Show THE 11 TIMES TIHES STAR IN HI A HUDDLE 0 ONE n of the ohe thomast most ridiculous attempts we have seon been for some time to explain tho the affairs of tha the mormon church appears in a recent issue of the cincinnati limey limos star the confusion of mind exhibited by most eastern editors when they undertake to descant on mormonism is food for frequent merriment in utah this instance of an effort of a journalist to explain something that he knows nothing about is more mora than usually divent ing the first statement is to the effect that mormonism Is ia being assailed by its inh nan inn polygamous followers outside of utan ulan 1 the next that it is ia being at stacked ached by saints even in zion itself and that a controversy Is going on in which it has been developed that brigham young was not the originator of polygamy the conceiver conceive la Is said to have been bidney sidney ney rigdon bigdon who founded his church before the pro photes revelation was waa published that bigdon found no difficulty in in impressing impre asing young with his celestial I 1 lifery and that now son joseph rejects as aa stuff staff and non benee benses visions dreams and prophecy the gift of tongues or healing plural and celestial marriages etc etc and has evidently backslidden back from the faith of his father but he is notwithstanding the leader of a large erge minority of mormons cormons Mor mons this thia is getting things mixed up with a vengeance the idea of I 1 I 1 mormonism mormonism being aseal assayed led by its followers is a contradiction in itself and is ia more thun than ordinarily stupid even in an anti antl mormon newspaper but the controversy among saints in zion as to the origin of polygamy is ia worse why it was never claimed by the saints that brigham young originated the doctrine and there has been no controversy among them over the question at git all the revelation on celestial marriage including the plurality of wives was given to joseph smith and is dated july there la no question among the saints about this it Is ia so well known that joseph smith the prophet introduced this matein batern ayatey of marriage marni marri aze aae and practiced practised it himself that the statement made sometimes by ignorant or untruthful persons thau thad brigham young originated it is ia treated with the thu contempt it deserves As for sidney It igdon bigdon he was once a prominent man an in the Church but was cut off many years ago for his transgressions indeed almost immediately medi aften alten the martyrdom of joseph and hyrum smith hehns he has never been recognized as the originator of cf anything connected with fl mormonism but was simply a spokesman or explainer defender and preacher of the doctrines revealed to the Prok heti va he lae wm was an abie able public speaker there thera never has doen boen any controversy in the church on this point and the attempt made in early times of the church to cor hect bidney sidney rigdon bigdon with the origin of the book of mormon most moat likey the times star editor has in his mind fell to the ground not only for lack of evidence in its support por t but for its complete refutation by well established facts then the times star haa has fail fali fallen failen en into another brigham young b has bm m no eon joseph living the Thep berbon erbon meant is doubt doubtless less lebs the son of the prophet joseph smi but he does doeg not reject as stuff the tiie visions and dreams and prophecy gift of tongues etc he tries to make it 11 appear that his hla father did not practice plural marriage and when confronted with proofs stronger thau holy writ that he is wrong resorts to sophi sophistry sty and subterfuge but he is not a member of this he h hns hab as no connection with it whatever he HID is the head of a sect which has gained some ht jit tle tie notoriety because of its supposed relationship to this Church and und without which it would scarcely bo be noticed but it is in no more a pant part par kot tot of it than the south cott bottlans fans lans or Muggleton lans ians or shakers area aro are a part or of the F episcopal pi church we do not care caro how much the rimes timea star may ventilate amor mormonism either in a friend friendly ay or antagonistic spirit but we object to the misinformation which it oc caslo casio nally gives to the public on this subject lr ir mormonism is worth talking about at all it ilis flis Is worth treat ing upon intelligently sandwith and with some bome regard to the facts but the average eastern editor thinks himself competent to dilate upon it without taking any trouble whatever to post poat himself and so exhibits hibi hibl ts the moat deplorable ignorance and at the same time decel decal deceives ves yes a great number of his readers and when his object is to suppress or prevent the spread of mormonism no ne fails falis completely became because he is shooting at the wrong mark and we can afford to laugh at his folly while those whom he may have temporarily tempo arlly silly deceived find out on investigation that he nat nav been making a fool of himsel himself aud dupes ol 01 them read head up editors from authentic find tind out something about this matter before you attempt to veto yuto about it for publication |