The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-06
M0RMONISM IN OHIO.
COL. LeFFiNGWELL'S VISIT TO THE
SAINTS AT KIRKLAND.
The story ~ Told by the Proof Header
Of the spa ding DIanuscript-Thrs-
ssOlOgy Of the Mormon Iiible
- Ia the Temple.

1 ~ Louis I: :,pnllran.,
/ The venerable Col William H. ENG.
well. accom- iHnlel b. IN old Norm n
friend from / tab was met b. reporter
toe other afternoon on Oii,c street The
co!Ouc's fr end remarked to the reporter
i'd YOU Know that lie ngwcli CDrrcCtc1i
the manuscript Of the Mormon Bible
alleged 10 nave bccA written by hcv. SOLO
mon Sfald.ng:"
+ This was ,meibing Ike u Eew rc~cIa
tinn, and On { ol. lie ngwcii stati Z that
ii was fact. and a. the parties know
ing the circumstances are now dead eX
Cept Mr, e nYwol be was asEei 10 add
+ to the truth OF history bv telling what he
knew about the origin rf the Mormon
/ Bible. The colonel readily consented.
bat h,s Hormon friend obs"r ing his
readiness to do 50. walked on and beck
ed to the C0,onct to come along. cyi-
den " o1.cC,,ng 10 having the story to!i
Tor publication
CoL Leran-wcn commenced by saying
Long ago in the past, have forgotten
The year. Nh. SralGing wrote a drama
"a Ic he ook of Mormon. in a hotel
at unucaut. Ashtabuia county, Ohio,
! where had been teaching school. |
was known through the country a. n good
gramEaran and possessing An accurate
hnowleire of the NJ i,h language. Ny
father had been Principal of the MCadvi lc
$ hool, at Meadvi e. enn, for eight
years position which | subsequently
filed on my father retiring to II farm.
Mir. Spaiding WAS II lHw CT b. profession
aud had taught sch ol. lie lad never
been a rcvercad, rs some accounts give
that pref 10 his name" He was about
.,. years Of age when | first fcl in with
L. i'm, Il litL- yyrFfh IA
sumption aud toward tie ast nearly llst
hi, voice, so that lie 40 uld not plead at the
/ bar He said ne wantC TO make 1s,Ine
mCncr and wrote the drama which he
handed me for Correction, II was full of
bible expressions. and as ! had read the
ible from Id TO lid ! knew the proper
phrascOiogy 10 use | lreCted TIT
grammar and had to reconstruct and
trans Csc entries 10 make Ood II lsh
out of il. | was lgased three moathe.
and ny notes AID pencil mark- may be
found on every page
He wanted ME 10 conform to Bible
i language. He never Paid me a cent fer
NY labor 1t was emitted The Book of
+ Mormon and he told me lie was going
i to littsburg TO sell the Manuscript
afterward earned hat hr got no j Of
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