Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-18

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stery set off the carved work Of the
pulp;ts, and golden letters shone from
spots which are now simply marked
by black paint. The gilt holdings
| which formerly ornamented the plain
white finish OF the woodwork were
first taken away by the vandas, and
then entirely removed by the faithful.
Upon the walls may be read the
notices; "No Cross, No Crown" "
g The Lord Reigneth; Let His
People Rejoice" "Great is Our Lord
and of Great Power" while from the
window over the Melchisedec pulpits
is The text, "Holiness to the Lord. y
The whole auditorium will COM
fortably hold 600 people, but it was
often packed so full that relays of
worshippers came and went during a
single service. The high pews in the
corner were for the benefit of the best
singers in Israel. In one of these pews
the natives assert, an insane woman
was in the habit of rising and footing
on horn whenever the sentiments OF
the officiating minister did not meet
with her approval. Smith was in the
habit OF announcing from his
lofty pulpit: "The truth is
good enough without dressing
up" 1t is said that if it had not been
for Rigdon's power the Mormons, even
at that early day, would have gone to
pieces.
The second story, directly over the
auditorium, is smaller room, with
low ceilings and pulpips that are moi
so pretentious. This room was used
as school of the prophets, where
Latin and Hebrew were taught. Marks
of the de ks remain, but the desks
themselves have long since been car
ried away and the hall has been used
for an Odd Fellows lodge and for var.
ious social purposes. On one OF
the columns there was posted fol
many years remarkable state
ment which accounts for the
anti-polygamous Mormons, and in the
light of which the recent statements
OF the present Joseph Smith will not
seem strange. The statement read as
follows: "The Salt Lake Mormons.-
When Joseph Smith was killed on
June 81, 1874, Brigham Young as
sumed the leadership OF the church,
telling the people, in the winter OF
1916, that all the God they wanted
was him, and all the Bible they want
ed was his heart. He led or drove
about 1000 people to Utah in 1917,
starting for Upper California, and
landing in Salt Lake, where, in
1852, Brigham Young presented the
polygamic revelation (?) to the people.
The true church remained disorgan-
lied till 1860, when Joseph Smith
took the leadership or Presidency OF
the church at Amboy, Ill. We
80, ,000-have no affiliation with the
Mormons whatever. They are to us
an apostate people, working all man
ner of. abomination before God and
man. We are no part or parcel OF
them in any sense whate yer. Let
this be distinctly understood. We are
not Mormons. Truth is truth where
ever it is found"
What the progressive Mormors, OF
perhaps more appropriately the old
style cf Mormons, actually believed
may be inferred from an "epitome''
Of their faith, which is given to the
visitors Of the temple. An outline OF
the epitome reads as follows: owe
believe in God the Eternal Father,
and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in
the Holy Ghost; we believe that men
will be punished for their own sins,
and not for Adams transgressions
we believe that through the atone
ment of Christ all men may be saved
by obedience to tn, law and ordi-
nances of the Gospel; we believe
that these ordinances are: first,
faith in God and in the Lord
Jesus Christ; second, repentance !;
third, baptism by immersion for the
remission Of sins; fourth, laying on of
hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.
We believe in the resurrection of the
body; that the dead Christ will rise
first, and the rest of the dead will not
live again until the thousand year
are expired; we believe in the doc
trine of eternal judgment which pro-
vides that men shall be judged, re-
warded or punished according to the
degree of good or evil they shall have
done; we believe that man must be
called. of God and ordained by the
laying on of hands of those who are in
authority to entitle him to preach the
Gospel and administer in the
ordinance thereof; we believe
in the same kind of organiza-
ton that existed in the primi-
tive church, viz apostles, prophets
pastors, teachers, evangelists, etc !;
we believe that in the Bible is con-
tanned the word OF God, so far as it is
translated correctly we believe that
the canon OF the scripture Is not fnll
but that God, by his spirit, will con-
tinue to reveal his word to man until
the end of time; we believe in the
powers and gifts OF the everlasting
gospel, viz; the gift of faith, discern
ing OF spirits, prophecy, revelation
visions, healing, tongues, and in the
Interpretation Of tongues, widom.
charity, brotherly love, etc. F.;
we believe that marriage is or
dained of God aud that the
law of God provides for but one COM
panion in wedlock for either man or
woman, except in cases were the con-
tract OF marriage is broken by death
or transgression; we believe that the
doctrines of plurality and community
OF wives are heresis, and are opposed
to the law of God; we claim the privi-
lege OF worshipping Almighty God
according to the dictates Of our con-
science, and allow all men the same
privilege, let them worship how,
where, or what they may"
Mr.. Joseph Smith, who has the
title of M. P. c., President of the
Reorganized Church OF Jesus Christ
OF Latter-Day Saints, resides at
Plano, Kendall county, Ill. He is
the youngest son of the prophet, and
was born in Kirkland November 6.
1882. He removed with his parents
to Missouri and Illinois, and was in