The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-09-06
BRIGHAM YOUNG.
SOME INTERESTING PASSAGES OF HIS
LIFE.

SOME INTERESTING PASSAGES OF HIS
LIFE.
We COPY the following Interesting
paragraphs y concerning Brigham
Young from various exchanged;
BRIoHAM IN ENGLAND. sfs|
In 1889 brigham Young departed
with company 0f, Apostles and elders
10 s'opesi up the G0Apep' tn the inhab.
itants Of Great Britain. He landed at
Liverpool on the 9th OF April, 1870. and
commenced preaching. He published
an edition Of the Book NJ Mormon and
established The Milleniaf Star, q perl
odical still living. Ever since the chief
publication establishment for Mormon
works has been In England, the larg-
est depository OF church funds has
been the Bank of England. In lS4l
Young sailed for New York, having
shipped 789 converts In advance and
founded many churches. ~
How BRIGHAM SECURED THE PREsI-
B i,nig yea iGDENCY.4 ic inr
The Saints had lin 1891 settled in
Commerce, ILL.,, which Smith styled
NauvOO. Here Smith began to have
ideas Of temporal sovereignty organ
lied the Nauvoo Legion; set up the
doctrine Of spiritual .wifehood; began
the temple. and announced himself as
u candidate for the Presidency. In
1912 Porter Rockwell, one of the
"Danites,n shot at Governor BOggs, OF
Missouri, 1t was thought with Smith's
connfvance, and there was general
.unwholesorne state Of feeling between
the Mormons and Missourians, the
latter accusing the former Of all sorts
of crime. June q, 1874, q mob of Mis-
sourians took Joseph Smith and his
brother Hiram from the Jail at Car
thage, ILL.,, where they were under. ar
rest, and shot them. Brigham was
then In Boston, the Apostles scattered,
the people OF Illinois In arms, Nauvoo
in danger and the church almost dis.
membered. Sidney Rigdon, rlghtful
successor Of Smith by Mormon law,
assumed the Presidency and began to
prOphesy and endow after Smiths
fashion. Brigham sped to Nauvoo,
called together the people and the
quorum, avowed his right and deter
Inination to be head of the church, and
took the Presidency. In the words of
an enemy and an apostate, he " ran
Sidney Rigdon into the earth COM
pletely, broke up his organization, de-
nounced his revelations rs from the
devil, crushed his influence, cut of
himself and his adherents, cursed him,
handed him over to the buffetings OF
Satan for a thousand years, and was
chosen President by an overwhelming
majority. Four claimants to Smiths
position appeared, and each bad his
followers among the people. Brigham
aimed at the most prominent. His
energy inundated those whom 1t did
not cut of. He saved the system and
achieved his own triumph.
HOW BRIGHAM LED THE FAITHFUL
TO THE LAND OF PROMISE.
This journey and the difficult days of
their incipient colony sealed the Nor
mons to Brigham forever. Every
thing depended upon him, and he was
adequate TO everything. The colony
was starving, naked, gloomy, despair
ing. They began to complain, to give
up, to become apathetic. Says Elder
John Hyde. who does not admire him:
He quelled everything, sc0lded,
pleaded, threatened, pr0phesied and
subdued them. With q restless but re-
sistless energy he set them to work and
worked himself as their example. He
directed their labOys, controlled their
| domestic affairs, preached at them, to
them, for them. He told foolish anec.
| dOtes to make them laugh, encouraged
| their dancing to make them merry
got up theatrical performances 10 dis
tract their minds, and make them
work hard, certain of that rendering
them contented by and by. Feared
with stronger fear, venerated with .
more rational yeneratiOn, but not loved
with the same clinging tenderness thai
the people still felt for Joseph smith
Brigham swayed them at his will
They learned to dread his iron hand
and was daunted by his iron heart.
i Thus was the colony Of the Desert tn,
Territory of Utah, the Church of tn,
Latter Day Saints, founded-the worl
of one man, but that man the creates
in his order since Mahomet.
HOW BRIGHAM ESTABLISHED POLY
. GAMY. t
The institution of polygamy may b.
said to be of Brigham Young's own es
tlablishment. 1t is true the first revela
ton sanctioning 1t came to JOSEPH
Smith and the prophet preached tn
new doctrine of plurality. but this wa
done in a furtive kind of way, with
many denials to calm the rising ange
of the surrounding Gentiles and man,
of the Morm0ns. The revelation
said to have been first given at Nauvoo
in 1843. The details were made pub
licly, repeatedly, and with all possibl
solemnity over the signatures Of Smitl
, and his chief associates. 1t was no
: until the Mormons were firmly estah
lished in Utah that Brigham venture
/ to proclaim to the world what ha
! been for nine years the most charat
| teristic, although esoteric, doctrine {
} the church. The disclosure was mad
at a meeting of the Saints in Septen
{ Der, 1852. "YOu heard Brother PraI
} state this morning." said Brigham
3 "that revelation would be read tn
! afternood which was given previous
3 Joseph's death. 1t contains doctrin
: q small part of the world is opposed t
3 but L can deliver a prophecy upon 1
4 Though that doctrine has not bee
: preached by the elders, this peopl
Q have believed in 1t for years. Th
4 revelation will be read to you. Th
f principle spoken upon by Brotht
r Pratt this morning we believe IL
: Many others are Of the same mine
They are ignorant of what we are d.
8 ing In our social capacity. They hay
v cried out. Proclaim itr but 1t woul
q not do few years ago; everythin
j, must come In its time, as there Is
g time for all things. I am now read
n to proclaim It. This revelation h,