Show two to Mormon Missionaries on their way to euro europe po two verl veri veritable table tabie latter day saints or mormons cormons as they are termed by their thel r religious opponents recently appointed mi by the mormon conference arrived in the city fresh from salt lake yesterday and are the guests of dr thomas griffith on jeal jeaa erson ereon street the name of these gentlemen are respectively thomas B jere axy and jrees rees lewil lewellyn ii jeremy arld and www lewellyn are sturdy hhie hale good natured abd sensible of mature yeal tile the former being part one yo and abd the latter iatter about fifty years of age both aro are preach preachers ers drs and representative men othe orthe church at home mr jeremy jeromy follows tho the vocation of a narke market fr gardener r having ten acres of nin fin gine fine 0 land and within the city i MrLe lias has been past postmaster mas I 1 eri eia and magistrali magistrate 8 at Fo fountain green precinct bubbo but ho has resigned reigned bath positions and will accompany mr jeremy to wales where he ho propos proposes esto to spend two years as a gnip missionary sl Quary A reporter of the courier airier jour bourna nde hearing earing li of tile the plesence presence of thee thes 0 lights of the arlew new revelation called palled at dr griffiths office in inthe the afternoon to gratify a little personal curiosity curio curlo sUy and und at the he same time to give tile the readers of or the courier journal Journ althe the result of his observe eions to see two real live salt sait lake morn moro ons oris hild and mormon preachers at that two men melt married rl ett eil to more than one wolli woman arl ail and associated I 1 with ith the liro lyro prophet hed hod and president of the world renowned polygamous domain was a 1 1 rare curiosity in the imagination odthe of the reporter nut put after the formalities of the introduction were over and the gentlemen were quietly and comfortably seated around th the firt fint nire fire in the private room of ili lil the e office pe the novel novelty fy orthe thing was le leen ail eli ed from the fact that messes jere v my and abd Lew lewellyn lewellyan ellynn n appear appearance ange and manner differed little f from ram other men in irk our own comman lutyj the only exception being that they are merl men of rather extra 1 physique and ana the very pic pie pictures tures of good health and arid the thie embodo jentof jocundity there is nothing particularly saintly 1 in in their at tire manner speech or anything eise else and arld their guly anly distinguishing quality seems to td be a de deep diiro broad V conscientious conscientiousness nes and great veneration en for the lord the reporter ventured ven lured to aask mr jeremy a few questions que stiens concerning the practices of the mormon reli roll l gion glon and paved the way by asking ashing him how long he be had bad been a citizen of salt lake olty city I 1 i in crl 1 I went to salt lake lako in 1819 replied mr jeremy did yo you u bec bee oma a mormon after i settling fettling ther iso no I 1 was a mormon before I 1 went ir took my wife there with me vae are there thero any mormons cormons in in waldir Wa iest leir yes sir there are a good mairy many but bit we dont call ourselves mor mons 1 that is a banfe naffe given to us by the world we call ourselves latter day saints accord according I 1 ilg jig to the tile revelations to our prop prophet liet ilet joseph smith in ila 1842 1 how is 1 it that there are mor aror mons in wales I 1 know abw that thai the law of that land lind tolerated polygamy 11 that is where a grat mistake is made it is a total misunderstand ing indof of the nature of our religion alid and our customs cust cm it is fait falt faith falth hoh how on the one hand and arid custom on ah the other otiler mormonism Mormon sm my friend ean polygamy polygamy inny may and 4 does belong to mormonism alm aim budnot of necessity it is optional with a member of the church whether wilether ho lie has a 1 wife wire or a dozen wives or 6 W hether whether he ilasa has a wife at ail all well weil then mr jeremy emrend y ollaf what are the peculiar tenets of the mormon or latter day saint I 1 iii lil our faith is in ilig the religion on of the new testament our practice is is to go out into tho the world preach preachy in ing the gospel baptizing such as bifi befi believe belleve eve evo I 1 in n christ and lay on bunds 1 for or the reception of the holy ghost why that sounds a good del dest ilee like the baptist do doctrine earine and a alit lit tle tie like the episcopalian practical oV yes ours is ri n simple religion the object objection loii is thattie th atthe new now revelation is objectionable to all other religions and claimed lo 10 ba be anop in opposition pos tion to the laws of tile the land we protect and let iet legalize alize pol poi polygamy y namy gamy in our church because the new rev elation assures us is the will of god but we do not enforce it 11 are not the family and all ali social relations relation s among you subject to the government of the church yes but only in a certain sense the family is subject to the church but jha jhn the tha community to the laws of the land just as are all other reli X v Is g ilot not polygamy regarded in in 0 a pe peculiar pecullar C ulfar ullar sense a vital ili ill principle 1 i 1 in your religion I 1 mean is 1 it t not one ono of th the 6 conditions of membership for the Nv women omon it is lain iain inthis this way only in order to have bave a plurality of wives a man must first become a member of our church A woman likewise in order to marry a man with another wife must join our church and with both man and woman it must be dopart depart of their reli relf religious gidus faith J that is they y must believe as I 1 do thatis that it ia is the will of that men should have more wives than one and that the sanction of the church makes it a holy thing upon what particular authority do you believe in having a plurality of wives mr jer jeremy e myrll C our bel bei belief bellef cef let id is founded on tile fhe teachings of the thi bible that tho fhe old prophets beloved of god had a plurality of X div and it was recognized 1 by both god and aud i man pan as proper the lord was not a angry with david for many ina ny IV wives VS but his wrath was kindle kindie d ag adint a I 1 A t him for hl lit wit in ta taking I 1 u 1 Uri url bias alls wife from him hird 11 how j ulabay mormons cormons 1 are afe there in utah the number is 6 estimated now at one hundred th thousand busand how many are there in salt lake about th thirty art tho thousand osand 11 are there michy many gentiles bout about two gentiles to tda tri df us wll Wil what atkind kind of peaple are they generally 11 they are generally of not a very veil good class of course du arse there are ex exceptions ep there Ther eare aare are some somo as good people among thern them as live a anywhere but 1 generally ene rally raily they are a tu bulent nt kind arld and are disposed to air up strife they dr breatter are aro atter eatter the offices of the city trens treasury u ry many of them vote with us an and d help to sustain our government some of them join our church and marred marry a num number of bf wives L 11 1 cc there are a number ef of wives to une bno mash man how do they gp get along td together gether very harmonious they live sometimes in separate houses and sometimes all together under one roof with separate apartments they arelener are generally ully illy as kind to each other as sisters and often take fake cire of C each ot others fiers hiers biers chii chil children drori drezi 11 tilt ii said though I 1 dont believe the tho saying that luman human nature tural is alike ailko ithe sor orid horld orld ld oner over over oner here heie e i wherle we ard taught that we must forsake all other women but one a man mau dare aare nol not look with favor upon another nir fair woman woman iest lest the green eyed monster in the shape of bf an enraged and dud suspicious wife pounce upon him hirn now how is it with those wives who know that their husbands love ia divided between so many 91 there may at times be a little jealousy but that is the exception not nott the herule rule ruie it is their conscientious belief that their husbands should have other wives and believing in tile the lord that they are doing his will gladly submit furthermore each additional wife is taken by consent of the other wives ido do all the men have havo a plurality of wives I 1 no my COT col companion here mr lewellyn lewelly n is ad ari example lie he be alieves in polygamy but has only one wife some mormons cormons are bachelors do the wives vives always see gee seem in gatli satisfied with the attention which each one re receives pelves from her husband well if they aro are nut sl satisfied atis atts nied fied the they donl dont complain complaint iia ila in the ther land of the gentile you know there are many wivel who claim claer the ibe whole atten attention tipp of a lids hiis band alid yet th there ereida erelda may abe be some dWitis dissatisfaction faction As to the men there are legions lesions of spurious flous ilous mor mons does the same dispo deposition disposition sitio n affect men and women in hait halt lake laki I 1 64 no sir bir sir the effect of polygamy is to sw stop adul adultery teryl and preserve virtue jl ir ci how howl are adulterers t treated there thele the man or woman who commits adultery is cut off from the church for what causes enn can a man put away one of his numerous wi wives vets vess only for adultery but a woman may get a divorce from her husband both for adultery auda ill treatment rit or ne neglect here the suggested some palliations for crime of that character which some sometimes times arise out of tile the irregularities r carld of the marital re rd lation when the mormon lire preacher acolier remarked there is no excuse which we should I 1 up uld feco feeo recognize nize the best thing thin a man shau should ld do nto ato ia to join our church an and d mar marry ry cc but polygamy ia is not allowed here in the states tates ti it will be somo some day prevalent in many countries A great many in the states are adopting the religion we have missionaries in many sections of the ebu country As to td the couf cout conflict liet ilet between 1 Us and the government govern go v ern orn ment we have bave only to say that i if cori aorl congress gress and the people ris rIg gup up against us and ano try to put us down aien mien then we can do nothing but leave leavo the q question tie silon with the lord and the united states our work is the lords cause nause and ve we expect him bim to take care caro of it Is there as much bitterness R as alleged between the mormons cormons Mor mons and nd I 1 I 1 gentile gentiles no there lanot the better class clim 0 of f what wh at we call 0 outsiders rs min minie mingle le with will mormons cormons oris bris in social as well as bush business less we jini still the bad reports circulated about us tend to keep capitalists as aes awa away who awauld otherwise invent their money in the territory we have our fit faults tilts aswell a well weil as it other people but hut adare are not near io so bad ad as as report represent represents S us S we yve believe iii in polygamy as a dlane divine institution ot marriage the miss Wiss mission lorl of oaf wives ia is to he be h help welp e 11 meets to their husbands hands bands to ito lollop I 1 the tha words of the scrip scriptures ty uret ures t to 0 b be fruitful and multiply tho WALES WA LES F otate the estate above rr referred erred to 1 i 1 s v valued it ludd af at and is is jatto eh 0 o geo jeremas Je nral and add second i cousin cousins sin in the following words between en and amongst such of or my xe relations lations by blood on the gide side of ot my ray lamented father as were born in the principality of alea und ind shall be bp living at the th time e of or my i decease and spall shall th then en be related to me within the degrees of consanguinity of fira first and second cousins and their executors and abid administrators in iq such shares hareland hare sand and proportions as they would severally and been een entitled to the q same if it I 1 had bad died intestate but excluding all kiich as may be related to me beyond sueh such u ch degrees 11 the estate will be adjudicated january 24 2 1876 mr jeremy wil Att attend erid erld to his portion port loil and the poran coming owing to mrs griffi abs tbs mifu rii liu is vuler cour couf cowler codler ler lef ier our i |