The New York herald., 1870-01-03

dom believed tnat all Thar God ever did or ever
would reveal 70 the human family was containod In
the OLD aud the new testament Such was tfe con-
dltion OF the world forty years ago. before this
Church was organized, when Joseph Smith, then
supernatural vision; that Gwo pers0nayes clothed In
white appeared 70 min, and, the pointing to tlie
Four years afterwards an angel, whose face shone
like vivid flaSh OF lightning appeared to him and
revealed certain realitesnamely. that the anclenI
OF israel, that they had kept sacred ana holy re-
cords that those had been kept by prophets
OF their last prophets some fourteen centuries ago,
after tho nation had fallen into wickedness, ana
tnas tho time had come whom they should
Of God. Alter having received several visitstions
from sucn glorious personages Joseph was permit
been made coo years before Chrlst~and the Ur,m rim
and lhum min, the instruments used Oy the ancient
seers, were also obtained, by tue aid Of which he
translated the records into language in the year
1880. by them tt was aScertained that tho ancient
inhabitants OF the earth had been baptized In GER
~ Joseph desired 10 be baptized In the same wey
John the Baptist appeared to him, baptized hun,
ordained him with the same priesthood held by John
nimsalf and gave HIM the promise that that priest
hood should not be taken from the earth while the
eartn should stand. Afterwards Peter, James and
than Johns, namely, the order or Moichixedek.
lucy dld not come a. behind . screen.
and s @ n
spirit OF prophecy. the gft Of tongues power heal
tho sick, 70 cast out devils, to build up the Kingdom
. now! from the pulpit and the press from one end
OF the Union TO the other against new revelation.
were murdered the saints driven from CITY to city
and their property cOnfscated. They were perse-
cuted. not for poygamy-f0r God had not then re-
veaied n-but simply for believing in the same prin-
clpea as the ancient prophets and apostles When
tne Devil FOUND that they could not be put down Dy
snow them that the world can haze revelation
enough" he commenced on two females. the
Misses Fox. and has continued TO the present day,
until there are now several million believers in the
United STATES Alone The whole Christian word
apparently u now willing to believe In new
revelation. Those people have forgotten how tney
perseouted the LATER Day saints because they be.
lieved In new revelation. They are not willing TO
believe IN revelation given through the medium OF
prophets, but willing TO believe II the medium is
. man who w.l lie and steal and blaspheme the
name OF Christ. The Devl has several names for
these spiritual manifestations to make people swal-
low u down, as doctors sweeten up nauseous medi-
cnes for patients. The Devil has SO sweetened them
up that he has now nearly all manifestations under
electromagnetic or something OF that kind. Many
people IN the present day have become scientific,
and the Devil thinks II he can only invent real NICE
beautiful name, with some resemblance to y scien.
tlfc name, great many OF those persons will swa-
low 1t down ana think 1t Is all right
Elder Pratt then related conversation he had in
New YORK at about the time OF the breaking out Of
the ar with Judge Edmonds, who told him about
ing Of BELLS dlnerent orders or angels in 0iferent
spheres, who required no priesthood, authority,
to Judge Edmonds, Jesus and His apostles lived In
semi-barbarous age, but the present was superior
and Its dspensations threw those oil the other into
the shade. When Elder Pratt heard this he SAID he
saw that as the Devil had manifested his power
among the ancient Egyptians because they had per-
secuted the people OF God and shed innocent blood
and the Lord had suffered them to be deceived % BY
strong deusi0n, even 80 He had suffered it to
come wholesale over our whole nation because we
prophets and driven the saints to perish among
the ROCKY Mountains. Ap0states from the
meom u ne sad were the
church or priesthood. He ha1 had conversations
recently with Harrison and GCdbe. who said they
Peter, James and John, Solomon and Jesus py hear
ing voices and seeing little light when Jesus came,
but put never seeing any persons. Kimball had told
laid down in the Book Of Doctrine and Covenants.
Solomon had come TO them ana he was rather
about his concubines, said he never had any
bines, but that all his women, FAR as he under
stood the subject, were Wives
TINS, said Elder Pratt, not only repudiates the
Book OF Mormon. but the Scriptures also; for in the
latter we are told tnat he had 700 wives and 800
concubines and wives he had bur the record con-
taned there seemed touch the feelings OF the old
gentleman and ne seemed to desire to get out OF H.
and to explain the mater he said the things con-
tanned In the Book OF Mormon and the Scriptures
were not to be received just as they
usea mss S'01s ns that fss saying n%ss II
JACOB, in the Book Of Mormon. 81 said TO them y
COQtluueu ElOcr PraU II 90 not Dcl1eVe word you
say believe you have had the manifestations just
as you say, but do not believe that Peter, James
and John, Solomon, Joseph Smith, HeDer G. Kimball
has manifested himself In the world.'' 30" said
they, 'here ls the difference between US ana they
We believe In the prlesthood we believe in plurality
OF wives; we believe IN the order Of the Church y
and 80 on. Said !, Don't you know that the Devil
would be very foolish II, when he wished TO lead
years the principles you believe in. ne would under
take to tell them there was no truth In all things
the Dey can adapt himself to the belief Of any per-
son. II you believed In plurality he would make
you believe 1t was all right. II he could get you to
swallow down one or two great lies that would eject
your destruction and which would preach and SO
destroy many Others he would not mind now many
truths you might believe. He would be willing
that you should believe . great many things abso-
astray and get you to reject some Of the fundamen
tai principles OF your salvation and the salvation OF
feell We don't feel any animosty to any one; no
anger IN our bosoms; we love the President ana his
council; we love the Twelve and the whole Cnurch.n
you really believed Ghese Manifestations were from
God, and the personages calling themselves Peter,
we're not those s ad a org o. y.
faith was fixed that they were what tney repre-.
sented themselves 70 be, what would be
it just ~ the pagans would die for their
idol worship Just US thousands have done
among m the false sess Of IRIS
their works, but they died, hewn down and cast
into the nre" And so these men (GOdbe and Har.
rtson) have JOY in their works They are as happy
as happy can be, apparently, because they believe
In those foolish SIMPLE vain spirits that have taken
advantage OF them to lead them astray Said l,
lone reason that don't believe any OF your mani
festatOns Is that your manifesto that you have pub
llshed and sent forth among the people contains
things 80 absolutely In opposition to the Book OF
Doctrine and Covenants that know no good angel
or spirit ever revealed them to you,a In order to
get round thus they SAID that the spirits had mani
Tested that the Book OF Doctrine and Covenants was
not to be relied upon In the fullest sense In our
present state OF light knowledge that the rcve-
lations and commandments were given in
our our darkness, but that God had greater
Book Of Doctrine and Covenants In opposition to
their manifesto, to show how the Lord ana His
priesthood were to govern in temporal as well as
spiritual things. But" said l, ."your spirits say
that they must only teach Ia spiritual things, and
have no business 70 assume control in temporal
concerns, but to let every man follow the bent Of
his own mind. This', said /, s'pr0ves to me that
your spirits never came from Cod" was very
gentle with them; did not express myself harshly,
put IN plain and pointed manner. inquired OF
brother Brigham as l came ON to the stand to-day
on what subject l should speak ana he said:-
every spirit that confesscs that Jesus is the Christ
Is OF G0d and every spirit that not confess this
Is not OF God" The nature of these spirits in their