Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-07
BRIGHAM YOUNG.
8ls Observation-Disclosures Scenes
Among the HovSTis-1nci-
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dents.
F.om the Boston JournaIl
The prophet, Brigham Young, in imi-
tation of the Lord Jesus Christ, has or
dained twelve apostles to assist him IN
his ministry. In this Church of the
Latter Day Saints, he who viii be
greatest in the kingdom of Heaven is he
who has the most concUbines in this
life. The apostles, therefore, initiating
their prophet, add to the number Of their
concubines as they feel able, that their
glory NAV be great in the eternal world.
Do YOU ask whether the idea upper
most in the mind of the Orien-
tal-the qualification Of passion-may
not also be an indUcement with an aPos-
tie to take a concubine-a half dozen
Those sober minded men Of Salt Lake
will assure you that they seek only to do
the will Of God. Each sdded cOncubine
will be a Jewel in the immortal crown,
and over each new born child there Is
joy in Heaven, for it is soul released
from its prisUn-house, and started on itF
way to glory.
All of the apostles are married, and
all have two or more eOncubines in add
ton 10 their one lawful wife. They
rank as follows:
lst. Apostle Orson Hyde has three
concubines.
%. Apostle Orson Pratt. has three
concnbines.
Sd. Apostle John Taylor has six con-
cubines
4th. Apostle Wilford Woodruff has
two concubines.
5th. Apostle C. A. Smith has four
concubines.
9th. Apostle Amasa Lyman has four
cOncubines.
9Th. Apostle Ezra Benson has three
cOncubines.
8th. Apostle Charles Rich has six
concubines.
9th. Apostle Lorenzo Snow has three
concubines.
10th. Apostle Erastus Snow has two
concubines.
llth. Apostle Franklin Richards has
three concubines.
18th. Apostle G. Q. Cannon has two
concubines.
Daniel Wells, who is associated with
Brigham in the Presidency Of the
Church, has a large number of concu-
bines. Heber Kimball, who was also
member of the Presidency, but who
died last summer, had a large harem.
He was not mach liked by the Saints,
was coarse, brutal, and used obscene
language in the pulpit, abused his con-
eubines, worked them hard, gave them
little to eat, pulled their hair, and let
them understand that he was master Of
the situation. am informed that some
of them are not inconsolable now that
he has gone, and that they hope for a
Neriod Of rest before rejoining him in
61lo II. It's not stated as a fact, but
ouly a current report.
T,VE PROPHETS HAREN.
A few steps up Main street from our
ho,aI . turn to !, ,Ne right, and we see the
Pyonbets barem. The grounds occupied
by brigham are enclosed by a high wall,
laid in cement An eagle with spread
ing wings, clutching 4 bee hive ~ his
,tlSons, is mounted over the gateway
emblematical Of Brigham and the
Church. The main entrance faces south.
The grounds are we'll laid out, and there
is an abundance of apple, pear and peach
trees Crane vines climb the walls and
hang on trellises.
At the southwest corner Of the
grounds is the tithing Office, where the
tenth part Of all that is produced in the
territory passes into Brighams hands
A few steps east Of the tithing Office is
three-story building, standing end TO the
road, large enough and long enough for
a factory boarding house. 1t has steep
shingled roof, with ten gabled windows
on each side. On the balcony over the
door is 4 crouching lion.
This is the harem. \ covered pas
sage /, ads from the ground floor to an
other bui, 4ing east, in which is the gen
ersl business afice Of Brigham Young,
and from which te' 'egraph wires run from
every hamlet in the ll~rrltory' AnotheE
passage leads TO the 'rlyate once OF
Brigham, back of which is bis private
bedroom, where his coneubines Vait upon
him-Amelia to-day, Emeline to NOR
row, Lucy the day after.
Brigham's lawfully welded wife was
Mary Angel, a native of New York, the
mother Of five children-Joseph or
& Joe, as he is called at Salt Lake,
Brigham a, John Alice, and Luna.
She married the Prophet while he was
young man, before he was Prophet, and
with him accepted the revelations Of Jo-
seph Smith. She lives in q large stone
building in the rear Of the harem. Brig
ham does not often visit her now.
BRIGHAMs cONCUBINEs.
The number Of concubines in the
harem is not known to the Gentle world.
One report makes the number seventy
another gives only thirty. Itis probable
that the larger number includes those
who are sealed to Brigham for eter-
nifty and not for time.
His first eoncubine Is Lucy Decker.
She is tie lawful wife Of Isaac Seely,