of or Christ has has been been reproached w with the crime grime of polygamy we e declare that we wc believe that on one man shouts should have one wife and one i one ne husband except in in irn case of ot death lh when either r is at t I liberty to marr marry again It Js is said that polygamy was first conceived b by Joseph Smith while he wa was translating the Boor Booi t of Abraham Abraham- The lives of the Old Testament Ch characters especially those of Abraham Jacob David and ancl Solmon led him to o the conclusion that they were right and that the world was wrong the possession or more than one wife was not only permissible but hut compulsory to complete complete complete com com- salvation But the time was not ripe for tor proclamation of this conclusion even ven among his own followers While he was carrying on extensive extensive extensive exten exten- sive religious and nd financial operations operations operations opera opera- in Kirtland Ohio a number of faithful Mormons were with great I difficulty building a revealed seat scat or OI Zion in Missouri For several years the they moved from county to county welcomed at first by the other inhabitants inhabitants inhabitants in in- habitants o of and finally driven out by them The citizens of or Cla Clay county Missouri asse assembled bIed in mass meet meet- I I lug ing gave some of their reasons for to I opposition to the Mormons s t whose T They are eastern men manners habits customs and even dialect are essentially different from ol our r own own- They are non ers and opposed to slavery which in this peculiar period when abolitionism abolitionism abolitionism has reared its d deformed formed and anil haggard visage in our our land is well calculated to excite deep and abidIng abiding abid abid- ing lug prejudices in an any community tf where slave slavery is tolerated a and aid 11 pro protected The Th religious tenets of this peo people J J pIe plc are so different from the present present pres pres- ent churches of thc age age- that th they y always have 0 have and nh always ayS will ex excite lt deep prejudices against them in any populous c country where they ni may J locate Another er Ul unexpressed reason opposition to the Mormons was was' tilt thie fact that the they worked harder than thai their their their- western 1 neighbors who pro pc pra 1 a fixed amount of or loafing i Accordingly the Mormons lS usually if prospered more moio rapidly anti ami more 10 I regularly than th their ir neighbors as as a t community and as individuals TJ Tile The c result was envy and jealousy At the lie he election in lS 1838 8 it was iLP te- te to prevent t the Mormons I r M voting yoting A fight was the tine arid and nd men were killed on both sides side to collect rapidly for Mobs lobs began I or of driving rt tu the Ut the avowed owed purpose Missouri and toas ig to Mormons s from l I as many s a ao possible in th thi j 11 process From that time on all was confusion confusion confusion con con- fusion and violence nce Mormons l were tarred and feathered in the effort to tomake tomake tomalee faith in the tile make malee them deny t their hook Book of or Mormon l Their farms were burned and their houses mouses ae- ae The Mormons did not yield I without resisting The notorious were organized This wa was wasa the existence of winch which a n. secret order been denied by y the has frequently Mormons but it is established b bythe bj by the testimony of too many men that thai organization it It ll there was such an m established in 1837 or 1838 tinder tin tin- un under was Patton Patten leader 0 or of orthe a I der cIel D David vid W. W the thc church who was known if as captain cap Cap- tain tamn Fearnot because of ot his reputed ed ell courage The Tho order w was s first Daughters of Gideon but bill billit the called it soon occurred to s tl tit thai rt t it tt was ridiculous for tor bearded and violent vio te under sunder a feminine operate lent men nen to olor the tine name was changed and name to Destro Destroying Angels T This is too tou did not seem seen exactly appropriate ana aUG finally finall the tho name Sons of Dan Dm or adopted from the tIle passage passage pas pas- was as Dan Genesis which reads sage sage In serpent by the tire W way ali an shall be a a that h h the adder In the path heels so that his rider shall fall backward There were server secret and nd alleged awful penalties S. S In Ir tire the course of a battle with the Missouri mobs C Captain Fearnot David W Patten Patton was killed but but butI I v the the aie ire e said to have cOl n lec in Mormon Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon mon history until Ion long af after er tho m migration gr to Utah By th the treachery of a aj Ti Colone Hinkle who le-who who Joseph S 'S Smith thought was was working for his interests smith Rigdon on Par Parley ey Pr Pratt and several other leaders except except Brigham Y Young were surrendered to th the Missouri ri militia which had been een called out for tor the purpose of aiding the Missouri mob I rather than subduing subduing sub sub- duing cluing them General Lucas coin coin- com om commanding manding the militia issued Issue tine tile rot roi- lowing curt order General Brigadier General Brigadier Doniphan Sir Sir You will take Joseph Smith arid and the other prisoners into the public square of Far West Vest and shoot th them n at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning morn ing SAMUEL SA D. D LUC LUCAS S Major General Commanding dins Major General Commanding But fortunately for the prophet he had some weeks before retainer retained General Doniphan as s his lawyer and Doniphan had be en be-en n teaching Smith and Rigdon law The general according according according ac ac- cording to Joseph Smith thought that they were good students an and ami that they could be a admitted admitted to the bar within twelve months General Doniphan who later became famous in the war between the United States and Mexico l sent the following reply t to iris J co commanding a ling offic officer t To be continued next w week Week- ek |