The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-09

minister who had joined the prophet few
months before. By the united efforts of these
men the delusion was largely curtailed in
Portage county, though some always re-
NAMED firm in the faith. Only three Disciple
preachers Joined the Mormon faith, viz:
Rigdon, Pratt, and Orson Hyde. Elder Will
liam Collins did not permitit to gain any foot
hold at Chardon, and young men, such as the
Clapps at Mentor and ]. J. Moss arose
to give the new doctrine battle.
The whole tribe of Smiths, which had be-
come well settled at Kirkland was now in
clover. Joe, jr., was constantly having Wis
ions to suit the emergencies of the hour, and
was showing that no one else had any right
to have visions
God revealed that no one should see the
golden plates; that Joseph should be well
supported without work in order that he
might translate, that the proper place for
the church was somewhere in the great West,
and that Kirkland should simply be a stake
or support of the real Zion which was to be
in Missouri. Missouri was the promised land;
Missouri was the place where the Garden of
Eden had once been located; Missouri was
the place where Adam had died; and Mis-
souri, was the place where the Latter day
Saints should finally locate.
The original cost of the temple at Kirkland
was considerable, but this sum was raised
from the tithing of the common fund. Smith
started bank and began some manufactures,
and made great promises of what would be
done in the future. But it became more and
more evident, as the days went by, that Ohio
was not congenial soil for the Mormon
plant. The people began to see the tenden-
cies gifts teachings and a preparation was
made for removal. As the bank collapsed
and many lost thereby, the departure was
FASTENED. Itwould seem that the soil could
be little better for the propagation of the
faith now. If the saints are to return as on
a pilgrimage to holy land, it may be we'll
enough, but they will find proselyting ex-
ceedingly slow here
Few people probably know what the word
Mormon means. Solomon Spalding, who in
vented the word probably did not know.
But the Lord revealed in one of His conven-
lent Joe Smith visions what the word actual
ly means. Joseph said in his translation
that the original plates were written in re-
formed Egyptian characters, The following
is an extract from one of Joes revelations:
The word Mormon stands independent of
the wisdom and learning of this generation.
The Bible in its widest sense means good; for
the Savior says: L am the Good Shepherd
and it will not be beyond the common use
of terms to say that good is among
the most important in use, and,
though known by various names in diff
ferent languages, still its meaning IS
the same, and is ever in opposition to bad.
We say from the Saxon, good the Dane,
god; the Goth, CODA; the German, gut; the
Dutch COED; the Latin, bonus; the Greek,
kalos; the Hebrew, tob; the Egyptian, mon.
Hence, with the addition of more, or the
contraction of more we have the word Nor
mon, which means literally more good"
So that settles it, What God revealed to
Joe Smith is more good (note the GRAMMAR
than anything He had ever revealed before.
Carrying along the same idea, the reformed
branch of the church that is about to assem-
BILE at Kirkland must be more gooder yet,