, 1860-04-13

mental capacity. Among the nsn ! noties not
= fe" Who exhibit : supreme indideranee Tor
the sanitary laws Of hoses, their almost greate,t
Tim q, e. Though they perhaps do not look upon
the wins when it is red, they probably imblbs
"corn:juice 1t cven Gentle rate. Quite Z
number OF them did SEQ yesterday morning IN
tae eellaz Of certain grocery Of th1s city
pouring down he liquid fi1e, until, g no pro.
hsd distributed upward Of fifty drinks. Ths
eRects ofthis I afterwards .aw when in meeting.
Not onl{ enc, but many Of tho high priests aud
elders slept, the words Of the preachers remain.
ing to them even yet q sealed book.
TIE Prophets MOTHER.
Above al these in the Importance Of their
presence is Emma Bidemsn and her son. The
member Of this section Of the Latter Day Saints
church. She ia, indeed, il not Tosthy de-
seekdant Of the great progenitor claimed for
pc, ~ her first husband, fitting mato TOR that
Icentious Individual. Gross and ignorant, {as
she seems to BEL shs is fitting tJPe Of the wo.
her it il enough for ne to saJ that can only
wonder that she ever became the wife Of Sec
ond "lord and MASTER" I can only account
for i: bE supposing that the celebrity OF her
hrst spouse ecemed to be Q good slgu 1or the
public house oyec tia :destinies Of which he
p1et!des.
TEE PROPHET.
But what OF "TLe Prophet Joe: Fairness
requires ma to ssy that never did man in 30 few
things conform to the ideas which reading Of
the sublime pagea penned BY the prophets Of old
imprssscs upon cur minds In prophet We
look ct least for the outward signs Of ordinary
intelli9euce-for Il decent 1egusd for the sani-
tary lnw which induces Us to BE- clean: True be
has come from tbs p4ow to redeem this people,
but hard work can hardly be urged Is
an excuse for diet His dress upon this occasion
il that of roo1 fnrnaer, {by the way, believe
be ia Elso q lawrer.) His face would bespeak
him "soft; - his eyea are gentle: bis hesd rises
her ears must4ehe Of nearly the same color,
but in mighty bad disorder. The FIRST impress
sicn on seeing hi1a il that soap, water and Q
smal!-tooth comF nould materially s.tsct bis
general appearance, TO their exceeding great
improvement.
1n the doctrines end practice OF ihe Normons
he is evidently ur1earred. He had, as be had
often ksid, cast the thing from him, and when
installed he did not evea possess Book Of
Mormon Or 3 compilation Of Tue Doctrine and
Coveuants. Whasever he does will mainly 10
&C.,. ...-ce hv n1aosesspirits, who. since the dis
persion, have Le!I together, and been craGu>
lily adding to ths rsmnan: Of the dispersed be-
levers.
TIE NIT PRESENTATION.
Came about in 1850. during the spring when
Zeuas Il. Gurley pe,fesssd to receive reyela'
tion telling him 10 :ise up, cast of all that claim
to be prophets, aud 20 forth and preach the COS
PEI; and say that God would raise up prophet
10 complete lis work" To this Gurey anawer-
I'd, "fes, Lord" and with it be neglected to
comply, until through soma one more faithful
the command came. and this il the result. 1t is,
however, observable that the little regard that
tusley, now one of-the prophets council, gave
10 tbs evelation he received, is initiated oy his
master, who, Is will be seen By tha proceedings,
refused positively to ''cast oifaH lor anyl 1aat
claim to bs prophets" tbs result being that IN
these United State ra have two Mormon church.
es, two sets Of prophets, apostles, priests and
teachers.
THE PROPHET nsrCsEs 10 11coHMrS1cATE.
Dy telegraph aud by mail hare con.munica.
ted to you all tha. this Conference hEs done Of
importance to themselves OF to the outside
world. In this it is brt accorded the to not:ce
more fully the refuss1 Of young Siutll to ua-
church The Saints presented as those who have
heca led enay.
Tile list referred to as presented to 'theproph-
ct" BY Zenas H. t;nr:sy, who aanounced that
I'VE rill now procsed:o 20 present tile offenders IN
',u.cx 4s thought young Joo siartod up aud
exclaimed "Nlat is thxt:"
Every thing came to stand still, aud .very
bndy looked amazed.
4 war Of words, ID an undertone, resulted be-
tween "the propllet' and his counselor, the end
Of which MAS that,
Smith sail: | hold in MY hands list Of names
that have apparently b.en presented:for disnleni-
bering. Now Am opposed to any thing thas
shows al uncllaritub'e spirit in the commence
n,ent Of this work. These members, although
they may now be in darkness. e0ou lbe
knowledge uftAi9 ors snization shall reach them
it may create pani: IN them, or in otherworls
it may bring then> right. DO not feel that I
could give my sanef:2', to tie dis:he,nbeTing ofa
the Church. l could net. audi hope the hreth-
ren will uphold me- in shat.
President Of Serenity, Blakeslee.-Thank
God.
Smith continued-Itesc men hnve hnl faith
in certain parties prcauu,e, and ii we now in
the commencement Of this work dismcnlber this
body O body. the consequence will ba the
whole body will be parelyzcd, the efforts we aye
making will be rendered useless. For the back
sdvrs that 1lave e7istad heretofore there is
chance forrcfo.fnstion, is well as there is ac2cng
those who have never had knowledge aud exist.
cIce as i par, cf the b:;dr.
don't know hut an z:rGnuous in thisuatter.
butthat il the wsy feet. do uot eetto take held
ofth:s thing i'll IN uueh.rtable spirit; and feel
Ike :eproyin! wait = clarity whenerer see,
keep Ike list, and # thrt =h4!l con.c forward, /
hope l may b. remembered III this sct ofchar-
ity.
The remainder Of the proceedings :hAve con-
sisted 1u preaching, prayer meetings, AID the
act Of baptism. In The 1rs: tho doctrines aud
book Of Mormon weso!especially recommend
cfl, Of course. The prayer meetings were ratl-
CT meetings ofrcjoiciug at The completion Of the
reorganization.