The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-11-09
BLOOD ATONEMENT
I.ntcst Discussions In sso CITY NJ the Net
mens-The AvensiuR Angels.


| ing waecd on the Mormons right hero In their
stronghold has put them on the defensive q
| TO many OF tho tonc,s Of their faith. The
| doctrine OF blood atonement. which used to DO
| openly advocated and secretly practised. has
| boon 80 furiousy attacked that the Church has
| put forth somo OF its nblost speakers and
| writer's to provo that the allegations are false
| Ono Of those. speaking in this city few even-
| lngs ago. admitted that tho doctrine had been
taught by Brigham Young and others. but de-
| MED that it was ever rractisnd. He undertook
to prove by tho Christian Bible that thoro was
| such thing Ms blood ntonement and that
such fate was tho only hope Of some kinds OF
| sinners yet he malntanc' that 1t had ever
| boon The rolcy Of tho Church to postpone tho
| adoption Of tho doctrine.
| In the course OF his remarks he quoted Brig.
| ham Young ms follows
:" know when YOU boar my brethren talking
| about cutting people of from tho earth that
you consider 1t IL strong Nrine but It Is to
save them. not 70 destroy hem. There arc
| sins that can b. atoned for Dy an Offering upon
| an altar. as In early days. and there arc sins
that the blood OF lamb. or Of calf or OF turtle
doves cannot remit. but they must DO atoned
for by the blood OF man. could refer you to
plenty OF instances where men have been
rightoousIy slain in order to atono for their
sins. have seen scores and hundreds OF peo-
pie for whom there would have been chance
In the last resurrection II their lives had been
taken and their blood spilled upon tho ground
as smoking incense to the Almighty. but who
are now angels to the devil. have known
great many men who have left this Church for
whom thorc is no chance whatever for exalta-
ton, hut II their blood had been spilled 1t
would have been better for thom. The wicked
ness and ignorance OF the nation forbid this
principle being n fIrl force. but the time will
come when the law of G oil will be in full force"
The explanation now given of these remarks
Is that at tho 'ime they were spoken the men
and women Of tho Church were full of trane-
Grcssions. and that Brigham was threatening
them with tho law. 1t Is held that tho punish
ment for murder, adultery. and blasphomy is
death and that that is all that tho Prophet
meant The present commentators cito tho
Bible as authority FOR inlicting death in cases
of murder and blasphcmy against the Holy
Ghost and tho unwrit,en code OF the United
States which holds guiltess n husband who
kills the destroyer of his home. As TO the re-
mark by Brigham that he could refer to plenty
OF instances whore men had been rlghteously
slain in order to ntonc for their sins tho oxpla-
nation now given is that he meant the mon OF
Biblical times. In every way possible the Nor
mon mouthpicces now seek to show that while
the doctrine may have boen preached In mild
form, IL has never been put in force To give
the statements from tho Churchs standpoint
greater force il is even asserted that there
never was such IN order rs the Danites and
that tho Mountain Meadow massacre was an
affair over which the Church had no control.
One OF tho eXpounders Of the Church has Just
stated its position as follows We are not
taught to resist our enomies We are temple
builders. and want to ko"p our hands ciean.
tn, The people Of ms Church have horror , OF
he yOnd the point whore pat rmce ceases to be
virtue. The doctrine OF blood atonoment as
We believe it is that there arc crimes which
cannot he ntoncd for in any other way than b.
shedding blood, but tho time Tor carrying out
On the part ci Tho Cientics it is urged that
the mur,icrOus doctrine is Just as much n part
Of the Mormon crecd today as it ever was:
the sn dbSa i'd far the hG tey c SSTa
bo rHsn 5s y Whsn q u Ne aamssS
TO the Union as State and can make Its own
took in the Mountain Meadow butchery made
the Mormnns very conservative in the mattero OF
though ali the lenders Of tho Church would
swing Tor that t airoeionS slaughier and some9i
denco and pushed Ico forward as u scapegoat.
1t s arGned that once in.Tonched behind ,i tho
modlately enforce blood ,atonement and TINT all
npo.tntes would then the b. put to death while
Some asnses OF bSod nre re-
ported by the Gentilcs and give them with.
S Sr to aa las for vs "e, sSa
Mormon women H. the old tabernacle one day.
brigham YOUNG rebuked them, for their muir
murngs and comuiatninES.and said: Let me
toll you if you should sec some morning Il dog
running. down the street with your husbands
James Monroe was blood atoned' by Elder
Howard Esan, with whose wife, n very beautt-
4 Dir. Vaughan was killed to atone for some
sin committed by him and two brothers named
Akin were slam IN obedience TO tho orders o,
Il council held IN NeOphi,
a man whose name is not now recalled once.
| Provo. reached in Mt the window and took hold
of the foot OF one Of the Bishops wives He was
put away by the avengers in order that his soul
family named Parish came from the East
| rs converts nnh se,t,ra a. Hprinsyille. beeom-
n "S MSrmonim and " s@d Il their y s
tcnton TO return to their home in, tho, States
m!ttee, and it was decided that they must die
in order to live in tho next world. They we're
and when their bodies had been arrayed
: in endowment robes they were laid out side
| by side for the faithful to look at.
Frank McI.car got into some trouble with
Brigham Young and was PIT in Jail. When he
Imprisonment. This WIS cons derod n mortal
sin. and Elder Hi kman, ono OF the avenging
William it, wilson newspaper correspond
! ent living here who wrote many articles for the
t Extern Press ,5gs on Mormon prac,ices WINS in,
| down 20 the banks Of the Jordan. whore grave
| had been dug for HIM. He was tried at the
| sldo OF the open grave and acquitted. Mr.. Lam
| don. his associate escaped and fled To Nevada
where he now lives. cripple. owing to his
| terrible journey.
Td"r Yates was blood atoned at Echo ca
, non by order Of tho Church because he traded
with the United Sta'os troops, NJ Fort Bridges
| When Bishop tui!isIrr. in whose Jurisdiction
| Yates was. asked BRIGHAM Young what ho
| sh"Hld 10 with him tiie covert answer was "
| Bishop can cut OF any man in hi jurisdiction
When 60 The, Harrison ana sherman aban-
donrd the rhurch. Brigham Young said In tho
! tempe. 'ILCy deserve TO have their blood
sp,cd bat don't tell You to spill it," 1t il
said that II was spilled. however,
In halle retN.mcnt ucar here saint named
! adams. who had s"vcra wives. none of whom
| he conil support drGoHtly was rGmonstrated
| with 10y on" Of them against taking another.
! So determined was $40 hat she threatened I,
abandon he Church If he .pers SEED in marry
| ing again. Adams called council Of the
! iiieslhuoi to see what could bc done about Il.
! Afnr n long consultation tho Bishop said
Brother Adams, cant you save your wife
II you haven't n" heart to do H. Just tell me
! and Will appoint - committee to do it," Tho
brother begged for tim" 20 reflect. and the mex;
morning the woman Was laid ont dead in her
rohes. No one asked tho cause Of her death
! for everybody knew. Atler tho council broko
AT. 4. Al.