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Show , a «m. -- . -7”an........-—-c—s.-iv..-~n-.—,-”-7.... @aeahts annotate. A TEMPORARY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE UNTIED ORDER OF WOODEN SHOES. CHAPTER 3. FORTY-FIFTH YEAR OF THE CHURCH, 5TH MONTH, 18TH DAY. BOOK THE FIRST. THE TWO Camus; on, DIEAN. and has busted the prophesy, but. Mr. Jenning’s J railway? And who is Mr. ' Jennings but the , “A. Plain as He Will Ever See It. ” IF there is anything which is superlatively very man who was rebelling against the Prophet i contemptible it is an attempt to ruin the char- of the Lord about the very time when the prophesy was delivered—selling his flour to Camp ..,,At the great mass meeting held a few years Douglas against his expressed counsel. Who 'ago in the Tabernacle, to present before the people the subject of buildENOQUE’S ‘ ‘ TRINITY IN UNITY. ” ing the last new canal, the Prophet, Seer and RevelaA PIECE OF HISTORY. I acter and destroy the reputation of one who has passed the river of death, and cannot defend 2 himself. This is the more despicable when the individual was not known personally to his traducers and had never given even the shadow of a cause for so vile an attempt. We were led into this train of reflection by reading a paragraph in the Deseret News, on Saturday, by the local dunce of that paper, concerning a runaway, in which he says, “the terrified expression of his [the tor arose before the as~ sembled thousands and said to the people: "You can give your money to build this canal or not, as you please, but whether you do or not the canal will be built. When I came into this valley, years ago, I saw tin vision) these two canals; I saw them built, driver’s] face reminded the and the rock being car_ ried upon them to build the Temple. I saw it just'as bystanders of the nursery rhyme about John (jilpin: “Horror and fright were in his face, The neighbors all thought he was running a race.’ " plain as 1 shall ever see it with my natural eyes." We present. the above as a clear case of fulfilled prophecy, and one that ought to give the people increased confidence in the Prophet’s The author of John Gilpin never wrote doggerel, and whom'er ascribed the above to his pen never read his" Works. thought predictions about the New Order. Brother Brigham said he saw the two Canals We might have that the thing quoted was the result of stupidity, but the fact of its carrying the rock for the l'iavmg been repeated several .’ '7"; temple just as clearly as he will ever see it,and who can disprove it? \Ve know very well that the Gentiles and i l‘rl)‘f%/Z/fl/l’; ”fin/r Hf. times leaves no room to doubt that it is the result of malice. It moreover fur- nishes another proof of the liberal Mormons may say non-existence that that is not what “the vision” meant; they of another life, for if the author of John Gilpin were in exist— may think it an evidence of the emptiness and hollownes: encc, even the naturallv amiable and forbeariinr of all this “Prophet of the o . . disposition he possessed during life, intensified by n Lord” kind of business; but we intend to stand by Three Souls with but a single thought, our great Seer and Revela- “l‘hree Heads that are but one. tor. - He said he never ex- can doubt but that Satan inspired the same natural eyes than he saw them in that vision, nor rebel and others to build this railway, with the will he. The thing is true enough. express purpose of upsetting the Lord’s pre- pected to see those canals any better with his What if the Wasatch and Jordan Valley and Utah Southern Railways do now bring in the temple rock which “the spirit of prophesy” foresaw would come in by the two canals? That’s near enough for a prophesy. A canal and a railway is about the same thing. Besides, the angel that gave the vision did’nt know then that the railways and the mines were coming so soon. Anyway, if the prophesy has fallen to the ground, whose fault is it but Satan’s? railway mingling with the blessed Whose in the other sphere, could not prth-nt him from tak- ing summary vengeance on the being who blamed him with penning those two line s of loggers] . diction about the canals; just as he inspired ~-_,_._,_ 7*- A .- — -_._.. him to sell his flour where he could get the best price for it? Clearly, the hand of the Adver- sary of the Kingdom is in the whole affair. Anyway, We don’t care. Brother Brigham saw those canals carrying the rock, just as clearly as he will ever see it with his natural eyes, and that’s enough for us. ————-—o—.-o———— THE Mormons hereafter will havo wood on is it that now drags in the temple rock ! both ends. We understand that the Bishops of the several wards have recei\'ed orders to raise $30,t 00 to make a payment to the Co-op. Some of the “gruuters” culled to ask if We could inform them for what purpose this money was being collected. Our indignation was aroused and we promptly replied, “It‘s none of your d d business,” and it you don‘t hand over promptly like little men we shall speedily “send you t) hell across lots.” |