The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-07

MORMONIsM REVIEWED.
BY KATE FIELD.
1885, by the Author-An Rights
Reserved.
PART II.


PART II.
Mr.. Barclay understands that polygamy was
not practiced until the settlement of Utah The
revelation" was given to Joseph Smith, accord
ing to Mormon history, in Nauvoo, H., on July
II 1913, about year before the Prophets death,
and was practically carried out by such as could
be trusted with the secret. have met several
women who declare that they were sealed to
Joseph Smith during his lifetime, and have
had pointed out TO me men born in Nauvoo
Of polygamous parents. ''Soon after my ar
rival in the city of Nauvoo," writes Apps
tie Lorenzo Snow, "a private interview was
accorded me by President Joseph Smith, in
which he explained the doctrine of plural mar
rages-said it was made known to him by
revelation from God, by whom he had been COM
manded TO introduce the sacred order by taking
more wives. AT the same time he informed me
that my sister, Eliza R. Snow, had been sealed
to him in this relationship by the authority Of
that priesthood which is recognized in heaven"
All this however. did not prevents fiat denial OF
the practice of polygamy by John Taylor, Eliza
r. Snow, and other leading men and women, one
year before the revelation was made semi public
point, writes that "on the 9th of April, $780, the
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints
was first organized in the town Of Manchester
Ontario county, State of New York" This
church began with six members, and now has
probably 2OO, 900, 10000 of whom are in Utah
and the adjoining Territories. What religion
there is in it is founded upon animalism. Many
Mormon. in my presence, has spoken con-
temptuously of Christian sects, for the reason
that they worship God without body, parts
and passions" According to Joseph Smith, 1.-The
Father has body of flesh and bones as tangible
as mans; the Son, also; but the Holy Ghost has
not body of flesh and bones, but is parsonage
of spirit. Were it not so, the Holy Ghost could
not dwell in US. A man may receive the Holy
Ghost, and it may descend upon him and not
tarry with him."
The Mormon theory of creation clearly
expounded by Brigham Young in 1857, when ON
the stand of the Tabernacle, he said:
"Things were first created spiritually the
Father actually begat the spirits. and they were
brought forth and lived with him. Then he
commenced the work of creating earthly taber-
nacles, precisely as he had been created in the
flesh himself by partakiEg of the coarse material
that was organized and composed this earth, UNI
til his system was charged with it: consequently
the tabernacles of his children were organized
from the coarse materials of this EARTH"
When the time came that his first born, the
Savior, should come into this world and take
tabernacle, the Father came himself and favored
that spirit with tabernacle, instead of letting
any other man do it, The Savior was begotten
by the Father of his spirit, by the same Being
who is the Father OF our spirits and that is all
the organic difference between Jesus Christ and
you and me. And any difference there is be
tween our Father and US consists in that he has
gained his exaltation, and has obained eternal
lives. The principles of eternal lives is an eter
nal existence, eternal duration, eternal exalta-
ton. Endless are his kingdoms; endless his
thrones and his dominions, and endless are his
posterity; they never will cease to multiply from
this time henceforth and forever"
All good Mormon men will sooner or later be-
come gods, having dominion over principalities.
provided "they live their religion" or, in other
words, practice polygamy
do you suppose" said Heber G. Kmbail in
the Tabernacle, on the 9Th of February 1857,
that Joseph and Hyrum (Smith) and all
those good men would associate with
those ancient worthless if they had not
been engaged in the same practices? They
had to do the works of Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob in order to be admitted where
they were" Isaac was monogomist, but the
Mormons seem to be bissfully ignorant of this
fact. The beloved son of Abraham is always
named with those who practiced poygamy.
They had to be polygamists in order to be re-
ceved into their society. God knows that am
not ashamed of those good men now, and how
much more shall prize my associate poyga-
mists when am further advanced in knowledge,
| do not know. l am talking in earnest and
from the experience have had"
How long do you think it will take
a little man like me, though / feel perfectly able
faithful in keeping the commandments of God,
= to get into the celestial kingdom Of
God with my whole posterity, in case there
should be no obstruction How long do you
suppose it will be before my posterity increases
to over a million? hundred years will not
pass away before will become millions myself.
You may go to work and reckon it up and TWEEN
ty-fve years will not pass away before Brother
Brigham and will number more than this whole
Territory" brother Heber's modesty is only
equaled by his powers of calculation In 1857
the population of Utah was estimated by him at
$4,000. Those twenty-five years expired in 1882,
when it was stated that the entire Young family
had increased within forty. years to 1,500. the
original SIOCh ioeS tiidH IWtlNo SOulS.I
IF twenty five years will produce this amount
of people. how much will be the increase in 100
years2, =
But some of you are taking course to spend
your lives for naught. while Brother Brigham
and are becoming like Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob and the prophets Why do you not be
profitable to yourselves and put out your lives to
usury9 Do you understand met That is the
principle love to talk about. = Some say
that am vulgar. but never spoke word Of
vulgarity here. Those who are vulgar receive
my language as such, but the pure never re-
ceived il So It is easy to do right
to lay aside old erroneous notions, hypocrisy,
thieving, lying etc. l want to know if God will
love and respect, and send his angels to one of
my wives, though she were fifty sixty or hun