The New York herald., 1877-08-30
HERALD THURSDAY ls77.-TRIPLE SHEET

scph said be spoke the pure Adauitc language tha,
Is, Tue language ~ which Adam couriei Eve
III IS weii authenticated, too that when Joseph
smuh turned asiac he said. There IS man who Will
DO prophet and leader OF this people
continued Elder Cannon between Joseph and Brigham
was N the iormcr's opoclastic character Win
former things lie had none OF Briehain's accuracy
mary affairs
"At Kirkland Brigham preached every winter, work.
ing meaniime aud went of on missions IN the travel
ing season. his mother had died when he boy,
and he married again At Kirkland His second wife
was Mary Ann Ausel OF Rhode Island. desce nd AMI
o. one OF Roger Williams colony aud convert
lhelr children arc ths best known OF all Brgnams .
progeny, and are AZ folows:-
THE LEGITIMATE cniLpnBs.
Joseph Angel Young. aged forty years; ho has
Twelve children, ana ~ good natured, rafting,
Bohemian sort of fellow
The second son. Brigham Young, Jr.. was twin
pt .n . oaushier, VINO subsequently, died. Young
brigham Is tnrty eight years old and has seventies
children
The third child, Alice, married Hiram Ciawsop. OF
Salt Lake, aud died age OF tnrty-six, leaving
four children there alve
The fourth child OF Brigham and Mary Ann Young
au"eguter, Luna, married George ". Thatcher ana
THE nth was John W. Young, aged thirty tho
isvorhe OF his iathcr: h. mas cgnt children John
was oorn al Nauvoo when The mob In the
Mormons. and Is cndeared his father tor that rca-
son ne is sweet nsiurcd, good business and
two wives
Brigham, Jr., is the most orthodox Mormon and
""S' hhc MS nc u one OF tno Twelve apostles,
srong 10 the ministry aud has hno judgment and sod
qualities
brigham Young, Sr., mas my grandchildren, o,
Whist tienties consider lawful descent 10 has forty
seven living children OF all mothers His second w.ie
is strong IN The iath aud much blessed IN pos
terity.
BRiGnAM's ASSISTANT PRIESTHOOD.
"lhc hrst OF Brisham's acts In which ho brought
%nra Vns ms pnys,eal qualities, was TO JOIN a small
mormon battalion, which went Mis-
souri TO attnck the mob No was taken
with cholera and cured himself; brigham thinks
cn. ha hnkn nj mill
will IS tho best physician ln Missouri his ole lsther
was assailed by the mob and MS wagon robbed Of all
mat lie had aud AZ the OF seventy eight he dice
hearoroken IN LIMOS, accusing the land whose liberty
ne had fought for OF treating him with shame.
br'snam touns went To Missouri with Joseph
smith TO lay the foundation stone oil the second tenn
plc and IN 1880 went o Great Britain wh,re no lad
tho foundation OF the Mormon emigration system.
hc hau attracted attention IN tho Church among the
able men, but less among the ordinary pcopic
uEAp OF riK TWELVE
when Joseph smith Was killed IN the latter part OF
June, 1884, Brigham absent, but no returned in
tho month OF August, whom things were soIncw hat
chaotic and completed tho temple His prucIpai 90.
ponent for the successorship 10 Jose ph Sidney
Rigern, who died two years ago IN Fredonia, n Y,
having aposiatized and Kept stiff neck unlike Oliver
then rcloined tho Cnurch and died IN the faith Rig.
don, wno was ON eloquent and vaciating person,
never resumed relations oi Nh 9micabc character
his ionds but he was never wicked enough 10 dony
the authenticity OF tho Book OF Mormon.
III saw Brigham Young" said Mr. Cannon, "whcn
was sixteen ycurs od--a boy, brought up Ia tho
Church. Al that time our people all about me SAID
that he looked hko Joseph when speaking, and had
the very sound of ms voice. Ii was that ynch gave
hum such hold upon the people at last. They that
the mantle oi Joseph had fallen upon him. He has q
great love for the memory OF Joseph ana loves TO
talk about him more than any 0tncr man ha, he
knew. In our Church Brigham was prophet, and
although no mas seldom prophcs'od he ssys that no
has been OF pront to hts people at aoy rate
HIS HONESTY PROPERTY.
"As TO hts having any doubts about the faith there
Is nothing IN IT, He Is sincere becver-becves in
the atoncmcnt OF Christ aud acceptance by works
even more tnan by aith his brother Joseph, who Is
four years the senior aud has poetlcal temperament
rs President OF the Seventies. As to his property he
has a strong hand Tor money but is not mercenary,
and but tor him our tthes, which have givun tho
physical vitality TO the Church corporate, would have
been squaudcred.
He about 81. 500 ooo but too much of !. Is
in real estate not enough IN personal property
he has $4,000 in the woollcu factory at Provo
aone. Brishum loves MS people, and remember
that on one occasion, when We talking about tho
method OF our buria hc suggested ,naI i've Of
US should write our desires on paper and bring them
together at some future Tine lie expressed tho
orinion Ia his paper That funerals were too expensive,
and that he must be buried without state ceremony
MR. CANSOy's SUMMARY
"Brgham foung" concluded Mr. Cannon, soon
Quoted negotiations with Tue local su horitics Ia li.
nous who commanded us TO leave the country Wc
we're suons enough TO mako light, but Brigham had
foresight anu obtained une, whIle We pondorcd the
| question us to where We should 40. Sutne proposed
tho sAndwich Islands. Joseph however, had left n
piro ID tho Rocky Mountains, and pastly for this,
reason and parity from some intuitio OF tho country
Brigham resolved that We should depart for Descrct
Inc temple, which cost 81 00C000 Was nDsncd before
we sct out. Brgbam had tue tact 10 make . part o
tho column United states soldcry, providcl
J with and iood, take part IN the
California region OF the Mexican war aud he issued
from winter quarters, Omaha, hrs rcveiai 10 4
on emigration That was one OF few testimonies hc
bore directly from God II expressed his whole no OF
conduct for nearly thirty years aerwurj. rhis
iauon, callcd The Word and Win OF the Lord COR.
taincu tue following memorable paragraph -
"'Ict cvcry man use all ms IBIlucnre aud property
TO remove this people TO the pace wbero tue Lord
shall locate stake ofIon, and II yc DO ths with pure
heart with all iAhuncss yo shall DO blessed In your
norks and your herds aud IN your eJs IN your
houses ana IN your own families.
"rhis prophetic order WAS obcyed Anew state wns
founded IA tie desert and IN spite of domestic treason
and foreign assault in spite Of plnRue. tain and
poverty, Utah with incror advantages, nas grown
tnirty years to be greater than New Mexico IN buu
drcd, and greater than any Territory the Rocky
Mountains iostcrcd Dy the resources OF the govern
meni In any light you regard this result, Brig
ham Young, under God, has brought II to pass
30 finished honest Mormon upon ms late ten