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Show A}. .T SEC. 5. That all acts and parts of acts connecessities of his family, let them rejoice for rest shall be their reward in the resurrection. flicting herewith are hereby repealed. ehold, they shall have crowns of glory, yea, Now, if the above should become law, 'the even the crowns which were intended for those who were my servants, Lawrence and Godbe, greedy fellow who had, say, two wives each one for the Memorial of the Blood of Jesus Christ, they have changed the Ordinance of the Gospel of Christ—Matthew, cha . 26: ver. 27, 28, 29, Book of Mormon, page 468, par. 6, 7. Doctrine “'1 and Covenants, section 2, par. 22, 23: section . 50, par. 1: section 18, par. 1. Latter-day Saints, let us go away from a they shall be much exalted and very glorious if they are obedient And what I say unto them pay a tax of $850.00 per year, whilst the un- people who have built a Theater and fine houses I say unto my servants, Eldredge and Town- fortunate bachelor who was nnable to procure a for themselves and for strangers, to make send and Day, and others for whom the spare wife at all, would be somewhat recompensed for money, and a Co-operative Institution to make shall they wear in addition to their own; and weighing five hundred pounds, would have to crowns of the Walkers, the Chisletts and other apostates, are ved. his l‘oss by receiving $75.00 a year from the themselves rich, instead of and before a Temple And now, furtn’er detail give I not unto you, for it is expedient that my servant Brigham have to the Lord our God for us Saints to get our man who had his share of wife, thus to a great proper and rcaeptahle Washings and Anointings extent ’eQumizing the wife matter. ' It- would and'Baptisn‘i’ for our Dead and Revelations from , .1;- room left to make such needful alterations in also serve as a great check on polygamy as there our God and Ministrations of Angels concern- the principles of the Order as shall adapt it to are but few men who are able to pay so heavy a ing the perfection of the Saints as he ordered by his Prophet Joseph Smith—Doctrine and Covthe pulse of the people, which he feeleth through his agents; wherefore, it shall be lawful for my tax on wives, and those who are willing to, enants, section 103, par. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. servant to say at first, that he requireth only surely ought to be allowed to keep them. The Lord our God calls us Latter-day Saints the time of the people, and not their property, to unite and go to Jackson County, to build up or anything else which is wisdom, until the people can swallow the entire system. his Temple and not a Theater or Mercantile Iii- And, stitution, and over it Holiness to the Lord. is an abomination in His sight. furthermore, it is not wisdom for me to be too definite, for it hath exposed me in times past to the charge of changeableness. Behold, I the Lord, did inspire my servant Brigham to declare Admission Free. freely he gives! that the opening of the mines was contrary to ‘ It Freely he has received and We are very sorry that a prophet of the . ,A *~._..._.. . . ._ I.W _ ...~... ”wt-J“ r» -ms—an ..... c , y will, and cursed of me; whereas, in a few Latter-days should be burdened with so com- nonths thereafter, the steam engines of my kingdom were humbly tugging the ores of the mines monplace a name as Moses Giles, for as Tris- which I had cursed, which causeth the Apostates and the Gentiles to laugh, and is exceedingly painful unto me. tram Shandy remarks, a man’s name has a strong tendency to fashion his destiny. A man bearing the name of Giles will never attain a But go ye forth and establish this Order, and all shall be redeemed, for the very high position as a prophet; had it been Gentile and the Apostate shall be starved out, and there shall be no place for the independent thinker in Zion. Only let my people become as Alonzo Le Barron Havington, for instance, even we might have given him our support, but Giles a machine before me, and it shall run all others ANOTB ER. PROPHET IN THE FIELD. off the track, unless it bursteth from overressure—therefore must my servant “go slow.” .ven so, Amen. m--~———¢-o-o—r _.+ ““— The following, which is a copy of a hand—bill, will be read with interest. And many who can- IT has always been our ambition to publish a not indorse the sentiments therein contained, religious paper, one devoted as much as possi- ~A~ A NEW SOLUTION OF THE MORRION PROBLEDI. cannot fail to admire the originality of the ideas to the building 11p of the Church-and-Kingdom, and composition: There is something so unfair about all antiAdmicc f'roifur Father and God in. Heaven. pohgamcflis "bills heretofbre introduced into A call from is Son, our Lord and Savior, Congress, that they have failed to become laws. They have all taken cognizance of number in- stead of quantity. —never! For instance, if a man had two wives whose collective weight was 150 pounds, he was to be punished forit, while another man might have 200 pounds of wife and remain unpuuished. The absurdity of this is apparent. The following, which we have drawn up at great pains, we would respectfully submit to our National Legislators for their consideration, With the firm belief that if it becomes a Jesus Christ, of Nazareth. And a small, calm and sweet whisper of the Holy Ghost, the inspirer. To the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Lectures will be delivered at Morgan’s to do this we require a small amount of that worldly article known as “ the filthy.” for as Mr. Paul, or some other gentleman remarked, “ He that can’t eat neither can he fight.” And it is impossible to fight the good fight of faith without giving the printer and the devil a good meal occasionally. About Monday next we will College, First South Street, Fourteenth Ward, on Thursday and Friday Evenings, May 7th and 8th, commencing at 7 o’clock. Also on issue a second number of the ADVOCATE, subse- Sunday Evening, the 10th, at half-past six, by Contributions, communications, friendly advice upon running a paper, advertisements and donations, especially the latter, addressed to the Prophet and Revelator, Barnet Moses Giles, a literal descendant of the House of Israel. concerning a Revelation which he has recently received from the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, about the final gathering of all the Lat- quent numbers will depend upon its friends. Esocn’s ADVOCATE, Post Office, Salt Lake City, will receive prompt attention. - law, it will restrain the practice of Brighamy ter-day Saints from all parts of the World, and Co-op. Stock and orders will be taken at par and solve the heretofore troublesome Mormon to bring them here to Salt Lake Valley, and to 1 on donations. instruct them according to the Revelations which Problem: AN ACT To produce an equal and fair distribution of wife material throughout the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That every male citizen of the United States who shall have attained the age of puberty shallbe allowed one hundred and fifty pounds of wife. SEC. 2. That every person who has more than the above named quantity of wife, shall pay a tax of one dollar per annum for every pound in excess of the prescribed quantity. SEC. 3. That every person who possesses less than the aforementioned quantity of wife shall receive fifty cents per pound per annum for every pound he is deficient. This amount to be paid from the proceeds of the. surplus wife tax as provided for in the previous section. SIC. 4. That the weight to be used for wife God will give to his Prophet to prepnie them to go to Jackson County, Missouri, to the spot where the Lord has pointed out, with his finger, to his prophet Joseph Smith, to build up a glorious Temple to the name of the Lord our God, and the City of Zion for the personal com— ing of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ of Nazareth. the only true Messiah; to take possession of his inheritance (this world) which He purchased with his own Blood on the Cross on ADVERTISEMENT—8.. FOR SALE. The undersigned would be glad to dispose of a large sized squirt gun for a low figure. It was made some years since for anointing purposes, but owing to outside pressure was but little Mount Calvary, near Jerusalem, in the East, to need and is now almost as good as new. Any reign for ever as King of Kings and Lord of one requiring such an instrument will do well to address A. B. 0., City Hall. Lords. “And at Midnight there was a cry made, BeBLESSINGS. hold the Bridegroom Cometh, go ye out to meet Him.”—Mutlhew 25, v. 6. VIRGINS! VIRGINS! Latter-day Saints and Mormons. Awake, awake, and trim your lamps, all you that have Oil——the true Spirit of God, and prepare yoursclves to go out from here, and go to Jackson County, to meet our long expected Jesus, our Messiah. He is coming— He is coining—to bless Israel, and to give them what Jeremiah Smoothly, Patriarch, is prepared to give Patriarchal bleSsings at the lowest rates. He has on hand a: fine stock of blessings, ranging from one dollar to twenty, and warranted the finest in the country for the money. Persons of all classes desiring blessings, will do well to give him a call before going elsewhere. Jackson County Blessmgs at low rates. Second hand Patriarchals, as good as new, half price. he promised to our forefathers, Abraham, Isaac Horn silver, good ores and bullion taken at weighing shall be Troy weight as provided for and Jacob. Latter-day Saints, let us go away from a other jewels. gold, etc. people who are giving WATER instead of Wine market prices in exchange for blessings. And thus endeth the first chapter. |