Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-10-17
From the Illinois Patriot, Sept. Ito.
THE NORMONITES.

A Preacher OF this sect ViSlted Us 'a~l S"'"'
day. We heard part OF his lecture wh'c" DC.
cuped more than two hours. From his account
this sect came into existence little more ina" Il
year since in the following manner, a y""hs
man about % years of age somewhere III oh'a-
rio county Il. Y. was visited by all 0hSe. mere
the preacher looked around him apparently TO see
if the credulity Of the people in this enlightened
aye could be thus imposed on. who informed
INN three times in one night that by Wishing il
certain place in that town he would have reveal.
ed 70 him something of importance. The youog
man was disturbed, but did not obey the sum,
mons until tie following day, when the angel
again visited him. At the place appointed he
found in The earth box which contained set
of thin plates resembling gold, with Arabic char
acters inscribed on them. The plates were mi
nutely described as being connected with rings
in the shape Of the letter ID. which facilitated the
opening and shutting of the book. The preacher
said he found in the same place two stones, with
which he was enabled by placing them over his
eyes aud putting his head in dark corner to de-
cvpher the hierogl yphics on the plates! This we
were told was performed to admiration, and now
as the result, we have book which the speaker
! informed US was the Mormon Bible-a book Sc
cond to no other-withUut which the holy Ilb'e
! he seemed to think. would be of little use.
1t appears from his statement, that three OF the
offspring of Joseph, by his Youngest son Ephram
whose names were Lamar. Nephi and Lehlsh,
as near as we could understand, were the per-
sons from whom sprang Mormon. Lamar and
! Nephi rather declined FROM walking IN the right
wav. but I.ehigh was firm in the fal,h-Mormon
was prophet, led them eastward until they came
to the sea, as we suppose, where they built ship
and came to this western world. 10 prove this,
the preacher referred US to Genesis, 49th chapter
and 22d verse, and said the branches running
over the wall was neither more nor less than the
progeny of Joseph, leaving their own and coming
to this country! He went into detail OF the
reason which induced him to join himself to this
people-that on account Of so many sects being
IN the world, aud the discrepancies in their opIn-
IONS he became scep,ical-that hearing OF these
people in July last, he Joined himself to them,
believing them to constitute the true Church
and that he came this way 10 meet convocatIon
of elders in Jackson county, Missouri, which Is
TO be their New Jerusalem, but was disappointed
i'm not seeing them there. He insisted on the BIZ
bic being Joined with his book by quoting the 10th
and 9Th verses of the 37th chapter OF Ezekiel,
and comparing the Bible and Morman's book to
two sticks there spoken OF. We thought this
part of his subject too ludlcrous to be reiuted by
any man in his right mind. We cannot now en-
ter INTO tbe meilts VI HIS u'Seo"'''' ,"' '"'" ".
have given this hastily written sketch, bad we not
been requested to say something on the subject.
Some of these men may be sincere, but does this
prove they are in the right The "Orshippers
of Juggernaut are sincere, or they would not sa-
criiice their lives by throwing themselves under
the wheels of its Understanding car. AS far as
we are acquainted with the Bible we now have,
we are satisfied that these MOrmonites are de-
uded set Of men, whose doctrines are not only
dangerous, but, Notwithstanding all their profess
sions they calling down the curse Of God on
their own heads.