Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-06-08
The MOrn,Oms Of Western Nevada.

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and to-day there will be a meeting at the
Court House and some preaching by
some of the bretheren. We We been
promised some interesting statistics re
gar,ling this modest and earnest body of
believers as We know these nnti-polyg-
amous followers of Joseph Smith to ;'e.
They number, in this county and near
by here. i'll Washoe and Doug las conn
ties, IA hundred or more active members;
snd it would be hard to find III equal
Number of more sincere believers III any
faith. They are seceders. for conscience
sake, from tn. Utah hierarchy and they
have held to their creed and practices
with n rare pertinacity and :. silent, bat
none the less unswervinS heroism, spite
Of the Jokes of the G~ntiles and the per-
Secutious. misreprt sentatlons and tvran-
MES Of Bri. I'm Youn. AM his sat-l-
ites Of the polygamous church. whose
earthly tabernacies are IL Great Salt
Lake City and the country round about,
aud whose roots" to repeat an appli-
cation employed by good Josephite,
take hold on hell 1t is All entertain
ing and instructive privilege to hear AS
earnest and well-read convert to the
teachings of Smith and his book Of
Mormon AS our fellow townsman. Elder
Willard, pour forth his denun, iatinns of
the False Prophet. B igh.im Young.
Pulygalny, with these men OF simple and
eteadfast faith, Is the objectionable sin
all the more objectionable, innsmuch
as ii Is Il wicked peryersion Of the true
faith of the alter Day SAINTS Of the
Caurch and Kingdom Of Christ. Let no
man. however glib of tongue. and how
Well soev-r gifted in the arts of polemics.
tackle even the most unpreten'Ious and
modes, of these Jasephites thinking to
confound or abash HIM. The faith of
them is too well grounded i'll the settled
aud ineffilbl- words of the b ,ok of NJ r-
mon to be shaken; and Of their kuOwl-
edge of scripture Phrases and applicable
aAioms from the prophesies of ii 'rmon-
dom and Jewry rs well, and of their
having these nutritious Of the war pol
elnic.,l at their tol yue's end and ready
for any emergencies or surprises. there
Is absolutely and literally no limit Nat
urally such an earnest and ably fortified |
religion as this -1cit-s hope amongst
Its possessors of seeing their faith more
widely recognized aud accepted; and
there Is a movement gaining II more and
more active agitation looking to the
SIcttiCu ucIc vi u COlulpllbblS
edifice. This is more of II hope than Il
parpnse; but still it j. cherisht Il: aud it
is likely before MANY months to mature
and bear the longed-for fruit of actual
accomplishment. As things go. they are
entitled to as generous an assistance
from the worldly and religiouless, is the
oder and more tlourishiny sectS for
whom christi unity hts neither prospected
I ,t..I
sion of the mother lode as that which
WAS siaked out and entered of record in
the District of Inspiration by the
Prophet whose martyr blood WIS the
rich seed sown in the nanle of the Church
OF Mormon by mob of intulerant
Christians hard by the Temple of
Euv"o. We b-speak for them de-
G. ut and kindly consideration when
mon moneys to enable tn, LII t. put their
at the Capital of the State.
EASTERN PAPlRs and periodicals were ,
placed upon our table yesterday by our
nimble and thoughtful young friend.
Edgar Pierce, the irr.presSible young
itinerant who di>penses the pr IS drop !
pings for John G. Fox: The N S L.
s,iion which is an illustrated paper
whose fearful and blood freezing pic
lures are made still more marrow curd-
ling by being presented i'll colors q ia ,
the wood cuts i'll Il geography by gal :,
who has Just got her first box of blue
and red and yellow pigments: Harper's
Weekly and Hgrpe $ Btzsar, fresh and
welcome Az ever; Frank Lvslie's Illus
trated with some detailed picture of the Q
Bender hous.. and graveyard in Kansas; l
P-terson's Monthly: and the IN. W Va
rieties" wherein are displayed the wond-
ers Of the human anatomy IL given to E
CATERS and stockings and much dis d
played paucity of garments i'll other d.
rections.
CAR on CRY SCHOOL CHIIDREN.--We o
are indebted to County Superintendent
Greenlaw for the figures from which to "
the following item regarding :,
the numbers and grades of school chill -
dren in this School District. Whole =,
number of children in the District be- a
tween the ages Of 6 and 18, 40. divided as 81
follows: boys. 223; girls. 2l7. Total -
attending the public school, 297: " "
number attending private schools, As; II
attending no school, 40; children under =
5 years. "a: total MURDER between
md IA years, 2O7: and whole number of
.hildren of this District who were born =.
IN Nevada, 1928 and still they come-as q q
witness the supplement to the census ev
furnished by long" King. Y
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