Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-11-25
6tntral Snttlli9tt.te.
HIGH TIMES At SALT LAKE,


4 reliable gentleman, officially connect
ed with one Of the prominent railway lines
of the country, arrived in this city yester-
day afternoon direct from Salt Lake. lie
informs us that there is trouble in the
Mormon brotherhood, and that four of the
most ablu and influential Elders have been
communicated by order of Brigham, for
giving expression to and indorsing utter
Nnces, adjudged by the great law-giver Of
the Mormons, to be Meteorological and
schismatic.
Elders Godbe and Harrison are the edi-
tors and publishers of q weekly magazine
at Salt Lake. It is handsomely printed
octave, and edited with marked ability
In the number for October e the objection
able article appeared in the Utah. Magazine
lfor such is the name Of the publication in
Nuestion,) under the head, 1--WE are moth
ing if not spiritual" The article in ques-
. ton is somewhat lengthy, but ~ It has
been the cause of disrupting the Mormon
church, and creating q schism which We
believe will never be healed. but grow wider
and deeper until it produces total disrup.
ton, we publish it entire, in advance Of
every other newspaper outside of Salt Lake
City. It ia as follows: -'n :. an-..:s IL.
WE ARE NOTHING IF NOT SPIRITUAL.
When Joseph Smith inaugurated our
church, nearly forty years ago, it burst
npon the world as revelation Of spiritual
power. The main peculiarly OF our system
was, that we asserted the necessity ofelose
aud constant INSTRUMENTATION between
this and the heavenly worlds.
While we freely admitted that light and
intelligence were continually being ilnpart-
cd by God to mankind through inspiration
OF an intellectual or mental kind, ~ strong
~ protested against the spficiency Of this
kind of revelation.
Our Elders went forth declaring the
opening of dispensation of Q angelic visit-
alton; An age of revelation and prophecy;
q new grand period Of heavenly manifest.
atoms. The sick were to be healed hence
forth mainly by the laying on of. hands.-
Visions and divinely given dreams were to
be tho constant companions Of the men,
hers of the church; the curtains of heayen
were to be lifted up, and . church ests-
blished which-to use. the language the
doctrines and the covenants-by the multi
plicity Of heavenly manifestations poured
npon mankind in the tiesh,, was to prepare
them for the falIness q Jehovah's presence
joyment of which tLey could not bs sopeF,
fected.
As means, to this end spiritual power
y was to be built up to be called Zion, whose
people should havea constant witness of
the presence and association of heavenly
Spiritual power was our battle ery, We
were nothing II not spiritual" We were
founding a kingdom. whose-glory was not
the wealth ofits people, the extent Of their
farms, or the elegance of their homes, but
the fire of the Omnipotent spirit and the
presence and Influence Of the great ones of
the invisible world, while sweet and holy
sentiments, changing hearts and purifying
the lives of men were to distill through
inspired lips upon the church.
This was the programme to which We
have given the most vital portions of our
existence. and for which we have oil borne
the scorp of the world. Some of MS travel.
face of the world, and all of the struggling
through hardships innumerable to these
desolate Valleys 20 pursue any and every
occupation that might present itself CON
genial or otherwise-solely that We might
see gigantic spiritual power rear itsslf in
: strength above the nations y;Foe this We
suffered, and for this we. struggled through
poverty and hardahips 70 this land, and for
nothing else: q SO - =" y i
"Abroad among the nations" we had
plentiful confederation that this theory WAS
no idle dream, but based on facts, Whole
sale spiritual manifestations did there d.
tend us. Our sick were then healed by the
hundred. During the great cholera year
in England, among 80, 900 Latlefday Saints,
scarcely one succumbed to the disease. We
were rich in spiritual manifestations. We
felt angelic presence even il unseen. We
lived in an atmosphere that made 10 feel
every day very near to God and the heaven
~ world. Ali this bore witness that there
. would beestablished upon tho earth agreat
I central reservoir 1rem whence spiritual in
fuences should spread with electric force
and kindle the world afar in due time.
Cut this grand sign out OF the mission of
this people. and there ia nothing LEFT. TO
open up the fountains Of the hsayeply world
to stand hand in hand the mortal church
with the invisible behind the veil. This
was the destiny for which We started d .
people, and unless we realize it No have
not congregate together to build up big
nation whose numbers and might should
overawe the world. We needed q distinct
existence as people. Of course and there
fore required cities aud national influence;
bnt these were but secondary objeets-
merely means to an end: Our temporal in
huence was simply to be kind Of bulwark
within which our spiritual powers should
be developed. External surroundings,
without the divine part of our religion for
which the whole was brought into the OK.
istence, would, We understood, be nothing
ont mockery and sham. jH'.o
In the providence Of God, for number
of years We have been marching almost en-
tirely in the direction of temporalities, I'M.
til they are the all absorbing theme. It 10
Temperatures upon the street. III the gar.
den, in the meeting and in the council =
temperatures from the rising Of the sun to
the going down Of the same, and from one
year end to another. we have but -ons
kind of subject-houses, fences. goods
and money, worlds without end. This 10
low it is at present, and there doubtless
is providential lesson in it, but we cannot
remain so foYeyer.. &.- 3,
We say this much in calling attention to
the true object Of Onr existence as people,
because there is to day an inspiration rest.
ing upon rs - q community, thAt We IRE
very near to day Of spiritual power
that will not only take us back to our old
position. but eclipse the past by Its bright
ness. Thousanls Of hearts in Utah feel
that light is coming that will repay us for
all, and justify all our grand expectations.
1t stands to common sense that temperate.
ties, without far more spiritual power than
we have at present, will not build up Q
heavenly Zion. No temporal order or sys-
tenn, by ITSELF, can bring this about. The
presence Of Revelation widely diffased
amongst us will aaone constitute Zion, and
that must depend upon the channels Of re-
violation in our souls being opened up
Everybody in the church may be wealthy
and the church asa whole, by its grand oos
operation, have but one pocket, and there
10y lie able to out-pnrchase the world and
bring it to our feet, and all this may add to
our temporal comfort; but no union of
wealth-of disunion either-can create q
union Of spiritual power. Spiritual power
should in fact be first, and our union grow
ont OF that, and not our spiritual power
grow ont Of our temporal union. The pur-
ity OF our natures, the spirit Of Christ III its
self abnegation and love in orr bosorns,
can alone bring angels to our homes They
will not come there because we all have our
money in ole bank, depend upon it. If
they find our right, they will come. because
they will find their attractions there, and
they will COME no more, nor so much, i, -
Grand Corpmerciat Church, W. hold tie
riches Of the world III our handS and can
huy or sell it ut o,r pleasure, providing
these characteristics are absent.
Surprising then, as we do, that temporal
tiles are useful and necessary in their way,
they are not our ultimate destiny, it was
not for this that angels left the heavens
and opened up q dispsnsation to man. Our
destiny is to he great spiritual nation and
all these temporalities are mere accessory
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