, 1866-08-06

woman: has not seen hairy day
since ] took my second Wifi" 1uso-
much that King Brigham proclaimed that on
. certain day the wives Of Mormonfom must
have accepted emancipation, or ever
after 'lx ;fAey, raetonr, he
-esyaa II am going to-,:s every
~oroae at liberty, and ssy to them, sNow go
your HAy-my women with th4 rcst-go
yonr way And my wives haze Kot to do Que
oftwo things :elther round up their shoul-
ders to endure tho Affections Of this world,
and live their relIgi ion, or they may leave. for
will not have them about me. viii 80 into
heaven alone, rather than have scEatchlng
and fighting around me- want to
60 somewhere, and do something to get rid
ofthe whinen." All this Haa dealgned to
stop the :: whiningn nof arst wires- Let US
have an example Of khe roasseuesa and. prac:
.tiea1 ba4ha1ay d poa1gAmy. We quota from
the moat respectable class. Young first
Counsellor Kimba1l, accosted Prussian
brother: .sBsother zausslg," he said, :'taso
you ! doing we1ir' '.Yes, dr." Then
you do well for the Church, too" said the
Second Presdcnt '..how. many women: have
/ yau.'' 1.-TWO, asr. ~ That Ia not enough,
you must take couple more. III send them
to you. Do you hear r. ayes, air." On the
following evening when the brother returned
home, he found two women alttlng there
His wits introduced them as the "sfsters
Pratt" One Of them, Sarah, said, "Brothcr
Zarssig, brother kimban told u to call On
you, md you kmosu teast tor." 'Yes, ladies,
but 1t Is a very hard task for me to marry
two" The Other lady remarked, t'Brother
Klmball told rs that you wero doing verT
good business, and could support more wo-
men," Sarah then said, ''Hszl, Arotaer Zaas-:
stq, Isrdas 70 aa n,ar7kd onvhots." The good
Prussian made answsr, .tWell, ladies, will
sec what can do, and let you know"
We know not where to stop IN the midst
Of this modern spring Of judaism aud barbar-
ism. Mrs. Waite,s faithful and burning pages
have led us on h1ther and further, TIL We
have not only studied every paragraph Of
her book, but have turned aside into the re-
with look into The book Of Mormon, the
works Of Farley P. Pratt Franklin D. Rich
ards, and sundry scraps Of Young's sermons !;
and this fuel has fed our indignation even
more than our curiosity. We have been ac-
customed to pcrsonifS, human depraTity In
the civilized plundercr Of the Peruvtans but
better judges In future gcncEation will give
Satan 4 body from our own territory. We
believe the causes of Mormon success to be
tho intense religious seusIbilIty of the class
out Of which proselytes were made, the very
democratic nature Of the first churches, the
extraordinary suffering and cruel persecution
Of the !" fathers" the fitness Of Mr.. spaul-
.ding's manuscript to e1cic the religious At
dor Of lgnornnt but very Imaginative follow.
crs, the excellence Of Brigham Youns's geni.
us for organizing disciples from every race
and language, the notion of present rcycla.
tfon from God, an idea which has u charm fol
every generation. the fsar Of terri
bic penalties both inthis world and the merit,
and the heavenly reward Of many wives mud
much power. The principles Of decay now
ut work In Mormonlsm are tho crer incrcas.
ing pressure Of surrounding civilization, The
omtnous United States soldiers across the
Jordan from tho Holy City, the Christianity
of the Rev. Nj. Mcleod and his Congregn.
tionaI Church. tho Influence of tho Uatot