The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-02-15
The Religious History of the Day.-The
nIormOns.

;ng Mo,nons
THE most inportant of these documents is a Cir.
,pl,r n the High Council % addressed 70 the follow
r oF Toe smith in all nara ne the world and 10 all
whom il NAV concern. Ash il too lang and prolix
10 publish entire we costent ourselves with faith
full summary OF ,ts contents
The Twelve nv whom the c,rcular Is signed. INFORM
the world of N. n,n. md ;ot.,tona Of the Nor
mons "a tolIow.
.wa w..,.r, coun,rx from
this place some time in the early part the month Of
March company Of poDeers' consisting mssuy 81
destnei to De furnished with an ample outfit taking
WIN them lnns PRES. ,srm,ne uensns o. g., sinas
grain &c The object OF this early move IT, to nut in
spring crop to mud houses and 70 prepare Tor the re-,
be .ufcisntly grown to sustain teams and stock Our
pioneers are to proceed West until they md
se;~lb MOOD OF the Rocsy Moun,sn. whsr. ~. v
infringe upon no one and be not likely to be infingsd
determine p,acs for svsn,
of,he PTssden,s to build block houses
aw I'VE Nsxs On snS rou.s 20 UleeSn UeSSmn{
and under our peculiar circumstances We do IL with
oe'''.A''D' 49, @A' ''A'. p''p''
ihey 'hen proceed 70 declare tnat notwitns'ano-
1ns nie prosecutions 'hey nave sunereo' hey re-
h,Sih h'in Americans atacned 10 the institutions
u ,"e country, ana opposed atoge'herto the BRUSH
anu 'iieir Chains upon oregon. iney even in.i-
iha,e 'ie'i Willingness 70 hgn. agalhs' inc o,i''sn
anu - SUI" now 'heY wiz hgh'' 'hey ie'a'e
,o"s a"u IONS" anecuo'e aooula QUAKER On ooaiu
s0se' ~ p',a.es "ho' 'noush nc "ouiu no'
"as "in'ns y Aip' anu therefore cut rope ~
en- uio"n'ns man was saving Himself, 30 una
~ - my 'ie sea' h'er next s.aine ''ia' lucy
-, r'opv - 4H'no,' ~ u'e MINUS VI asen'1
-. soc, u'ey p'ooeeu . ue'ena themselves against
'no aoou'a'''as u coming counterfeit money aneir
a'sunen' ~ .h's ae,ence = as omows ihey
,an 'o' proof anu ue'y any mn'er OF government
anu 70 oo''e 'oi anu prove 'na' nave
rasseu wagon 'oaus VI 'ouu'eiien money NeA'
my a',".N ''e Witnesses VINO nave 'es"heu against
'he"' ~ saying .''ose witnesses against us nave
spu" ions yarn anu 'nen in'ima'e tna' 'he WI
nesSes themselves were counter!eters, ana were ex
peneo ~ sueh rom NauVoo' WIN q denia, OF muir
49, 'poA ''' ane can 'p"i eu'oiS y
pS' N""io" '".y ooA a. o'''e'
Nes oono,uue wv" inviting peUp'e - oaii anu 'uy
'''eaf' "AN '.e' ''s' p'ase' WIN 70 ~0
ms circular is dated IN council, at the city OF
Nauvoo, on tne "1h Gay OF January 1910.
mus u VIII De seen that, with all their boasngs OF
possessing superior WISDOM tnese people snow them
selves very oshcient IN sober common sense nay,
-
ments as 10 demonstrate that they are far from that
"Asaohi "hicn loves order, patience, soorlety-and
isehlihehty characterized oy SOUND mlnd. these
people, IN .nis instance as wen as all people, sects
ana uehominations' IN all instances, fuily connrm
the singular ana perfecttruth OF the Scrptureswhich
Say that those VINO profess themselves to be wise,
become ioois' Ihere never has been even an ex-
ception 10 ms truth-t Is confirmed IN all cases
ne next documents are pamphlet and circu-
lar nom william smith, the brother OF Joe. lie
ty'es-hinseh Inc Patriarch OF the Church OF Jesus
ohrls' OF Latter Day Saints; asserts that ne Is the
heao o 'ne Mormons-lhat ne is the Prophet by sue
cessioh ana lineage lie is out against the Twelve,
and denounces them, and all who adhere to them,
tooe persons OF such PAD conduct ana wicked deeds
mat 'ae heahes' memo In heh would hide his face
TOT shame 70 own sucnirienos' he also denounces
tie measure OF ENGRAVING or going into the will
oerness' as nc appropriately calls II.
Inus we may see Wnal ls the END OF all such de-
lusiohs ihey are iounded In amollion, covetous-
NESS oVer"eening self-conceit, and pride-pas-
are led by them under the deceptive garb Of religious
zeal and sell-devoton but which at last are suf-
tered TO break out and betray themselves. We draw
u very different conclusion from all these things
these deceptions and falsehoods, and abominable
humbugs-than tha, which is generally drawn
Instead OF taking them to be proofs that the Scrip
lures are false, and that there God and no truth
we aier the very contrary viz: that they are papa-
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