The New York herald., 1872-11-07
MoRMoNs BOUND FOR JERUSALEM,

nrI&uam xOunR SENDS HIS Apostles Co
tho Eastern Zion-A Poetess Goes
Again to Sing the Praises OF King
David.
While all the American world is busy with thu
great election business the Mormons are not Idle.
People in Salt Lake City never sit down to think
when there is any possibility OF working and
doing. Brigham Young is as lively as ever.
He never sleeps. Ordinary people have time
for repose, but the prophet Of the Lord" must be
ever on the QXt Vtre. While all the world was
busy considering whether Grant or Greeley would
turn the scale Of American politics, the great
Mormon Prophet had no time to bestow upon such
triang affairs. but lifted up his eyes to the far dis
tant East. Jerusalem, the grand old city
which Abraham visited, which David so
successfully besieged. which became the "Zion' OF
sacred song, the glory Of the Crusaders OF old and
the prototype Of everlasting salvation to the
Christian Of modern days, would no doubt have
been shorn Of half its glory il the gospel OF the
Mormons as taught by Brigham Young, had not
been preached within her walls. Brigham accord
ingy sent mission, and that mission left our city
yesterday
To the "Gentiie" world-and every one in Utah
is q Gentle, whether Jew or Christian-such q
mission must seem quite extraordinary. Indeed
to any one who has any knowledge OF the history Of
the past such an event is significant. Most people
either despise the Mormons or pity them as rdicu-
lous enthusiasts But facts stubborn things One
thousand years after the birth OF Him the tread
ing Of whose sacred feet, the Bard Of Avon says,
sanctined the hills and daes of Palestine, all the
nations OF Christend0m, aroused by the voice Of
Peter the Hermit, poured forth In thousands ana
tens Of thousands to the Holy Land from the
power Of the infdel When the great PapaI
that as the unnumbered throng around him
shouted ut IS the voice Of God the voice OF Godin
from east to south to north in shs
palace Of the King and In the cot Of the peasant
9e the vse e the heart moved the
The days OF chivalry are past. The Crusades ac-
complished their work; but they and their work
the present era s-pain, business like, prossic,
as every one knows it-there is still o romance
which they who run may read II they list, but
which the mere casual observer could never dis
cover. The Mormon mission to Palestine Is an ex-
There has been lately o grand movements among
the Mormons. Brigham Young has at last awakened
to the fact that whether he lives or dies the
here's reazed need & Sespng a' " up the s1i religious
private schemes Of his own. The result was-the
mission to Jerusalem Let any one fancy going to
who is rebeious, or high priest who does not see
things exactly as he ought to do an elder who
! is troublesome, what can be donea Send him upon
q mission by all means-and upon mission he is
| sent. +,
| Such, though not expressed in words Is the pro-
! gramme OF the modern Saints.
But above all things, let US see the missionaries.
Among the most noted OF them is George A."-as
he Is called In Utah-who Is anything but one Of the
clean kfne." wicked apostate once said that IL
George A. tumbled into the neither regions he would
not only set all that uncomfortable place on fire, bus
grease the wheels Of all who came thither.
George A. Is not only relative OF 'Joseph," the
founder of Mormonism, but also the historian OF
the Church. As such he goes out to the Holy Land.
| With him and the company Miss Eliza Roxy Snow
goes. George A. Is stout. j0lly-looking fellow,
but Miss Snow bears upon her face the
shadow Of sorrow. She was the spiritual wife
Of .Joseph" and since, by proxy, she has been the
| ''wife" OF Brigham Young. She Is a woman Of IN
| tellect, and probably sought with an uneducated
mind amid the wonderful chaos OF Mormon
| revelation for q foundation and truth which
MOrmonism could never give. She now goes with
the pilgrims to ancient Zion in the hope Of there
tuning her harp OF poesy II its chords be not yet
overstrung Childless by 'rThe Prophet and by his
successor, she looks, like the weird sisters of the
Bard OF Avon, for the fulnlment OF her vaticina-
tions TO an age vet to come.
others equally jealous. The fat and heavy George
A., six feet In height who never 'botheredn any
0ne and who was always the great harmless
"hippo,o must be put aside. With him Is aSsO-
ciated Ferrylittle. Brigham Youngs nephew. He
takes charge OF the company, and with him is his
little daughter.
Nothing Is stronger among the Mormons than
the bond OF brotherhood. Others besides these are
on their way to Europe. They will win their way,
but they will, as their minds expand by contact
with the world, also learn q lesson. The object
Of Brigham Young, probably, is to resuscitate
mission to Palestine. Years ago George J. Adams
went to Joppa; but he failed Brigham Young,
perhaps wants to found COLONY In Palestine In
case America rejects him.