The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-11
TIE SITUATION In UTAH.
No Actual Outbreak, but Sullen and Hostile
Feeling-Ready for Open Revolt.
Salt Lake Special to New York World.

Salt Lake Special to New York World.
Not one person who is not acquainted with
the characteristics of the Mormons and who
the various sects here can form any opinion of
the great excitement and the peril of the gen.
tiles. 1t would astonish no one were the Nauvoo
legion to open an indiscriminate warfare upon
the gentiles. At every Mormon meeting-place
IN the city secret councils are being held and
the issue raised by the arrest of Collin by fed
eral officers discussed. Mob meetings are ire
quently held, and fights are common. Armed
Mormons are pouring into the city and threaten
to visit vengeance upon the enemies of the
church. The most dastardy work of the lead.
ers is done through the Mormon papers, which
persist in calling upon the faithful to avenge
the blood of McMurrin. They heap the vilest
examinations upQp the gentes. Nothing is
left undone to foster the hatred, and their sue
cess In this line is so great that three gentiles
stopping at Mormon boarding house were last
night ordered to quit the place. This morning
the landlord was so irate that the husband of an
Invalid border sat up all night with his revolver
IN his hand, the parting words of the landlord at
night having been: with the help of the AL
mighty we can whip you again, as we did once
before" Contrary to expectation, the services at
the Mormon Church yesterday were not intense
~ bloodthirsty. The immense tabernacle is
now closed for the season and services were held
yesterday in the winter tabernacle. Both these
buildings, as we'll as new and magnificent tenn
pie, now in process of construction, are situated
in what is known as Temple Block, large square
about the size Of three blocks. and surrounded by
q high wall of stone The tabernacle seats Ii. 900
persons, and can be emptied in six minutes. The
winter temple seats about five thousand persons
and was filled before the services were begun
The choir yesterday consisted of thirteen bassos.
fourteen tenOrs, eleven sopranos and eight con-
traltos The services commenced by ten men.
1.-The bishopries, breaking bread putting it into
dishes resembling silver plated Gala baskets,
and after an invocation passing it around among
the elect, each of whom took small piece.
The same performance was afterward gone
through with the water, which was in seven
cups, out of which each of the saints took
draught A middleaged man named Woodruff,
who had been president of their twelve apostles,
was the first speaker, and he desired to bear
testimony of the gospel of Christ and the king
dom of God:
''The history of the world for the last six thou
sand years, since it was first peopled by Father
Adam, proclaims one truth standing out bold
and strong before heaven and earth, and that
there is God in Isreal God in heaven, the
creator of all flesh, and that that God has given
Us in Salt Lake His laws, His commandments
and that the promises Of that God have been full
filled in every age of the world without anv
change whatever Now. has any man who has
advocated the gospel of Jesus been popuarl Can
you point your finger at the date or placer If you
can, have never found it. The human family
is far more ready to choose the evil than the
good. The life Of the Savior was series of per-
secutons from his birth until his death. If he
cast out devils it was attributed to Beelzebub.
See the trials he went through, and while gen
TIE age was ready to say. I found no evil in
Him. still the Jews said Cruelty Him. and this
cry went up until his life was taken OH the
cross" The speaker then referred to the second
coming or Christ, and said a great many of the
apostles of the Church of Latter day Saints had
sealed their faith with their blood. Josenh
Smith was prophet of God, as great as God ever
raised up to men, and while the priests of the
earth are crying out, Down with the Mormons'
ask. What is the matter with your Aud they
answer, You teach things contrary to our be-
lief That was the cry during the time of Joseph
Smith, and it continued until he laid down his
life for his faith. This Nation is bordering on
frightful evils. We abused py the sects of
the day. and our people are shot down in cold
blood; but want to say to this Nation that the
sects of the day have somebody else to oppose
besides what is generally termed 'Mormonism
The day is at hand when the Lord will inspire
His apostles, and miracles will again be worked
The day is at hand, and say let them 90 what
they want. but let US keep the commandments
of God"
The next speaker was Joseph Smith, one of
the numerous nephews of the original Joseph
he said but little, opening with the remark:
I'VE are called murderers, immoral ignorant,
0upeS, uHuer the OOnuS OF a super
stitious priesthood. Utah is in advance of many
of the. States which have thousand advantages
where we have one." AS regards immortality.
the speaker denied the charge, stating that there
was no equal number Of people on the face of the
earth to-day who would present such pure and
simple morality. He charged that there were
more children murdered throughout the United
States than were born to Latter-day Saints.
Speaking of polygamy, Mr.. Smith did not wish
to compare the evils and debaucheries the vices
Aff hnca rbn fnrx
more wives than one with the question of polyg
amy, and hoped God would forgive him for
making the comparison; it was virtuous and no.
BILE, and the other horrible and debasing.
The city this evening shows no signs OF vio-
lence more unusual than those which have pre-
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