Show kirtland arli aill TEMPLE A of af the cleve cieve june of a visit tol to K kertland artland a and netho the temple there wo must protest against the correctness of bis his ig observations concerning the mormons gormong Mor mons mong being a nation unto themselves and successfully ces cess fully 3 br or unsuccessfully defying uhe the Unite united d states government also that the present dwellers in kirtland have a more ancient falth faith than tile the ca mormons cormons Mor mons have tho the W he correspondent says here too jn 1835 the zealous and fiery flery grandison newell new now ell eil organized his plato piato platoon oll oli of kindred spirits and upon the threshold of a chris afan church stoned orson onson piatt Pratt the disciple of mhd prophet of mormon of nf the church of latter day saints of or kertland here joseph whose surname was smith aud and hiram ay hyrum yum his brother were wont to be reen sen I 1 we spoke with at least two elderly gentlemen who were present and perhaps perli peril aps who held the gar garments ments menta of tho those 4 who stoned ahe aho the tho prophets of mormon with second hand eggs but ideas falth faith wise or foolish will not down at stones or eggs pharaoh Phara oha s charlot chariot lies in the red bed sea the dens of the tho wild bear beasts 0 are choked up and the arches of the coliseum have crumbl crumbled eid Lid but the church still lives the p platoon lato lon of mentor egg sharpshooters are e mostly in their graves grave 4 but the mormons cormons area nation unto themselves and successfully cess eess ful fui fully defy the government and iho laws of the united states being comeing only four miles from the first temple of the tho latter day 1 I 1 could nobu not forego the convenient I 1 opportunity to visit the kirtland temple tempie so 80 about four Sti sunday niday fiday the handsome bays were harnessed and in half in an hour we had glided over the smooth hill roads to one of the most romantic villages I 1 have even everi seen in ohio if 1 I 1 do not accept the philosophy or cherish the faith falth of the latter day saints I 1 certainly admire the goed good taste in the selection of the sita sits of their first temple the bui but ding itself is very large but by no means handsome it seems to be an tin architectural cross between an old connecticut presbyterian meeting house douse and a rhode island cotton factory it stands upon a high bluff on the west vest bank of a branch of df tile the chagrin river facing the rising risingsun un it R overlooks hooks fooks other lesser mounts and deep valleys like those around jerusalem Te the principal one lying to the east is as delightful as the vale of avoca where the bright waters meet it is is the valley of to the modern temple tempie builders and th the e beautiful stream that meanders through its nine fine meadows vs is to this vail vall valley vailey e y M i hat the sweet gliding kedron is ls in the legend legends of the tho dark eyed and scattered childrers child childr reni reri edof of indah sudah I 1 the shades of a lovely evening were approaching the lowing he herd ra were winding oer oler the lea and drowsy tinkling tin tiu klings lulled the distant foldi fold foid anid arid we took our de departure from this serene and quiet ile lle ari iri place the good people of kirtland whose hearts are cheered and gladdened by a dear erand more ancient alth aith faith should nevertheless cherish this old temple tempie as a landmark in the he processions professions process ions of the generations preserve it utilize it as a town house louse and three thousand years hence lence when the english language shall be laid beside the latin greek and sanskrit Sans ernt crit ad as dead learned professors and enthusiastic student will come to the ruins of the temple of mormon to try to divine something of the old faith and to decipher and translate the legend and inscription upon the tablet above its portals the montana aveta northwest west r in tile the posse possession zgon of a baxter steam engine |