The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-31


great deal faster than here. because there 10 no
obstruction. They do not call upon the doctors
10 Kill their offspring; there are nodoetors there,
that is if they are there their occupation Is
changed. which proves that they are not there,
because they have ceased to be doctors. In this
world very many of the doctors are studying to
diminish the human family.
In the spirtrworid there is an increase of
males and females: there are millions of them,
and, IL am faithful all the time and continue
right along with Brother Brigham. VIC will go to
Brother Joseph and say: Here we are Brother
. Joseph; we are here ourselves. are we not, with
none OF the property we possessed IN our prooa-
6onary state; not even the rings our fngersF
lie will say to US: Come along. my boys. we
will give you good suit Of clothes. Where are
your wivesl They are back yonder; they would
not follow us Never mind. says Joseph; here
arc thousands: have all you want Perhaps some
do not believe that. but am just simple enough
70 believe it,
Il know that this is the work of God. and that
we shall triumph / am going to prophesy good
pertaining to lsrael-that is to those that are
Israel, for there are great many who call them
selves Israel that not, and those that are not
shall have the opposite. / will prophesy evil
upon our enemies upon those who hate God and
Kill his servants. May the curse OF God be on
shem!r
1.-The congregation responded with a loud
voice Amenr-Deseret News, Feb. IL, 1857.
Let me continue my quotations from the found
ers of Mormonism. as 1T IS very important TO
know what manner of men succeeded Joseph
Smith and made polygamy the sine qua non of
heavenIy exaltation. Bear i'll mind that Brigham
Young Heber C. Kimball and Jedediah NJ
Grant speak with the authority of God. They
stand next the throne of the Almighty: they are
the first presidency and therefore, demand inn
plicit faith in their words and obedience to their
counsel:
''That woman" declares President Grant,
''whO offends her husuand-f he has on him the
power of the priesthood and does right would
not give groat for all the blessings she will get
from the Holy Ghost You may as well baptize
a dog or Il skunk az such woman. until she
makes reconciliation with that man of God
whom she has offended. Ii IS the great
est piece of nonsense that was ever planted in
Gentle breast for a man to tie himself down to
be at home day and night with his women
Where would this kingdom go IT Brother Brig
ham and his council were to do soI 1t
would go to hell across lots in doublequck time
DO not let your wives bind you up with green
withes and strong cords, as Delilah did Samson,
and make you powerless. Break asunder the
cords, the ropes and cables that bind you, and
come forth, ye old men, out of your shells and
break your larats and your stakes and begin to
drink Of the fountain of life with God and his
servants. I want the women to under
stand when they have q good husband, one who
docs his duty that he is president over them and
that they have made covenants to abide the law
of that husband Talk about womens leaving
their husbands | would be far from taking a
woman that would leave good man. A woman
that wants to climb up to Jesus Christ and pass
by the authorities between her and him is
stink in my nostriIs. II have large nostrils. and
/ often talk about smelling, for my olfactory
nerves are very sensitive. | want women to
there is a low, sinking pride in
a woman that wants to leave good
husband to go to another. What does il matter
where you are, if you do your dutyl Being in
one mans family or the other mans family is
not going to save you, but doing your duty before
God is what vii! save you. 1t is non
sense for a woman to suppose that because she
is sealed TO some particular man she will be
saved and ut the same time kick up helrs de
light, play the whore and indulge in other evil
acts and denominations Even some mothers of
Israel actually suppose that if the daughters are
sealed to n certain man they will be saved, no
matter what they do afterwards This Is damned
foolery.'
/ make no comment the blasphemy, the
vulgarity. the conceit, the ignorance and the alb
sence of reason Ia these excerpts from the Nor
mon priesthood. They are brought forward to
define womans position III Mormondom and to
give the nineteenth century clue to the animus
of this socalled religion. A Mormon woman is
an animal to replensh tho earth. only this,
and nothing more" Love is not part of the
Saints creed. Elders" says Brigham Young,
never love your wives one hairs breadth further
than they adorn the gospel; never love them so
but that you can leave them at a moments warn
ing without shedding tear. Should you love
child any more than this! No."
Let it not be understood that all Mormons are
as brutal as Brigham Young would have them to
be. The divinity in humanity cannot be annihi-
lated by even as great despot as the head of the
Mormon Church. Many are the men and women
who are better than their religion; but pol ygamy
is only possible with those who are so sensual as
to be incapable of love, or so fanatical or ambi-
tious as to trample love under foot. 1t is, in
sense, true, az Mr. Barclay, nj. p, afirms, that
.'womau's nature is not different in Utah from
what it is elsewhere" but Mr. Barclay, NJ. p,
sets aside the vital fact thatwCmen are naturally
religious. Whatever they believe to be the word
of God they will implicitly obey, regardless of
self, believing that the greater the sacrifice the
greater the reward hereafter. The women Of
India are women. Has ikprevented them from
Offering UP human life to the car of Juggernaut?
Will not the widow ascend the funeral pyre of
her husband and be burned alive for the sake of
her religions The more ignorant the woman the
greater her faith in priestcraft The imported
female population of Utah has for years. with
few exceptions, come from the lowest
classes of Great Britain and Scandinavia.
1t consists of elementary human beings,
without thought, with little no
idea of morality, ready to obey counsel
and pay tithing. To compare them with self
respecting and intelligent types of womanhood
is an insult to the sex.
The women born in Utah of American or En-
glish parentage have never known anything but
Mormonism. Many of them are of poly gamous
descent, and il they are not apostates nwardly
or outwardly. accept polygamy as a tenet of
their Church Marriage is not necessary in order
to be saved hereafter, but the single man or
woman never attains higher grade than that of
"angal and an angel. in the Mormon Heaven
is nothing more than an upper servant He or
she waits upon the married Saints and looks
forward to eternity of spiritual boot backing
This is not pleasant prospect so the Mormon
girl. if devout, will marry any man rather than
remain single. In Brigham Young's days mar
riages were consummated at a disgracefuly early
age, but since the death of this tyrant the Saints
have dared to think little for themselves. Con-
sequently, in Salt Lake City, at least, fewer
girls arc sacrificed than formerly.
There are three kinds of Mormon glory in the
Mormon heaven, which are thus summed I'D
~x-Joseph Smith. the prophet. in a wonderful
''poeln, ssentitled "A Vision"
The glory ceestial is one like the sum-
The glory terrestrial is one like the moon.
The glory celestial is one like the stars,
And all harmonic like the parts of tune
What tune Joseph does not specify. 1t is enough