Show A now citizen V A AC C boden A resident of brig I 1 ham city ci ly made application for citizenship it iz in the first district court upon examination it was die dig covered that air boden was a mem el ber 1 of the cormor church and he was at asked if be he beli believed eyed in in O gol if arthe the so called revelation on poly ga ray y 11 he replied that thai be believed euca 1 c a r volition veli tion had been given but be he bad had never read it further indu inquiry try was made by asking if be he lid did but not think the laws of god gad ought to be recognized io in prefer io the laws of the land the t reply wae was that if it was known t to 0 ia A be the 1111 liw or of god it abt ought but ap oth erthe it ought not and that he would have to receive a special revelation tonally before be he would confide co nider gri it t in preference to the law aj 0 O ozithe ot land th the court advised the app applicant lift to 0 retire and examine the revelation on polygamy aleo also the statutes bearing upon this matter and lie would bear big his application later in ibe theda day at lour tour pm mr boden again appeared and informed the Court tut be he did di d not believe a cevela cult on polygamy bad had been reteia ed d and the leaders of the ch church u ach were palming offa on a delusion upon we people and aud that thac he be could eus eu tain the law laws of tho the IS land 12 I 1 irrespective ot othe the rin cielie offis of bis religion ioa ohp he was then en whether be he held any office in the moimoi church he replied that hewa be wa an elder the question was tha thou aate what was wa the duty of an el ler the reply wa wits that one ode of thi th i duties was to preach but he would rather be cut off the church than sn go and preach the doctrine of plural marriage tun tuis rei remark evidently con vinced the prosecutor that the applicant bad had received a chanat of f heart since ho he appeared at two Lo crock and that the change bad abeen been favorable to his admission accordingly all objections were withdrawn and the clerk ad i the oath |