Show DAVID WHITMER AND tile THE ORIGIN OF 11 anu thu death of david whitmer of richmond clomay Nl omay lead to the revel revelation a of some of the secrets of the origin of the mormon church was one of the three men who swore they saw the plates from which joseph smith translated the book of mormon ile he is also credited with the possession of the original manuscript of they theA the lormon mormon bible but if his heirs lre fare offered a liberal sum no doubt they will sell it to the church whose interest it would be to suppress it ane rise ot of nisin nisin is pretty rett v well known but this man co could ayd throw a flood of light on the ee dark ak places if he would speak before he dius dias or if it he would leave any I records of ills early life san francisco chronicle i it is useless to tell such an unreasonable antii A mormon lormon I 1 paper as the chronicle that there are no secrets of the origin of the mormons cormons Mor mons or to cite the fact that david whitmer traer has had every inducement to expose the fraud II 11 ouy iny existed in connection with the bringing forth of chebook the book of mormon as he hasteen has been an apostate from the church established the instrumentality of joseph smith for about half a century such however is the case and yet his testimony has never varied so far f from roin the church wishing to suppress any information which david whitmer may have in his possession concerning the early history of the organization with which he was once connected they would be glad to see it all published quite a point has been made in the telegraphic allusions to david whit mers merls sickness and threatened death of the fact that he disclaims bellet belief in the doctrine of plurality of wives and says no such doctrine was taught in the church at the time tims of his connect iori with it but there is nothing strange about that for the revelation on celestial marriage was not given until july 12 1843 several years after his apostasy As one of the three witnesses chosen by the almighty Almish tv to testify to the divinity of the book of mormon mornion the latter day saints have always felt interested in him but they are by no means dependent upon him for their testimony of the truth of the gospel and if he should deny everything that he has previously testified to it would not affect them or their religion materially many narratives of what he saw and experienced experienc while connected with the church have been published most of them probably more or less garbled we published one copied from the chicago tribune in our thursdays issue which doubtless contained a number of inaccuracies curac cu ies tes it is to be hoped a full fall and authentic account of all that he knows in regard to the origin of the r will be published after his death it il io jui before and should it be lone done we vent venture to predict that it will reflect no discredit upon joseph smith or the church of which helas he was the inspired founder or impair the validity of the claim that be he was a prophet of god |