Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-01-13

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advised to be baptized and get
married. had a sneaking notior
OF getting doubled at that time
but soon found out that if
went through the ceremony,
would have to marry the girl.
three sisters, her mother anC
two aunts--I objected. The
Mormon religion is a queer com
blnation of heather mythology
Judaism and every other ism. -
They hold that there is no such
thing as spirit distinct from
matter-that spirit is matter re.
! fined. Each particle occupies
space, possesses the power of mo
tion-it is omnipresent by reason
Of the infinitude of its particles
Gods, angels, spirits and man
the four orders of intelligent BE-
ings--are of one species. God is
a perfected man--mqn is an EN-.
bryctlc, or an undeveloped god,
Wisdom inspires The gods to null
tlply their species Sexual pas,
sions exists in full force in the
different worlds and animate the
different gods as fully as their hu-
man offspring. Countless mil
lions Of spirits are thus born in
the eternal worlds, and are wait.
ing by myriads, the physical pro-
cess by which they may enter
earthly tabernacles and begin anew
their second or probationary
state. 1t is necessary toT them to
be subject to the moral law IF
earth, that regeneration might 90
on. Man may preich the gospel,
may reach the highest glories of
the priesthood, may in time even
be creator; but womans only
road to glory is by the physical
processes Of introducing spirits
to ear:h-hence, the larger her
family, the greater her glory -
Those who reach this tn are in
their second estate--celestialized
men-after which they become
gods. The Mormons are Chris
tjans in their belief of The New
TeStament--they are also Jews
IN their temporal theocracy and
tithing--they are Mohammedans
In their plurality of wives--they
are Voudots in their witchcraft
and the collection Of spiris-they
stole their development Of gods
and aTotheosls from the Buddists.
Such is Your correspondents para:
phrase of MOrmouism, and it is
true. 1t has been suggested by
intelligent writers that Orson
Pratt is me author Of the philoso-
| ply which holds Mormonism to-
gether, and it may be so. as there
is no one in Utah more compe-
cent. For further information on
the subject of the Mormon reli-
gIOn, ] would refer those who
wish 10 investigate it more full
ly to read Beadle's Expose, as
it is the best and most compre-
hensive book extant. To be
had at the leading bookstores
in ary Of the large cities of the
Union. Mormonism is one Of
the most stupendous humbugs
of the age in which we live
how different from the inspired
religion of cur Christian Bible!
The doctrine taught by Brig
ham Young through Orson
Pratt may prosper for a while,
but it is bound to fall-the civ
ilized world is opposed to polyg-
amy-it will yet he supplanted
by the Christian failh-the
storm may dash the flower down,
but the sun and rain will lift it
up again. The reader Will par
don me for making a depression,
but as have beenasked repeat
edly "why | roamed so much?"
"what was my object in travel
ing most Of the time for nine
years on the Pacific coast?" I
will answer the question by
stating that | was seeking in
formation. And, another rea-
son was because / loved nature.
At natures shrine my soul kim
died into torch-I wished to
SOW the world with seeds of
thought-at natures shrine my
heart becomes a golden censor
from which incense is waited
all around me. Human foavers
are trdnSient-the meteor spark
of life soon becomes faint and
low-it will soon die out to
shine anew in a thousand vital
lamps, then disappear and shine
again. In all this change we
should improve ourselves. |
love nature. Perchance, my
tombstone will be a newborn
rose, and my epitaph a bright
sunbeam written i'll a dew-drop