Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-05-10
BRIGHAM YOUNG.

resignation of several offices which he
held, although he still retains the Presi-
dency of the community. He has re-
signed the office of Trustee of the Nor
mon Church, for the performance of the
duties of which he has always refused
to give any security or pledges. He has
also resigned the offices of President
of the Deseret National Bank, Zion CO.
operative Mercantile Institution, and
Utah Central and Southern railroad.
He has expressed his desire to retire
from the cares of business, leaving it in
the hands of younger men. He has also
expressed his intention of going to
Arizona, beyond the reach of mails and
telegraphs. He says: "For over forty
years l have served my people, laboring
necessarily, and am now nearly seventy
two years of age, and l need relaxation.
Nv resignation as Trustee in trust for
the Church, rs President of lions Co
operative Mercantile Institution, and of
the Deseret National Bank, are made
solely from secular cares and RESPONSE
bilities, and do not affect my position as
President of the Church. In that
capacity L shall still exercise supervision
over business, ecclesiastic and secular,
leaving the minhie to younger men.
We intend establishing settle
ments in Arizona, in the country of the
Apaches, persuaded that if we become
acquainted with them we can influence
them to peace in accordance with Presi-
dent Grants Indian policy, and open up
that country to settlement by the whites.
Our cities, towns and villages now ex-
tend about 400 miles in that direction !;
and, in view of the railroad crossing
that country, We hope to be prepared to
assist in its construction, and when COM
pleted bring large portion of our
emigration that way to settle the coun-
try" He denies the oft-repeated state
ment that he has large sums deposited
in the Bank of England, and states that
all his money is invested in Utah. The
value of his earthly estate is not known.
the possession of the Church funds has
enabled him to obtain unlimited credit !;
and even if he has been strictly honest
the legitimate use of so large sum of
money in the hands of so clever bust
ness man would naturally result in the
accumulation of an immense fortune,
amounting probably to many millions of
dollars. In addition to this, whenever
new county was surveyed or a new
township laid out, the choicest and by
no means small piece of ground has
up to the present time always been re-
served for Brother Brigham" Some
idea of the amount of his gains may be
inferred from the fact that in 1852 he
was known to have taken from the
Church funds, "for services rendered, p"
$500, 900, and in 1867, on a similar pre-
text, he received S967,O00 He holds
six shares only of the Utah Central rail
road, the Presidency of which he re-
signed, but he owns about $600,00
worth of it's bonds. The successor of
Brigham as trustee of the Church is
George A. Smith, a nephew of the
prophet, Joseph Smith. Hewas elected
by the people, on the recommendation
of Brigham, whose suggestion is law
with the faithful members of the Nor
mon Church. He is now in Europe.
1t is altogether probable that Brigham
Young finds the meshes of the General
Government drawing rather too close
around him, and the increasing influence
of outsiders at Salt Lake warns him to
look up place where his authority will
he more undisputed He is man of
great shrewdnSss, not of great ability ;
and he has sagacity enough to see the
shadow of coming events, and to get out
of their way. When the time comes for
revelation of the real history of the
Mormons, should such revelation ever
be made, Brigham Young will wish to
be further away than Arizona.
A WRITER in the English Mdepend-
ent pointedly enforces the idea that to
base sermons on a single text, some
times containing only few words, is a
"grievous mistake, and one of the
causes which has shorn the pulpit of its
attractions and power" The writer
thinks that all pastors should expound
some part of the Scriptures at every SER
vice, both morning and evening, not in
the way of what is called running COM
ment, nor by system of drawing infer
ences from passages, and far less in that
dry mode which continually reminds one
of the lexicon, and which would coolly
devote ten minutes in determining
whether the word therefore" looked
backward or forward, but with an expo
sition worthy of the name, and one that
brings out in clear manner all the
truths in the passage, and applies these
to the people who listen.
THERE is curious legal custom in
England called the "Maiden Assize
1t happens whenever, at the sitting of
the Assize Court in any city, the crimi-
nal docket happens to be entirely clear
of cases. When this occurs the sheriff,