Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-09-01
MistelIaneulls.
GREELEY AMONG THE MORMONS
He Sees the Saints, but not the Women.
D1VM e DIALOGUE. &C
SALT LAKE CIrY, UrAH,
July l3r 1859.

My friend DR.. Beruhisel, M. C. took me
this afternoon, by appointment, to meet
Brigham Young, President of the Mormon
Church, who had expressed willingness
to receive me al P. NJ. We were very
cordially welcomed at the door by the
President who led US into the second story
.parlor Of the largest of his houses (he has
three,) where l was introduced to Heber
G. Kimball Gen. Wells, Gen. Ferguson.
Albert Darlington, Elias Smith, and sew
erai other leading men In the Church,
with two full grown sons of the President
After some unimport conversation on gen.
eral topics, l stated that l had come in
quest Of fuller knowledge respecting the
doctrines and polity of the Mormon Church
and would like to ask some questions bear
ing directly on these, il there were no OBJ
jection. President Young avowed his
willingness to respond to all pertinent
inquiries, and the conversation proceeded
substantially as follows:
H. Gam / to regard Mormonism (so
called) as new religion, or as simply a
new development Of Christiauityi
B. B.Y.-We hold that there can be no
true Christian Church without priesthood
directly commissioned by and in immedi-
ate communication with the Son of God
and Savior of mankind. Such church is
that of the Latter Day Saints, called by
their enemies Mormons; we know no 9TH
er that even pretends TO have present and
direct revelations of. Gods will.
H. G.-Then am to understand that
you regard all other churches protesting to
be Christian as the Church of Rome re.
CARDS all churches not in communion with
itself-as schismatic, hereticsl, and out of
the way of salvation?.
B. Yves, substantially.
H. G.-Apart from this, in what respect
do your doctrines differ essentially from
those of our Orthodox Protestant Church
es-the Baptist or Methodist for example
B. WE hold the doctrines of Chris
tianity as revealed in the Old and New
Testaments-alsoi in the book of Mormon,
which teaches the same cardinal truths,
and those only.
T. G.-Do you believe in the Doctrines
fthe Trinityi
B. WE do: but not exactly as il is
held by other churches. We believe in
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost,
as equal, but not identlcal-not as one
person Tbeing.] We believe in all the Bi.
BE teaches on this subject.
II. G.-Doyou belieys in personal dev.
liza distinct, conscious, spiritual being,
whose nature and acts are essentially ma
lignant and evile =.
B. we do.
H. G-Do you hold the doctrine Of
Eternal Punishment
B. Y-We do; though perhaps not ex.
actly . other churches do. We believe il
- The Bible teaches il.
II. GEL understand that yon regard
Bsptism by Immersion as essential.
B. Y.--We do.
H. G.-Do you practice Iufsa. Bap.
tism.
b. Y-Nc.
II. G.--Do ron make removals to thess
valleys obligatory on yosr convertsi
B. Y.--They would consider themselve,
greatly agrieved If they were not invited
bither, We hold to such gathering to
gether Of Gods People as the Bible fore
tells, and that this is the place, and now j
the time appointed for its consumstion.