Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-17
HISTORY and THE PEN.
Bishop Fotheringham Relates the Story
of Americas Past.
The MOrmOns Love the Constitution,
and viii Yet Save the Country.
A Brief Divergence to the Pen, and
Advice to the Brethren Who
Expect to go There.

GREAT MANY teams were hitched along
the block on the south side OF the Temple
Square yesterday afternoon, and the
Tabernacle was over hall filed with mem
hers and outsiders, all anxious to hear
Bishop Fotheringham relate his expert
ences in the gospel and in the Utah
penitentiary.
After singing and the usual amount OF
preliminaries, Fotheringham was called
on. and commenced his rambling recita-
ton by reading portion OF the first
chapter of Ether, from the Book OF Nor
mon. This miraculous piece OF history
comprises an account from Moron OF the
ancient inhabitants ut the Tower OF BaDel
down to Joseph Smith finding the plates
in Mount Cumorah, fifty odd
wears ago. The speaker traced the pres
ent population of the world back through
Mormon history to Jared and his irlends,
who were scattered at the tower, but VINO
were not confounded in speech through
Jared's prayers to God to save them:
Then the Lord led them northWard and
told Jared that he should provide rations
for a 344 days voyage to choice and
new land. All this was done, and eight
singular looking boats were constructed
and set out with, and in due time
AMERICA WAS FINALLY REACHED.
Here the fabulous loadstone that led to
the discovery OF the compass was
infinitely described, also the sixteen
small pebbles that God touched, and
which gave light for the convenience OF
Jared and his survivors. 1t was the
great Japan current that carried them
safely to America, as they had no sails
nor means of propelling their barges.
liter living on this western continent Tor
800 wears, they became very rich IN
| goods. wisdom and Gods blessings, and
numbered Is, OOO, 900 people; but the ma
ton must be reduced to meet the state
of affairs existing here when Columbus
| first stepped ashore, and the speaker SAID
that this great nation OF wonderful cities
got to quarreling within itself, and wound
itself up in New York State, as predicted:
The speaker gave smatterlng OF
everything in stock concerning Mohamet,
Jesus Christ and Joseph Smith. In
glancing at so many varied subjects his
| talk consisted of bits OF Norm onism
sandwitched in with portions OF the Bible,
profane history, and almost everything
else tending to show the Latter-day
| Saints to be the direct descendants and
chosen people of God, all others having
persisted in iniquity. The colonists were
praised and the Declaration and COnsti-
| tuition of this country were eulogized and
pronounced inspired from God.
| THE MoRMoNs LOVE THE CONSTITUTION.
Joseph Smith was born in 1905 for the
express purpose OF revolutioniZing the
whole world, as was ordained before the
/ foundation of the earth, and he was born
at exactly that time to lay the foundation
4 of the last dispensation, as all denomina-
tons had gone astray and the prophets
and apostles were killed. To-day the
Mormons have the priesthood restored
and are here to save this nation The
Mormons are hated and looked at as
with no status in the affairs of the
world. We have given us in these
last days the inspiration to build up the
Kingdom of God in the heart of this Re-
public, and we are opposed by priests,
statesmen and the world in every cruel
way, but let kings, wealth, governments
and all combine against us, they can do
nothing. To certain legislation we pro-
test, and they say we must submit. We
know the powers of to-day will pass away
and righteousness will reign supreme. A
great many cranks will raise up and kill
| people, and excuse themselves on account
OF religion; but Jesus declared His word
| shall last, We must all wake up and be
able to stand against spoilers and inform
ers with full armor on.
! VIM, ..o...
But never mind, an emetic will be given
and God will purge this country OF all
that is bad. We want no blood on our
hands. Let these men go on, and we
will make a square fight as God designs,
| and IN few years from now, when that
glorious building [the templel is COM
pleted, we will gather and rejoice. 1t is
hard and peculiar to think that if per-
son is trying to carry out his beliefs he
must be put in bastile
In regard to that palace on the bench.
I'll give you an idea, 80 that when some
OF you 60 there you will know what to
expect. When was brought up from
Beaver to the penitentiary, l entered the
yard through large gate, then through
q smaller one into an open square, where
L was searched for knives, valuables and
any instruments with which damage
could be done. showed them black SPOT
on my body by which they could detect
me, and they passed me through another
heavlly-bolted door into the general in
closure, where the rows of cells and pris
oners all are. By the first entrance is the
small room for the sisters. When
once inside you are shut out from all bnt
the high adobe walls and the blue sky
above. About thirty fellows r,,shoA 80,