The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1883-10-14
THE JOSEPHlTE CHURCH.
A Hearing from Elder Iohn Eames.-He
Denounces Polygamy and Takes
Exceptions to the Suns
Views.


To the CHEYENNE LEADER.
1 see a letter in the Sun Of October z,
speaking of the church 1 am a member
OF, that we, as a church, practice poly
gamy. That is not true. Please give
US a fair hearing: / did think that all
people knew that the Josephite church
do not practice polygamy. We, as a
church and people are preaching and
publishing to the world that polygamy
is not of God. II the Lord wished man
to have more wives than me-, he would
haye given Adam twelve in the Garden
of Eden Il show his plans. We read
he made male and female, and 1 wish
to say here, all men who have taken
more wives than one have sinned
against God, and they have committed
a g~rievous wrong on humanity, and by
so doing man has caused the fair
daughters of men to be broken hearted,
| and malice and hatred have arisen in
stead of pure love. AS we all know,
when man and woman love each other
and none else there is pure love, and
how heavenly is that home where
you see the wife looking for the words
that may drop from the husbands lips,
and the husband looking on his COM
panion in life and saying in his heart,
what can 1 do for your comfort and
happiness in this world, and they both
look around and see none 80 precious
as themselves. That is a little heaven
below. But IL you see a man with six
wives, what malice and jealousy; there
TO be found there. 1 wish to say that
we have several elders in Utah terri
tory, preaching and baptizing and lead
ing those who have broken the com
mandments of God. 1 am pleased to
say that a great deal Of good is being
done there by the elders Of the jose
phite church. 1t seems as though a
branch of this chnrch is not wanted in
Cheyenne. l do think we have as much
right to have a church in Cheyenne as
anybody else. We preach the gospel Of
Jesus Christ and him cruci6ed. We
preach that man shall have but n
wife and love her with all his heart and
none else, and to love God with all his
heart and soul. We are spoken evilly
OF because people do not know what we
believe. We want to do all the good
we can. Jesus said: blessed are ye
when men shall p~ersecute you, and shall
say all manner Of evil of you falsely.
Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great
is your reward. If they prosecute me,
80 they will you" The letter in the
Sun has spoken evil of us as a peo-
pie. They said, in the days of
Jesus: "He was a devil, and cast out
devils by Beezlebub, the devil" That
did not make him a devil. The letter
speaks as il we we're doing something
in the dark, or that we have an under
current that this people know not OF.
1 feel sighted as my name was not
mentioned. My name is John Eames.
1 am not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus
Christ. I am an elder in the Josephite
church, and 1 want all people in Chey-
enne and all the world to know 1 am.
1 am pleased to tell you that 1 baptized
Mrs. Burgess, on the night spoken of,
and 1 must tell you 1 baptized one In
broad daylight N Sloan's lake and
helped to cut the ice myself in Janu.
airy, 1880. Also, n young man in the
North park in Jack creek, Sunday at
noon, during August, 1881. One year
ago l baptized one IN the lower lake
during August. Now please show
where We have done wrong, or have
broken the laws of the land. You
speak as though Mrs. Rickbond plays
the fiddle to wife numbers two, three,
four, Aye and six. Did you come tc
the dancer Did you have a good timei
And who and all were there at the
dance to take a partp You speak at
though brother Brand ought to bt
tsrred and feathered. What forp Be.
cause he baptized a man who desired
to be a member of the reorganized
church, Did he run away with any
body's wifep 1 accompanied him tc
Salt Lake and 1 did not see any of my
friends wives with him. You speak
as though we were lower than any Of
the beasts of the field. II you were
called upon to prove this statement ]
think you would be obliged to let it Out
by contract to some one else.
= Then let yonr feathers be put in 9
pillow aud your tar to cover your roof,
aud may you ever know that the 10.
sephite elders are preaching the truth
Yours very respectfully,
II JAArrs EANfra