The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1860-04-19

" 10 NuU lUSl UO1t NuN SpIN WHICH NiOhpNSl
my coming, will also prompt my reception
Young 10. was thereupon unanimously elect
cd President anG Prophet, aud was ordained to
the Presidency OF the Melchisedcc Priesthood.
The mother Of young Joseph, Emma Bdemou)
was then received into the church by unani
nous vote.
Jo, j., and his mother. it is stated. have oft.
en- expressed an Nbhorreuce for Mormouism, but |
circumstances alter cases, aud they are now at
the head of at least one branch of the church.
The correspondent of the Cincinnati Gdsei!e,
who was present at the Conference, gives the
following description Of the place. the meeting,
and tbe leaders in this movement, which will
be interesting to all who wish to know more OF
the character OF this peculiar class of people
Amboy is situated on the Illinois Central L
r., between d xon where the Gucnu & Chicago
Union Rullroad (Dxon air line) crosses the Cen
tral road, aud MENDOZA, where the Chicago, Bur.
llngtOn * q ,Incy road inlerseCts the snmo cen
tral road. The population OF the city Is about
twenty five hundrcd, which number Of persons
have established themselves here since the city
was laid out five years since, These are dis
trlbuted over IN area OF mllc square, divided
into tour wards. represented by mayor aud
| council
The Mormons have here n congregation mum.
bcrng twenty-seven regular members. who listen
! TO The preachings of Elder Caldwell now an npoS-
| tie. IL is said that they Will make this their
! present rendezvous, the representative Zion. To
| the three or four church edlhces now slaulir
! boldly out with spires upreared to heaven, they
propose to add one other, the r., representative ul
their motley creed.
Here aud hereabouts reside several relatives of
| . tI,. Nl,nt ,y,I T..
ors side, members OF the EpisCopalan tenomi.
nation, ousi ie Gentes or biburiaus. To these
! (the Warson family Mrs. Bldeman aud her son
10. have III late years frequently disivowed be
liet IN the tene!S promulgated by old Jo., and
as often declared their intention OF leaving them
TO the course oil natural extinction, following
on the cxueme repugnance to the doctrines sup
ported by the saints" To one of them this
late event is sore tral-the presence of this
young man again IN another shnpe to propagate
the sins of the father, brings up the recollection
: of son (Loenzo) brought to M uutimely end
by reason Of his defending the elder Jo, aud of
; dau5hc Srleved to the grave by that sad death
) THIS conference is an adjourned one from that
which met October Il, 1899, at Sandwich, in d.
kalb county in his State. 1t resu ted in dc.
sire Cor as the Mormons say, by direction of the
Holy Spirit,) to complete The new organ cation
OF the church on the thirticth anniversary of the
5 original organlz ,tiun under the elder Jo
1t consists OF all those Of the faithful who
could be indudcd by the promise Of Young Jo.',
attendance to be present. These were urged by
their elders to come at all hazards aud the cal
states to them that come they shal it SO be they
: need to work their passage hitherward
This call has induced somewhere pbout one
hundred to be present, including males and ic
males. There are here members of the nOCl
from southwestern Wisconsin, northcrn Illinois
eastern Iowa, and scattered sheep or two from
Ohio. Among the priests here are official mem
= bers Dwight Webster, George Morey, A. Patlen
w. Marks, Ienas Il. GurIey W. w. Blair, Higl
Priests e. Z. Dnnham, John Barhulf, w, d
' Morton, Edwin Caldwell, Zanas Whitcomb, Isaac
Sheen, Got Clncinnali.) J. r. barrett, s. J. Stone
u Crowel Lanphier, Alex. Emery, J. II. BlakesIee
= and others. The whole number includes 0l,
men with hOary heads young men and maidens
matrunS, fathers and little children of all siz,
{ and sorts, from the nursing infant to the strap
, y ping loblo!ly. The majority being, however, .
" the old stock--he men whose heads are silvoreC
with age, and the women whose shrvelel face
show the effects OF age and hard labor. The
e class they are drafted from would seem to be th
u lowest. The linen that is apparent shows how
IS Iittle respect they entertain for that prec- p
which admonshes us that " CLEANLINESS is mex
/ to godlinesS." For the women generally shoulC
say at least 90 lar as their garments are concern
c ed that baptism being BY immersion would tpnC
J. to more healthy physique, while the use OF sool
: would probably ia ke rom their faces and BRAN
S cup some of their present membranes, to th
i great improvement OF their mental cdpaCily.-
u Among The men | notice not "a few who eXhib
I it supreme indifference Tor the sanitary laws %
y Moses, their almost greatest prophet, whlcl
counscled temperance in all thugs Though the
= perhaps do not look upon the wine when it /
red. Hey probably lInOlUr corn JUICE. a even
II Gentle rate. QIi,e II number OF them did
. SEE yesterday morning IN tho cellar OF Certdi
u grocery OF this city, pouring down the liqm
D ire until as the proprietor informed ne, anon
some thirteen he had distributed upward OF fiji
u IS drinks. The effect OF thi, atterward saw
= when in me.ting. Not only one, but many q
70 lhe high priests and elders slept, the words o
8 the preachers rsmalning 10 them even yet 81
sealed book
: Above all these in the Importance of thei
= presence is Emma Bideman aud her son. Th,
V first has never until the 6Lh instant been a mem
Der Of this section Of the Latter Day Saints
: Church She is indeed if not a worthy descend
ant of the great progenitor claimed for her b,
her first husband, fitting mate tor that licen
tious Individual Gross aud ignorant, { as sht
seems to be,) she is a fitting type o the womer
. who are here praying for her blessing. OF he
! it Is enough tor me to say that can only won
der that she ever became the wife of a secOnC
" lord and master" can only account for i
: by suppO,ing that the celebrity of her frs
spouse seemed to be good sign for the pub
tlc house over the destinles of which he presides
But what of the Prophet Jo?' Fairness re
? qulres me TO say that never dill man in so few
/ lhingS conform to the ideas which reading o.
/ the sublime pages pennel By the prophets OF old
impresses upon our minds In prophet we look
. al least Tor the outward signs OF ordinary intel
4 !i5ence-for decent regard for the sanitary law
| which induces us to be clean. True he has come
from the pow to redeem this people, but hard
. work can hardly be urged as an excuse for dirt
. His dress upon this occasion is that of II poor
farmer, (by the way, believe he is also a law
, yer) His face would bespeak him "soit = hi
| Eyes are gentle his head rises TO peak on top
his hair is black and long, and he wears mus