Show Biography of Brig Brigand Brigha 1 Young and and History of the Mormon Church c I I M M. M R. R Werner Verner in Ladies Home Journal It It is cold-blooded cold murder 1 will wil not ot obey your your- 11 o order er My brigade bri bri- brigade gade ad shall hall march for for Liberty be ty tomor tomorrow ro row v. v morning morning G I. I tat t S 'S S 8 br o'clock I. I and 1 it 11 you execute te se men ll I will hola hole holay y you you responsible ber before before le gW ari 11 earthy earthly e Y tribunal ai so 50 l help I. I me me O God d. d I. I I. I A V I I I General Brigadier General i ral General ral ral Lucas c d ct o to shoot l' l abd they w wEre tp fp marched marched into 11 r into ti Liberty day Clay d cau coir t y t for r trial util 1 bonded O i 1 i J f t 1 I in ill the l Liberty tb j jail n 7 lm Y 1 g was wa the oni only important im im- important t loader of tho the F to 0 en- en 3 cape cane arrest Ho se seemed emed alt all his ifs Mio ii to have an anu uncanny ability 10 to La nv ct capture When the council oun i of of t the till 1 Tv Twelve he Apostles p was orga organized mc 1 at Kirtland he had been appointed the tho Third h rd apostle and the oi lothe to lo I the presidency of that body hody was hJ n u numerical rotation The two me men i ahead of h him ill were David W W. Yo Patten latten who wlm had been killed during the battles battles bat bat- and Thomas B. B Marsh who was was president of t the e Twelve Apostles and leader of the saints in Missouri But Marshs Marsh's wife wiCe haa hac a LI quarrel with another sister sister Marsh defended hl his wife wiCe and when the church councils decided against her Marsh declared that he would would sustain the tha character of his wife apostatized apostatized and and testified testified fied against his former brethren Brigham m Young automatically stepped into the important position left vacant by Marshs Marsh's apostasy Smith and the other r leaders wore were n Jail so it t was Brigham Youngs Young's job joL to superintend the removal of ot the saints s from born Crom Missouri l L i. r n Received in Illinois The exodus was attended with much misery Valuable farms were traded hade for tor old wagons horses horse or or 1 yokes of oxen and aud 1 c it is said that that many many Mormons were c compelled to convey their ir land land landat at the po point t. t or oi r. r rifle muzzle About three thousand sanc of f them under the l leadership of Br Brigham Brigham young Young made their way woj- to J Illinois where there was a small settlement set settlement set of ot the saints s saints The of or Quincy Illinois Illino s. s moved by t tile the l' l storI stories of their their persecutions in Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- ourI off offered red the sympathy j. j 5 th thy a and d aid From his his' cell in Liberty jail th tuG prophet wr wrote t epistles to hla 1113 3 p people in III which he said gaid th that t their iIi misfortunes SC r- r tunes and his were were bOut but signs ns' ns cj cf the the times times time GIld find proof positive that the fulfillment fulfillment ful hll- of the revelations r rand and predictions predictions pre pre- I dictions concerning the destruction lof of tho wicked would be ca carried ried out u I presently After a week end week end in iii jail the prisoners were tried hied on a com coca composite I I p si e charge of murder theft treaon treason trea trea- I son on a arson on and several minor crimes They were gran granted ted a change of venue on April 15 1839 15 1339 and were taken under ruder guard to Boone county ty Smith bought whiskey and hone honey for trio llio guard and succeeded i in l getlIng getting get getting get get- ting lIng them helplessly drunk I The r. r prisoners escaped O on on l horses making their way to Illinois and their fol iol- lowers Tho The prophet had lied been a 1 I jail for six months The Mormons were received In Illinois with that pit pity and sympathy accorded to all suffering peoples on their arrival in a country which has Ims heard many mallY sorrowful tales of ot their hardships The refugees were not rich In IJO possessions but hut their reputation reputation l tation for tor thrift was productive o of credit and anel land was sold to them in iii Iowa and md Illinois on both both ban bans s sot of ot the Mississippi On the east cast bank of ot the Mississippi Commerce consisting con con- was a town called con of oC five huts a V two frame houses and wo wd ock houses with plenty of or surrounding farming land and a beautiful ul out outlook cut cut- ut- ut lo look k over the river fIver But nut tiu piers n was considered on unhealthful aud anti the tho thee Mormons were a able lo to pur puran Ul t tt th fe e whole h le town and acid its adjoining land for little mo money c As soon a as they hey ley took possession the name namo namo o 0 or n roe roetown J town was chaJ changed ged to Nan Nauvoo 00 meant according to Joseph beautiful The The- new elt city city- 9 cd what seemed a miraculously Y in I and I short time the tho new tarsus farms v sere vere a pro producing 10 crops quid and the city trail had build build- in ings s I The fhe neighbor neighbors wore were amazed at of nt Lh the I Ida da dismay lY of or energy but the Mow Mow- l J Mor Mormons rm r- r m moils mons ils attributed everything to Ol tile the in inspiration In- In Inspiration spi of f God I 5 i I 1 oo eon after hi his rall family ny was jt iii t fion J lie ie i I new nov i t i J i r Young g i a aJ- aJ cos l by by Jebe br eft I. I r Kimball e eft t- t missionary trip to lo England J Smith lad received d a a arev rave rave- rev reve- r ia t ti froth Go God th that t It ft ti wag their r rc c dt f Pl each the t l in lt la Brigham gh Y Young u vas was very ill Ili I of nt I ue e tl time e for fOI the he prophets jn tl hadr cI- cI not been entirely in Ibis ails case he l had ld to be h d to tho the Terry ferry from his h home mc arid ana t as the wagon wagon carried carried him hinr and Ki Kimball f out of ot sight of their w weeping f. f g families Kimball su suggest suggested suggest er ed that they thoy should 1 give a cheer P Pi Propping Q pIng himself up Dl IS a Young I shouted Hurrah hurran hurral hurrah for Isra Israel 1 f On Ori March 7 7 iSio SJ Bri Brigham I Young lg and several several of of t. t the Apostles ostle sailed lel as ste steerage raso passengers in the Patrick Henry paying eighteen dollars dollars dollars dol dol- lars each for their fare tare In addition to this the they supplied their own food but Brigham Young did not nol sp spend much money on food for It is recorded re recorded re- re rc-I rc I corded What he lie was s seasick sick practically practical practical- practical practical-I ly of ot the every day twenty seven trip from New York to Liverpool I A faithful English English convert Convert gave i Brigham Young three hundred and fifty pounds with which h he secured the English copyright of or the Book nook of or orI I Mormon Jormon and printed several thousand thousand thou thou- sand copi copies s of ot it The Star i was started und under r the editorship ot oI Parley P. P Pratt so that the English saints might t kno know the tho news ot of their American AmerIc brethren Meetings were ere held daB daily in various parts of gf England Eng Eng- land During tho the year which they spent there his asso Brigham Young and asso associates j elates established branches of Mormonism Mor- Mor monism in most of ot the large towns townsand townsand and cities converted eight thousand p people ople sending a a a. thousand of them to and published fl ne of th lul h q of Mermen sand copies Jv IJ I J three thousand hou u li si l s. s loops books s anti and fifty thol thousand sand tracts I L They 2 so a so established a a shipping l gency agency for for l t the q v C r. r dt of concerts converts con con- con con- on verts erts who wished washed to o emigrate to to the nUt Y slew new Zion v II Hop Hoped d t to Queen i I While ca car carrying r in oI on all al this is- is work o 1 for th the cause they managed so somehow some somehow some some- lle- lle I how how ow i to get fo food l and l lodging rorI for themselves They were vere particular rj I successful among tho the poverty poverty- I manufacturing hi ct ci i English English- cities Wh where ie th Ii- Ii offer f o of a areal a areal real promised ed h land with Y t r farming possibilities pos es proved irresistibly y attractive attractive at attractive at- at Missionaries i had preceded nece led Brigham Brigham Brig Brig- ham Young and his party to England England Eng Eng- land but ut they e did did not POss possess the energy or r familiarity necessary necessary lc esary to widespread d su success I I To be co continued next W week CI I |