Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-11
=. THE LAST Y

.TuE LAST DAYS.
The death and burial Of Brigham
Young has not this far resulted in any
serious split in the Mormon Church.
The Saints still cling together. % far ~
tho outside world ean 90. and still
worship the memory Of Brigham. the
first President. Prophet, Seer and
Rsvelator. This unity and cohesion
may DO simply apparent. and the hrss
may be s~mouldsring which are yet to
burs, forth In . destructive volcano that
will blow the church into atoms. But
meantime all 10 quiet. and We hear not
tae faintest rumblings To indicate that n
convulsion Is about to take place 10
Mormondom. The men 60 about thar
work as they did before. andthe women
toll ON and suffer without q murmur as
in the days Of Brigham. The tithins Is
collected. aud the work ON the new
temple Is going on. To all outward ap-
pearasc-s the foundations Of the Nor
moi Church have not been shaken by
the death OF the msu who Was looked
upon rs its chief pillar.
1t il wonderful to what an extent
superstition will fastsn itself upon the
human mind. AMI brigham Young knew
VOL hos 10 foster the superstition. when
oaco Fixed. His converts were not made
Of tho educatsd. Intelligent: thinking.
m.n ani women Of the world.
To them his monstrous notions
Of theology would never have sP-
psalsd. and he knew 1t well. His
missionaries were sent among the most
ignorant classes Of America and Europe.
among men and over whose
minds brute passion held complete sway.
To than he pictured the glories OF his
Zion In the wilderness. whore their pas
sions coulL be craiihed without stint.
and under the name OF religion. Once
ut Salt Lake there was no escape for
them. and he took good care that their
eyes should not be opened by means OF
any superauous education. Iguerant
they came to him. and ignorant they
remain to this day. He constituted
himself aud his Apostles their only
teachers and gave to them for reading the
Book OF Mormon and the Dessert Nses.
Truly. 1t Ia no wonder. under these cir
cumstsnces. that they elung to him as
to their God. and regarded his words
as prophecies.
Bat he 10 gone now, and his death
has left the church without an individual
head. BY the Mormon canonicsl law
the duty Of directing the church now
dsvolvss upon the Twelve Apostles OF
brigham. until the nett General Confer
suee Ia held. when . definite successor
to brigham will be elected. II is several
months before this Conference will meet,
and In the meantime John Taylor. Prssi.
dent Of the Twelve. will oficiate. not.
indeed. ~ Prophet. Seer and Revelator.
but rs managing head Of the Mormon
Church. Through his hands all the
tilhings will pass. and all the money col
lectsd for building the Temple. II he
does not lay by . goodly store for his
own use in the future. he will have
learned bat poorly the lessons Of his
illustrious master. Brigham Young.
Two Of the Twelve arc absent In Eu.
rope. but the ten remaining form more
than q respect ,bls quorum. These ten
met in solemn conclavs yesterday and
patiently awaited a revelation FROM the
Lord. The revelation came - d
least they tell Us that It did. II was to
the effect that the Lords will was
for the Twelve to rule over the Church
for the present. aud that John Taylor
was to DO recognized a. the Supreme
Head. II exhortsd the Saints TO pay
their fittings promptly. and to hasten
the completion Of the o Temple,
For. says the oracle, 1.-The last days are
at hand" IL is not often that we COM
mend the spirit Of prophecy N sIsmpli.
aei by the Mormon priesthood /; but in
this instance We are forced to admit that
the brethren have p~rophesied truly. Tho
last days are ut hand. the days when
this infamous h.resy Of Mormonism.
which debsses women and makes biutss
Of men. is to 30 wiped out. and the
American Republic LETT without one
stain upon its glorious record. May
the God OF Justice hasten the
plishmsn,s Of these last days."