| Show 51 c 1 1 As TIIE wire IT or A jr DA int djeu 4 i t t fid fin 1 ay 1 B BY aka vea K A 11 V I 1 froid froia F ro ra the chicago advance wife ii I 1 de determined ed to spend this summer in christian work in nebraska tty ity wyoming utah nevada and california 1 a ia I 1 assigned ssi ened a week to this city but so muc much h I 1 is s here herd to abe jle be learned that my tenth day finds me here my ting lit ilfe life 16 the j past dozen years has often brought me in contact with mormons cormons Mor mons mods both singly andin and in their immense trains rains as they have been journeying to these valleys 8 of the tha mountains some gome 9 oine afi of them have lm impressed me much as being intensely in earnest and lead me to believe belleve that important lessons were to be bei Jenin learned edIf f one oxie an inside view here rb Thet whet letters lotters have read have ade an impression on iny my min dm being a short stay anatha at a hotel and abd from a ver very verp prejudiced stand standpoint im sprayed a much that the door might bo bap opened id forme for fon me to be one efthem while in remarkable abig able abie city and valley A abd iowa brother warmly c commended me toone to one blie of and andoh ahei my t I 1 r I 1 1 ed wilh with jae jac pahe pike and aud hammer bammer and athe pray toi that 1 inight might nind find ai hac iwo favorin ia h 88 g t tadd tand and t was soe see tua u 11 ca gred pred ereain in his P 0 I 1 i ve y Tn thathy athy le d ine v very 1 ar bast be st X naya haya hanatow toW by the the fhe blacks blaiki forge and the thi tailors lorl hebb hen kea through the thip market doyer 6 ey the brick brickm apers smelled the frd frehn 1 A essof 9 f the thid bi mortar gitar ditar as incomes a 1 1 anser ansen ei trowel el chewed pine h I 1 f tha carpen carpenters terp and aud kats wath j the a small smail farmer in ma hi fancily fani lly ily 3 entile and nd mar morman merchants ants have anwer alwer ed my quest questions ons the omy only billiard saigon the saints are no better than others oo 00 governor So vernor vennor durkee spoke I 1 kindly of the people though tha they y of course ouise think there Is no demand for fog foi h his office the only gentila effort made niada religiously is by high church episco pali pall pa lians abs the attendance at the mornine morning and evening services yesterday hiim numbering bering edcha each bont about nitty fifty chaplain at the tiie 1 fort cieli Is an episcopalian a as are all au the army filmy chaplains chapli ChAp ikins lilus ins that thab I 1 have met slid aha while three years army experience ena told lia iia me e somewhat of tue the difficulties incident to their work still if luls luis it Is a ork of love rather than of profession I 1 do not see how their influence cirl ciri can be aon ton so arrow narrow bro brigham orl orI flie file president 1 ashe uniformly is very respectfully alfa alia ando otten iten called is the man of alibi alipe n here the central idea and tind has a power bower over of this valley vailey u aa r well wel lasan ds an influence ce abroad ahat that I 1 be lieve liea is tin yin unequaled equaled equa iid lid yeal year unparalleled in he n has hns s two counselors theli thell atheree with the twelve apost apostles ies fes bre are photographed and aud every dael the power of president grant giafis the nation does oin oln pare biffi with the unlimited control kan ian cadi d di of this fifteen ovel ovet the people 6 1 the city elg elty elfy las aas 20 wards each one ila iia Jia vink ving its bishap bisha p with ith his 1 each mach blocks each block acres and eav kii has two teacher teachers whose monthly duty duta it S ib visit every family cups sups applying 0 aln yd in gants wants temporal and spiritual I 1 and makine making his reh rep reports oits the bishop is tad the th d man of bis his ward aid T ward sunday schools held from 10 to 12 a in I 1 the newa tabernacle services bethsun both sunday afternoons anil and a part of the old tabernacle service yesterday morning with the evening gervice 1 bervice service atone avone at one of the ward churches and 1 I a nive five and one half hours fast day baptismal confirmation and testimony ine tue meeting eting the latter is held the first day of every month anid arid is a part of the much talked of and intensely bel bei believed leiea joseph soseph smith revelation I 1 stood at the baptismal font last thursday as ten oi or twelve were buried burled beneath the Wa waters dars tars the officiating brother always an and cl very hea bea heartily i corm corn with 1 having I authority from jesus christ ll 11 re etc bome some were baptized for or their health several were boys which wis was a service exceedingly interesting all that thab were baptised baptized sed fon for admission rais rals sion slon to the chuich church had bands hands laid on them for the reception of the holy ghost tho isey leey seyen enog enoy or eight 1 bille eating fatIng elders eiders all took part and gade heartily I 1 naturally and well I 1 was as impressed Impress eJ fr freedom edaa and promptitude etwas wak waa aswell as well weli done as ministers generally darji doi dol mink pink I 1 may say better ae because ca us d there was a cheer cheerful fui fut and mose most suggestive remove remove from the cant and sanctimony thit that some sometimes we wa bee see and that always is so unnatural and often painful but one little child was pre sealed kienle d to be blessed simi larto our oar baptism baptis ther they make a deal deai yea a eer ver verv great at deal of or baptism sun orn atud atad layha layug on of in hands they seem to wish to mab make ofila of iea ifa saving ordinance the them testimonies of the nine men and five women in the testimony meeting 31 of fast day were excellent in fact I 1 never heard beard an equal number of df experiences or testimonies from popl people e as lin unlike like ilke as they were that were be better mi every one spoke with a cheerful hearty natural and the deep fe features atuTes of the soul as written upon the face 1 showed how honest they were and I 1 have no doubt they are taught of god of course I 1 gave gentile testimony ny r from a fult full soul and it lub was instructive givdin in the extreme to hear several to in their responding say the strange brother is doubtless honest but he needs to steps further he needs to be baptized awe ai we understand if I 1 am continually impressed and band reminded of their thair confidence iii in joseph smiths revelations ela elat ions tiong and in him as a prophet with 1 ith brigham Brigl iiii as bass his successor as well as ep their individual that ahby are right they know that they are ard as hight right and that gentiles are wrong it isa to ahe fhe lawand law and the testimony and nd when whon nay day I 1 understand r that thit passage differently then ihen corner another thu sath the hord lord lard f bame stin te features of fhe fhelt the h irish mariage livent are granth their seam seems beems s conah complete t n af to 1 0 dower power o 0 it is a unita unitt have hive ho rio d doubt liiv Y yesterday je 2 ft at it alib ha close of tee tufe seri ser serl ei i wio vlee vice sixty names were read hf f young men who ars 0 on a t to settle bear nake lake aw miles north hb ld h lnig irig themselves in ba sent abroad to preach the gospel if ly experienced i or to settle b rizw M W regions and build ld up and andt sustain fab tab church and kingdom ev mhd they it ii noble en i route for this thia city I 1 pissed casseu somins beveral several days at cheyenne in meetings wiil with that uniform untiring faithful christian soldier col J da D dayis and oth f ers and while there a mormon train passed through A pleasant faed faced welchman was in charge who took us through the tram train A deformed ar clytic and very did old oid man mau man kitti hitti silting rig tig in a chair said to hini him 1 baust breath I 1 passed an hour here heire in the family of that welch missionary and was delighted with his spirit and all that J X saw in his hig family he has haa been absent fourbears four years yearb and most untiringly tir has preached the gospel of odmor mod monism in wales he in common with others has bas been persecuted but has steadily eone gone onward As A we cepas pasi i sed his hia garden he remarked MM my things of courie course counse have gonel to rack during BO so long aa an absence 11 but bar be spoke bf of it as apa a parl part ilof bitof of thenie thit things that work together for J good this missionary narg spirit baw has settled this thia utah territory running down into arizona for miles north tand south and land 75 east and west I 1 took supper with on one e who on a mission hais aw walked ovir over 1300 miles nil nii lesda in india apostle like ilke they go with oi or scrip ri the ingIn ihei L deby it ithe Twelve he and the first vesia presidency e ady 16 last Sab bab sabbath baths kingsley Kin garey spoke when brigham followed the is with themi them they know their perfectly the thebold hold hoid they haqq hav upon them and I 1 no lack of improvement of the opportunity to impress upon them ahat what they have suffered incorv in coming here lowthe how they have been persecuted te e by the gentile church and h how ow they are the chosed people tuf god I 1 did no ica ta learn mormonism kind and ut be taught by ib it from its leaders so pinch as from the tild common commod people the only one of the twelve with whom I 1 have talked at length is apostle G Q mcannon jC annon he is the editor of the chedes iest aes enet ERET NEWS a daily and a children childrens s semimonthly semi bemi monthly paper I 1 have studied brigham through the people and closely watched him as I 1 have passed and re passed and seen himon him on theroA theros the ros roa rostrum trum the people venerate him love him pray ray tor for him in public and private out 0 of f forty or fifty public and private p prayers I 1 have heard beard lotmore not more than three have failed of the tho petition thy servant esrig brigham am give him wisdom and hiew hew revelations of thyself teach him liaw to td lead the people peopled 11 7 etc the appointments point ments of hu his house barns barns barna carriages lands and all would be called in the states tolerably splendid at abc least and yet no one finds any fault whatever jr but on the contrary every one endorses his every vur vir movement and all regard him as above anything approaching to the selfish or un christian unchristian they say that adt sometime ie ho speaks and is not much but vu when the prophet speaks it Is I 1 discover in hini him greatness only as it has been thrust upon him it does not appear has hasa a ci creative mind or la Is a genius ganius niu I 1 ii in IM fact OVEdo I 1 do liot hot see sed but what hasbun hundreds redo redi s an and thousands of df men hlen in w would oda have stood as high or higher k out butof of mormonism he would have ave madg m ada a fain fair f air judge or lawyer a success successful tin fid in merchant ere h an or railroad president dent he is modesti and alid a gen gOn gentleman fieman fidman and although some bome of his remarks sound very very strange t to 0 gentile ears yet when explained by his peculiar views this harshness is very much ie removed moVed that any christian in our land can learn more mote lessons in this valley than 1 anywhere else efie of thrift economy ai 1 dogged persistency a grand unity awil an untiring devotion devotions haid aud a holding his life in hl nis his hand land and an obedience to orders T fl firmly believe beli bell eye eyd my nyi op opportunities haye have been the very voy best sed the people in the streets both today to day and during crowds were weldin in to see ade a circus thell the theli first rAt thab that lids has ever vis itea these valleys mich much ha been said about jaek jack I luter luten eyes stolid sad and depressed depres bd countenances especially y among the women that there is casido for fot this tills I 1 believe and d why pot rot masses are and ind burdner burd ned odthe old bid world of coryse course the Schools are 06 not are balb in the states stated this is freely fiery aa pitted on one teacher said sald fo nig that they were more an to 16 cultivate uwe ure the every body boUy works the jhb president house ta his nis yard esfir Ja surmounted in 0 U n ve d va bya rl beehive bee fi hyve hive ivec V This brings bringa me idd to theesen thee sed and I 1 dv I 1 ind ing wh ib question i cathu bry t I 1 y i bj 11 thi I 1 was waa deter minea ed e d to i learne a r n b t 1 0 bam ham bay gratitude to be in fil alit tue the is host hast 1 itoe like im a brother brath j while ehg th more wore ibi xhi J elaf him t the tho ilesi agree with hlin alid and veraa I 1 frankly Y and warmly tell uund I 1 dw like ilke iky his earnestness I 1 a hla his hia love iove and sacrifice far for his faith falth ard his real brotherly anxiety to hig nig me see as ha ho abes ades he says sh VA I 1 anal certainly bo be led into darkness dark hess if 1 I 46 dolbt abt ein din ierace the truth if evermond ever every kond kong one doer Ws fas ddll we 11 ll in poly Toly polygamy gamy aa ashe he does doos and his bid I 1 fe feel feet el thair that it would bea boa be a won dorral improvement on the wretched infidelity that in many families fai nilles in the states nix bix earth that bisno argument and y yet et it ia Is often used it ii is simply h a choice of evils I 1 ican lean can bay feay of this family what I 1 can say of comparatively at ively few of the hundreds of fa families m 11 1 e 4 whose guest I 1 have been and aud I 1 have been the guest of large numbers of the best of families 1 L have nou nob heard an unkind word or seena seen ascoli and are elaheh childre child reni reri ii having isaid assid so much and knowing knowin ghow how intensely anxious Ged tilea are and have a to be bj awill PC will wiil venture into detail detsil a little not thinking thac in an any y bease sense it invades domestic privacy mine aune host is 55 hig hie years ago left him with three sons bons and three daughters flis oldest daugn teris teria one of wives w ives bis jils 0 auest bollis so doilis iLIs ills married and away way sons 20 tand 3 daughters id and nd 14 of the dirst family are ane here hero rhe ha present first wife is 29 with three interesting children childre i s under four nom gabo phe second 29 3 hay has tab the and thee ther nira fira wife wine nas bas of the fa family nilly tho okee ogee second and wife jias aas pleasant pleas ante anfe abo his ina lna wing or dr north end odthe house koth both wings or fo r bends the front piazza plazza the A pause is on one floar arnd and well weli arranged lon jor tha the two families the second wife lives live s entirely separate tei tej ilav ing front and d badio door in tha bishops pis hopfl families he introduced meto mou a h wife that looked to beas gidas old oid as lafin hi m belf J an and dhe he was seventy dil and d to another lelej about thirty five nive aud arid he hw did no botsay not tsay say bay ag as to 0 others I 1 have passed two h hours twice with one ond of the nine wives of parley P pratt fratt who was murder murdered d in arkansas mail maii many V who read ibis will teme jeme remember niber hini him at the second inter interview the fourth wife was present the other wife being thenintha the ninth both of these wo women men mado made their mark in their avay ivay land and were both married tin fortu benore before becoming the wife of apostle pratt pram they are both women that would have grandly filled any position in limesand ilfe life sand and when I 1 expressed amazement beyond be yond any comprehension of haibe that such women as they could consent to share a a husbands affection af with nine fo othera others they bath said they rejoiced with great joy to have bave it so I 1 four intelligent and thinking N women who defend the system with 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