Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-04
THE LITTLE STONE
Cut Out Of the Mountain Shall Roll
Over and Crush the Great
Image.
sanctiiied Olive OIL a Panacea For All
the Ills Flesh Is
Heir 10.
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Men called Upon lu Dreams to GET From
Two TO a Dozen wives, ANA
Live.
spoeIal correspondenrc 81 bad lsaaello.

Special Correspondence Of the Gazette.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAu, Dec. 2S, 1885 |
The Mormons, like great many other
religious denominations, believe aud |
preach that their church Is the little stone |
seen by the Prophet Daniel IN n vision,
which, when cut out OF the mountain, |
should continue to roll until II brushes 20 |
atoms the head, body, feet and toes OF the
great image, and thereby spbduc all king
doms, principalltes and powers, and
eventually bear universal rule--exercisl
full religious and political authority upon
the face OF the earth They are anxiously
watching and earnestly PRAYING for the
fultillment of the great prediction when
The law shall 20 forth from Zion unto all
nations, kindred, tongues and people,
Believing this, they cannot help being an
ominous people, Every act concerning
thelr church introduced or passed by con-
gress Is closely scrutinlzed, and strong
circumstantlal evidence showing the
| speedy downfall of che present form OF
government is deduced thcrefrom.
1t is recorded In the Mormon book en-
titled "Docirlne and Covenants that
Joseph Smith once prayed very earnestly
! 60 the Lord 20 know the time OF the com
| ing OF the Son OF Man, and received this
reply, "Joseph, my son, II thou livest
until thou art eighty-tve years old, thou
shalt see the face OF the Son OF Man,
| Had Joseph lived he would have been
! eighty-fye in the year 1891, Many OF
the more Jealous Mormona look forward
in great anticipation OF the ushering In Of
the reign Of peace, when they shall walk
and talk, eat aud sleep, and sing and
pray with the Savior
Being composed Of all kinds, classes, ma
tons, klndreds aud tongues, and also
| promscuously lntermNed by marriages,
| the Mormons possess more or less of the
superstitions belonging to the entire gloDe,
Their religion, as they claim, being a
restoration Of the keys, ordinances and
administrations belonging TO the primitive
church Of Christ, necessitates belief In
special supernatural gifts as the power
of prophecy, speaking In tongues, casting
out evil spirits, healing of the sick and
receiving direct revelations from the Lord
/ by means OF visions and dreams. Their
natural superstitious tendencies inter-
linked with religion, make them the most
peculiar people residing within the limits
Of civilization
The majority OF their families have
bottles Of olive oil sitting IN their houses
for the purpose OF healing the sick. This
1 has been blessed and consecrated by the
presiding priesthood laying their hands
upon the bottle and calling upon the
Lord TO sanctity the oil therein Tor the
curing of all diseases. When member
Of the family is unwell, It matters not
whether the complaint be chiCken-pox,
cholera-morhus or diarrhea, two or
three elders are called 10 administer TO
the sick person, aud, Of course, the indi-
viauul is Instantly healed-so strong Is
the Influence OF the Imagination upon the
system. There is residing at Plain City,
Utah, large family consisting of seven
married sons and as many daughters,
who have never called physician into
any OF their houses. In years gone by
the father and mother would brighten
away, by administration, all the humps
and measles with which the children were
attacked; when either of the parents are
now feeling "uuder the weather. they
call In the seven sons to perform the
mysterious ceremony by which a back
ache IS instantly dispelled, rheumatice
pains banished, and even the torturing
pangs experienced from bunion or an
borrowing toe-nail Immediately disappear
Men are called upon in dreams and
visions to enter into polygamy--t IL
man says he was lying at the brink Of
that awful precipice, DEATH with an angel
standing ready to kick him Into the deep,
dark abyss, when his wife proposed a
plan OF escape aud assured him that II he
l would believe In the principle OF plural
marriage he should not yet die; an agree
ment was thereupon entered into between
himself and the Lord To the effect that II
Jehovah would but spare hisllfe he would
enter into celestial marriage He recoy-
cred and now has i've wives, and yet the
Lord spares him. We are not prepared
TO state whether or not the women nre as
lenlent, but his head il entirely bald.
Calls are made in the same manner for
men andlwomen TO unite with the Order
Of Enoch All their properties and mon
eys are given into the hands Of bishop,
who superintends the division thereof.
The saints male and female, are then APP
polluted 10 their respective fields OF labor,
snd are required to perform equal duties
for prescribed number of hours each
day An equal and impartial distribution
OF cloth, needles, Plus, thread, buttons,
milk, salt and other necessities are made
by the bishop. Money, tobacco, tea,
coffee or liquors not being regarded az
neccssarlcs a division of them Is not
made No such luxuries are allowed.
Stationery and postage stamps are issued
TO those requesting chem, but their value
Is withheld In the allotment Of
soaps or oils. The only thing OF which
one family can by any possibility receive
more than another Is children. Eyep IN
this there are noticeable manifestations Of
the spirit Of jealousy and continued ef-
) forts Of one 70 surpass another In the ac-
. QUESTION OF such valuable properly, be-
! cause much OF the future veal or woe de-
, ponds upon tbs accumulation OF this
useful commodity. At present there is
but one locality In all Of Mormondom
where the Order OF Bnoch Is properly OBJ
I served, Notwithstanding constant exhOria-
, tions are made to The people warning
them Of their negligence In dlNregardlnR
? this and many other laws that must be
fulfilled before the Sayior'e advent upon