The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-01

through the hereafter as a punishment
for his sins. A heavy curtain hangs
over the door that opens into an adj
Joining chamber, and it is there that
the mysteries of the Nielsen creed are
revealed.
Such an institution was conducted
| In Logan, but the customs of the fam
! lily made them an object of ridicule.
| Their house was stoned by mischiev-
Gus boys and much aspersion was
added to the distrust of the commun-
ity. Suddenly a command came to go
TO Salt Lake, and here the Neilsens
came last October. Since then the cob
bler's shop has been conducted at the
number given heretofore, and the
women have busted themselves about
the conversion of the lost sheep
HUGE COLLECTION OF DOLLS.
A Herald man visited their sanctuary
yesterday afternoon and for an hour
was being shown the strange collec-
ton which this place contains. A
room about SX1O feet is overcrowied
with the handiwork of the two women,
representing the labor of many days
Nearly 100 dolls tricked out in every
conceivable costume are arranged along
one wall upon tables. They typify
Adam and Eve and Satan and his wife.
the latter a diStinctiVely new person.
age in religious annals. Every mark
or stitch on the clothing has its oc-
cult meaning. In another group of
puppets are figures portraying the ruler
of the universe and Hyrum Smith and
Little King David, the mother of God
and the Virgin Mary. the last three
being the present members of the Neil
sen family. Other lay images carry
out the idea of Democracy and Repub-
licanism as the golden calves which
the Latter-day Saints have followed.
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through many other dolls, each having
their separate meaning, which is much
too voluminouS to describe in detail.
The animals that destroyed Little King
David and his wife after their second
appearance on earth are initiated by
China toys and these are oVershadowed
by the devil. They are the same evil
spirits that destroyed the Prophet
Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum
The caskets of the latter are shown
embellished with stars signifying their
celestial origin.
AN EXTENSIVE WARDROBE.
The walls of the apartments are COM
pletely covered with some 40 different
dresses and turbans, turned out in the
strangest sort of designs, all telling in
symbols of the decline of the Mormon
church and the advent of the NielSenS
with their new creed. The cardinal
principles of the creed were not OBJ
tainable for the reason that these peo-
pie speak very imperfect English and
therefore are not clearly understood.
The women, however, give a lecture
daily from 4 to o'clock, during which
all people are called upon to repent
of their earthly passions, forsake the
love of riches and come to know the
peace of poverty. This is what the
Neilsens are trying to exemplify now.
IL
Logan, escheWed fine raiment and Civ
ing all of their money outside of bare
living expenses to the poor. Mr.. Neil
sen says that he has heretofore for
warded about $500 each year to the
poor of Copenhagen, the city in which
he was reared. Here he learned the
shoemaking trade and was employed
in the kings household for time.
PROVING UP HIS CLAIM.
To further establish his sacred call
ing he directed attention to the fifth
verse Of chapter % of jeremiah, which
says: Behold, the days come, saith
the Lord, that 1 will raise unto David
a righteous branch and a king shall
reign and prosper and shall execute
judgment and justice in the earth"
The king is Mr.. Nielsen and the right
eouS branch his virgin daughter
Again in chapter SO, verses II and Is:
Behold the days come, saith the Lord,
that L will perform that good thing
which / have promised unto the house
of Israel and TO the house of Judah. |
In those days and at that time, will l
cause the branch of righteousness to !
grow unto David and he shall execute !
judgment and righteousness in the |
land" In the tWenty-second chapter |
of Revelation, he pointed out the six
teenth verse, which reads: I, Jesus, !
have sent mine angel TO testify unto |
you these things in the churches. l am |
and the bright and morning star" The |
verse is quoted to prove that Miss |
Annie Nielsen, otherwise the Virgin |
Mary, is the mother of the Savior. |
AS a trinity of perSonageS they claim !
to represent celestial, astral and ter
restrial futures.
Little King David or Mr. Nielsen, |
said that the earth belonged to the |
devil and that even now the strife be- |
tween that famous character and the |
Michael is now going on;
that Michael held the keys of heaven
and no one could pass into the realms
Of the blest who had not procured a
recommendation from Michael and tes-
-ified to by Little King David.
If the family is insane it does not
show any evidences of the malady ex-
-ernally. Other than their doctrines
hey are rational and philosophical. The
girl seems to be in that state of relapse
succeeding some hypnotic influence
Her description of the grotesque i'm
lges and designs in their temple is
in an distracted, recitative
manner The most incomprehensible
phase of the Whole incident is the
seeming number of people who are at
ending the rites of this household So
ar as Little King David's aptitude
or shoemaking is concerned, his repu-
alton in this respect is absolutely with
ut a flaw and the soles he tacks on
Id shoes look as though they would
asst at least for all time.
The folly of prejudice is frequently
hown by people who prefer to suffer
or years rather than try an advertised
emedy. The millions who have no such
take Ayers Sarsaparilla for
,lood diseases, and are cured. So
luch for common sense.
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