The Kanzas news., 1859-07-02
Mornon Mafters


In order to give our readers some idea OF
the style of the Mormon Leaders In address
ING their people, we make some extracts
from iiscourses recently delivered by Or
son Pratt and Brigham.
In a defence of the doctrine of plural.
ity of wives Elder Pratt is thus repor
ted
He referred to prophecy in Isaiah rela-
tive TO the coming of the Lord, and painted
glowing pictnre.-scene, on earth, just
prior to the removal of the masculine saints
from the old kingdom 10 the new; each male
saint was represented as having seven dis
tressed females clinging to the extremities
of his coat, weeping. and insisting upon re-
tanning their holds, that they might, through
his righteousness. be saVed-professing 10
be able and willing to supply their own
wearing apparel. rations and other necessa-
re- outfit, without putting him to the least
expenss or inconye nience on their account.
The speaker said that this prophecy, which
is vet to be fulfilled, is an endorsement of The
doctrine.-aud the people said amen
After P:att had finished his blaspiemous
discourse, the President-Brigham Young
arose, and thus went into the merits OF
MormoDism:
I'm here again !''-"I amt dead yet l''
Il haven't gone yet, but am here, doing
as always have done, that is, the best
can p .'It's all right s.just lay low;
look out for black ducks" with twist OF
the head and motions Of the hands more
difficult of comprehension than the Desoret
Alphabet.} "These trials we are passing
through are nothing''-''it III be all right, "
fos ho m
Ia mode turning Jack from the bottom.
Exhorted the people TO be firm. and put
their trust in God; faith was what they
wanted-possess that, and the Lord would
fight their battles for them, though not lite
rally. as some of the brethren once thought
in Missouri. II seems that during their
troubles iE that State, Joseph prophisied
that the Lord would send his angels and
overthrow their enemies. One day some
two hundred of them found thirtyfiye hun
dred of the enemy drawn up to give them
battle, whereupon some of the brethren,
having Joseph's prophecy in mind, began
to look around for the promised celestial re-
Enforcement. specimens of low comedy
acting by ''the B-loved"-congregatio de-
lighted. but not seeing any signs of their
approach, slipped off their coats. put them
on wrong side out, and run over to the en-
envy. Rather intimated that he did not
want any more such faith as that; seemed
to be Of the opinion that he and the few that
remained could have wiped out the thirty
Eve hundred had the 6ght taken place.
He referred to the apostates-called those
who aided them in leaving the pawn
of hell !''
He told the brethren, God bless their
souls, that they were all the time prating
about living the celestial law, when they
didn't know what celestial law was.
He particularly exhorted the Saints to
stop swearing, Saints swear !! illustrated
his idea by relating story which was as
full of damn's as he claims to be of morali-
ty. Said the Mormous can beat the world
at anything, whether at neanness. (amen)
stealing. (ditto y robbing. plundering. Zen
core y or any other giving vice or virtue
that the naeanest of all mean men was {
mean Mormon.
After blessing them all. he turned to the
congregation in rather contemptuous man
ner, took his seat, having spoken about {
half an hour.