The Nevada journal., 1856-05-23
WHOLE NO. 316

WORDS OF BRIGHAM, THE PRopHET.-
Brigham Young pitches into the lawyers
and courts and gives them fits There is
nothing mealy -mouthed in his coadem-
nation.
The legal fraternity even among the
saints, are no better than any whore else
The following extract from discourse by
the Prophet, are taken from the San Fran
cisco Chronicle
"For a week or two past the Court House
has been thronged with men, and it is darker
than the bowels of hell If you ask me how
know, answer, have been there and sect
for myself; have understood how they felt, eml
tried the spirits; and saw who we're there. 1t
is shame for men to be found foafng about in
such places, where there is contention and quar-
relng, and every stratagem that can be used to
deceive jufies and witnesses, and lying before
them with all the grace and sanctity Of a Saint,
pretending to be one. Such place is darlses
to ME than midnight darkness.
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| Do lsay that lying is practiccd in those pla
ces Yes, often from begiutrilig to end. Men
| will take a solemn oath that they will tell tho
truth. in the name of Israel's God, and nothing
but the tr uth, and then, if they have preju.
dice against Mr.. A or B. they will tell their
story to suit themselves, and if possible, crush
an innoceLt person. The juries are liable to b.
deceived where there is SO much darkness, ami
the whole posse will go to hell, and will say
1t in the name OF Jesus Christ.
To see professea brethren, old and Young,
idling away their time in ard around court
rooms proves them to have little or no love
for their religion, and that they care but little
about their God.
Men who love corruption, contention and
broils, and who seek to make them, curse YOU
in the name of the Lord JESUS Christ | curse
you and the fruits of your lands shall be smit-
ten with mildew, your children shall sckeu
and die, your cattle shall waste away, and |
pray God to root you out from the society of
the Saints. To observe such conduct as many
lawyers are guilty Of stirring up strife among
peaceabe men, IS an outrage upon the feelings
OF every honest, law abiding man. To sit
among them is like sitting in the depths of hell.
for they are as corrupt as the bowels of hell,
and their hearts were as black as the ace OF
spades. | have known them for years Il know
where they were begotten, and by whom, and
how they were brought forth, and the history
OF their lives. They love sin, and roll it under
their tongues as a sweet morsel, and will creep
around like wolves in sleeps clothing, and fill
their pockets with the fair earnings of their
neighbors, and devise every arti6ce in their
power to reach the property of the honest, and
that is what has caused these courts. | saw,
may God Almighty curse them from this time
henceforth, and let all the Saints in this house.
say. Amen, Ia unanimous Amen, from 5000
persons resounded through the house, for they
are stink in the nostrils of God and angels.
and IN the nostrils of every Latter Day Saint
in this Territory.
am not afraid Of all hell nor of all the world
in laying judgment to the line when the Lord
says so. Now then behave yourselves you old
gray-headed know nothings, you are doated
you are, shall l say, hard shells mo, you are
poor old soft shell fogies, that few pounds Of
tea and sugar will bny.